The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-01
BUDGET BEATEN BY
A GREAT MAJORITY
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nOuuced his intention not 70 90 10 me
house for division. His absentation
was due to disapprOval OF Lord Lans-
downe's course, and, together with Jnal
Of other weighty conservative peers
will have great effect in the country.
Among those peers who came Gown es-
pecially to vote was the Earl OF
Wemyss and March, who is In his ga
year.
When division was taken there was
practically no excitement IN the
Streets. although earlier in the night
crowds gathered near the house and
attempted a prO-budget lemons tration.
A force of police was in readiness and
so soon as the crowd showed a tend
enCy to become unmanageable they
dispersed the demonstrators, being as
sisted by a heavy rainfall.
Final Burst of OratoFy.
The final debate was distinguished
by OratOriCal excellence, particularly
in the speeches Of Lord Curzon OF
KedlestOn, former YicerOy OF India,
and OF the Archbishop of York. The
archbishOp's speech was his maiden ef-
fort in the house of LORDS ana It's el0-
Quent periods, added to DR.. Lang's fine
presence and beautiful voice, made
deep impression.
The archbishop strongly opposed
Lord LansdOWne's resolution. declaring
that ii would be unprecedented for the
lords to reject a finance bill passed
Ns-A-AAASA-s
Lord Curzon was plainly suffering
from his recent indlspCSltlOn and had
TO ask the Indulgence Of the house,
but, despite physical weakness, which
several times in his Commute speech
threatened to overcome him, he spoke
with his accustomed VigOr and art
He maintained that the lords had an
absolute right to reject the finance
bill, and he agreed that the country
was on the eve Of a mGmentOus strug-
gle, which might lead to the reform Of
the house Of lords.
Last Word Of Opposition.
Earl Cawdor, former first lord OF ad-
miralty, who wound up the debate for
the opposition, maintained that there
had been an attempt to evade the
lords ancient right to reject each tax
by placing all taxes on one bill. II
was idle to pretend, he said, that such
a change of procedure by the house of
commons could affect one lOta OF the
responsibilities and duties Of the sec
Ond chamber. He quoted Premier As
Quith as stating on assuming the
premiership that the function Of the
house of lords was to check slovenly
and precipitate legislation. This, Earl
CawdOr thought, fairly represented the
action the lords proposed to take.
Referring to lacking on license pro-
pOsaIs and land valuations to tie bud
get, he said that as both these had
previously been rejected by the house
of lords, il would destroy all the power
of the upper house if lords were un-
able to veto the finance bin, in which
these were not included He asserted
the budget already had driven capital
from the country to alarming extent,
had stunned the building trade and
had increased unemployment.
Premier Asquith has called another
meeting Of the cabinet for 10 o'clock this
morning, to complete formalities, follow
ing the action of the house Of lords
and it is practically certain that parlia-
ment viii be prOrogued on Friday until
the middle Of January.
1t is also stated with an air Of au-
thOrity that yesterdays council decided
upon measures ensuring the uninterrupted
collection of taxes on tea, spirits and to-
baccO until the new parliament is able
to pass a retroactive act regularizing the
situation.