The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-25
RoSEBERRY NOTIFIES UPPER
BODY OF DANGER OF Reject.
ING ENGLISH BUDGET.
HIS GREATEST SPEECH
Declares This to Be the Greatest Po-
iitieai Moment in Lifetime Of Any
Man Born Since 1s32-Tsxation
Without Representation . Costly
Lesson They Should Not Court.

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London, Nov. 24.--Lord Roscbery.
former liberal prime minister. today
raised the historic struggle between
the lords and the house of commons
to new plane by one of the finest
speeches he ever has delivered. He
warned the lords OF the grave risks
they were running il they adopted the
Lord Lansdowne resolution to reject
the budget
Interest in todays debate was in
tense. There was not enough room
to seat all the peers attending. and the
public galleries were crowded. The
Duchess of Connaught headed long
list of the foremost peeresses, many
of whom were compelled to stand
throughout. Lord Salisbury resumed
the debate with a speech supporting
Lord Lansdowne's resolution, after the
archbishop of Canterbury had said
that the bishops would stand aside
from the discussion. as the debate was
strictly of party character. Lord
Rosebery followed in a long speech,
giving the lords plain warning of the
danger in the path they We're tread
ing. He said:
Lord Rosebery's Advice.
Il am quite disassociated from any
party and speak from my sense of the !
awful gravity of the situation. This
is the greatest political moment in the |
lifetime of any man born since 1882"
Lord Rosebery admitted that, by the |
letter of the law. the house of lords |
was competent to reject finance bills, |
but since the reform of ls3a 1t was
not possible that the commons should |
send up budget which the house Of
lords should go to the length of re-
jecting. He considered that the only
possible circumstances justifying the
lords in exercising such Il dormant
power would be the direct authority
OF the nation itself. Such a eircum-
stance might arise If budget We're
presented which lowered the defenses
of the country TO a point which the
nation considered dangerous.
He doubted whether the lords were
choosing the best battlefield. They
were playing for too heavy a stake and
We're risking the very existence of the
house of lords. winning policy. con-
tinued the speaker, would be to allow
the budget bill to pass and give the
country six months experience of it's
intolerable impositions. loss of capital
and employment. They would then
achieve. when they next approached
the polls, a victory that woud surprise
themselves. He looked with much ap-
prehension To the result of an appeal
to the country mixed up with such
other issues as would be raised.
Il do not speak of menaces." he
added. The house of lords has llvee
on menaccs ever since can remember
and il is still thriving. But the
menaccs now used are used by men
bent on having single chamber.
Their efforts are revolutionary in cs-
sence, if not in fact
Reform in House Of Lords
Dealing with the question hf the re-
form of the house Of lords. which Lord
Rosebcry had long advocated. he ex-
pressed the conviction that no adjust
ments of the differences between the
houses could be arranged without a
form Of referendum. He denounced
the budget in the strongest terms and
said that one maxim burned into them
by bitter experiences was that there ,
should be no taxation without repre- ,
sentation.
Disregard for that MAXIM he said,
lost us the United States of America,
and we are not likely to offend against
it again
Lord Rosebery contended that the
budget taxed the lords freely and
without their having
word to say or vote in the matter |
After referring to the budget as hay-
ing spread over the country want of
and want of credit, the |
worst diseases which could affect COM
mercial nations, he uttered a solemn
warning that the pressure of great |
ornaments was hurrying Europe to-
ward bankruptcy.
Expressing regret that he could not
support the resolution. Lord Rosebery
his seat, having spoken for
80 minutes. His picturesque and glow
ing eloauence produced a tremendous
effect. leaving his hearers somewhat
bewildered.
There was an immediate exodus os
peers to discuss the situation in the i
obbies and. although the debate con- II
.inued until midnight, the rest of the
speeches took rather the form of an /
nti-ciimax Lord Miner spoke of the
abnormal manner in which the budget
sas driving capital out of the country. II
He declared that all proposed new
axes were bad and unnecessary. Anil
he money required. he contended.
night have heen raised by impor.
luties. not only without injury to busi-