Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-01

ne spccches of the Lords who "ls''eu
To bring about what they proieSeo" -
dan,ore The industrial concerns VI
Great Britain had not found o'iile"s
in securing and keeping all Tue i''
necessary for their requirements .,,
Nobody questioned the power ., W
House of Lords to reject the pii'' nc
continued, but it would be a V'oia''o'
of established usage. The erect -
rejection of the bill would be tll"' AZ
framing financial proposals IN Tue -
.ure the government would nave "
consider whether they would receive
the concurrence of the House OF Loros'
il would, in fact, involve soliie'iiIS
like a burlesque of representative gov
ernment In tearing up an ancleht
charter and removing landmarks the
Lords were making most tragic
blunder.
The position of the Liberal minis
terS III the House of Lords, declared
the speaker, was becoming almost I'M
possible. During all the years he had
been a member he could not remember
a single case where suggestions of his
had the slightest effect. There had been
Of late years a distinct encrOachment
by the opposition with regard to the
treatment of government business. For
many years the two houses had jog
sel along as acquaintances but after
tonight the two houses would barely
be on speaking terms. 1t was an un-
reformed House OF Lords that was
throwing out the budget. If the Lords
thought that any of the ministeriaists
welcomed the crisis they were entirely
mistaken. In conclusion the Earl OF
CreWe said:
1T may be that when the new Par
Lament meets we will be sitting where
you sit now, it may be that we will
sui be sitting here. In either case We
must, after the action you are taking
tonight, set ourselves to obtain guar
antees-not the old guarantees sane
toned by the course of time and en-
forced by accommodation between the
two houses, but if necessary and il
there is no other way, guarantees fenc-
ed about and guarded by the force OF
statutes, which will prevent the indis-
eliminate destruction of our legisla-
ton, Of which your work tonight is the
climax and the CROWN
The following abstained from voting.
The Duke Of Connaught, the Arch
bishop of Canterbury. Viscount ST. AID
win, Earl De Lawarr. the Earl of
Lytton and the Marquis Dufferin, and
several other peers and bishops. The
Archbishop of York and the Bishops
cf birmingham, Chester and St
o,I, hn
The Bishop of Lincoln voted for the
resolution while Lord James of Here
ford and the Bishop of Hereford paired
against the resolution. Otherwise the
division was on strict party lines.
When David Lloyd George, chancel-
lor of the eXchequer, on April 80 pre-
scented in the House of Commons the
Liberal government budget, he pre-
cipitated a struggle which has become
historic. Accumulated wealth and 1.-The
trade" as the liquor business is pop
ularly called, We're made to bear the
burden OF the 15,762.000 pounds (S7S,.
100000 deficit of the fiscal year incur>
red by the old age pensions and the
race with Germany for DreadnOughtS.
In memorandum issued prior to the
introduction Of the budget, the chan
celiOr estimated the revenue for thu.
fiscal year of 1909-10, as $741, $4,000 and
the expenditures as $500, 100000. The
chancellor pointed out that nearly all
branches of trade and industry suffer
ed serious depression the foreign trade
returns showing diminution in value
TO the amount of nearly $50, 900 900 as
compared with 1907.
Increased income taxes, death estate
and lcgacies duties, a tax of 20 per
cent. on future increase in the value
of lands due to the enterprise of the
community. taxes on motors to be de-
voted to keeping up thte roads and
stamp taxes on sales of property were
the principal levies on wealth.
Tho maddest budget ever intro-
duced," Sir Frederick George Band
bury termed it in a speech in the House
of Commons. Austen Chamberlain de-
nounced it for imposing so large a pro-
portion OF the nations burden on few
people. John Redmond, leader of the
Irish party condemned it for increased
impOstions on whislley and tobacco
The debate on the bill in House of Com
lltIlS DeSdIl May d. Dut llle measure
was hung up on several different occas-
sions, and il was not until Nov. 4 that
the Commons passed the third read
ing, the vote berg 379 to 149.
The announcement of vote showing
the governments majority to be very
much larger than had been expected
was greeted with prolonged ministerial
cheers, and the Liberal papers pointed
out that the budget had left the House
of Commons backed by solid majority,
representing the whole strength OF the
party including the labor members.
The Nationalists abstained from vo,.
ing, which was taken as meaning q
declaration of war against the House
of Lords when the struggle was car
ried to the country at the general cleo
ton
When the second reading of the buo-
get was moved in the House of Lords
Nov. -, Lord LandsdOWne, leader or
the opposition, offered an amendment
that it be rejected because This House
is not justified in giving it's consent to
this bill until it has been submitted
to the judgment of the country
Throughout the debate during the
mast week the ora tory has baan bril-