Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
CRISIS CAUSED
BY REJECTION
OF The BUDGET
CABINET HOLDS EARLY MEETING
AFTER LORDS DOWN BILL BY
VOTE OF $50 TO rs, TO DECIDE
ON PROGRAM.

London, Dec. 1.-The political crisis
caused by the unprecedented action OF
the house of lords in refusing its con-
sent to the governments budget is
developing rapidly. The cabinet, which
had already determined upon the pol
icy it would pursue In the event OF
Lansdowne's amendment being car
ried, conclusion which was forseen
from the first, had an unusually early
meeting today to confirm Its decision
and consider the wording of the mo-
ton which Premier Asauith will ask
the commons to adopt. This motion
will constitute demonstration
against what the liberals contend has
been an invasion by the peers of the
rights of the lower house.
Premier Asquith latel announced in
the commons today that tomorrow he
will move resolution to the effect
| that the action of the lords in refus-
ing to pass the budget was breach
of constitution and usurpation Of the
rights of the commons. AS soon as he
had concluded the house adjourned.
The Budget Downed.
In the sedate manner characters
tic of the proceedings In the gilded
chamber, and in direct disregard Of
the advice of some of it's ablest and
oldest members, such as Rosebery,
Morley, Cromer, Balfour, the archbish-
ops Of Canterbury and York, the house
Of lords created situation unprece-
dented in English history, at least for
300 years, by refusing formally the
budget bill and referring 1t to the
country itself for decision, thereby in
theory making it illegal to collect
taxes and carry on the kings govern
ment
After six days debate the house of
lords called for division at 1880 last
night.
1 The vote was on Lord Lansdowne's s
I amendment that the house was not
i justified in giving it's consent to the
/ bill until it had been submitted to the
/ judgment of the country. Nearly f1f-
Iteen minutes were occupied in clear
ing the house.
When the vote was announced just
before midnight, $50 to rs in favor OF
the Lansdowne amendment, few mix
ed cheers were heard.
! The Earl of Crewe moved an ad-
journment and the house arose.
History of the Bill.
1t was not until Nov. 4 that the
commons passed the third reading, the
vote being 379 to 149.
When the second reading of the
budget bill was read in the house OF
lords, Lord Lansdowne, leader of the
opposition, offered an amendment that
lit be rejected, because "this house is
to be justified in not giving its consent
~ +b;e hill until II has bpan submitted
, to the Judgment of the country"
: Lord Rosebery, during the course OF
his address, said: "This is the great
est political movement in the lifetime
Of any man born since 1882.
!, "In that year the last great strug
gle between commons and lords arose
over the reform bill"
O'Connor Gives Views.
New York, Dec. 1.-Commentins
on the action taken by the British
: house of lords in rejecting the budget
IT P. O'Connor, one of the Irish ma
tionalist leaders in the house OF com
7 mons and now in this country in the
interest Of Irish home rule, said las
night that the British peers had b!
their rejection of the budget an
nounced their own doom. Ire believed
. their action would precipitate an UP
! rising of the masses in one of the bit
terest fights known to English politics
for a century. In addition, the turf
of events, he said, would act as a Wig
orous incentive to the cause OF Ire
lands independence an mean the fin
al emancipation of the English masses
,n1cr ,MnIu n EYEcIITE INSANE