Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-19

stituuonal conference, timed with the open
ing of Parliament. transformed the placid
stream Of politics into a turbulent whirl-
pool. Instantly the party leaders buckled
on their campaign armor and sounded the
bugles for the charge. The date OF the
election is not settled, but all indications
point to the earliest date the legal for
malities can be disposed Of The fire OF
these Is the formslity Of rejection by the
House Of Lords Of the veto resolutions
passed by the House Of Commons last
April These resolutions embody the Issue
upon which an appeal to the country is to
be made. and are three In number. The
first declared the expedency OF disabling
the House Of Lords by law from rejecting a
money bill and left IL TO the speaker to
decide whether any given measure came
within the definition. The second resolu-
ton restricted the powers Of the House OF
Lords as respects bills other than money
bills, 80 that any such bill which has
passed the House OF Commons in three sue
cessive sessions and having been sent up
to the House of Lords at least one month
before the end Of the session shall become
a law without the consent Of the House Of
Lords on the royal assent being declared,
provided that at least two years shall have
elapsed between the date ofs the first in
mons and the date on which Il passes the
House OF Commons for the last time"
The third and final resolution limited the
duration Of Parliament to five years Thus
Is shaped up the British system Of heredi-
tary privilege entrenched in the House of
Lords and invariably controlled and ex-
ercised by the conservative party to the
advantage Of that party
That the conservative leaders will attempt
to dodge the supreme issue and wage a
campaign against home rule for Ireland is
already apparent Tory party organs and
orators are united in a chorus Of accusa-
tons, charging the Irish party with a cata-
logue Of crimes and villainies as numerous
as those which interested and amused the
American electorate few weeks ago. An
impressive outburst was timed with the
home coming Of John F. Redmond, leader
Of the Irish parliamentary party, and his
three associates from the United states
Mr.. Redmond Is charged with bringing in
barrel Of American dollars to currupt the
stainless electors Of England, wreck the
British constitution, conspire with the Ger
man invaders, and raise Old Ned from
Lands End to Cape Wrath. This cam
paign cry will have considerable weight in
spots, especially among those easily misled
by racial auimosties But the electorate
has progressed and expanded since Glad
stones downfall on this issue. Legislation
as vital TO Scotland and Wales as home rule
is to Ireland awaits breach in the partisan
veto Of the peers. Besides the successful
launching OF home rule in the colonies of
South Africa affords an object lesson that
must have great influence among voters
who do their own thinking. The contest
) will be short, sharp and probably decisive.
and well worth watching from start to
finish.
President Braga of the infant republic
Of Portugal is usually cassed as "a
philosopher, poet and a man of letters.
Still another plume that of an intermina-
BILE talker, is awarded him by the Lisbon
correspondent Of the New York Evening
Post. The correspondent fills three col
umns of valuable space in telling OF an
interview had with the president which
lasted three hours, and did not develop
ideas Of sufficient worth to be distin-
! guished by quotation marks The presi-
= dent Is described as a medium sized man
of slight build and between 60 and 70
, years of age. The yellow face was very
3 much wrinkled when this revolution
started, and It is getting more and more
wrinkled every day, owing to the fresh
I perplexities that each hour brings, owing
to the strangeness of the position in which
3 the alleged president finds himself The
soft brown Portuguese eyes, such eyes as,
in an Indian or Chinese setting, / have
often seen in Goa and Macao. express
dreaminess, enthusiasm, good nature, but
it is easy to see that they look out on a
. world of which they know nothing They
, are the eyes of a gentle recluse, devoted
scholar, a tenth-rate poet, an absent
minded professor, an innocent old man
who really should be pottering about an
unconscious pensioner OF the state" The
q reforms he dreams of include republics
= in all Latin countries, abolition OF mill
I tarism, capitalism, poveTty-"a regener-
5 ated world in which there will be no
/ priests, no religion, no funeral service, no
e baptism, prisons, no soldiers, no police
a men, no kings" "Of course" says the
correspondent in conclusion, lit does not
l. matter in the least what he says. He has
z no more influence over the course of
r. events than the weathercock on the Neces-
s sidades Palace. A pathetic fgurehead, he
: is not even consulted by the Secret society
n which now rules the country"
i A trade union idea radically opposed to
the prevailing usage comes in report
l. from England. A wage dispute between the
Il associated brass manufacturers ana thell
= employees has been settled on the basis OF
g classifying workmen according to capacity
n and industry, and grading wages accord
n inRly. On this basis wages rise SIS ca
$ pacty and efficiency increase. The dead
n and deadening level OF an equal wage &C
2 all regardless Of qualifications, the max
Is imum Of wage going to the minimum Of
n work, is practically abandoned in this case
sss
Defending bomb outrages in strikes,
: socialist member Of the French Chamber
II OF Deputies has recently made a debate
notable by an extraordinary argument He
appealed directly to the minister Of war
: asking If in the case OF invasion by q
foreign enemy he would not blow VI
4 bridges and tunnels in order to check thai
,, enemy's advance. The strikers, he main
& tanned, were engaged in a social war and
n had the same excuse for destroying the
r national property as General lie Brun would
IS have In war time.
The Austrian ministry Of commerce re-