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SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1910


solved and that nation is now in the
throes OF another exciting election
This election. following SO quickly up
on the heels Of the one last winter, Is
very significant tor the success Of the
Liberal party. the party that is row IN
power, means great change in the
legislative procedure which has been
the established method for centuries.
In the English parliament, the House
OF Lords has what is known as the
right Of veto Any measure passed
upon by the Commons must be acted
upon favorably by the Lords or II fails
Co become the law OF the land. The
arrangement is very similar to that OF
our senate excepting that-the Lords are
not as amensble to popular will rs
are the Senators. The Lords are APP
pointed by the throne and. once lord
always a lord. 1t has been customary
in the past to ask the reigning sovereign
10 appoint enough lords to change the
complexion of the upper house when
ever that body runs contrary to any
manifest wish of the people as shown
by the election to the Commons. This
method has brought about member
ship that is very unwieldy in the upper
house and of which only small pro-
portion respond to the duty imposed
upon them by their membership. Only
a small portion OF the Lords are ever
present at the regular sessions.
Again, when member OF the Lioer-
al party is appointed to the upper
house he invariably forsakes his party
and stands with the conservatives after
the immediate matter that caused him
TO be made Lord has been acted up
on. Thus the Liberal party, when In
power, is always confronted by a con-
sentative upper house.
The Irish question is the one upon
which the parties have split. Other
matters are but secondary. The con-
servative party. which is now in power
is committed to the granting OF "home
rule" for Ireland. which means that
the Irish are to have charge OF their
own local affairs. much as our states
are left to regulate the affairs within
their own borders.
The upper house is and always has
been opposed to ''home rule for Ire
land and it is foregone conclusion
that so long as the Lords are in posses
sion of the veto. Irish home rule will
never win.
In order to eliminate this bar TO pop
ular will, the Liberals have advocated
for some time the limiting OF the veto
power OF the upper house 80 that when
the people of Great Britain make 1t
manifest. as they have done within the
year, that IL is their wish that GER
tain policy should be pursued, the
Lords cannot block that popular wish,
recorded in the elections and fashioned
into form by the Commons
IL is for this reason that the coming
Engheh elections are so important and
is tie cause for an extremely warm
campaign.
During the past month the campaign
has taken on y turn that has brought
Americans plore into touch with IL
than at any other time Both sides to
the contest are using the campaign cry
that American money is affecting
English politics The Liberals hav-
ing espoused the Irish they are
getting the support OF the Irish party
and for their campaign purposes, the
tributions of the Irish people in
America. made TO keep alive the aVita-
ton for home rule. is being used in
this campaign. The Conservatives have
called attention 10 this contribution
which has already amounted to 5000, 600
and are trying to influence the cleo.
tors through it.
The Liberals have offset this by call
ing attention to the number OF English
lord who have married American heir
eeses and who. they claim. are spend
ing this American money "like.drunk
en- sailors to influence the election sd
verse to.the Liberals.
The campaign promises to be fully
as heated one as was the election last
winter which was the most exciting
that the British nation has seen for
many. many years.
The business intarests OF the country