The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-06
House of Lords Fighting for
Ancient Privileges and Red
mOnd for Home Rule.
ENGLISH KING LACKS ONLY
NICKNAME TO BE POPULAR
Humor and Deadly Seriousness
of Political Campaign Are
Closely interviewer.
SPECIAL Cable TO The Tribune

Special Cable 20 The Tribune
LONDON, Dec. 5,-The man in the
ears has been thoroughly aroused to
the gravity of the issue raised by the
breakdown of the conference on the
lords veto. Plenty of wild talk was
heard about John Redmond, tho tar.
get for all kinds of hot cpithets. The
chief gravamen of complaint against
dictator, a collector of foreign gold -
or the uncrowned king of political
mend1cants. But undeterred by abuse.
John holds on his way towards WIN
pIng freedom for Ireland. Never were
political parties more sharply defined,
or political passions more deeply
stirred
Down with the lords, - is popular
cry, for rightly or wrongly, a large
body of the electors feel that the 600
peers incarnate the power of privilege
and money, current of feeling for
which an easy parallel can be found
on your side,
History of the Struggle.
The conduct of the house of lords
during the re gn of a Liberal govern
rlent for years has been n source Of
grave discomfort to the progressive
party. This constitutional question
reached an acute form when the new
parliament met for business on Febru.
ary y Of this year. The only legis
lative project then foreshadowcd 10
the king S speech was the government
plan for altering the relation, between
The two houses. ''Rccent expert.
ence. declared the speech, "has dis
closed serious difficulties due to re
curing bitterness OF strong opinion
between the two branches OF lcgis-
lature. Proposals will be laid before
YOU with all convenient speed to define
The relations of the house of commons
towards finance and its predominance
in legislation The veto resolutions
subsequently presented 10 The house
of lords were framed TO abolish their
veto in regard 10 money bills. to limit
their veto IN respect to general legisla-
tiop. and 10 fix the maximum duration
of parliament at five years
The Unionist view was then admir-
ably put by Sir Robert FinIay, who
declared that strong and efficient
second chamber is necessary; that the
house is willing to consider proposals
for the reform Of the second chamber
but declines to proceed with proposals
which would destroy the usefulness OF
any second chamber however consti-
tuied, and would remove the only safe
guard against great changes being
made by the government Of the day
rot only without the consent, but
against the wishes of the electors.
Further details of the government =
measure disclosed IN intention TO sub
stitute for the present house of lords
Il second chamber constituted on a
popular. instead of an hereditary basis
Dilatory methods on the part of the
peers were to be prevented by the
time limit of one month within which
they must pass finance bill If they
did not pass it, then it would go direct
10 the king for his royal assent AS
early as the end of February this yeaI
the Liberal government was deter
mined never TO appeal TO the electors
again without the guarantee of the
pie seuinst the lords veto.
While the house of commons wa:
busy trying to clip the wings of tho
upper house, the peers themselves un
der a strong lead from Lord Rose
berry, were engaged in discussing theil
own proposals for setting their hons,
in order After Roscbery had tenta
tively formulated his ideas parliamen
separated for three weeks holiday OF
April 20. with the course of busi
ness well mapped ont for the succeed
ing session. The upper house. on re
assembling. intended first TO dispose o
Lord Roscbery's s resolutions, and thel
10 consider the government S veto pro
posals as contained in its resolutions
King Edward g death then inter