Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-20
TEED TO BE BROKE 10 BE TAUGHT
OUSE IS TO WORK TO THAT END

LONDON, Nov. t9.-tspeclaI CablegramD
The bluest Of blue funks describes tho
condition Of the tory party and especially
the peers" declared T. p. O'Cunnor in AN
article published today
1T is always so with insolent and ar
rogant arstocracies when they are brought
to the bar OF public opinion. IL seems that
at the prime ordeal. the universal and un-
conquerabe instinct Of arlstocracies Is to
be insolent and reckless Immediately be-
fore the volcano bursts and then to rush
headlong for safety when the rumbllnss
Of the coming lava tide are beginning to
be heard
zone might have hoped that men with
the advantage OF the British aristocracy,
living in land of free institutions &c
customed 10 mixing in all classes Of 500
ciety and to breathing the air Of demo-
cratic state--one might have hoped that
such men would not az the beginning OF
the twentieth century commit the criminal
blunder OF the mobiles who ruined France in
an epoch before democracy had been born.
These English and Irish aristocrats are
Just as unteachable as were their less
favored predecessors and the only way
to teach them is to beat them.
what the Tories Fenr.
what the tories fear is an Immediate
appeal to the country on clear cut issue,
They desire delay. They should get neither.
We have them at last The more they
squeal the harder we should hit them.
Their day Of doom has come Let US
hasten 1t on by every means in our power
while we do not know the exact terms
which the liberal representatives offered
at the late conference, II what we hear
Z a. "a. eO hn
everybody will be surprised at the folly
and incapacity Of the tories in rejecting
them The terms were better than the
! tories will ever get again.
''The issue first and foremost is the
House Of Lords our sole business at this
moment is to give the people the right Of
self government. This they cannot have
until they give the House OF Commons the
same right to pass It's measures with a
liberal as with tory ministry. This right
received, we can proceed in our own good
time to discuss the various methods of re-
foming the House of Lords.
THE House of Commons is not merely
| the voice and image OF the nation; It is
the nation. 1t will be the nation even to
greater degree when our franchise laws
are drastically and democratcally re-
formed
THE second issue OF the election will be
Ireland The Irish question comes first
/ after the House Of Lords because OF It's
urgency and because IL is the first, inevita-
BILE and most necessary step toward the
development Of the security and unity OF
the empire"
AHGuith Opens HIS Campaign.
! Premier Asquith opened the radical cam
paign in a speech at luncheon OF the
National Liberal club today. He announced
no new policies.
The government, Mr.. Asquith said, was
determined to bring an end at once and
for all time TO the present system, under
which liberal legislation did not have 9
fair chance and to confne the second
chamber TO subordinate functions, appro-
pirate 70 such a body The liberals were
fighting for fair play for progressive legis.
lation and the complete establishment OF
a representative government.
Regarding the recent activity of the
lords In the matter of reforming them.
selves. the premier said the reason for thii
was clearly apparent, as the tories coulC
not face another election with the ineubu,
of the House OF Lords on their backs
Fight to a Finish.
It's a fight to the finish with the lords
Premier Asquith's speech at the Nationa
liberal club today leaves no doubt OF
that point Tho question OF questions TO
day is:
Has the premier got his gliaranteesf''
Mr.. Asquith's vague statement yesterda,
disappointed many, but now, after reflee
ton, all liberals think that he has rscog
nized the fact that the premier must, a
all cost, keep the king out Of party poll
tics. Probably the recent long and mys
terious negotiations between the king an
the cabinet during the kings visit TO Lon
don, dealth with that point The king wa
the most anxious for secrecy the premle
insisting that first absolute necessity o
announcing his reception Of the guaran
tees to present the backing up Of the nh
eral party.
An indication that implies that Mr As
qmth got his guarantees Is to be found q
bir. Redmond's silence and apparent salts
faction. II Is not impossible II the guar
antees are not given the crown itself wi
be involved Laborites and socialists pre-
dieting a large increase In their delega
tons in the next parliament are maxim
a lot out Of the aluson by the Dali
News TO 'monarchical revolution" an
James Keir Hardie repeats the threat abou
crowns and melting pots
Name OF King DRAGGED In.
Moderate liberals deprecste violent lar
guage, and the mutterinEs OF radical ca
tremists against George V are likely /
cause an answering outburst OF loyalty
other quarters. But the fact that the nam
OF the king has been dragged into th
controversy on the assumption that he he
acted In a partisan manner shows III
degree to which passion or suspicion ha
been aroused.
AS an offset. attention is drawn 10 III
Improvement IN the personal relations b,
tween the occupants OF the two fror
5 benches IN the commons resulting from ~
p meetings OF the council OF eight" Appal
r emily the close contact Of the conferenC
e chamber has rendered their attitude in tt
3 house OF greater use mutually.
70 Austen Chamberlain has crossed the 10,
70 the treasury bench 20 speak with M