The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-03-12

resolutions At any rate, 1 remember
that, the Parliament before last when
the present leader of the opposition
proposed to proceed on a question of
found that under the rules of the
House resolution containing details
of that sort would have to be prac-
tically debated in committee, line by
line. as if they were clauses OF bill.
l do not know whether the honorable
gentleman has considered the length
of time it would probably take to get 4
resolution Of that kind through. If
resolutions of that kind are satisfac-
tory to the large majority of tine House
of Commons, and if the same resolu-
tions We're rejected by an overwhelnl-
ing majority of the House of Lords,
then you would be in a position to go
to the sovereign, not With detailed in
formation as to what your scheme was,
but served with notice from the House
resolutions come up to them they will
throw it out, instead of going on for
months ploughing the sands with futile
discussion of the clauses of a bill which
you have received formal notice would
never pass, YOU would ask for your
guarantees from the sovereign, and If
the sovereign refused, then You would
at once free yourselves from any re-
sponsibility for the government Of the
country.
What is the alternative policy? /
do not stop to worry about What the
prime minister called the necessary
supply beyond saying that in any cir
cumstances l would support supple
mentary estimate Looking at the
matter from his point Of view l see
that it is essential for any government
of the country to make provision so as
to prevent the services Of the country
coming to an end. The alternative policy
of the right honorable gentleman is
to Introduce and pass into law Bud
get before we are satisfied and before
We receive any reasonable assurance
whatever that a bill dealing with veto
can pass into law this year or in this
Parliament, take the liberty of saying
that in my judgment that 10 disas-
trous policy. In my deliberate judg-
,a1,t bot =
the mandate you got from the country
(near, hear). The issue of the last cleo
ton is abundantly evident from the
speeches we have already heard, and
it was the unconstitutional action of
the Lords in rejecting the Budget. Now
it is proposed to send this Budget back
to the House OF Lords not under new
system of constitution. where they
would be forced to carry it, but un.
der the old system and ask them once
again, not as a right, but as a favor.
to pass them ministerial and National
cheers). In that way you would re-
move the financial crisis which exists,
and in that way you would postpone
any chance of forcing the veto policy to
success. The right honorable gentleman
said in his election address-it is rather
q solemn document, more serious, be-
lieve, than the Albert Hall speech: The
limitation of the veto Is left the first
and most urgent step to be taken.
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has been repeated again and again by
nearly every member of the ministry.
The chief secretary for Ireland has
said: The Budget may be important,
free trade may be important. but the
veto is the thing. The secretary for
foreign affairs declared again and
again that the question of the powers
of the House of Lords was the great
issue in the election. In his election
address he said: 1T was an outrage up
on democratic institutions that the
right to force a dissolution should be
conceded to the House Of Lords They
had already forced one dissolution, and
YOU are going now to enable them on a
veto bill to force a second dissolution
in the same year. In my Judgment, If
YOU pass the Budget and postpone the
veto bill-if YOU pass the Budget and
send it to the House of Lords-you will
justify to a large extent in the minds
OF many people the action Of the House
of Lords Remember what the Lords
said. They said: 1--WE do not claim the
right to throw out this bill, but what
we claim is the right to make sure that
the people want it," If you send the
bill to them without any further pro-
test, and no assurance that it will pass,
l think you will, in the minds Of many
people, justify the action of the House
/ of Lords, and you will certainly throw
the veto question into subordinate
place, and the resolution would be
gone. We would then all be expected
to settle down here quietly in hum