The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-15

but by n small and determined minority.
The very House oT Commons that car
r,ed the resolutions az the time OF Charles
!. was mere rump. a fragment Of the
original House. The execution OF that
unhappy monarch was carried out by
very small minority OF the British
people
In France the execution Of LOUIS XVI
was not carried out either by France
or by Paris. but by a comparatively
small minority II the Cabine. Speaking
for himself, Lord Rosebery said IL was
not the voice ot the people tina, h" DR. AIDED
50 far az revolutionary movement we're
cnncNrnel. but the voice of smell. de-
termined and intrepid minority
tontinuing. he said There are two
vital principles 81 stake 90 vital that
Without their adoption II ~ useless to-
touch he question ~ reform NJ all The
! first question j. that ~ heTeCiity the
hereditary right Ia -it IN this House and
the doing awav with which was the
unan'moIs and spontaneous recon-
rnendal'on ~ your I."rylship's own com
: mIttse
] Lord Salisbury he: interrupted the
sp~aksr a. saw that he had moi been
/ present vh"n ~. committee had adopted
this principle and 50 hal not oted
: Rs~uming hIs Argument lord Rosa-
h~rv SAID The hereditary principle
VAS rot inserted IN the Constitution until
the Rc'rrmsti m Until that time .
ma i"rrtv - tho peers did not at by
hsrrd, AIRY right at all. but u - nov a
mart nj the CONSTITUTION the most oh
p i~-tIonahle - ~" country. the most
rH~'.nta ~ To-" Dar1la a. large
II - To" easiest principle to attack
the most di'icul, o. defend II - in
-ufici"n' - point ont he emnenCe Of
the H'Iss 1T I.,r'is II has gwen usiR
.lreat many NOR" peers than are waTteh-
u WI" "uls -giuR year b" yea. he went
uu iertshIIng steam ike IN" Nile
Bowed annually. almost weekly. int the
H"u-. but unEk" ~. Nie " did not ~.
tire
IT," ~ec"nd principle which he asked
them O." adopt and Which was essential ~
tuv reform ws- election o. their nemher-
>hip frun tho outside Nothing elss
you'd give life and strength to the cham
her. nothing ~l-a would give ~ that con
tICt with nauons life and thought which
va, necessary Ca the strength of any cham
no. exercising the functions vherewith
they ~eFc epdrWn''
and could not give the strength ths, was
da-Jr,d Ne Nat not PROPOSED to- add Ia
no lords ny I,"tular election Tina,
would "nly mls" them fashls under
-tidg ~ t'a 'Wmon- and moreover.
r1uit,ply th" horrors ~ general elections
RI' m" Mouse ~ Lords would derive /
naW strength ras grace new dignity by /
a-~p"i,ii"u- With IN" corporations the /
county r-uncl'a formed int elective I
husiie~ az uvar the country Ne urged
.hs,r lnrdshIp- - recognize and t. adopt 4
those prin~iple-
Your Iyrrt~hips he vent on. have
the opportunity - render the country a .
greater service than has fallen tn the n, I
- any bn.iv ~ men since the haTons
rssc'ie,' the liberties ~ England from King
lohr Your IoTdshiys ike the harons
NAV rescue the nation FROM rh~ impending
haspot,-m not " = king but ~ 4 single
irresponsible "hsmh"r
In conclusion he slid thst the Govern
rIant must -onn e. 20 the country " ith their
proposals. let the Lords g. With theirs
Hs % zSsci them n surrender those powers
which wc-r verging On the ob-pletp he
recalled - the lords that nigh Then the
srl,trcracy ~ France surrendered me
privilege at ~ another and EFF tho Assem-
hIv - privata CiJiz~n-
u anv npbl@ friend told them that the
ron".--,onS had brought about tho French
Revolution he would tell them wrongly
The Ristile had fallen. the revolution had
already begun The le--un ~ u was
-Tn., late had the French aristocra~y made
their concessions One hundred years
earlier thsy would have saved the mon /
archv
SrsakinR IN deep. solemn tones Lord
Ro-ebsrv concluded Those words 'tSo
I-'a' shall not he repeated here 7 rest
confident m The wisdom and patriotism - ,
this House ~ confident that I I'm con-
ytnced that they will rise ~ tho height pf .
the .c,a-,on and v,ndica'e she principles
~ the constitution
VOW viii my Lords. II ! am n, greatly /
ui-f- ken save the constitution hy main
timing the guarantee that the cnnstitu-
rtor demands You will save the future
- r,.- country when nothing les than Inc .
fItu.. - CIR country ~ involved You
will 90 m imperishahi" honor end imper-
i-hF bla gratitude not merely from the na-
iiru u. W but aS long as IN" history ~ this .
,,,,In,ry shsil survive
Hs, spike for two hours
/ ord Morley followed Rosnrarv. whose
rrupos,l- he commended. did not toUch /
even the fringe - tho emergency which |
c.uTr,ntad the country Lord Rcs~hery |
h,d admitted that tho present constitu-
,tnn 81 fhe. HOUSE ~ Lords was indeTensi- J
,,Ie and thar IL nesdsd 10 he reformed
I, vas about ~ unfit a rsvising chamber !
"a ~ was possible - find q had com (
m,ttsi homicid, by Staying the budget
and now puTp0s~d ~ commit suicide by