The Detroit times., 1910-01-19
LIBERALS PLAN
/. RADICAL COURSE
Introduction Of Irish Home Rule and
Other Measures Contemplated
BY Them.

LONDON, Jan. 19.-Odds OF 20 to l
that the Liberals will control the next
parliament were offered on the stock
exchange today without any takers.
With Liberal. or coalition Victory
assured in the forthcoming parliament,
the Liberal party leaders are todny
mapping out program of legislation
more radical tnan any ever before pro-
POSED In England ami that the program
Will be successful every succeeding
days voting makes more apparent.
Among the measures that Will be
the adoption or resolution taking
the power OF veto away from the
house OF lords, the reintroduction OF the
budget. the Irish home rule bill. and
la bill to stop plural voting, thus abol-
ishing the present franchise handi.
caps under which the masses labor.
These reforms were definitely agreed
on by the Liberal leaders today. Ii
successful In this legislation. the Lib
erals. with the aid of the laborites
and the Irish nationalists. will begin
their fight to make the house Of lords
an elective body.
The probable smallness OF the Lib
eral majority will work toward the
enactment OF more radical legislation
than were the majority overwheini-
ing, for the moderate members will
have TO make concessions to the Rad
icals In order TO maintain a majority
hen II comes to voting on legislation.
The extremists will virtually hold the
balance OF power.
The attempt to curtail the lords
veto power will be the first thing at
tempted. according to the announce
ment of Premier AsQuith, who de-
clares the issue to be the most I'm
portant now before the people.
Despite the fact that the lords are
under pledge to cease their opposi-
ton to the budget in case the prescnr
election goes against them, there Is
grave fear that owing to the more
radical measures that Chancellor OF
the Exchequer Lloyu-George will pro-
pose in the new budget, the lords will
again attempt to defeat 1t. The new
budget will contain heavily Increased
taxes against land, swollen incomes.
leasehold reversions, unearned incre-
ment In land values. death duties and
number OF other things.
The home rule measure will be In
accordance with Premier Asquita >
promise: complete self-gOvernment in
local affairs, but maintaining the SUI
rremacy and integrity OF the imperial
parliament. This Is not all the Ma
tionalists want and 1t is probable that
the government will yet be forced 20
go farther than planned.
After this argent legislation Is
enacted, the Liberals plan to reduce
4 the membership OF the house of lords
Itc 300
The plan Is TO permit the peers 10
| choose 100 members who will serve
! for life, the others to be populariy
/ elected. As the 100 life peers die,
their successors are TO be chosen by
election, the entire body eventually
becoming elective.
When the polls opened today the
conservatives had total Of l20 mem
bers and the coalitionists LAG. includ-
ing 9s liberals. 2s nationalists and %
laborites. The net conservative gain
is IL. which IL maintained through
out the remainder of the election, will
give them a total gain OF lOo. This
will mean that the liberals will have
TO have the support OF both the labor
| ties and nationalsts TO have ma
iorify