The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-07
ROSEBERY'S
PLAN FOR LORDS
NOn-Hereditary House His Be-
lief Scheme
COUNTRY MORE AT EASE
s
Now That Parliamentary Strife Is Tenn
poranly Deferred--No Constitution
Al Change Can De Made BY
Present legislators.
COUNTRY MORE AT EASE

London. March 1.-THE truce which
win give . breathing spell to parlia-
ment until after Easter 8 welcome % an
parties and to the country at large The
government is now committed to a single
chamber policy, despite the contrary
opinion Of several members Of The eabi.
net. The disssntera objections have been
'silenced for the present, At an events,
BY tho life Or death threats Of their
Irish and Radical allies.
Meantime, the Unionists win bring
forward At The earliest possible moment
a genuine scheme for the reconstruction
Of the House Of Lords. The majority
81 the peers earnestly hope that Lord
RosebeTyis plan, which he is to introduce
March "a, will be snch that the Union.
Jets win be able 70 give it whole hearted
support.
Nothing Is known az yet about the De.
tails Of Lord Rosebefy's scheme. bat e.
is assumed that It win provide for At
least seini-democratic house. n which
none win BE- entitled to sit hy heredi.
tafy claim alone. It g expected that
there win be soma provision Ia feNfd
70 Che life Of The peers and that shout
half The members Of ihe second chamber
shall be elected either by direct vote or
BY local boards such as county councils,
the membership to continue. say, for
twelve years
These proposals have no authoritative
origin. They Simply represent roughly
what the present House Of Lords 4 per-
haps willing 60 coneeda and what the
country at large would probably acfept
as an adequate concession Is the univer.
sal demand for reform of the upper
house.
It requires little political wisdom 10
justify the assertion that II enc Asquith
government persists il the demand far
the destruction Of the Lorde veto. isav-
ing that house ~ At present constituted,
while tho Uaionista bring forward
policy similar 70 TIE one ontlinsd above.
the country win give it support OYER
whelmingly 10 Lord lansdenrs and ST..
Balfour, the t'niohlst leaders. and Lord
Rosebery.
No change Of any sort j. TIE eonstilu
ton Or ID the functions 81 tbe upper
house can Be- made elective 81 the pres
ont Parliament. There j. Still talk 81
John Redmond, The leader II tho Irish
party, about demanding goarautees from
the throne. even when Ira House d Lords
throws ont the anti-goto resolutions. III
IS matter Of common knowledge that
The king will pereuptorily refuse any
such demand X made
Premier Asquith Will never make such
a request Of king Edward i lor no other
reason than because his majesty II 81
popular that the knowledge 81 bis Re
fussl would in itself lead to the defeat
Of the government when L appealed q
the polls.
The budget meantime i dead in ali but
name. 1t would be possible for the gov
eminent to provide TIE main revenue
within 3 week By passing a resolution
authorizing the collection Of an income
tax. but It prefers out Of mere ~
stinacy 70 borrow money a heavy ex
pense in order 70 give pausibility q che
allegation that the Lords ere responsible
for the financial embarrassment and the
extra cost BIZ refusing to pass The budget
" last December
The unionists naturally are sparine 30
pains to expose this subterfuge 10 the
,ountry.