The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-06
REFORMING TIE LORDS.
Ths EROFt Net a New RadleaIasm Of Tn,
Century.

To rHn BDEEOR o. TEE BuN-SV n,
timely action q the British Houas Of L7-4,
N passing the budget without any dlacus, d,
or amendment will do much b Wtn q.
approval II the people a. the neHt Ren--,l
election. The action was thorouRhiy co.,.
atitutlonnl. and Il demonstrates the u'
Of the veto Of an upper chamber when Oh,
veto Of the Crown has fallen into DE- ..
Il win bs remembered that Whea the I.or{s
rejected Mr.. Gladstone's Irish home T.
bill an appeal vas made 10 the country ana
tho action Of the Lords vas Endorsed u,
the other hand whom the Lords rejected ,f,
bal for the disestablishment Of the lrsh
Church an appeal was made 70 the counfr,
and the action Of tho Lords was condemne4
and the Queen requested the Bishops 20 pl.s
tho bill
Professor Marriott Of Oxford, che autbo,
Of A Second Chamber. a. very clearly sho,r,
that this struggle between the House n
Commons and the House Of Lords data,
~ far hack a. the reign Of Henry " lii0
when tho Commons successfully Asserted
their right 10 initiate money bills
" was the infraCtion OF this right that
brought the Lords into conflict with I'M,
Commons IN the reign Of King Charles M
In 1871 the Lords introduced a bill Tor he
street cleaning and repair Of the road,
In Westminster. but the Commons main.
iained hat no money bin should oryI.
nais in the upper chamber. a. the Con r-or,
alone had the power 10 tax the peNpia
again. In the same reign, In 1911 the 'po
houses were a dagger drawn, for in hat
10 amend money bills- sent up TO then nv
the Commons The English Parliament vat
a. DiSraeli said. nothing but a Venetian
oligarchy- ~ the whole Of the eiEht-sn'h
century, for from the revolution Of 1885 ~
he passing Of the reform bill in is1. ne
HOUSE Of Lords was practically supreme
Writing IN 1921, Sidney Smith declared
that the country belonged to the Duke =
Rutland, lord l.an-downe. the Duke n
Newcastle and about twenty other ma'r.
hers Of the House of Peers. As matter ~
fact In those DAYS the Duke NJ Norfolk 70.
turned eleven members 20 the House n
Commons. Lord l.onsdale nine, Lord Oar.
lington seven. and the Duke Of Rutland. Ire
Marquis Of Buckingham aud lord CARING.
ton six each. Thomas Oldfeld. the historian
says that In ISIS out Of the as members n
the House Of Commons 4s5 we're the nom.
inees of the Peers
The peerage was the rival Of the Crown
and 70 such an extent that Queen Anne N
the last year of her reign actually created
batch Of new peers IN order 10 end the
war of spanish succession. the very step
Which William ". decided 20 take II fhe
Lords again rejected the reform bill ofisl1
lhsre = nothing new or reyolutlonary n
chamber. Tho Earl Of Sunderland In i7lo
brought in a bill In which he propose,i 20
restrict within the narTOwest limits the ROYAL
pfefoHnNVe OF creating res p~ers, livery
paeraRe which became extinct was 10 h.
replaced by the creation Of a new one. bot
apart from this the number Of the peeraEa
was not 70 b. Increased beyond les existing
limits nv more than six The general effect
OF the hill would have been 10 NJ the neerars
OF England a. %. but SundeFiand's hfl was
retected because, a. SIR Robert WElpoia
y. = ss,Iis. w ~ OF Great
sole means Of averting a deadlock between
the two houses. King George N said 70
nathan You have taught me TO look for
the voice Of my people In Of her placrs than
In the House Of Commons King Edward
may say the same ~ the present time. ior
the House Of Lords has now shown that II
respects the will Of the people and can ignore
party politics. BRTTfsHFn
Nav loRE. May s.