The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19

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port him. Il must not Be OveTlooksd a.,
Cor years past thSrs has been hothnR ll,s
an equal division Of parties IN the Lord.
that it n compooed almost entirely n
adherents Of tie Conservative Unicp,,.
party and that In consequenos 10 m-ss.
urcs % the Commons receive dGsrupr,
treatment. according a. the Conservative.
OF the Llbsrals are in power. The Lords
have blocked the way and raised an.
cultias when q Liberal or Radical Cabin,
has brought forward q plan Of reform. and
never 20 conspicuOusly or psrsisisntlv A
they have with the Measures Of the Car,p.
bell BannsFnan and AsqUith Admn..
trationS. Mr. Gladstone IN his last sp~.~h
IN the Commons described the sitla,,on
clsariy and gavs warning that thers rnls,
BE- q great constitutional struggle n ths
future.
With regard 10 the Radical oa,ohword
Of ending or msnding' the Jords. Prof.
Redlich's opinion Il that WHISTLER Or m
England win approach the Radical dsal
In time. az present.. within the hrnits osi,a
admitted functions. the House Of Lorts
continues 20 do important service h tAs
nation. 1t lsassns the danger q reforms
being unduly hurried on BY doc,rinairs
radicaliSm and AZ all events modsra,ss
tho paos Of change. the desire Tor which
d still triumphant in modern England,
and thus 10 helps 20 diminish the risks
inherent In system Of party government
With a broad democratic basis Prof.
Redlich believes also that In the political
principle which the functions Of the Houss
Of Lords express they correspond both o
the present economic and social dlstEtbu.
ton Of power and 20 the ingralnsd ariseo-
cratic FeelinG Of the English people.
Regarding the last instance In watch
the Houss Of Lords considered the rsieo-
ton OF q finance BILL before Lord LAns-
downe's motion was carried last year,
Prof. Rsdlich's statement Of the iActs
will prove useful. a. the matter WI b
referred 70 often In tho coming disC0ssiona
In England. Until the year 1870 h had
always been looked upon a. constitusicnal
for the House Of Lords TO reject . moOsy
bill altogether. though not 70 amsnd H.
In that year a conflict arose bstWesn the
two Houses in references 70 the measures
for giving eject 70 tho budget prOpoMh
Of the Government. A bill wAa paased By
the House Of Commons having for 10
object the repeal Of the paper duty; a
was rejected by the L0rds.' The Con-
mons aoquiesoed but passsd FesolutiOns
tho theory on which ne
Lords had acted. In the following year
all the Governments proposals 20 10
taxation were combined into a single bll
and laid before the House ~ . whole.
The provisions Of the previous sessions
bin for rVpsaling the paper duty were ~
Vived - part % the complets scheme
and me Houas Of Lords was forced into
the position Of having 70 accept or reject
the financial proposals Of tho CommOns
A. a whole. Amendment Of the single
money bill was constitutiOnally In
For two hundred years the
House n Lords had ceased % claim
any such right In face Of the alternative
presented u them the Lords could d
nothing else than accede 10 the aggre-
gate Of financial proposals without eH-
,eption. They could not bring them.
selves 20 reject the whole financial scheme
u the year. So the matter ended
The Opposition declared that this inno-
ration % lacking vas unconstitutional.
md Mr. Gladstone employed his skill IN
iialectics 20 demonstrate that the ACCUSE
ion was unjust The same objection n
ne inclusion of foreign matter in the
nance bin was expressed BY Lord Lans-
iowne in his opposition % Mr.. Lloyd
SeorKp's budget. and the House of Lords
liter a lapse Of nearly nifty years reasserted
he constitutional right which Mr.. Glad
Etone thought he had extinguished. On
he appeal 70 the country. the answer beng
adverse 20 them though by the smallest
u ma iorities. the Lords at once followed
he precedents by voting the budgst thsy
rad rejected. In view Of thee events ot
he last few months Prof Redlich's com
nent on the earlier bill will bear REVISION,
md even Sir CourtsnAy Ilbert's sTcsllent
tote needs mobilization. I'FOr more than
generation now the Commons night 70
lole management Of the CountFy's finances
las been asserted in this way; Il u nov
10Th true in fact and accepted - . prn-
,iple Of constitutional law that the HOUSE
u lords IL excluded from inhusnos on
money matters and u can never expect %
-eassert a claim 20 pOesess any. The In
important constitutional reform
,arried through a. described was com
,leted without alteration OF enactment ola
Jingle rule Of law. and its establishment
yividly illustrates the incompatible elias
icity Of the British Constitution and 10
,ontsmpt for juriStio construction and
iogmatic formulation
The chapter on PaFneIl and the obstTuo-
ion Of the Irish members n brilliant.
Prof Redlich has no concern Win politics:
,e ia describing q remarkable pieoe ot
whose practical working h
In Parnell he sea an Enemy
n Parliament and In his obstructive tao
ics the ruin % the parliamentary system.
he thoroughly admires his destructive
ingenuity but he admires even mOrs TIE
manner In which Speaker Brand. SUP
Dortsd BY the two historical parties.
IWept aside presidents and techncalittss
md put a stop 70 obstruction. HIS &Ppre-
ration % the elective manner In which
he new rules expedite business nAEes
Prof. Redlich enthusiastic over the NJ
yency and closure measures which bo'n
Liberals and Conservatives have devised
md enforced. He admits that certain
important functions Of Parliament suffer
n consequence. but the nature 81 Do
inclinea him 10 put PER