Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-07-24
RESUSED TO HEAR SPEECH
TERRIFIC DIN COMPELLED HIM TO
CUT SHORT PROJECTED AD-
DRESS ON VETO BILL
AN ADJOURNMENT FORCED
UNABLE TO CURB DEMONSTRA-
TloN, SPEAKER DECLARED
SESSION SUSPENDED

LOHuOH, July Af.-OCeuSS OI Wllu
disorder marked the session of the
house Of commons today. Half dozen
times the premier rose to move con-
sideration Of the Lords amendment
to the parliamentary bill, and each
time he was howled down by din so
terrific that the speaker had difficult
~ in making himself heard as he ap-
pealed to both sides to observe parlia-
mentary decorum. After trying vain
ly over three-quarters of an hour to
get hearing Premier Asquith cut
short his projected speech, and, amid
great hubbub, declared that if the
Lords would not consent to restore
his veto bill, even with reasonable
amendments, to substantially its ori-
ginal form, the government would be
compelled to invoke the exercise of
the royal prerogative for the creation
OF new peers.
The parliamentary event of modern
times has so quickened the, public
pulse to the present political crisis
arising from the veto bill and anxiety
to know the exact terms of Premier
Asquith's ultimatum to the peers
crowded the house and its galleries
in way not seen before for many
years. The members of the lower
chamber, usually so decorous, gave
vent to their feelings by rising and
cheering frantically and waving hand
kerchiefs as their respective leaders
entered. There were some groans
from the unionist benches, inter-
mingled with an occasional shout of
traitor" when Asquith made his ap-
pearance.
The opening scenes of the historic
session were among the stormiest
ever witnessed in the house. AS soon
as he rose to speak, the premier was
encouraged by roar of applause from
the radical and labor benches, but an
answering volley of jeers came
from the opposition. while a small
group of standpatters busily chanted
traitor, traitor, traitor" until Speak
er Lowther warned them to control
A. ]. Balfour replied that
the government, by this one stroke,
had misused the prerogative of the
crown to destroy the second chamber.
Others attempted to speak but were
howled down and unable to restore or
der, Speaker Lowther decided the sit
ting suspended until tomorrow.
Prominent among the disorderly
ones was Lord Hugh Cecil, the con-
servative free trader from Oxford uni
versity, who necessarily chanted
divide, divide, divide" This created
fierce indignation on the radical side
of the chamber, from which the mem
bers appealed to the speaker to met
aphorically turn him out Meanwhile
Premier Asquith stood at the table
awaiting lull in the storm. His first
word, however, was the signal for an
other cyclone and for twenty minutes
the premier stood speechless, unable
to get in a word.
Cries of "Hurrah for Redmond, the
real leader" suddenly broke out from
the conservative benches. "We will
listen to Redmond they added. "The
British aristocracy," was the scornful
reply from the radicals. Look at
'em." Again and again Asquith tried
to speak, but a whirlwind of cries
drowned his voice.
A strong appeal by the speaker fin
ally caused momentary cessation of
the verbal tornado and Asquith got
out couple OF sentences. asserting
that the principle of the parliamentary
bill was affirmed as far back as
1907 and afterwards was confirmed at
the general election. Interruptions
followed, the unionists shouting can