Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-07-25
Premier AsQuith in Vain Pleads
for Opportunity to Present
Government Views on Con-
tIict With Lords.
WILD PASSIONS REIGN
IN HISTORIC CHAMBER
Sitting Adjourned by Speaker
to Keep Usually Dignified
Lawmakers From Each
Others ThroatS,

my Morning Journal special Leased wIrel
London, July 24.-rhe last act or
the parliamentary revolution was ush-
cred In today with revolutionary
scene. For the first time In its his
tory the house of commons refused
To listen 90 speech by the prime
minister. For the first time IN its his
tory the speaker was compelled TO in
woke the rule which empowers I'm
cuse of grave disorder to declare the
sitting adjourned on his own respt
sibility
No such hostile passions have been
given free rein IN chamber which
traditionally carries on its debates
with chiValrous courtesy, since the
stormy days of the GLADSTONE home
rule bills. Probably there has hecr
no such passage In the American
congress since the reconstruction era,
During three quarters of an hour
Mr. Asquith rose at short intervals
and read sentence or two from his
manuscript only To be overwhelmed
by jeers. hootings and cries among
which traitor was the most FREE
Quent heard. but With Redmond"
Patrick Ford, and American dol
lars" often dlatinguishable.
Again and again the prime minister
tried to speak, hut his voice mas
drowned. He spoke Few sentences.
Il word or two of which could he
| heard Finally his mouth hardened
and he glared at his tormcnters. He
closed his manuscript and cried,
II am not going to degrade myself,
| shall simply state the conclusion al
which the government has arrived"
Having announced the governmnts
intention as briefly and hurriedly as
possible--althoug they were not
heard--the premier sank back Ia his
seat.
The leaders In the outburst against
the prime minister were Lord Hug
Cecil an intensely unpopular member
Of one OF the most patrlcan families.
and Il young harrister, r. E smith,
who recently achieved prominence In
the conservative party.
The former kept mp constant fire
of monotonous cries, and the labor
member VIII Crooks in rough clothes
ana sloueh hat, sitting across the
aisle, several times jumped up MS
through about to assault him, but was
pulled back by friends.
The speakers pleadlngs to "oh-
serve the deconcies of debate" wero
drowned in the tumult The wonder
was that the crowded house did not
como 10 blows, but the bellgcrent
members were pulled down by neigh
bors. The political hatred engender-
ed by veto bill made todays session
the stormiest In the memory of the
oldest member.
Every means short of physical yio-
lence was successfully used to pre-
vent Mr.. Asquith from explaining the
views of the govrnment So violent
were the opposition members and so
indignant were the ministeralists that
the speaker, after two hours, decided
to suspend the sitting to obviate
graver disorders.
The members dispersed umid
scene OF violent excitement shouts Of
traitor" coward" following the
prime minister as he departed. 20
which the minlsterialists shctred
cries of you are beaten. We viii
win"
Mr.. Asquith tonight issued TO the
newspapers summary of the speech
he was prevented from delivering. In II
he contcnded that the principals OF
the machlnels Of the Elll had beei
before the people at two elections. ~
no form of referendum devlsable
could the opinion Of the electorate
have been more carefully ascertained
The government has accepted the
amendments In the hous'
OF commons, the purpose Of the
lords amendment was TO set the ma
chinery aside. The government had
specifically To describe what
were finance bills, the lords proposed
to create committee, which the
premier described as iunta to de-
tcrmine what were finance bills ana
what were matters OF great gravity
whatever that might mean which
should be put before the country bv
refer, ndL'n, There was not great
budget Of the last seventy years
which could not possibly have bedl
thrown out BY such a junta.
when you have uuionist major
ty in botn houses. continued the
prime minister the whole thing be
'omes a dead lett II. Measures Of tho
most tar reaching effect may hC pass
'd in defiance OF public opinion ana
lNer the heads of the electorate. You
I've under an unchecked undil.
ifed single ch mooi glttrumon-. hut
}ith the liberu soree1 e1m9n- IN rawer
ou would have 4 nolse - commons.
beyond all it's predecessors In
'onlfoI uI llntL 20 hNl III all cases
Nhcre an IRE 3pans'hla and nnn,rer-
'esontative body, independent of both
houses. should SO determine every
leadlocks viii be settled only by refer
ndum,"
These nmenin"h.a, added Mr.. hs-
luilh, taken as WHOLE. amount TO
election OF our bills
After quoting constitutional writ
rs ami tho history of the massage ~
he reform bills by William Nv, he
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