THE UNLIMITED VETO.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 713, 12 January 1910, Page 5

THE UNLIMITED VETO.

' :—■'■■■: J: OBSTACLE TO REFORM. SPEECH BY THE PEIME MINISTEE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Eeo. January 11, ■ 11.40 p.m.) v London, January 11. .• The Prime Minister, Mr. Asguith, in an address to his constituents • in East Fifeshiro, said that the House of Lords has violated the Constitution in order ,to save tariff reform from a i mortal blow; Ho adds: ' ■ ■ - "Tho fortunes of both Free- 'i trade and popular government are : i now. at stake. Tho possession of an ■ ;unlimitod veto' by a partisan • i Second Chamber is an insuperable obstacle to democratic legis- . lation." '. The address, does not mention. Home Rule;: and only : makes an 'incidental... reference! to the Navy in' explaining : the causes, oi tho heavy increase. in the Budget.';.' •■''; v. ;*':/:'..4.v .-OV A DENIAL. MR. ' LLOYD-GEOEGET3 ■ EECEPTION IN PALMOTJTH." (Eeo. January 11, 11 p.m.),. . , ■ London, January 11. Mr. Lloyd-George, in . his speech at Falmouth, denied tho. accuracy' of- tho ; toports of - his; hostile:' reception at ( Fal-:' mouth' on Saturday. ' He declared .that the .torchlightprocession was ' abandoned owing to the risk to his health. through driving in the night air. . , 'r ; , [Tho report which „Mr. Lloyd-George denies was contained in tho following Press Association . caHogram - published 'yesterday: '"Cornish' granite-workers, compelled the abandonmtot;.<)&;ar f toroh-lkht prooession in. honour of thovimt to Falmouth' of Mr. ' Lloyd-George, ; ' Chancellor of tho Exchequer.' The granite-workers are inoenEed. beoa'nse the. orders for granite for the; works ■ at. the- Eosyth naval., base: have been' given to foreigners, and made an l angry; demonstration at the railway station. Police escorted Mr., Lloyd-, George to his motor-car."'. The Admiralty explained lastKyear that- on big naval works the, contractors, not the Admiralty, order tho granite.] ■ v >;.'!

me. CHAMBEELAIN'S HEiILTH. , , London', January 10. ■ ltoplying at Widley, Hampshire, to repeated;'statements that ;Mr.; Joseph .Chamberlain Vas incapable of, writing V single word, that he was practically imbecile, and' that his son A.usten'-wTpte.- the letters appearing in Mr. J.,, Chamberlain's name, Mr. ' Austen Chamberlain stated that . he would' not comment on the cruel and' indecentlie,; ;bnt;.. : would contradict it .publicly.. - '... ; V, ''Sir,-Edward'jCarsonVaformeriy. ,'Unionist Solicitor-General; ; i speaking'"'at i Morpeth, ■ Northumberland, ! denied - similar, inventions.' ' ,; " ' V",,'--

APPROACHING POLL , THREE-CORNERED CONTESTS. (Hoc. Janu'ary 11, 10.15 p.m.) . , London, January 11. The Dissolution Council was hold, at Buckingham; Palace Vat; 3.30 p.m., so> as to avoid- the possibility of '.the.;MetTopoli-; tan Teturniiig ;opc6M > securing the * before 4 o'clock.'. .. . Vv.'" V.!-. With regard to: the 1 pollings to.be Held on Saturday,'.'most of the esnlta < will';be known' tho same ;hight; : ''i:A'■!; 1 The now Parliament will meet on- February 15. i In 1; fifty-f our 6 consHtteiiciesthere ;yill ; bB/'thr'ee^ornered^wnteste'.;<■' ■ ' There iwill;_jbe" : . iip\;,^ofcfipn^"pontestß , ,L£pr., West.':Birminghatn.v(r^ Joseph : ChamWlainJ/'Durham! 1 City(re-, presented, by Mr. J. W. Hills, Unionist Freetrader,by 433 votes),'and ' ISir Hugh;. BeUi; : 'ironmnst'erj.:w for tho City of London on", behalf of the

IS IT A FORLORN HOPE? 'Though';'ihsl9oß the I-ondon boroughs' returned; 42! Liberals and Labour: members a;nd only 19 Unionists, the City of London remained" a -Conservative-Unionist stronghold;';! Booking into. tho' records .back to--1885, jit : is: found;..that': the ' Conseryativo candidates' have -been either, unopposed or ;havß;been returned ; '.with 'swollen-, majori.: ties. In • February, 1906, after Mr. Horridgo. (a Liberal K.C.) beat Mr. Balfoui at East Manchester, London-.City. - (the. Hon.'VAlban < Gibbs'; retiring) received the rejected withy opien!!,arms, '.and-..returned him with a majority of .11)340-' (15,474— 4134) over ; Mr. T. Gibson ■ Bowles, , the Free-trader.'' and; seceded,, Uiti6iist.7'.. ; ,Thc members!',arQ now-'Mr, Balfour- and Sir F. G; Banbury., The was returned unopposed in June, 1 1906..! ( Sir Hugh '.Bell, - 'a. great . industnal magnate,, managing . director; of Bell Bros.y 'Ltd.j.!'and; of ; !.vanbus. iron, .coal; .'and, rail? way enterprises, is. a liberal 'Free-trader arid a■!writer- on -"industrial l .and :trade topics. !"At the: Works," ''a:, book-by , his. wife, : lady' Bell, .iwho-is.., a ;,well-known' novelist -and '-playwright;!- aroused . much, interest in! 1907.' Such a man must be a stout' champion -against ":; tariff,; • reform',' But can! he - succeed in!. a .-; constituency; which, at i .'the . i ;ele'ctipn' : ,'in ,';1906, gave ; tho 1 Conservative each: over 15,000 votes, ; and; bestowed-5313 on Sir Felix Schuster; ■; the'; great . banker and Liberal. Imperialist?;; Can' a' great: Liberal ironmaster win-iriore ' votes in London j City: than'.'werie polled; by a!' great.'.Liberal financier in 1908, the year of tho Liberal j wave?-;, ; A2y- W-;"-'-''^v"-*■/= '-.[i