FROM SAUSAGES TO THE PEERAGE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2155, 22 May 1914, Page 7

FROM SAUSAGES TO THE PEERAGE

THE TRAFFIC IN TITLES "A CRYING SCANDAL" DEBATED . ■ By TeJ<!craph"«-J'reE9 AssecfftUan—Cooyriclit (Res. May 21, 7,30 p.m.) ■ London, Slay 21. Mr, Locker-Lawpson (Unionist), in introducing his Bill for tho abolition of tho traffic in titles, said that tlia acquisition of titles and honours % rich nobodies had become a crying scan" dal. If a member gave £30,600 to the party funds in the hope of a translation to the Hon so of Lords ho invariably said that ho didn't want to become a Lord) but that his wife wished to be a "Lady." Tho successful sale of Sausages, ho declared, didn't entitle a man to sit in the same House beside Lord Roberts, While the Chancellor of the Exchequer catered for the million, the Chief Whip entered for the millionaire. The House of Lords was only a Mfceca for smibs. Sir. J. M. Hogge (Liberal iiwwiber for Edinburgh East) opposed tho Bill. Tlk»v_ wanted, ho said, to preserve tin) nobility, and the infusion of fresh blood would save ifc from decline. There was also the question of tosiiniftmii'tt " iH drama, from the ranks of which the nobles c-onld racrait thssif ladies, as a reward for their efforts on the stage. HEREDITARY TITLES. (Ran, May 21, 8.30 p.m.) . .. London, May 21. Mr. A. A. Vf. l'r.!iso!>b;v (Libera!) has introduced a Bill to provide for the tei> ! initiation of hereditary titles.