THE LORDS' VETO.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 April 1910, Page 3

THE LORDS' VETO.

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!11 the I louse of ('ominous t lie ;!e----!/at'..' w.:s reseimed on tlie ni::l ion «:i Lin" Pria'.e .Mini'-icr, Air .Vs'juith

'"'That this House resolve- itsell inf'i a coininitlee to ("iii.-ider the relations of the two 11oiises. and the duration of Parliament."

Th." I'ebate was conclmled by the Chancellor of the Kxehequer, Mr Uoyd-Giv.rge. Me declared it uas bitter ti'.'i't tli" Liberals .«•-!i• ?111:1 lie out of odire for a decade than that they should longer submit to the Lore's mutilating their Mills. If the people really wished for revolutionary measures, the Lords' veto was a.s useless as the King's veto was duri.ng the French ['evolution. Sir R. M. Kinlay's amendment was rejected, and Mr Asquith's motion was agreed to. The voting was as follows:— For the motion ... 358 Against the motion ... 252 Government majority ... 100 wreg'jcfiT*: jsccgßjfrriaL «uamar