LORDS v. COMMONS.
LONDON, August 9. lK>rd Lansdowne, speaking at Bowood Park, said the Liberals had told them that any measure, no matter how violent or how- little discussed, should be passed over the heads of the House of Lords if it had been sent up twice or thrice. Ihe House of Lords' scheme was much more moderate. It recognised that the people's will must prevail in the end, but it demanded that the people should be given full and sufficient opportunity of expressing their will, with a full and sufficient knowledge of the subject. Lord Lansdowne added: "We are ready to try conclusions on that issue." He said he did not believe that the. people would ever deprive themselves of tke right of saying the last word on questions of great national importance, and whether or not a great struggle was not distant turned upon finance or tariff reform. The House of Lords was ready to meet its adversaries and to accept the ' verdict of the people.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 11 August 1909, Page 30
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168LORDS v. COMMONS. Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 11 August 1909, Page 30
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