IMPERIAL POLITICS
"A LANDMARK." THE PARLIAMENT ACT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyriglit. London, March 10. Mr. Asquith, speaking at Covent Garden, said that the Parliament Act was a landmark recording the opening of a fresh stage of development. Unless the people's will prevailed Democracy was a fitrce, and they might as well throw the whole machinery of elections into the scrap heap. At two elections the Liberals had convinced their countrymen that the House of Lords was partisan, misreprcsentative, and a caricature of a second chamber. The Parliament Act was an enormous step in advance. Much remained to be done in reforming the electoral system and making the House of Commons truly representative before establishing a second chamber of reasonable size and composition, qualified to perform its functions efficiently and impartially. The loss of the by-elections was attributable to the Tory campaign against the Insurance Act. He predicted that when the Tories have a chance they will not venture to lay a finger on a single one of that Act's fundamental principles.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 217, 12 March 1912, Page 5
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170IMPERIAL POLITICS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 217, 12 March 1912, Page 5
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