LORD ROSEBERY AND THE LORDS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2732, 1 November 1894, Page 4

LORD ROSEBERY AND THE LORDS.

London, Oct. 29. Lord Rosebery, speaking at Bradford, dwelt on the immensity of the task of dealing with tho House of Lords. Ho said that he was not inclined to move in the matter at present as the Government majority in this Parliament was too small a"' 1 * ne Government, before entering fully into the would require a special mandate of tho conii'! ru ; backed up by an overwhelming majority at the p-.-lLs, Tho campaign would require weariness ;uid patieneo in carrying it out. It would not bo an affair of rose water. Ho warned his hearers not to look for immediate resul!,:■«, as it would he a hopel S 3 task to attempt to carry tho House of Lords by storm or by a rush. Ho concluded his speech during an impressive scone of excitement, with tho words : <; We fling down the gauntlet ; you must back us." Lord Rosebery in announcing tho resolution that tho House of Commons should be tho predominant partner in the partnership with the House of Lords, said that this was really a new character in one act of a great drama, and he hoped that the poople would fight with the same

stubborn spirit as was displayed by their Puritan fathers: Personally he felt as if closed in a gilded dungeon with the bitterest political enemies. The Liberal newspapers are jubilant at Lord Rosebery' s defiant challenge. The Times considers the Premier is dragged at the wheels of fanatical folly, which he scarcely pretends to regard as national. The Standard follows in a similar strain, and declares the speech an electioneering one. Oct. 30. Some of the Radical organs doubt the wisdom jeopardising the Newcastle Programme for a crusade against, the House of Lords. Freeman's Journal admits that the abolition of the Lords' veto must precede Home Rule.