Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. The constitutional relations of the houses

Collection:: Economics Books

“HAP. viii] RELATIONS OF THE HOUSES 587 lacking in characteristic features. It on various occasions amended Bills, and on one occasion, in 1905, it rejected an Act to provide for native taxation, insisting instead on a poll-tax on the whole of the people of Natal, though that was in fact merely an indirect way of increasing native taxation without resorting to differential measures such as would have rendered it essential for the Governor to reserve his assent to the measure, a course which it was naturally desirable to avoid. The House could not be swamped as its members were limited, and its long tenure of office and the property franchise rendered it a respectable body, but it was hardly distinguished by any marked statesmanship. In the two new Colonies also the Upper House was limited in numbers and so could not, be swamped. No serious difficulties arose during their brief existence : the Upper House of the Transvaal insisted on its right to be given adequate time to discuss measures, and claimed, but in vain, a right to criticize non-appropriation clauses of money Bills. In the matter of the presentation of the Cullinan diamond to the King it was alleged that the Upper House was only in- duced to accept the measure by two of its members receiving Government appointments, and thus enabling the Govern- ment to fill their places by supporters of the measure. § 5. CaNaDA In the case of Canada the principle of nomination has not been a success, though the principle of election has equally been a failure. Lord Elgin, when Governor-General, thought that the difficulty of governing was much increased by the lack of harmony between the two Houses, and he strongly recommended, and ultimately persuaded, the Imperial Government to consent to the Upper House in the Union being made elective! But the experiment was certainly ot a success, and when it was decided to constitute a ! See Walrond, Letters and Journals of Lord Elgin, pp. 145 seq. See the Act 17 & 18 Viet. e. 118; Hansard, ser. 3, cxxxiv. 159. The Canadian Act was 19 & 20 Vict. c. 140. For the Speaker, cf. 22 & 23 Vict. ® 10 and the Canada Act, 23 Vict. ¢. 3. For Sir J. Macdonald's views, see Pope, i. 277; ii. 233 seq.

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