| Show personnel and powers of great unpopular the english house of lords or peers consists of the whole peerage of england and of certain representatives of the peerages pee rages of scotland and ireland but according to the st louis bost dispatch many of thee last have als english titles which give them seats in the house As for instance the duke of a peer sits as car of doncaster and the duke of na irlby peer as viscount according to the latest official list exclusive of twelve minors and one baron whose is not established jhc thc house of lords is composed as follows five princes of the blood two twenty one dukes aven ty t vo one hundred u carl alve viscount twenty four bishops three hui decd and four barons sixteen scot tish rapi peers elected 0 o iacoi and irish representative peers fir life in all five hundred and baxt aro no until there wen occasional croc ions of i in ovi r t var decided that couie not i it in falio aliouse and since fien ani leave acou made peerages Pee rages arc lurl attainder for high treason and an at tainted peerage con only be restored by act of parliament not by the crown tho lionso of lords may originate legislation of all kinds except money bills which must come from the house of colmone com mone tho former has alo al o si veto power upon the legislation of tho latter and can throw out any bill from tho lobur house no matter how largo ft majority it has received there it is this veto power which more than any and everything else makes the housa of lords lar with the areat mass of voters |
