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Show LANSDOWNE'S PLAN FOR UPPER HOUSE LONDON, My . Lord Uoidowa trader of U oppoaitlon 1b tb. boon oi lordi, ha introduced bil bill for too reform re-form of the upper bouie. There we a Sreat audieee la. which were maaji inlomat. The nnioaiet, he ald, were eonviaced that aa ameadmeat to the ecrtutitutioa of the houne of iorde ahonld proceed imoltaaeoueiy with a reform in the relation of the two hou. They de-tired de-tired to demoaetrat. tha eoaatry that they could provide an efficient aeeoad chamber which eould be treated to uae it power fairly a between the great political parties aad faithfully to lerre the democracy and at the name time be tron(j enough to tuiit the suit of paaaion and prejudice with which all democracie were familiar. They proposed a house to consist of 350 lord of parliament. |