LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
PEERS AND THE REFERENDUM.
[To TER EDITOR OP TER " SPECTATOR:9 SIR,-Why do you in your Referendum scheme propose that all Peers should be left without a vote ? They have no votes for M.P.'s, but surely they ought to have votes on a Referendum.—I am, Sir, &c., - LINDLEY. The Lodge, East Carleton, nr. Norwich.
P.S.—I think a Referendum when the two Houses disagree about any Bill of vital importance would be a great improve- ment in our Constitution.
[Considered as a question of abstract justice, Lord Lindley's assertion that Peers ought to vote at a Referendum is undeniable. We suggested the present Parliamentary register purely as a matter of convenience. We desired to propose the minimum of new legislation. We are delighted to find that Lord Lindley recognises that the Referendum is the proper solution for disputes between the two Houses. —ED. Spectator.]
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