Attempt to introduce the two-thirds majority system in Small stress placed in England on legislative machinery 138 The English belief in government by gentlemen England has not escaped the evil Increasing power and pretensions of the House of Com- The Parish Councils Bill of 1894 Excess of parliamentary speaking Its causes Its effects on public business Growth of the caucus fatal to the independence of the The relation of the House to Government-Disintegra- Exaggeration of Free Trade-The corn registration duty Appeals to class cupidity by the Irish Land League Its success has strengthened the tendency to class bribery Rents in Ireland before 1870 not generally extortionate 178 But such rents did exist, and most tenancies were preca- Circumstances under which this Act had been carried- The Land Act of 1887 198 Tendency of subversive principles in legislation to grow 200 Landlord claim for compensation Effects of the land legislation on Irish capital and con- |