SAFEGUARDS WANTED IN FREE STATE
* ABOLITION OF SENATE _ j , ALLEGATIONS BY THE j OPPOSITION ! I ! (Received May 2, 11.15 p.m.) I i j LONDON, May 2. j In the Dail Eireann Mr W. T. Cos- ! j grave (leader of the Opposition) ; j moved an amendment to '.'.-. Senate Abolition Bill making a three-fifths j majority vote in the Dail necessary j for the removal of any member of j the judiciary. j Dr. Thomas O'Higgins said that ' I failing such a precaution the j wobbling will of one man would i i rule throughout the country and his j vindictiveness would decide every- ; : one's destiny. ; Mr Desmond Fitzgerald declared j j that the bill, if enacted, would give I ; Mr de Valera more power than the | j Tsar or any European government j had ever had, obviating the neces- i ! sity of his ever again facing the ! ! electors. I Mr dc Valera applied the closure. .' and the amendment was defeated j by 58 votes to 42. i —————— r
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21154, 3 May 1934, Page 9
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