FREE STATE POLITICS
ABOLITION OF SENATE AMENDMENT REJECTED LONDON, May 2. Mr. Cosgrave, in the Dail, moved an amendment to the Senate Abolition Bill, making a three-fifths majority vote necessary for the removal of any member of the Judiciary. Mr. O’Higgins pointed out that failing such a precaution the wobbling will of one man would rule throughout the country, and his vindictiveness would decide everyone’s destiny. Mr. Fitzgerald declared that the bill, if enacted, would give Mr. de Valera more power than a Tsar or any European Government, obviating the necessity of his ever again facing the electors. Mr. de Valera applied the closure, and the amendment was defeated by 58 votes to 42.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18387, 3 May 1934, Page 5
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