Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-16
1T is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
So Says a Brit.sher Of the Recent Dissolution
Of Parliament,
lie Was Reelected, but Ills Party IL
in the Minorlty-iie Expects
Change,

New York. oct. ia dispatch TO the
Tribune from London says:
Mr. James Bryce says that the dis
solution Of the British parlameI was
quite without precedent and quite OPP
posed TO the spirit and usage Of the
British constitution. The law fixes the
duration Of parliament, and established
usage has settled that parliament ought
not to be dissolved prematurely save to
take the opinion Of the country on some
definite Issue, usual when a bill has
been defeated or the ministry censured.
To spring dissolution especially upon a
stale registry for the sake OF party
advantage is a new departure, and a
very bad one here. There has been
really no issue before the country be-
cause the war is over and annexation IS
fat accompH Consequently, this gem
eral election settles nothing and out
lines no future policy foreign or domes-
tic, No one has the least idea what
the ministry will now do Perhaps they
don't know themselves.
Mr. Bryce Is not disheartened by the
results Of the elections, He maintains
that too much encouragement Is eX-
pressed regarding the position Of the
liberal party. He says:
Considering the difficulties under
which II has had 20 fight this election,
It has given proofs Of strength which
make It probable that before long the
current may be setting in its favor. The
disparity represented by the number Of
members OF each party returned is very
much greater than the disparity repre-
sented by the votes cast
Mr.. Bryce's personal triumph In Sc
curing his reelection has been rendered
more significant by the unexpected sue
cess Of the unionists IN uysetung
strong liberal majority IN Aberdeen
shire and winning their sixth seat in
Scotland
This gain gave them a lead Of q sim
gle seat over the majority Of the last
parliament with only one out OF seven
seats to defend In the remaining con-
tests
Mr.. Chamberlain, having finished the
work Of the canvass, has returned to
the colonial office, where business is In
arrears. The only hint which has been
thrown out respecting the form OF set
Element IN South Africa IL his own fore
cast that the new territories will be
governed as crown colonies after they
have passed out OF the condition Of nil
itary rule. Objection Is offered by some
critics that this Will mean government
by Downing street, with an the wires
In the hands Of Mr.. Chamberlain. His
enemies ere hardly consistent when
they insist that he must mop up the
mess which he has made, and al the
same time object to his keeping the
tentative administration OF the new
colonies under his own direction. His
detractors are forced to concede that
he was a shrewd politician In bringing
on dissolution when he did. The union
lists have barely kept their majority
under most favorable conditions They
would certainly have reduced II by
waiting until January or March. The
cost Of living has run up by leaps and
bounds. and the various Industries are
hampered boy high prices Of coal and
raw material. The cotton supply for
Lancashire Is q serious problem which
menaces the working class with loss OF
and the full burden OF IN
creased income taxation VIII be felt
during the spring. The khaki election
was adroitly timed for the government
but IL was premature so far as Lord
Roberts was concerned since his return
Is not expected until January.