The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-25
| BRYCE SAYS DISSOLUTION
| IS WITHOUT PRECEDENT
DENoUNCES ACTION OF LORD
SALISBURY AND HIS
MINISTRY.
All coacete That Chamberlain
Showed Great Shrsvdness in
cAIxyins His Poirs-Back
az His Dssk.

i NEW YORK. tet. ia dlsE&ri
/ TO the, Tribune frcin London says
/. jams Bryss says that th- Dissolution
% the British parliament was GUN,
( without prec-sieps and quite opposed Il
/. the spirit and 1s4Ses of the British coH
I stitutios1 The Law 6xes the duratio-
/ OF parliament and established usage Ia.
! settled that pariisrpens ought not 20 .
/ dissolved prefnaTGreiy save TO take the
opinion OF the country upon some definite
issue, usually when BIZ has been r.
/ jected or the ministry ernsured
I To spring dissolution especially upon
a stale register for the. sSke Of party
advantage Is new departure and Tery
I bad one here. There has seen really
no issue before the country because the
( war is over and annexation is fah az
compli. Consequently this general eleS-
ton settles nothing and outlines no fu-
! ture policy foreign OF domestic. No one
has the lsas, idea what the ministry viii
now do. Perhaps they don't know them
/ selves i.
Mr.. Bryce is not disheartened by the
results OF the elections. He maintains
that too mnch encouragement is ex-
pressed regarding the position Of the lin
eral party, He says:
Considering the difficulties under
which IL has had 10 fight this election.
il has given proofs OF strength which
make il probable that before long the
current may ne setting in its favor. The
members of each party returned is very
Hirch greater than the disparity repre-
scented by the votes cast
Mr. Bryce's personal triumph in sscu:-
ing his reelection has teen rendered
morc significant 10y the uHeaiactei sue
cess of tie unionists in upsettins strong
liberal majority in Aberdeenshire and
winning their sixth seat in Scotland.
This gain gave them lead OF single
seat over rhe majority OF the last parlis-
ment with only one out of seven seats 10
defend in the remaining contests
Mr.. Chamberlain. having 6hished the
work of the canvass has returned 10 the
Colonial office. where business IL m ar
rears The only hint which has been
thrown out respecting the form of settle
ment In South Africa is his own forecast
that the new territories will he governed
as crown colonies after they have pass
ont of the condition OF military rule. o.
lection is offered by some critics that this
will mean government by Downing
street, with all the wires in the hands
of Mr. Chamberlain His enemies are
hardly consistent when they insist that
he must mop up the mess ~hieh he has
made and at the same time otgect 20 ms
keeping the tentative administration of
the colonies under his own direction.
His detractors are forced to concefa
that ne was shrewd politician in bling |
ing on dissolution when he did. The
unionists have barely kept their majority
under most favorable conditions, They
would certainly have reduced IL by |
waiting until January or March. The |
cost Of living has suR up by leaps aDi
hounds and the various Industries are
hampered by high prices of coal and raw |
The cotton supply for Ian
rashire is serious problem which men-
aces the working class with loss of em-
pIoyment and the full burden OF increased
income taxation will be felt during the
spring. The khaki election was adrOitls
timed -ar the government. but It was
so far as Lord Roberts is
since his return is not eI-
pected until January