Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
Both Parties Somewhat at Sea p : .ng
Some Important Public N
"THUNDERER" WANTSANG = STAN0lNG
DssirsatO Know Whs erals Stand on
Home r Sstion.
LIBERALS NAY Be GETTING TOGETHER
Lord ROSsbsry Re efers to 0ampbsll- Banner
man as Dear Friend.
MORLEY LIKELY TO tRoVE TROUBLESOME
Makes Attack on Management of
Home, Colonial, war and Indian
Omces and Raises Cry of
MiIitarism.

LONDON, Nov. 1s-(Special Cablegram to /
The Bee)-Parliament has been prorogued |
again, is usual at this time Of the
year unless a general election is immedi-
ately pending. 1t is therefore practically !
certain that Mr.. Balfour will meet the |
House Of Commons at least once more as |
its leader and the head of the government, !
meanwhile the opposition nurses a conf |
dent belief that the appeal to the country, !
when It comes, will result in a great radical !
reaction. Tt is possible that this may be !
So for on every occasion since the adoption ]
of household suffrage the pendulum has
swung to the opposite extreme, save when
its progress was arrested by some unfor- |
seen obstacle. In 1885 the natural law was
at work so far the older constituencies
were concerned and for the first time in
history the cities and boroughs of England
! yielded a conservative majority. The newly
enfranchised county voters, however,
checked the swing of the pendulum and
gave Mr.. Gladstone a majority which
ended with the constitutional crisis created
at the time of the home rule discussions.
! Meanwhile the London Times declares
that not once. but twice, has tile radical
party staked it's very existence on it's Irish
policy. The Thunderer this year is caus-
ing the liberal leaders considerable trouble
by insisting that those who are invited to
upset the present government should not
be kept in ignorance of the policy of the
I liberal party at the time OF the general
election. ''Mr. Redmond" the Times in
slsts sis not alone in asking the leaders
OF the liberal party to declare whether the
flag of home rule is still nailed TO the
mast, or whether 1t is to be surreptitiously
| baulad in ha d,,s slr % a
ton"
Liberals Get Together.
On the other hand. there appears to be a
getting together OF the liberals. The con-
servatives do not like IT because Lord Rose
berry calls Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman
his dear old friend" John Morley says
that there has been a steady and persist
ent attempt to depose the House of Com
mons from its august position as a high
deliberate assembly, and, according 10 Mr..
Morley, legislation.ss not the only thing
there is administration. He asserts that
everything Is at sea in the various gov
ernment departments. The War, office was
a perfect chaos. go to the Colonial
Office" continued Mr.. Morley 'They have
made nice mess OF IT.. The secretary of
state does not appear to know the facts
and has never made serious attempt to
defend the Chinese labor ordinances Then
take the Indian Office. One will find there
that through the action OF the secretary OF
state the viceroy has been chased out OF
power by the soldier. and the secretary OF
state has sanctioned the operation.y But.
Mr.. Morley added he thought that ever
since the days when Charles / had lost his
head II had been agreed that the civil
power should prevail over the military
power.
Meanwhile Mr.. Lloyd is decIar. ng
at Kirkcaldy that the government is Mr.
Balfour. The rest are a sort OF a filling
in he says They are what is called in
the drapery trade a collection OF remnants
the best things left to choose from after
the season Of unionism has finished Every
! tory candidate is little Balfour. Mr. Bal
four is not a man, but mannerism-a new
cult which is a danger to the state"
Foreign Policy suits All.
Upon matters Of foreign policy there does
not appear TO be the divergence of opinions
to be found in connection with matters OF
domestic policy. This was clearly indicated
in the address OF Victor Cavendish when he
remarked at Derby; IL am glad the gov
ernments foreign policy meets with the
approval OF the liberal party II the lib
erals conduct their own policy on similar
lines when they get into power they may
safely rely on the support OF the unionlst
party"
. AS for Mr.. Morley. he is proving a sore
trial to the Liberal leaguers" They ap-
pear to think that It would not be quite
. safe to denounce him. although he threat
(, ems TO become a serious obstable TO the
fulhllment of their scheme for getting into
= power 20 work out the wise opportunism''
!. policy. He has actually tcketed the word
:. efficiency as mere catchword. not a
-,
that when Lord Rosebery called for en-
cheney he uttered the last note OF patriotic
. statesmanship is In their eyes accursed
!, The Westminster Gazette. which so CO.
a | quettishly declared itself the other day as
. being ''teased by Lord RosebeTys threats
a OF detachment" struggles heroically to res
/ cue efficiency from the catchword cate
n CORY, but its argument is quite uneonvin.
; cling and the painful fact remains that Mr.
a Morley's appeal for principles as opposed
10 to catchwords has grievously futtered the
I, Roseberyite dovecote
" The condition of mystincaton 10 which
Mr.. Balfour has reduced the supporters OF
the unlonist party as 20 his convictions, n
any. on the fiscal problem is amusingly H.
Iustrated by the case OF West Norwood
The son OF Mr.. Gibson Bowles Is the tori
candidate and he describes himself as /
follower OF Mr.. Baltour in favor OF tn,
British government being armed will
to powers Of retaliation by Parliament IL oe
m caslon should arise and the dra wing closei
ID of the bonds that unite the colonies and IN,
In mother country. The tariff reformers ar,
re- dissatisfied with this declaration OF polio,
al and claim that Mr. Bahour. Mr.. Cham
berlain has claimed without repudiation
re has subscribed TO Mr.. Chamberlain's policy
'n Mr. BowIes Inaistent.
as Mr.. Bowles controverts this interpreta
III tion of Mr.. Bslfour's views and says: lie
ly us unite In asking him which OF US 4
as correct" This suggestion is regarded a
IN showing that young Mr. Bowles Is a chi
he OF the old block and everyone is now wait
ed ing with intense curiosity 10 see how Mr
ic Balfour will iuggie with this very plail
le question when u Is pnt up to him
he someone has said that the confidence a
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