The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-07
NCAN NEW LIBERAL GOVERNMENT DESCRIBED BY WM JENNINGS BRYAN

Mir. John Morley, the secretary for India, Is too well known in America to require an introduction. He stands in the front rank of English men of letters and his appointment has given new hope to the people of India In presenting the Indian budget . few days ago he promised . reduction Of taxation-especially the detestablo salt tax. and said that a commission was inauiring how far the doctrine of the people of India. The fact. how ever, that but a few hours were de- voted to Indian affairs, while days and weeks are given to home problems shows how far the interests of citt- gems are placed above the rights Of remote subjects.
 MT. James Bryce. the secretary for Ireland. is also well known in the United States. his American Common wealth being a standard work among us He brings to his duties wide eX- perience and a splendid mind and. what IS more important an excellent reart His sympathies/are broad and he has enough Irish blood in his veins to insure an equitable view of Irish problems The prime minister made an excellent selection when he named Mir. John Burns as president or the local government board In this posi- tion Mir. Burns has to deal with the subjects to the study of which ne mas devoted his life. namely. labor anu municipal affairs. Having worked ms way up from the ranks. he Is able to give invaluable assisatnce in all mat ters pertaining to wage-earners. iac- tory inspection and munic1pailzatioh- He is a tower of strength to me i'o- eral ministry.
 Mir. Winston Churchill, son of the late Lorn Randolph Churchill! s' th' representative of the colonih! depart ment in the House of Comnp.s Iis ,1 daal with the Chinese qu, s.ton il south Africa, one of the leading duea- lions of the recent campalgn lie ne" government has undertaken 'o 'no'- ish system of contract laDur which has been described as hti short of slavery. The mine '"h ,n.ist that Chinese labor Is De ;.siarj for the successful working of the mines and that the conditions im- posed upon the Chinees are not severe hut the laboring men of Great britaih are quite unanimous in their conoeni nation of the system. ana the hoetA1 government Is supporting tneir V'e".. Wr. Churchill is a brilliant young man and has as his friends believe, bright future, The fact that his mos ther Is of American birth gives him more than Usual interest in our coun- try and makes us watch his career wi.a a friendly eye sHis connection w'th the important work Of framing . con s.srtion for the Transvaal, is likely to largely increase his political promin- ence.
 I have left for the last the chan cellor of the exchequer. although in order of importance his ofice stanos near the head of the ministry. Mir. Henry Asquith. the present occupant nf 4trOnR- est members of the liberal party, and probably its foremost debater. He was put forward to reply to Mir. Chamber lain in the tarin controversy and ac- quilted himself well. He is opposed to the protective tariff. whether levied for the aid of particular industries or as a part of the scheme of retaliation. and his ideas are, for the present at least, in the ascendancy If the Right Honorable Joseph Chamberlain. with the prestige given him by the Boer war. and with his extraordinary ability as a public speaker. cannot overthrow Englands free trade policy there is little chance that any other English statesman will be able to attack 1t successfully in the near future Mir. Asquith's department has the admintstration of the income tax and the inheritance tax. The latter has yielded more within the last year than ever before. three large estates having turned into the treasury Cor will do so. som $e20. 100000. The in- come tax Is not only permanent part of the fiscal system. but commission Is considered whether a graded tn- come tax should not be substituted for the present uniform one. (The tax is now uniform except that small In. comes are exempt)
 Besides the measures above refer-s rcd to, the new government Is buiid- ing homes for tenant laborers in Ire- land. and proposes to so change the election laws as to reduce the land- holders to one vote each-at present each landholder can vote in every dis trict In which he has land. The gov ernment is also supporting a measure which protects the English tenant farmers In their Improvements and In their right to vote according to their own views. irrespective of the wishes of the landlord. The liberal vcitory was a victory for progressive. Demo- cratic ideas, and the new government Is earnestly at work putting taeso ideas into the form of law.