The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-07
ELECTION
CAMPAIGN At HAND
Parliament to Be Dissolved and
New Body to Meet
Feb. 10.
New York Herald Special Cable Service. Copy
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.

new x0rk herald opeClal Shplo f6erviCc, Oopy.
right, 1906, by the New York Herald.
London, Jan. 6.-Nearly all the talk
here Just now naturally is about the
Forthcoming general election, and the
new liberal cabinet has met for the
last time this side of the contest. Par
lament will be dissolved Monday next
and it is then that the new parliament
will be summoned to meet on February
Is, the earliest day on which parlia-
ment can legally assemble in accord
ance with the statutory requirements
which are prescribed. At least 35
days must elapse after the day of dis
solution.
The opening of parliament by the
king is expected to be unusually brill
liant and will be a much more crowded
affair than any since the king first
opened it in person. Early drawing
room levees are also likely to be
crowded, as there are now so many
people who must for various reasons
be represented. The comforting of a
title or an honor means that the reclpi-
ent must be presented again and there
has been SO many new peers and peer
esses lately, most Of whom have $ami-
lies. that it can be well understood how
many are likely to attend these func-
tions this year.
Hard Contest Coming.
Examination Of the list Of parliament
, tary candidates shows that the forth
. coming contest will be the most severe
since the one fought twenty years ago.
i Every London seat, including such
g unionist strongholds as Strand, West
minister. South Kensington and st.
, Georges 3, Hanover Square, will be
contested. All the borough divisions OF
e England, with the exception OF two,
f have opposing candidates, and the same
: NAV be said Of all the boroughs
S in Wales and Scotland.
e At the last election, In 1900, a large
r number Of unionist county members
e were returned unopposed, but the con
e ditions are now reversed, for unless the
n candidates are chosen during the next
l. few days, a much larger number Of lib
erals will be returned unopposed than
%unionists.
Many Titled Candidates.
The confident radical prophecy thai
the coming parliament is to bz the mos
democratic of modern times may o.
n may not be justified, but the fact re
mains that the number of heirs to peer
ages, who are candidates for the hohs'
/ Of commons, is exceptionally large
Among them is the earl of Jersey I
heir, Lord Villors, who is contestins
North Oxon against the son OF Lor'
% Saye and Sale. Then there is Viseoun
Helmsley, the son Of the earl OF Fever
sham, the candidate for Thlrsk.
The marquis of Londonderry, heir t
re Viscount Castlereagh, who aspires t
OF represent Maidstone; the earl Of Kerry
~ son of the marquis o. Lansdowne, VIII
ne is contesting North Westmoreland; tn
earl Of Stair, only son of Viscount Da
o., 11 rymple, who hopes to follow Sir he l
l'e- bert Maxwell in Wigtownshire, and til
x Honorable We're Ponsonby, son OF Lor
BY D~uncannon and eventual heir to tn
earldom of Bessboro, who is a cand
I'm date for the Carmarthen boroughs, al
re- all unionists and all, except Lord VI
III Tiers and Lord Kerry, are we'll on I'll
ss right side Of thirty, while lone OF the
nlg has as yet sat in the house Of common