New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
BUDGET CAMPAIGN ON
LABOR At HYDE PARh.
An Enormous Meeting to Uphoid
tke Liberal Scheme.
rs7se,.l hy French Cable TO The Tribunal

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-, "a The first decisive test of
,,,bJi, feeling respecting the budget is to-day 5
--.s+ decentralization al Hyde Park Inc La''''
vpr,,, and the land reformers have nhlueu go
organixin- II and the Womens Liberal feoe' d
7son has completed the movement larry IN 'l 'le
afternoon delegations Of working people s'dI '7o
from every section Of greater Lonooh loi 'hF
F,7nbankment where they were rnaSsen III heaNS
columns behind bands ard under banhers- =
series OF professions gradually formed ana lle
,bo,sa,,se of men. women and boys were con-
Quoted through Pail Mall st. Janless ana nc
osdiIlv 10 HYDE Park where twelve stands were
surrounded with swarrning crowds There were
.,iug coutingenfs of cyclists. and large bodies
of women marched breathlessly from the sheer
love Of excitement. but the main support came
from the trades unions. which carried out the
orders Of the Labor party. Stirring tunes Ike
the ''MarseilIaise" and When Wilt Thou Save
Thy People, were played by seventy bands
snd banners with notices aimed against the
landlords. the bread takers and the titled cham
her were unfurled
The speaking began about Is O'Clock. ano
resolutions were adopted at every platform IN
favor of = democratic budget and the proposed
taxation of land The speakers were mainly
labor leaders and women. and there was no lack
<f earnestness in the appeals for popular sup
port Of the government
This well organized demonstration proves that
-he masses are prepared TO respond to the call
fer campaign against the Lords. Evidence or
their interest in the budget has been lacking at
th5 by-elections. although the result Of a con-
test in weak district has been more favorable
TO the government than the whips expected
There viii be similar mass meetings in provin-
ciaI centres, and the mechanism Will be set in
motion for Systematic campaign work against
fhe Lords
Meanwhile, the jaded Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer and his exhausted heutenants have been
allowed fortnight to recover their breath
and health They had not prepared themselves
for the struggle in the Commons. as Sir William
f9arcourt and the present Lord Chancellor had
done when the first radical budget was pro
posed. and they have been demoralized by Mr..
Balfour's clever tactics and by strenuous OBJ
struction. More rapid progress viii be made
xhen she closure is tightened and the discussion
IS concentrated important amendments, but
<here is expectation that the finance hill can
he sent TO the Lords before October
The Liberal whips DO not deny that the Lords
are likely 70 intervene and that a constitutional
struggle is highly probable. The ministers will
not cross the bridge until they to it, but
what the best informed men Of the government
SIDE expect is {, temporary refusal on the part
Of the Prime Minister 10 allow the Lords 10 force
dissolution on the financial measure and sub
seQuent appeal 20 the country in January or
February, with land taxing and income taxing
an alternative for bread taxing. The tariff
reform leaders both sides likely n think
twice and soberly before bringing on a crisis
which may invaiidate the taxes already COLI
1ected and create q legal right for the reiu1-
h1lTsement Of taxpayers. Either the postpone
Tuent OF the land section until another wear or a
material modification which will leave q re-
valuation scheme al the governments expense
rs a beggaTiy remnant for the land reformers
may avert both crises and dissolution Of Par
2iament early next year INF