The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-24
RESULTS EQUAL IN
BRITISH POLLING
House of Commons and Popular
Vote Tie for All Practi-
cal Purposes.
NEITHER SIDE EAGER TO
ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY
Irish Nationalists Now Appear
to Be Masters of Complex
Situation.

Situation.
LONDON. Jan. 23.--Never In the recol-
lection OF the oldest politician have the
British parties been in such a perplexing
position they are today. SO evenly
divided will be the membership of the
next house OF commons, and SO close Is
the popular vote. that the result OF the
| elections for all practical purposes may
! be considered a tie.
! No human mind can divine which OF
! the questions before the electors had the
! most influence at the polls. or whether
| the results mean that the people demand
| tariff reform. are loyal TO the lords. anN-
| sous to reject Chancellor Lloyd Georges
budget or whether all three Of these had
| an equal effect. Under these circum-
| stances, neither party wants the response
bility of attempting 10 legislste, and.
| since Il division must he close. the Union
lists are better satisfied TO he in opposl
ton than to have Won by small ma
| jorty.
| Mr. Balfours speeches show plainly
! that, with existing conditions. he Is glad
not 10 have control of the government
| Premier Asuuith would he equally pleased
TO escape the perils OF plotting the party
through The troubled waters. There are
! precedents for him to ask the king To
summon another leader to form the cab
net. but no one, expects him to haui
down his flag. All prophets predict that
the new cabinet will find itself in the
minority within the year. and that the
country will plunge into another general
! election.
Are Nearly Equal.
| The remarkable figures recorded at this
stage of the balloting foreshadow clearly
| how nearly equal both the popular vote
and the membership OF the house Of COM
mons wifi be divided between the two
s'TGi Gnionists. '' 25s5.s27:' Liberals, 2524 $l5
Laborites, S95.ll5. This gives the United
Liberal Labor party a majority OF l0"'-
So5 IN total vote OF 2 S2sS,ls,, ,oso -,
| commons is n tie, the Uniouists and the
combined Liberal and Labor party eaen
having elected us representatives
One hundred and siSty-seven seats re-
| main to be filled. OF which l02 are Eng
lish In the last parliament these were
Unionists. S6; Liberals llo; National :
voting continue. neither the Inionists
| nor the Liberals can master. a majority
of more than q dozen, and the ITish
NationaIlstS,, vith S3 votes VIII ne mss
| ters OF the situation.
Asuuith S Two Problems.
|
dominating forces Of the next parlia ment,
! Premier AsuuiIh has two battles 10 tgh'
! to reform the lords and Ia pass tne
budget which failed and the n9dEe' E ,beT 10,
both the peers and the Nationalist VIII
| vote for the budgets.
! The house OF lords can be reformed
only by bill which tho lords must swal-
low They may deny that the country
has given a mandate for this. The Union.
lists insist that the electlons ndos no, no.
| I'm the historic status OF tho upper mouse.
| They argue that bare majority is not
enough -,,.,;-t- q
UNIQUE. With them all questions are sub
| scryient To homc-rulc. TariH reiormerS
claim that the Irish arc all protecliIo9ihl-
| orr complica tions. Nationallsts in the
last parliament declared against tue puo
get principally because they were Opposed sHe,i
10 Increased whisky taxes. but they
would probably help II through the next
house Rouse as a measure Of political strategy.
Home Rule Sidetracked.
FIome-rule is not likely to get far next next
| soesinn according to wcll-versed poll
ticians because the reform o. ,ns u'h,e w.,
written at the head Of his prosra NM NM
promises great struggle John ReS, a.
mond leader OF the NauonallsIs, VIII DC
| nirnost as important as the premier. nc
"smeo NIr Asuuith can do nothing with"
| out him. ,,i 4ho ,ldor
| The Conservatives believe inc oiuel
| ainrs ~ tho LIBERAL party rerresented by
prnynier ksouith. War Secretary Haldane
| and Foreign Secretary Sir to"aro big!
| now repent having permitted raolcais llhc
~ S'hmrc6ill TO commit the party 10 a
| hudpct that is so far on The road 10
what their opponents term soclahsn,, a M
| I liberals claim that their enemies 9tS
| irnrnbIinE i'm their boots lest thcy ma
tbc government on their hands Win inc
necessity Of raising revenues iol olu
|
samc time attempting 10 adopt protec-
"2ri Tb, surnrlsc OF the campaign has been
that the manufScturi&ng & Sfn,etI fa,. free trade
while the sQureaLchies shifted 10 ane
nrntection party. Fhe conservatives are
convinced tha. 'hs i,sT SsmRa,s niRTngse in T which
hiu,nry viii repeat itself and in which
their party will return TO power ~ Sdaa
nal steps. as IL has In the past WheheEet
M M sirnn,sI, overthrow struggle that
r'ili FIRMLY establish imperialism anu pro-
'se'''"' Serious Charges Made
That tho struggle is bitter even nov
airous atmosphere OF British politics has
been wonderfully changed. So mucn per
sonal feeling and so many charges ot ~
ing and intimidation nave osen u"h'o"H
since the reform bill DAYS ~,
liberals make wholesale charges that
factory workers. farm laborcrs ano a zen
ar,s have heeu dismissed and threatened
a,itb eviction for supporting their party.
picturesque features OF the nars samPSis PPSSg
nSont In, streets loaded with dumped
1oreien u%Is sc goods. Posters, by the hest car
toonists' on The walls caricatnre me
lords and picture the misery caused oy
free trade TO the poor man.
one element counted upon to iuulsh
snicc failed 10 como mp 10 expectations
S!he eufTragettes generally have been
anict Mrs, PanShurst explains that the
s,,ftragettes know when to demonstrate
and when TO keep quiet 1t is inembeis
NJ The cabinet they want To reach. IheE
90, reach the voters. aud they expect 10
vote al the next elction. she said
PARTY MUST