The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-30
POLITICS WARM
IN OLD ENGLAND.
Leaders of All Parties Work
ing Day and Night for
Coveted Seats. /,
GOVERNMENT is BITTERLY
ATTACKED BY BALF0UR
SAYS II Is Tool i'm Hands of Red
mOnd and American
Paymaster.

LONDON, Nov. 29.-Politicians OF all
parties are strainIng every nerve 10
crowd into q few days work that in
ordinary elections is spread over weeks
or months. Nearly all the heavy guns
were In action tonight, Arthur j. Bal
four, leader Of the opposition in the
house OF commons. before meeting in
Albert hall, where he warmly supported
the referendum. described the govern
ment as puppets dancing to the tune OF
John Redmond and his American pay
masters
The Issues are narrowing down daily.
The Conservatives make much OF the
menace of homo rule, They proclaim that
the plan OF the Liberals for the reform
of the house Of lords means single
chamber government. and put TO the
front their, new policy OF referendum.
There is great fervor among the Liberals.
Il feature being the sudden reforming
zeal of the present lords, who claim that
Lansdownes referendum scheme is Il
snare, because the parties would he un-
equally yokcd together under H. that
Conservative measures would always sail
smoothly through the house of lords.
while the referendum would he invoked
only for Liberal bills distasteful TO the
peers. Moreover, they estimate the cost
OF each appeal to the people at $4,000
600
Tariff Reform Talk
IN interesting factlonal cleavage has
occurred IN Baifour's party over tariff
reform. The Spectator, the spokesman OF
the Unionist free traders, has proposed
that the tariff rcformers pledge thcnl-
selves 70 submit the question 10 refer
endrm If the party wins. il not being Il
leading issue of the campaign.
Mr.. Balfour pronounced strongly in
favor of the referendum us the best
method OF settling dcadloclSs between the
twp houses without requiring the re-
form OF the house of lords and said IL
h. i,,4 .N.T..
Eouse OF lords was reformed. THIS he
declared 10 be Lansdowpe's plan. The
cost of a referendum. he said. would bc
nearer sl.o00.0o0 than Liberal estimates
OF S10.000.000.
Value of Referendum.
Some people seem TO think" con
tinucd The opposition leader, that ask
in- whether would submit tariff REFORM
70 referendum wodld put me in a hole.
] frankly say that tariff reform would
bc great change, This election cannot
be Gcscribed as taking place on tariff
reform simply, and | have not the least
objection to submitting. tariff reform To
referendum, Ii seems to me that our
opponents Should respond with the gem
erosity OF lionorable combatauts and say
We agree that home rule shall be sub
1est 10 n referendum. too
Str iSalfour denied that the veto con-
Terence had been broken up by the ur-
yielding attitude OF the lords He said
that tne government was threatening a
iSNolNlloi's DhSeu on the wants OF
parhcuar section. who ooasted that they
aa1 not yielded an inch from the posi-
ton or Parncll. He concluded by de-
claring the cabinet was governed by its
py Jonn Redmond, who was governed BY
Patrick Ford.
The most ardent tariff reformers, led
by the. Morning Post, contend that it Is
Inc foremost principle OF the party
The Cnionist party breaks into frag-
inents," says the Post, ''if Unionst
victory does not mean tariff REFORM
Mr.. Balfour tonight announced his Will
iinSness to leave il to referendum In
The meantime the leaders are making
every appeal 10 the independent vote, be-
hcving that 1t controls the issue
The Irish Cnionsts sent d message of
defiance TO home rulers TO Mr. Bnlfour's
meeting. and dSputations from the Nom
Conformist Unionist association of Eng.
lahd ana 500 ministers OF non Episcopal
churches In Ireland have addressed Mr.
Buitoln In opposition TO home rule. The
reading of the message from the Irish
unionists at Albert hall caused much en-
,Ira ,nusiasn- I'm all solemnity,' said the
message, we now declare that home rule
VIII bring Ireland not peace, but the
sword: II sn Irish parliament is set Nd
.nc Shionists OF the south, allied with
:i ;he men or Ulster, Will not acknowledge
It's authority They will neither obey It's
decrees nor pay its taxes
Don't trust the pupils who are per-
ior,n,hg ronnisIs 'hear . parts on the stage" ad
Don trust the
irish wire -puliers. Don't trust the Amer
lcah payrnaster who calls for a tune.
trust alone the sound Judgment and
,Trn;ngh.ened ,r;lg patriotism Of the people OF
y; n. Seaverns. who was a member of
parliament for the Briton division Of
tfainpeth In 1906. and who was at one
.,me resident Of Boston has becon,o
INC Liberal candidate I'm the samc cor
Sttuency against Davidson Dalzjel.
unionist; once n resident of New York
Lord Joycey who was created q nrpr
by The Liberals. has announced nj. hoIt
from tne party because of lis failure
10 provide for the defense of thc coun
lTs ana for It's alliance with The So
clausls. it Is said several other I III
cral era. peers are tending I'm the same drec-