Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-22
Policies INDICATED

exciting session.
Policies indicated
The Unionists have made steady gains
on the popular vote almost throughout
England and to a much lesser extent
in Scotland and Wales, but all parties
and factions of parties claim the re-
suits are a VindicatiOn of their policies.
Broadly speaking" said the Nation
tonight, the force and direction of the
two great election currents are clear.
The north stands against the south
Scotland and Wales and Yorkshire,
Lancashire, northeastern corners OF
England, against the midlands, home
counties and the nearly solid southern
coast"
The Unionists stoutly claim the result
is q victory for tariff reform. The
Liberals deny it stubbornly. They de-
clare the feudal status of the counties
is responsible for the Conservative
gains and charge the triumvirate-the
lords, the church and the publicans-
with oVeraweing their dependents and
followers by practicing widespread in
timidation and threatening them with
loss Of work.
From the opposition point of view,
the Conservatism of the counties is
due to the loyalty of the people to the
house of lords. their fear of Socialism
and q desire for protection.
Home Rule Question
The home rule question, with the
Nationalists the dominant party in the
new parliament, will become invested
with an Importance it has not held in
the campaign Mr. Asquith declared
in the campaign that the Liberals
would be free in the new parliament,
as they were not in the old. to support
a measure for full self government to
Ireland, purely on Irish affairs and
subject to the maintenance unimpaired
of the supremacy of the imperial par
lament.
The Irish people generally had con-
strued the promises of Mr.. Asquith to
mean more than this, and protests are
being raised among the home rulers.
1t is probable that a home rule bill
will be introduced, but not pressed at
the coming session, and that the atten-
tion of the government will be centered
upon the budget.
Places for Joseph Albert Pease, chief
Liberal whip: Sir Henry Norman, as
sistant postmaster general, and Col,
J. E. 3. Seeley, under secretary for
the colonies, whose constituents showed
them under soon may be found-one
by the promotion of Herbert Gladstone
Africa, and the others by the shelving
of some older ministers by recommend
ing them to the peerage.
Premier Asquith Chancellor of the
Exchequer Lloyd-George, Secretary
for Ireland Birrill and Board of Trade
President Churchill and others made
speeches tonight.
Liberals Reelected
These threw no new light on the situ-
alton, although Mr.. Asquith's declara-
tions did not have the confident ring
that heretofore had been the case.
j. A. Bryce, brother of the ambas-
sador to the United States. supported
by a large majority in Inverness; Ru-
dolph c. lehman, famous oarsman,
and Lewis Vernon Harcourt are among
the prominent Liberals reelected.
The elections continue to be enliVened
by scenes of turbulence. Mr.. Pease at
Essex, Saffron Walden, today was pur-
sued by a hostile mob, and prominent
broker, Mr Leon, who was unsuccess-
ful as Liberal candidate, was greeted
with groans and a general uproar
when he appeared on the floor of the
stock exchange.
Timothy Healy, famous Nationalist.
had an experience similar to that of
Mr.. Pease when the result of his mar
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Louth, Ireland was announced today.
1t required a large force of police to
get him safely to his hotel He suf-
fered no greater damage than the loss
of his hat.
Serious rioting occurred tonight at
High Wycombe Buckinghamshire
twenty-eight miles northwest of Lon
don. A crowd sacked a dump show
where foreign imports were being dis
played as electoral object lessons.
They piled the contents of the
dump" in the roadway and burned
them, and then smashed all windows in
the Conservative club, amid shouts of
Dump, dumpn' The police and fire.
men had difficulty in preventing the
mob from doing other damage. Many
arrests were made.