Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-29

Next door, said Mr.. Lloyd d-George, was a
tailor shop with only 800 square yards of
land whose occupant paid rates upon an
annual rental of $4.935.
The Welsh liberal leader was imme-
diately denounced by the conservative
press as liar" as a "purveyor of false
hoods" as a "mendacious mischief maker"
as an enemy of truth. law and order
and as "a deceiver of the public" because,
as the newspapers stated. the tailor shop
was not next door to the castle, but wes
In the next street, half block away. Mr.
LlOyd-George replied that he knew that
no building could be literally next door
to the castle when 1t was surrounded by a
park, but that he used the term to indi-
cate that the tailor shop was in the i'm
mediate neighborhood. When say a
man is next door to a fool" said the chan
cellor Of the exchoquer. Il don't mean he
lives next to one, but that he Is some
where in the neighborhood OF being one."
All through the campaign, until the very
last, the denunciation of Lloyd-George's
Tie" were repeated, and constant refer
ence was made to the little tailor shop and
Cardiff castle, to prove that no credenee
whatever should be given to anything Mr..
Lloyd-George might have to say.
One Of the many side issues in this cam
paign was the licensing bill, by which the
liberal government had raised the license
tax on the sale OF intoxicating liquors and
had provided that in the future such H.
censes might be renewed annually. For
years they had been regarded as a vested
right. IN discussing the attitude OF the
government TO the liquor trade and the
raising OF license fees TO a scale about
one OF the leading London newspapers Of
the conservative type used this language
in one editorials
Utter iniquity! Sheer brigandage! Fa-
natical legislation! Socialistic confiscationl
A gigantic act OF public theft! raidlng
expedition of partisan blaokmailersg The
sum OF hypocrisy with the maximum Of
wroEgl A measure OF plunderl A measure
OF fraudl The government are acting In
the spirit of a highwayman! Robbery
Effective plunderl Confiscation! Positive
brigGndagel Progressive and cumulative
plunder! An act Of financial slaughterl A
nightmare A tremendous scheme of plum
der and confiscation! A profligate lmpos-
ture! A scheme Of despotic plunder! A
colossal sham!" And then the editorial
concluded with this apology: 1--WE feel the
hNtNA AANNCRhoF9 " WI ID W NOhNNy "a
due sense OF the magnitude of Ibis issue"
This same newspaper, so wrought up about
the tax which would raise the price of the
poor mans beer. stoutly advocates the
imposition OF a duty Of cents a bushel on
wheat in the interests Of the empire"
The conservative party continually at
tackled the liberals for their alleged failure
10 keep the British navy mp to the two
power standard In the face OF the German
naval expansion program. The conserva-
tive leaders declared on every stump that
there was no doubt but that Germany was
preparing to make war on England. and
that the liberals would not and could not
meet the grave issue. Undoubtedly. there
is grave reason to fear hostilities between
these two nations, but the way in which
the German scare was worked in the cam
paign would have disgraced an American
political party.
The liberals, in reply, used the word
liar with great freedom. and accused
the conservatives OF deliberately attempt
ing 70 bring about war so that the land
lords might not be forced to give up some
OF their unearned wealth to help support
the nation. Mr.. Lloyd-George. who was
far away the most picturesque and inter-
estins figure OF the campaign, whether he
was right or wrong, said the German