The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-09
Something About Generals Who
Are in Command of POIiti-
cal Armies.
ALL NOW LINED UP
FOR THE GREAT BATTLE
Result Cannot Be FOrecasted
No Prophet Willing TO
Make a Prediction.
BY PAUL LAMBETH,

lllpSl IcnalE1Dlc campaigns III EngIlSh
political history. the electorate of Great
Britain and ireland is now about TO
decide the most momcntous question
presented 10 ii for more than gen
Grafton How the decisiop will be CIV
en viii not be known until the returns
are in. So far as one can Judge the
situation is not unlike that which pre-
vailed in the United States when Pres
idcnt Cleveland was first elected There
are SO many elements which have en-
tered INTO the campaign. the effects of
which cannot be forecasted, that it
would be a very foolish prophet who
would risk his reputation by making
! prediction. We have FREQ Trade vs..
Protection, Home Rule for Ireland vs.,
Preservation of the Union, and dozen
or more other questions 10 muddle
things up Many voters who would be
with the Liberals on the budget aud
the tariff question regard Irish homo
rule as of the utmost danger to the
integrity Of the empire; there are home
rulers who are protcctionlsts. and who
arc absolutely opposed TO some pro-
VISION OF The budget and SO it goes.
just how these conflicting questions are
gong go lead the voters 10 act. no
body can tell, and II is on this the re.
suit OF the election hangs
Most Spectacular Issue,
Uudoubtedlv the most spectacular is,
sue of the campaign is the curtaiment
OF the power OF the house OF lords
IL IS on this point the Liberals have
made thcir principal fight. Judging by
The action Of those who attend the meet.
ines they have been making a winning
fight but III England this is not .
sure sign by any meaus, II is whit
is called IN America the "Vest pocket -
vote, winch will decide this contest
and there rs no way of Judging 1t.
Never in political campaign here have
so many peers taken an active part as
IN Tins one, Dukes, marquises, earls,
viscounts and barons have been as
plenty rs blackbclTies on the bush, and
1t may be here said that some of these
peers have developed into effective cam.
palencrs. Lord. Curzon has really been
the leading figure III the oraiorical bat.
tie. on the Conservative side, and LLOYD
George on that of -the Liberals They
bt!y represent the extremes of the op-
posing armies. Curzon is an aristocrat
of the arislocyats and has mot The at
tack on the lords without giving an
inch. LLOYD George is man of no
family from tho English viewpoint and
an ultra Democrat.
Where Real Generals Are.
real effective work Of the campaign is
moi done By thc orators, but by men lit
tie in The public eye. who direct the
machines. The men who correspond IL
the chairman Of the national commit
tees in Amcrica arc called chief agents
here. They look after tho real work
of the election. The chief agent Of the
Liberals is Sir Robert Hudson. a War
wicksblrc man, who has practically
spent all his. career in the work OF
ldhcral organization. What Sir Robert
docs not know about electoral law. as
we'll AS about the management of con
tests, is certainly not worth know ing.
HIS fayorite recreation, which he
shares with so many politicians, IS golf,
and he has = country place a, Felix.
stowe. He believes in living near In )
work for he has got ono OF the tall.
imposing looking houses in Dean s Yard.
Westminster.
Has Able Jieutenants
His first lieutenant. 1.-The chief GOV.
cromont whip, has long been affec ton
atcIv known as "1ackH Peaso He is !
n well-huilt handsome man of athletic
frame. Clean shaven. save for a husby |
mustachc, his countenance bespcaks |
strength of character and decision
the sort of man who inspires confidence. |
while from has steady eyes there beams !
uhlIiuli'n hlpullnesS ana Soou numor. |
Sprung from ono Of tho most famous !
Quaker families in the country. ne, !
curlously enough, was an early pupil |
Of Dr. Creighton. afterwards bishop !
Of London. Later on, al Cambridge. |
he got his "hluc' for Rugby foot.
ball, and also played polo for the uni
versity; while AT cricket he was captain
OF the Trinity eleven. II was the late
Sir Henry Campbell Banncrnan, a very |
Sl luIca n NJ In InIti,,I IIr |
PcaSc TO become i whip. lf was
splendid choice, for "Jacbn has aston
iShing knowledge Of all labor and trade
union matters, These two men manage
tho Liberal campaign. They have 10 ar
range about the candidates all over the
country. People who want ia stand
come to them for seats, and local party
associations constantly appeal to them
to tiud them candidates.
No ono who had not seen thc pro
cess Of work would credit how much
diplomacy, how much gencralShip is
required. VIII Mr. Jones do for httlo
Ped!ington? Oh yes bui Mr. Jones
would rather have The grca, town of
Smok"borough, Smol'eborough, on the
contrary, desires someone with title.
Then, again, Mr. Smith perhaps cannot
afford tho expensive county division
which wants him, and so the party must
conc to the rescue with 81 pccuniary
grant. In all this there rs an immense
amount 2f .aud-talc and compro-
msc.
Hughes Conservative General.
The chief Conservative agent. MIR.
James Pcrcival Hughes, succeeds some
notable organizers of victory. This
will he his first general election. for be
was appointed after the Conservative
rout in 1906 a bright. cheerful, good
looking man, Mr.. Hughes was first III
troduced into political life by Colonel
Fred Buruaby, whose private secretary
hc was. and for whom he did sterling
work in Birmingham politics OF his
eleven wears al the bar, Mr. Hughes
tells some capital stories. For instance,
he once actually succeeded in pnrsUad
ing Il jury that - prisoner charged
with theft had committed The crime
nconsciously. while walking in his !
sleep. II is not generally known that
Mr., Hughes is a highly gifted sculptor, {