The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-11

efhcient and Impartial second chamber. |
In regard TO the supremacy OF The COM
mons In finance. he thought there should
be o fair tribunal called upon to- decide
whether matters Of finance OF the most
vital Importance to the nation were such
as required further considcrG ton
Bonar Law. who has forsakeu a safe
seat al Dulwich 10 contest y. w.
Manchester. the stronghold OF free
is message OF social reform. EIe puts
the issue before the electors In this way:
Is the British nation going 10 be mas
ter in its own house. or IS our govern
ment to DO subject To a cabinet whose
policy is dictated TO 1t by faction
lmeaning lreland) which has members
ton TO population. and by faction
which openly boasts that IL is subsidized
by foreign gold" He resIsts the LIB
eral scheme OF a reformed house OF
lords, because he thinks IL will result in
single chamber government.
L. O. Pretyman. redoubtable opponent
studying the country in the unlonlst
cause. He speaks To the electors like
this: What was the result OF the ap-
peal to the country going To be? Were
they going TO give absolute power to the
house OF commons. so that no lcSisia-
ton, however dangerous 1t might be,
such as home rule. should be made sub
house of lords?" Naturally. he Is doing
all in his power TO get electors on the
side OF Lord Lansdowncs proposals for
"a
also pleads continually that It is unfair
aud unjust that the burden Of taxation
should he placed upon the one particu
lar class of property which employed
labor and capital in tho country.
Lawyer Politicians
Another politician prominent In the
Conservative cause is Sir Edward Car
SON a strong Irish opponent OF home
rule. He Is about the most hlghly-psid
lawye. In Great Britain.
10 i~on
found ~ difficalt 10 earn dollar. On
n certain occasion. when he was going
into court in Ireland. a man came UP 10
him. and. catching hold OF his gown.
sHId, Look here counsel YOU have Bit
of case for Mick O'Dwyer. haven't
Nou"' II have; what about iI?' We'll,
said the man, with the air of one who
IL making a very grand offer. II am
Mick O'Dwyer. and " you win that case
I'll give YOU a dollar for yourself, Coun-
sci won his case but did not claim his
dollar.
Sir Rober, Finlay. another distin
guished lawyer and advocate, who is sure
OF cabinet rank IL tho Conservatives are
returned 10 power, is showing his quail
ties OF debate TO good purpose
Altogether. lawyers and solicitors loom
very large in the fight as candidates, as
they did last January. when over III
la wyers engaged In the tussc.
Lighter Side of Struggle.
Some humor has been impaired into
ling. who. when in a droll mood. spoke
OF our ancestors recording their votes
with an AK. method which cut up par
ties TO good purpose Then the naive
Newton, that "thc naked and brutal
truth was that lot OF them had TO
GO brought refreshing laughter into an
early stage OF the debate In the house
OF lords where according TO Disracli in
ono OF his novels. they caclilc as If they
had laid an egs when they accomplish a
division.
members Of tho Brewers society that
Oliver Cromwell had failed 10 make the
abolition Of the house OF lords n perma
chamber could take their daily walk past
his statue without fear. In the future
they would walk past the statues OF
Lloyd George and Winston Churcmh VII Wiz
quaint touches that appealed 10 people
tired OF academic debate
Political Aids.
An kinds Of organizations arc now
strainlng every nerve ana sfcidiIe uo
lars like water Thousands oi women.
members of the Primrose League ana the
Womens Unionist associations. are Work-
ing for Conservative candidates. inc
Tariff Reform league, the Land union
and the Navy league arc each %orkins
hard for various pianks IN INC PisiSSsm,
Parker is concentrating on his small
ncasant proprictors on tho land.
For the Liberals the Free Trade league
Ia hard al work hand in hand with the
league OF Young bibe rails and lne WV
mems Liberal association. while the re-
spectivc parties under efficient bosses III
various parts OF the country. arc iooor
Ing at high pressure, The SIa9s.1nS
league called into existence 10 ueal WIN
cases where Liberal voters arc mtinn-
dated. Is also busy labor s la'lous o.,
rnniZstIons the Independent Labor party
the Social Democratic party are throw
ing their energies into running iilu
pendent candidates. They are contest
ino seats nj North Aberdeen. Burnley
wi,ere U M Hyndman is standing AS n
candidate: East Bradford. South Saliora,
Wcst Stafford and Northampton AS
Asuuith has practically sduareu lhe LA
bor party by promising facillues ,or q
rncnt II he Is returned to power. Ia
borites will not put up a hsht against
him. a., oIiHc,l
power are as earnest and actiNc as eNe,.
ihe Womcn'g Social and Pohtcal union
having a strong body Of supporters III
rvorv constituency Ia press the claitns
Of their Cancellation bill upon every can
didatc and 10 throw their iniuence
ogaInst opponents Of their claims py
,,so,'n, or thcir we'll known militant mcth-
DDS. n. h,,,o. nro
Crammes and aspirations, tuhdaniSnea,,
differences on the great cpnsN'utoi't..
question. and all the claInoro5uS from
factions make tumult and confusion lroih
ono end of the land 10 the other
Parliamentary Candidates,
MANY elder sons of future peers are
on tho war path Lord Stafford, The son
of the Duke and Duchess OF Sutherlanu,