The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-24
ELECTION PLACES POLITICIANS
OF ALL PARTIES AT SKIES
AND SEvENS.
RESULTS ARE INDEFINITE
Just What the People Desire Is Not
Clearly Expressed by Votes and
There Are Many Interpretations
Peers and Irish Nstionalists VIII
Rule Next Parliament.

London. Jan. ea-Scver III tic rec
election nf the oldest politicians haze
the British parties been in such Ii per
picking position a. they are today. -
evenly divided will h. the membership
of the next house Of commons and 80
close is the popular vote that the re-
suit of the elections. for all practical
purposes. may be considered tie No
human mind can divine which Of the
questions before the electors hsad ti4s
most influence at the polls. or whether
the results mean that the people d.-
mand tariff reform, ar. ioNa1 ~ The
lcrds. anxious to reject Chancellor
Lloyd-George's budget, ar whether all
three of these had an equal effect Tn
der these circumstances. neither party
wants the responsibility Of attempting
legislation, and. since division must
be close. the unionists are better salts
fled to be in opposition than tn have
won by a small majority.
Mr. Balfour's speeches show plainly
that. with existing conditions. H. il
glad not to have control of the govern
ment, and Premier Asauith would he
equally pleased to escape the perils If
btt'tthh party
waters, There are prccedents for him
To ask the king to summon another
leader to form the cabinet. but no one
expects him To haul down his flag All
prohpets predict that the nnw cabinet
viii find itself in the minority within
year and that the country will plunge
into another general election.
The remarkable figures recorded at
this stf the h4.E lpt irss tap
clearly how nearly equal both tlle pop
ular vote and the membership pf the
house Of commons will ha divided be-
tween the two great factions. The pop
ular vote stands: EnionistS. 2.5ga,G21,
liberals, ..s24.3i5. laborites. ass.iis.
This gives the united liberal labor
party majority of iai,s03 ia total
vote Of a.as5.l51.
Commons Tied.
Today the membership ri til. house
of commons Ii tie. the uni.nists and
the combined liberal AMI labor parfy
each having elected 3fs repr.senta-
tises. One hundred and siNty~sresn
seats remain to be filled. of which iD2
are English. In the last parliament
these We're. rnionists. 81. liberals.
lis: nationaiists. L. Shaul, the pres
ent trend of voting continue. neither
the unionists nor the liberals ean NUS
ter majority OF more than a dozen.
and the Irish nationalists, with votes.
VIII be masters of the situation
The peers and tn. Irish will bc tia
dominating forces Of the nesf paria-
ment. Premier Asauith has two bat
ties tn fight-to reform the lords and
To pass the budget which failed and the
budget for the coming year Ths pros
peet Is that both the peers and tie
nafinnalists Will xate far thse budgets.
The house of lords can be- reformed
only by bill which the lords must
swallow. They may deny that tho
country has given Il mandate for this.
IN. unionist- insist that the elections
nave not proved that the country Dr.
sires Il change In the historic status
4 IN. upper house. They argue that
bare majority Is not enough No
country with "a written constitution.
such "a the United States. they point
out. can make such changes by a tners
ina jority.
The position of the natlonaiists il
unique With them all questions are
snbserflent To home rule. Tariff re-
formers claim that the Irish arc All pro-
IsAIAiaAlNA~s II itIts NpilH Vote IEfAf issue
without complications Th. natiamafEsts
in the last parliament deeIare. against
the budget principally heEslts=e they
were opposed IL Increased whisky
taxes, but they would probably hetn it
the next house is Il treasure
III political strategy
Struggle Coming.
Hum. Fui,. is not likely To- gnt fur
next season, according Ia Neil~etesaa
h,acauSe Tit. rtfartu at the
nous" nj herds. which thu pFitan minis
ter has written nj th. h.std 1T his
program. promises ii great struggle
John Redmond. header "f ti.. national.
lists. will he almost a. Important - the
premier. because Mr.. Asunith sstu sla
nothing without him The raaserSa-
IiEss believe the older wing nj the lta-
erat party. represented by Premier A.
tuith. War Secretary hatfiaa= staa For
eisn Secretary Sir Edward Cry NOV
repent having permitted radicals ike
David LioNd-ti~ars. and Winston
Spencer Churchill ta commit tia. party
Ia budget that is So far OH tia ra.sd
la what their opponents term socialism,
Liberals claim that their ens4nass are
in their hssats lest thss find
the government an their hands. with
the necessity ef raising reseHaes FIR
.id-ase nensi.ns ana larger many,
and At the sam. tine stttaEHsiias -
sdapt protection,