The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-04
LABORlTES
WANT NEW LAW
Cannot Now Pay Members in
Parliament
SUSPECT CHAMBERLAIN
---
He Is Thought Unable to Produce Ad-
The Conservative Basis
Of Hope for a Vic
tory.
SUSPECT CHAMBERLAIN

London, Jam at conference Of
representatives 81 various trades unions
here last week it was decided that the
organizations should declare themselves
in favor Of an alteration IN the definition
Of a trades union, as given By the House
Of Lords in the recent case Of Osborne
vs.. the Amalgamated Society Of Railway
Servants, so as to allow all unions to
engage in the political activities that
they have pursued from 1888 to the pres
emit time. This il conditional upon The
approval ef the members 81 the various
unions at d special conference, to be
held at Newport on February s. The
effect Of the resolution, If approved by
the members at large, viii be the intro.
duction Of motion in the House Of
Commons early in the session Of the new
Parliament asking for an alteration Of
the definition The House Of Lords deci-
sion referred to was that trades unions
could not contribute 70 election funds
It came Up through the practice oi ali
sessment 81 members 81 unions to pay
salaries to Labor members 81 Parlia.
ment.
The decision Of the law lords in the
House Of Lords. the highest tribunal
IN the land, was unanimous Judgments
we're delivered BY Lord Halsbury, Lord
Macnaghten, Lord James Of Hereford
Lord Atkinson and Lord shaw. The
most interesting and most striking point
ii the judgment delivered was that made
BY lord shaw. vhe alone dealt with the
constitutional side Of the matter lie
said,
The money payment which u The price
Of voting Al the bidding Of others de-.
stroys or imperils freedom Of advice.
which is Fundamental in the free consti.
Triton Of Parliament Inter alia, the
Labor party pledge is an unconstitution-
Al and understandable interference with
the rights Of the constituencies Of the
United Kingdom
Chamberlain Not Writing Letters7
No single issue can BE- said to domi-
nate tbs campaign as yet. Mr., Chambsr-
lain's manifesto IS striking. because Il
brushes aside the constitutional question
as non-sxistent and concentrates on tar.
iG reform A year back. tariff raform
would have been tie great Issue, but
tho astute ministers produced the budget
and scotched fiscal change for the time
being- Tbs Liberals laugh Al Mr. Cham
berlain's attempt to revive the colonial
aspect Of tariff reform They maintain
that what was started as great i'm
perial movement has become purely
domestic campaign ia favor Of protoe
tion and demand particulars o. the tariff
scheme, which is 70 prevent the dukes
from paying out
There Is one feature Of the campaign.
however which has been resumed with
renewed vigor after The Christmas truce.
Joseph Chamberlain Is candidate for
the West Birmingham seat, with which
he has been corrected for over twenty
years, and lie win be returned unopposed.
He Is, Of course the protagonist in the
Sight for tariff reform which is the chief
plank in the Unionist platform, and, as
one Of the Liberal papers says, Balfour's
chief asset n the campaign
All the world remembers the blow
which struck him 4 few years ago, and
which, i was generally supposed would
forever preclude hi return to active po.
litical life.