The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-20
THE LIBERALS HOLD RULE.

The returns from the British elections
seem to be coming in in fairly sat.
lsfactory shape in spite of the claims
made by the opposition to the govern.
ment. The majority that the Ministry
can now rely on is put AT Il safe figure
over the chief faction of the opposi,
tion. called the Unionsts. In discuss
ing the results of the election a day
or two ago, The Tribune by misprint
put the word Unionist' in place OF
- Liberal ~ However, the contest was
so plain that no one need 10 have been
mlslcd by 1T, and probably no one was
who really understood the situation, as
we distinctly placed the security of the
budget as maintained As explained
by correspondent, whose letter We
PRINT herewith, it was Unionist de.
feat, not Unionist victory. 1t was a
Liberal victory and that was what we
intended 10 say, as was plain from the
reading, The letter referred TO is one
worth printing, however. on its merits
and We print it accordingly herewith as
follows;
Editor Tribune With regard To the
editorial on the above in Tuesdays issue.
Your reference TO the victorious side as
saa', Snionlsis is rather misleading, have
peeh asked by several what is meant by
= unlonists, many mlstaking them for
some branch OF the labor party-trade
nnlonlsts To all intcnts and purposes
Tories, Conservatives Unionists arc ono
and the same party. the parties opposed
to them being Liberals Radicals and the
d,doorllGs. inc TWO latter being the more
aggressive and extreme wing OF the Lib
erals The Laborltcs are In a sense an
independent party. and will take their
seats on the opposition benches vet I'm
al manner affecting social reform will
pro6aoly vote solidly with the Liberals
or Mlnlsterialis,s. as the party in power
Is termed. The word Unionists came In
play first OF all during the home rule
controversy; % and WAS first known as Lib
group being supposed 10 be good, sound
Liberals IN everything with the sole eX-
ception of home rule for Ireland, but
through assocsating with bad COMPANY
and now are not only holding
conservative Views regards home rule
but are at issue with tho Liberals on ali
other questions. Gradually the term Lib
eral Unionist disappeared, and the word
Unionist was applied 10 the Conservative
party as whole; as that party opposed
what they, termed the bill 10 disrupt The
OF Great Britain and Ire
andIand that party (thc so-called Con
,titutional party, though they did their
utmost 10 wreck the constitution when
hey approved the action OF the Lords
m rejecting the hudgeO-appicd the
Jerm Separatists to tho Liberals and Rad
Gals. who favored the measure OF home
rule for the Emerald Isle
SO II the party headed by the late Pre-
m)er r. Asqulth and the Chancellor OF
nc EXcheqner o. Lloyd George again
control the ministry. as they probably
VIII. but with diminished majority the |
'esuIt VIII be not UnIonist triumph. but
l unionist defeat. Those who believe In |
iocial. moral and political progress will |
welcome the defeat OF the Unionists, The
party which upbolds the three .P's'i tho |
unholdy trinity'-pcers. parsons ana
defenders of the vested in |
ercsts, who aim TO thwart all progressive
md social reform. whereas. the victory
u the Liberals Will be a triumph of tho |
orces OF progrcss-both moral and social |
over those OF reaction. a step forward |
instead OF backward In fact, n victory OF |
tsht over storm and darkness. Yours
respectfully. j. M, MORC,AN
Garfield, Jan. IS
BY substituting the word Liberal"
.or "Unlonist," as was intended. the
misconccption Will disappear