New-York tribune., 1910-01-24
ITEM POPULAR VOTE.
Likely To Be the Result of
Election an England.
rBy The Associated Press. !


Lon6on. Jan. 23-NeVer in the recollection
Of the Oldest politicians have the British
parties been II such q perplexing position
IS Ihey find themselves to-day and are
likely 70 face u hen the next House OF Com
mons is organized So evenly divided VIII
Be the membership OF the next House, and
50 close is the popular vote. that the result
q the election for all practical purposes
nav be considered 2 tie
Which Of the questions before the cleo
iors rad the most influence al the polls, or
vhethe- the results mean that the people
demand tariff reform, or are loyal TO the
Lords CT anxious to reject Chancellor
-oyd-George's budget, or whether all three
these hed an equal effect, is uncertain
Indsr these circumstances neither party
wants The responsibility OF attempting 70
sglslate, and. since Z division must be so
case, the Cnionists are better satisfied 20
b II opposition than to- have won by 4
YER small majority.
". Ba-fou-'s speeches show plainly that
WIN ne existing conditions he is glad not
nave control Of the government. Mr.. As
e--t1, the Premier. would be equally
pieased 10 escape the periis Of plotting the
Party through the troubled waters There
se precedents fcr him 70 ask the King 10
SaLnlnon another leader TO form the govern
Izl4L Dut no ore expects him to haul down
lS nag Al me prophets make the pre-
alellon that Jhs new Cabinet will find itself
ne minority within year, and that the
e1nl-y Will plunge into another general
eisction
THE POPULAR VOTE
The remarkable figures recorded at this
s'ase Of the balloting foreshadow clearly
l'~ nearly equal both the popular vote and
ne membership Of the House Of Commons
- q divided between the two great fac
.-Ak The popular vote stands: Unionists,
.ee'Zl, Liberals, 2,324,9I5; Labcrites. $780,
ms gives the united LdberaI-Labor
I@ly q majority OF 53,SO3 in d total vote
'-so.-S1 Today the membership ot the
-se q Commons is q tie, the Cnionists
20 NE combined LIBERAL and Labor parties
having elected rs representatives.
'Ae hundred and sixty-seven seats remain
nllec, OF which l02 are English In
-sSt Parliament these were: Cnionist,
liberal, rs. and Nationalist, Is. Should
present trend OF voting continue.
aef the Un.onists nor the Liberals can
- majority OF more than a dozen,
= ne Aauonalsts. with So votes, will be
--y masters Of the situation
se peers and the Irishmen will be the
~ - ing forces OF the next Parliament.
Asquith has two battles TO fight: to re-
a.. tae Lords and 10 pass the budget
.alieo and the budget for the coming
a. ne Prospect is that both the peers
gsS VII vote LOT the pud-
p
M --OuSe OF Lords can be reformed only
'Al which the Lords must swallow
ey deny that the country has given
Ia. -a1e Tor this. The Unionists insist
cop,,.-' eieclions have net proved that the
the Ueelres a change in the status of
ns,or,.,- mouse. They argue that a bare
wire - not enough No country with a
sts,es constitution. such as the United
chsng.s ,lley point out can make such
Dy mere majority.
NATIONALIST POSITION
,ss,rs. Position Of the Nationalists is ex-
s0bser,,ts-S > with them all questions are
,orr,s- 70 home rule The trair re-
tsct,ors-. calm that the Irish are ALI pro-
s.tas,,, 4 they could vote that issue
Ii implications. The NatfonaIists
bulge, F@rlianlent declared against the
peses Ni4hcipally because they we're on
Would eased wniskey taxes but they
Eouse e ne4p II through the next
Hon. meas sure Of political strategy.
Session Is not likely 70 get far next
Cans according 70 well versed nolitt-
-erds ,,s-l.e the reform of the House of
tH ar the Prime Minister has writ
tgz.s, 0io OF his programme. promises
osgle- John Redmond leader of