The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05
BUSY SESSION FOR
BRITISH PARLIAMENT
Passage of Insurance Bill Is
Backed by Full Power
of Government.
DISCUSS PLURAL VOTING
Many Oppose System Which
Gives Great Power to
Tory Party.
DISCUSS PLURAL VOTING
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
10 The Tribune.

/
! LONDON. Nov. Lloyd d-George has
( his hands full In passing his insurance
pill but there is little doubt that lie will
| succeed. The opposition To The measure
! comes mainly from Interested sources,
/ and whenever u is possible TO make con-
/ poses of the bIl il viii be done. but
the chancellor OF the cNchequer is de-
Jermined ;hat his great scheme shall not
/ be emasculated and the full power OF the
government is behind him.
There has been some talk OF laoor OPP
position. but this Is apparently confined
/ TO the rabid socialistlc section OF the
! Labor party. and it is doubtful If even
they will vote against II when the test
comes.
There may be some Liberal dcfections
| on the division. but unless the sttua.
/ ton changes radically the measure VIII
( have about the usual government ma
( Jority.
/ bill which John Redmond recently stated
+ was practically drawn up. There Is
much interest In the terms OF the meas
urc and as 10 how far the government
! is prepared to go In giving set-govern-
menC To Ireland.
The best impression is that the Irish
parliament will have as great powers as
can he granted consistent with the unity
! Of the empire, and that religious safe
guards will be included TO aIlay the fears
Of the Ulster Protcstants
Another measure which Will receive
early attention ia that Of plural voting.
a powerful Liberal organ in discussing
/ This subject says
Oppose Plural Voting.
'"The crppling Of the obstructive
gain. but the government must not rest rest
/ content with the veto victory. While
| franchise anomalies exist we cannot
/ have government for tho people by the
I people. A step on the democratic road
! Will be made when the government sets
itself 10 make ono man vote reality
instead of merely An election cry. Re
cent general elections have shown the
! power which tho Tories have because or
Tho present absurd system of plural Not-
ing In many constituencies Tory mem
J brrs were returned by. small ma1oriues
: which would never have existed but Tor
plural voting. Instances are known
one Tory has a half dozen votes. All
/ over the country are large residential
districts In which The scale is turned In
, favor Of Toryism no, hE ne votes "i INC nc
! happen 10 have houses in these districts
"a state of affairs which the govern
mont must remedy without delay
/ Another question which will he settled
/ soon viii he that Of Welsh disestabish-
mcnt. This is being bitterly fought by
the established church and il is not at all
/ Impossible that the fight may lead TO
strong feeling in favor OF the disestab-
lshment OF the English and Scotch
churches. This latter however. is no
part Of the government programme at
Strenuous Work Ahead.
Altogether It's going TO be n strenuous
time for tho British parliament for the
next few months.
The death Of Hesha Stretton VIII ne
the cause of mourning the world over.
There IS hardly "a man or woman who
was Sundav school teacher n genera
tion ago who docs not recall "JessiCa $
First PRAYER" and other books by Miss
Stretton. Twice Within two years has
her death been enormously announced;
but now she has passed away. cnteeoied
by age and by the shock OF the death oi
her sister and lifelong companion, Eliza
beth. last February.
Fer real name was Hannah Smith. her
nom DC plume being taken from her birth
place. Church stretton. Shropshire.
| 'Hcsba" was formed BY the com hnatior
OF tne initials Of her name with those 9I
her sisters OF whom she had four, she
being the third daughter in the family.
Her father was bookseller and pub
Usher. and I'm his later career partner
in the firm Of HOUSTON & Wright Of
Paternostcr square, h. {. Hesha devoted
herself 10 the writing Of stories Of evan
Eelical life and character, most OF them
childreu's stories,
came from Charles Dickens who IN 1853
published THE Lucky Leg ghost
story IN All the Year Round He sent
her C5 with a request for more stories
from her pen She contributed regularly
10 this periodical and 70 Household
= nrds until the death OF Dickens in
1870.
"Jessica's Prayer Was Popular,
She wrote numerous books-the titles
of her works III three pages In the Brit
British museum cataloguc--but none
equaled the popularity Of ''Jessica's First
Prayer" which appeared In sunday at
Home in 1866. Car Alexander II. de-
creed that the touching story of the lit
he waif should be placed In every Rus
TT n Is stated that 1000. 600 copies of this
book have been published. 1t was used
as a class book In Russian schools until
Knowledge OF her sympathies with the
the work. though quite Innocent In Itself.
being forbidden. and 10 orders being
issued that the copies then in use should
be destroyed. In the northern countries
this story was turned into Il service of
song FOR sunday school and chapel.
Among her other stories were Alone
the combined sales Of which have reached
threc-quarters Of "A Million These sim
pie stories mught a wholesome pety OF
inest,mable value TO the generation ot
boys and girls 10 whom she principally
appealed. Others Of her novels were
"The olives OF Burcot, 'Paurs Court
Doctors Dilemma. Hester Morley's
Promise" and Through Needles Eve"
Miss Strctton formed The society from
which has sprung the 5. p. c. C. In 1892
she collected $500 for the starving Rus
sian peasants. Indeed much OF her
earnings was spent In charity. She had
near Richmond. where she used To busy
herself with IA lending library that she
had started for the villagers benefit.
Government Will Pension Widows
Special Cable to Tho Tribune
WELLINGTON. Nov. f-The Nov, |
Zealand government has Just introduced |
q bill to provide pensions OF $50 annually !
Tor widows with one child or with more |
than three children $3.50 II is estimated |
that the project will cost the dominion |
sI65,000 annually