The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-24
UN|ON|STS EXPECT
To SECURE CONTROL
Work of Asquith Ministry Ex-
pected to DiSmay the
Liberal Party.
TORIES LOSE GROUND
Unionist Party Has Played
Skillful Politics and May
Reap Reward.
TORIES LOSE GROUND
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

Special Gable to The Tribune.
! LONDON. Dec. %, -Tha, even the
most rahld Die lrsrds" In tho house Of
! lords would give Il sront deal II thcy
! had accepted Lloyd-Georsc's 1909 budget
with as Sood i grace q possible admits
! Of n" doubt. The recent byc-clec.ions
usrticrlarly in Somerset. makes IL cx-
! tTc1nelv possible that with labor trou-
| bles. the dissatisfaction over the insur-
anco scheme. and with no ground for the
/ warfare on the lords. IT would be more
/ than an even ce3nca that tho t'nionIsts
| would have come into power. for tho par
! lament which put the Liberals In Office
/ would Gayc about rum it's course.
! Nov. however the ASquth ministry
! has more Than four years to run, and
! VIII ia ali human probability enact Irish
! home rUic. Welsh discsts hlishulani. do
a"av With plural voting. establish man
J hood suffrage anj pave the wav for an
equitable distribution Of seats In psrl'a-
nent All Of which Is as sal and worm
hat pity all these things could not
! have been lorescau. That Il, its pity
for the Uniouists
There is no doubt that the liberals
have los: ground because Of tho inSur-
snco hill 1t ma,' be that rNe Ultimate
result will nr to strengthen them: as the
admirers Of the chancellor of the OK
chequer claim II will. The Uniouist Is
! have certainly PLAYED skilifuI politics in
marshalins all the opposition which 20
! comprehensive scheme was bound 10
| create but AsquIth and Lloyd George
have the courage of their convictions
and have pushed the measure through.
confident that it will prove a beDcf1ccnt
[ measure To the people despite its admit
Another matter which is giving the
government no little concern is the stu
| alton lii Persia. There is no doubt
! that n great many strong Liberals SYM
patri1e. with Persia and with Mr.. Shus-
| ter, and resent England being used. as
| they believe. as the ''catspaw' with
which TO pull Russia's chestnuts out Of
Says Peerages Are Sold.
| There Is no little discussion over the
open charge made by James Douglas. in
A current periodicadl. 10 the effect that
| honors are openly for sale In England,
The sale of l,onors is like tho sale
OF adyowsons-a traffic not too widely
advertised; but knishthoods. baronetcles
is even a tariff for these titles, The
! price paid varies. according to the status
| OF the buyer. 6ut the market price IS
approximately as follows:
| knlehthood ..................... Sis. 900
| Bdronetcy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 30 900
The cash Is usually paid by Install
monts in the form OF subscriptions to
the secret party funds of the two great
| political parties
| In the last ten years there have been
| no fewer than nincty-siX new peers. OF
! these not more than Iorty-ntnc were the
ordinary and normal rewards for public
and political services. OF the remainder
no fewer than thirty-seven were bought
| peerages. while ten may he chartaely
classed as being doubtful
Investigation May Follow.
"Thus it, appears that between 20 and
| 30 per cent OF peeraces arc bought.
| The debasemcn Of the houors con-
| ferred by the sovereign upon Ills most IL
| lustriouS servants is - very serious scHn-
| dsI Every title acquired by Indirect pur-
chase is :, slur upon every man who has
| acquired his title by service or by merit.
! The truth is that there Is no govern
| ing idea in tho bcstowai of honorS. A
great administrator like the late Sir Rob
ert Hart received a less reward than
half a dozen obscure noneutities
The extent OF abuse may be cEaGScr-
ated by the tongue Of suspicion, II may.
on the contrary, be underestimate. The
Point Is that nobody knows the truth"
II IS not impossible that these very ss-
/ rious statements mag lead TO an inyesu-
,r,t ti1D