The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-02

aSCertaining what were the principal 1 issues between the Liberal. or gov. ernment, party and the Conserya | ives and Unionists, the declarations or manifestoes of leaders of the opposing parties, made shortly be. fore the close of the last parliament
 ire given herewith;
 In an address to his supporters at Dundee, Mir. Winston Churchill, a | member of the cabinet, outlined the governments position as follows:
 The Conservative party seek to | hold a definite and permanent sup pricrity in the constitution over all other form of political opinion. Wht ther in office or in opposition 0 quote the words of their Chief Whip, they mean to govern the country. They claim that through he house of lords they shall re main possessed, no matter how great he majority against them, of an allpoWerful veto, which they can use at their own good pleasure to wreck all legislation they do not like, and to harass, damage and finally dissolve every government and every house of commons of which they are not masters. They assert themselves to be a superior
 political caste. They refuse equal rights to their fellow-citizs ns. They demand that their opinions and their
 interests shall enjoy favoritism
 and privilege within the law above every other class of his majesty's subjects. This must end. It must end finally, and it must end now. We are resolved to win by every law ful means for ourselves, and for those who come after us in the
 world. a fair and equal constitution
 or our country. We seek nothing more. We will take nothing less.
 The last parliament was violently broken up after it had sat less than
 i've years through the Tory party using their house of lords veto to de 5troy the budget and to paralyze the
 executive by stopping supplies of
 money to the crown. In every year
 ut one of that parliament the Tory leaders employed this same op- Dressive veto to ruin the main work # the house of commons in each
 succeeding session. and the educa- 'ional bill, the plural voting bill, the otOlliSH iduu Dlll, ana the llCelSlDS
 Jill were in turn rejected.
 The present house of commons. although it was only elected in
 January, is. in spite of its large pro
 5ressive majority, held in the same
 ntol rable grip. There is scarcely
 single considerable political ques-
 ion upon which We should be allow ed to legislate. The Scottish cleo tors ask for the land bill Veto! The British electors have returned large majOrities in two successive par liaments to put an end to the abuse treated as a criminal offense in other countries-of one man cast ing his vote over and over again a
 the same election Veto, The
 Welsh electors seek the disestablish- nent of a church imposed upon them from without and to which the great majority eff Welshmen do not ad- here, but for which they are all made to pay. Veto! Ireland still
 in MT. Gladstone's s phrase, stands at the bar and waits." Veto!
 There is not one of these is sues on which we do not possess m effective majority in the prese mt house of commons. There is not one of these issues on which We did not possess an effe ctive majority in the last house of commons. There is not one of them which would not Tt once be met by veto-utter, blank, sullen veto. There is in fact no path to progress, however hopeful, hat is not barred. no Liberal ma jority, however large, that is not )verridden, no house of commons. however newly elected, that exists except on sufferance. All roads lead 70 veto. At the end of every legis- lative avenue loom the portals of L.ansdowne house. We cannot get forward. We have nowhere to turn but to the nation, from whose record ed will all just powers of govern ment are derived.
 And while on the one hand the veto of the house of lords bars all progressive legislation, it offers no security against reaction. If a Con- servative majority of only a score were returned to the house of com mons, they would hold themselves entitled to make the whole revolu- ton of setting up a protective tariff, including taxation of bread and meat and thus, we believe, hamper and derange British industry, corrupt British politics, spoil our good rela- tions with the colonies, and aggre vate the burdens of the poor. They would do this without the slightest check or hindrance from the house of lords. Was ever inequality more scandalous? Was ever injustice more ,r1, tO votes; but only Tory votes are to count All parties may form admin istrations, but only Tory admins trations are to exercise power. All men may express their opinions, but only Tory opinions shall prevail.
 We can no longer submit to this usage. This is our land as much as theirs. We have as good right in Britain as they. We cherish the glories of this famous island as iearly as we have guarded it's honor and it's interests at home and abroad with gre ater success; our safety,
 UT prosperity, not less than theirs, are founded upon the enduring well fare of the British realm. We have long claimed equal political rights n the constitution of our country. Now we are going to take them"
 On the same evening, Lord Cur ;on, one of the leaders of the Unicn- ists, outlined the future policy of his party as follows:
 What is our policy? Let me say It once that l am not in favor of any newfangled policies or any change of principles. The cid precepts of he Conservative and the Unionist