Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-16
LORD LANDSDOWNE
NEW LEADER Of
UNIONISTS
Conference Makes 1t Clear
in Case Government Chang
es Bonar Law Will Not Be
at the Helm.

London, bee, i6.--At the autumn
conference at the National Unionist
association, when the platform of the
t'niunist party was confirmed II was
made very clear that should there be-
u change ur government IN the United
Is ingdum, the task at forming the
cabinet would fan upon tn" shoulders
of l.nrd Iunsduwnc and not upon
Bonar Law
During the past few months ~ all
the lighting has been IN tn" house at
commons aud attention has been 1T
trUCtrd iu that house more than ~
the huusr al lords, Iniuuials as we'll
49, Liberals haN" come 1" regard Bon
ar Law az actually II not technically,
leader OF his party, 40 Wrll as ur that
part ul 1t which sits IN the house al
lords At the conference. however. II
was lord lansdowur, not Mir Law,
who Was chosen to make the impur-
tnnt announcements In regard tu The
policy at the party, 4 dutr which IN
variHhly lnlis t. the lender of the
party Mr. Law, II win be- rcm,m.
bcrrd, wax chosen leader ct tho
lniuuisls IN the commons when Mr.
liIluur retired, but, unIilt" hia prrdr-
UuAsur Mr. l,Hw WaS not chosen lead
ar "l The party, IN the American
s"nsr h" ls simply tlOur header IA the
lower huusr, Hnd he obtained that pc.
siliuu hrcuusc the Conservative amt
l.iburdl. i'uouist elements ul what Is
now known officially AZ the l'niuniN
party could not compose their diner
encrs ana eject either az their lead
ers Austen Chamberlain or walter
Long, tu the place. lunur Law has
not been u great success us a leader,
aud therefore tn" action at the ma
tlOnul convention In making clear
that he was not the lrldrr OF tho
party la the country M Lawns al
rect manner plraHrs nud aruusus iiig
younger element m hi pauy Tho
great bunk at the uld-Nnr ,uusrr}A-
tiycE, however. prefer thu old, quiet
style of which MIR. Enlluur Was the
oXompiur, and while they do not
openly oppose, they privately object
To the somewhat exaggerated views
expressed by Mr.. Law ON what viii
y
passed, for example, or his support
of the noisy IntorruptcTs Ia parlia-
mcnt, who the other evening pclted
The prime minister with pnpGr ana In
other ways acted IN II manner unbG-
coming members OF parliament
The assumption by Iurd l.Hns-
dOwnc Of ih" leadership of the party
also indicates that his health, which
last summer II Was feared had broken
down, has since greatly improved.
II was Also rather marked that NJ
tho convention no mention wus made
NJ tho referendum that was 10 pre-
rcdc the introduction of tarln reform,
0r tarlff for revenue only. should the
unlonlsts be returned During tn"
last election Mr.. Baifour, who is not
"a very ardent turin reforfner wns In
duccd by what is known az the nd.
vlsory committee of the party, con.
hsting Of three London editors, to say
that should the UniOnists succeed In
the election the question Of tarlH re.
form would hc referred Ia IA vote 81
the people, liOnur Inv, who at the
time was running for n Manchester
constituency, where taTlff reform IN
not popular ana generally all the lead
sra and active members OF the party
took up the idea and In this way
brought many rnionist free traders
back into the fold Joseph Chamber
lain, the chief apostle OF tarin re-
form, and his Hon, Austen Chamber
tain. were the only prominent Union
lists who repudiatod the idea Of n ref
erendum, and declared, so far ~ their
influence went, the return of the
uni0nistS would mean the immediate
introduction Of "a measure cnbOdylng
ihr policy for which they had fought.
Now the party In convention has