The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-17
THE TORY VICTORY
IN MANCHESTER
Was Anticipated From the Start
for Several Reasons Given by
T. P. O'Connor.
The Master of Elibank, Chief Whip
of the Liberals, Hands in
his Resignation.
He Was Among the Speakers Who
Accompanied the Premier to
City of Dublin.
In last Sundays London letter to

In last Sundays London letter to
the Chicago Tribune, written on the
eve fthe adjournment of Parliament,
T. P. OConnor says:
With a wild whoop. the Tory pa
pers proclaim IL big victory in the
Manchester election. They shout that
this is the beginning of the end, dc
mand that the Tory opposition force
a dissolution of parliament, and de-
clare the Home Rule bill is dead.
This exultatlon is rather overdonc,
as the seat has been nearly always
Tory and was only won in recent
years by Winston Churchill's COM
manding personality and the dread Of
all the cotton lords, Liberal or Tory,
of their industry being ruined by pro-
lection.
The Tory candidate was so con-
scious that the protection idea was
an impossible barrier to victory that
he denied protection as an issue aud
the Tory free traders who supported
him begged him to say AS little as
possible OH the subject
The defeat OF the Liberals was an
.ticipatod from the beginning fri fori scv.s a+.
eral reasons. The first one was that
the cotton lords resent Lloyd Georges
heavy taxation on the capitalists and
the landlords, and, secondly. tho in
surance act still is unpopular, ospc-
cially among the small employers of
| labor and with certain sections of the
workmcn, who object to the compul-
sorry thrift and have been stuffed with
gigantic lies by the Tory speakers
1t is thought possible that Man.
chester will return to the allegiance
with free trade at the general eec-
tion. Anyhow. the Liberals take the
| defeat quite calmly.
The other recent elections reveal
no steady current against the gov
ernment. Hanley was won in spit.
Of three cornered fight by a splen-
did majority, and, though Crcwe was
lost by triangular fight the votes
for the Liberal and Labor candidates.
protesting identically the same prir-
ciples, were {, majority, and the Tory
member represents a minority con-
stituency.
There is no relaxation whatever i'm
the determination of the government
| to push forward the Home Rule bill
to final success.
The Liberals are really more dis
tressed over the resignation of the
Master Of Elibanl1 than the defeat in
Manchester. His winning PERSONAL
ity, tact energy and shrewdncss were
an invaluable asset to his party.
His resignation was entirely due TO
the necessity of providing for tie
members OF his family, who have no
fortune except a small and cmbar-
raised estate. The tempting offer of
a big salary from the great con-
trading firm of Pearsons could not
be allowed to pass by. but the Mas
ter of Elibank did not retire until he
had made the way smooth for the re-
naming stages of Home Rule and
helped the government over the last
few weeks.
| He got all the finance and all the
small measures finally disposed Of be-
fote the end Of this session and thus
tie progress Of the Home Rule bill
cinnot be interrupted in the autumn
4ttings.
One of the last acts of the great
Whip was to fix the time table and
The other terms of the drastic clos
Ihre. These will be proposed within
Ia few days Of the meeting of parlia-
|ment and it is anticipated that the
Tories will make tremendous scene
Of stage machined disorder when
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