The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-03

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has w]eathered. Certainly it has been
almost continuous fight. Finding
early in his career that the House OF
Lords would not pass any OF the
legislation that his followers had set
their hearts on. Mr.. Asquith, with
courage which even his political OPP
ponents credit as strong, undertook to
slip the wings of the upper chamber
by restricting its power Of veto. That
accomplished, he set about passing the
home rule and Welsh disestablishment
bills, which next session are to come
up for the third time. and no matter
what the attitude of the House OF
Lords Is, will become law. The
government hen will press to get the
bill to put an end to plural voting
likewise passed for the third time and
then go to the country for an endorse
ment of what it has done and a man
date to carry licensing, educatlonal
and land reform.
The liberals, therefore, have as
much work ahead of them as they
have accomplished in their eight years
of office.
When the party came into power in
1905 Mr.. Balfour, then prime minister,
found that bye-election after bye
| election was going against him n
he decided to resign. He chose this
course instead Of dissolving the u
of commons, because he believed that
it would be either impossible for the
liberals to form a cabinet, on account
Of the split which has occurred over
the South African war, or if one
was formed it would be such as would
| weaken instead of strengthen the
liberal party. He had been badly in
| formed. Six months before this a
meeting of liberal leaders had been
held at which all differences were
sunk and the composition Of Sir
Henry Campbell annerman's cabinet
practically decided upon. When Mr..
Balfour's resignation was announced,
therefore, the liberal leader was able
to inform the king h a he could ac-
cept the task of forming a ministry,
which he did forthwith, and the party
in the following January won an I'M
p%recedented victory at the polls.
Paying members Of the parliament
50. 900 a. year, as has been done under
a new law during the past year, has
been selected in many constituencies
as g. point Of attack against the liberal
government, which is responsible for
the act.
The usual argument is that it in
duces men to try to get into parlia-
ment for the money that they car
make out Of it. In a few con
stituencies, especially. some of those
held by Iaborites. where election cal
be secured without any elaborate
campaign and can be held without
nursing" 1t is possible that thu
member has something left out O.
) his salary. In the great majority O.
cases, however, it takes all of the $2,'
600 and much more to finance an cleo
ton. .-.,- .
A typical instance Is West Herts, a
present held by Arnold Ward, the sol
Of Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the novelist
He himself is opposed. to he pay
, ment of members, while Hedley T
, le Bas, the liberal candidate, believe
that members should be paid. In
plain talk at Watford Mr.. LIE Bas ex
planned why he believed in 1t. In tn
first place he pointed out that
would cost a candidate at least 81.
600 a year. The election itself, in
GLIDING the returning officers fee
, which have to be paid by the candi
. dates, would cost 500 900, to whic
: would have to be added the expens
of the candidate, which he estimate
i at 81 5000 dollars during his four year
of Office. He would therefore at til
Q end Of four years be $4,000 out {
t lpocket. Mr.. LIE Bias added that War
could quite easily do without HI
o salary as the Conservative association
: of which Lord Rothschild, Lord Ebur
8 and other wealthy men were member
h contributed $4,000 a year to the ex
&; penses of the Conservative candidat
9 Some of the larger constituents
Q cost even more to fight. In Rom
ford the returning officers fees an
expenses alone would ar1ount to MOI
than the total cost Of an election
West Herts.
: The Worlds Congress of the Saliva
ton Army held here ten years ago
= to be repeated next summer, but On
somewhat larger scale. Represents
tives of the army from all parts Of tt
world and Of all nations to the nun
s. her of several thousand will be pres
.e ent. and In their native costumes wi
d make a picturesque gathering. A b
10 corrugated iron building for the sea;
ig ONT 5000 persons is to be ereete
g on a vacant site in Aldwych, in I'll
y center of London, Tor the meetings.
AT the conclusion of the congres
20 300 of he delegates. representing
- many nations as possible, will make
hour of the country. AT Nottingha
. this delegation will take part in Il
opening of the hall erected by II
people OF that town In memory
the late General Booth.
Representatives. of the Merchan
and Manufacturers Exchange of Ne
n York have been explaining I'd Briti:
FL exporters the scope Of the theatre +
!. the display free or import duty
- goods In New York. The plan has bet
r, sanctioned BY a special act of col
e. gress, and the details will be suppl,
to- the various European chambers
commerce by representatives Of III
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