Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-30
Tulsa Student of British Poll
ties Anslyzes Results Of
Elections in England.
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VltF fvNflll or Inc llflilfn anu lflhn
.,..,t,u. .hows how puhnr npinion
,,,mlup in both countries White
"a urorgr'a coalition victory
-. an its face to be widespread
.,,s,nius "A fndrs away In con.
s,s,p with that OF thcsSinu rrners
:. u,and GEORGES party was a
.asuton an agreement as tn can
VyI,t,. between the liberal and
,,inri M forces ~ represented IN the
'a,,r, uritish cabinet--and had
81. ,ns faiut opposition OF a small
s',,,,l,v ~ the liberal marty, under
N, Nsuuth and the labor party
.,,cr mas never developed any con.
,'d,r.hl. atr.ngth IN England u was
~. IA lime conservation and liberal
,o,rr. with NearY uf tradition he
h,rt 10th. hacked nv the pctHtlgc ~
having conducted N successful war
,n, ,u posn.a,ion Of all the offices
-, ,he roVrrnn-nt against a small
ll.runtlcd part nf "A former great
,.ri, out ~ power. and small
new marty which never has been IN
rorrt The result was inevitable
The Sim rein~rs however. In q
,.~ marty with no official prestige.
and Il Was cnhtesting parliamentary
s.ais with the natinnulls,s. who have
,ecupi.d those seats Tor ~ wears
Tho coalitioni-,s IN England ear
,i.a siS seats out ~ 7O7. the Sinn
r.,p.rs In Ireland won 20 out OF a
ro.sihl. n IN the first case the
,irlor was about 70 per cent. In the
hitter over 90 per cent
raking ireland nH whole there
are iOl seats. ~ which lhe nAtion-
alir'e for number OF years nave
carried about NJ, the remainder De
INK constituencies winch nave gen
eaIly elected unionisH 10 par llahl'nt'
~ these 'lstcr gave the unionl-h
- the other ! seats IN those north
~n counties generally having elected
raucnaiirtS the returns 80 Tar.
do not seem To give the onioniN
figures Hut taking 20 AZ the Slnn
F"incrs strength ana seven as that
~ the nationals,s would appear
that Sir Edward Chr~nS f"rcrr cap
iufed tn" other ~ In the late re-
distribution four new menh"rs were
added 10 l'lN"ts quota, whlrh added
10 their former membership would
make 20 and the other Tour came
rom different boroushs like Tfin-
iiy college In Dublin,
wv" '"' w ''''''' '''i ~ ~
hcnal,st defeat LORD Northrlfc
seemed To nave slated good
part or tho reason when ne said
In a recent interNie~ that many
Of lis members ha3 become too
AngliciLed, or lyondonitet teo com
Portable and wei planted IN London
society
The nationalist marty seems To have
4.
Influence before its members were
put on the English payroll. Tn TO u
INV years ago members OF the nsit-
INsh parliament received no salar,
and tho nation alists. who could not
afford ,o serve without rcmunera-
ton, were paid from a fund CON
tributed hy the lrish people al home
and In other countries. rhe govern
,nent decided TO pay each member
Nhout $1,000 year and this CON
dillon was changed
Meanwhile the cause OF ireland
dragged It's weary way uptii the
home rule bill was passed IN 1914 by
both houses Of parliament and signed
hv the king u was never put In
force however. thanks 10 the actiN-
i,y OF SIR Edward Carson. but war
suspended until after the wnr "
fhe war ended but II II still IN the
air and nobody expects ever 20 see
w operation
Naturally the long suffering and
mu"nt Irish people got tired and
when the new leaders sprung IN
under the Sim Fein bearer there ~as
a rush 10 It's colorr eliminating Ia
me election Just closed
And all inspired propaganda 10 tho
conuary. the new party In the equal
" not the superior In every way 20
we old regime is made up OF
Ithe best IN lreland'k young manhood
"a body OF men with bold. definite
ana sensible views on educational
ana roVernment subjects from a ma