Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-15
NO EXCITEMENT ABOUT
 RRITIsH ELECTION TO-DAY

London. Nov. fl By the \. 'P.)-Tbe most uneyentful and orderly election campa;g min modern times-for there has been but little of the usual accon- paniment of disorde-ly' meetings-csrieI me to an end tonight with the leading hs- ures speech-making up to the last mo- ment.
 There is no great clea--cut question before the public; therefore the electors who will record their votes tomorrow must be in a puzzled mood, for not oIT@ is there no outstanding issue, but in the present perplexing divided conc--.on :. the political parties they cannot base 1 their decisions on mere party predil.c- | tions.
 The electou canvassers confess them 1 selves hopelessly unable to make fore casts On account Of the unprecedented ! Teticeace of the electors concerning | their preferences. This is usually at- | tributed to the desire to hide their sen 1 timents, but it more likely is due to the l fact that the electors themselves are 1 unable to express an opinion where
 there are no plain issues.
 1 l.. If the electors themselves have moi l greatly excited the country, there is al | most unprecedented curiosity to know the results Of the polling. S6.ich begsns at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. closing in most cases al eight o'clock in the evening, but in many of the urban
 districts at nine o'clock, in order to give
 the workers ample time to vote.
 Never before have such elaborate sr- l engagements been made to give the pub
 lie an early tally Of the pollings. For | instance, in London suburban train ser
 vices, buses, trans and tubes will bC kept running to an unusually late hour
 for the convenience Of citizens waiting up to learn the outcome.
 f In more than half the constituencies . the ballots will not be completely count. ! ed or announced until Thursday. but
 the figures from oKer two hundred con . stituencies will be declared "Wednesday | night between nine o'clock and mid night. These should be amply sufficien
 to- give a good indication of how thu
 country is going. The complexion Q
 the new parliament, however. will ID . be definitely known, until Thursday. , London will be a busy and eXcitin;
 city until long after midnight tomo- ' row; excitement promises to be high a f political clubs. while hotels and restaI T l rants are preparing special election din
 hers and suppers. Perhaps what is be
 ing decided above all. in the pollin { booths tomorrow is whether Great Brit l ain shall return to the party system , , politics, or fellow most of the Europea countries in the addition of a grou = | system. The exigeneies Of the war gave az
 ricultural, laborers high wages such a
 they never enjoyed in the past an
 thereby gave them new standards hf eand a new outlook; they weI r placed in an almost similar position 3 j. the town industrial workers, with wag a boards to regulate the scale Of %age l. In the past year, in conformity wit B the universal fan in wages and a gre 8 reduction in the price Of wheat an |, other agricultural produce, agricu.turi
 laborers lost these advantages. ,f To sum up-the two unknown, lactoi Is in the most open election for maf -- years is how the women will vote ar
 tot what extent advocacy of a eapit s levy has injured the prospects of the Il
 Dor party. Another moot point is ho
 far Lloyd George retains his old q
 cendancy with his countrymen.