Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-17

j mar Law will command a majority over
all parties combined of approximately
so.
While this cannot be properly de-
scribed as a landslide, as the consery-
tives, who at the time of the dissolu
ton of parliament numbered about $50,
it amounts almost to the same thing,
considering the high hopes held by the
labor and liberal parties of the return
OF the country TO progressive views.
Few House Changes
1t means parliament with few
changes, except that Mr.. Bonar Law
replaced Mr.. Lloyd George as premier
and that the former premier's following
of national liberals, reduced by the
elections to fewer than 30. presumably
henceforth will be in opposition, in
stead of working in cooperation with
the conservatives.
The downfall of Lloyd Georgeism is
the outstanding feature of the election.
The coalition liberals at the dissolution
numbered 129; they are represented
in the new parliament by only A mem
bers.
The Asquithian liberals improved
their position, rising from 81 in the
old parliament to 82 in the new. but
they did not do SO well as they ey-
peeted. On the other hand. labor, al
though it failed to fulfill the high hopes
the party entertained at the dissoin
ton. has done exceedingly well. rising
from rs to 1856 seats. It is generally
believed that labor would have done
far better but for the tactical mistake
in its advocacy of a capital levy.
While the strength of conservatism
fr, tho is ,att ttov. nf
perhaps the keynote of the elections is
the decline OF liberalism and the
growth of the labor party. This seems
10 show that henceforth the struggle
will be between the conservatives and
the labor party.
Labor is the second strongest party
in the house. and in the event of the
present government suffering defeat
in parliament. it would be to the labor
party that the king naturally would
turn for a new premier.
Women Take Leading Part
Another striking feature of the cleo
items IS that the women voters have
taken an unexpectedly strong interest
in the. struggle. their participation
probably accounting more than any
thing else for the exceedingly heavy
polling But however keen their in
terest in political life, they do not ap
pear to be in the mood to elect WON
en- TO parliament. only Lady Astor and
Mrs. Wintringham. already in the
house, being returned.
Estimates on the distribution of par
ties in the house of commons differ
somewhat, owing TO certain confusion
in party boundaries and the number of
isolat ted members representing indie
pendent groups. such as Co operat-
ors" Included in the conservative
group are Is Ulster conservatives.
There are still 10 seats. namely
some of the universities and distant
scattered Scottish constituencies. from
which the results may not be avail
able before Saturday
There have been many noteworthy
among all the parties. the
most striking perhaps being the defeat
of Arthur Henderson. labor leader, and
Winston Churchill. former colonial
secretary. and the overthrow of five
members of the new administration, for
whom safe seats will have TO be found
The defeats of Mr.. Churchill. Sir Ha-
mar Greenwood, former chief secre-
fary for Ireland, and Frederick G. kel
laway. former postmaster general.
were severe blows to Mr. Lloyd
George. who, however, had the salts
faction of seeing bis son returned by
a big majority while his secretaries,
Sir Edward NJ. Grigg and G. II.
Shakespeare. were elected. Mr.. AS
quith himself had a somewhat narrow
escape from defeat and his chief
henchmen. Sir Gerald Mclean and
Walter Runclman, went down.