ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 5

ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

PEERS AS GUARDIAN OF PEOPLE'S : :- .',.'." '„■ .;WiLt. v " y' : .':\ : ;; ~ ;, ME. , BAHWK' AGAINST 'SLAVEEI ; • ; .. UNDER' COMMONS. .:;'' . : . (Rec. January 8, 0.25 a.m.) ;;\; . . i ,;;.■■'■ ,;■;,: London,. Jamiary 7. _ Mr., Balfour, speating at (Ipswich,: made a strong defence of tarifE reform. : .>. ' Hegarding..tho .House of Lords, ho. did not want, a democracy .ruled by a Second Chamber, but a democracy freed by. a Second Chamber,'and 'thus;'enabled to■•,-control the Vcoiintry's 1 ■'■ destinies-' whoreas the Government '■'■ .would ■ .make them slaves to a.Singlo Chamher.. * . .Mr. Balfour went ; on: to..'advocate reform of; the House of Lokls/:- : .:', ''■;. '■■ •' V L,B E R ALS ON : >'::,;':. ;''^HECKLE&^PEEBS.;■ :: y y .•' : ' i ;: )': •■■■'■■'■■'"■.v.--:-':'.' '.;";. :Lqndon;;*Jannary 6.v: ;.:The Earl oi Crewe,; Secretary-for -the Colonies, speaking .'at Hyde/ Cheshire, said that if the. electorates confirmed .theaction';of> the: House of::Lords''in.Vefiising to.pass, the .Budget,, the Lords would claim . the power [■ of amending ■ finance, arid their'' grip upon the country -would be perm'an-britly'-fixed. ,; ;';." ■'•■.''■■'v^ ; yi ■'-.■-';. ■': ,''■■ ■'.-The.Master of Elibardtj Uhder-Sebretary for'lndia, 'and Liberal candidate for'Mid-' ; lotliian, in .'.his''address- to .tlie . electors,says that, owing to.'the Lords'/action,' it is.;necessary .'to-'place"Tipon. \ the,.Statute Bpok:an 'Act to.ensure that'inVtheimat-' ter of', taxation;.the ;'will: o'f .the."people's■ representatives;-shall; be' supremevi" ,' ;.:Many of ■the; ; peers: , wh6: are.-;.'stnmping'. the -country .are not 'experienced-' talkers, and they; are".much heckled;at; the;meet-, ings. 'iV-In-; some'.instances ih'e ,' hearing ■given> them is iinobjectipnable,; but they are 'subjected "to.rough' ''."chaff."-.V'.;. ■ ;:' : LAST^REALvOPPORTUNiTX;;-^ MR: CHAMBEELAIN : '?ON HIS'fISCAI" : : : -:.';';< : ;': ; :' ; CRUSADE,i:''.A;:v;;;;v,;; ;;;■: i,'.'!:;';■..;: : : ;{ ; .^;v.,;'London,;;'January.; til.i ;.Mr.; ; J.y Chamberlain,' iin'a';'letter :to the •Unionist.!bandiddte;fpr\' Bathi' say's t-r '"I : am. folloyririg';events; w(th;■ greatViii.terest as it"ia,:l;believe,':th6''-last'time ;we; i shall : : havo': a : real. opportunity:'.6f' 'eo>. ..curing. tariff ;refonn^' "■. ■■)_ Lord; Myrier;'&;'an'.address'Vat--tV i oivei'hamptoni f: said t ''Eefprmere stand.-for.'.the'.whoie'p'olicy'ofit'm .fdreign'.impprts ahd;,fpod' duties as-pro-■ posed --".V ■i „; The . ; ;Eeformers\:are:;opehing: ; BO-. called ■"dumping shops":^in; Lon : d6n'.- arid 1 the iMidlahds,;;: in;; which:-afej:exhibited'' arms/ cycle.'-.fittings',' and;';clothing, -asi ,object-lessons in,; regard' tp'foreign .competition<:;- ]'}y ,'>;'••'.:'■ -'.'Ji'V ''■'.'i'\;'. '!'■•} '-/.-.V' •'■:'•:' ; " ;-..;:; :^,;Vi.NA^ioNALisAfi ; ONi:t^l, ! ,;^:' 'GOOD' TOE, EAIIjWATS 1 IF '-NOTi ;POE-;i.;-I::;V;A;-;';;,[: -i-, LANatr/^X-;. , . % - : r< )■;':.■.]'■'':' :V 'vi>'..'•'■■>'■■-.'■■''■ London, , January 6.- ; :" ;,;; Mr. Winston: Churchill,- President - of the.Board; ; ;of-;Ta'^e ) :; / iri'.:;huri)uidee campaigri,;. advocates j th'eV nationalisation of:; the; railways'.; V;He adds,'■ that .'it .'wouldbe; an' 'uaiirifty'. operation 'to.' nationalise ,;theland, upon-the :.terms"Tyhich : .tn'eland-': lords 'would' ask; , -- ', He.;;favours' payment |.pf' members/of;. ■■' - :.l';- ' j-i--' i: .S v*-..-.,-.-;, ! ;: ; ." '.'e.v'.i J; ; ;Lord Rosebery, ;ik : ;Teplyvto';.a : correspondent, declares ;if .:;hi9 : ; V: schem o ; ; ■ for ! amehdingvthe constitution'of itho, Upper: I. Housj'vwcro .and .vif" lie--n-eri jelected'tP; ; ;vote: againsi ;the; I Government,:hecauso^ho'is'.:-opposed: vto' them on threo/out'of tissues.; . Ho;wii9; ; against "Socialism :(which-'Social- ; ists. recogniso;'as ;.beirigtinh"ereiii ; . : :Budgety; he;:| l ChambDr, ; and.he;ppposed;anything: likely: ■to, lead .to. an- iridopendent: Irish-Parlia-' ment. , V;;t\;j,. , 'r^;:; i ;,:•,