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LORD ROSEBERY AS ADVISER AND EXAMPLE.; : > SILENT VOTERS AND MR. COX. A COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL ;.;■:-.' .issue. ;,:'::-,"./. By Telegraph-Press Association-OoDyriitht London,: February 16., .-.: Mr. Harold Cox—the Free-trade nnti-. and anti-land tax member, who stood; as ,an Independent .Liberal for Preston against an official Liberal '.. (Sir John Gorst) and a Unionist," and Who came, third on the .list—has boen.honoured, with a dinner inreccgnitibh of his, political independence::.' ■.;■.'. ;; Lord Eosebery: (who himself. has lately cut adrift from the Liberal party) presided.. 'In the course ,of a tribute to the ex-M.P., Lord,' Eosobery made, a witty speech oh the,party;system.: Each party, he said, pooled its conscience,- and anyone declining the terms was expelled'as:grit' hindering.the oily working of a'machine. Tho silent voters whom Mr. Cox represented .were ineffectually represented'...in Parliament, because they were unorganised and: indolent. , '■';He concluded by.;suggesting, that." the Free-trade, tariff reform., issue.' should . be .'entrusted .to a,Eoyal Commission. ':
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 7
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149PARTY SYSTEM. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 7
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