The South Wales Daily Post

PARLIAff-EMTAHY ELECTION. -r- p ARLIA M ENT AR ELECTION, 1910. TO THE ELECTORS OF MID-GLAM- ORGAN. 11 Gentlemen.- You are now cailed upon to elect a member to roprcaent you in Parliament, Having been invited by the Conservative Party to contest the seat, I bef to ask for your votes and intiuanc0 at the forthcoming Election. I am a Tariff Reformer. Tariff Reform is the oil-ly proposal before the Country I which grapples with the question of uneru- i pioyment and wages. By means of Tariff Reform, unfair foreign competition which demoralises our crado rnd turns adrirt the 1 working-man will bo stopped. The Govern- meni will be in a position to ueg'tiate commercial treatjeg with foreign countries, I and thus extend the markets for the pro- ducts of British labour. The underlying I p-riuciple of Tariff Reform is not to decrease I the amount of our Imports, but fo inc^:s»e lihe amount of oar Exports, and to m'.otirfc j more articles, but in a less highly finished j condition—thus also providing greater op- portunities for our peo dc to find regular | employment a.t good wages. To our Colonies, I desire to give prefer- J entiaJ treatment in pur markets. Our Col- i onies are already giving us a preference in j their markets, and are prepared to extend this policy. The development, of the E-I pire, which will result from this policy, will mean an enormously increased Export Trade for British goods. At the present moment, we tax for rev- enue purposes ford staffs, whioh we do not produce in this country, viz. Ten, Coffee, 1 Sugar, Cocoa, Chocolate, Currants, etc., and derive a revenue cf some ten millions of ponnda a year from this source. I am in favour of re-arranging these taxes in such a way to give preferential treat- ment to Colonial Com, and without in :reas- ing the cost of living to any inhabitant of this country. Witli regard to the question of Religions Education, I am convinced tliat a solution of this difficulty can bo found on the basis 01 equal justice to the various religious communities. I believe that all parents of equal justice to the various religious communities. I believe that all parents shoidd enjoy the right to have their chil- dren educated in accordance with their own religious convictions. I am in favour of a Strong Navy, and that it should be maintained up to the "Two Power Standard" at the least. I should strongly oppose a tax on the Exports of Coal under any circumstances, appeal to you for your support and assistance on the day of the poll. Yours obediently, j GODFREY H. WILLIAMS. Aberpergwm, Glam. s.r=a.-z— i

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NOTES AND COMMENTS. I MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1910. TJwsre was so matted and a auickeninig in the progress nitide by the CxHiservatdve Party dnrring hist Fmiay's elect.ioas ais to irwiuoe a general wkih Miionget Tariff Reformers that it hind been iposfiible to poU the count" before ilia boroughs. Twenty seats gained to one lost dfinoted the beet day's wnrk yet. And as reniarkabie as the mtmber of the vtctoTTes was the huge tnnwyver in votes. In Sonith- Eaigt Essex too Ccmeeirvatives, who were in a minority 2,060 four yeans ago, had on Friday a. leaod 1,911; in Newbury, a seat lost, by 402 in 1906 was regained with a majority of 2.358; in Fa\wshajn the Goav aervative oandidate, faced by au adveaieonvi- jority of 1,834, changed iffc to a favourabLe maj'orit.y of 2,054; in Wy-fjoanbe the Laiberad majority of 1,215 was wiped out and re- placed by a Ctansesrvative majority of 2,556. In ten other constituencies won over the majority ranged botwoan 1,080 and 2,304. Rarely on the eaime day and in divisions so varied in character has the t»ra.nsfcr of votes been on ü huge a scale. By the end of the counting on Safcnirday of the votes cast the previous day 216 Conservative candidatF!6 had been elected for the new Paa-liament, or 46 niore than had seats before the dissolution, with 186 sc.ai«s yet to be filled. The net irairivsr of eavburfr, up to thie stage we 90, so t hat assuming no furthter gains were made or the losses balanced them the Gcinserm- tivee will have a voting strength of 257, and the Ministry could be turned out at any moment by the Irish Nationalists, who hold it. in the hollow of their hands. For | they have only to join the Opposition in a.ny criticaJ division to bring together a toive exceeding that of tho combined Libara3 aV Labour piarties. In view of the atrang feeling against the Budget in lrola;nd-it will be recalled that the Irieh members withheld their support from the Govemmant in some of the most important divisions—and the implied pledge givetn the Catholics in this country that their schools shall be fafeguairdied, a Ministry bent upon forcing through the one and under Nonoon- formist compule-ion to destroy the other must necessarily be unstable in characbeT. It is possible, of ooume, that having to com-e to terms with the Irish Nation.alists the Government may enter into a compact covering the whole Held of legislation ccn- u-mTilatc; but having regard to the ani^agondstie elements involved it will not- be easy to arrange. And such (xmiipa-cts have an awkward knack for bruising the I luuids that attempt, to handJe them. With lie,u"iy two bundled resxiits yet to ho ssccrtainei it is [x>sfiibl» that the GeneraJI Election may take another turn. Liberal/ j, -!) i I realising the embarrassments certain to arise from a Parliament controlled by Mr. John Redmond, naturally are hoping against hope for this, and doubtless will derive encourage- ment from the circumstance that the few countings which took piace on Saturday night yielded two gains Pudsey, a Liberal stronghold unexpectedly1 captured at a bye- election, going hack to its old faith, and a Scotch seat he ld by a skeloton majority aJso falling to a strong Liberal attack. But Sat- urday was obviously a. lean day for the Con- sorvatives. since, with the exception of two or three, the divisions polled were held by Lweral majorities running into thousands, Consequentry a temporary arrest in the flow II of the tide of victories was expected. One fact stands out clear and unmistak- able the rise of a great tidaj wave over- whelming the Conservatives and in its irre- sistible sweep capable of dislodging, sub- merging, and m its ultimate consequences destroying the House of Lards, has not appeared. The promised revolution has fail- ed to ma-reli. In thiB or that area strong suppdrt for Free Trade has baen developed, principally due to the successful exploitation of the popular fear that Tariff Reform might make food dearer, but nowhere has thfre been disdosed any gemiiine movement na- tional! in its scope for fundamentally chang- ing the Constitution. So far from being I revolutionary in any of its aspects, the Gen- eral Election has proceeded upon normal a'n6S as a, not unequal, struggle between the old historic parties. By Saturday the Con- servative members were 216 to 213 Libera! and Labour representatives elected so that in England, Scotland, and Wales the aides balanced, and the Ministerialists could only claim a majority by counting in the Irish Nationalists, vrbo stand outside the main current of British politics, and would be elected whether for or ^garnet the Budget, Tariff Reform, the House of Lords, or an adequate Navy So that the verdict on the issuea sub- mitted, so far as the free eleetors-t,-) be distinguished from the Irish electors, whose allegiance is to a programme of their own ,are conoernod, has demonstrated nothing1 y.et beyond the unrepresentative character of the majority in the last Parliament, nearly a hundred of whom have already ¡ been rejected by their constituents. The most interesting contest for Wales, I if not for the whole kingdom, on Saturday, I was that in the Carnarvon Boroughs. A I dafeat of ths Chancellor of the Exchequer I was never other than wildly improbable. We ha'tJle, in the comparativo failure of the Cotuervatives to make moro than a dent I OT hvo in the solid Liberal dominance in Wales and, above all, in the enthusiasm which has brought practically every I Liberal voter to the poll, even where the ( result was foregone, convincing evidence of the effectiveness of tine appeal to racial sympathies, dtte to the pressence in the front ranks of the Ministerialists of so in- tensely Cymric a personality as Mr. Lloyd George. For the first time in history the Werlsh have one of themselves within easy peach of the highest office in the land, and ¡ it would be more than surprising if this I did not affect a highly susceptible and emotional people with the Celtic weakness I for hero-worship. For the time, IIcyd (teorgeism is a fervent faith, as generous as it is unreasoning, and to it may rightly be attributed tihe rally to the Budget' in Wales as the tangible product of a Welsh- [ man, regardless of its merits or defects. Disparaging references in England to the Cymric origin of the author has but added 11 fuel to fetve fire. In the Carnarvon Boroughs this racir-l feeling is reinforced by the local patriotism tha.t is proud of having given NE. Lloyd George to British politics, and is more than satisfied to have the division associated with him. And, besides, amongst hi:; own people, the orator whose reported speeches set thousands of teeth on edge evecn in the Liberal party has "a way wid h;Ltn"to borrow an Irish description—infinitely win- ¡ ning. Mr. Lloyd Carter may ask with con- fidence, What has Mr. Lloyd George done for Wales? and, lucking back upon twenty y-ea.rs of practical sterility, no one can gainsay the reproach implied in the only answer possible. But that will weigh for little, set against the fact that Mr. Lloyd George ia the first Welsh Chancel- lor 'of t-lb- Exchequer, so indispensable in House of Commons debate to the Liberals, so una.ppro-nx'.hable on the platform, not- withstanding lapses in good taste and dig- nity. deplored by his best friends, that so far he has been able to dictate tetms to the nominal leader of the Liberal party. Future developments promise to yield the student, of British politics material of ab- sorbing interest. There are many induce- ments for too holding together so long as possible of a Cabinet, sections of which are being rrroved irresistibly apart, by the force of circumstances, the influence of con- flicting ideals and inherited predisposi- Wans. The thinly diluted Socialism of Mr. Lloyd George and that versatile opportunist, with a big brain, Mr. Winston Churchill, is tolerated, but only tolerated, by such men as Mr. Asqirith, Sir Edward Grey, Mr. Haldane, and Lord Crewe, who are trying to lo;r1 hard by the traditions of the Liberalism which had for its interpreters Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and Earl Gran- ville. But the breaking point must sooner or later be reached. Prc-bably sooner rather than later, because, Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. W ins-ton Churchill h<;ve some reason for believing that the rank and file have sought guidance and inspiration from them and not from the ostensible leader. These two "rollicking blades" have defined and enlarged the Liberal p.~>gramme as if there did not exist am head of the party. Shakeepeare, describing the domocratic ten- dencies of his day—now so strange and re- mote to us--makes one of his characters be- wail that "the peasant's too ldbes the courtier's heel." Both Mr. Asquith and Sir Edward Grey have recently had cause to fear a tripping up from the toes of col. i leagues nominally friendly. The resultant cleavage when it comes will recall that of; 1886. -t--

SWANSEA BANK STAFF. PRESENTATION TO LATE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT, The itta.S of the Metropolitan Bank, Swansea., were entertained to dinner by their late chief accountant, Mr. Bishop Davies, at He Bush Hote) on Friday even- ing. Several members of the Capital and I Counties Bank staff were present. Mr. I Thea Smith Mr. R. J. Wilkins made a presentation Mr. R. J. Wilkins made a presentation to Mr. Da,vies on behalf of the Metropoli- tan staff of a gold lever watch and chain. Mr. Wilkins said the gift was intrinsically valuable, but the value was infinitesimal compared with the feeling which prompted the gift. Mr. Caviefe feelingly responded, and spoke of tho hsp-py days spent together, The company joined in singing I;ii or he s a jolly good feliow." Vocal anu instrumental music was ren- dered by Messrs. T. Harris, J. Alex. Mat- tilows, D. Alexander, P. Hoxton, W. Evans, Thomas and H. Morris. El'-xrution was provided by Mr. »T. Alex. Matthews, his impen:onations eliciting loud a<pplacse.

YSTRADGYNLAIS PRISONER'S THREAT. i JUDGE COLERIDGE'S REMARKS IN I ASSIZE CASE. At Brecon Assizes on Saturday, Edward At Brecon Assizes on Saturday, Edward Wells (29), collier, was indicted for a oriminal offence against Janet Williams (15), at Yst-radgynlais, on December 28i.li. Mr. Ivor Bf>wen (instructed by Mr. L. Lloyd, Swansea), was for the prosecution. Lloyd, Swansea), was for the prosecution. Tho jury found prisoner guilty of an at- tempt- The Judge said be understood prisoner had been tour years in an indnstrki school had been tour years in an indnstrki school for stealing a ekirt. In sentencing prisoner I to nine mcnths' hard labour, he said if it had not been for tha prompt assistance which two of the -Alfred Clarke and Mrs. Jones—were able to render, the prisoner would have violated the child. Young women must- be pixjtected against outrages by men likoe the prisoner; and the, country must be made safe for them to travel abroad, otherwise it would not a civilised country. Prisoner: it is a shame, your Worship, I'll watoh tliat man (pointing to a witness in court) when I come out. A SWANSEA MECUM." A regular "vade msoum" for Swansea, and Mrs. Jones—were able to render, the prisoner would have violated the child. Young women must- be pixjtected against outrages by men like the prisoner; and the, country must be made safe for them to travel abroad, otherwise it would not be. a civilised country. Prisoner: it is a shame, your Worship, I'll watoh tliat man (pointing to a witness in court) when I come out.

A SWANSEA MECUM." A regular "vade msoum" for Swansea, folk is that hardy annual, "Wright's Refer- ence Book," which is now in its fiftieth year of publication. It is a veritable budget of in formation, such as is asked for every day in the week, and every hour of t ic day, and ao regard local public bodies, friendly societies. Trades Unions, religions I sects, etc., is well-nigh indiaensable. And I the price is but the humble "brown.

CARNARVON RIOTERS. CHANCELLOR'S SUPPORTERS COLOUR THE TOWN RED. w There were extraordinary scenes at Car- narvon and Bangor on Saturday, when poll- ing took place in the contest between Mr. Lloyd George ad his opponent, Mr. Yin-dent. Two thousand quairymen from the sur- rounding districts poured into Carnarvon during Saturday afternoon and paraded the streets, terrorising everyone wearing the Conservative colours they came acro^. Fifty policemen had .been brought from -Man- chester, but their presence was not sufficient to keep order. A blue jacket was torn off the ba.ck of a little girl of live and ripped to pieces. Even old women were push'r: and struck and their blue favours taken away, A man who drove into the crowd in a pony ajid trap was pulled out of the cart and roughly mauied, t.he oart being turned up- side down and the. shafts smashed. Tlien the quarrymen made for the Con- servativo Olub, bearin.g aloft a iarge, mud- bespattered picture of Mr. Lloyd George and yelling election songs. A farge pole was used as a battering ram, and the windows, high and low, were smashed in. A large empty shop which had been used as Mr. Vin- cent's committee room was also attacked. The 'j>late-gikxfc*s windows were barricaded, but! the mob tore down the boards and used them to sma-sh tho glass. When the wreck of the ground-floor windows Wit" complete a man ran up tho stan*. at tlie l^iclc of the shop and smached the windows in the upper room. He then got oil to the window-ledge, tors down the cand:date's name which was pia- carded there, and lowered the Union Jack which had .been flying in front of the build- ing. The anger of the crowd was chiefly due to the fact that they bad understood that the vote., would be counted that night. In view of the turn of events it was decided to with- draw the oolke quietly in twos and threes, The crowd, however, got to know what was going on, and every man in uniform, as he made his way to the station, was roughily treated Many were brutailly struck and kicked- and their helmets ware seized and tossed high in the air. The Inoo next visited the house of Mr. Lloyd Carter, a supporter of the Conferva- tive candidate. The house is about a mile and a. half from Carnarvon. They smashed windows freely here until driven back by a force of police, who charged the crowd with drawn staves and struggled yard by yard in force them down the road. There: was much stone-throwing. Eventually a heavy rain- storm put an end to hostilities. No aj-reets ware made. Many of Mr. Lloyd -Georgia supporters paraded Carnarvon far into the night, t:inging and citeering.

G.W.R. MISHAP NEAR NEATH. ENGINE STRIKES JIB OF A CRANE. A Crsat Western, piassenger train from Swansea narrowly esoaped iyMrious accident < u,ar Neath on Sa-timiay. After leaving Landcre Station the engine | struck the projeotingr jib of a hea-vy crane beloujito a Icca.1 steel works. The looomotive cab was irr.ii damaged,; and. the roof of fie coach, following the; goardi's van was partially strippc^i.

TWELVE HOURS' "REST" ON THE SANDS. AGED SWANSEA MAN FOUND IN STATE OF COLLAPSE. In the early hours of Sunday morning, John Delve (69), No. 160, Oxford-street, Swansea, was found by P.C. Griffiths (Ss>), lying on the Swansea sands in a very weak oondition. The constable oonveyeel him hoane, and after warm stiimilarft-; had beer, given him., Delve recovere'l, and stated that he, had been hing on the sands since 2 p.m., or nearly twelve hours.

LATE ME. EDWARD TOWERS. j ESTATE PROVED AT £1.014. Mr. Edward Towers, of 5, Park Went- road. Swansea, formerly of Grove-place, Swansea, who died on the 14th December, aged 67 years, managing director of the Albion Dock, left e,tat3 of the gross value cf £ 1,014 12s. Id., with net personalty £ 269 5s. 9d., and the executors named Chis wife, Mrs. Isabella- Towers, ard Mr. Tlioma-s Singleton), having renounced pro- |>a.tft, letters of administration, with will arme-xed. have been granted to his son, Mr. James William Towers, of 3..1, Wood- j lands-terr-aoe, marirw engineer. |

PORT TALBOT SIGNAL KAN. j RECEIVES (CHEQUE AND GIFTS FROM FELLOW-WORKERS. At. smoking concert at the Grand Hotel, Port Talbot, on Saturday,r. E. Truent n, retired signalnian, after 36 years' service, wa:; pneeenteci with £ 20 and a esse of pipes and pouch and Mrs. Trueman with a case oi carvars from members of the 1'ocaS Railway- nifai's Society. Mr. Harry^ Danes presided, ) aJld was supported by Alderman T. Chven. J.P. Alderman presented the cheque, and said that he had known the recipient for 34 years, and ther-e had never been a more hcncst- worker and no better member of the A.S.R.S. Mr. W. Smith (signalman) presented the pipec- and pouch, and Mr. F. Cope baaided Mrs. Trueman the oarvera, and the rcc-pients feelingly responded.

,=: i KHARTOUM CATHEDRAL. APPHAI; FOR J.T-S The Khrw-tou'Ea Cathedral, the ptoBa of waich wa3 laid in 1504 by hqr Boyal Highness Princce.-s Henry of EaUenberg, is! still unflnii,i.'«'fi and requires £ 12,000 tvtfaro it, aja bo completed. Janaa-ry 25tb. 1310, is the 25th ivimivorcfsry of *tbo death, of Gcncrai j Gordon, and it. is hoped that a.n*cmg t-hei 40.000,003 inbabitarit.3 of the United King. rtom, Z40.0,30 ivill be Coartd williug to scribe a shilling: to the memory of ouri Katie,n,a* Hero. Each shilling s-ttbsoribed1 will mean that a stou-? or brick can be j addou to the edifice. j Poctal orders should be seirt to the Editor, i who will forward same to Mr A D Ar-la,nd, •honorary treasurer of the fund, at 186 Straus*, J W.C. Xc.knowledfrroerte will he publiEhed in the London Press. The Bishd^i of Khartoum is the Rev. W. j Gwynne, brother of Mr Howel Gwynne, j editor of the "Staad-ard," and «on of tlie; lata Mr Gwynne, of Kilvey. )

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Send 2d. in stamps for packing, etc., to Dr. Cassell's Co., Ltd.. King Street, West, Man-eater, and a sample box wiU be sent. Large sizes at all chemists at 16 £ d., la, ld.. and 3s. 6«l Strange how these ogres of lords, max- qiiises and viscounts are winning their elec- tiom all round Saturday's results revealed at least half- a-dozen 'turnovers" for the Conservatives of 4,000 votes each. Thanks to the Fiehguard route, Irish beef is now being brought to London in competition with Scotch meat. 1'-+ "r am a very modest man !"—(Mr. John Williams, M.P., at Ystalyfera.) But he didn't look it. after the resuLt OIl Friday. Humour from a Radical contemporary— "Triumphe for the Budget." This refers to the nineteen Conservative gains on Sat- urday Problem of the day: Who is thinl-iiig the (ha-ndfefc, Ajsquith, Balfour or Lloyd George? The correct answer deserves a poet in the Cabinet. At a Swansea Valley auction it transpired that no death had occurred in the he use which was for sale. This interesting fact had no marked et'ect on the bidding. The seat of Government of the British Empire, as the recall of the General Elec- tion of 1910, has been transferred from Westminster to Dublin. Another "injus- tice Mr. Asquith is probably thinking, in the words of the lata Michaol Nolan's once- popular mas'ic-hali ditty :—"What do you think of the Irish now 1" The irony of fate has transformed the LibeirMs into the geiuiino 'Backwoodsmen." Tbdir eo-le sanctuaries are the bogs of Ireland, the moors of Scotland and the hills of Wales. Severe.? WeOsh patent medicines have been analysed for the British Medical Association and reported on in a book, entitled "Secret Remedies: What they Ccst and What they Ojntain." "Home Rule for Wales!" Now is the chance for the Welsh Parliamentary party. But perhaps they hold out for baronetcies all round, with a dozen peerages, judgeships, and recordershiips thrown in. Considering that the result of the Gowcr election was, unfortunately, a. foregone con- clusion, the number of telephonic inquiries for it were simply surprising. We had to tell a lot of people to Gowcr-way. Mr. Ben Tillett tickled the audience at the Star Theatre on Sunday with the refer. ence to his "grey motor' OIl election day. "Did you all see it?" he-asked. "And did (jU notice his u-r,r side hind The presence of a Cabinet Minister like Mr. Lloyd Gc-orgo makes a difference to places like Llandi indod. Seven special tele- graph operators wene sent into the town from Swansea, and a smart corps they prov- ed to be. The Swansea Empire management have i=f-ued a tak''ll poote.L catching the election atrncsTthere -nk'.M'y. It is a requeet to tlio ejectors to "Vote for Perkins." "Perkins" needs no introduction to the Oxford-street hall: patron*. Pilate, we-re he live to-day. would still be putting the cyi.ical poser, "What is truth?" "Death of Fre> Trade," "Huge Free Trade Majorities," rar. two contents bills which found themselves together outside a Swansea newsagent's 011 Saturday. Mr. Simner, the unsuccessful Conservative candidate for Cower, gained a host of friends during hi. campaign, including political opponents. He will be a "find" for a constituency who can appreciate him better at tho next election. The most, remarkable thing fea-lly about the new comet that was received with so enthasiM-m in Cwmtr.vrla on Fnday and Saturday evenings, was that it, was "visible at Swansea." As a rule, we can't even see the STIr. or moon here. It, was fitting that the inaugural sermon at the new Mount Calvary English Baptist, Chapel, Mansaliton, should be preached by Rev. Grey Griffiths, B.D., a Cwmbwrh: boy, as he delivered his first English sarfnon at the old Mount Calvary building. From politics to football is a small step. Whilst the South Monmouth candidates were receiving the ik,ud of their hup- porters at Newport there arrived the news, that Newport, had beaton Swansea. Anyone could IjBiix then that politics was a.n "aJoo ran." Mr. John 13iirng could find nothing better to do than to trot out once more these ancient yarns. "Tariff Reform," he said sapiently, means shallow mangers for horses, tmaiicr larders for the children, and smaller nosebags for donkeys." And, he might have added, longer ears for donkeve. (" Daily Mail.") Visctraai Tiverton, who made a strong 1, for the Oaarmai-tben constituency, is son and BOoT ol tlio lrl of HaLsbury. Lord Tivertoi) is s> traveller and a mJ1 of pareS-- in more wnm than out, for he is a remark- axbly oltTver aiuatekfr ac.^wir, and when at Ox- q,{ was a prom nwsnbeT of the Uni- versity Dramatic Swaetv. He married, in 1907, a daughter oi Ledy Duff-Gordon. The name "Briban Ferry" is a modern ovue, the Welsh name Lianaiwel being seldom heejaxL There was once a fetrry at this place over the River Neath but whether it was a oorrnptkm of Bidtton's Ferry, the name of the proberblfe originator, cannot be stated. The fern" was a link with Swansea by way of Grronlyn Burrows, and was used for a long period. An old poet, writing of Briton Ferry, deuiai^d, "Nothing can surpass tho beauty of the sequ- st-ered spot, embosomed in hiKd of v.ct.ur,Sq'uo(' and roma.rt.ic appcar- anoe, skirted by shady woods, fertiile vales, and "luxurious meadows the scenery is ftnk- iagly boautiful and riohly dTrersifwd."