Show PREMIER PREMIERES JS IS AN ARTFUL DODGER Balfour Hanging Banging on to the Reins Rein of of Government G verent t ENGLAND FOR FREE FR TRADE VOTE TAKEN T KEN IN THE H HOUSE OF COMMONS COM MONS I I ONDON March larch 22 As a result of the theL theL LONDON L cabinets decision yesterday e to use ule no pressure upon its followers in regard to resolutions Introduced by the to commit the tho government on the fiscal question queston a a resolution introduced at to nights s session of ot the house of commons by John Stirling Ainsworth free trade liberal was carried by bv a vote of to 2 I The resolution declared that in the opts opinion i ion jOl of the time house the imposition of a gen general eral oral duty on all manufactured goods gooda im mm imported Imported ported from front abroad not exceeding 10 per percent percent cent ent on an average and varying action acton to the amount of labor on these goods good would wo l be injurious to the commercial interests interest of the United Unie Kingdom While the te action acton of ot the cabinet yester e ter day left no opening for a 3 critical party division the decision of ot the time government to evade an un issue an on the tho fiscal question for the remainder Q the tIme session and und the fact that this thi was the first firt please vote brought out a large attend attendance ance aztec and good galleries A strong liberal w whip hip summoned the members of the opposition opposition ion and the nationalists turned out in full ful force force Mr Ir resolution was waR see sec seconded SO by Richard Cavendish unionist who congratulated con Premier Premi r Balfour for forgiving forgiving giving Jiving the an opportunity to ex ox express x press unfettered its I views lews on fiscal prop propositions Both Mr and Mr Cavendish maintained that the vote ote would woul show how a complete discrediting of Joseph 1 Chamberlain Premier Balfour spoke briefly explain explaining explaIning explaining ing that he did not lOt consider the resolution resolution tion ton as t anything more than an abortive I effort on the time part art of or the opposition to embarrass tho the an issue which was not before parliament parlament He lie re rc recommended recommended commended the followers not only to fol follow follow follow low the time policy ho he had adopted by not de debating d bating the tho resolution but also to follow his Ilis example by not going into int the division lobby Sir Henry Henr Campbell Bannerman at attacked attacked t tacked the government for its is attitude He asked ake If the question queston was wa of no mo nio moment meat ment nt now no why h it was wa considered a crit critical critical ical kal party paty question queston on March 8 S Lord Hugh Cecil Ceol said he hu believed that after tonight tho the country countr would not take The elec electorate the tariff taif reformers reformer seriously ele would not rally ruly to those who failed faie to rally rUy to their own cause The socialist movement he said dying dring was only being galvanized Into life by the genius of an another another another other investigation The rhe result resul of the tIme di division division division vision ter te was a greeted with cheers and ad laugh laughter laughter Sir ir Michael Ichael HicksBeach Lord George Ger c Hamilton Sir Gorat and nineteen other free trade unionists voted ote for Cor th the Ainsworth motion trae beside the whole of the th opposition and fifty nationalists t All AU ot of fity the government supporters had left the house after ater Mr speech It Is now DOW stated that Mr Balfour se secured secured cured I Joseph Jos ph Chamberlains Chamberlain s assent to his mode of dealing with the Ainsworth mo motion moton motion tion by representation wih that that any an other course ton would risk the government beti beh defeated The Te ministers have hare informally counte count countenance countenance intimated that while refusing to nance such maneuvers as Mr lIr AinSworth s a motion they tev are fully fun prepared to give moton time for debate d bate of or a formal foral motion moton of or C censure ensure challenging the government fiscal attitude |