Mr. Balfour then proceeded to examine the aims of the
coalition. There was Welsh Disestablishment, and all that was to be gained by the process of plunder involved was some diminution of local rates and the maiming of a great religious institution, which in his judgment was becoming more and more an essential part of the future of civilization. There was "one man one vote," which reduced of its trappings was merely a scheme for gerrymandering the constituencies in the interests of the party to which they belong. As for Home Rule, was it likely that smaller men would succeed where Mr. Gladstone had failed to construct a measure with which the majority of, this people would have any concern P Mr. Balfour then proceeded to show how the revolutionary political schemes of the Government stood in the way of their best-intentioned social legislation—how the Parliament Bill and Home Rule had absorbed and would absorb the time and attention needed to make the National Insurance Bill a good one, and prevent it from damaging both the trade unions and the friendly societies.
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