We discuss elsewhere Mr. Balfour's speech at the Albert Hall
on Tuesday, but we may mention here the enthusiasm which greeted his announcement that he was prepared to submit Tariff Reform to the direct vote of the people. The scene is thus described by the Daily Telegraph :—
"The second the sentence was completed a terrific roar broke out. Gallery vied with arena, and stalls with boxes, in their display of enthusiasm, and the cheering rolled backwards and forwards in triumph at the masterly move which has killed the Dear Food Bogey' at this Election. Every man and woman in the audience had leapt to their feet, and cries arose from every corner : 'This has won the Election.' " Although Mr. Balfour devoted the greater part of his speech to the Referendum, he found opportunities for making by the way many effective points against his opponents. We may especially mention the passage in which he pointed out the anxiety as to the cost of a. Referendum which was
displayed by a Chancellor of the Exchequer who is delighted to think "that every one of the people's representatives should for the first time for many centuries of British history be paid a salary out of public funds."
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