A great deal has been said as to the cause
of the victory. As was to be expected, the defeated candidate and the Liberal Party generally prefer to attribute the result to what they call " the temporary unpopularity of the Insurance Act." It is much pleasanter for them to blame " the misrepresentations in regard to the Insurance Act " than to admit that Liberal policy as regards Home Rule and the Welsh Church has become profoundly unpopular and the Liberal Government profoundly discredited. No doubt the Insurance Act was one of the influences which brought votes to the Unionists, but in our opinion it was by no means the most important influence. The real cause was that " The Organized Hypocrisy" has been found out, and at this moment is disliked by the mass of the electors with a dislike which we predict will soon become passionate.
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