THE LESSER EVIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 695, 21 December 1909, Page 7

THE LESSER EVIL.

UNIONIST FREE-TRADERS, APPEAL TO PLACE THE UNION FIRST. . FISCAL FAITH SECOND. (By Teleßraptt-l'resa Aseoclallon-OapyrlchU (Ecc. December 20, 10.15 p.m.) , . . London, December 20. Tho Unionist Free-trade newspaper "Spectator" thus defines its position in relation to the fiscal and the Home Rule and Socialism issues:—' !,."-.. ■ . •'■ ' v , ,'\ ■"' : ■:". Utterly' aa we dislike and mistrust tariff reform, we are still more, fearful of the,disruptive . processes of Qladstonian Home Rule and government by a Single Chamber, which implies government by a party caucus or an oligarchy. With all the force at our command* therefore, we beg every voter to savo the.Union and the democracy at one and the same time by voting' against the return of the Liberals to power." V . •' . "':. ■ -''. ■;"..• lOED CEOMEE'S ADVICE. ! London, December 19. ; Lord; Gromer, speaking- at Sheffield, : advised Unionist Free-traders to vote for Unionist candidates in all circumstanoes. , . THE OPPOSITE VIEW. UNIONIST FEEE-TEADER DECLAEES FOE '•; -,: } ■ '■■■'. '■'.:. LIBEEALS. .'■.'. ' " (E?c. December 20, 10J5 pjn.) >. ; : London, December 20..: ■ i In a speech at Ulverston.LordEichardCavendish (brother of the Duke of Devonshire) said that the plea of: the Lords that they were referring the Budget to the people was nauseating cant. The Lords rejected the Budget because' they know it would be a /death-blow to .tiniff reform, which disease was comparable with the smallpox. He appealed to all moderate men to support ■. the Liberate. ; . ' . ' . [Lord Bichard-Cavendish, who now appeals to all..moderate men to support the Liberals, is a-Umonist Free-trader, but, unlike LordCromer and the Spectator," he places Free-trade first and party second. He has already suffered at ,S? H*"" 15 of the Unionist Tariff Reformers.- In 1895 he won for the Unionists'the North Lonsdale seat in Lancashire-then held by the Liberals—and in 1900 ho.held it unopposed, but at the last general olectionthe Unionist Tariff Eeformers put up a candidate (Mr. G. B. Haddock) ■ him, and Lord Cavendish's Unionist I'Tee-trade colours went down by 179 votes. Ho was formerly Assistant Private Secretary to Lord Geo. Hamilton at the India Office.]