ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 5

ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

LORDS' VETO AT STAKE. '.'■' '/// :—'-■ ~r—. ——' ■'■-■*. A- MANIFESTO BY- MR. CHURCHILL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.' ' : : (Rec. December .29, 10.15 p.m.). '. ■: !■ /'/ ',/ London, December 29.'.' ; In his .election Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the/ Board of Trade • and M.P. for Dundee, attributes , the/House.of.Lords' attack/oh tho.Commons (by refusing to' :poss .tho -Budget) to the profound disquiet with .which tho powerful.-classes view tho increasing representation' of. the workers in the Houses of Comni6ns. : il '/; : ' /■.':' v.''-//'■'■"•:■'.■ :vTo vote; for the 'Tory House of Lords would give the ;■ Lords an absolute; vetoas regards'.legislation and. finance; /to i.vpto ,for .a' : Liberal;Houso of Commons would' destroy' tho;.Lords' veto, both as regards'finance and .legislation. ■'..." ' : ■.-. ■■:■ -Mr; ..Churchill describes the .action of tho House of Lords and its supporters : a3'a; conspiracy between; protection, and ■ the/veto.:-••.,/; /■//-'.-"..-;.:; ; : TTONTr ; ,TRIANGULAR CONTESTS. ■■: ;.- : ;,\ftf A •:r'':'-:i-:.'v-'tbridbhi December 28. y&s: a',-r'esult; of \ its '.conference Manchester,. the'.Labdur; party, has/issued . a , list-of jsevehty'Tcight-,: candidates.. : , This) means .-that- there' will be about twenty. three-cornered ..contests,,; in-: addition, to those/arising'; through' Social,'. Democrats and Fabian! candidates> being in. the; field. ', Commenting on.the' Labour; Party's de- : cision,; Mr. -;Bon Tillett' protests against "tho alliance; of :Xabour, and Liberalism," because,;: tho: Liberals /have ■ not fulfilled ; thoir pledges.; - Heistates 'that the Labour, party managers have:directed the' workers to. vote / for Liberals .'.where . there were no ./Labour/candidates.- .: •> A DUAL FIGHT FOR BERMONDSEY. - ;'iV '-'.]■ :;;;;..;.; .-; ; London,' December 28. '. Dr. Salter'. (Socialist) vhas retired ; from, the',- contest. for. Bermondsey. -'■ ' . . .'* Mr.; Zimmerman,- :Lib'eral' candidate, ; for East 1 ' has', retired, in faToiir, of /Mr.; Sutton j; (Labour).;/; ;:V : '.- !'■'[ BERMONDSEY./ v _ While the.'niain interest in the election fight 'ccntres'in .the Unionists can win back;Lancashire,'Bermondsey is also regarded as: being a - political baro-meter,-.ih//that .it .swings in .sympathy Tuth the national feeling j for instance, itiwas Liberal'at the 1892 poll, Unionist at. the 1895. and 1900 polls, and Liberal in lDfl6.;i'The death of the/Liberal member (Df: Cooper) caused a by-election.last October—the/last-by-election of the present Parliament—and "thero-.was great Unionist rejoicing. whentho.Unionist, and lanff.Reform candidate; Mr. Dumphreys, w on| bacb^ho; scit - from: . Mr. S.:. H. Hughe3;/:;.(Liberal),;/ : . and': Dr. , Salter (bociahst).:' But in this three-cornered contest -the Unionists! did not have an absolute --majority,' as '■ they polled 4278 votes: against the 4726 ;of the Liberal and bociahst .candidates.('To-day's news--of the: retirement' of Dr/ Salter (who 'stands ior r bocialism 'pure'■: and 'simple) is therefore important; if the' Liberals secure the bociahst; votes,;, thejr'will -win' bftck moijdsey/riln October : the-LiberalV.voto /■less/th'ah:,in % the' dual contest of",-19085.-:-;and l ;'coincidehtly, • Dr. Saltert oociahst vote .in October'.was 1435..'■;:/J.l'o record',of ,the • by-elections' is thus stated;by..tho "DaUy; Mail": "Tho fbllow-lng^n-order.of: date/areHhe. seata'-won by. /Unionists since the general 'election :- . Pudsey ' llrigg ■> Haggerston Mid Devon Nowcastle ltoss (Hereford) . Central Glasgow w w h M i . , Stratford-on-Avon JN. W.Manchester Bermondsey i n ! In ' a r dl J} tion ' the Libc'v'als'lost Jarrow, Colno Valley, and ,AtterclirT(J to Labour, i Hero , has not been ono single Liberal gain. ' i . With regard, to East Manchester, it was 1? ™ 8 . C9 nstlt ueM>y that Mr. UaUour i tnoS 10 lead , was defeated in 1900 by 1980 votes, and had to accept tho Lond?n. B ,°? fc vac atod for him by a Unionist. 'Mr. Balfour's successful Liberal opponent at East Manchester was retiring. f°' Wh ° "?P arentl y >s