ANOTHER ELECTION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 739, 11 February 1910, Page 6

ANOTHER ELECTION.

||i^mj|c6]^ :¥ARCtf ?>■£ ;0 'i.';^ jj-Sy.TeiegraSa-Wess 'f :iS?K? \titij ?-;f'::»- %'■■'.'. pi: Brisk iprpparatiojis:: are ;,beirig: 'aiadeiforV tf.the.gwri(l6ri',.County":CpuncjlSelections', in' £Ma^;yAij^at\strriggle'is^ 1 London 4CburityoCo)incil'%ill:.take;plac6tin:Marcli, the; first Saturday: '■■/'■:'■' ;-:i i /The:Pr6Rressivcs,.' / iiridcr: the leadership £,ofJ;.Sirj ! .John./Be'nn.v'M.P.y:;will.: make a £ Jrfgorous.: afteinpt ; a\thilp'\NthV:vMunicipal":;Ret6rriie'rs;' : '*urider »Vth9rH(!ii: ; .Wv)R;,W ; >l , eel,.; M; K; - will :piit *ffbrth ; vall : to hPldyLdndPiii w-iri;:^7.:;^: : :A;.;/ ,•:>.,:>,!,: ;;rt; ri.Ys;;''.!.. ri/:^hg\'lHu i eV!pf.^ttl.e::coqtest:arb:'mTen>'jbV^ , *.'lbw^lari'd-.-'a'r.p;e'ndPrsed.:fo'r'. : -the' : Miiriicipar 'by';; the' 'Hon.' W. -R; ;W:\Peel,;;! ';M-P>^-arid.'for-'-the'. : Progressives:,.by: Sir £ Jphn^ißenri,- £ ;P.Oi v's;{\-'ah-i- : -'*;.■' \w B/»Paf first London. County: Conn-. ;.ciL ; Civa>iyect,ed ion.January. i7;;i8?9;-IThc sjparty'-charaote'r: of the: seven'councils was Council.-' '''::<i Prog, Mod; Majority.-&Klstft'Cl^/'IBB9-95f;K>73';>'"45Vv(PA 28':',' p'2nd*'■,'•'lß92-95.: 83:^,35' v."'-'.(P;j'."4B"-:.' fe3fd :^K ; 1895-98.v;hr.: .59 :';:: : s9'v vEqual-;..' 1898-01:A^:70 ; .:^8;-;-"(P;)^22 ; ': fcSsth3;,v-a90M4;.::.:i:81 '/31 ;■-!i(K) SJ■ v. KS;6tb-;;:,ySi9o-ft)7:.:;i;'" ss^-ai'''.(P.) ■&/•: |rt i 7ti\;^.;.l9toO.V;.;;r : :37 ii^T? &'^olierates: : jV,pil.^efprmers:':^'ln s B,:'gresa>e"s"'arid:Refprmers,:orie;-Labour,';and |',ohejlrifleperiderit:iriembe'r, : :.who-.:has now;. |; joined'!; the;', Pfogressiye : :.:paftj, : :: we're,; : |JTrinied.;.- In 'thejtwd.ipfeyfous.-r.raiincils/ |;ithere : ;Was:i6ne;'lidepbnden't:;rett^

Municipal-Eefbrmers'mil fast lion-' KiSoh'tforrta.'-continuahceVof.the. confidence ifciTek;;to : :th'em,ih',Marcni';.l9o7,'for the"folfridwing/'.a'mbhg '.other',! reasons': (says 'the r 'i- ■;■ fpi 'DulingUhe.' years ;\WtX ■■ there - -was • an. Eincreasing/caUl.'for.mbre money:,; This has pmtffc.ibnlyvbeea'' stopped/.but,London-under. felSunicipdlJEeform'.Government ."asked : . in fc'th'e'first- two"!yearsi£7so,ooo.'less,than was P»Sed|iri.U?()6 : 7^:^^;j-fSV;''^f^;v^"v' : i

|;"c;lhe;;Pbunty;';rate;?;vhich:' had Arisen by: ij.l43d.fiih, eighteen < years .-under/Progrbssi.ve: IS,Trjtlejv has -..ceased".:fe'. Tise'/sinco.;. '(the v iR& have'.-been.in-'office^;The-education; Sifj^te'.'vwhich'rose.under ;the:'previous: ProI', jwessive 'Cpuricil by,3d.,- has; increased. only |py-sd:':-mfder ttie.Beformers,'azid'tius is due fc'almost :,,entirely.Vto' :att' automatic '~.riso':pf.. K j ■■ this: year '■■. in T : tea'chers'i '■', : salaVi.es, rfarid;-fpvtKo'-expenditiire'rof, ; <£30,000 in'feed-. |f ing*necessitous'';' school \ children?"and; ah-: tothbr:'.;ilo,oQo,'in',Veost r bf medical Jnspec-' || tion|;'as,'ordered ;by" Act of' Parliament; ;;v ' ■;; K£';lffrpnterAthfl;<^^ t|'pipKdfi;the;;cb^nc!l's?esjradito p jif hhicigal V Eef prhiers .'ih'aye;;'instituted " a,' feisy'steni runder ji'j»ntß'a''year.l-lhp;'a'me'urit* l of- its'xapitai'efc-: |™en3iture':"for^'that,'year,'. : as';.weU,. : aS:'the | jmmy-.to :jbe levied;,upon;; the '"-'ratepayers^ fffio'prbposffifor'ahy^^ - Je-: discussed : •} by-'f the ;".cburic'il Kjßntik.th'eVFihah'ceiCom \ -ifihanciaif pcsitibiiiof --.theif,i>roposal.-':b'efore ; {t^tKe-cbnhcjl;> ; . : 'Si'; ; :: W: \) ;, r '--":?V. ,'.'.' f )''.v. | {in, :i .e&ste'hce.sia^ r;«prme'rs v entered i u'p'pn" items' of. if m Kioh : .-thßvlatei council ;,had: paid .interest. I jas!vhighV'asr:.6:':per.'-Pent.',-;; has:;"'been;';, cp'hlivefted 'into; SJVper-'-;ceht:i"st6oki- for/ iwhich: | 'paidK'.£lo2 ;'per ■'< '£100 ■ for : |^;s§p,ooo;pf^e«:^;;W, ; ..:. v,;;fci;Vf;;^;V: iittSvEefcrra'TCM^ '.Th'ese la'vd- beeii. iareducfdfetb'yieiO.OOO.OflDyvnearly «half ',:of-, :' It pwhich ■ is':fbf s-Beyphd 'tramways : E'eipenditure/ the 'present -cduncil -;has, cpin- ■ ;i | fmitted '-its i |liapffel;-ieipenHitiirelat 'all:'^:;^f''j'; ; :yfc^ |j^rbgr>ssives r !iCHarges, ; ;;A;'?:'i;f,^^ : Tbe •Erpgressive:vparty"': ; app'eal';( to: ,-the ,|;lelectprsS'6f;.V]L6hdbnV v fe--.Teftifn': ? ft'rpowerVat'.Spring-Gardens, in drder/t'd- con--, :s .tle,-:wprk ; ; Sir PfMelyiir'rße'achcroft,' itheVchairmanJof .'.the : j; lcbuncil,' ; .h'a?'-'resulted tinj jl'pndph .'.''being' beirigK tHe':;ca'pitaV-' of f the. i','tem'pirer-: (says H "ift'hb 'record - of.: theV. three' (iWears.issdnetofAstdut^nghHne-against the: piwreck'age-eand iV; ruinJ -V-by./'the KJMbaerates,.frwho-:' themselves t:"Ee-' Etfo'rißeM/'.^an'd'l^ {j ftramw'ays, ! ;:stdppe 7 d\the i.s'te'ambdat-service,, .fejshhfeup:theJ. ; .Wprks,;'DepaTtmenti' and-so' , '.- : , the;. Sfiublic-'.healthy !r.pprdSi':lost;.thpVcohtrbl.'6f •|the,',Pprtl!'df--!Lori-, .S^6ri/:handell : \ : ,ftitney; ; .prbmise'd'--'tJie':eleo,torsyto>do'':in;'-'tUe'- '. :?',;r : The : Moderates.bppbsed in'lß9l!'the purV. ';Slcna'se : ; bf !•:^^tramways ■■ by ■■- the V-.. 'council j ;';in : :|:;|lß96':.they';.leased ; i the:;Morth:Metfdpolitdh.. f: System',y'.wiicK;':: a":-.jpfevions ti cduncil : - 'bad' :|r|b'pught';^':!a.';Company. ;^To.'get\bacK:; '"this' iSjlease; > a\ Progressive ..Council:'h'adf to .'pay : |, |i£B7;()Po.i3ntits'';fet;Syeari; : the-*present : fefMo3erafe ; :'CounoU'''cu^' , 'a6'(ni;the' Highways; H Cbmin ! ittee , s"bstimate ; f.;'of ■'•-'. J2,000,d00,.:,f0r; f : tramways'"Dy.;,iCTj(lflpV;andanM; t ffien."ni'any;-. i-:i- miles'of 'hdrse'lihes /have /been -. huhg.-iip. EHoi!await.Hhefresult " : of ; '.a;i;studv -system ;tp'.,be,fa'.:fail_ure,iand;..which : fi'iJrost ;i in.'"mpney'-ahd. , ,ldss..bi ; incbm'e i reysr