MR. WILFORD AND THE SOFT PEDAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1471, 20 June 1912, Page 4

MR. WILFORD AND THE SOFT PEDAL.

Tit!-:, meiiiber for the Ilnt.i, appeara to be getting a good deal of saiislaetion out of the iKjlitical situation dcs.pitb the fact ihat lie was passed: ■over by bis -panty in the selection of. the new LVibinct;. lie lias rc-tuii-iied t# Ney* : .Zta.iancl t]i h'Vilih a lid seemingly in good spirils, d 111;- turn even's hsve. t:a ; ke:n in his abscuco a'pparcutly. hat uol

thrown a- damper on his hopes of somo day attaining Cabinet rank. ■Slit. WiLi'ciitrj thinks that the best game, lie can play is, to lie low and await developments. As l>e ntaW when hti first if tinned a w.cck or two ago,. Iris fool' was on the soil, pedal; ami ili I bore ever sine:'. Last.* evening, however, he ■ relaxed (lie. pressure a liMle. mid ~a'~j note or t.wo escaped wh'ich the. jViiblif; can. in'efp.ei. as '(lipi'r;. •nV:c].i"ha/ti'6ris : .i deei(le._ One. thing is plain enough: M il'. 1 \V iiifpi!D thinks there arestaongp.ossib.ilities <> t I he. member for the. Unit profiting liv any shake-up of ptil.itical ijivr.fies" which ■ may■ ''take, : place. Jl» in in the fortunate position -.of. ; l>c'iii'g p'.l.o'clfjc.d 't& .rieitlior .'of,' lihc dominant parlies in Parliainenl. and apparently has dreams of a now party .springing rip. -i'ni whicli he w.pnrd: J ho. 'jlbulife be . :a; . .•ftro'imh'cnt 1 ' figure. Mr. W.it.r/ntn is now almost, a vu>!'>vnn in polities and his views' ..jvrc; ■.thereftiie; entitled !p co'iisidera-. lion,- lnit. he may find thai any little j-'cxpp'J.iinejits: i'li. the' jvay .qf :; 'fpi'mirig at 'the, .prcsgrtt.jjii'rictnte't may convert li.is dream into n veiv Unpleasant. ,■ -ji j_g]jtiii'a v<i.- He is ois niueh safer ground when he-keeps his fuot- on tho soft. • pedal—he' is . less likely Ith a-ro.nse' .the :.ahtagbh'ism;.: pft ' other aspirants to Ministerial oiikc.