Lord Lorne and the Objecţions to his Candidature.

Evening Star, Issue 6727, 8 October 1885, Page 3

Lord Lorne and the Objecţions to his Candidature.

The Marquis of Lome, the Liberal candidate for the new borough of Hampstead, addressing a numerously-attended public meeting of the electors, held at the Hollyhush Assembly Rooms, replied, to objections which had been brought against him as a candidate. Lord Lome said that though he did not agree with his father in all things political, yet he felt proud of being the son of the author of “ The Reign of Law,” and ;he also contended that it was not in accordance iwith’ tlie English constitution to suppose that a person who waa_ related to the Sovereign should abstain from, taking an active part in public matters. In answer to a third objection, he argued that the experience he had gained as Goveriior - General of Canada was a qualification for a'Liberal candidate; ■, He was not ashamed to say that his mind had : been considerably influenced by what he had seen there ns to free churches and free schools. There was an idea that .those who had “handles ” to their names could not be any thing but Whigs. The “ handle ”to hip name happened to bo a mere courtesy title ; blit lib reiiiihdbd the meeting of the services rendered to pbllticiil progress By the Whigs in the past, and said that lie believed their modem representatives were very much what his friends called him—ii somewhat advanced Liberal: He also appealed to the past .record of his Parliamentary life to shoiv that he had been a consistent Liberal of that school, and expressed himself in fayor of the Disestablishment of the Church of Scotland, leaving the question of endowment to be subsequently dealt with. He was in favor of ttiakjng the sale of land as easy as the sale of an bid umbrella; and, as to Ireland, he approved of consultations with the leaders of the Nationalist party, with respect to which the Conservatives had been rapidly converted, but it was impossible to consent to separation.' He thought that sufficient consideration had not been given to the wish qf the Irish people in regard to education, and he believed that greater powers of local government might Be given to them on such questions as railways. After he had adverted to a number of other topics, and answered questions, a resolution in support of his candidature was almost unanimously passed. ■■