A UNIONIST GAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 57, 6 March 1912, Page 5

A UNIONIST GAIN.

nr south wist maih ihmteb. (Received 1.18 p.m.) LONDOX, March 5. In the by-election for South Manchester, tendered necessary by Sir A. H Haworth being Raised to Ministerial rank, the polling resulted:— Glasebrook (Unionist) 7051 Sir A. H. Haworth (Liberal) ~..« 6472 Dnoinist majority .*. 579 At the last election Sir Arthur Haworth was returned unopposed, whilt at the previous election he defeated Captain C. Ward Jackson by 8121 votes to 5889, a majority of 2452.

SYDNEY'S TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

SUBWAYS TO BE BUILT. (ReceiTcd 10.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Mr. McGowen states that in the near .future the present system el trams will be superseded by an underground rail system.

WHAT ROOSEVELT MEANT.

WOOXD WAIT TO BE ASKED. NEW YORK, March 5. la an interview, ex-President Boosevelt admitted that lie said he would not be a candidate again for the Presidency, but this did not mean that would refute nomination if it were offered to him. He never had the intention of hncnining a candidate and be adhered to that, out would not ignore the voice of the people.

Discussing . possibilities in connection with the next Presidential election, The Times" recently remarked:—"On the Hepublican aide Mr Roosevelt, though his popularity has waned, has never perhaps been so generally an extinct force. Still, he has undoubtedly fallen considerably into the background, and not long ago would have teen regarded as a highly improbable nomination for the Republican party to make. In addition he has always declared that he would not again seek nomination, and he has not receded from that declaration. But, in spite of all that, Mr Roosevelt's name has become very prominent in Republican speculations. His mere refusal to seek nomination now goes for nothing,

and it is held that nothing can avail to take him out of polities except an explicit refusal to accept nomination even if pressed upon him. He has not made any such renunciation so far, and in view of the great change that has occurred in his relations with Mr. Taft, no one seems to expect with any confidence that he will make it. He has not shown any reluctance to join the insurgents in discrediting Mr Taft's policies, and, according to some authorities he has been aware of the movement to secure his

nomination, and has done nothing to discourage it. Among the many possibilities of the situation there is, therefore, the possibility that the Presidential election may be fought with Mr Roosevelt and Mr Bryan as the Republican and Democratic candidates. It is only a possibility, but the political confusion is so greet that even so piquant a situation as that mentioned cannot be premptorQy discarded. Mr Taft wQI do his best to secure nomination in any case, and his best may be much better than is supposed by spectators of the present confusion. He stands for nothing definite and relatively stable. He may fail to please many people on various grounds, but he may very well please more people 'on a balance of considerations than any other candidate. He is not so crowd-swaying an orator as either Mr Bryan or Mr Roosevelt, and for that reason his supporters make less show in proportion to their numbers. But bis dignified and tenacious attitude is very well fitted to appeal to quiet voters all over the country who can only be distracted and perplexed by the fragmentary policies advocated by various leaders, none of wham represent any coherent and settled body of doctrine or conviction common to fee whole party."

SEETHING WITH EXCITEMENT

MBXXGOfs CROWING REVOLT. MEXICO CITY, March 5. lbs Americans who were ordered to leave Mexico in consequence of the disturbed conditions, state that they find it iiauassibb to secure oonveyance northwards. The whole country is seething with exitiipiyt Caandnarabai fighting around