T/IE LIBERAL VICTORIES IN LONDON.

Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 9, 11 July 1892, Page 4

T/IE LIBERAL VICTORIES IN LONDON.

Air. Wiiliftm Sannders, the saccoHalul candidate for the Walworth seat, is a brother of Mr. Alfred Saunders, the wellknown member of the House of Representatives for Selwyn. He formerly represented Hull in the House of Commons. Why the cablo agent should class him as a Labour candidate, we are at a losti to imagine. He is a thorough Liberal, and was the accredited candidate of that Party, and was supported by the Liberal Association. A few months ago hp was returned as one of the Progressive members of the London County Council. In the present election, his Conservative opponent, the sitting member, was Major L. H. Isaacs, who some short time ago figured in a not particularly creditable manner in some sensational law proceedings. The Social Democrats had also annonnced their intention of running a Mr. H. Quelch against Major Isaacs and Mr. Saunders. The Weekly Dispatch, of 22nd May, noticing the candidature of Mr. Saunders, said : — ''Mr. Saunders needs no introduction to Londoners. He is well known as an enterprising journalist, the establishment of the Central News Agency being ono of bis triumpliH in this walk, and he is still better kj-owi: for the prominent part he has taken f< r yeais past in many important questions. Ho has 'lone good work on the County Co moil. The part he took in the assertion of the rijjht of free speech in Trafalgarsqui're proved him to be a fearless and unselfish advocate of the people's cause. He U warmly in favour of land nationalisation, and brought Mr. Henry George to the notice of this country. His views on all Imperial and London questions are advanced. In liisindependenceand honesty of character, the sincerity of his convictions, his devotion to what he dooms right, he is among the beat of our present-day politicians. He is a combination of the political visionary, the " dreamer of dreams," and the far-seeing, practical, acute man of business. In Walworth he is immensely popular. Why the Social Democrats should oppose him is incomprehensible. Mr. John Marsland (Mr. Saunders' colleague on the County Council), Mr. J. Martin, the Hon. Secretary of the Liberal Association, and others who have fought long and ardently for Liberal principles in the district, have given the election serious attention, und it can safely be left to thorn." The prophecy has proved true. Mr. Reuben Barrow (not Barron, as cabled), who has won another metropolitan soat (Bormondsey) for the Liberals, is thus described by tho Dispatch :— " Mr. Barrow is well known to the doctors, being a partner in a firm which employs a largo number of pooplo in the distriot ho seeks to represent. Many years' residenco in Bermondsey has made him thoroughly aware of its requirements. It is almost ontirely a working-class constituency, and one of the most povertystricken in London. Labour questions^ are tho prominent questions hero, and his views on thoao subjects will, it is believed, find acceptance with moat of the working men in the division. Ho is in favour of Fair Wages, tho Miners' Eight Honrs Bill, Freo Education, Manhood Suffrage, Home Rule, Disestablishment and Disondowmont, and other items of the advanced Liberal programme ; and is equally progressive in matters affecting tho metropolis, especially the taxation of ground rents. He possesses practical exporienco of municipal work, having been Alderman and Mayor of Croydon. Ho is popular in tho constituency, to which he has boen a gonerous bonefaotor." Tho sitting member was Mr. Alfred Lafone, a Conservative, who, in 1880, defeated Professor Thorold Rogers by 358 votea. Mr, Herbort Gladstone is President of tho Bermondsey Liberal and Radical Association, whoso candidate Mr. Barrow was. Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji, the first Indian who has ever won a seat in the Parliament of tho Empire, hap now succeeded in wresting the Central Finsbury seat from Captair Penton, who at the last general election defeated Mr. Howard_ Spcnsley, formerly Solicitor-General of Victoria, who stood ir the Liberal interest. Mr. Naoroji on thai occasion contested tho Holborn Division oi Einsbury, and was buaton by Col. Duncan, tho Conservative candidate, a brother of Mr. John Duncan, of Levin & Co. , in this City. Oi Mr. Naoroji, tho Dispatch says he "is a mar of large and varied talents. As a native oi Bombay, and a representative of tho Parsec community in India, having the confidence alike of Hindoos and Mohammedans, he had done noble work in his own land bofore he came to reside in London as an accredited champion of Indian reforms. His special qualifications would render him a valuable ' member for India ' in tho House oi Commons, and he has qnite enough acquaintance and sympathy with the details of British politics, local aa well as Imperial, to justifj his being selected by any constituency willing to entrust him with the custody oi its political interests." Mr. J. Williams Benn — who has won the greatest victory of all, defeating in St, George' s-in-thc-East Mr. Ritchie, tho sitting jnombor, President of the Local jSovernmoni Board in the Salisbury Administration, ol which he is ono of the ablost members— is s colloapuo of Lovd Rosebery's on the Londoi County Council for East Finsbury. Of Mr Bonn tho Dispatch Bays: — "Mr. Bonn is perhaps, moro identified with the Progres sivo policy than any othor man. Ab Whij to the Party, he organised^ the foroes thai brought about so great a victory at the lasi election. He was an apt defender of the past proceedings of- the Party, he is ai eloquent exponent of their present pro gramme. Twenty-five yearg ago he com menced to earn his living in St. Georgo's and over since he has resided in the dis trict, where he is known to every voter Adopted aa their candidate by the looa Liberal Association on the Newcastle pro gramme, hfl has been enthusiastically re ceived throughout the constituency. Thi Labour vote is .united for him, as are als< the Irish, the Temperance, and tho Non conformist votes. He bn,s a Jorge numbe of workejPß, and tho Parly organisation is ii thorough ot^BV," Mr. J. A. Murray Macdonald, who ha won the Bow and Bfomlay seat, formerl; held by Sir J. Colomb, is very popufar wit! the working men of the division. His P ro grammo is comprehensive, including Horn Rule for Ireland, the Progressive policy fo London, one-man-one-vote, an eight hours •labour ,<?ay, taxation of ground values, botto housing of tlio working classes, local option .and free .(jdncaia^R. Mr. Macdonald ia i fofeiblo speaker-.' Mr. gfajjvart Wallace, ,wto Ofls won th Limehouse S6at against tho iTqry .candidate Mr. H. S. Samuel, hs* been four y,ears jbefor the constituency. He ifl an Ulster BCofli Ruler, Vice-President of the Jrish Horn, Rule Association, and a member of fcb* L,ani Nationalisation Society. He ia in full agree ttymt with the polioy of the Liberal Part; an(i ,tho Progressive programme. He favour an .eight bopra day, to be applied by trad option. ans /ttw.ks that the Governmon workshops aijd bodiea shouli initiate the movement. iHe jf puld tax mm ing royalties. Jae ib Pjjesld^t of tiyj Steam ship Workers' AajO^aticvri, cw^ipjl ia ft# stantially a Limehouse body, apd pp^fts^f, a large number of members. The Noncon iformists are in great strength in this district and jfcoff ether with the Labour vote and ti* T«li3per.aiu)o vote, would support Mr Wallace. " Mr. Thomas Lo#gh, who has displace' Mr. Richard Cbaniberiaift, Unionist, in Wes Islington, has been 'before ijb,© constituency for four years. M*, Lough (sn-yB jtb,e P.is patch) has phenomenal au^iyity ; he is s w ( orjk ing amongst the electors in all fapuxs fine weathera ; he ia equally at home addtesftinj a flijptin? in a hall, a crowd in a street, t handful ,of people in a private honse, or £ gathering of ,tram men at 2 in the morning As a voter remarked, be could win tho dec tion by hta own ex.ertaqn^, but ho is assiatec by an ardent body of man ea^or to Bee hin their" member, and bent .upon ousting- Mr Chamberlain. The local Liberal and Jtajdica! Association ias more than 1200 mo^abexa and there is a Women's Liberal Association Of Mr. E. H. Bayley, who has won Nortt Comberwell, jfonnerly represented by MiKelly, a ConserY*#ve, our authority says :— Mr. Bayley is now at tho head of a unitec party. The Liberal Unionists are a verj small coimtjngent. Mr. Bayley ;s person, ally popular with all sections of th,* torato, and the imperial and .municipal policies of which he is the spokesman find willing listeners and supporters. He is a strong trades unionist. As regards the eight hours labonr day, he would appjy trade option. He keeps well in touch with the constituency, which is a working-class one almost entirely. The Irish vote is unanimous in his favour, Mr. Keir Har4io, the Labour candidate elected for West Ham South, owos his success mainly to the fact that the Liberal candidate originally chosen to contest the i-eat, Mr. Hume Wobster, committed sufcide under very distressing circumstances soxpfl time ago. Mr. Koir Hardie had announced his intention of opposing both tho Bitting member, Mr. Banes, and Mr. Hume Wobster, and all the efforts of the Liberal Party to induce him to withdraw were futile, although hie candidaturo would certainly loave the seat In the hands of tho Tories. On Mr. Hume Webster's death, Mr. Koir H#rdie was adopted by the Liberal and Laliour Party as their candidate, and he has justified tho choice by winning the seat from Mr. Banes.