THE NELSON SEAT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVi, 30 October 1925, Page 6

THE NELSON SEAT

*'J'o Uib Editor., Sir. Tlic friir in the minds of smn electors that " Labour might win" in tin triangular fight which is being wagei lor l tn- Nelson seat is in my opinioi the. merest he,gey. In nil niv long ex perienee of electioneering, involving ac live ;:ml prominent p:irt lcipiition in tei generid elections. I Inive never he;ird Stiitemeiil ;il (ne hustings eentii ining si little truth ;is tlmt one does. It is evi dently nnide with tile hope tlmt n few In ini-hearts nniv thereby lie detnehed Iroin the ranks of JJeform. It is the cr\ ot despairing men. whose candidate lm; taken up an untemihle position. All l-Atmore is faced to-dav by two <pponcuts, noth the official candidates of their respective parties, and each with tin 1 clear-cut policy of his parly behind him, whereas Inr himself stands on shifting sand, without a policy, and without- a party. ’I hose who know anything e‘ the Labour strength in Nelson are well aware, that. Labour cannot, win this time. Labour will make a very fair showing, and thus lay a foundation for future struggle in Nelson, hut that is all. LaI hour proper is not, vet strong enough in Nelson. The Labour candidate, in my opinion, will mil get more than 2000 votes, leaving about 6500 lo be divided : between the other two candidates. 1 am sure. Sir, that Labour cannot win liic Nelson seat, and l am equally certain that if all i’eformcrs #md support - its ol Air Coates, refusing to be side tracked, \ote true to their political beliels. Air Gilbert will he returned. Afr Coates, speaking at Stratford a few days ago, said, "Tt. is a between the Government and Labour, the others do not count/' Ami now that the Prime Alinister himself has declared Air Gilbert to he the official Government candidate, ;i. serious obstacle has been removed from the path of many electors, and now to* all those who desire to give the new Prime .Minister a chance, duty points the way. ] trust. Sir. that on polling day the electors will make il unmistakably clear that they are not to be fooled all the time, and that rln-v demand from our public men a higher standard of political morality than that of mere opportunism. If only the electors will ring out. from their'minds the narrow view or parochialism, and ring in the wider outlook of the countrv's good. Air Coates will he returned 'to power on Wednesday next, and on the hauliers of Uotorm will lie emblazoned the exhilarating word Victory. Air At more’s accommodating politics and his endeavour to he all things political rolled into one, remind me of the lines—"Oh ! I am a cook and a captain hold, and the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'suri tight, and a midshipmite. and the crew of the captain's gig.” I am. etc., C. P. GRAHAM.