LOVE IN POLITICS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10659, 12 May 1906, Page 5 (Supplement)

LOVE IN POLITICS.

LONDON, March 31. Lady Mary Hamilton, having persuaded her fiance, the Marquis of Graham, to stand as the Unionist candidate for the Eye Division of Suffolk, is now throwing the weight of her personality into the political fight. Lady Mary. explained how it all happened" to a l)aily Mail* representative at her Suffolk residence, Easton Park. With her was the young Marquis and her mother, the Duchess of' Hamilton. "You see,' ? said Lady Mary, "he had already told me privately he would not stand as a candidate."

".It was this way," said the Marouis, "I had work to do m the north—volunteering work. Besides this, I knew there were other names, and. before the meeting of Conservatives at Ipswich the other day, which was held to decide on a candidate, I bad determined nst to stand. Well, there was a lot of discussion there, and my name was brought up, but I refused to become the candidate. • They persisted. I still refused, Then somebody asked Lady Mary Hamilton .to'- intervene. y £s tho result I became the candidate — that is all." "You see," explained Lady Mary, "I really wanted him to become the candidate."

"Thie is, of course, one of Lady Mary's homes," said "the duchess, "and we know the district well. The Marcjuis. of Graham will bo staying here till tlie marriage takes place, and he will tspeud much time here afterwards."

"The -meeting, wanted him to stand u6 the candidate,^ explained Lady . Ma.vy. "I went and spoke to him privately. He consented at once. I turned and told the meeting. They were the first woi'ds I have ever spoken m public." "Will you speak on liis behalf at, any of tlie public meetings?" . "Oh, no"— Lady Mary smiled at tho thoughtr— "but I shall' be present at the meetings with him, and shall, of course, do what I can m other directions during the fight." "We aro thinking of organising a band of ladies-," said the Duchess of Hamilton, "and, of course, we shall be hard at work canvassing, not only m our own village, but also all over the constituency. The great difficulty is getting from one part to another; it covers a great area, and we want motor-cars."

"We are m the thick of tlie figlht," said the marquis, "and we have two, if not three, meetings to-night."