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D OBSERVER enc ced uie es uvtntririease ce mnoniestmememm ucss covet tincanla e on ameeties oniemcace iraricepgatiti ce m terentin verenie nniieranemetets reu aradith fecadrancoconsonnrenniattn SJ News and Views of the Political Campaign | The general impression among)On petition the election was declar-- | . those in touch with the politlca.-l'ed void, and at a new election he * situation is tha Temier defeated----This--election--was cause has been considerably weak--|also declared void, and at another ened by the announced retirement|election Mr. Macdiarmid got a ma-- > of Attorney--General Raney. The|Jority of 17. Some of the stirring | _ preponderant "dry'" element among | Political history of West Elgin is I thth.F.O.-Labor combination had|rémembered all over the country. such implicit trust in Mr. Raney as t l will be difficult to transfer to an--\The Man to Get the Fund. ' | other man. It will be a big prob-- | As was expected, the appoint--| | lem for the Premier to secure an ment of Edmund Bristol, M.P., as| ' outstanding lawyer from among | Conservative campaign manager iS' | _ the adherents of a party which has | not meeting with much enthusiasm !--_ _ boasted of its lack of legal talent.| from one faction of the party. Alll |\ For either of the two other party| Of them agree, however, that few | | Leaders the selection of a new At--| better selections could have been| | torney--General would be a com--| made if the objective of a campaign | paratively easy task, but lawyers| manager is the collection of a party (| _ of Attorney--General standards, who | fund. + can accept the class--consciousness A despatch from Niagara Falls| belief, are few and far between in |says C. F. Swayze will again be | _ |this Province. Naturally, the Pre--| nominated by the U.F.O., though be-- , |mier _will exert all efforts to have fore the Legislature closed it was } Mr. Raney reconsider his decision.| said that he would contest this elec-- f Those who know the Attorney-- ) tion as an Independent. In the last !\ _ |General best say he is not likely to election, in a three--cornered fight,l i | change his mind, because he did not | his majority was 368. During the $ | come to the conclusion to retire| dying days of the session he brought _ | without a great deal of considera--|in a bill to cancel existing legisla-- |--_{tion. Premier Drury will be al--|tion respecting gas wells, and | | most compelled to announce thelthough bhe fought hard for his| _ |name of his new Attorney--General| measure he suffered defeat owing' |: |before the election. The electors| to lack of support from his U.F.O.| |. _ |will want to know the name of the | colleagues. ( |man upon whom so much of the Muskoka promises to be one of | . iGovernment machine swiugs before| the very few ridings to have an o]d--l |_|they can vote with confidence for|time party fight, Liberal vs. Con-- t |U.F.O. candidates. servative. . It is sai(;i l'thg 1IE*.F.Of 1 |a P leaders doubt the advisability o | | Saw--offs Disappearing. < entering a candidate there. In a \__|__To those who feared numerous three--cornered contest in 1919 the || |nomination saw--offs between Lib--| Conservative majority was 290. | | _ jeral and U.F.O. candidates during > & a a ' !-- |the coming contest, the signed | Some News From Constituencies. ', |pledge of two dozen Lineral mem--| The U.F.O. in Timiskaming have 'bers of the Legislature, as pub--| selected John Sharpe of New Lis-- _ |lished in The Globe of yesterday, | keard, formerly a noted e@ugation--, . Lwill be reassuring. The phrase in | ist, as their candidate. Timiskam--| . | the manifesto, "unswerving loyalty |ing is good fighting ground for all} t Eto the identity, solidarity, perman--|three parties, since in 1919 the| || jency and independence of the Lib--| Conservative majority for Thomas| t 'eral party in the Provincial elec-!'Magladery was only 87. ]vt:_is un--| | itions." will not be conducive to the ' likely that Mr. Magladery will 1'un' \-- | making of arrangements between | again. | 'l [U.F.O. and Liberal party manage-- Liberals in North Norfolk al-'e' * : |ments. Such a declaration is cal--| fighting this election after their |. |culated to put more heart into those|lapse in 1919. A convention has * . {Liberals who have been a little out l been called for F'rida_y. Last clec-- | ]of touch with recent events, and tion G. D. Sewell, U.F.O., had a : |possibly stiffen their faith in the!majority of 1,877 in the Farmeri i/ | party's future. _ As everybody | landslide. | || | knows, the U.F.O. movement cut| All signs <point to a three--| \_ _ deeply into the rankg of Liberalism | cornered fight in North Wentworth, | |-- |in rural Ontario. Last election Lib--| where Hon. F. C. Biggs obtained | (-- {|erais in forty ridings considered it| 2,581 majority in 1919. Warden | !| | not worth while placing candidates!H. Easterbrook, the choice of the! || |in the field, owing largely to dis--| Liberals, has not yet stated whether | || |affections to-- the U.F.O. So far as| he will run or not, and last night it' [( rone can judge at present, nearly | was reported that John E. Robinson, | || |every one of those forty ridings un-- | a young lawyer, would represent thel contested by Liberals in 1919 will Conservative hopes. North Went--} i bave a Liberal candidate for the| worth Liberals are said to be deter-| !-- rcoming election. \mined to select another man should l i\ _ | _ "There will not be saw--offs this Mr. Easterbrook refuse to repre--} || election,'"' one Liberal stated yes--| sent the party. | |, |terday, "for the simple reason that| _ Haldimand Liberals meet on May ;|| |they cannot be arranged. The| 18 to select a candidate, and, it is k | ipeople are demanding candidates of | said, a woman may be the ChF'lce of , : j their own, and party managers,'the convention. At present 1,\.1"'?' B. | |even if they desired, cannot make,O. Allen, Liberal, of Fort William, p|| |arrangements with U.F.O. or Con--| is the only woman nominee. : '! |servatives about withdrawing can--" Dr. A. E. Wallis of Thessalon will :\ |didates. This election is beyond | be the Liberal candidate for . Al--| ; (the power of party managers." | goma. The sitting member, also a j a in | Liberal, K. S. Stover, had 44 major-- || |In Historic West Elgin. ity on a recount in 1919, and some , West Elgin is another riding , time ago decided to quit politics. / \where the Liberals had no candi--| Reports from Dufferin county are '_ date in 1919, but ex--Mayor E. A.| to the effect that three names will 1| 'Horton of St. Thomas was nominat-- | appear on the ballot there. T. K. || / ed at the Liberal convention at Dut-- | Slack, U.F.O., who had 536 majority [ ton yesterday. The Conservative against a Conservative, is _almost I ! nominee will probably be Hon. Fin--|certain to secure a renommatlon.; [)| lay G. Macdiarmid, former Minister | It is said C. R. McKeown, ex-M.?.P.. [ i of Public Works in the Hearst| will be the Conservative nominee. ) || |Cabinet. In 1919 Mr. Macdiarmid | Steps are now being taken to effect h:] |was beaten by Peter G. Cameron,|a Liberal organization in Dufferin. | IU.F.O., by 1,879. There is some| Though General Hogarth (Con-- \doubt if Mr. Cameron will be the servative, Port Arthur) stated on t !Government candidate again, as he | the floor of the House that he would [|| | has taken little or no part in the| not be a candidate in this election, | IHounse proceedings during the past| it is said he is likely to reconsider! [ 'four years. Few men hbhave had| his decision. In a thx't:,:e-cor'nered| \ | such an election career as Mr. Mac--| fight in 1919 he had 483 maJOl'itY-1| '| diarmid. In the 1898 general elec--| An interesting rumor in a.despa-tch.t | |tion he was a candidate for the|from Port Arthur last night was| | | Legislature, but was counted out by | that if General Hogarth remainedi ! | the Returning Officer by 11 votes,| out of the field Conservatives thet:e the Court of Appeal subsequently| might offer a nomination to Sir |electing him by a majerity of one.| Adam Beck. :--#