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positions - an he wrote "i had the president of the
I? orthw pton Radical Association nearly to stand against
me and he had a good deal of support in the Association.
But i soon settled hin and his friends,
the views of Czu ibell-Dannerinn
-I
accepted
(ie. a middle of the
road position) and cursed Chamberlain (always popular
with Liberals)"
(1)
In the event Shipman Cot one
hundred "and fifty-six votes more than L bouchere, coat
of them from Conservatives, -
there were three hundred
and forty-five votes for Shipman in conjunction with one
of the Tory candidates, but only eighty seven combined
Labouch /ere and Tory votes,
(2)
Possibly a number of
Socialists plumped for Labouchere but not for Shipman.
This highlights a feature of the election, - that
many Liberal candidates expreaied very toned down views
on the wart in some cases little different from thou* of
Conservatives.
In the East End constituencies
in Tower Hamlets
only Lanabury in Dow end' Drbsley took an anti-war stand
(1) ferbort Gladstone 11SS. ADi 46,016, L, abouchero to
Olc. ck torso, 2lat October 1900.
(2) Nor
thu»yton Daily Pop rar, 3rd October 1900, the exact
figures
were - Shipman, 5,437, LabouchOro 5,281.