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Wilson'a and fladdinon'a efforts little headway was na, do.
This was confirmed in the 1900 election when Naddicon
lost his coat and Wilson's majority was reduced. Sheffield
showed the limitations of even highly enthusiastic
pace activity in face of local press hostility and
Liberal disunity,
The typical composition of a pence con ^. ittoo wan
an azalgam of Liberals and aociaiiato with a few
Roncon£ormint ministora. The alliance between Liberals
and Labour for the purposes of combatting the war could
be an unoacy one between two groups who had little
in common but anti-Impcrialicr,
(coo below). The Liboraln
also had to cope with the danger of a split in their
own putty, The Lib-Lab alliance worked toot effectively
for the peace movement in London. In other towns it wan
difficult to hold neetin e und even the dlotribution of
literature nicht not be easily accomplished. Channing
related sorge of the difficulties, - "At tirat the Liberal
branches distributed it. Then cy own mennengeras Finally
an old supporter wrote that my tiecc nger wan asked to
leave "no r. ore literature" perhaps not too politely, ý' tý
(1) F. A. Channing,
, p"235.