SOUTH MANCHESTER AND ITS LESSONS.
ere THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.1
Slit,—Your article entitled "Safety of the Union" is welcome reading, but I venture to suggest another reason for the great turnover in S. Manchester. One hears and reads that it is the silent voter who causes Governments to rise or fall, and I venture to suggest that our silent friend is now beginning to make himself felt if not heard. When the events of the last few weeks are reviewed, it will be seen that personal and private interests arc affected in many ways. The silent voter pays more for his coal, has a few shares in a business which is dependent on coal, is threatened with extra expenses if the Insurance Bill becomes law, has to insure his windows against the now unemployed coal-hammer, and in short is worried and bothered all round ! These are the things which make him realize that Lloyd Georgian finance and class warfare will not produce a heaven on earth, as he was once led to believe. Add to these reasons his sporting instinct—"I'm tired of this crowd, they worry me; the other lot can't be worse, let's give them a chance "—and the silent voter, acting as rudder, guides our ship of State on to a fresh and (we hope) better course. This, Sir, I think, is the view taken by many who, either because of absence from the country or on account of their profession, cannot give practical assistance to the
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