THE DUTY OF UNIONIST FREE-TRADERS.
[To TEE EDITOR 01 TILE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—In company, I trust, with the majority of Unionist Free-traders, I intend to vote for the Unionist candidate, Tariff Reform notwithstanding, in the constituency in which I reside, and I sincerely hope that we shall be joined by all moderate Liberals, who must view with disgust and alarm the policy which is being put forward by the demagogues who have gained control of the fortunes of their party. It is unfortunately quite possible that the claim will be put forward that every vote given for a Unionist candidate was a vote for Tariff Reform, and hence that the return to power of the Conservative Party involves a, change in our fiscal system called for by the electorate. In order to counteract this view, I would suggest that every anti-Tariff Reformer who votes for a Unionist candidate should make a point of informing that candidate (if successful) of the fact, and request him to inform his supporters generally as to the number of votes known in this way to have been given him by Free-traders. If this were done all over the country, we should, while gaining our object—the defeat of supporters of the present Govern- ment—minimise the claim of Tariff Reformers that the victory was a triumph for their cause.—I am, Sir, &c.,
Stuart House, Mount Road, Hendon.
PERCY E. BARTON.
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