FADS AND BY-ELECTIONS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."'
Sin,—Probably most people will agree with you in your con- demnation of the introduction of "fads" at the time of a General Election ; but is there not some excuse for the venti- lating of special grievances at by-elections when all other means have failed P The introduction of the question of the housing of the poor " into the recent contest in this division (North-West Suffolk) has resulted in the authorities taking up the rebuilding clauses of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
May I ask any of your readers who have seen this Act put into operation in a rural district to be good enough to state :— (1.) Whether new cottages have ever been provided through the instrumentality of this Act P (2.) Under which of the three procedures allowed by the Act this was effected P—I am, Sir, &c.,
bctoorth Vicarage, Suffolk, May 16th. F. D. PERROTT.
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