Each by-election convinces us more strongly than the last that
the Unionist Party will never return to power till it has, dropped Protection and Preference, and reunited on the old basis. If only it could get rid of the terrible handicap imposed by Mr. Chamberlain, the recovery of the party would be immediate. A large portion of the electors are seriously alarmed at Socialism, and at the encouragement given thereto by the Liberals. Such men feel, however, that to vote for Protection is only to jump from the frying-pan into the fire. This the Unionists as a party are losing the benefits of the anti-Socialist reaction which is so marked just now. As Unionists anxious for the return of our party to sanity and power, we cannot profess to be anything but profoundly depressed by the way in which a great opportunity is being deliberately lost.
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