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POLITICAL FORECASTThe List of Candidates Up to DateAre Certain of Carrying 24 Seats Out of a House of 42Next Saturday evening the majority of the Conservative candidates will be nominated by conventions in the several ridings of the province. In Greenwood and one or two other ridings where Conservatives are not sufficiently strong to stand the pace set them by John Houston, the president of the Provincial association, conventions will be held later on — provided the faithful attend in sufficient numbers. Tonight the Conser vatives are folding preliminary meetings at Greenwood, Eholt and Midway for the purpose of electing delegates, and the convention will' be held in Greenwood next Friday evening.From all the information that can be obtained from reliable sources it looks as if the Liberals are going to have a good working majority in' the next legislature. The bold and aggressive railway policy which Sir Wilfrid Laurier unfolded in the commons the other ' day will mean much to British Columbia and the people generally are determined -that' British Columbia is going to-support and co-operate with Sir Wilfrid in that splendid policy of development this province needs so much. The Times does not wish any of its readers to wager any money on its forecast because it is an old saying that there is nothing so uncertain as an election or a horse race. Something unusual may happen in the two and a half months before the election to affect the result; but as has already been stated the Liberals from all indications are certain of a good working majority.To begin at the beginning. Alberni on the west coast of Vancouver Island is certain to return a Liberal.If.the Liberals of Victoria would only get together and not let so many private interests influence the contest - they could- elect -four-Liberals.-—With-a strong faction of the Conservative party determined to knife Hon. A. 13. McPhillips, the attorney-general in the McBride cabinet, the Liberals are almost sure of electing two men.Saanich is Hon. D. M. Eberts’ camping ground. The ■ exposures in the legislature must certainly have weakened him in that constituency and should he again be the candidate he is almost certain to meet defeat. In the 1900 election Charles Sangster, a good Liberal, was only a few votes short of victory, and with Eberts’ bad record the Liberals should win this seat.Esquimalt will go Tory. The Liberals will put up a hard fight there, but it will be a hopeless one. The majority of the electors of Esquimalt have been Tories since ’59 and they will continue Tory until the great reaper gathers them in.Cowichan is another district that is likely to return a Conservative for similar reason. Of course newcomers may affect the result, but at this distance these two districts are conceded to the Conservatives.T. F. Patterson, the Libeial candidate, is invincible in the Islands district. His election is certain.Newcastle, a new electoral district on the outskirts of Nanaimo, is one of the puzzles in this election. It may return a Liberal, but is given to the Conser vatives because it is within the principality of Dunsmuiria.Nanaimo city will elect a Liberal. J. H. Hawthornthwaite will in all probability ruu there as a Socialist, but he cannot be elected, and the Conservatives have no show.
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Greenwood Boundary Creek Times
Greenwood, British Columbia, CA
Fri, Aug 14, 1903
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