Note from Desmond Morton [Personal Assistant to WSC] to WSC on Ernest Bevin taking Harry Nathan's seat at Wandsworth [London] and that the Hartlepools [County Durham] would probably not accept Bevin because of [William] Howard Gritten [MP for the Hartlepools]'s unpopularity in his constituency.

Cuttings from the Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune: Sir Albert Rollit's declining the invitation to be the Conservative candidate for South Islington. Originally sent with CHAR 2/2/60 Four papers affixed.

Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) approving the South African constitution and asserting that the stance of Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] on the fiscal question has shaken the confidence of ordinary voters, and that Joseph Chamberlain's political career is over. Reports the poor state of the local Conservative party.

Leaflets issued by the Liberal Publication Department, covering the budget of 1907, land reform and small holdings, registration of voters and Conservative proposals for Tariff Reform and the abolition of income tax. 6 items.

Letter from Frederick Guest (1063 5th Avenue, New York, [USA]) to WSC noting that the Unionist Protectionists and the Free Traders have arrived at a modus vivendi and offering to help in WSC's forthcoming electoral battle.

Cutting: letter from E P Stevenson to the editor of the Westminster Gazette asserting WSC's claims to the support of Free Trade Unionists in the North-West Manchester election and criticising his opponents' campaigning on the Licensing Bill and other issues; also includes covering note for letter [not present] from [?] Bertram Straus [MP for Mile End, London] offering to give up his seat to WSC.

Letter from Jesse Herbert (41 Parliament Street, London) to Edward Marsh on the Conservatives' losses and gains of seats since the General Election. A typescript copy of this letter at CHAR 2/35/35.

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Lord St Aldwyn, to WSC, on opposition to the Government from within the Conservative Party, and his own desire to "keep out of the fray at present" [annotated by WSC "Most Private".

Letter from WSC to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman on opposition amendment to the Finance Bill, which would "unite the Conservative Party, resulting in a disastrous division, and an immense victory for Chamberlain's scheme for Imperial Preference", asking him to consider the position of Conservatives opposed to the impending fiscal changes [typescript copy].

Circular letter from F. Manners-Sutton, Secretary, Unionist Free Food League, on attendance at annual conference of National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations.

Page from the Oldham Evening Chroncicle: articles on WSC's dispute with the Oldham Conservatives [Lancashire].

Cutting from the Manchester Courier: Unionist meeting at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.

Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to 6th Lord Londonderry announcing his resignation from the Carlton Club because of his "total breach" with the Conservative Party. Copy in WSC's hand.

Typescript list of Unionist Free Food League MPs and the Liberal candidates standing in their constituencies, annotated to indicate the MPs' future voting behaviour.

Letter from William Clegg, solicitor (Victoria Chambers, Figtree Lane, Sheffield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC inviting him to address a meeting in Sheffield and asserting that some of the most representative Tories there are staunch Free Traders.

Letter from [WSC] (Chartwell) to Sir James Calder offering to discuss with him the position in the Linlithgow constituency [West Lothian, Scotland] and stressing the importance of Liberals and Conservatives cooperating against Socialism. Carbon copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Captain W G Bonaparte Wyse (Oxford Lodge, Shoreham, Sussex) stating that in the by-election for the Abbey Division of Westminster he expressed his agreement with the policy set out in the late Government's King's Speech but denying Bonaparte Wyse's assumption that he is anxious to re-enter the councils of the Conservative party. Carbon copy.

Letter from Captain W G BonaparteWyse, honorary treasurer of the Shoreham branch of the Horsham and Worthing Conservative and Constitutional Association (Oxford Lodge, Shoreham, Sussex) to WSC asking whether he will declare [at the forthcoming meeting in Edinburgh] his unconditional support for the policy of the Conservative party as set out in the King's Speech of the previous February.

Letter from RearAdmiral Arthur Smith-Dorrien to WSC congratulating him on his speech in Edinburgh [Scotland], arguing that WSC has a great political opportunity before him provided he can overcome the memories in people's minds of his past instability, and arguing that both Liberal and Conservative anti-Socialists can readily adopt the name "Constitutionalist".

Letter from Sir James Calder (Leith, [Scotland]) to 2nd Lord Linlithgow (Hopetoun House, South Queensferry [West Lothian, Scotland]) explaining that he has withdrawn as Liberal candidate for Linlithgowshire because he believes that there are too many extremists to enable his ideas of Liberal-Conservative cooperation to be carried out successfully. Copy sent with CHAR 2/134/152.