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...Bachelor William Lyon Mackenzie King has been Prime Minister since 1921, except for an interval of three months when the Conservatives got in (TIME, July 5 to Sept. 27, 1926). Thus Mr. King and his Liberals parallel the U. S. Republican Party in their long tenure of Power. But they are more like U. S. Democrats in being free-traders with a wobble toward protection...
...Bachelor Richard Bedford Bennett, the Conservative leader, is a "new" man, 60 years old. He has never been Prime Minister. He won his leadership at the Conservative Party caucus of 1927, after Conservative Prime Minister Arthur Meighen had been forced out of office a total failure...
...King not because they are Liberal at heart (for French-Canadian farmers are as conservative as French peasants), but simply as a rebuke to the Conservatives, hated imposers of conscription. In this year's election, however, many believe that Quebec has worked off her old grudge, will switch to Bachelor Bennett...
...square-chinned, keen-eyed lawyer began his political career in the Northwest Provincial Legislature, has steadily advanced in the Conservative Party, was at one time Minister of Justice. In 1927, with the Party politically bankrupt, Bachelor Bennett was called to a helm he has since masterfully held, putting new vim and fight into Conservatives. He lives at Palliser Hotel in Calgary, Alberta, in austere magnificence with his sister, who idolizes and prays for him. In the lay councils of the United Church of Canada he is paramount...
...Minister make the next vote one of confidence. He did so, won by a majority of 48, not astounding but sufficient. Quick as a magician producing a rabbit, M. Tardieu drew from his pocket and read to the Chamber an executive order signed by the President of France, genial Bachelor Gaston ("Gastounet") Doumergue, adjourning Parliament until November...