In the "Complete Speeches" by Robert Rhodes James,p.30 Churchill states in an Election Address June 28, 1899,
"It is a very great surprise to me to find myself asked to stand as a candidate because it is now more than six months since I first received the first invitation from the Conservative Association in Oldham. I was then in India, and "Mr Asquith" wrote me asking with a view to my replacing Mr. Oswald when he should be compelled to retire through ill-health." Is that H.H. Asquith, future PM? If so, why would he be asking Churchill, a Conservative/Tory democrat to run against the LIberal candidates? Or, is this a misprint as other sources state it was a "Mr. Ashcroft" who asked Churchill to run? Awaiting your replies, P Winston S. Churchill, His Complete Speeches, 1897-1963 Edited by Robert Rhodes James Volume I 1897-1908 Chelsea House Publishers in association with R.R. Bowker Company New York and London 1974 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
