Party feeling ran high in those days at Hickney Heath, for a Liberal had ousted a Unionist from a safe seat at the last General Election, and the stalwarts of the defeated party, thirsting for revenge, supported the new movement.

If a child was not born a Conservative, he should be made one.

That was the watchword of the League.

They were also prepared to welcome the new star that had arisen to guide the younger generation out of the darkness.

When, therefore, the Chairman, Mr.John Felton, M.P., who had held minor office in the last administration, had concluded his opening remarks, having sketched briefly the history of the League and introduced Mr.
Paul Savelli, in the usual eulogistic terms, as their irresistible Organizing Secretary, and Paul in his radiant young manhood sprang up before them, the audience greeted him with enthusiastic applause.