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Show MANY CANDIDATES TO BE IN RUNNING Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON. England, May 5. The Labor partv has decided to place at least 100 candidates In the field at the next general election. Already ninety-three ninety-three candidatures have been decided upon up-on by conferences convened under the constitution con-stitution of the party. Of these thirty-three thirty-three seats are now held by Laborites, thirty-eight bv Liberals and seventeen by Unionists. Forty-nine of these Involve three-cornered contests which, as Mr. Asquith said in his speech at Ladybank, generally go against the coalition, the split vote enabling the Unionists to get in. Five of these three-cornered contests are due to Liberal attacks on seats now-held now-held bv the Labor party, and in the remaining re-maining fortv-four the Labor candidate Is so far. only opposed by a Unionist. Apart from the official Labor party, there are already twenty-two Independent Socialist candidates In the field, forcing three-cornered fights In eighteen constituencies consti-tuencies now held by Liberals and tour by Unionists. |