Unlike Stoudemire, Yang Smuts' popularity in Orange was unmatched and he could not find a competitor. From the moment he decided to run for governor, the candidate for Orange governor lost all suspense.
Yang Smuts is indeed smart. He came to Philip hoping to get more help from the federal government. The current federal government is different from the federal government ten years ago. It has the ability and willingness to help the Orange State.
Not to mention the great competition faced by the Orange State ten years ago, the federal government at that time was unable to help the Boers even if it wanted to. After all, the federal government itself was financially strained and had to rely on aid and loans from London to survive.
Now the economic situation of the federal government has been greatly improved. After experiencing the world war and the economic crisis after the world war, southern Africa has become one of the regions with the greatest development potential in the world. The federal government has finally got rid of the long-standing economic crisis.
The fiscal deficit has entered a period of rapid development.
Comprehensive comparison shows that Orange State's backwardness becomes more and more obvious, which makes Yang Smozi heartbroken.
“In addition to the help from the federal government, the development of Orange is also inseparable from the help of large enterprises such as Rand Bank and South Africa Company. I am planning to apply for a special loan from Rand Bank to finance the farms in Orange.
Subsidy, and at the same time increase the development of mineral resources in Orange, Lord, are you interested?" Yang Smuts has now begun to plan for Orange, and Rock's help is of course indispensable.
One thing Yang Smuts did not mention is that Bechuanaland Agricultural Company, owned by Rock and Stoudemire, owns millions of acres of land in Orange. These lands have been idle and not fully developed.
use.
Unlike Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which cover an area of millions of square kilometers, Orange State has a total area of only 130,000 square kilometers, and the available land resources are limited. Without the cooperation of big capitalists like Rocksmith,
Even if Yang Smooth successfully takes office in Orange, he may not be able to achieve anything as governor.
"Of course, the foundation of Orange is still good. If the Orange state government can improve the investment environment, there will definitely be people willing to invest in Orange." Roque didn't finish his words. It's useless to say this now. It depends.
Yang Smuts' future actions.
If Yang Smuts really actively moved closer to the federal government after becoming governor, then Roark would really not be stingy about investing in Orange.
It is said that after rounds of cutting leeks, the extremists in Orange State are almost dead. At this time, someone like Yang Smozi is needed to come out and clean up the mess.
On June 11, at the First Parliament Building in Cape Town, the State Assembly held the first round of elections for the governor.
It's not just Stoudemire and Irving who are participating in the election, there are also three other candidates.
These three candidates were all passers-by who didn't even have names. They were all eliminated in the first round of the election. Stoudemire got 45 of the total 125 votes, and Irving got 39 votes.
If no more than half of the votes are obtained, a second round of elections will be held.
In the evening, the Progressive Party and the Liberal Party held celebrations respectively to congratulate their candidates for passing the first round of elections and to build momentum for the upcoming second round of elections.
According to the charter of the Cape State Assembly, the first round of elections will be held one week later on June 18.
"Cecil, your relationship with the Marquis of Nyasaland is so good. If we can get the support of Cape Chinese, then we will definitely get more than half of the votes in the next election." Dr. Starr Jameson served as Xiaosi
As a team consultant, he is too old to be Stoudemire's partner.
Xiaosi's partner is Durban Benjamin, the Commissioner of Cape Customs. Durban Benjamin is also an official left over from the colonial era. He has just turned fifty this year. He is strong and experienced and has good prestige in the Cape. He happens to be the same as Xiaosi.
Complementary advantages.
Stoudemire's advantage lies in the political resources left by Cecil Rhodes Sr. and the huge power of the Rhodes family in Cape State.
The weaknesses are also obvious. In recent years, Stoudemire has been staying away from Cape State, working hard to manage Rhodesia, and his influence in Cape State has become smaller and smaller.
"Doctor, don't be so optimistic. The Chinese are a group that attaches great importance to family values. Although Mr. Rhodes has a good relationship with the Marquis of Nyasaland, Mr. Matilda is related by marriage to the Marquis of Nyasaland, so Cape State
It would be great if the Chinese Americans do not vote for Mr. Matilda." Durban Benjamin is pragmatic. Stoudemire's base is British. As long as he can get the support of British Americans, Stoudemire is also guaranteed to win.
It's a pity that those who support Stoudemire are mostly old British immigrants who immigrated to the Cape before the outbreak of the Second Boer War.
Most of the new British immigrants who immigrated to Cape State after the Second Boer War supported Owen, which is why Stoudemire and Owen were anxious about the election.
"Don't worry about this issue. Although the Chinese people in Cape Town will not vote for me, they will not vote for Irving either. Locke will remain neutral in this election and will not take sides." Xiaosi only remembered it now.
, Rock made a conclusion a long time ago that if southern Africa introduces Chinese people on a large scale, then one day, Chinese people may determine the political situation in southern Africa.
When Rock said this at the time, he was referring to the fact that when the British and Boers in southern Africa were in a stalemate, the votes of the Chinese would play a crucial role.
Unexpectedly, time has passed, and now the Boers have declined and become increasingly marginalized, and the British people are being torn apart. This is unexpected by everyone.
"This is best. In addition to the British, we should also win the support of other ethnic groups. Cape should be the Cape of Cape people, not the Cape of outsiders." Dr. Starr Jameson said.
It's not good, the old colonialists' ideas need to be changed.
Stoudemire was able to remain calm after hearing what Dr. Starr Jameson said, but Durban Benjamin's face didn't look good.
If Dr. Starr Jameson's standards are followed, then Durban Benjamin is also an outsider. He only came to southern Africa after the Second Boer War and was not a white man born and raised in the Cape.
However, I am afraid that Dr. Starr Jameson did not expect that according to this standard, the white people in southern Africa are all outsiders, even the Boers, and the real Cape people have disappeared.
"Doctor, if Cape State wants to truly integrate into the federal government, then it must truly open its arms. Over the years, other states in the federal government have changed rapidly, but Cape State has stagnated. We should learn a lesson." Xiaosi said bluntly, this is what is happening within the Progressive Party.
The real reason for the chaos is that Stoudemire will not allow this to continue to happen.
After the change of the committee, the previous decadence of the Progressive Party was swept away, replaced by unity and high morale. However, the current situation is unstable. If the Progressive Party cannot win the election, then what awaits the Progressive Party may be even more cruel.
reality.
"Haha, yes Cecil, you are right, the old brain needs to be changed." Dr. Starr Jameson reacted quickly and immediately realized that he said something he shouldn't have said.
While the Progressive Party was rallying at the party headquarters, Owen was also boosting morale at the Liberal Party headquarters in Cape, five kilometers away.
Compared with the Progressive Party, the atmosphere on the Liberal Party's side was slightly gloomy. After all, in the first vote, Irving received less votes than Stoudemire, which cast a shadow over Irving's election.
There is nothing we can do about it. Most of the Chinese people in Cape State are members of the Liberal Party.
In this election, several Chinese-American members of the state assembly abstained from voting. As a result, these Chinese-American members were strongly criticized by members of the Liberal Party after the voting.
"As a member of the Liberal Party, you do not vote for the candidate of the Liberal Party. This is a shameful betrayal." Ferdinand Boschoff, a member of the parliament from Kimberley, had a fierce attitude. He knew that it was not convenient for Owen to speak, so he was the first to attack.
"We are facing a formidable enemy. We should work together. This is so inappropriate -"
"It doesn't matter, we still have a chance, we are not too far behind."
"Chen, in the vote on the 18th, you must vote for Mr. Matilda. We cannot lose this battle."
Other congressmen were talking a lot, and the focus was on several Chinese congressmen with ugly faces.
"Gentlemen, calm down, Chen and the others also have their own reasons -" some congressmen tried to lighten the atmosphere.
"What's the reason? Could it be that they took advantage of the rich second generation?" Ferdinand Boschoff was furious. In the previous elections in Cape State, the Liberal Party had won a landslide. Ed, who had just resigned
Mon Law is also a member of the Liberal Party. If the Liberal Party loses this election because of the abstention of several Chinese-American congressmen, then these Chinese-American congressmen will be criticized.
"Boschov, pay attention to what you say, Chen is not an enemy." Irving was also in a bad mood. Although Rock and Rock didn't help each other, at this point, Irving didn't want to lose either.
"Gentlemen, we all need time to calm down. Since the second election after the establishment of the federal government, our Liberal Party has won three elections in a row. What's the result? The result is that our Cape and the federal government are getting farther and farther apart, and the Progressive Party
There are problems with the Progressive Party, and our Liberal Party itself also has big problems, and we must pay attention to these problems." Chen Yan is a wine merchant from Oak Town, he is Anton's brother-in-law, and he is not afraid of Ferdinand Boschov at all.
accusations, and he was not worried that not voting for Owen would lead to revenge from the Matilda family.
Just like Chen Yan said, the Progressive Party has problems with the Progressive Party, and the Liberal Party itself is full of contradictions.
After Stoudemire returned to the Progressive Party, he carried out drastic reforms to the Progressive Party.
The Liberal Party under Owen's leadership has lost the vigor and efficiency it had when the Liberal Party was founded.
Today's Liberal Party is gradually turning into another progressive party, and has finally become what it hates most.