The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-11-09 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

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DECLARATION UT TOO PuLL.
Long beoee twelve o'cilook on Tuesday the public coin.
winced asambling in strong tot at in the Guildhid I to hear
poll deelared. The crowd was evidently met y, and the
ignited fun, and scowlingly shouts and cries were
requeut, while every one jo•tled if possible to the
front, to get a good Owe for hemiug. Mr. Welaford
was the first of the candidates to enter the room, and
was received with load cheer.. By and by, in same
the Ward Alderman, Mr. l'othacary, supported by
Mews. Dunn and Bond, assessors, and Mr. Welaford,
Br. Co mu, Mr. Mitts, Rt. Aylesbury and Mr. Drew,
were also at that end of the hall. Mr. Luce did not
, put in an appearance.
Kr. Alderman Perim:Liar, who was reeeived with
renewed sheering, addreming Li. brother a.m..,
ladies and gentlemen, said he bed now the Pleasing duty
of declaring to then the result of the poll at this elec-
tion. Yesterday be hoped tie should have had the
pleasure of doing so at the close of the poll last night,
but from the great number of voters that were polled
at the last hour or so. it was impoasible for the assessors
and himself to arrive at • just statement. However,
they bad gone carefully through the papers together,
and given every man every vote to which be was fully
entitled, and he thought noon inspecting the documents,
they would we that pieties bee be. n done to all parties.
They bad found the numbers polled to be as follow :
Mr. Welaford - • 4521 Mr. Aylesbury -
Lees . . 4M I „ Marling • • 272
„ Commies • - 356 „ Hurdle - • 130
„ Bette • - 3431 „J. Gibeou • - 1
(ebeera) That was the state as they found It, and it
waa now his pleasing duty to inform them Gat the
choice of the burgesses had fallen upon Mr. Gears,
Rowlese Welsford, solicitor; Mr. Thome. Luce, hotel
proprietor ; Mr. Riehard Commine, cabinet nicker; unit
lir. George William Bette, timber inerehaat, and he
had to di dere those four burgesses duly elected to
represent the lieloombe Regis Ward—(t:Meer.)
Mr. G. B. WSIEsPORD begged to return his sincere
thanks for the poenion in which they had placed him I
on the poll, and for the trouble they had taken in
placing him there, especially as he had not had the
honour of being one of the nominees of the °hie( magis-
trate, who bad come Icrward, perhaps. little out of
course, to declare who he thought were the four fit and
proper persons to he returned to the Council Chamber.
They felt they had their rights and independence, and
*sold not cu wit to any attempted interference with
thoee right.. What the burgess*e had done yesterday
showed hew they regarded that dictation, when their
rights were attempted to be interfered with—(hear,
I and • voice "Ras he not a perfect right to do it r)
rho Mayor had a perfect right. At the some time,
notwithstaading what his friend Mr. Bete had thought
fit to soy to the public in his second address, in which
Mr. Betts styled him (ID. Welaford) as one of Gm
"untried men," he, for his part,wanted to know what
position his friend Betts wee in two years &Mos, He
wee then as much as he (Mr. Welsford) was, an untried
man, but he was more than that—was be not almost
an unknown men—(theers). Yet, although Mr. Betts
wee, as le had 441.1 him (Mx. Welrdord) untried,
although be was • stranger and is °preparatively so, in
the town, yet Mr. Bette enjoys the honour of being in
ih. r„„„ council, nnl also ti e prowl privilege of sitting
as • political magistrate on that Reuill—(aheers). But
yag that pass. He thanked the burgesses for placing
him the first and foremen on the poll : be eniered the
Town Council uhpledged, except that one pledge which
be trusted it would be him duty to fulfil —t it he would
do the best, according to his opinion, for the ioteresta
of the town. He had oot had much experienee,althnugh
he hed beard • good deal of Town Council molter.;
but hie Ivor father hail been for many yam in the
Corporation, and now his son was called upon to take
his part—be trusted without party feelings,do but to
all be could for the real interests of the to•n and the
good of the rstopsySr& That should be the real object
of his endeavours, mad he thought he might say they
bad eons giuirentee that he should fulfil that promise,
b.vituse their interests and his own were identified, and
the interests of his friends and relatives are insepar-
ably bound up together with the interests of the town,
and if be went to the Council for the good of the
burgwes, it would be for his own good also. They
were perfectly aware there had been • great and lavish
expenditure in the borough within the last few years—
(hem). He wee not there to say it was improperly
made, or was not justified; but they mast remßect
that it. repayment was spread over • number of years,
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