The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-11-10 00:00:00

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DOROHISTER. NOVEMBER 10T4, IM6,

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"The Wye* nf 1/nrehoetee preside. o'i united
Oeusell with dignity and moderation." It waa In
thew term Mr. tirenfell propoaed the health of
Alderman ttregery at the grand banquet frsran to the
DOW Bishop el the I /lotto@ at Milisisiry no Wedneaday.
Ti. proceeding' as the Connell chamber thie morning,
when the Woolen of chief magistrate passed off with
only the elighwet indieation uf a ruffle, would not
Win In helle the nattering statement, and especially
a to the unity. The proceedings were chiral:Wood
hy a serenity that centrists in A marked degree with
the irolihm atmaiphere tha miinicipal ehamtiere
of some inWnn in the reletY end how much bettor
that it should he an WO need not my, There
were ample materials for a conflagration, hut thr
trentleman nooteloaely winaernod, with an exercise .1
much ratlemanly feeling and public Writ, Nave way
In the face of what Is hollered to hare been the
general wish of the inhabitante.

Th• raatmaatia,(fraptai, sap a witty correepon.
dont, by his foolish end Illegal notion in oimularising
the electors HI (spoilt of a Tory canilidats, his row
dem! himself Haiti@ to pernaltins muooonhjfll to firs
usillions sterling. The ponelty might to be submit&
GM so instants to oriloloors. Tim ',mount might *draw
tagivinaly he ilistrilnit•il among the unemployed.
Lord John must learn Mitnnors.

T.
Wonen's 'furrow Journal for Novi/miter
pithlialtee a lint 01.471 candidates foe lie nese&
Neaten who have declare.' themselves in favour of
giving rotes to duly noaliflecl women. Out of the
TO conatitnenoirn in the Went of England and South
Walla% we find 15 where two candidate., one where
three, SO where one, are declared in flavour of the
principle.

The (ifoix is of an abnormally sanguine tempers•
monk n Judge by the following prediction:—" We
have the highest authority for stating that, according
to the amounts received, the Conservative party is
confident of winning at least 300 aipsln at the General
Election, and that in fifty other eonstituesiciai mew.
bars will probably be returned who on most questions
would support She Conservatives is against the
Radicals. These anticipations are based on returns
that can be thoroughly trusted."

The Oorrupt Practices ice causes considerable
&Scully to candidate.. Amongst its ineonveniomos.
I. that el each candidate making a return of his own
personal expenses. It theme inquisitorial, and it is
certainly vexatious, to make • man render an account
of his hotel bills. The clause we. intended to prevent
veiled bribery, such as that which occurred in a
nefarious ease at the last election, when • certain
(candidate's hotel bill came to 000 I Personal
expanses of this nature ars not, however, rearmed in
the maximum amount allowed for election expenses
proper. Again, there is • good deal of "sailing near
the wind" in the appointment of private secretaries.
It is an open mecret that many candidates dn Doi make
the speeches which they deliver, for the abort reason
that they cannot. For the purposes of their cam.
paign they have to purchase brain.; in other words,
they have to retail the services of a temporary there-
they—some clever gentleman who will write speedos
and generally onach up the candidate in elementary
{Akio, and provide him with modem lees trustworthy
statiaies. Service..f this kind are rewardod by • fee
of one or two hundred guineas. It need hardly he
said that candidates are not prepare,' to schedule
expenses of this nature in making their return; and
yet it is straining language to say that ouch payments
are not made election expenses within the meaning
of the Act,

Tbeliohool Board elections have resulted in • great
and rather unexpected victory of the party of
Economy. This party had much to discourage it.
The teachers were openly and earnestly employed on
behalf of the extravagant majority of the old board.
No such body of axlllll•Sere could be obtained in favour
of the opposition. Public meetings were, as • rule, I
badly attended ; the public seemed hopeless and
apathetic. Indeed, the moult, retnarkable as it
shows incidentally the enormous difficulty of inducing
Londonere to take an active interent in Metropolitan
matter. whether from the educational or the ratepse.
log point if view. lit min district, out
voter., only 17.000 went to the pill, and this may be
taken ea a fair average of the ilistrictn generally.
The new Board will woilt careful watching. Electien
pledge., especially Sives in favour of retrenel mite,
are soon forgotten. Rut it is isminthing tlixt the
Iseish expenditure if the late/ Board has been so
derisively condemned.