The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-11-07 00:00:00

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

On accmnt of the retirement of sev.eral ?urge,
nominated a.mitest their wi I, as we mun suppose, the
el, ether' of 1882 for Melcembe Rave was not a very
exciting one at fiord The i•ld members were under.
stood to be opposed to the Municipal Stock ',chain°,
Mr. Robens especially so, Mr. Welsford expressed
Idin-elf plainly and straightforwardly against it, an 1
DI Mrs. Houneal and Tewpleman also gave pledges
to puce° it. Mr. Seaman, indeed, was • little late
in issuing his a hires., and 11 little indistinct In his
policy as enunciate! tharein L.i iI iicamelopard
practice sto sl welt bee him instead of profession.,
and it wan undseatood he Wal heartily supported by
the Liberal party. Nor WII-4 Mr. Welsford without
strong blonds on that oil', if we might judge from
c, again consultations and friendly conversations which
w. re taken nds of outside the Town Hall. Mr.
flounsell, of conrve. I &Oa to the Foresters as the
c tide! of his strength, but he was not ill received by
others, and we canna but think that if ho had issued
a more decidel addrivs, he would have rallied more
fr,erids who are judges in municipal matters.
Torn can be no doubt that Mr. Temple-
'. in's strong eapreesions in favour of improvements,
were by some taken to imply his readiness to support
the Improvemeo I Scheme as a whole but Mr. Ten, pk.
Min definitely promisod that he would not vote for any
amalgamation achome except it had been previously
adopted by a public meeting, while be manifeeto in
favour of improvementu must have been to a certain
extent approved by all, the only question being aa to
how they shall be attained. On the whole, matters
looked pretty ode for tie o ratepayers on Wednesday
.nu whichever candidate woo. though bey 1
,1 mbt a good many hail • decideel preference for
MOM!. It hens, Seaman, Welaford, and Minimal, and
prophecy was ventured on that silty would win.
There were two polling-placos, that at St. John's
Slioolroom, whole Rat Mr. Wa.d•Alderman Thornan
(to whom a year if Mayoralty is justly owing), the
others preeent there he ng Mr. H. Warren, Mr. C.
Freeman, Mr. Moro, Mr. J. sty, a... 1 Mr. Legg, while
outal In we observed Mr. Counciikr Brown, and a
fluctuating knot of politician, to whom occasionally
came Mr. Houniull in a care' ago poet baste. Matters
went on very quietly here all t h., morning, • c unrest
to the time when that fiery spirit, Mr. li. Walker,
made It lively for the Park and St. Jahn's. By the way,
we regret much Mr. Walker'. Hines', as far as concerns
him pers ,nally, thongh politically hi. retirement was
matter of relief. Up to ab cut a quarter past 12 they
had p diet only 149 vote, at the north pelting Place.
At Dlacombe Regia when we went about
eleven to exercise 'the glorious privilege of being
independent," as says the Sc. dch bard; things were
pretty much in a dead.alive condition. Here a few
voadtere-ci lane t
natens ri:ir ti,o .erei4n vo,,
ngelthiu cvaelvee inadr to iblepaslinee up
, and
m .
defended, if need be, by policemen. who had nothing
to do at court that day. In the hall was the usual
fermi !able array of b Muting 00,011—(WSR it not •
gallant Admiral who likened them to Punch and
.1 lid y boxes, or wor-e?)—and ii a calm judicial n..ok in
the tlmincil eillllllller sot Mr. Alderman J. Ilail orison,
assisted by Mr. R. G. Gale, Mr. Hodder, and Mr.
Gale, jun. The Council Chamber had been efficiently
enlarged for this anoulon by nmocal of the folding