The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-06 00:00:00

lill ligeNßEMilt " HIS FRIENDS, AND
SUPPORTERS."
[Br ma MAN ABocrr POOL']

Firi—As life is short and spar is precious, I will
leave the full narration of the wondrous utterauose
made at the Conservative moth* 00 Wednesday
evening to Coneurvative Chroniclers, contenting
by giving as clear and succinct amount r I can of the
general tone of proceeding,' about u uninteresting r
cal well be nisfiloed. When 01311 goes to the trouble
aid expense of " bill tog" a x.,we with extra large
posters, when • band is engaged to play through the
• "els "ut'lda the show, when Ones true and
faithful henchmen are Iteraliy risking the place in
order to secure an andienoe, it is rather ditheart,ning
that the chief performer should have tos mane his bow
to an array ot empty bunches; but this wee the case
on Virednesday. For days past at every corner the
theaeyeen saluted with staring notilic &lions in blur
that the member for the borough would Lidless hi
friends and supporters" mignon and such • day; the
celebrated Pools Hand, not forgetting the big drum,
piire.ded the streets in uniform, a mixture between that
of the Volunteers and their own especial 1001111; the
" whips" of the party were, al • policeman would put
I "on the alert" from e ,rly more, and were Inds.fAigable in their MI 'us iu obtain • good hon..,
and yet, in spite of all, when the curtsin rose,
cud the Prince oh Doomed' stalked upon the b..ards,
not 150 of his " Mends and aupp irters' were present
to greet him. To digress for • moment. How is it
that Mr. Schreiber des ootc ire to far his constithert
but merely contents himself with talking to a packed'
house? the late Mr. Denby Seymour, ono of tfor most
genial of men, used to invite all and everyone, what-
ever thcr opinions, to meet him, and hear him give an
account of hie stewardship; the Hon. Evelyn Ashley
dli the sme • but Mr. Schreiber decline. to do so.
He simrly &Armes his "Ii lends aid supporters," dis-
dainful y ignoring the very ezetenos of that other
portion of lAA constituency which he is ales supposed
to represent.
The meeting of Wednesday evening was held at the
Antelope H tel Tory Assembly ktooms (lessee, Maser,
Dogdale and &hie). There were • stage, foot-
lights an "Interior," " wings," and, undoubtedly,
on the stags a semicircle of chair., suggest.
log ibe idea that Messrs. Moore and Burps. had
kindly sent down a detachment from St. J11020•'11 Hall.
The nous foe the risiug of the curtain was firm for
eight, but it was fully five-sod-thirly minutes at er
bef, re Mr. Sohreiber appeai el before erhat he plain-
tively criticised to • " supporter" as—" It's not a very
full meeting, I.it''
Upon Mr. Schreibr appearing upon the p'stform,
• ch-.r was raised f..r him, but vo feeble, that two-
bsbly the recipient would have felt more gratilied
had he been saved the honour. Accompuyin4 him
was the el•Ad,0041) Deus, al, Mr. Caventli- h-
&maw's, the member for Wbitehaven, whose genml
ooun‘enance drew forth another burst of enthusiasm,
an I about a darn other., including Morn. Du gale,
Dugmore, Mille% Farmer, Pstterson, Philpotte,
Busies, Broster-Hill, . . . .

To resume, air, the somewhat theatrical point of
view from which I choose to regard, this farce, the
part of the "heavy" gent eaten wa.undertnken by Mr
William Pearce J. P., of Parketone whose utterances
were quite in keeping with the character, being of the
most ponderous nature. They may be summed up
hie expressed belief that the " dreadful etas of this
country arose from the cowardly conduct of the
Government," and that "everything had goes to the
worse sine. the Radicals had ba n in power." After
the state of affairs hal thus been cheerfully described
for some 20 minutes,
Mr. sonatina', at. P., in evening dregs, "beret upon
the satouishe I gaze." The hon, gentleman is •
finished speaker, al, bough perhaps he has too much of
toe Barnum style of eloquence. He bee an agreeable
appearance, and, as I h.ve beard • great many guesses
as to his age, I may as well at ono• state that he is in
his 56th year, also that he is the son-in-law of Use 9th
Earl of Lindsey and the step-father of Lord
Witaborne. tie commenced by stating that never
had he felt a graver woe of reepoosibildy in eddies'.
lug hie friend. then at the preeeut juncture of affair..
Apologising for his being mashie through induipueition
to keep the appointment he had made some weeks ago
to appear before them, he said he was quite aware that
it hal beeu ascribed to his fault rather than his mis-
fortune, but that had been don* by use, the utterances
from whose lips on the occasion of the death of Lord
bosaconefie/d had shocked all Hoagland by their
brutality. He then reiterated the statement he made
at the Conservative banquet, and stumping his foot
upon the floor to give emphasis to his words, declared
amidst the hearty cheers of his hearers that he WY
prepared to "hold bis seat against all comers." Turn-
ing then to the questions of the hoar the hon. member
fleet dealt with Mr. lirallaugh. lie said he was
convinced from the petitions which he had presented,
and other indications of opinion which had reached him
that the religious sentiment of Poole heartily approved
ot the ?iallant and sum earful resistance which U.K.'s
Opposition had offered to the desecration of "our
thtlis and alffrtnatious," and at the next oleo don
when the broad question would be raised, whether
they should surrender their oaths or Nothampton give
up her Bredlaugh, he dii nit doubt that Poole when
her present repro -entative cane before them to contend
bat our oath should be maintained would give him her
support. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Chetlield Clarke, one of
hie o pponeots-(ialghter)-for he 'trident...id they were
to have a id-angular duel, with a medians., which did
him infinite credit bed stated he should have immortal
Mr. Btadlaugh in every division in which he (Mr.
Schreiber) had opposed him. If that is so, *hooted
the hon, speaker, who, in sporting phraseology, was
just beginning a warm to hi. work, • then all I can
1.11. 1 will pull this constituency to the last man in
opposition to Ms. Clarke on that point, so profoundly
c.invioos I am I that the denial or • God in politics
can wily land the mimeo in anarchy and revolution."
Turning next to the suoject of the opening of
tutuitunis on Sunday, Mr. Schreiber proceeded to any
he hal noticed that Mr. Übattield Ciliate hal •Idreased
an oesocietiou called the Sunday League, a holy which
seemed to have been formed for the express pnrpoee of
eeoularising and, be might term it, continent dieing
the English &Muth. Again, be took issue wi Is Mr.
...lark', and if that were the only point of different»
bet "eon them, then would be oppose ham with at the
power he poesee.ed. (Applause.) Mr. Laboucheres
motion for the abolitioa of too douse of Lords was
next dipole with, the h .n. member oungrathlating his
he .rere that not 40 inemoers would be found to listee
to a reeoluuoll which would destroy the Upper Howe
-" the last ref are ia theme days of the caucus and the
cloture of free *trisects and free opinion." tie did not
kuow whether Mr. Onedfield Clarke shared the opinions
of Mr. Lebouchere, bet it would be their dray
to find out lier‘ire toe next election. With maid tr
the Couoty leranimise Hilt, the speaker advised his
beanie to • keep their eye on it." When they sew toe
Liberal pert, segioualy attempting to separate the
question ot the extendou of the franchise forth, recite.
tributi .n of seat then they mug..t know :hat " tne
dieeolutioe &swell nigh." (Laughter.) They-the
Conservative party-would not suffer • parliament
to be elected by • new and lower friendlies for the
porpoise of thou dealing with the radisaibtaion of
*eats. The radistrizestion of sage as at
intended would involve the disfranchisement org:lnet.
In the q matinee be had enumerated, he behaved he
represented the general feeling of Poole, and, if so,
pleaded the speaker, "why am! to be opp used at the
met geneial eleotiour It is because I have opposed,
and i promise you I will 0•101/124111 to oppose, the
words lioveromeut of modern times. (Cries of no, no ;
led by a young Tory lawyer.) Why, test ought to be
a fresh passport to my constituency. (Hem, hear.)
I come, therefore, to the cancludon that there
must be people in Poole who thlok that the
present Is • good Government. Good in what?
Is it good In the manayement of public" business?
(the young Tory lawyer and his friends, "No, no.')
bee Parliament been doing for the lad four .
mouths? That would 40 a difficult question to answer.
Whom' fault kit?-Mr. Gladstone's, whose Mc epailty I
to lead the Hones becomes mare appareot every day of i
our lives, lie talks too often. lie speaks too long.
He irritates where he ought to soothe, and his only !
idea, of m a:legal:tent is to threaten and merge,
the despetob of public business were the test of gOO4
leedereilip. then Mr. Gladstone wee the wore°
leader who bad ever led the H otee of
1V Mlithe tloverninent go id on litience? Why, the
expenditure of the year Mit ended was the highest
since the termination of the Crimean War. Eighty.
fist sad a keg mafiosos were spent io the financial year
which had just been ended. "What a contrast," amid
uproarious applause asked Mr. Schreiber -for ths
whippers-in had managed by this time to nearly half
fill the room-" is this between the promises of
Opposition and the performances of Aloe." After •
slight gismos at the foreign policy of the Government,
as far as it concerned Egypt, the bon. member dealt
with the Irish question. Outrage and murder, be
said, had teen rewarded,-(or It was nothing lees, with
the Lan I Act and the AWOL... Bill. TIM Prime
Minister of England had not thought it inconsistent
with his position " traffic with tremon and
capitulate t crime." He believed the government
l.f Irelaod by England hal now become almost an
impootibility, and the events if the last two yeas hal
helped with giant etrides towards the disioterratioo
of the Empire. After a few other general remarks,
Mr. Schreiber concluded ha follows:-" Let us bid
our oppooente to come on I They will find MI
as strongly entrenched in the positioa we
carried at the late election as ever. They
will find we have spared no pains to strengthen
that position since then, and all their best efforte will
only stow 'ban our p *Won is impregnable-impreg-
nable bemuses it is &minded by the willing hearts of a
loyal and united party."
The hoe, member resumed his seat amid cheering
and waving of hate.
Then followed the comedian (I sot still writing
In • theatrical view). Mr. CAVUOLIM-BaXIIIICK,
!CP. Aprostehing the footlights he posed in the
attitude of Mr. J. L. Toole whom he makes a speech at
the Adel*. He was • little wearisome in his a 'dress,
but he attempted one or two jokes, sod these served
to relieve the tedium of the previous rather flat pro.
Ore flogs. There was one joke be made, and that was
evident had been pre-arranged. It was after the
Christy Minstrel style. Let ms put it thus :-
Taub° (er. C. B.): I think Mr. °nattering Clarke once
said—
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Johnson Mr. a): You coma Kr. Olarkvillo
01.rko I _

drelful sorry, but I said Mr. Chatterbox Clarke.
ii mrs of leuebter.)
M. J. : C acted I tell YOU.
T. : Oh, I lass hie pardism Kr. Clarkville. well. et
(13anewet langhtm.)
Me ad ,ressad them, he annoonoed, as a practical
man, and from a practical p Ant of view. Referring
first of all to the Irish policy of the Government be
compared it to a bandiasp, the starting point of which
was the speeches made in itifflothian and the goal.
the gaol of Kflossinhant—ilaughter)—and. "I think
said the right boa. lumber," you will admit that Capt.
Moonlight hie distalced Mr. Gladstone altogether,
notwithstanding that from tints to time Mr. Glad-
stooe's horse was Invigorated by Obspple
(Laughlin.) The blab Arrears Bill, be Continticd, was
nothing but • sop to th Iri4t revolution party, bat
he believed It soul in-.et with the same f•te me all
previous off se of propitiation. Criticising Mr. Glad-
stone's general policy, be saki it was only a sunmiseion
to the Refic saceodeocy. He expressed his dis-
approval of Local Option se transferring the granting
of Bosuns from • resp.sidlste to an Irresponsible body.
The support Mr. Gladstone had gives to lir. Erad-
laugh. he catiosded, bo bad bun forosd htto.