The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-09-29 00:00:00

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Ni:w YORK. Friday.—The growing in4iflerence on
the part .4 the .tot oi,an Ir,h h .11.j.vt. of Ireth
agitation w. trikingly illit*trato Iby tho appearance
of thi* week's Inds Worbt. All the various Niel* arc
abstelone.l. and tho attempt bezon a few week* agn
to *tact a foul for ay. 4.ll••fitof Mr. Parnell** mother
i* a failure. becawe of the .4.n...tt total lack of contri•
blition*. The emergency fond, to which contribution.
I, ov,. hen *light mine th* London explooions cltwod
with..ut cuawnent.

MR, CHA.WRIIRLALY A VI) raN RADDIAL
PROD R4ACHR WITH R 4RD TO L4.1/11.
A gentleman at Runcorn. having li.vl a c .ntroveray
with a local C .siservative clencyman on the land
question, wrote to Mr. Chamberlain asking if the
following was not the R.vlical programme : —l, Free
Trade in land. in other ,V..nid that land ehm.l.l
free.l (nen artificaal restriction, and be *object only
I. thus.. economic laws which nsrulato the aucumula.
tion and dispersion .4 other kind* of property ; the
cheapening .1 the sale and transfer .4 land by the
establishment of a proper system of regiitratien of
titles ; 3, taxation ,4 everting, uncultivated, and
imocmpied lands 1, restivition .4 all comiami land
enclosed during the lait :a years, Or ; 5,
the canferring upon public liedies of a compel...or"
power to purchase land for purism. of public utility
at fair ; nem; 6, enfranclamement lemeeliolds upon
in.t and equitable terms. Mr. Chamberlain's private
secretary has replied : —" I am instructed to say that
your statement thu n.berms des:red by the Radical
Pilt" ilk connection with the land is perfect!"
accurate, except. that the paragraph bered I in
your list shoual nail: ' Restitutb .0 .4 oenmon land
er otherpablie rights which have been illegally appro-
priated. "

HINTS TO VOTR RS AND VOLUNTARY PORTLAND REVISION couir.
WOR K ERs.
To Me
The new Corrupt Practices Act is as nevem Bir,-I wish to gi I•te t) the f ina in the r.wtrictem of all isesai' de iirghods of bribery which occurred at the'Revilsittie, "D.
and undue influence, and se paid agencies, Monday, the lith T 111.• I,lllOrldA"hird'rt.b*‘•ct'd even in respect to work abaelutely requinsl, that we ant.ingst other., to four Conservatise ja.r114..r.
for insnflicient eccupttien. A Connor. Pri'iativt.wwanler
think wD. may do a eer :ice by warning vellintart
workers, who must of neoswity be largely inereitee.
• sworn evidence befige the revising harrieter that
againet the mietake* they may unconacieuely make, riChard Illatch`ord, one of the above, had been
Illenceferth only one paid agent, one paid clerk, ainl married aleiut eix months, and then went (nen the
one paid neseenger ie allowed in each Iswough or pup bacht lora' quarters to the married to reside. The
tug district ef a county, additional clerks and ineasen. Coneervativee finding the emie going against them,
ers g being strictly and defined, awl the agent
se •• .
e weiessain.overseer produced a written statement
being made rest 01141411/11. for every Is. he /mends, the t. gal !nun Captain the si.nier depiity-treverner of
not to exceed a certain scale which the Act lays l'ortland l'rieon, which iaid that /diehard Illataliford,
down rie hereafter Sh",vn. , The provisions, too, otO, of the ..I.jected, with the ethers had h..',, residing
agamet I....bery, treating, and undue influence are so since .1 une, Itelying edely
atringent that the greatest care viDll have to be ,'ter. on the correctness of thie statement coming from such
ciest by any taking an active part in working elec.
A source, We withdrew Dsir obj.ctione, but We have
Cone. Although. to effect a candidate, th" o'rrliPt bad sufficient correlsirative pnsd since that the alieve
or illegal act must Iv committed by hinise'f I'c his
statement of Captain Johnson is a perversion of facts
agente, yet the law Dif agency is very elastic, and, awl utterly unworthy 01 a rtallstnsible officer ef the
apart from rioting an effence on the candidate, it Crow,,. As by ad, ice we are debarred from taking
makes the offender himself pen...natty liable to Me I.lral proceeding* in this matter, I trust you will give
pr'sonment for seven years or a fine of 1."200, with ex- this full and unreserved publicity.-Yours truly,
chtigen for seven years (nen all municipal oltieei and BONA Fins.
from voting. September,
Ilribery is defined in the Act an in any way giving, N.11.-Two copies bare been sent to' the London
lending, or pnenising, even to a wife, sister, or child, prt,..
to giver lend anything valeable, in enter to infloence _
reward votine, or refraining from voting, at any Till PRICE OF OAS,
elec)ion, the receiver, directly or indirectly, in thin
Mr Edito
n
TO opect tieing under pains and penalties, equally with r.
the giver. Sir,-In reading over the proceedingi of our Local
Treating is defined at in any time and in any way Parliament, in your hot issue of the Teleorea, I was
directly or indirectly- a most comprebenaive tinihile• 'touch gratified to see that we have someone sensible
tion-bearing the expense of providing beet or dr.nk, ' of the intolerable s,,rievanee we are labeuring under
of any sort [and thenifore a glaes of beer], to a pereen in the pre-eat price we lay ter our gas, and who has
for the mintage of influencing either his own site or the manliness to publicly protest against it. The
that of any other person, or in return for is voter .ir his thanks of the town are due to Mr. F. Lock and Dr.
friend not voting in a particular way land for the first George for calling attention to the extravagant pries
timethe receiver of such fond or drink is also liable 1.. we are paying for lighting the public lamps, and as
putfahment, with the giver, private consumers, said I think Mr. Alderman I)urden
(Turbo. Influence is defined as in any way, directly would have shown better taste in letting the matter
or indirectly, Doing er the-awning to 11i4O any violence Jens., instead of trying to make out WO are better eff
er damage lam+ as diandoing or inpiring any servant than 19 other towns. Everyleely knows Mr. I)inlen
or a tenentl fee the purpme of influencing or hinder. .is an active director of the Gas Company, and con.
inc the free voting of any perwin. sequently inten.ated in k.e.ping up the preeent princely
Illegal Practices, end with them illegal payment* divelende. Independent however of this, I think the
-pintiehi.ble with a fine of £lOO and municipal ince- , tine. ha., come when the questien of the price We are
tasty for five yeare-consiet in pay'ng, or logr,eing to paying for "or gas "light to Is. publicly and vigor itedy
lay, for the purpose of promoting the re urn inquired into. Depreseion in trade and keen C. 1111 p,
14 any candidate for the conveyance, or the driving tithe, make it A matter 'f no emiy moment for trades.
o 4 any other elector than one'a ovnuielf to the pill. or men and others to meet all their Why
the loan, without payment, of any vehicle "which • this one particular company, with its insempily in
person keeps or uses for the purpose., ..1 hitting mit lighting matter), ehould allowed ti ewell this
ler hire " [so that a cabman or livery•etable keerr ineone.,,f it.. sliareholdens at the expenee the rates
meat not loan his cab or emyiagesl ; i.e the printing jaye,s, without mime protest, NtratlgO, and shows
or exhibition of bale placanls liy electors who are a great want of apathy in th. Doe interested in the
not advertising agenta by trade ; for laiett ribbons, weldbeing of the town. I am quite cure nDi
colour., &c. [though the wearing of the latter is not ..ne would complain for a tnoment if the company
prohibited], or for h'ring in excea Dif the number of I were struggling to pay • respectable ditidend to its
committee rooms authorised by the Act The prin. I ()renegers, but When ouch dividtmrla reach the
ciple establishing a single paynuater (the electica j magnificent item of 10 or 11 per cent., then one think,
agent), respeoglile to amount tor every shilling OII• the director,. might 1,0 generous, and
.give .1110
(mauled, is at the bottom of thole proviniona, and, cenceseions to the public without having to 110
indeed, runs throughout the Act, which strictly limits badgered into it. I trust Nome other consumers will,
the total amount to be expended in proportion to the through the medium of your columns, add their
number of voters iii a beneath or division of the pretest, and then perhapa the hearts of the gas
county, as hereafter *hewn. Niemeyer, committee directors will be touched with pity for their customer*,
room* (whether hired or lent gratis) must not be used and show it in a practical way by at once hoeing a
on homes! premirea, or at a place where refreshments notice that the price of their gas will he lowered, and
are wild [a club-room adjeining a public-holt., that by a considerable sum.
for example], or on the premise, of any public
elementary echool, or on chit premises (other than a
permanent political club) when. intoxicating liquors
are sumilie.l-1, prehibition which applies equally
with publichowies, to coll.'s. and cooa 1.0.1111., and
temp.ranco hotels. Though the ..1 oie)i 1111MCP.1
for 1. giatrotion purposes on/y is not prtihibited, awl
it is not made illegal for a candidate or hi, agent to
speak in them, it Is, berm,' question, the wife, and
only the este plan, entirely to Avoid them for all
puma.* connected with the electi.m,
featly, the inaxinsum expenditure of ouelidates in
boroughs ie limited am follows :-12.50 if the numbet
of the elector.. Din the register pima not excited
2,000, or £.lBO if it excetals that number, and
an addaional 1.210 for every complete 1.000 electors
shove 2,000. In canes of joint candidature tie.
amount for each of two melt he reduced by
one fourth ; whik• as ti clerke and noweengers, if the
ber if (boneigh) elector* exceed,s one clerk
awl ens. inewsenger are allowed for Tim after the
first. In counties the allowance is OLIO, if tle•nittilleY
electere 11.IOPI 11.4 OXCOO,I '2.000, or C7lO if thsy exce.sl
that leg, with an ablitienal kalo for every coin
1.1.4.• additional 1,000 elector.,. In Isinilighs, lig every
eletgion agent then. may he tine hire! 1111 l ittee
Isom, and an extra sech room trhenever an extra
clerk and niese.tiget is all.Dwesl;,. its bent
ever, there may Is. only one biro! central committee
Peen, and only one hinsl district committee mom for
every roospldr 7410 electere. Then is, however, no
restriction as to the n 1111 l ler gratis committee
peens, pr..) eled, of course, that they are not at line
hibited places.

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