The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-05-16 00:00:00

MR. SCHREIBER AND THE CORRUPT PRACTICER

BILL.

Mr. Schreiber, MP., sends to the papers a fill
;En Of his recent speech on the (.3 ,rrtipt Practices
Amusement, eves if not hatruotion, may be
gathered from it, so we give it 7.
" Kr. Speaker, 814—I could not help thinking last
night that the learned Atiorney•Osheral took a some.
what disparaging view of his own Bill, whoa he wished
that It should be mad a mooed time dies three hours'
discussion m • languid House. Now, in my view no Bills
are so important as thous which deal with th• franchises
of the people and the return of members to this Hoc'.;
sad if in the mune of the present motion we aimed in
passing a memory founded on thh Bill, and an analogous
comsnr• for the Municipal Electioes, we shall do mock I
think, to redeem this session from the barrenness which
otherwise seems likely to distinguish it Now, sir, so
doubt this is an example of what Lord Palmerston aim
called a 'spanking Bill. But in my opinion, the occasion
demands a ' 'smiting Bill' Oais ehleg there le which
cannot be tolerated—l mesa that the low should ramie
as it is. Either it most he made more stringent, or it
must be entirely repealed. Now, sir, of the two causes
which seem to me to best work in the is matituencies the
QM maned' itself so closely with the ' struggle for
Waimea,' that I hardly like to spoilt of it as corruption.
Toe poorest class of voters in our towns are so poor, that
with them the great gumbos of the day is always how
they Mali gat through 40-1110ITOIC Those mos, air, see
two gentlemen, whom wealth is always grossly exaggerated
by report, contending for the prise se if their lives &weeded
on the result; and swim Mee large sums of money meat
on printing, ageets, and committee rooms, they too put in
their dais for a modest share of • what is=
with • farm wltieh the local agent ends
usable to resist; and so, be ooloemble 4.00111111111 or
otherwise, the candidate's return is vitiated. Now, there
Is only one war in which this premare cm be dose away
with. We must forbid by law the immolators wiliest
culls, it, and that I take lob, the real thismos Of what
the learned At woe? General calls his 'Maximum
&Sedate,' and nu wh oh, with the psreuissiou of the Heusi,
I shall wish to say • few words presently. The woad
cu.. of oorruptioo I find In annual marrows of the
mantels."' elections. Now. Sir, ih speaking of Ws subject,
I wish it to be distinctly underetood that I know nothing
but what is good of my own constituents, nosiest is, the
working man is. at a rule, supremely indifferent whether
the load grocer or the local 119110106111 t efts in the local
parliament; but to the local wire.p oiler the municipal
elretioes ars of moon Importance—Beet, m tests of the
strength of teeth* and next, on amount of the patronage
will.* the local teMocill alloys. In We way, certain cor-
rupt movaitionp It. set ap in the municipal elections
which, when the Parlternetitery election comes round,
make the:R.4l,es felt with flital force; and we may opus
at OW labour on this NIL olio lye are determined to
deal with the same severity and at the faho
time with the question of the municipal elections'
1 now wig, Si,. to make • few remarks on on. or two
chases of the Bill. The psealty imposed by Close 4
would be eloalient, if the present rate of expenditure
Is to be =detained. It is • matter within my own
experience that • candidate may come down to • con-
stituency : by a prof use expenditure In ty trocur• his
return : may be unmated on petition; mo then transfer
1 to • friend the interest which Ms corrupt expenditure
bee created ; and may than, at the end of tire or Mx
yeas, return te the place himself, and mate a liable:l
of tits loudest complaint Mule he was ever unseated on peti-
tion. For such • proceeding, the pinalties of Cleuee 4 tarnish
an effectual remedy. Paging to the qoemto.on of 'lllegal,'
as distinguished from ' corrupt' I am .not able
t. &Wee with the porde lord, the member for Middlesex
ft T.l George litualltosk for I think it simply monstrous
t" mate laws only to bomb them. Zither, let us not
1:114• the 'inlay making the law, or if we make the law
'us entoms it; either let us Owlish the oleo 1 of
illegal' rig iffse Sl4othicor let no visit the breech of the
law with the hessiiia -oenaltiet, 1 wise nest, Sir to the
' Maximum &bade's: and Wend PO* at a 1i.4.1 Coo'
Wiesner, etch some LOIN 'isogon. I lull should be per- .
milted to speni £lOO in printing aad in plaiseriiine the
walled the borough. WeU,Blg, I really maid sot undertake
adequately to tet forth the shortcoming of the vemot
Chvernesset for the mum of £lOO, and I should greatly
prefer MOO latitude in that respect, thinking that I
might with advantage spend • larger son I Oen( or.. do
tSir, that tha him and leans' fwailown will be
all to }Wash allot he cilia Ms • Maximum Schedule.'
X hi perhaps, to Mention hers that in IMO I found it
1 gis
1. trt to trod m much as £450 on mintier, My
p'peatda helm foe down by an °mastoid band of 93 men,
se feet es the/ were poOtex Then, with retard to eaeuer.
I MP that I OW be al=ther suet of I 1/0 for all Ilse
Wm experome of the Now am wore cot of
that nun the murices of a retweleat WO" "4' °WY
say. Sir. that low. my Oeotio and nor Foment opportunity
of tailoring this morels no on the House, to the feat Viet
I was willing to pay for the services of tbe b, it meet that
MOUSY could procure, kid, apeakiaLLostall. it It my
undemanding that if I want • good I most pay for
Is; and if I want the opialoa of the learned Attorney-
Geeersi I should expect to have to pay for it. I have no
wish, jlir4:4ll thisHoerr compered of poor mat ; for
tillia. b ef which I are wire profoundly reavinced
thaa M SW gm liberties of this Home and
of the pew* bare MP wos by mem of Independent
torture. Nvery member of tie HowelibLa Kl
ht. A ink.
Bir, to ealiefe these Mom imegifieso. It
_mmtt, to
be • matter of supreme Judi/woo to on Willa sige
of year chair be and his party sit' mot, ha Ought to he
able mom his lagerssteely Waster who threesome him
Silk e dknolskinfl i and boar ble oirmanateraces should
be gosh es to place his motive; birealtd ths mash of we-
eklies. 'Ms. 1./144m Mr, beams the members hove in
mole foe/ sol Meed PerepAree froaditioes, that WU
Pease his WO- able AtelOtbilgreptoild on the respect
and the adeetions of the I.4eye to throb
Igoe,. Sir, for the lad with with Wallah Whom lit.
to Owe oSservati,....ios • and I Pere powtheoelp le
glilitZl , Te. " of the nieeishee.;:roirost; aoq taint-
I rose 0/41 M tbie efity of Oxford give tin a
=erni v agreado. ifjgok Nalai to hoe been
14 the limmiiiiifie-Voapt • mid Mau. oristt.:l4
• of the Remo Illeereitery, i 'sift am; to togreisso
of bother member of the SomainiestoMmelietwelnpr det
this omeston was almost equally 4f150s I mean. Sir.
the right boa, guttiewsin the member for