The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-10-31 00:00:00

POOLE.
LIBERAL ASSOCIATION DINNER.
TRIPLE PREsENTATIoN TO ALDERMAN
ROG Ens, Jr.

At a public dinner in connection with tho Poole Liberal
Association, held at the Odilfellows'-hall on Thursday
evenin,v, three presentations were made to Alderman F.
T. Rogers, J.P., who lately resigned the office of President
of the Association in consequence of his leaving Poole for
North Petherton, in Somersetabire. Mr. T. Norbury,
of the London Hotel, provided the dinner, and as the
number of persms priecnt was nearly Nel, a large party
had to dine in the Drill-hall underneath the Oddfellovni-
halt Councillor J. S. Hudson, new President of the
Association, occupied the chair in the principal hall, and
Councillor W. N. Wiaitern. Vice-President of the Associa-
tion, took the chair in the other hall. We noticed the
following at the dinner :—The Mayor (Alderman F.
tityring). the Sheriff (Mr. J. Hayman). Aldermen F. T.
Rogers and U. Kemp-Welch, Councillors E. I'. Phileote,
R. P. Ayleu J. Buckley, T. Buckley, G. Curtis, and H.
Hamilton, the Rev. J. W. Sampson, Meows. A. Balaton,
A. R. Witt, fl. T. Trevanion, H. J. Smith, G. Green, J.
Gifford, W. C. Lankester, T. P. Hicks, S. J. Hudson, J.
Andrews, J. It. Llewellyn, S. L. Baker, A. A. Allen, It.
T. lialigood, 11. Penny (secretary to the Association), J.
Jenkins, G. Wareham, W. Pearcy, G. Huey, J. Bayley, J.
Dunford, J. lishgood, and J. Goading.
After dinner the easiness (Councillor Hudson), read
letters of apology from the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, member
for the borough; Mr. Charlie Waring ; Alderman G. It.
Penny;. Alderman T. Hellion; Mr. It. N. Howard, of
Vi eymouth ; Mr. E. J. Seeders and Mr. J. McWilliam, of
Bournemouth ; the Reeds. J. H. Osborne, S. Wesley, and
J. Lockwood. _

The toasts o The flacon" and "The Prince and
Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family"
having been suitably honoured.
The Citstauss gave that of "The Bishop and China of
the Diocese and Ministers of All Denominations.'
The Rev. J. W. SAMPSON (Congregational) responded,
and expressed the great pleasure It would have given him
to have seen the Bishop of that Diocese present to have
responded to the toast, or to have seen the Clergy of the
town and borough present to unite with him in respond-
ing to a toast so Catholic and so suitable. They must
hope their sympathies would yet come round to the right
quarter, and that the influences brought to bear upon
them, and the further development of thou principles
which were so dear to Liberals, would be so great upon
their minds that they would see the necessity of yielding
to those princiiiles and of coming round to the party of
Pr.-ogress, whose principles were so great and so noble that
only as they prevailed would the country be carried on
with that degree of prosperity in which all heartily
rejoiced. In 'elation to the election now no near, he must
say not only that he hoped that the hest man would win,
but, he said, they had to do not so much with the men as
with the principles they embodied, and which they were
prepared to enunciate, and under the influence of which
they would act. They could not get these principles'apart
from Liberal gentlemen or outside the Liberal camp—
(hear, hear)— and he therefore met honestly and heartily
said—" The men with the best principles, may they win"
(Cheers.) The men whose principles had done so much
for the country in the past, and which would yet prevail
and carry the country forward to that degree of religious
equality and of political freedom for which their fathers
contended, for which they were still contending, and
which were great and must prevail. (Loud cheer& )
Colour-Sergeant Hicilit (4th D.R.V.) replied to the tout
of "The Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces," after which
rim Pansitutier proposed the toast of "the two Houses
of parliament: with which he coupled the name of their
member, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, of whom, he was
• Pleased to say they had no cause to be ashamed.
• (Applause.) Time had been, said the Chairman, when
Poole had had cause to be ashamed of ita representative;
' time had been when Poole sent a representative to the
House of Commons who had promised to do one thing, and
had dune precisely the contrary. (A Voice: "lie's done
nothing"). fie had unfortunately, seen men sent to
Parliament who promised • general support to the Liberal
site of the House, but who on one particular question had
had been Conservative. (A Voice: "Arthur Guest").
What was the result I When ouch a one went into the
House of Commons and falsified his promise the borough
was unrepresented. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to say
that they had an exception hi the lion. Evelyn Ashley.
(Cheers.) They luiew he was no Tory ; the knew what
they het to expect from a Tory representative, and that,
if a tuan whom they elected sailed under false colours,
they were in a position to be pitied. If they were like
I him they would not wish to ha pitied—he wonld rather
I the man did not go Parliatnent at all. (Cheers.) That•
hail passed by, and they had got into • better rut. They
hail a man of whom they could be pram!, and he was
happy to say that Poole took a very noble position in the
Homes of Commons. They had every reason to rejoice bud
tel thankful that they were pulled out of the Slough of
Despond. He would allude LO one or two of Mr. Ashley's
recent tarts. They knew of the case of Captain
Sullivan —bow lie was oppressed, Bald how Mr. Ashley
colic to the front, taking the case of the oppressed in
bail; and if at the time so 1111011 VOOI known as was
! known subsequently, namely, that one of the I. 'nisei the
A,IMIPAIty MSS is private correspondence with the chaplain
*LOC superior officer Captain Sullivan was, no doubt Mr.
Ashley would have obtained a majority by tlie help of
commreatiee votes, A it was, a large nutuber went out
of the House rather than vote fir his lion, feeling that
they could not vote against their party. (Hear, heir). All
glory to a 1.1411 who could take a prominent
showing his colours and actin: in the way he did. It was
a matter of history that he thrust the question upin the
If until the Howie was compelled to listen, and to a
great tuonture it was through his instrumentality that the
atrocities in the Hut were brought to light. (Applause.)
The (7natla AN next proposed the health, of "the Mayor,
Magistrates, Sheriff, and Town Council,"
. .

The MAvoig ra,pomlett on his own behalf and that of the
magiethates, whose duties, he said, were not pleasant It
woo always a trouble to hini to pass judgement on anyone
but they hail that duty to perform, and he had always
endeavoured, %hen he hail sat in the cheir, *Melt had
been fur souse years, to temper his judgments with mercy.
(Mee heir.) Ile bail other duties to perform age member
of the Town Council, in which he hail had a seat, he
believed, nearly 2o years. During the whole of that long
time he had endeavoured to do his duty, and no long as he
had a peat in the council he would do the same.. his
Worship concluded by saying it would depend upon them
whether he had the opportunity of doing no, for he was
told that he had only one inure year to sit in the Council,
and then he must go out, which would be the case imless
the Iturgessee returned Liberal Candidatate on the Ist of
November. (A Voice S'e'll (10 it.)
The SIIEItIEW briefly spoke to the toast, and said his
duties had not been very numerous—they had rondstiel
principally in giving a dinner at Christmas to 17 unfortu-
nate persons who happened to be in their gaoL Ile had
met the Recorder four times, and found hint to be a
pleasant, agreeable loan, who acted irrespectively of
persons, and gave good end sound judgements. lie was
happy to say that the prisoners in the graver criminal
casts were persons who did not belong to Poole, no that
the offences of their fellow-townspeople were of a compar-
atively light character. (Hear, hear.)
Alderman M. KEMP-WILLCH returned thanks for the
confidence placed in the Aldermen, and coincided with
what the Mayer had said as to its depending upon the
I Burgesses on the Ist of November whether they should
remain in that dignified Ake or not. If the Tories went
into the Council they would have the greatest pleasure in
putting him out, and they might rely upon it that he
would take nothing from them. (Cheers.) If they
elected Liberal Councillors he might remain in his
eitustion a little longer, but everything depended upon
the lot, and they must do their duty.
Councillor E. I'. Pniteops also responded, and in the
course of a humounius speech expressed the hope that
Mr. Trevaniou would be in the same position on the let
as he (Dr. Philputs) was last year, viz., at the top of the
poll.
The CllAlallAN next called mem the Mayor to make the
first presentation to the ax-President of the Association,
and in the course of his remarks said Aldenuan Rogers
came there that night by their invitation to receive from
them what he was so justly entitled to—a formal recogui-
tion of those services which he had rendered not only to
them, but to the Liberal cause at Large. (Cheers.) They
were very happy indeed to have !mu there, and the
Liberal members of the Town Council and magistracy
had unitedly agreed to present him with an address. It
was a very simple affair it was not a costly tiling by any
moans, but one which they trusted he might receive all an
expression of their regard for him, and which he would be
proud to hand down as an heirloom to his family—not on
account of its intrinsic worth, lint as really expressing
what they felt and thought. (Cheers.)
The Karon read the following illuminated and framed
address:—

"To Akieretaa Francht Time &cell 'lagers,
" WC, the undersigned magistrates, aldermen, and
Councillors of the borough of Poole take this opportunity
at the eve of your departure, of testifying to tho valuable
services you have rendered to Um Liberal cause in our
borough.
" We congratulate you upon the great success which
has crowned your efforts to increase the railway coup
munication at our town and port, and upon the various
improvetuenta and local reforms you have so ably assisted
to carry out.
" We express our sincere regret at the lon our town
will sustain by your absence, and assure you that you will
carry with you our hearty good wishes for your future
happiness.
The friendly ties which associate you with the prisiont
prosperity of our Is wough will always connect your name
with Poole. and wo Ingere you that, however distant you
may reside from uS, we shall never Lao sight of the wally
benefits which have arisen (nen your services as mayor,
alderman, magistrate, and town comicillor.
"Fauns. Inflow, Mayor, 11. 11111100 N, Councillor,
ikissg, Alderman, J. lIIITKIXT, I %atwitter,
I:. It. I'F.NNEV. Ahlerneui, W. N. W orrimrs, 'in' llor,
M.Kgvi,Wsi.cit,Aldernian, ti. I!CUTIN Councillor,
T. 143.11 EN, Allunuan, IL P. Avtgai, Councillor,
A. DALSTON,.I.P., T. BUCIELIiV, VouncilNr,
If. D. atm J.P.. E. n Pawl:ors. Couu llor."
J. S. Ilunarrl. Councillor,
In making the presentation the Mayor said the good
feeling towards Alderman Rogers was not confined to the
Liberal party, in proof of which be mentioned that several
Conservative gentlemen lied told him they should have
been pleased to be present at the presentation were
It not for the fact that it WAS a Liberal meeting.
(Applause.)
The Clinging then, as President of the Association,
proceeded to present Alderman !town with another
Illuminated and framed address, which hail been voted to
him by the members of the association. Mr. Hudson mid
he was persuaded that it there was any difference in Mr.
Rogers' mind as to the estimation in which he would hold
the two addre.es he would the more greatly value the
one which lie was about to present Whine on their behalf,
becainsi it represented the views and opinions of is very
large I.ly of his fellowstownsmen. whose confidence he
had enjoyed for so loin a period. The Chairman read the
addxess, wbi.ch ran as plows

"7,-;11-dr-r-n;a7 iir-a—ne-rs.Tissesa.ll !town, J. P.
"rho meinhees t tho Liberal Asaocietiori take
this opportunity of expressing their high appreciation of
the valuable surviers you have reieleml to the Liberal
MUM) for Ao long a period. more eApecially during the leis&
eight yearA. in whieli you have I.llliYitholiOrgeJ the
dutie,‘ of elf their ameeeii

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▪ Tilcy I. thdr ri.tret at > our
irgiu and fe..:l that your a-ill lie
dee▪
ply tilt by the ....refit atol influential pulitiut party you
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ledge that your .W. 0.0,414610 exertions
have ossm tho Immo, of maintaining Liberalism oil a firm
basis in Voile until a substantial majority h.vs crowood
Your
"They heartily wish that every blinising and every
happinisis may attend you in your new home, luid they
will always be Pleased to give you the hearty welcome
,ileserve should you revisit (ho scene of your former
"Signedn behalf of the Poole Liberal Assoriation,
"J. S. Ili usog, Prosident.
" Rited the 2tith day Of October, IS7ii."
Alderman M. KEnr-WEtat, who hag been for more
than halfa-century onset the most active workers in the
Liberal cause in the Borough. next presented Alderman

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be surprised if his motives w..re questioned, and even Ida
side and holding it, in politics, (Cicero.) When he first
entered into political life it was Whig and Tory: whoi
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Let them, as opportunities occurred, exercise their
franchise with • will, and bear in mind the necessity of
union, but when they hail done their uttered let thou
again form part of a united community for the good of all.
(Applause.)
Aldernw, Ronan', who evinced great emotion was
greeted with loud applause on rising to respond, which he
did at great length. Dealing with ti.o presentstions
seriatim, he first referred to the adirmis presented to him
by the magistrates mei Giuncil, and said it was quite
1 beyond anything lie could have expected that his friends
, in the Council should have thought proper to treat him in
' so handsome a manner by presenting him with that which
he hoped would go down for generations in his family.
He sincerely thanked thew for the handsome address and
for the sentieleuts expressed in it, and he could asuoure
thew that he should be always proud when he looked at '
it and thought of hie connection with the Town Council
of Poole. Mr. Rogers next addressed himself te the
members of the Liberal Association, and said but for
their kindness he should not have been a member of the
Town CounciL Owing to the suffrages of his fellow-
townsmen, and the support he had always received at
their hands, he had been three times elected to the
Council, and on each occasion without a contest. Their
Conservative friends never thought proper to try their
strength with him ; and at oue 14100—in November, 18C8
—when he thought lie would have to fight the seat, the
other side having decided to bring forward the steward of
the Canford estate, Mr. Pyne said, "Rogers, I won't tight
you: you ought to be in the Council, and I won't stand."
( I tear, hear.) in 18&i, when they did him the honour to
elect hint presideut of their association, he must own that
be hail beim in the Town Council for some years: he had
taken a little part, but never the active part which he
had since taken. It was owing to the inierepmentations
of a gentleman who came forward, immuring the electors
that he was a Liberal, differing from his party on the
Irish Church question, that so many of their Liberal
friends—members of the Church of England—were
misled. They deserted their old place as leaders of the
Liberal party in Poole and voted for him under that Im-
pression. lie was proud to see by their kindness that
there were yet Liberals enough left in the Council to
establish that association, and they did him the honour
to elect him as their president. He did not hesitate to
say that from that the Liberal party had been a great and
growing party in the borough. On Saturday evening, the
Bth of November, MGs, when those men whom they had
thought proper to place as Liberal members of the
Council—when they separated at ten o'clock at the
London Hotel—they all parted front each other with the
belief that they were • disorganised and routed party.
A few of them, however, put their heads together, raised
• rallying cry, and on the following Monday tuorning
showed what they were made of. On Monday, the 10th
of November, 18IN, the Liberals appointed hint president
of their association, and from that hour they were a
winning party, because, contrary to the opinions of all,
they turned out two of the Tory aldermen and put in
their places two Liberals. From that time they might
date the resuscitation of Liberalism in the borough of
Poole. (Cheers.) This happened, thanks to them and
their votes, and he hoped they would follow the flame
good example, and on the Lit of November return six
Liberals to watch over their interests in the Town Council.
(Cheers.) Mr. Rogers spoke in complimentary terms of
the six Liberal caudidatel, and then went iin to say that
he remembered the year 1889, when they had their first
dinner ; he occupied the chair, and he recollected that he
filled the office not only as president but also as Mayor of
the boroligh. He remembered asserting in that rem—
ant he was never ashamed of it, although Mr. Welch
hail laughed at hint for saying so—that he was more proud
to be president of the Liberal Association than to take
. the chair as Mayor. Although he felt highly the honour
, paid to him by the tintigistrates and Two Council; who
1 had presented Innt with a testunonial, yet he felt that the
address, signed by the gentleman who had the honour of
being president if this association, numbering as it did PO
many hundreds of his fellow•townsmen. was a thing
which any loan living ought to be proud ,if, and he cmilil
assure them that, although the present front Mr. Waring
was very handsome and valuable, the one be prized meet
highly was the Address from the Liberal Association,
rupresenting,o as he said, so many of all classes Ile re-
peated, and he trusted Mr. Waring wood/ pardon him for
slaying that he felt tuore flattered and proud at receiving
the address front the aviciation than at the other testi-
neiniabi. (Hoar, hoar.) lie thanked them molt honestly
and heartily for what they had done. After some further
remarks Mr. Rogers prepneed "Stirce+e to the Poole
Liberal Association " and coupled with the toast the
name of thi• priedoient, 3lr. Hudson, of whom he was
perfectly satisfied that a more thorough, honest Liberal
mill not exist in the county of Dirset. (Appian.-) The
speaker appealed to these present t. IFZilt their battles
manf oily, with a determination to win, and ,ail tune
knew more surely than the Censervative party the effect a
municipal election had on n I'AM:encoder). one. Ile told
them distinctly, and said it feirleesly, that when it
slumbi pl. ase the Kiri of Beaconsfield to advise Her
, Majesty to plam Sir Ivor fliitxt in the Ilion, of L or&
, under some title or other It would be the greatrst bone&
ell
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Guest gazette.' as a peer of the realm. Ile (Mr. It igc,s)
hoped it was true . • he sincerely lutp,l they would saon
see Sir Ivor in the House of Peers, for then io• was
certain that the Liberal mute weitlil have no I,far of
troltruerntirain.fa Muri..,l;94ariwngoaticaiiitie
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TheCtiatnls Vv. in reap mding to the toast of " Sinceese
to the Liberal Association," referred to the want they
had felt of a suitable place to meet in, and ..iabl they
now rejoiced in the fact that they hail a prep‘rty which,
through the instrumentality of the Mayor, hail been
purehaseil and phteed in trust for the benefit iif th
Associatien, and as noon 44 they obtained possession of
the premises it was their intention so to arrange them as
to make them imitable for their purpose. The President
exprea,ml the obligation they were under to Mr. it.
Penner, the secretary of the association, fir having unoler-
taken so much work as he load in connection with the late
, demonstration and other matters, and concluded by
' referring to the great kindness of Sir James Colquhoun ,
in allowing theist the use of his park for the Liberal fete, ,
and asked theiu to drink the healths of Sir James and '
Lady t'solquhoun.
The toast Wad drank with enthuiamon.
rarla;otoilaii:ilalltattaL
,t,:atiantitasaacolieunsh;niTailactillicajoi,t!a.l
jcisseteo.neta laivt
the Conservative banquet that MOlLdrd. Bayles, had been
paid by the Corporation the suitt of £531 7s. ttl. for
lighting the streets with paratlin 'luring the last six
months. Instead of this being so Messrs. Bayley had
only lesen paid £709 Ilk 81. for lighting tho towo the
whole year mond from Atimst lith, P 47.5, to 11 the 611.1
date this year, against .0459 lit, SI, paid to the I iai
Company for eight montla lighting in the previoim year.
Mr. Curtis demonstrated the quality if looolis gas by
holding a paraffin lamp close to three lets of gas learning
in the mom, ani the light from the former eclipeed that 1
from the latter by far. The spsaker contrasted some of
tt n Liberal candidates for the seats in the Council with 1
the Conservative candidates, and with reference to Sir
William Brown said he understo.el that gentleman moo,-
mo•nced life as an under butler, and in MIS his master's
influence obtained for hisu an appointment as Clerk in
the War Office. Ile was afterwards made Accountant-
leneral at a eatery of £1,610 a year, and in 18:11 he
retired on a pensien of £l,lOO a year in coesideration of
miniquisiiing an oflice that was no longer required, and
since that time ho had had .crout) out of the pocket uf
the natien for doing nothing. Mr. Curtis thins referred
to Mr. Charles Waring's many acts of kinilnes.s and
generosity towards the inhahitants of the leiriugh, aud
e,,netuded by ',leveeing "The horalthe of Mr. and Mrs.
Waring." (Loud applause.)
1.114 toast was drank with the utmost enthusiasm
Councillor 11. Hawn:rots proposml " Prosperity to the
'Dorn and County of Poole."
Mr. ALVRED ItaLsrosi restsetile-1, and .1-ti,l he thought
this toast had better have been in the hand* of the
Honourable Cavendish Bentinck or Sir William Brown,
because they know all about it, and if they put Sir William
Brown into the Council they said he was going to bring
back the prosperity that Poole OnCO enjoiy.l. Ile (Mr.
Balaton) remembered what Was Rah! ti Ise the halcyon
days of Poole, its days of prosperity, whetm they were
depending upon a single trade—the trade with Newfound-
land. Ile remembered the time when the town was
flourishing muter the administration of Liberals, he
reuiembenxl how the Tories went into the Council and
the trade went away, and he could trace the revolution
that had come upon the town since then, ail Liberals had
gone back to the Council and had resuscitated the trade of
the town by facilitating the means of inter.cmumunica-
tion. To compare other days with the present was simply
an absurdity. Mr. Balaton pointed to Idea* of the town's
present proeperity, and he asked them to look at the
manner in which foundries and manufactories had
increased here, and asked them to look at the If igh-dreet
on a Saturday night, which, formerly • solitude, was now
crowded with people, and this, lie said, had been brought
al sett veey touch IT Mr. l'harlas Waring giving them
means of inter-connunnication with other places. .is a
proof of the benefits conferred upon then, by the railway.
let then, fur instance take his own case. There was a
time before railways came here when it cost him £lO to go
to Liverpool: ho could now go there for XI. make sales,
1
return home, and have goods delivered within a week,
whereas formerly he had to ship the goods and it took a
month to get them delivered. Now instead of depending
UPIIII a single trade, and that a local trade they were able
Ito work for the world, to kiesto their place, and to compete
with manufaeturers auywhere and everywhere. Ile 'lid
Inot think he need say more-. They toulil fudge for them-
Iselves how far thesi, days were better than thii inst., ,ioul
how far the administrittim of the local got eminent Id the
town had been the 111C4114 of increasing its trade. If they
I thought the Liberal liad been the nueute of bringing
f prosperity to the town, they would do what they could to
I return that Liberal canoli.4te.s... (Cheers.)

itisig-Vr".;;;;;Li ".husccess,---7:: the Six Liberal
Candidates," fur whom the CHAIRMAN repled in a few
words, and said he hoped those present would show their
earnestness at the poll on Wednesday.
Mr. A. K. Wrrr proposed '' the Press," and the compli-
ment baying been acknowledged,
The tilsvoti gave the toast of "The Visitors," for whom
Mr. H. J. Swint, of Stourcliffe, replied, and said he was
glad to see the Liberal spirit was not waning in Poole.
The toast of 'The Ladies" was proposal by Alderman
ROHIRS, and Mr. W. C. Lamm-gym returned thanks OM
their behalf.
The thanks of the meeting having been accorded to the
trustees of the Oddfellowe-hall and the officers of the Ith
11/.11.V., for granting; the use of the rooms for the dinner,
cheers were given for the Queen, Mr. Waring, and the
Hon. Evelyn Ashley, and the President left the chair.
Councillor Philpots then took the chair, and several
songs were sung, the company separating about twelve
o'clock.