The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-03-24 00:00:00

PORTLAND.
PUBLIC MEETING OF CONSERVATIVES.

SPEWM BY COLONS!, ILAIBRO.

It connection with the Patlanl Working Rue's C
servativo Aes 'esti ut • I clam, entitle ow to use up
vote," wag delivered in ti 1 ore••• Sob psi. Reforne. on
Thursday evening ley Mr. Oldies Tirane, of the Dore t
eunty Censervative Aesoonta on. ()Sone' Ilaue wo, t
ConaereaUva osudi late tor tits 5, th•Woet of
Its coups". took teo chei-. and I aitrelrel pereous
w. to prevail, learn lent a few ladies. The L•beral clement
wee also fairly wail restrnonied. the elneeg lenge beiog
PAO our C use. vat • trio:4e •Ii I .t le see motto', quite
all their own way. Toe wail at the roar of tie pl storm
ceerniend the mottoes— A h•a:ty wet one, 1, C obeuel
illambro." Oar Church end Q teen.' and or :oat the room
Were the following S looe, to 1.. C no forraLva 0e340.•
• Prorneret, to Poo tlan I." It :astable: tiori en: • Tee
Wooer/Wee o kin a loan ii a r• dory,' • Paa2oo with
Reaper,' sae ' op rite to Elgian I aes.l her peonies.'
I'ne chairmen was sopperted Gy Mr. Chart a Meteor
(presideut at tile Waves° ith 04,14 All ol and LI 11,044
vatted A wool diO3),
:M ••• J. f. See (Premiere' tse Wey-
mouth Working Melia Clineelea fee Arnociatim). Mr.
Toorntoa enl Mr. 11:x.ehle (I) rcheetere. Mx. J. Lane.
Mr. R Loa. Mr. Smith, Me. P. Po ace. Mr. W. Ad worn.
Mg. 11. Sencou. Mr. E Attero id, Mr. J. Warrea. Mr. W.
L. Pearce, Mr. W. Stow.. 31, .1. War& h. T. C•ealeon,
Mr. W. Pewee. Mr. li. Atteroad. C.et elm Jobe, en.
Captain Salad. aci D • L. by.
The 01.1•11111 AN state I that any por•oie preen 1 wh s
might heti idler .nt riJori 1,0111 tbeeee whet woull be
sauna ated.tof they wield to salt arlf q soda In or make
remarks, opportunity wood be given them. (Hi 'Cr, er-)
In subs.quent remarks be geld he thought all pr went
knew the j :et of to, ta,tilt. It was aA • pioopo 11
gathering, but am ng at watel he hoped numberi iii
people besides ()ewer/Wert were ernsiat. 11, Ii poi
there were peewees 0: all poldics in too rote. Llis.ralge
Clete, vatives. and Mel:tale (A: elem.) We ot ell War
especially anxious for t'.• at. boa Was a 1,0,1,0 3n can.
servative matter, (riot Mr. Toile, aas Ale w het
travellei orer a entail:giallo p:r. o• toe Se atie-West of
Easlanl. an I was very weil sole to put befit e these who
had Totes, or tame who wqmilhavo tie ion, I. rib, ioleetiOn
4 • meuelivr to Naitos tit eltelever that Wok plat.,
some sepecta of their pot t gal Aim then want th y
had tautly acorn/el by 4 eying a rote. 11, would use all
tha inff aenrn at his Commend t perseade theme veil.°
entertained different op alone to adopt Meese U otwerea-
tire principles wo.ich were held by himself, the slattern on
on toe el Morse, ant mat of 1000 preasn'. ant 10
Cantina. Coes that the LI enoervattoe La• ty Wird alias
their beet for the ireorests of the cooniry ant I.r too
whole. British E Isp:re. but at Ito eame Cum neither be
nor Mr. Teen' wood at goy time we netsuke, eon-
demnatogy of trine op.osod :o themselve. is. opinion.
(AProleafie ) II believed ri men who was • I. betel might
be lout as cool an Ea:debase a. they woe, aud Lave
Ike interest of big corns rye; Liu: at MO& am they hut,
but still thought there w :re inn wile Were L OW& 4 Woo
hal gene far imuttl the pri •op es originally held by
their party which hal deviated • bag dietaries. from the
Ilne of policy which was likely to be conducive to the
welters of the nom:ivy. (Applanst) Pe hoped on some
future or-legion he should have something more to sal,
and even after Mr. Young bad given his address he
might take the opportunity of speaking a few words to
thine. la oonclusion he naked those present to listen
attentively to the lecture, sal if any One at the C:013
wished to ask any qu ttions or snake any remark. 11%
'reuses would be most happy te glee them attention.
Toe LICIRAMIII the Coo:., of his remark', aril thet
when persons who bat been unaocastooted to same coveted
things oust* into pemmaion of them son:thaw hardly
knee, how to dog with them. This theory he coatrived
to apply I. rospect to the extorted fratchise— wh;ch was
of vest Lopertenos. Tne proplr yet of It wee • greet
thing. What god would • gun be to a insn if bi his
Smear:eat knowledge of it he blew Ms thigeos off. The
lecturer then er ed3d to intim' I, the enhance his
knowledge of wariotte tool:tied enhjects. cousnac 114
with the Ressa of Coen:sous Cohn, he said, as they
eerneeed it Low wee simply the pereectila of the aro sth
of hundreds of 'aux In sapient of this opiuioa he con-
trasted the llouwo with Deo Ivo, when its represent lives
were not returned by the volt,, of de: people, but the
king of the periol. Koowledge hod goa• on spreaellog
until the present time while two netilioni more were
now added to the franchise. (Rear, hear.) The franchise,
as It had now ernes to men in c euntries was no now
Inina, but hal ban gots* on eines RR. when the co .n in
towns received boo obeli suffrage, end that Wafon wee
at the eternal Use before the country we. simply sea
extension of the trace:me, and was not now'. Re tome
pump •dad to expiain to the.. wh3 beds 0140 ba Tate
tine neoeseity of their being on the register whichever
pair they belonged to. and he had no doubt but Used
there were plenty of Radicals premed that night. At any
rare he knew Mere leen LAI Of 031111erVaIllee. (Rehr,
beer, an taught r) be ee w not unielesh, and
hoped his.,. he hid dabbed he would have cohvert
some of thane. (Applause.) Ile bellerel th o porgy that
would e on the 0.0 :1 amigos:to', policy was the Um.
iservative Party. Ile Us, submitted a few reasons
which, at outing to hie vi we, ware all.i.uMaient foe pro.
venting persona being !Wiest', ant thee proornedeit
eminent Ppm whet he taned the Liberal Fronting of
• Pane-, retrenchment, god ref kern; c eaten ling that
these had not been cirri od out. It the coarse of aerie n
obwervatioas in respect Ii Pane Trate and the greet
disireses whioh p evaded, Is. sal 1 he was Gold that is
Poitisiod many men were working but three days a week.
ant lilt wag an effert to lire up en the wages co six days
It was more so to live oaly upon three, but even then
they were better of then tiameande of we-king
men In large towns, who for menthe had remained Idle
through the unlnlelled pleigee of the Libor el Govern.
inset.

At the conclusion of the lector/I. Mr. E. J .Poortcc, a
Liberal, rose to make • few remarks, but the Tories
nagrecio lily Joined and raised cries of ' Toro hint out.
Mr. Pearce, however, was not to be denoted. 11,
n.oencled toe platforn amide& the ands:lie of eon, of
his freesia. He oontendad that the Reform 811 of ISII,
Owen if palled hr • Gonkrvativ, G nommen:, there • all
o majority of I. berate in the Boone at the same Cosi ;
hales& had it not been for the L berate toot reform
would not hay* boon pawed for many yews.
He also argued that there were simtliar otroom.
stances in respect to the boll of 1847. With
record to the present Reform Bill, did they mean
to tell him the ClaaeorvaLves ware as ehltiottil fr that
mewl snows, the L beral U overnment / (Cr., of • Yee
and 'N a) The Conservetives hal told them they did not
require it. Toe thew of Lord, hal 'Away. sto 4 la
the oral of (Lout cries of ' No, no and ' Tura
him out.) Toe Cene-rvativee hal not token the battle.
tee in any of the R 'form B 111 that hod been poised,
sad Croy had to thank the L'beral Government for the
Frani:hies of the present day. Woo hied given them
cheap aswepapsre I (A Voice : Bath parties.) Ile rrgued
the leberal CiOterhaterit wee to be thanked for that. also
, for Co. ballot, and for education
The CMAIRII co, addressing Mr. Peens, .011th. Liberia
Government had pawed a greet maul red m.s,un. n 4
only for Eaglet"' but the working canes, but if Mr.
Pverca was_going to tell them of all the go ed measures ,
which the Liberals hal panted during the last 24 years,
and he (Colonel Hembro) bad to tell them of all the goo!
things Int Oenservetivee had done, they wooll never get '
away that night. (Applause.) .1411
Mr. Piel'A said, am moot of them knew, be was a
L'beral, but not altogether • Rs host, aide 'ugh Dom,
people ogled biro so. He ehould right lie stroogly as he 1
aauLt fog his party. and, no doubt. the ConsereaUve•
would do the same for theirs. but be oohed Ulan not to
be v11E14041, ors, the Menet. (APigheee.) Ho Pre