The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-24 00:00:00

THE ELEcrio.v OF OUARDIANS FOR
MELCOMBE REGIS.
To the Edieor.

Sfr,—Will nom' of your r adore kindly ihform me—
i. Why so in vny of the elec ors were left with ut
ha
thetri,neg,.. . vo
.tetl,incg,iof..roinf vreird
i.e. for imeier d
coin Reo r4iih.g.:
2. Why (e in many c ,eee) when the forms were
deliv-re I, t icy were not all alel f. e again
3. Whether it is at all • foie in ale of inoceeding for
slips ~f paler, rear-sting your vote and interest for
certain p.rtiee, to b. deliecrel at roar resid mile at the
seine time as the voiii.g-paper, and this gin i g e phe
the idea the- one of our most able amid zealous
Guardians bad resigned?
4. Whether the person engaged in coll.cting the
papers ought not to p-esent the box f-ir the f -rot t be
put into J....feed of calling for Lb. paper and put.ing it
In the box (which wag carried by another young WO
aftervrar.b)
I tie above four queetiono for reasons that mtPt
be apparent to everyone who is • lover ..f far and
upright elections. It is admitte I by everyone th .t the
Imams were not nearly so well distrihuted a. they
•.ught to have b.en, cod the opinion, expremed hy a
large numb ni of tie ei.Ctmre c .nc•riiing the slipi
soliciting their vote and i den:et are anything hut
gratifying ti the *nth ir of this underhand way of doing
&wines.. With regard to the wee In which one of the
Wilee/Ord we, ding his w•ork, I mu.t say it looked
moat illegitimate. For reel., bee, known to hiess.ll
h. hal en assistant to carry his collection bag. He
hitneelf would ten call for the paper, and, having
otitained it, would insert it in the bag when he f-it
incline! ti d iso. Now it is eel th .t in this way
there might have been a deol of chiselling, fiatthe
collect ir f -It incitied towards either of the canal [atm
he cooLl have looked at • number of the papers, sa.l
Ii not in favour of the candidate of his selection the
()suer could hive bent pot in hie picket, an I nothing
wont • have been known of it except • scrutiny had
been demanded, which, of omen% I. very unlik-iy.
Jest a few word, t • the electore in general. It
ap.sears • W.,rk.ng Me/I'd 0 41.srvistive 4440 intl iii
I.s ailed in the town, en I that they have in-d, up
their minds t cin ii.l,tes f..r every NW, electio .
Wo hell an ill4Z tale Of he 4 io3 of Au lit ire,
and again we have fir the Agee of Guardians.
Thu. it is propo.ed to g.m the whole town under the
rule of C iuservatism, and 'eery little electi in will
necessarily he ma le p ilitival. Thi., I e.y. is MP, of
the most scandalous things I ever heard of, and I will
ju.t say that if the C ineery elves think their pion. are
likely to succeed, I hope they wiling • e !
It is, h .wever, a warning t • all Littera'-t to pull
themselve, tither, for organisation I. strength, mid
the time is not far admit when Weymouth will be
represented by one member oa y, cut in that case, of
course, the o,,neervativee would not support our kind
friend and id hfui repres-ntative, ,r Is.
"No compromise" must be the Weymouth iral
hi et°. Through that they I nit one seat at the last
General Election, and this ought to have been en.iugh
for them o have opined their eyes to thi go, Z 4 thy
really ore, The toted number, then polled by the
three candidates were as follows :
Mw&rds 1,100
Johtistone
••• 800
Wylie 1151
Sir Frederic bed 300 plump rot-li, which •how, the
real strength of Corieervetism in 18*): r.OO of Ilk
votes were splits. Now, supposing it-tot 300 of these
were Tory votes, then In exchange fir LIDO /,f the
milk and water Liberal compromise party. Whore
woull the Conwervative candid de, have been bid these
tw hundred voted politically? Why pimply n twhas.
This. sir, I say should not be. If all our edictioha
are to be political wr be it, but let's have them ptrely
so. a, not let the Whigs compromdie themselves, it
It is evident the Tories mean to get all by it on I g/Va
e,,thinz. Let our Liberal or (as that tiny.st 7.'"
o intempormies prefer coiling it) Hadicid A.soci•iion,
wake up, and then, perhop., we obeli be elle t 'how
our worthy opponents that everything is not to he jut
aa they would wish it to be. Accept my thanks for
insertion. Your, truly,