The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-18 00:00:00

JAL.EhAL MEE lING.

A meeting was held in the Skating Li ,k, Bell
i,ane, on Mo 'day evening, to consult with eacri
rtber ea to system ot organisation shalt he
Atiot t U o insure rhe Liberal cause the greatest
cLess at I lit we cont.- .1,, for our Representative in
t.) elect rep cz3entativt•S to attend a
nieeting at Di-eitwieh, on .idonday 20th Aprd, to de-
cide upon the Liuerri Canoinate at tue forthcoming
rdection for our division of the Comrty. fdr. W.
Blow Coils presided. There were ate presi.ut on
ale platform Messrs. W. Platt, W. VI alkor ,
Underwood, ilyrons, Goddard, I Nash, P. Ev,re,
J. Voce, W. Jones, W. Woolley, P fur,“-I,r,
tieV. W. -Wallace, F. Round, J. 13 obeir-erd, G. K.
Harrison, Mills, U. Green, H. Birlingliarn, I),
K. Sao_ botharu, la. Perry, W. E. Pukwood, 1.
Juoer, cud v. Pargeter, There a 4 a lir g
audience.
utio.irman said that in consequence of the
new departure made by the Franchise Act every in-
uabitant householder would now have a right to
v,.te for a Parliaa.entary representative, and it
would be his own fault if his views collectively with
,hat of his neighbour were not p.operly represented
in the House of Commons. (Cheers). In order to
uo that, it was desirable that the Liberals cf the
district should organise themselves, and that the
old Liberal Association should be reconstituted.
de would not occupy their time, but called upon
Alr. Harrison to move a resolution.

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Mr. G. King Harrison said that many of them
did all they could to prevent that division being
constituted as it had been, because they did not
think it was to the interest of the Liberals, or the
udv4otage of the di. trict itself, that such an ar-
elingement should be ri.ale. the Lye was divided
from Stourbridge in an arbitrary way, and Wolles-
cute fr ,m the Lye, and many of them thought it
was a great calamity. .1 he changes which had been
made necessitated an alteration in their associations;
and with regard to that district tie moved thit the
Liberal Association for Stourbridge be reconstituted,
so as to incluile all the Liberals of st.,urbridge and
such of the adjoining pansrie ii ulignt be wiiiiiig
to join them, and that it b, tailed the Scourbridge
and District Liberal Associalion.
Mr. J. B. Shepherd see. otte•i Eno resolution, and
aid (-nut the Droitwich divi,ion contained about
id,OUO people, and about rme ui.ll were to be found
wituin two miles ot the place in which they Were
met. The division, law% ever, extended for twenty
aud being so awl aatlly distribut,d, it was
411 toe more imp.,rtani ti nave a proper organisa-
lion. It was proposed that there shout be one re-
resent; tivo appointed .or every 250 of the popula-
tion iu 0,,a a candidute ior the divisiin. "i here
w0..1d be a great des, of wurli to be done beture
the election, and he Loped tlay would nil cAne for-
ward, and take a share la it.
The resolution was carried.

Mr. Li-eo. Green pr-pused the aipointment of re-
presentatives to aLttni the meeting At liroitviich,
to take part in the selection of a Liberal candioate.
In the worse oh ins reunirss lie exprssel his satis-
faction at the inter, et which some of the new
electors in rurai parisnet wire showing in political
quesnons. Even if a local genticinan, who,e name
lie must not lilt baun, shuulu address his blandiili-
&lnnis to thew--- o,,ntoiter,.—thi.y should all ssar...l
-free blue" and vote for .he Liucial c,nidate in
preference to evo:-y body else. (thivers;. Ile hoped
they should a 1 ~iork so wtell awl so successfully
thatthey su,ii:d. nev. i h4ve another contest in that
uivisiou. (L L ter and cheers).
facaw °cad secu,aded the resolution,
anti pointed out seine of the importart measures
e .rried by the Liberals and the teuedts of Liberal
legislation.

IZie resulutiun With carlied.

The folio Amg representatives ware elected to go
to Droitwien, 0,,, tne different parishes :----.Bell-
broughton, William Martin, juer., George Cound,
Thomas ‘Voodho .se, James Guest, George Tlley,
G. Malan, . Rushton, Jumes
iltighes, E. Price, J. Higgs, C.tid
Price.
Wolleseute.—The members had been eleei..4 for
this parish.
Pe..auoi e.—J.lGreen, and J. L.Tpous.
.Liagby.-1-larrison, Maybairy, Goolc3.rigeo and
Bihhtip.
Bruum atal Churchill.—T. Parkes, and E. Thurs-
ton.
Woittou.—Ju.3 J. Bridgewater, W.
Shakespeare, T. Guest, T. Lee, J. Edwszde, J. T
Short, C. linttos,U, ick.L.. Paine, J. Won