The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-09-16 00:00:00

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"TEE COMING MAN."

And so " the favourite" has taken his preliminary
canter over the blue fields of Comervatisen in Poole,
and that, too, relying upon the " legal acumen " of
no less a personage then llr. Lionel Budge, of petition
celebrity. Happy man what • halo of bliss moat
have surrounded Mos, whim at the half.filied room he
uttered his maiden speech, and avowed that like •
blushing Beatrice he only wanted • little more of the
" Now, do dear to bring him to sigh Outs tender
" yen ^ We were of opinion that, judenr
from lb. hilarious state In which we found
various of the Conservative " electors end non.
elector.' in tits early part of the day, that the
smell room in Market-street would have been in-
sufficient to bold Mr. Schrieber's admirers, and that
the meeting would have had to adjourn to the
Assembly Roan at Abe Antelope, whith was specially
hired for the occasion. "U wanted." But no; them
was ample room for 1001111 more, some of whom were,
doubtless, preferring to guaff the cheering cup at the
"Lamb and Flag." rather tom to listen to the effemin-
ately sweet nothings which fell from the lips of their
favourite's late " Bmion" Haring alluded to the
recent demonstration, which Liberali and Conserve.
lives alike over-rate in importance, Mr. &hasher
towhee upon Airmen, long speeches, and the hard
work they had come together to ao that evening.
What the hard work wee, remain' • mystery to the
public, and probable to the Tories themselves in
council assembled. That hard work Ave to be moan.
Wished by his party before he is returned as member
for Poole no one doubts, and If the giants of old tried I
three times to put l'alion upon Ora. math more most
" this latest novelty " in the political stoprzin try
three time, ere ha Can convert a majority of the
i barroom of P.s+le into believing that he is the right
m.o. Mr. Schrieber then asserts that his object in
&ming forwsrd is that the connexion which exists
between Sir Ivor Guest (his stepson) and Poole should
not be aprered—" in • wor I. if You RA' nee, You
Iwould not love Sir Ivor Guest." We have
tam since discovered that Sir Ivor Goat bee
"got" us, and that he le deeply ind•btwa to
his tenants in end around Poole for a large
fraction of his income no one can deny. We Cannot
disabuse our minds of the fast that w but little
to Mr Ivor Guest ; his liberality to usedZeenot exceed
time balled° of past.aty to which many smeller
j landholders than himself will sometimes go ; nay, It
I. below the &mat*, Whet than above it, and Unmet
Ibe ae pearl to • landed proprietor as It Is to • =mil
trademaa, that to be on cod terms with his peeress
is to mooed well ia NO donbk so tar as

enoesedhag la bulimia of • pecuniary nature ia oon•
owned, the lord of the manor has done welt in Poole,
but be political bedews he has lamentably felled—
and why Let lb. fichrieber lire long
to find that out, which he will ass uredlrt
long before he takes the seat in Parliament,
Into which the Liberal voters of this borough
will place Mr. Charles Waring at thejleneral
is
election. But the ix tutor very plain in
what Sir Ivor means, and that I. that the wo•ds "2 Pe.
for Poole "are the property of the bootie of Canford,
a • moch as are the title deeds el the roddrioos of that
gentleman upon whose "lard acumen" he so much
relies. But fortunately it happens them are others
interested In the possession of this this besides Sir Ivor
his tutor, their solicitor, or their satellites, Led the
gre Jew common denominator of th• whole sum is
embodied in the words vox poptai, —words, we fear far
out of the reach of the Coneervative party in Poole, in
whose ears the discordant twang of the last Waal
petition is still Angie'. As Mr. Schrieber prooteds
with his speech, and lam taxed his powers es •
humourist, a persuader, and • masker, be tries the
effect of • threat, neatly wrapt up with superfluous
parlance, )el not without an amount of solidity which
gives it a significance making it worthy of nomment.
If we throw off the garbage of verbosity with which
thle threat is encircled, it rewires itself in plain Zegligh
Into the following statement—" Sir Ivor Goan can
taillW you no lolger. His pride does not allow
co: him running the risk of a mccond defeat
In Poole, ea it would lower his prangs as • candidate
for a peerage. I am bras= enough to madly rush
where be fears to tread, having nothing to loan and
everything to gain, and all I have to tell you is this—
My canatiatr, gives you • one mons eqoeak ;' if you
don't return me the Guest connexion with Poole wil
consist simply in allowing on to build on Manor land,
live in Manor property, nil Manor soli, end pay the
Manor full valat." Whwe is the Liberal lobs found in
Poole who is affected with this threat' Is there a
' man in our Liberal reeks who can say that he is
Indebted to the manor for an individual favour. No.
Then let those who are in receipt of manorial benefits
keep them, and let the freedom of their political souls
be a question for themselves to put a value upon, The
antidote for the Schrieberian poison, for the manorial
and " hoary " influence, is • three-fold one. It consists
of freedom of opinion, the hdlot-box and • memory
well stored with the detailed a disgraceful and a fishing
position, and if Mr. fichrieber fails, like the first Napo-
leon did, because he estimates his power from • false yet
temptingly cooked-up &rosy on paper, who shall inter-
fere! He and his party say that they are "
1,, the sunshine of gnomes." What luxuriant bbeelnikinti
What bright sunshine I What unqualified moons I
Truly the Conservative intent Is • precocious child, for
before doffing his political swaddling clothes hi tun
learnt to talk • but, Ike other infants' chatter,
It is but a confused largo° of childish n
"The Conservative man " is loclhiniougrt.
to play his part in the drame, MI a matter
of course. The plot of group 1, the pint of beer,
the dinner ticket, the cheep cottage, the pat on the
back—each has its own special in/lassos and yet
" undue influenoss " are strangers in the Tory
.camp.
A. Mr. Schrieber says in his speech, "We fight for
the honour and welfare of oar native town," we
07e he wished to lead those of his friends who
11ed the Conservative Hall to believe him if he
said—
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- my encoders were Bogbadmen,
ha Englishmen ant L
But we always understood that the mother of the late
unuaceseetul candidate for Poole, llks our much-
beloved Qosen, west as far as Germany for a husband.
If we are oorrectly informed as to Mr. Bobrieber's
nationality, then, indeed, it must have been his with
" To fool the crowd with glorious lies" when he spoke
of Poole as "our native town." In thole desire for
success, let us hope that the Tories will be truthful
eves in little matters, then we can believe them when
they touch upon larger ones. They will have ample
opportunities at the next election for seeing that-
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" Though hope has told • Battering talsy
Stall truth is great, and moot seem. 4
and they must not demur at being reminded that the
honourable member foe Christchurch did not come to
their demmatrattow se they said he would, and that
when the Conesrvetive candidate for Poole speaks
of " oar native town " he must be addressing an
assemblage of Teutona--P,Mt Telegram