The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-07-14 00:00:00

BROADWAY.

NMI LISERAL MEETING.

A 'Millie meeting of Liberals was held in the
Temperance Hall, Itniadwey, on Wednesday riming
in implort .4 the candidature of Mr. 11. 11 Sturgis.
There wail a large attendance. The proreeding• were
ef a unanimous and enthusimetic nature. Mr. C. .1.
Freeman, .4 Weymouth lirevided. Ile was supported
by Messrs. J. Howartillowen, the Bev. J. Lewis
(Pregregationalinl, Mr. Brown (each of Wermeithl,
Mr. Otter, and other Mende 1.4 Ilreadwey).
The CHAIRMAN suitably introduced Mr. liturgia to
the meeting, and explained that he came amongst
Owns highly recommended. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. *recite said lie visited Broaclwey that night
merely Is, make the aciptaintarsoe of the people, and
to tell them why the Liberal cause was the rme for
which all might to vote. After reiterating his views
in neglect to the 'dims of the thivernment in regard
Kgypt, he observed that if it had been wenig there
au one thing for which they mud now le thankful,
v is., that their men were now silt he :h .4 toiden, and
he did net wee, on the part of the (*enervative
i:overnment, any particular intention to reser. the,
(Hear, hear.) They apposed to. lie ready to
b illew in the old lime. beast night Mr. I flailatonie
(much applatew)- -their great leader, again showed
limiatill to lie a real statesman, and did not take the
opportunity .4 trying to trip tap this Uovernment, but
made • noble and statessilan•like speech, Keying that
the at far as he could, ahould have his
support. He (Mr. Sturgis) contended that this
'Moine! strength and grandeur on his tart. The
number of beneficial measures lamed by the Liberal
Covenmient during the teat fur years were Illofe
than the Tones would have paaied in a dozen. (Ale
'Jame.) He wanted peroide who had hitherto not
taken due integral In political matters he aroused. If
they e,,ota be indit.modei leek at both side', he would
have nes fear whatever as to the result*. (Hear, hear.)
One queetion in connection with their voter, worthy
.4 great comenleratien. was that .4 medical relief.
Ile hoped, from what lie had wen in the newspapers,
that Mr. Jeme Coiling. Bill would lei loomed this
Parliament, doing away with that disability, for it
Was disgraceful for • thing ti. be given with init. band
and taken away with areitMor. lkocatiee • men had
heel a beetle .4 medicine, he (lid not tall that poor
F' lief, lett medium' felief, and nio Islam. eught ti.. lw
illeitialified "ii that aconint. (Heir. hear.) He
espleineel that in thepast the !Absinth had given them
(keep bread by Free Trade, as the figuree in rottliee•
lion with sir K. Peel's mittens proved. Not ion« hell
.4 tli• wheat used for bread Was mimed in this
eenitry, Pli that if they hail a tee upon the corn all
...lid feel it. It was the I.ilierabs who had given
Own. a vote. The Comerratives were dead against
it, until they PAW the (veld« were determined to have
it. The Liberal* abet gave them the ballot. the
a.lvasitegee .4 which, as at the meeting at I heicheeter I
en Thur.lay evening, he again eeplained. The
!Areal. were al.o the forty likely to. olio the Melt for
the teetile in the (mune Ile at , added lie Was in
fat air .4 local Revs:emelt, laid reform, the abolition
.4 primegeniture, metthenent and entail, transfer .4
hotel, ate. Ilk. (Mr. Sturgis.) father was a large (an&
owner, brit his views were identical with his own..
I Ilear, hear.) They would not create nob-
le-I.y ie. forfeiture .4 land, but they Advocated
a iie•lerate reform, which wotild be wrlvan•
lAgeoun to everybody. (.%irplailee). Soule day it
might be necomeery te go farther, leut the adoption of
the moderate *mese wombl prolong that day. They
acre paying to foreigners twelve millions a year fur
butter, five for chess.., four for peat... and other
segoitabler, a 1,.. three.or ',sultry and egg., he., er in
other wirds nearly thirty tailbone sterling went mit .4
the conintry for this.. things,. Why on earth could
they not produce such things for them...dire! lAle
'dame). Why should the French produce and 'end to
thefts! (A %.(osee: leer want of an alteration in the
land). Yee, that was the way. (Hear, !weer). This
MA one rearms why he could never understand a
limner loeing • Cenuervietive. (Much applause).
There newt he thoorght he • lint.. henkering after
pestection. Hedid not. 'weever, think this would be
had : in fact he was ,ion• it wisikl nit. It iinitht he
dangled before the eye" of wollit• Wlli. PSIII " IVe .hall
have it or reciimicity," but he did not think there was
the Inset chance. :it ~,,, ith, the other day, Mr.
lioliene, in the courw of an iiveellent aperli, said
that the mw ashinet heel Iwhave.l very
shebbily, and hid left .nit the member
fr Brodpert (langhter) ,and that then there was
James. Lowther, where was y! (Much laugh.
ter.) It was nit quite cons ement to take him into the
rooms at peewit. 'TIM is... Very FiPPI statement
liy Mr. Itelwrio, became pretectiooi Med not ?Mich
chance. The Worms he had kealwil 1111.41 would he
a mean. .4 bringing the land within the reach .44).,'
Idenuers. (Hear, hear. II the mere, wore carried
he failed to 11011* why it aleould not 1.19 Mi. (Hear,
hear ) It might lir PANI they must have • little money
1.. start with. That was quite true, hitt there were
various scheme hy which this might le affected. If
a MAO paved • little money he did not we why the
Charity Cemenewienera- that was to say the State -
ahooald not advance him A little lAinwy AP A supple.
ment. (Applause.) The State waa limited, if nee..
.ary, to keep a rie4 ewer their heads, and to keep life
in their Mcßee. When this was done there woo no
return for it, res why should not the money he spent ,
in helping • man who had saved a little money! This
would he a benefit to CI tlei ratepayers in F:ngland,
leousiwe it %soukl make the labourer • more hisppy
and thrifty titan, (Applause.) He was very much in
homer dallenwnts. It meek' he • meat thing if amen
red.' not have land .4 him own to hare an alinement.
The people in Yorkshire managed Is. have alkenienta
;mil to make eomething .4 them. He did not owe why
it should not lie me in other parte. (Hear, hear.) That
which !wiped in.. class Iwherd *nether. The landlord
vonld not stand without tlw farmer, nor the farmer
without the labourer. They must hang one open I
another, and if the thing could be wen generally in
such a IgrAt they would have reforms much souner.
(Amateur.) He was told that one objection to his
esnelidature was owing to his being a stranger, and
this he felt very much. If they could have • man who
was seeing them all the time, that would he a very
great thing, Init he did not quite ere what pod it
was in this division to be represented by Colonel
Itainloro. He had no doubt but that Colonel Hambre
was • red man, and that he would make an excelleet
represeatative, bet he did not Pee that the Csolionel
could do mach Wire p.m, than himeelf. (Hear,
hear.) The wants nf !heart wawa to le similar Is.
t Mom of other parts of the csaantry. He (Mr. Sturgis)
lived in Surrey, and If he knew the wants 14 the
("Int) there, he also. knew the mode of Hemet -
(hear, hear)---and he did not eie that his Iring
stranger wa, at great a drawlsek after all. He had
not to represent the soil .4 'Crewe, hut the lalosines
and other men. ( tichapplesuw.) If all voted at tlw
nest election, that woeski he the right thing to die and
if they helped him he would he grateful ti them,
browse he wanted Is. he in the. Home .4
He did not pretend to nun.. to Ilerwit am a (arise,
In'cause he wanted to be in the Honer .4 Comemew
though having Liberal interests close at heart, iO,llll
alas wished to lie there fer peremel reasonsln
conclusion, he hoped they would send him to Perlia•
need so a humble soldier of Air. (ilaiimone- (cheers)
their great commander, whims lie would lee peed to
(11e.,, heir.)
Mr. ferrite 'sieved -"That this meeting very
oordially approves .4 the imeninsoun adoption of Mr.
IL Sturgis as the Liberal candela for the Senile-en
Division .4 !hornet, and pledges itself to sew every
effort to place him at tlw head .4th.. 101 l at the nest
election.' He hoped that at the next elortem r.
Stoughs would be returned to Parliesuerst to pectic
down then, for ever, or +whit his natural life,
(Lc ighlar.)
The resolution was seconded lie Mr. TRwltltmlwari
lie halTelted lii he one of this.. oinfortimete men who
had nit previously had a charier of voting foe a
Parliamentary candidate. Now, however, that the
Liberals had the rote they were going ti Imo it in the
right way. (Applallae. Sonw people mid Celiewl
/Isidro warn going to walk over the truirol witheut
any treidde. (Yowls : " Never.") ery well, then,
they niust do their heat b. rettini Mr. Sturgis, (Ale
Name.)
Mr..). Howeito Mawr:, in supprting the remilitt
eriticieed certain remark. recently made by Mr.
Ihetemley, the Coneersative lecturer, at Weymouth,
1., the effect that nearly all the reVeetalile people
il"." were Coneervativos. I Voter I ii. med.. that
'its. he was coining. (Laughter.( At • meeting of
litheral• at the Bunion Hotel last Friday evening
nearly 600 people were peewit. It ,'truck him(lie.
it^reel that naany thelli Were very reel erudite, and
they certainly were not reinownintisee, lesesiuw they
were well eatidled with the Liherel el...echos which
were made. and held up their hands in emotion of the
•aine. (Hear, hear.) The people merest that night
rere alaii very_ renonetalde. .1 I he• 6.llght Mr.
13.ttOrnienr would have (4.111.• tio 111.• one-1110km that It.
had made • tniatake. If lw that the mai"rifY )
'4 the gentry in South I Creel were Comervatives• lei I
holght be nirlit, lett he wae not coreert ji *eying Best ,
11oe gentry of Dorset were more respectable than the i
lielele -whom he maw before him. I.lpplailae.)
The motion was eulesequently pod lii the uirettng, I
and carried unanimeusly.