The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-11-04 00:00:00

Corrnipontrnce-.

PBS REPRESENTATION OP WEYMOUTH.

To IA4 Mao,.

34,-1 hive read with interest the letters .1 your
correspondents, " One la the Front " and " A
Liberal," which have appeared in the two hut
issue. of your paper, which reaches me regularly.
and I notice both writers juttly c .ndeurn the ;moment
(mi.) spree imitation of Weymouth in Parliament.
I know they express a feeling, which is largely share
by the electors of Weytnanth, and lam pleased to find
the Teirgrais willing to give publi,ity to such inde-
;mistrust opinions, knowing something as I do of the
diffloulties that besot those who refuse t woisbip
the golden calf, In your purse-rid lea c lost itu mar I
think you are fairly entitled to the thank, of every true
Li', rat and Radical in the town for opening your
c aunt, to thaw, who are endeavouring to Wing about
• he t .r state of things.
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The &tuned JO osturlly resulting Iron that
miserable compromise which haa been s a long mean.
tainel by the party of "Snivel and Dr:vel " (which
is, unfortunately, so powerful for aril in Weymouth,
some taking the name Conservative, others that of
Like, at) h. been more clearly demonstrated
than during the recent Parliamentary room. While in
every district in Eoglaud meeting. hey@ been held
either In rt of the Government Reform Bill or
In favour of the action of the Rouse of L ards, being
io some reeve ea at Basingstoke the first public meet-
ing for 21e year., yet not • single meeting on either
eide bee been held ha Weymouth. Sir, that is •
positno which every man of principle in the town,
be he C sea arvative or lebersl, must deplore. This is
alma the reeult of sending men to Parliament whore
pole qualification (?) is the length of their purses, who
care nothing for politics, and who are content to use
tne rotas .1. a free people to enable them to be
members of the " best cluh in London." I have care-
ully watched the agitation of the past two months,
and I believe I am correct in Laying that neither of the
members kr Weymouth hive addressed or •ven
attended • single meeting in support of their professed
leader.. I uo not believe there are two other
members of the lioness of Commons of whom the same
could be ..It. I hope not. Such is the present state
of political life in Weynalmtb, Row long will the
working men of the borough be content with It?
Much banger ? I think not I I know there are aa
earnest Libor& • and Ragfcals in Weymouth as In any
t awn in England, who have fought repeatedly for
prirciples they hold dear, and who have as often been
betrayed by men who also call theraselve• Liberal..
The result of the last election proved this. Where
woul I the senior member tare been but for those who
recorded their cot..? not for him, but in condemea•
tion ot the disastrous policy of the late Government,
and in support of the Liberal programme l Trus, thowo
who went in for prinsiple were unfortunate in their
candidate, but that does not Pail act on them nor ,
make the coo luct of those who advocated the "stand
alone" p digy one whit less cowardly, lees traitorous,
to the cause they damaged then. What I fear is, sl,e,
there is • tendency amongst the faithful in Weym eith
to discouragement. I hope I am mistaken. Lot
them take heart. The Icy of their redemption is at
hand; all chances of camnpromiee wall be at an end
when Weymouth has but one member; then tbe men
of principle will be able to make therneelves hoar 1,
and will have to be listened to, and in preparation
for that time lot them o =bine now and resolve on
their action at the next election, which cannot now be
far aft at the latest. Let them declare their deter-
minntion to refuse to support any mu), by whatever
petty name be Palls himself. who relies on his per.
ranality, and refines to fight on political grounds.
Let them decide to support no man who is not in
hearty sympathy with Mr. Gladstone and with the
desires of the manses of the people in this country,—
I am, air, yours respectfully,