The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-30 00:00:00

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A LAST LOOK ROUND.

11Iy Innate moci..sty has almost prevented the
inseition of the following letter, but the argument.
contained in it are eo clear, so outatoon-seuse, and so
worthy the .rnest consider Lion I my readers, thst
in spdos id the somewhat fl tering in which It
I. touched, I present it for t,ieir kindly perusal :

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To Me" Man dewed Poole."
Dear Sir,—l have been pleased with the thorourbly
Independent character of your remarks in the Poofe
flfeyram reep-tting the coming coateet. You mem
t. be tatting the pls.. of that grand ttll Journal the
Poole Herald, which, now that It proprietor has • seat
in our local Pardament, ha drifting into a sort of
Harlioo-Liberatiato. Perhaps he fears that the support
of the liberals of Poole will be diverted to toe Bourne-
mouth pei,er br-uyht into Poole, and coaled tie Pool(
Geordie., that affects t he the accrelited guardian
of the Liberal inteiest in PoJle, not of Poole itself.
Thu* the leaders of the Liberal pout', appear to be
endeavourinit to snuff out bell the Herald and the
Ttleferant, which latter p..p -r, since at ha. Lot the
actrunouy, a:erbity. and alarmism that charaverize lit
under the sway of the "Wanderer,' has doubtless
!lett some of its popula ity. I think your moderate
vices and your swims' a Iv. c fay of the interests of
the labouring or working claws and artisans will gain
you a large amount a esteem.
In the coin ng uggle each indivi teal rate-
payer who has • vote hail to conei.ler two things
—the interest of the Borough, and the interest
of his party. The two are di•tinctly different.
The interest of Vie borough require that the Tows
Coma, il should consist of men of intellegenc• and
Int•iiiim habit., who have the prosperity of the town
near their hearts. The iutere.t of political parties
require tuat men be elected who will aiuk the
pr. 4,.erity of the town for pai ty. Tue interest of he
borough man will look at the name. of the six candi-
dates for the hoooor of being one of lb* Town
C mocillors, and will vote lor the three most intelligent,
active, and baudertes-like men. The party ma.. wi,l,
ttterly regardless of the future prosperity of toe town,
and of hie own interest In it. prosperity, blindly
vote for the three men selected for him by the leaders
of hi. party. Thus, whilst the two pasties are fighting
for political power and influence the tr ole of the
town melts away. The steamboats to Freon" run
Iron S uthamptoo ; the bar remains at the mouth of
the harbor; the ti.li over the brides to Hausworthy
continues; we have to pay for water for flushing our
streets, when we have plenty of our own at the
conduit piece of land, d fir that putpom
by the Commons Enol,oure Act—Tatum:a Well,
Spring Well, and our harbour; we have no public
baths to wash and bathe In ; and we have to
pay one of the Town C•oacillure for the privilege
of the Ladies' Walking Field for our wives to walk
In and our children to play in. I hope, sir, that you
wlil .et all towel facts before our ratepaying votais'
mind., end use your pen and your powerful bluest),
iu persuading Municipal voters in the coming election
of Town Council! es to seek nly and t think only
of, in selectiug men foe the office of Town anincillor,
the i: tweets and future pr il)—an 1,1 may add,
the happiness'—of the Ixtroush in w bleb they live. Thus,
an I tons 'ol>, can toe baneful end tuition's iulueuoe
of party in toe -I aliens he preserve,' and 4,0i.pe.1, sod
the ratep.y r.. Mond t ..,ether by one common
inter-et, all wo,k gather for ton C amino, good, and
the t .wu 1101.1tre,11 will pr.eter, and the ott take once
more Its prow place In the commerce of the country—
I might say, OliCe wore lot a p at. Ou oyster fishery
will be again the most thriving on the south coast,
mid we shall once more be able to taste—to regale our.
lIIIVOS on that delicious morsel, our Poole native, now
a forbidden luxury, except to the wealthy. When
will ratepaying voters be wise and look a'ter their
own interests, and throw off the yoke and deliver
thin:melees from the bondage of party !—Yours,
despondingly,
All OW Starr'.