The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-10-31 00:00:00

WIR:N33 FOR THE "TELEGRAM."

What was a' ii-.t eight taken for an " electioneering
eqiiib," wan rove-I, on clue-r examinttiou, to be a
%el.-butt-owl adalpois of rasi,aistion n tho part of a
T. ry c ,uncillor. It in very laaghable heir that
" I,arty ahould bare no pia oe in municipal
ti-cti.w.." With oit queationing the merits or demerits
"1 municb. oolile.„ I should lilt, to know how long
p ,rty spirit in, i3Oiencol. and canoed the return to
I, ,w, rof pr,aent and past councillora. Vhow wan
the iumnati in ? Did not the Trio. eet the example ?
Was th -re ii, party spi it exhibited—and rather
ate .ugly too—wlo n the Water W,Jrks .iwatioa wan
ilinttosl ininy years ago Dii not the gentleman
who isao2d the vl . wing adtlrese go into the Council by
•ri soPport of te) per cent.? Wes or was not Mr.
Knotibs • party nam (intim: the whole of his philan-
thropic (as he thliaks) career in the Council ? Rather!
Why pure, arty spirit has been rampant in the
C ,uncil since living memory, and where is the pro-
vincial Council where the lailaaaati is wit exerted and
felt ?

The fact is simply this—an 1 I wish the opposition
Is I the c ,or ‘gq to own it. as they had the courage to
'esWartoo. The municipal elections have ever
mea f,,uatui , is gr is political, coupled with
couslieleratione, with, however, the differences, they
were foine.rly cmducted snore sos lees mcritly—like
the peculiar badness of the T..ry Assuciagion, whereas
the Liberal tarty (call it " organization" II
3 no will) fights it openly ; without fear or care for
criticism, an.l regar iless of the scorn of the opposition.
Of course I can folly understand, whilst falling to
appreciate, the vindictive spirit of the Tories on the
ousting of Mr. Warton'e bosom friend from Clso

Council, for this action was grand pro If of the strength
of lb. Libe.nl Aasociation. and tne Twins naturally
disliking tha. ettoltedul ' Hal of strength" conse-
quently turikel up their meAtie and their now. rhey've
a pwfact right ass. wad if they are tired of serriag
their t 'ern, there a,maias plenty of good, honest
Liberate to tat., their pia n It vd lea thie, it exhibits
proof of what the Isot parliamentery election w,.uld
have been, had the Liberals bean harried together,
thin, as thy are now.

The "great brewer's" n ttice of retiroinnnt wai wise
and c:rcumspect. Tner is no mention of " polit cal
organkation "or "party Is ling," and even that lovely
word " Radical" is religiously expelled fv.m his
I.lwMd. I iluppeel when he thought sf the wastdul
ex pe odi tore of XXX for Wartois'e c unp Mtn, he
.1.-etnel discretion the ho'ter p .rt of valour, and
jodicionsly om.tte I al rcference to much terms a. his
*Ale .gues "used to inlinence" and "attempt to
conic ' Hal 11•. Knobba retained hie east, I should
have expected to ass something like this "Oceans of
beer; tubs of splrit (not party); Vtci vote for Legg.
ths publicsn's champion ; Worton's prototype; cheap(?)
bread; Parliamentary obstructi ; dignity and
harem; down with rrf ; crush rights of people;
purity of election." Yea! pure as the "Lily," and
Might a. the " Stor."

The schoolmaster's hasty strides. and his 'regnant
(Ire-Ling. in awl out of the Tory st:ongholds, sum. rtd
by prang " Timidity," is pro pf that he is " ahr ad"
again—abroad on ',wig,. polit'eal. It's lather a
wonder bow the pupils glean their algebra and
mathentati, e, wbilst the " Gov'nr " is harvesting
political griu!

This umfall eiection .eringindvidnvl inf.,rmed me
last week. ad wi h army 'tweed protestaCons, to,,
thst the T ot had no As orislioa, but the "truth will
ont"—althinigh we p:eviously knew It.`. It. evidence,
so Mr. Knobbe ha. I think committed another
merlons blunder. If he re ole the " ‘Virtrus "
hell discover to his horysr th tt we've seen • " notice "
direct from the agent of the Toey As nw which,
intended, monist to:iny others, for ptivate ritc.ita•
ti,m was luckily serve.' n the wrung pc eon. The
policy actually convened a meeting at the " Star " on
the identical Anreday night when our old friend, Mr.
Rani, ILK, was moms tug his rational views to us
at Chard's Mead. The inurestin4 document went on
to esplain tnat the attendance of the recipient (?) we.
solicited at the said otoctsv,, Os it spite sre.l the
new.. of Itllmrs. Nortlrtier, Baker, Stickland,
B maser, and other ham.? par,onagm ; but "welt •
wee," we have se,n yet an tther of these "private'
de mmont 1. Mr. No tb. ! and this one notified the
division .1 " a " from tomewbore mar the
C ,ffee Tavern (what a viein,tv for a Tory!) to the
In .lity of one of tie brower's "polio" layaway down
Mast. I really fre t whether Dm or the Harbour
District " we." District No 12." Bs, my Tory friends,
you bare no Ass miation, no oreaoisation, Mr.
no agent., 'meet William? to much for
-y nutmeats, which, as ever, must be taken with
a pinch of a slt and pepper Li flavour them. By the
bye, to which ti.stric', hove you allotted the gentle
Willie? Give him the Quesu-atreet district, where
b's friends (n ab ,uad

I notic3d Mr. Ita'll the other morning. intently
Iguing at the Wed-strret Improvement. I suppose he
went down to n .te t 3 what advantage his £l5O had
been laid out.

I wonder if the hon. gentleman, at the ptrish church
on Sunday morning, vapectal to hear • eermon I
presume he did. flow was it he didn't get one' Did
the worthy rector, gazing at the lets member for
Etri !port, experience p tinful visions of the last election,
and in c ineequence was n A equal to the fearful t-cale
of reading a homily? Perhap• so. At lest the hon.
gentleman must have th oitt'it there was a "lost chord"
imewhere in the neig•diourhmal of the organ, which
several times 'rpm +4 out its longings for More
"Liberal" C .ah : but the por instrument, aad the
edifice eashrin,g it, will have to wait this time.

It's not within my province to sty whether Mr. Milli
took • glance at the ' National :Schools" during his
visit. It he did he was heartily pleawid with the
intorovetutusts, t .ward which he had lar4ely contribu•
tad.

Bridport hae had the honour of having as its guest
the boo. "gentleman" seho r presented it in the lad
Par:lament : the gentleman who repremuted his con-
stituency wisely and well. To. practical views g: sea
by the late member or lltivlrevt at the Foresters Hall,
must have struck I oth t Liberals' and Toriaa present,
as Views, not of 1111011—but of " Bleasuree—rneasures
for the better con Itti .n of one beloved nation ; for the
amelioration of troutdoue Ireland. •n4l for • true
foreign pol4cy—no, o' a"lomb rush" for war, but a
p divy of foreth u4ht awl prudence to avert thee.
(.0 oetitnes) It. vii perio le of bloodahed. Mr.
Halls's truly !Awed alllol 'h may be consulted in
an alter column, and it will be e,,,Ld—even by eome of
Hs political attendee with i•leasure and envy—it they
con be suer mtihle of the former virtue. There ought
app.ar or.. fair critic-sins in the local Tory organs
of Mr. I tallfs excellent speech. butt presumes "timid"
neutrality (ahem 9 mist " of neces•ity" he observed.

I know ore Try friend. ti, nt at all relish this
visit of Mr. 'Rad', ant I am n e at all surprised at it,
for they know isif.c.lv well Ms t Mr. Willi Ii loved
by the pa pie of Broils et, and they oleo know that if
t e Liheral Aseoc.ati..n continues on it. " Union is
Strength " princhol.• (*.hien they trout it won't) the
n ,vt !ory candidate wid have but Hale chance. It is
hardy eatwc ail. moreover. thst Libei‘la are the men
1,, b twa.si .Inr.nt.llll,•pue, mos men st 13,. •p rI will
thiok twice ere the muds, wile anti guile, of Patchwork
pr loin.. C Loin fas in ate them, and bare them to a
belief in the el 000 dep sit in the porir-box —it was •
ipso box indeed, foe Wart ei has complacently ob.
structe,l heir nrintry'A work ; taken pertained tnbacc
awl inughed at them ertr since. It may be honourable
in Wedeln's estituati et, to "snuff," to obstruct, or
ev. o to lauah. hut if he has a " pinch' of honour
abut him, let hire reeleem th, ',unlike of inviting to
Illness), the representative of the Bridport Moran'.
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