The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-04-07 00:00:00

ME DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GVETrE, TUESDAY. APRIL 6, UM,

A 1/111 BRILL..

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The MAYOR said at that stage of the proceedings he
shoul I like to say • few words. It was well.kaiiva
that for the last 35 years he bad dee t id his epees
time and energies to the canoe of temperance, and
he believed he had been as earnest to his efforts ta
Tippets.* intemperance aa Mr. Nod to Winton. (Hear.)
lie felt himself therefore In rather an awkward
pi.ltitu, bw...anse those gentlemen whom NIL Norton
si bwo ear-wigging, and he used the term advisedly
—(cheers)--were egnally earnest in the same direc-
din; bet they had given too ready • credence to all
that Mr. Not.= had said without any investigation.
(Hear. hoer.) A more h inourahle man then
Whitworth was not to be found in the House ..1
0)11m ins, and he (the Moyor) we. only Corry that he
he I p t hie name to that docomAnt without mire
opilry int) the facts. Mr. While Alt ;sere- wrote
(Greet eenaation.) 'the trAto is
thit be never liked it ! The writer of the
letter he (the Mayor) knew, because be bad
sonfeaseti to It I And Mr. Whitworth we git to pot
his name to It! (ionisation. and cries of shame.) He
WWI certain that if his attention were drawn to the
roit.statements o untamed in it he would he tile
first to withdraw it, and therefiiie he would tell them
that he shou'd not vote for the resolution unless that
portion of it referring to the threat of taking proceed•
loge was struck out. He quite agreed with the
evolution an to that point (Hear, hear ) He was
thankful to think that person upon that C.inocil
and the [Mich had ever given bim their support since
he had been in the chaii.. Every one had reality
done so with the exception of Mr. Nortoo, and he
coatis...el he had never been so Insulted eines he
had filled the chair by anyone aa he had by Mr.
Nort in. Fortnight alter fi rtoight Mr. Norton had
insults I him at the Watch C iminittee meetiose. Not
him, however, alone, but he had iqsall7 insults,' Mr.
Dickinson. (Hear, base, and shame.) Their Tows
Clerk had now held his office for something like 33 or
34 years, and he would venture to say that during
the whole of that time he had never received insults
from any member of the Town Conoeil as he had from
Mr, Norton. . . .

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The M•roit then referred to Mr, N wha's " precious
document " and Bald that In declining to read it he had
only followed the exempt. of his predecessor, who was
known ea • toite clever hurler. Tnere were • great
paher of cherges contsined in it, but not a Rhode name.
It was Mr. ft ink w set prove thi• that, and the other
—(laughter)—and Mr. Norton wanted him to be the cat's
paw to take the choice out of the Sr.. to stand all the
actions that would follow, while he himself, the prime
' mover. was to moth) altogether. (Hear, beer, and
cheers.) Why be must have thosicht he was devoid of
sense if he thought he would submit to that • Mr. fPyring
had said he would throw it on the lire. W.ll, be did
not think that a were unwise suggesten. (Hear, hear,
and laughter.) The Mayor then stated what hat always
hem the custom since the days ot Mr. Harper, that
Mayors shoold first angst ire Into rep irta meet constables,
and, referring to elderman quo 6 charges, quoted the
alltade of the constables (which it id nol nehmeery to
given showing that one was reported 13 Years ago mmther
. 10, and both hie clean sheets since. 'Two had been di.-
missed in lilt contempt!, they bad been dealt with.
One was allowed to risign in 1875. and another in 11177.
/another oonatable had something against him, which
'o ell n it bee been very bat, ;ad he Wad now la the
Hampetiire force. Two other., against whom Mr. N orton
hal raked up charges, were dead and burled; and it wee
r (elite • new thing to bins to fancy dead men were to be
put into the box to be tried for their peat offenee•
(Tremendous cheering) $ ich proceedings, the bringing
of reckless charges meant ....y one, could never help
the Cense 01 temperance.
Mr. N ert n hers rose snit attemp'ed to synth, but he
was met with such • babel of hooting* and &Toronto**,
with ree imm.ndations to " get out." that he could not
, tusk, himself heard, and he leant acmes and •ddraseed
hirniell to the Maris', who then said "hi wishes mo to
my bp .11 f cot write the letter. 1 Guile believe it, for if
hi bad he would have made it little more stinging, but
leap he sent a letter to the 11 ime S cretary imp .aching
I my conduct and that of the other rusiti.traim soil more
I diagroceul than that." The SI syor, after other remerks,
conelnded by eating he behest Mr. Norton had taken •
. wrong it p. and was not helping the cause which be
preened to have at heart, and which he had in so many
way. materially helped.
' Mr. HUDSON was quite prepared to support the resolu-
tion with 'the modification suggested by the Mayer, and
ststAl that during his terra of oMco, he could not
' remember that any complaint sib the state of the town
' had been made to him. lfe protested against any
Pontinei feeling being attempted to be thrown into the
qumtlori. It wee one that affect -ii the public west, and
en considering it they ought to divest themselves of any
uryty feel no. No doubt there wao a great doe of irregular
eobduct and naneammuy drinking in Puole, but he
could see no reason why the klace should be held up ••
an example of retenness to thi community. He believed
Poole was not worm then other mapo t towns, indeed
he would go a great deal further, and say it was better.
(Ghost...) Mr. Norton bad a right to do as he 1 k-cl, owl
ho would air him credit fcr mom sincerity, hut it Was
weirdly for a man to get up at a meeting and held his
fellow-workers up to condenthaten where they hat no
opportunity t I rep'y. 11. believed Mr. Whitworth, when
the facts were brought to his knowledge would withdraw
that letter of, however he persisted in doing wrong, then
he mint tyke the 00nedenMeef, Neon., perhaps, felt
more strongly than he did about the man Williams. who
bad received the. heaviest punishment the lew nosed
BoDolt : he was found party on three
Indictments, and sentence on only one—but he warn CO,
eln;ed the magistrate' had no alternative but to
momit. 'theta were oix. wit:teems mainly him, whether
the Ir evidenm was this truth it we, not for him to say, hut
be did not feed the man was entitled to all the cheat-
meet he got. Still the magistrate' di' their duty fear.
lenity and conecientiowly. and there could be no r 'Sc'
, tiro, cast upon them. Th. is was nothing Irregular in it .
except that the man bat been having money to spend
! or the porno's of tempting other people. He did not
allece that Mr. Norton intended he should put it to that
but he must say that was the outc ogee of it. 11e
' went into pah'ichouma for the purpose of tempting ethers
land getting them to drink. asid perrepo drank himself, ,
and under the inflator.* of drink might have eoessaal• I
oetat floes than She reel bate

Ks &Mai withdrew the letter portion of Lie
rteolulon.
Mr. BODO, coafeesed he would f Mier the resolution Fad
gone lot • in I $ entlr sty. b et. n if Ille. Whitworth did
boleve in what be slimed We none to it enamel to him
that nothing would be likely It caws him better —and
N »ton se well—than the onfoortunltr of Puttimt it
in peons (Rear, Ira..) Re than referred to the feat
that Mr. Norton bad not furniehed them with one single
fact or name opus which the. could act, but that his
Auras were all general. Mr. Norton had attacked poor
men who were deal—(tnuch h•esing)—lout Von eh
emoting them 5.,, d•tst with by the Mayor for the time
bein Y. fails I to re . what they heel to with the ea'
of Williams at al. bI". N won tra.4 that he had witnets
aft-r eaters' to prove that the • vi•fanoe wog fal.e. If be
was in that postion, why till ha nnt take action sof a rla•
pasta taws personal Tee Morse wee open to him. Re
oil not choose to avail himeelf e it, bat c miaowed to
snake these childish cherry.... which no one la his own
town belleeed, although, perhaps, out•i le there were lame
few innocen••minied p.ople who di4. (Lttight r.) if.
hat sai4 that he (Mr. Bully ) hal coal 'yet deteet'ves
Now, one thin,' he would pr him. ani thot we that
ae wo rid not employ them and give them wooer to '
to npt Mr. N Won to c.muoit • birch of ti. ron•C'.
IH tar, beer. ant larghter ) Th. B •tamearp,.ab and
Itrishto cotes were quite diger-nt tr this Io the one
the polio. veer, rotployed. in the other the Excite. Alai
onW. co itinued Mr. B airs whet in Ch. ...al raison of all
tnia •a it ..nent for the port year I Maine, whom ere all
these charges really levi-ci 1 Arafast the S toerint n feat
of Pll e —(1 no 4 applaus I—and trim sheer ma alic
(eerie wed ehe• re)—ongend. re I by a r wort mat, by the
stperinten lent I. toe Wat n Corninittee on the 1.191 of
March. It was the es.' of the biter hit. (Langhter )
Mr. Norton chose to say the sup •rintendest seas drunk :
and the Superintendent. very prop •riy—Kr. N ..toto feu
then sa Aiderm to for the II irouab, as he la now, and
will be for some m.nthis ant the he will t•ke a 'aft
prat—vau,oo ',aught tif—ropertsf it t the Wa•ch C •M•
mate.. Me. Macon had said he had marked hi. corn
taunicotiou private awl cone lential 10-coute he did not
want to opt into his bands. Th•t war rot's r
as he ghoul I much like t. hove had him in his
bond,. it. 'hamar, however, hr ha 4 got him in one
cuss wb •re he hal overshot the mork—(cheerl—to4 if
as w •ul I on'y remove ['Woe wart. he noolf hays him
for some others. Bat what was to be thourht o' a men
who nit le tho 4. rb ones ega•hat a my •ctatole hale of
no-n, alai was trait of an sotiom for lire'. It beep he
the truth he need at b. ersil ; if he did not he deeerved
a sew. r pee sultry nuoilirn.nt, aid he hope I somehow
of another be would get it. ar, bear.) Why even
in the ete, to which be bad referr•d, his solicits-s had
p'etete I 'privilege.*—(ianebter)--ntteal of standing or
tailing by his words. Rs trusts I Mr. Norton would
not again be allowed to see the p,liOn both alt., ailing
his wo-4 of boom, not 10 ednli.n the eHtte6tC
Mr. Noaroa Na, no.
The 1I•TOR: Yin dare yAlf word of honour. (A V 01.,:
t oat worth /) . . . .

Aiderui.o STTRING tutted that if thay could •xpect to
hasp 12 taco lor 1.5 year. in their employ without a
c rope at. why to., most think they were mese than
mot. If ever Mr. NlfiOn hod learnt has C itesobion be
most have forgotten on, sentence—" 1 must turn and
laboar truly to gat my own i(eint an I—(oaitaing and
looting lows at Mr. Nnt)n)—to kelp nay tongue fr 'as
evil speaking. lying. and slandering. (Roars of laughter
and Acts.) He hid &treaty proved be had spent a
great deal of his tone, not in earning his own living, but
lying against and slandering the polio, and the authorities.
Ho wi.hed to be called a public reformer. I say he le a
pu'ilic nolesnev.
H. NowtOs then defended himself itialast the charge
of blacasining the memory of the dead, amd said that
-ben he mid, his complaint som time in kutuat, th,
three man were than alive, and two had raeigned sine,
then. II• was gotta able to bear any amount of abseil,
but he held to his charge., ant again asserted that the
whole of them had not been dealt with by the Watch
Committee, the employers and caa,tore of the
they hat 1,..t0 co adarnurid
Mr. Croton' : That is a very (*riot's assertion.
The qseetion as to Mr. Norton's "word of honour'
again •ZoOr, the KATO' elitist that he gave it, bat, he
would strait, with • revweati on. (Mr. Nonvox "Am r
fla asked thaw of It. Watch Committo• who were pre-
pared to .4m:rod him is th•t aseertlon to hold up their
hands. Mews. C meta,. Barnet, and Stens atone, did
so, and H' AI lerrnan CURTIN, again z. drew forth aloud
cheer by suing—" H now certalnl plilgad hie word ~f
honour ho serrild not polish a line."
Hr. NORTON sail that ho broight the charge. b !faro
thi cmm, lee ant aalt-d their gerion. attehtlin to 1.
ant al they •ould net glee it, ho considareg himself
ex •mot d From hi. p omit, ("Oh. oh," end laughter )
Mr STONR : li, 'aid I pl-dc. my honour I will not pub-
lish th-in obi as it,. luau ,ntplirr, ant t,,ere has bwo
no eoq 11,1 lie chatkozo.i M-. N rton to take off those
word• "prim, awl eceiffientral."

The MAYOR A 4 I pe lei my w irl that if be will,
evcrr r re earl sh ill b. rnieirel
Cip'ain SYGeR C,fll,n tnt his rop'y, te the
env. rlf • p I eval n n ifli wh or M-. N rten h. 4
r..poited ti lb IVA eh I; 11 al git final . a
...lc, which hr gr."i•et t. r ply kiln If h. It-pt ih.•
plc Ige for ex eri h the •141 Atm of £.3 if be kept
it for en thr akto,l r
Mr. Monroe le men broke it is lour month..
CAptirn Syasit 1)..1 rot eV!, the ii 10. the £5? (loul
cheers.) W. in rce4rd in Williams. he sai I he het no
Wes he was coin.: to have ts swear to .bat he rep
111 bad told him in himself, II did net w "idler Mr.
Norton was on Ai, for it was oat rip his doinga that
Williams ens •h -re be now wan (Gr.st anolanee.)
TO- wait on am amend. d was th.-n pot to the Cionel,
and every hsod, • t of course, the eruption of Mr.
Norten'e, was hell uu in /Amour of it, and. it beteg
declsred estriet, thim concluded rather • lively day's
p-ocesclings, kale' just Carew boors.