The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-20 00:00:00

Whait - lII.X.
MR. MONTAGU QUEST AND HIB 00N8TITUENTS.

The member for Wareham Mr. Montage Guest,
addressed his constituents at the Corn Exchange nu
Monday evening, when the proosedinrs were ch decter-
lied by almost perfect unanimity. Mr. Calcraft
occupied the chair, and on the platform were Mr.
Montague Guest, ALP., the Hon. Evelyn Ashley,
7.1. P. Key. W. Denthem, Mr. C. Selby ( Hayor of
Wareham), Mr. R. J. Jasmine, Mr. W. Crocker, Mr.
W. P. Collibole, and Mr. Edgar Smith.
On rising, Mr. biorraito OUT was most warmly
cheered. He said be was only a:premier the feelings
the whole of that asambly when the ked n dish-
behalf Mr. Athley for being present 0 that °casino.
(Applauve.) They ell know the imomtant position
he held in tier biajedy's Government. an it hey also
knew he wee* Doris Ire man, an I, as Mr. Calcraft
had just told them, the goo of our worthy Iva
Lieutenant, • great Matelots= and noble philanthropic
gentlemen' he was sure they were all pined to think
he was • Dorsetthire man, and hoped they would find
him some day in the Cab net of Her Maj eye Govern-
ment. (Applause.) TM only thing they did really
regret was thst Mr. Ashley did nit sit for the °minty
of Donet, (Hear, hear.) Hs (Hr. Guest) had
always considered it to be the duty of • member
of Parliament to meet his constituents once • year. At
the last election he told them he thought that to be
his duty, and be bad hoped to carry it out. The first
Tear be wee elected he bad had the pleasure of Meal'
ing them there, and he had hoped to have bad last
year a Murder pleasure, oot many of them doubtlen
new be was anxious to get other gentlemen to come
down, and be had asked several members of Parlia-
ment who had mouthed to &mist him, amongst others
Mr. Ashley, whose duties at the larot moment in the
Home of 0011100 W prevented him from attending,
and so fr en one canoe and another the meeting fell to
the ground. It left him therefore to go over the ground
of almost two years' work in the Home of Commons.
He, however, proposed to touch only on the quiptiaus
which he considered to he the met important that
had been mused and which were to ceme. At the
beg coring of last year the Baptism question wee the
most important matter before the country, and
certainly • most difficult one. In proceeding t defied
the action of the Government, the bon, member said
in the state of revolt in which Else then wag. it was
necessary for this country, con min that Egypt
wee on the high road to our ponsesioneln India, that
there ebould be some form of stable government in
that c dintry. France also had great interests at stake,
and up to a certain point she went with us, and both
Governments dedded it was nemeary that the
authority of Tewfik, the legitimate in er, should be
supported la Egypt. Up to a certain length France
went with us, but beyond that she wadi not go.
The thus arrived whim the admiral of the British Fleet
found it necessary to take precautions to provide for
the safety of his Um, which was menaced by the
serthwoths of the Egyptians in Alexandria. The
French Fleet on that occasios steamed out of Alei.
mirth harbour, and left matters in the bands of the
British admirel. They all knew what took place. An
army was sent out from England, and they knew
the sequel ; and although the Conservatives
gave all credit for the expeditious and able manner in
which the campaign was carried out, beyond that they
would not go. They argued that the Kell:Mon Wee
ought never to have been undertaken, that it
might have been obviated, and that, bed the Govern-
ment taken Proper precaution. it would never li,ve
taken place. Now he begged to differ from them.
(Hear, hear.) The circurnetances were exceedingly
difficult, and they knew perfectly well Arabi wee pier
log between Prance, England, and Turkey. 1 hey
knew that from what Mr. Wilfri i Blunt had told
them. He had the honour of meeting him and he
distinctly told him Arabi and his ninth im army hod
no more intention of allowing either England, France',
or Turkey, to have any interference or management in
the
afialn
a the nail .n. Undm these
circumstances, therefore, it was necessary for Eaglani
that there should be some kind of stability, and it was
the intention of tbe Government not only to put
Te•fik Pacha on his throne, but to roeintsin him
there. (Applause.) Of course they all knew that the
difficulties Mot Presented themselves after the we:
were far mom clinical and mire complicated than the
difficulties of the war itself ; and the future action of
Her Majesty's Government would be of the most
ticklish character. They had mint round to all the
Powers in Europe • despatch In which they had set
forth what Enalaridl meant to do. Some of the
nations, and more espedally France, were exoesdiuglY
sore at the Use which England took in the snare a
Egypt, end she would not believe that she meant ta
leave the Khedive to stand by himself wise 6
good
enty's Government that it was their
opEsortunity arrived. But they had the *Mr
&GOO Of Her Mat
intention, when the Khedive was strong enough to
stand by himself, they would leave him, ond
that it wee not their intention to MIMI niece-
(Applause.) The people of this country moo/dyed this
to be • very satisfactory state of things, and if thy/
c mid only get the French to believe it, it would make
things much maim. But the French did not believe
It, and it wee difficult to make them believe it; the?
judged the action of Zaglaual by the *al mi they them-
selves took some time ago in regard to Tonle. lite?
kit" Pkdkffil7 well that the Preach west late Teeit

and mule an imaginary toe. They declared they did not
me nto LOOM that country hut In his opinks they
did hays that intention. What was the result? All
the treaties were really thrown over, and it was now
✓eally nothing more or less than a Preach colony. He
himself had a very atrium feeling about it, and he. tried
to urge Her llajeety's Governtnent to out their facie
strongly against this annexation, for he considered
Prance had now i very important pla a on their high.
1d to India, and he was afraid some day they would
live to regret it. Passing on to on tbe subject
ol
Ireland, the hoe. member sal
as • source of
great trouble sad senoras:* to them ell that they
cold not seem to "hit it •fil" with Ireland. Byer
since be could remember it bad beset nothing but
redressing the wrongs of Ireland. During the last
three sessions of Pe/Bement, since he bad ha i the
honour of representing that borough, it had been th.
same, but he thought they w agree with him that
the qitestion of redeeming the grievance, of /wand
was not the question on which they sent him to
Parliament They returned him as the Mend
member of that constituency, more partiottlarly to
help in taming useful domestic measnres for this
country. 'Duey did not calculate any very important
measure would be brought forward for the relief of
/raisin', but such had been tittle fat.; for the last
t itee a:allooll they had la?en &deg hardly anything
hot legislating for Ireland. Defending his action
with regard to the Arrears Bill, the hon, member -aid
he V./411 /sorry to find himself in disagreement with Her
hilaiesty's Government. His rea.ons were these. ife
well r, members I in the year 1870 they pissed the
Land Bill, and he certeinly was given to understand
that would be • final solution of the Lead Question.
In 1380 the some question came up again, and the
Arrest. Bill was pared. He quoted some words
• by Lord Hartingt .n, which applied hi the
iton he held :—" I am oppeeed to any useless
expel' ',ones of the hard-earned revenues of this
matey, the late. whi.ih are paid by the working
men of this country. In the interest' of either the Irani.
lords or the occupiers of Ireland," (Appian...) lie
(Me Guest) cn.'eivel at the time they were spending
the money of the w irking-deems of this country for
the losnefit of Ireland, an I he did n it know where
that etate of things was going to stop. Under these
circumstances he male up his mind it was unwise to
'pearl that money, and so be gave it's vote against it.
tppla me.) They all knew perfectly well what the
Irish really wanted—Home Rule—which he himself
should be very much diainclinei to give them. The
queati in was this—" Flail the Lief' shown that they
were capable of maneging their own effete., w:thnnt
using the powers that would la' given them ti break
down the ataborit r of the Government of this
o 'entry!" He did not believe they were, and in
support of his view be mentioned the alma" of the
repeal of the Pewee Pre.ervation Act, and the tress in.
able language of Mr. Healy and others. Under this.
circumstanc .2 he ohnuhl not. against any treasure for
eelf•government in Ireland. (Applause.) Obstruction
hal been the order of the day for the last two sweione,
and he believed they would agree with him in the vote
he cave in marl to the Conte by • bare majority,
which he considered to he absolutely neces.ary.
( toplaime) He also approve I the formation of the
Grand Commilt me, which would ratter. the House of
• vast amount of work. S 'me of the first measures
th t w odd be rives) them for their consideration would
hi the Bankruptcy Act, the latent Laws, end •
ninety of other laws c anectel with legal matters.
Defending the Government In fiscal /mittens, be
averted to the recent speech.. of -Ir Robert Peel,
Mr Ashusead Bartlett. and Mr. Sehrieber, who had
seierteel that the expenditure of tide country had
increased, and that the Liberal parte had retired from
their pledge of Peace, Retrenchment, and Reform.
He would leave Peace to tak • care of itself. hut upon
the policy of retrenchment he felt somebody ought to
to Me the question, because the Conservatives were
hoc 'using in ,re and m,ih annholdenet 'hr Robert
re I said in the year 1878 the Conservetives spent 78
and in 1832 the Liberals spent 81, and
amonzst other allegations which Mr. S hrieber made
•:einirt the Liberal party wee this very strong on'—
'clue, they had been in office they hod put on nine
mdlione of taxes on the people." Now, if they were
n extravagant 0 ivernmeue he quite street with
them that the g0...i0n should be most deeply looked
into. whether ie not thee reds marl the pledge they
made et the elect on, and wh-ther they speot more
money than they might to have spent. In 1877, two
year. before the Tories went out, Mr. Childers, the
Previte Chancellor of the Exabstu r, compared in the
Rouse of ('ommins five years of Tory finance with
fir y.a.s' ceder the Liberals. lie Mule the Tories
wepoes his for tha fi year, of '6B. '69. '75, 76,
an I 79, end the Liberals 70, 71 72, and 74. The
C enervative' took over in 1866 an I 1874 most
II iies•dor finatmee ; in 1868 they took over • •orpine
of 2,691,000, and in 1874 another 4,800,000. He
"'menet up the whole qoe.tion Lbw. : the *Groins of
the five years of Liberal finance warn 19 millions in
mini neuthees. and the Tortes one million end •
is. fair; the Liberal IS Aieslo of Isse.l3l million, the
T t lee; the Liberal rediseti in of the National
Debt 30 millions, the Tory 12) The figureo were
starling, but they were true. In 1874 Mr. Gla Loon*
left to the C in./relatives an itetima.ed revenue nf 78
tni I one n dan •••imoted •xiendirnee .1 72) illio..s,
I awing • msrpi •of si milli Ma. Bat erwit did the
Co la-restive. lan ?—es.itnated is.. 82.980,000 ;
espentitore. 82.073.000 that is to say, 185,000 surplus,
which Brum, lere W•nsid •al, an equilibluo, in fact they
left nothing at all, with the excepti et of two-thirds of
the coat of the wars thee had onetime In to pay ; so
Instead ef bovine • surplice of five mildew they left
111 mill one ti pew. The greater pot of that tie
Liberals halo isr paid. ( eiipla awe) And not only
the. hot ^sit if the t ixation for the year. they h
ti e illgvp•hr, War, which wa• the proper way.
Beeirls t at in 1830 the Id itionel Debt was 774
in 1882 it stand at 703—a reduction 0( 11.
lipplonae.) It (erring to the Pito si n of the
Franehine ha sail for Lime-If be thought it was a
eight thing that it should be extended, for he
nitiii I see why one man oh ald bans a vote on
one side of the street, and not on tim
other. (Hear, h-a'.) S me people were afraid 01
the working m.n. Oily the other day he saw an
a-count of • speech at Winfrith by lie. Gore* B n 1,
who moire' to represent that conetituency—(laughter)
—ter' he raid he wee afraid of the workine in,., and
thought there was &great deal of lips irenceab mi them;
also that they were apt to he del away by gentlemen
who addreseel them. (lal,hter.) But they were
not so ignorant an Mr. Bond tit iogbt they were.
(Load applause.) In these days th re wes no wagon
for any man to be ignore, t. The fact of the matter
we, the working man f this country is Liberal and
not Conservative. (Applause.) Mr. Boni kew
very well who it wee retureel • Liberal member
for the b 'rough f Watelmot —the working °lame..
(Applans..) They retained • Lib Tel miniver last
tine, • d his arm c inviction was the: would do
exactiv the atone thing aril,. (Chews.) The realm
Mr, Band dii nit want the franchise extended we.,
he knew if the borough was enlarged and More
w Abe men had a vote, a Conservative would n
hare a chance of being returned. (Chews.) He (Me.
Goma we. not afraid of the working Mats- sHarr
plauie)—he hal a great deal to thank them for. As
for himself, and as fa- se his position in life went, hi)
iMily wee re.seo, he might say, by the working
claams of thls count 7. Ite had also to thank them
for having returned lion for this ainstitnency. Under
thetas &clung one, he should always feel thankful
to the woridog claws. Pr his oart he Gould assure
tie' i tech mid always remain • Liberal, and he could
promise them, if he were returned to Parliament again,
he would di whet he cold tweeds rousing those
measure, they required. (Loud cheers.)
The III•ros of W•itimail prop-wed the following resole.
ties That this meeting desires to &trees its •Plioecia-
ti rif Mr. Gonst's roe tent aftenton to his Parliameatary
dut es, and also to exoress iti erset,fteed eonfliteue a In ,
lamb him sad Her Majesty's Government" (oPolfaissd I
He sooported the terms of this reeolution in • aeirite:l
sped,, in 'be coarse of which he mid he believed be was
right In eayins that 16 oat of 19 of the Ghlivollmult
question. brought foresee' he had Ye& id on. ani to • very
Il•ld•••44ettetit tato VI. wishes of hie constitusat.;
he had th 'Wore heen a faithful rummest of the vies of
those who bad seat hfro to Perbunent, not only is
War ham. ha` alio in C of. Castle and B-re. (Applause.)
They gave ay. infid ,to their in -tuber, aod, as
for thee s.c ni part of the propyslti, n, he salt he did not
believe there was any gentlemen In this or any adj'ilnieg
kin:inns who eneld hayn do, s the work of the ooisaitry go
dr, ctmally and m safidsctorily as the Premier had done,
and he thnogl t the is at they could do was to i across
throe roolldience in him, and hop, that by the bleesin I of
Ii hi. life would stil he spared, in cinder that he might
ion ler fo the country the important services which he
hed ',plant, dose. (Loud appWase.)
M. W. Ciocega seconded the remlution. He had
erect pleasure I. ilt.chai.lai this duty, and Meneiellf
sri b regard to the 61.4 part refeering to the vote of con-
itil nee i• Mr. Hoe t Si frr aa he pirs.nallv we, con-
rerned. their menite r hot discharged his dot estroollY.
(lioo, hose.) H. shount he very corny that any member
who lepmeentrd a rus itoence should le twirled
rowyl to 41st what some members of Ws conattor nee
in ght fli. Ro ea. fhankrol Kr. Guest had been
independent enough to ',its as he tholght heat in sine
tn./moire, which had bee's loom' t forward. Throe wero
some of them there who worn wide•steoping Radio de, end
WHIM w o wented this, that. and the rther, hat Mr.
Homo contrived to so between the line, Anil as managed
r ry nicely ; •nel he ems mire the majority of the Wareham
war itoency will he rely well pleased if he wooll do in
the futio• as in the past en. when the time came for
him hi be refereed tin Porll•ment, turn would do so by a
retT Irate majority. (Loud applause.)
Ilse prop alto's was carried by acelamaton.
The floe. ZVILTS ASHLST. who was warmly received at
first expremed hi. pie sure at being pres 'at tosiipp art sack
• goo I earl solo eh Literal as Illots,ssu Ge•et 0.
congretuillied them on the onsninsty and the hooting's
they all appears' to show for am Liter/ eases. Refer.
r n e to the recent Ginservative taempir tin Poole. the bolt
m •01 rootioued,fris s• th
do if rears he reprorented the
Ii rough, and therefey m i ought m tame be reed
with a nsiderab'e tete r st the va-ione detoon•
sir atioi s,whi then Liberal or Conservative, that took Van
then from time to tme ; fee r• mantillas-I he was but
a pier rnprenestativa of place, who. the moment his
e mots tins) w Po the pito • mooed, then ceased to take any
interest la its plait:al life. HI therefore had looked with
some taboos. st se amomet gran abort three Amyl ego of
• treat Conservative bingos', or some detnonstration or
other, that toot plat et Pooh, He observe/I their old
Irmo& the Sq ml r 4 Braaltsse, ilr. 11 intinck, was there,
Mr Sob Asher, the essonlior for Poole, also that
notheelastic lousy-body. Mr fishmeal-Bartlett. who came
do •n from rue, and was fotrodaceti to the asminhly al •
• gr a*. light; end and mlitedly he sae Po. he It from
him to deny it. fLeuelaor I Also he was intro-
duced as the repomentsive of ri most important
eons' itneney on the borders of Norfolk. and Sof.
folk. Now, Eye 1,1411 nee of t'sn mat
la 'moths they cool Ipo sibm find. IL iu.kter.) It, •iched
first of el ton- Me one rein .rk shout • rtotement of Br.
C svnn li.h Bent nelt 11' noticed in We • limos he bed
rate iii. that old 'lender which hal first been st.aebae
t Me en Aden., with referencia in the nee of as. words-
- Poles In ha." Mn. Bentinck wa• sold enn.)lo to ray
el -it leiter El mule fuel
Mr. Evelyn Ash's,. •' • 010'e-reat
af ,h.. xprerstots—"Pe4l4h led.' Now, ali oust r
latiinde area allowable at p ditscal me-tings. end though
hit hoped nosedf them ova winced nod" atom, stall be,
then •bt gentler° n %eh, bore the prone of," Right Hoessori
.h.l- ." sod called themeelv is " Prism C instillers to Ho
ibeesd bee/ireful before they so et before • body
of their fellowmitimins and rioted thines
whlch were
uarloohoelly groan flees and ntterly *about .T v fnnnda-
tiost whatever. (Rear, bear.) lie dented able tasty that
he
bfol -See, as st dint by Me. Co/6641A Banana". fa
Exeter Hall or anywhere else, 1111.1 the expreselhe
" P." em India," Si tench to the Mama ears of
the 4)e lo war at the sue we Ion: speeoben_ he
"Me mime,, the seriorcornio element, which was highly
divert ae, lie real schrie. r ro.e in his place, *ed.
after meting to the eatioiahle citisans of Poole the
filarial deniers t the Coati sties ant the Common'
weaith that would seemed an/thing like an intro looti.
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