The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-30 00:00:00

Bal. PORT.
THE FOURTH ACT IN THE DRAMA.

At the Drill lied the tj.".al 0..111 , Mr. C.
N. War oil. tle elect°, on Saturday ey
Such on arreoeemoit prec.iiide I tho poebioty
"naughty hove" who interroph.d the last open-er speed,
ti cone, again and do likierise ; but al!bough
ailtuit,ion was ticket, some nee:tits toys in the sluie
of honest and out-spoke', electore, warmly dheented free
the bombe.% raid wi re not to he deceived by ley
ti•ltire• and mice! otiose. nor mu elhd ty imperial t
liaertas. Stich men wiseli. did not in!. meet the eiertire
but ys eii. crieate.: feels a.c vies s f Its
speokerse Theta were re t rn er“.p they
came from ml a inteele aed yowls 0r..1), ai ~e urn et
of elect ire .• sir 'sent, arid hy eight eel elt de Loll we
well tl led. Mr. S. W. Whir ham occupied the chair. 11,.
Wet ton .t be cournienc• meat of big *Pesch mederslasem
I. thi iiiterruptious he bait met with at hie not spa*
•nd which were Cu..' poha 1., bethought by loss—slo
were • great power 10 Brian-rt. (lAuehtir.) Ile lbw"
no elector would wieh to interrupt. (hlow, hew) Bs
proceeded in • very mousing manner to tree: with
" Manifesto" whieh I.al helq poets' aboat ths Pers,
1 showing the eurplinsee. He argue I there wee a riad
fallacy in these surpliseee, and of courser attempted to
prove that they were entirely in err ir, and that the Tort
statena IPAI of figures eel, rie•.t. tire lels•ralt teemed
there wee but eve fliothe or, that financier 114.
Gladstone. (No, no, and yes, vet) The period d
Mr. Gledstone'e administrati in coincided eith the WWI
of commercial deproseinn. (Commutate.) Coal and Um
increesed in prieee. The hia.ted purples of the Liberelt
wse merely a paper cress, in. The principle of Loyd
Nos thcose's out buy spealane Dont Mr. Weriel,
olid not incres,,e the tax iu et el . (Cr bl,
turn him out.) N ,ribeote tied tired to scrape through
with as little uxpen,. se possible. (Cueers, and cries id
"No ') The expenliture ('aid the speakerili iii tsreuutd,
hut had been laid out upon the army an I navy, gaga
Mr. 01.d/tone bad cut down. ("Ni,end " turn 11111 '
out?) The Liter's's commenced the e) stem of eduesdee,
which Wee, expeheive, and throe . elem. s ii•l usrrYsisS;
but he submitted thet the rates bad decreased. We bed
drifted by liberal incapacity. He again referred to ths
Bralport manifest,' ten expo,ition Toty expceditems
sic , which apgeored to heroes the bleaker very meal
which he thoiight, wes very skilfully drawn up—it Psi
drawn up to euch a—ivey, but he would not use la
adj.-ctive at all. (Lauehter.) After a rather Meg spat
he sat dor n amid 00,-re and groans.
The noire of Mr. H. E. HOUNSeLL, who then procesisi
to address the meeting, was be signal for a volley of groat
and hi' s, which M. kept up mu es.ldlloUsly that It irm
mom time before he could he heard to speak, but dada,
the t me he did a.. was frequently interrupted by triad
" Torn-coat," and groans. The speaker anticipated hit
roc-Irian. for he coinineneed to explain his having head
that he woe to he iuterrupted unless thrro was a " parka
house"— (hisses awl groan.) toy wouldn't hear WS
words he bad to say. (A Wicc : Bitter look sharp thee-)
They never before saw him in that position. (Hisses ma
groans.) A very amusing squib said he had turned his
coot. (Hisses.) Tne speeker went on to explain why--
but the result of hie explanation seemed to agora mace
amusement. Mr. Eiounee'l continued Ito this strain for.
conaiderable time, hut ceitsinly failed to leave that he
Pression on Cie minds of the electors he endeavoured te
do. AA he sat down. hisses and grains were mingled witk
thf..oheers of hie p .

a thanks to Us, Chairmsa
which Mr. WARTON seconded.

WIRING FOR THE TELEGRAM.
The working men of Bridport may be pleased with
the details of a strange story I heard last week—mind
I did not Patch it up myself—it was told me by a Tory
working man, who accompanied it with several
knowing winks, which plainly meant "Even we don't
believe a word of it." But I'll give it to the voters,
nearly as I can in his own words. Here it is :
" A few months ago a gentleman canoe to Bridles*
went everywhere, and saw everything, and woo
greatly delighted with all he heard and saw. Then be
wait taken 111, and sent for a Tory doctor, who said
' Ay sir,' said he, ' you must die. So he sent for a Toil
Lawyer to make his will. 'I want it done' said tbs
sick man, 'in a Manly way ; and put down co kw
the working men of Bridport, because they've been
polite and well behaved to me.' Wasn't that a keel
gentleman? I ask you in the touching words 01
Rickard Cora-de-Dion. What d'ye think of him!
Fortunately for himself, but unfortunately for ths
working men of Bridport, this kind gentleman didnl
die; he got well And went away, and we heard w
more of him and his £5OO until about a week se
Then he came down in hot haste, and he says to the
working man. Don't you be afraid, my friend, hb°9l
that £5OO though I didn't die, I mean tokrihe you ~....
and I'll put another £5OO to it if only'—if only what-
-If only the working man continues as polite and 0
well mannered and as prettily behaved as he solo
before ?—not exactly.—' If he only does the riel
thing by Mr. Warton.' " That's the story I heoi,
Isn't it good news for the working men of Bridpert
Of course we shall have the £l,OOO, because of cool
we shall do the right thing by Mr. Warton..
shall stick to our old colours and our old print:oo.
we shall return Mr. Rani by an overwhelm:ll
majority, and we 'shall send back Mr. WiloW.
Brick Quirt, feeling decidedly less of stewk thho
did when he left it.

So stand steady every Blue.
To your principles be true.
And the reds must the struggle soon abandon:
We shall beat them, never fear.
In vita of all their beer.
And that's the only Leg they've got to stand on.

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Moral.—Let reason go before every enterprcsa• 161
counsel before every action. Don't eat too greediji
of cream-pancakes, unless you have an epicure°
stomach.
The electors of Bridport are not quite so far rig
as to be cajoled into voting against their principroaZ
the industriously circulated report, that • Cd
sum has been safely banked for their needs and,,,,rt
quirementa. This report has been spread
for the purpose of winning over the working
who are strong thorns in the Tory side—to thou' r"—".
work,
But they have gone the wrong way t't
expatiating in a bombastic style is not as efithat,..
means of gaining influence, although it mighl".•
gain notoriety Neither do the voters of
wawa borough relish the slur that has been hari."•
at them from a public window, insinastisa 7bi
they are in a degraded state of vasa gel
subjection. Plainly they are not. Sub gs
degradation is totally incompatible wit° g.g.
genius of a free and independent borough lit'
Part. --
Fine sense and exalted sense are not hatt!‘
valuable as common sense. Mr. Warta; liss,_,f°"'
a little common sense, but has not altogether
off the exalted; he has also found it high that t°
Into another sod safer channel. He finds that_i •
the Tory supporters consider it bad taste_Mg,'
cowardly policy to weevers in attacldng hfartl;ol",7•l
His speech on Sis,Ly night favored far 40w
politics than his two raviolis ones. Thh„...•
came to hear a political speech and not a 'fa
punning twaddle and side-wind insinuationsL,rwyg
they have previously been disgusted `nwatac
electors went to discover what were the 0i0n..00
barrister candidate, not what his sarcastic low'
might be. There is no doubt that the cocoa bg
taken by the candidate, (since wisely
done more to assimilate and unite our power ":,
Ball's behalf, than the shortsighted candidate"
satellites are aware of.