The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-12-21 00:00:00

MR. MONTAGUE GUEST AT WAREHAM.

Kr. Mootsgu. Guest addressed hie oonstitnents in
the Corn Ezcbaoge, Wareham, on Tuesday evening
Lat. The &t.ndenoe was very large, and the pro-
ceedings throughout were of a most orderly character.
Mr. Banton occupied the chair, and, besides the
hon. mambas, there were also on the platform Mr.
Penton, Mr. Frank &gip, Mr. W. Crocker, and Mr.
Gunshots.

The CHAIRMAN having opened the meeting with an
able speech,
Kr. Morrraotrit QUINT, who on rising was warmly
received, said: I stand before you this night tondos= the
pledge which I made you at the election. (Applause.) I
said at that time I considered It to be the duty of every
member of Parliament. If he had attended to his duties
In the House of mono& to come down and give his
constituents some kind of idea as to the state of the
p3ittcal (saline of the country. (Hear, beer.) I am
afraid, however, it may appear to some that since the
meeting of Parliament too long a time has elapsed before
I presented myself to you; but it always was my lotention
to fulfil my promise, and I was advised that sheet the beet
time was somewhere about Christmas-time. He, however,
bearing Partitionist wee about to meet on the sixth of
next month, I hesitated the arrangements as quickly as I
could, in order to be present to fulfil my engagement.
(Applause.) The last tims I hal the pleasure of sidearm-
Mg you WM after the election; it was not here, but Iron,
the windows el the 11.4 Lion, and to enthusiastic were
you at that time, that I am afraid it made you food you
expected • very great deal from your representative. I
can assure you it made me feel how much wee expected
from me, and I only hope In the pert which I have taken
In the politics of the day I hays not fallsiti short of your
expectstione. At the present day, when newspapers are
so easily obtainable by everybody in the °matt,, it may
..mm 111 most a work of supererogation for a member of
Parliament to address his conettuents. But at tie manse
ititmus I think
almost i a ht and
ow.s
irbilg.fora a par custom,
copnrostituency f
to or I
t slelie
t what
their representative thinks, units be takes the oppor-
tunity to come down and ewes hie views to them.
(Hear, beer.) If you who returned me to Parliament
exp-cted to we my name figure 111117 largely in the debates
of the House of Common., I un afraid very many of you
must have been very much disappointed. I hope I male
It clear to you I did not ark you to return me to the
House of Commons ea a mere political speaker, but rather
as one who wished with all my heart to attend to the
business of the Howe, give my vote in a right and con-
scientious manner, attend to your business, and the
business of the country as well as I was able. (Applause.)
If you have studied • little paper that came out shortly
after Parliament was over, giving the list of the members
who attended the divisiens, YOU will find that at any rate
my name was there as often as most of the others-
-Ispplauael - and I think I may be allowed also to say
that at any rate I have been able to vote nearly three
times as many times in one year as your late representa-
tive *Si able to vote in eleven years. (Laughter.)
I don't want for • moment to refer to anything that is gone put, but I simply wanted to
mention this to allow that I have endeavoured
to do my best in attending to my duties in the House of
Commons. At the tone of the last election, Kr. Glad-
stone in his address made the following remarks • " The
policy of the late Government is• describedas*having
weeded home legislation, augmented the public expendi-
ture and taxation for purposes mischievous, and plunged
the finances, which were handed to them in a state of
Prosperity, in • state of deficit unexampled in
siiiitet to
times." I think that when he expressed himself
in that +a it wee his bounden duty to undertake some
active towards the welfare of the whole
country. As far as the remark ea to neglected legislation
Is cemented, he is borne set la a remark made by Sir
Stafford Northoote shortie before th• ellattcf when the
C enervative Government was so taken up with foreign
IT on that it had Dot bad any time to attend to home
Iseislation. It is perked, tree, as we know full well, that
f ir the six years of the late Administration the *yes of the
Government were turned abreast Kr. Guest Mien spoke
with much ability on the foreign policy 01 the Govern-
ment. He spoke hopefully of the settlement of the
Dalcigno diffieVey, and also congratalstsd them on the
fact that the Afghan War was luckily over. They all
knew bow it was ...ought to • tiniab—if it wee finished—
lir that remarkable much of Sir Yenisei& Roberta to
Candabar, and the magnificent victory at the end or It,!
But now came the wino ion —le Candidate to hers-poled 1
He knew that the Lderal per y as• rule said ' No.' It
woe an diet •olt pro.olein to solve—some very
able men were atainst an.i some in f I vow of retain's, it.
When a deputation re.-ei le saVed on Lord Hertington
upon the question, hi. remark was " What right have
we weer (Rear, 1550..) He (tin speaker) did not know
if that was to he the policy Met would actuate the
Government, and whether they would feel imitated ia
withdrawing from it. Re knew it wee the feeling of •
very lone poeticise( the Weed party that we should give
It up, and retina to the old boundaries. He considered Lord
Hartington would he justified Info, the present retaining it.
until he could see his way clear to withdraw. He bailey-at the ultimate result would be that the British troops wel
return into their boa:Warne —(A Voice: "Thetis what it
should be.")—Dtuing the last weeloa a camber of valuable
wereares had bees yawed, any one of whisk was enoughesouswaseato a Bo rotund to the isagiont's