The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-09 00:00:00

&tun Calk anb Street edicts.

Political excitement has now reached a climax in the
B 'rough, and both sides are actively on the alert.

The candidates fr Parliamentary honours are now
to be seen daily going through their house-to-house
perform woe. One of them I. accompanied by two
members of the Conservative aristocracy as "agents ;"
the other prefers to CIUIVAIIII alone, and have no
" agent."
If we are to believe half of what we hear, both sides
are to win, as already mire v.ites have beau promised
tbgin would win the election.

A laughable incident occurred at Parkstone the
other day, which, as it illustrates the " tiasuapapery"
fabrics on which the Tories rely, I will relate. The
Tory c .ndidate called upon a voter, solicits I his vote,
and was refused. A few minutes after, the candidate
in question cams running back ti the voter with a
paper in his hand. "Here, Mr. M—; I find your
ame is signed Ut•On the requisition which was sent
In to me from 700 voters promising me their support,
so you slug vote for me." " Lor', bless you, sir,
hundreds of folks signed that paper as didn't know
nothing about it. A man brought it to in.., and I told
him I was the wrong colour, and he rail, ' Never
mind; sign your name, it don't matter,' so I signed IL"
It may be interesting ti the Tory otncliclate to
know that a very large !real .n of those who signed
that "round robin not only did not know what they
signed it for, but are good Liberals.
Of one thing the Liberals are °attain, and that is the
seat, under any circumstances. They will either win
it or claim it. The former appears at preset to lie
the inevitable, the latter if requital only, but
have the seat thiy wont a,•il will.

I was pleased t I Pee those placards abut the town,
reminding the inhaliitants once again of the elecaus
petition, and I still maintain that if ever there WAX a
dirty, fishy piece of business enacted by a set
politic+l cowanls, th it piece.d business wastt. Liberals
of Poole, remember that Waring won the s at of 120
majority, and lost it thron.dt no fault of his in any
way whatever; he neither bribed, treated, inlikpidata
or used undue influence, to win the seat. TA people
of Poole elected him by a large majority, and political
cowards petitioned against him. That one of the
petitioners could no: write his own name sh s the
contemptible opponents the Liberals have to fight
with.

Electors of Poole, whether you are blue or yellow,
are you going to be plsc-.1 under the Canford screw,
and see the borough Poole (your own borough)
locked on in the strong room at Ciauford along with
the family plate and title deeds.

I hear that Mr. Davey will be ret .rnel unopposed
now for Bournemouth. Hurrah I i'his is a good
set-off for Southwark. Tne Tories buy Southwark
with beer. and the Liberals Bournemouth with common
sense. Which is the greatest vi :tory ?

I hear that Sir Ivor Guest will not opp wo Mr.
I)avey. Ilia chances are uot quite so good at Bourne-
mouth as he would like to see them, I suppose.

Fighting Bristol wa+ a ling genie, as no peerage
turned up for it after all. So was Glamorganshire ;
but losing Poole! well, it WM enough to send anyone
into hysterics who declared she would never ho haw?,
wadi she had seen all Poole bow down to her. Don t
you wish you may get it?

Some parte of the High-street are very rough, and
crying out load for the steam roller.

A novelty in the way of coercion is being introduced
Into this borough for the purpose ~f putting on the
political screw. As it is rather an ingenious idea I
will give it, just to ware tho.e who may be acted upon
by it to bring their grievances to be aired in the
proper quarter.

It appears there is • sort of co-operative society
formed by some of the Tory landlords of small cottage
tenements, and any tenant who is sum) sad to be a
Liberal, ano who is behiudhsnd with his rent, is
threatened with the bsiliff.. Thee functionaries are
supposed to exercise such a dread over the tenants that
they (the tenants) would give a iything, vote, or do
anything rather than have them "in."
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Unless I am misinformed, a good few votes have been
promised by means of this device being acted, but
landlords will find that that sort of game never pays,
for the promises are not good, and coercion is dista.te,
fill to Poole people, if that WY not, we should now be
represented in Parliament by a Tory.
TR' WANDYRIIII, in Poole Telegram,
Longfleet, March Isl, 18t50.
WAILBIELM.

THINK., RiCTOR of Warehsro, the Rev. H. Pelham
Stokes, mu; instituted on ths 19th February last, And
will read himself in at St. Mary's Church on the 7th
inst.

AY TRISP AS& —At the Petty Sessions on Tuesday,
Henry Taechell was charged with trespssaing in search
of game on land belonging to J. 11. Calcraft, Beg.—
The trespass was proved by Samuel Mullet, keeper to
above.—Fined 2.. and cost% 10s, in default of pay-
merit seven days' imprisonaneot.--George Pucka,
carter, of Wool, was summoned by his employer, Mr.
Wm. Spicer, of Bobington, Wool, tor malicious
injuries to certain horses.—Fined 3r. anti costs, ,in
default of payment seven drys.
LOYAL VICTORIA LODOIC Or ODDFELLOWS. —On Wed•
nesday last, a public dinner in connection with the
above lodge wan held at the Antelope Inn. There
were about 90i ;r rsons esent, amongst them being
G. W. Bond, ~ in the chair. J. A. Penton, Esq.,
vice-chairman, Meson., F. Filliter. W. Daniel, W.
Frith, Dr. Stainthorpe, L. W. Pike, R. Gower, C.
Yeareley, J. H. Garland, W. H. Fookes, J. B. Best,
John Bose, &e, A. good spread was provided in the
lodge room by Host Shepherd, and for those unable
to find room provision was made in the market room.
The town band played a good selection of music dur-
ing the evening.