The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-02-03 00:00:00

J.B.T.—Jnat enough Ira for coursing ?—(langhter).
I Oendidate I have to tbsok you for the kind way in
which you have reeelved me—(Oh I oh I)—and I beg in
It le • long time since there was such a "free fight" sonolesion to say that if you dome the honest to return
for the representation of Dorchester at at Ilse Present me member for pore ester, I will use my best
election. Tbs unezi e.td retlremeut of Colonel Blurt eadeavours to do everything I can for the benefit of the
who was associated ulth the borough by the ties of • said town— (applause).
RAMO which tsr. power to the county, and with a great This was followed by three ringing Olsen for Mr.
deal of property in the town, left the oreatitueney Br-
ymer, and "three ohms for Mr. Head" being called
without any cetera bias in the oh, foe of his sucooesor. for at the back of the room, they were given with
On Monday there was general bewilderment a, to what pretty nearly /roil vigour. A wag suggested " OAS
would be done, and the names of mr, W. K. etrymer, more for 11. tail " and provoked a sally ot langhtta.
Mr, K. Williams, June, Mr. H. B. Middleton, and Mr. Mr. Andrews suggested • " little business and pro.
K. L. Klodersley, were mentioned as local gentlemen a resolution in support of Mr. Brymer. Us added
vibe would be enitable candidates. Meantime, Mr. cop, he'll win!.
Coombs, the principal agent of the late member, was in Mr. G. H. Davis seconded, saying "With all my
London and did not 0 turn till the evening. Late at
night it was announced Mr. Brymcr would be the Con- The Chairman put It to the misting and decbsred it
@creative candidate, and next moruing his address was OW' rid unanimously.
Issued, in which he simply stated "I Nene forward as • Mr. Brymer returned thanks, ard proposed • vote
Cormervatire. anxious to make a stand against Pre- of thanks to 'be Chairman.
capitate changes." The Liberal, of the town had not In replying, Mr. Bodges said Mr. Burner was not an
been idle. Before the resignation of Colonel Blurt old stoger in politics, but after he had bad • little
wee known, there had been oommuctioations opened training and drill, be believed he would make • good
with Mr. F. 8, Head, the eldest eon of member.
the Right Hon. Sir Francis Head, Aare, who in lefig With three cheers for the Q teen and three good and
came to the borough, and finding there was very well-deserved cheers for Colonel Start, the meeting
little ctsnoe of Caere,,, went to Mid.lient, and enese,
molested that constituency In the Liberal Interest.
Immediately after the Colonel's retirement was an-
nounced, an addrers was issued on behalf of Mr. Head,
sod the tame night the hon. gehtleman arrived in the
town, and went to the King's Arms Hotel—tie house,
also, by the way, of the Conservative candidate. On
Tties,ey ruernirg a canvass was begun on behalf of
Mr. Humor, every attoruity in the town being created
In its interest except Mr. Wigton, and that gentlemen
Is acting for Mr. Montague Guest, the Liberal candi-
date it Wareham. So that Mr. Head was under the
double tii,alrantage of no rq ent and scant otos, izalon
of the Liberal party. However, Mr. Vernon vigorously
entered into the contest, and gathered about him
few earnest workore. Personally Mr. Head does not
Cllllll6, for, tackier the staff of spouts the Conzervis•
Mee tarty hey, iotoiced, Liu Soda it ituroaaib:c to see
all the electors, and therefore refrains from Bey
'Dern:tette ti,liTl/6. We should mcntion that on
Monday eight Mr. it, Williams, jun., arrived in the
town. It was thought he would have creme forward,
and had he done so his prespreen would have been
undoubtedly very geed; but at that time Mr. Brymir
bad been adopted, acil all arrangements male for the
o:teatime On Tuesday there asme to the I,:irent.h Mr.
Chalet Schreiber, the husband of the widow of the lute
81r John Guest, and late M.P. for Chollembrin. with •
view to offering himself to the Con ire Interest,
and, we understand that some of the party would have
gladly accepted him, but it WM too late—the Couserva.
tires were eoromitted to Mr. Helmer. Of the Conser-
vative meeting on Tuceday night little need be said—it
speaks for itself. On Wednesday Mr. Brymer aid his
Moods pursued their canvass, and the young candidate
eemouutered a geed deal of chaffing respecting Co-
operative stores, and Ms maiden speech of the previous
night. But be took the baste good-bumoureeily,
though some of it was not of the smoothest. The meet.
irg of electors invited to hear an address from Mr.
Head was held in the Corn Exchange, on Wednesday
overact, and was a gratifying demonstration. On
Thursday morning the Conservatives issued a sheet con-
taining a reprint of the Chronic* article on the
Dorchester election and the meeting from the same
paper. Later in the day Mr. Head's *pease of the
previous night as reported in the Tdrgrain was istued as
• broad-aheet. The same day there cane to the borough
Mr. Belittled, of Olsstenbory, to act as agent for the
Liberal candidate, and at once stepa were taken to fight
the election we h vigour. Tee Liberars have a committee
room at Mr. ilegal'e, and the Conservatives at Mr.
Hogg's. On Thureday we understend • deputation
went to Frampton Court, to invite Mr. Eberithux to
again come forward, but li. declined.

DORCHESTER ELECTION.

Ro:v_i

heart.'

ADDRESS OF THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE.
A general meeting of electors waa held at the Corn Exchange,
last Wednesday et ening, Jan t, to hear an address from Mr. F.
S. Head, the Liberal candidate. Ile as warmly greeted on
entering the hall. Amonbled on the platform with him were
Mr. M. Devenish, Mr. Vernon, Br. Aldridge, Mr. T. Bennett,
Mr. F. Bennett, Mr. E. Mills, Mr. Froud, and the Rev. T.
Hiave. The large hall was densely occupied, and the meeting
WAS lively. From time to time there wall strong and hearty
cheering of Ltheral

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In opening the preccedings, Mr. DRVINIRII, who Ilarl been
voted to the chair. said :- My fallow townsnien,- We are
speeilib cw,unoioot to decide whether we thalf he governed by
Liberde or by Torks - (erica of " Liberal."). I have the
pleamire bitrodueing to pm Mr. head, • Liberal gentleman,
and I have no doubt pm will be pliniseil with the sentiments
he expresses—(alolnm, Anil Voice: "I hope he'll make •
better epeech than the other did kat night," laughter, and
"ThrLu cheers fur Mr. Mad.")

Mr. Haan, on stepping forward, wax greeted with cheer.. He
Sail: and friends- for I think I base eozne
CU, and I hope to have More before this Meeting Is over-1
tool not tell tuu the itheolution of the present Parliament
ratite upon us all rather by surprise. The coniesq,knee waa
that we bad not Minn Ilene to make arranganaits, and I came
down here iloinealiat •npeetally, and have tiut been able to
go amongst yial, and inaki• lapel( pentonally known, as I should
Inta it lAA; but I flatter In self that when I was here five
years ago I rereived 110 kind a We1e061.1111.1110 touch encounute.
Inuit that 1 base not altokmither lieu, forgotten i(appenee).
I have not forgotten you, nod I hope you have not forgotten
tin. (hear, hear). Hut I felt this, that under the arcum-
0%11,11, seeing the short time there Is for the eleetion, and
that 1 1.1 a good deal to say and very little time to say it in,
the sooner I flirt you in a public, open, straightiontaed
sort .4 ;netting like this the better. This Le the liikq;eat hall
lit Isirethister, insist I have asked you to meet me hers. lied
it not Mae occupied laidoight, I should have hail a meeting
then. 'however, here I am, and there you are- -(laughter).
I ant very glad to sec you, and feel much obliged to you for
your attendance. NOW let WI proceed hi business. The first
thing I whill to nay is this. I find, PO far as my short experi.
, core goes, that there are a few people who fancy I am nether
' ton much c 4 a Republics.. I ism not, and Ido not offer my-
self as such is any way (applause). I entertain as profound a
niwltuv't. and Muni. se' loyalty to the queue as any man hers;
and as for the House id Lecke, I have not the wmallest desire
1,, alsillsh or interfere with it. (Voice : Ityform IL") I think
thy House of I.rds In itself a very useful institution. It is
naturally • Tory institution, Ind, tni many occasions represents
Tory sentiments. I don't quarrel s ith the House of lords on
llut account, although those arc not sly slows : and 1 *honkl
he as soiTy to rentorC that House as tat tot down • fine old
mrk which Is everybtaly's pleasure and delight. But, as we
luatc a Tory Howe .4 Lords, representing Tory principles and
interest,, I say It bra the more necemary that thaa should be a
Literal 'louse of Conimoseei--(appliese)-- so that both classes of
"rind...may ha. c theirilue yield in limb-1;614nm. Aa• Liberal
I bop, you still leer( through ow in Ix:turning a Liberal Howe
.4 Commons and andinuing a Liberal Doventeneut. Lid then I
think there need itot lie anything said shout redormlin" the House
if Loris. ISO 'ouch for my Tory peedilectime. Now We MI
rehim to the inn-Roos id the day. The first point to consider
I. I.•erhitte the Maims the Tory party have on your support,.
They &Hula-, it oceans, that they introduced the Reform 11111 •
few years ago. It is perfectly true they did ; but you know how
much Liberal pressure asap 4, 'select' on that occasion, and I
venture to say the Reform bill Wee esnederally altered for the
better by the Liberal party- (applause.) Is ant „Token of by
Lon! Derby as "sleep lii the dark," but I call It a deeperete
effort to get popularity - (laughter.) It proposal
plurality of voting for the rich people, and no vote at all for
the compound housholder, In the House of Commons the
Liberal "arty took the liberty of altering that, and the result
WY IL became • useful inewure. tied q wanted one thing to
complete It, vkw, the halite, and that. the Liberals added. I
hopc at the present election you will make good use of the
Dead In the way which the legiolature intend.' you
should- (applause). binee 1 have been here I have net
, attempted • regular 14121,661,ami,j 11l tell )011 one meson
why, I ll'ty all Englhhluell nuebt to make up his mind
whether he is a Tory or • Liberia. and atA aetxtritta-a.
(applauee.) I stand here the representative of
opinions, !have come to Mier myself if you approve meetly...sr
representative, but I wily seek the support of those Whose views
Accord with my own. 11l meet • Tory, and he says he shall
vole for my opponent, 1 say hy all means If he represents your
times, *lel von think him a peeper person ha represent Dor-
chester in Psrillitnent- (laughter.) I only Want the votes
of my own party - (%'oti a • "You're a Liberal.") I am;
there'll no fnieteli! about (applegee ) I believe the Tories
lake a great Mel of credit for the laarel,sse telegaphs. I
happen It know • little about that, and I my Lbiut totem": routel
have been worse managed am a hominess transactinn ; told lotu
conacqUenee was we Li:id about three times SA much as we :•..Llibt
ytu ha. e done, aud so se at the present time shilling Pet ad
telegrams. For the conthit•t of the Abyminian sal
the▪ 'Defoe 4.3 at great credit. MS it cet tell millions, though
they mid It wousti cost four! They went to work se
recklessly, baying mules here, rim' donkeys there, goliq: to
the wfmtg eserYthing, Wit •11. v wasted millions of
Monty. 1 should not wish to stamp in it, way such an
ow ...lithe. but those has mug opportutiltlea if knowitv
say the nioney spent tiler the Abyssinian WIT WWI Wllltolll
wastes:- (has, hear.) In r..lfitril to the Ashatitee war
take a favourable view. AM Liberate were earl it had begun,
but now it must be energetically earned raw will venture to
say the expenditure will sof he ten millions tbotagb. or half that
amount -(applause, and J. It. T ; I hope we shall get out ol
Ashantee as cheaply as from Abyeniste).* I Impu we sl
not have to pity anything like that aunt. bat kr as I know,
end I dit know a good deal about it, there has seldom teen an
tvpol4o:in ci. economically or it. v.ll niatiaged. And It Is
believed by the Dovecote:id that it the War ends, as I trust It
may without Meister: exclusive of sea transport, the neat will
..4 reeeim one nill'imi-l.lleere). So much for the lest
pone', if the Tories. Now ietst do they pmmise iii the future?
- Aimee ''Nethilig at all)." klr. Dieracti, after reedilig Mr.
Cladshon"a address comes out will. aI IdeSIO to this
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effect "I say ditto to Mr. (laughter) fuls. (nob
stone, 1 neol scanty my, fug whether amontra• Islands
or Tories there Is- scantly a differetwe of opinion
thst ;mint, is the greatest finance minister si U,i iralleo4 4.
- faisph'ime} Ile ankh be. outdrew on Saturday, and that
contamal a programme. couched in terms of due Men c, of the
li„,n,m„.s whist", ta ',Tina,' to carry out in the o ming ausaion,
though he felt 1114 1414PN ::1 the old l'arliamoit hardly strong
month to citable him to do It. Them measures are of the most
Impormot character, and affect your in...4os', very deeply.
' The PC111111.4011 01 the hionne Tax is one of thaw e rays
..11se find item which I have to sot Miro in the finaneur
arrangemods proper of the year is relief, hut relief coupled
with reform, of Iskol Taxation." Sonm time an the Liberal
party became of °MO. tint !!te rating of towns, mei IP/MCP,
mid real property generally was seri miequally distributed,
suet that tho former were rated a mks: duel too high ;
and Mr. Gird.4..nu is now aliaionil ti, iannohlte as tin_ 111
: nelleme 01 relief .m.lOll with reform .4 Local Taxatiou.
Ile is itot the sort .4 nob to take the Chancellorship of the
I Exchequer with no object. 1 uoy remind you that Mr.
Goo'hen intreduesal • 1011 ou that subject, pen tut which was
to transfer the inhabited house duty, moth ykhtli y.i.i00,000
year in relief 44 hwal rams ; and I think that is a fair indiciu
hot of the Idol of policy Mr. Gialetone abhor to carry
Ile alai intimaten that he would make rembnions u 4 duties to •
considerable extent on articled of general eousuiliption
Thom are matters worthy of the C1111.1t11191.100 of
the peoplo Mr. Disraeli in hastily echoing Mr. Gladstone,
proton] to repeal the Income Tax, I.mks Only to his friends
who pity that tax. lie does not care a bit about the
remission of duties and the relief of load ostaa_ba
offs speaks of the Monne tax, gnu l his iinammune is •
very ahmly one in comparisoo will. Mr. Gladstone,.
There are other great measures, which he Libersi Gerernment
have in laud, end which they intend to persevere sth. If
they remain in 1,116. C. Asooterst then, is a Mil to faiiitau
the transfer of and. At ttie meant time this I. a 'natter so-
cun,hanuah h.j a gout dad of etssused ehleense,and the result in Mil
paensao aif lanslorate memo. who ttlalktl o liajuire a swan
quanity of land, finds it a notch more coniptiattch, trouble-
mid expensive preeces than baying smoke's 111 41414
property. Mr. tilaubutone, in the spirit which animates tin
whole Liberal policy, desires to remedy that old and crying
abuse - (applause) Another proposal is for reducing the
CPI•6111011Iii courts of law. I hop:, nom of you are engaged
in lawsuits, hut if you were you would find there Ina • great
dm' to pay for "Melt there is 'is sort of justification-
(apolause). I 10py t 11011,14011 us an illustration that some time
spa a friend of loins: epoiskjun of this emits:undated reform,
isietaioneal to me Um mast Id a man who is nal ii the receipt
it 52,000 • year from isle of the law omen, and •Isat do you
•d=rue is hisi duty ? Why to see that the laiwr en whieh
are written Is of act:rain thick ums-(lioughter) I asked
how such • berth was pmeWed, and was till that in the hum
Henry VIII people wrote deeds on Ivry thin layer which
eseeasionol slifficultim, and It WU IFUljtrewtaal an officer should
be appointol to wee that used was not too thin. Such an office
was created, and had been continued ever since, and a gentle.
man is now drawing £2,000 a year for it (laughter), In
making reforms of that. kind I don't, think Oa Turn:swill help
us much, butt think Mr. Gladstone will-(applause). I might
refer you to the Liberal legislation of the past 40 years as an
earnest of their conduct, but 1 will not affront your Mem.
genes by etopping to enumerate the immense benefits the
Liberal ministries have omit-Trod on the nation • and in which
they Loge been steadily opposed by the Tories in almost every
Mahone ; ye; nouns: of tame measures would a Tory ministry
to pcipea-(sridau.). It 111 fir these reasons that I
sin a Liberal, and ni aaaanS grolmil I take it for granted
Qisi there are many of you eho are honest straight-forward
liberals-- (applause} who do not desire to return a Tory neat
week, and who mean to support ni -applause). Ti. my
friend,l wouhl say we have our strewth sod our weakness..
ilue liberal party In LtnitLnul has ruled the roost Mr 111a1ly
• 11131 will, 1 trust, for topwly a year to come
hatnothing
le period hi this world, and pod as we are liberal no It I. part -
of our creed that we art not to be controllawl, oreirkiden, or
dictated to by those PIMP' 1111,14111 eu cry one halms to think
and act for himself - (applause). hat sometime, this is tarried
a little too far. It is in the nature of Libersiam that there
should be diversity of opinion on points of detail, and sub-
ordinate qUtstions, lint w list I want to 1111(11 LB this-do not raise
then, Into qiiottliius elf contention which would result in Use
return of a Tory for lkweltester-(" No, no.") Let us
sink our little differences. and combine where
we feel we ran honourably do Po and gnat principal°s
ore isit at stake - let us act together, and not be kept apat by
ta•opessiirtalfi differemm which must always exist--
thotigli probwidy only for a short time (applause). 1 cannot
'ik nape give you a better illustnttioui than in mentioning the
difficulty which exists at Cm present ..... no tat, and may keep
110/111.110041 1101104 111C11 from the 1.41, :old ..(hers from entering
J'nuilaiuui'ult 1.. regard to the 25. th clause of the l'sluention Act.
Tile %slit of the Liberal party la and Aiwa, u Ica been to souled
the Is:wilts u 4 rtitkati..ii to the Inuiddest individual in the
Lokl. They' lone untocoled in doing that, but in carry-
ing t-ut this gnat measure Uu-r have inserted into
china to which moot goal ant conecientious Liberals
take objection. I say at 1111 CC Witll/Itlt iflP111; into the
merits of the OW, that the great object was to provide for
orlinutio,, whereas the 2.lth clause is a matter of detail. lam
sorry the difference has arisen : it is • question men may talk
about firs air;y we want a imbuitittile for it which Mill meet
as far as pekible the I iota of all partied, and prudishly by and
bye • iulait will be discovered. But it would be absurd for any
eMe to oak me to settle • 4f-hend that question. lam quite
satisfied the clause 'mot be altered, but time smut be gumn
I" see hoe bolo it in the way which would beet Ilan isic
with the great object of the Eduostion Act- (applause) I
khirk nothlitgjoit I utention this to show how troubleaoaue some
of these quoins.its are, and to point nut the danger 44 raising
lomn-4 which ate for the prownt best allowed to not-- (ale
plausel. I will now speak on • matter whkh is store personal.
'the Liberal porty in I oreinster are in a critical posit" 1
caine ds.-11 all of a stuldok I had not fonoatteli Pon:halter,
anal nothing Would give me granter pride maple:ours: then lobe
entrusted with youromlldence- (applause). But I oils argil al ill
Hominy alight,nl44l awing to virruntaltaltees with which I iiveditot
tnatable pm, up to )tistenbly night did not know whether or mut
we should bate the assistance of Mr. Weston, the gentleman
Sin has genendly at-toil for the liberal party. 'llll that was
attled. we were linable to take any action. Al night we found
that owing to other arrattwjaltienta, Mr. Wutola was unable to
1 Klee us his OM lees; conscapprolly this ..... ening when I got
up 1 wan without Roy agent. had Bed ommenced nay canvass,
, stoat inalec4l atothilag lad loan clone. That intatar true p.sttion.
It is desirable that the Liberal party should molt r.laaaal
li, awl of room: the Toni, aik be delighted t.. Nair w hat
Nay nod take every pssoilalo s,l,usuutoge 44 it-- (Laughter).
Ihe truth is we hhowl together I hope a great loo.ly
apove in opinions, wail want to carry a liberal
1-411.1111.1t0 at the top ad the poll ; but them are no means
Minn it except 'by the humour of the Liberal electors-
(applause and voice : "'the Ballot Act was meant to stop 131114
sowing"). oar opponents, no doubt, amide and think that
Is.. very weak stag to rely on. I 11111 Opt of that opinion. 1 bare