The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-16 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS

The Liberal Candidate for
Dorchester.

We have very great pleasure in annountim,
a most eligible candidate for the representitio°
of the borough, in the Honble. Captain pulk:
Greville, who was a Lord of the Treasury tnki"
Mr. Gladstone" administration, and for 10 yaus
sat for the County of Westmeath.

THE ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN.
Surprised for a moment by the sudden diseohig,_
of the Government in order. to escape the rocks
rd
liberals
London Water Bill, the berals lost a few de
the average before settling down to their candile:
Not from scarcity of the latter, for we have even
reason to believe that the feeling in enlig' ht.,
circles is so strong against the Government ilmt-7?
most unlikely men sprung up ready to Lear t
i he .4
of contests. The leaders n the vanousconstituenr,
had to decide who were the men most suitable esi
who had the greatest probabilities not only of ewe...—.
but of fully representing the voters 'm the
questions of the day. One thing has been meek
clear the outcry against " crotchets," whether
just or not has produced more concent
of Liberal effort than existed at the last elect
•
Many desirable measures have been kept in the bete
ground, although their friends have felt they were th;
most important of all, and some went so far
consider them the only matters worth fighting fur
The unselfishness of those who were too harshly cane,i
the crotcheteers is bearing fruit in the more gene,'
agreement that Liberalism is the great cause to be
fought for—that Progress, with its supporters -Peen,
Retrenchment., and Reform, is the hope of Britain
and that, granting real Progress, au good meanie,
will come out successfully from the ordeal of public
criticism. Liberal candidates are being aimed
on, as fast as the leaders of the party tee
recover from the disadvantage at which they wen
placed by the sudden upsetting of the Glverument
water-bucket. For Bournemouth and CUistchureh
a good sound liberal, Mr. Horace Davey, ha a insects'
excellent address, which will revive the spirit of the
borough so long disgusted with the cry of" Wolf
Poole has been in training a long time, and in spite
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their hastily constructed earthworks, the CollAavathe
position there will, we may confidently expect, be
carried by storm. Wareham even is to have a gsod
shaking, for a bold man has come forward to give the
sitting member a run for it, though Mr. Drax is ie
confident as ever of a triumphant return. Shaltesber,
and Weymouth are still in the dark, it being uncertain
whether they will give liberal candidates a chnnee of
eliciting the feeling of the voters- but we have goad
hopes that they not be dumb. The little Issrough
chaftesbury will not be true to its traditions if it
doesn't fight for life, since the place must do solocthing
to vindicate its right to have s share in the governing
ft Britain, the privilep for which so many larger tow
long. If Shaftesbury had gone on quietly satisfied
it may consider itself doomed at no distant date, ts if
neither quantity nor quality distinguishes it, whet ie
its reason for retaining a member? Weymouth, si
course, is excellently represented by .Mr. Ldwerd,;
but the Liberals there must not rest on their oars, end
be satisfied with the goud things of this life flora mu
member, and with a Conservative member whose good
qualities may be all summed up In the word
or their fate will be like that of old Bookseller 64--.

"Who died as he sat,
Suffocated in tat"

In Dorchester the Conservative member has hada very
good start; but the delay has been caused—not by any
want—for good men were only too ready to undertake
the fight, but by the very plethora of candidata,
and at beat an experienced loan isaues hia address.
Bridport remains in the same position as lase
week except that Mr. l'andelli Ralli has issued
a well-reasoned address. As this gentleman pro
such a terrible beating to a "townsman" ol BM.
port at the last election, when he beat Sir Charles
Whetham, the Conservative, by more than three to
one, we can afford to feel quite grateful to ths
Conservative candidate, Mr. Warton (whose address,
by the way, we have not seen), for aacrihcing himself
to make a stir, though we doubt not he will find his
chances summarily slain by the Bridport dagger, sad
retire a wiser and a sadder man.
Shafteabury is to be contested by Mr. Sidney Carr
Glyn.