The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-09
Political Corruption in Ea<Iand-
same striking examples.

Political NorTuptiSn IN Ea<iAH0--
some striking Examples
Inarecsat speech IN Psrlisueni, LoId
Derby gave The following summary OF
ne iuiquitie= OF Lancaster, Yarmouth,
Totnes and Relgaia-the four boroughs
which have been disfrznchissd as unit
to return members 70 Parliament:
AtToins 81, 90 were spent By rival
candidates between December, Is62
and August, Iso5, principally in coz
ruP;ing 81 voters; out o; 354 electors
who voted in 1875 exactly ons-hzh are
scheduled as having been guilty OF
bribery and in tie whole borough
there is scarcely a single voter who
could 5s said 20 have exercised his r1ght
7 OF voting in an independent manner
In Yarmouth place which hAd al
ready bssn once purified BY The slimi-
nation ogths freeman eleuent-out Of
IS voters. no less than IS are sched-
Z uIed - having been guilty OF oribzry.
In Lancaster, where there are 40
electors. az the slecsI5n OF IsS5 the *
psnszs The four candidates we're Ei4,-
T $50. about SO per electOr, and s5s voters
are scheduled IS having been guilty Ct
bribery and corrupt practices and in
Rsizste. where there gre go electors,
I 80 Of whom voted at The election OF
Is65, S45 accepted 6ribsz.
I One Jackson has just been elected 10
The House Of Commons from Coventry,
o. . majority Of 80. bat his opponent,
Nj. Fenand, contends that there was
foul play. Here are some OF his
charges:
I'VE are at the present moment in the
possession OF proof that would unsezE e
dozen mem bzrz OF Parliament. a Pc
lifion viii Be presented 10 the House OF
Commons, and from what I myself
know Of what hiss taken place Z this
city by my opponents during this cleo
ton, Mr.. JzcEzou'= seat Cannot stand
the test of g con- m3ttes Of The House Of
Commons q single day. came here 10
dgnt the battle of justice for Coventry.
You viii have the battle Of Justice Tor
electors fought before a committee Of
the House OF Commons. You have
oe=n robbed Of fair opportunity Of be-
IUg represented by the candidate of
your choice"
An election riot occurred in Birming-
ham in July, which the police que!led
with much difficulty.
a scene in the House Of Commons IS
thus reported:
"Mr. John Hardy appears bent upon
constituting himself the es!fGat terrible
Of the Commons. He does not speak
often, or NJ any great length; but when
ever he does speak he usually says
something which calls the speaker into
action. On Monday night ne rose TO
reply TO Mr.. Z. TayIOr's speech on the
Meetings In Public Parks bill, declared
that ne mad never heard more dlsin-
genuous speech than that OF the honor
able member for Leicester, and cEsl-
lenged Mr.. Taylor to deny that he had
been disinEenuous:
"Mr. P. Taylor-I do deny it
"Mr- J. Hsrdy-Then you'd deny
anything. Laughter and cEies OF or
deF.-
ar. otwzy-I rise to order.
'.AT. :. HaTdy-He's returned By the
rstus= Of = large constituency. Laugh
Is- and cries Of order.
Nj. OGSzy-I TiSs 10 order. move
thai tos words Of The honorable mem
-. O taken down.
TIE SyzEksr-Tns honorable mem
r.sr las 1sz1 an expression which Is
70. II order He has stated that The
honorable member l. returned by the
refuse Of large constituency When
an honorable member has been duly
returned TO this House, that Is Tot
proper way OF describing his return.
mfr. J. Hardy-I only meant that the
honorable gentleman included such
amongst his supporters. ION, on and
order.
"Ar. Monk-I rise to order. L ask
whether the honorable gentleman has
withd syn the expression ne used
''Tne Speaker-I understand him TO
say be accepts the rule of order just laid
down.
"Mr. J. Hardy-I am sorry the ex-
preston I used is not parliamentary.
a taught"