New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03

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| .ba conflict: their patrons bore the brunt OF th
| hattie The canvaseing began long beior
/ the polling: this was extended over four'eei
! DAYS According TO the poll-booK u
legitimate number of electors, some $50, was en-
cceded by 2ss, but confusion Of persons IS ac
| counted for by the promiscuous hoSpltallteS u
three noble mansions being at the mercy OF 'i'
| crowd for weeks During the six weeks th'
SCRUTINY lasted sixty covers were daily sprea" a.
Spencer House for those concerned IN 'he cuse
The results were no less eccentric; the huihor'
OF votes being finally found equal, the e'cctof
was referred TO chance and decided by TOSS
which Lord Spencer won, and nominated maj
ont If India. The cost of this escapade then had
70 be counted. It is said Lord Spencer eNpcule'
$500. 600, and his antagonists are credited WITH
having wasted $4,000 each. Earl spencer
came off lightest and appears TO have been ID nc
way involved Lord Halifax was ruined; Loro
Northampton cut Town his trees, sold his furhi
ture went abroad for the rest of his days, and
died in Switzerland.
Campaign literature in England mas al"aE'
been conspicuous for violent personality In
1905. for example. Sheridan was up for re-elec-
ton The late Parliament had been the first
under the Union with Ireland, and Sheridan had
taken office, to the great displeasure of many OF
his party So the country was papcred with
placords bearing such inscriptions as this:
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
On Tuesday, the 18th Nov, 1900,
At the Hastings In Covent Garden.
THE UNREDEEMED PLEDGES OF
The RI Hon. r. Brnsley Sheridan Treasurer OF the
Navy. &C.
Pawned previous 10 his coming into Power, &C., &c.
And in LOT, when Canning was candidate
for Liverpool, his Radical foes published this
elegant screcd
TWO PAUPERS.
George Dykes Is a Pauper. Why 7-Becanse he has
been pensoncd by his hrish.
George Dykes hes lost his vote. Why '-Becanse he
is @ Parish Pauper.
George Canning Is also Pauper. Why i-Because
he Is pensioned by his Country.
George Canning shall lose his election why =
Because he Is u State Pauper Amen.
"Stump-speakng" is commonly supposed TO be
an American institution Yet for centuries Eng
liSh platform orators have INDUCED In antics
that would take prizes in any backwoods cam
pagn Thus wrote a poet In the early days OF
William III:
When on the Rostrn. IA upon stage.
The Candidates their partSans engage
You'd think the Hall an Amphltheatrc.
And these the furious Gladiators Wert
As for the amenities of an English political
demonstration witness this from Dean Swift
journal, written in the days of good Queen Anne :
We met the electors for parlamcnt-mcn. and
the .abble came about our coach, crying y Cot
a Stanhoper etc We were afrnd of n dead
cat. or having our glasses broken, and so were
always OF their side.
Nor have clPcton-agents been over-nicr regard
ing the means employed for winning votes. Bnhb
Dodinston qivcs a graphic account in his diary,
in, flf In lpVi
1884, for example, be went 10 Eastbnry, elec-
tionccring, and spent three days " In Infamous ana
dsasreable compliance with the low habits Of
vens wrctches." lie spent nearly $4,000. and In
the end lost the election by few votes. by the
injustice of the returning officer
John Wilkes was one Of the most violent and
INSCRIPTIONS Of politicians. and when, after hs
defeat for London, he offered himself as candidate
Tor MiddleseX, in 1868, his campaign was one
long debauch The partisans Of Wilkes resolved
themselves into mob. Every coach on the streets
was stopped, and If lis occupants did not hurrah
for Wilkes the windows broken and in
any event the number AZ" deeply scratched
on the Vanished sides, that being the number OF
The issue OF The North BritOu' for which
Wilkes had been arrested Tor seditious libel
The carriage Of the Austrian Amb sSador was
stopped and that distinguished diplomat Was
held by the mob with his legs In The air while
man chalked As" on the soIes of his shoes
A famous election that of Westminster in
1884, when the great Wing. Charles james Fox.
canvagser the beautiful GeOrgiana Spencer.
Duchess Of Devonshirc, who drove about, polling
list In hand u the house Of every voter. En-
treaties, rdicule ciyilites influence of all kints.
were lavished upon even the toughest and most
illiterate, with marvellous effect. In vain the
TUfies brought forward Lady Salisbury "a can
vass on their side. She was thirty-fonr years
old. and the Duchess OF DevOnshire only
twenty-six. The incident Of the Duchess pnr-
chasing the vote OF an oDdurate butcher by means
OF kiss is said 10 be true beyL..d question; as
that other Of a rough Irish mechanic, whom
che smiled saying, All, lady, could light my
pipe OF your bright eyes"
Times have changed since them but not
greatly. The Dapes OF the Primrose League and
the members OF the Women's Liberal Federation
will this summer be, many OF them, almost as
active in political work Her Grace Of
Devonshire and candidates Will resort 10 al those
tricks 70 gain popularity which have been Gle
ments Of electoral campaigns since the days OF
Aristotle. IL was only week or two ago that
q fashionable young man, arraycd in the most ap
proved London style, went TO the voters OF
one Of the rural dcestricks. lie asked the
chairman Of the party committee In that con.
stuency a lot VI questions as 10 how the canl ass
would best be proceeded with, and as to the
topics most worth touching on. Answers having
a piece Of advice ?" Yes" said the candida te
" Well, said he $50 of TO your tailors at once
and provide yourself with knee brecchcs and
goodness sake don't 90 round the villages ar
rayed us You are are The candidate
thought a moment, smiled and said, Pom my
word, | think you're light III do at once"
ward appearance .'e picture of country squire.
and the interest lie Is taking in agriculture is
astounding.