The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-26
Nv OLD ENGLISH ELECTION.
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To rHE EpIroR ~ THk srN SW The
English elections OF to-day remind me o.
those OF ,he oldrn time. when was a boz
Ia the ancient and royal borough OF
Ludlow on IN" border OF Wales u mus
have been in November. 1852. when Lori
Derby. bein9 defeated on D,srasliS budgs'
appealed To the country. D,sraeli had be-u
sent To Parliament by Shrewsbury and VA
esteemed the representative of that ID
satisfaction with which the farmers %
Shropshire regarded the relaxation Of
protection to native Industries -Dtxzy'e-
brilliant invective and polished sarcasm
inspired the protectionist party with hope
Of tarin reform. which he did not hive 10
see. but which IL now bearing fruit after
the lapse OF more than half century and
is just As much q burning question as IL
was at the election OF which I have a most
vivid remembrance It WAS Ludlow which
irst elected free trader when Mr Balfour
appealed to the country in isaj
Fifty years aso Isidlow sent two nom
bers 70 the House OF Commons. although IL
is = little town with only s.oOO people AMI
had then . voting power OF hess than lOo
The voters OF those days were made M Of
bur gessee and according to the reform bill
of 1881 only those who paid a yearly rent OF
a sum equal To 500 had the franchise. The
candidates for election were men OF dis
tinsuished families. Give and Powlett for
the Tories aud Salwey for the Wings. Tho
Hon. X. n. Give was a granddaughter OF
the great Lord Give Lord william Powlett
was a son OF the FIRST Earl OF Clev Gland. AMI
Colonel Salwey was In direct descent from
one OF oliver Cromwells Generals The
burReeses for the most part represented
the decayed families of the town and re-
sarded an election "a the great opportunity
CESS, Tree and independent as ne was. got
money for his vote. and u WAS considered
most sentlemaniy thing TO buy that vote
as q full list OF the voters and their votes
wss made public on printed list insm edit
sbis m a n ssS an oppSr,nniiy Of seeins
II they had actually got their moneys worth.
q privilege OF which the ballot box depriveS
This election in Ludlow just ffty-eight
years ago had all the characteristics OF the
.s hs e.nsSa e. IL Upon 81. fam
tered when they received = card -selici.ins
kissed. The girls were decorated with
rosettes. and sixpence apiece was given to
M osyc 20 tors m ans
cheap a, the -pubiics. and beer flowed like
water a. every street corner Two matters,
free tiles" TO those who rot their heads
broken in the struEzle ! got free Tory
lacked ON The CIV. color- we're DARK
blue and scarlet: Powlett's wers rich Grim
son. sslwey's were pale blue and yellow.
decorated decor With he cosrs 81 ,fe is father.
fayorite. and the boys fought like fury for
NJ. Give was a quiet aud reserved man.
but Lord william. Powlstt was : regular
81 Tue and osnsa sn good
Promised Land, But unfortunately his
ocss Sa had swipe e pair o orc vs an 3as
slippers from shop in Regent street. Con.
s tn: Mss sSys ~AsP b. ned
slippers,- Il did. boys But one was green
and the Other Was red 40, 80 yon see In mot a
in the best Of 'empers. OF course. Il was
the duty Of ~ Tory boys 20 punch the heads
Lord william stayed a. the Angel Hotel.
where a man named Misters had recently
Iordship declared that he slept well with a
slippers Two men stood before hia window
night and day, one with a red slipper at
the top OF pole and another with a green
Colonel Srlwey'S winning card was the big
free trade loaf. which was about ten times
the size of the miserable projections,
In The shop windows OF the whiI bakers
and The free trade loaf was given for the
The al.ction lasted three days. On ,h.
nominate day a hastings was erected
in the market place and His Worship
the Mayor presided The opposing candi-
dates sat on either sid. OF his Worship and
abused each other in he mos' gentlemanly
manner possible The Mayor demanded
q show of hands. and as they were declared
10 he in favor OF the Wings the Tories de-
mand-d - poll \ polling day followed
The electors of Ludlow. like those Of Eatonr-
will were seized with temporary dizziness
Of the head and some got into the wrong
booth and were kicked OUT. The third dav
was chairing day. when the successful
candidates were seated in chairs decorated
with their own colors and carried m"
shoulders OF men around the town. preceded
by bands Of music. The grand old peal NJ
bells OF the parish church rang rsrrilv.
a. rhev had done NJ every past election for
more than ak centuries. and the bellrin1eTS
sof 80 drunk that they could scarcely climb
down the stems OF the lofty tower This
| grand old town in the days Of Edward "
| had been practically the capital 81 England
and u was thence that his son Edward
was taken TO the Tower 10 be smothsr~d
| bv the order Of Richard III " ia curious
| TO note that Davmerf of Parliamentary
members. which l. a tenet OF modern radi
| calism in England, Is no new doctrine. for
there are records in Ludlow showing thai
| in rhe sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
their members were paid az the rate of two
shillinR- day for the time occupied In
Parliamentary duties. BErrIsHER
| BRooKLYS. December 10