Irvine Express and North Ayrshire Post. — 1885-10-02 (Irvine, Strathclyde, Scotland)

KILMARNOCK BURGHS.  3IEETING OF DELEGATES IN GLASGOW.  ON Saturday an adjourned conference of representatives from the Kilmarnock group of burghs was held in the Religions Institution Rooms, Glasgow. All the burghs were represented except Renfrew. Mr Morrison, Dumbarton. presided. An interchange of views took place among those present, and the opinion expressed was that only on all-round robust Liberal would meet the wishes of the constituency. Ultimately the following motion was moved by Mr Carme, Kilmarnock, and unanimously agreed to :—"That a sub-committee be appointed to look out for a suitable candidate and, if so advised, to ask him to address the electors of the various burghs." The sub-committee, consisting of two from each burgh and three from Kilmarnock, was then appointed, and the proceedings, which were very harmonious, closed by a vote of thanks to the chairman.  STORMY MEETING AT DrIIBARTON.  On Monday night, in the hall of the Free High Church, Dumbarton, Dr Cameron, senior member for Glasgow, addressed; on behalf of Mr J. Dick Peddie, a crowded meeting of the electors. ExProvost Paul presided. Ex-Provost Rogerson proposed a resolution to the effect that the Liberals of Dumbarton desire to expre-s their unabated confidence in Mr Gladstone as the leader ef the Liberal party, and pledged themselves to support Mr Peddie for the Kilmarnock Burghs. The motion was duly seconded. Ex-Bailie Buchanan moved, and Mr James Thomson seconded, a vote of thanks. to Dr Cameron for his energetic advocacy of the principles of Liberalism, and for the able support he was giving on behalf of Mr Peddle. Mr Archibald Robertson, amid uproar, mo7ed, as all amendment, that this meeting tender its thanks to Dr Cameron for his address, but records its conviction that every constituency should choose its own representative without influence from any other quarter. While Mr Robertson was speaking the scene of uproar was indeEcribable. He appealed many times for order, but the noise and uproar continuing as great as ever he made something like a diversion for the purpose of gaining his end in another way. Haviug at his request been supplied by the chairman with a glass of water, he went through some dumb show which was understood to amount to drinking the health of the meeting. The bait took, and the mood of the audience was changed in a moment. Everybody laughed, and when the speaker, putting down the glass, observed slily to a gentleman near him on the platform that he was not in the habit of taking more than "a wee drap " at a time, the change in the temper of the audience was so emphasised as to promise nothing but plain sailing for the future. Hardly, however, had Mr Robertson again got under way when a gentlem..a from behind whispered something into his ear, and Mr Robertson, taking the audience into his confidence, bawled out, somewhat warmly—Here, he's telling me I'm a liar. (Great uproar.) Ex-Bailie Buchanan, standing up in his place behind the speaker, called out, equally warmly—Yes; and I can prove it. (Continued uproar and confusion, cries of " Motion " and "You are wasting time.) Mr Robertson afterwards defended the action he had taken in opposing Mr Dick Peddie. When be had concluded, Mr Robert Macfarlan, writer, rose at the back of the ball, but was unable to make himself heard over the mingled din of cheers, hisses, booing, and the clattering of feet. He made his way to the platform, and promptly silenced the all but universal hubbub by promising that if the meeting would give him a hearing he would not detain them more than two or three minutes. To put himself in order he would second Mr Robertson's amendment. He supposed, he saki, there was no mistaking that this Goliath, Dr Cameron—(great laughter)—had been fetched down from Glasgow to smash him, Mr Macfarlan. ("Oh oh," booing and uproar.) The Chairman rose and shook his head deprecatingly, to the amusement of the meeting. Mr Macfarlan, continuing, said he had not a word to say against Dr Cameron—(" Oh, oh")—becau-e Dr Cameron told them boldly and plainly that he was for disestablishment, but what he said against Mr Peddie was that, notwithstanding his promise to the contrary, he brbught in a bill for disestablishment. ("Oh, oh," cheers, and booing.) He (Mr Macfarlan) ha I been described as having filled a good many offices by his ' old friend ex - Bailie Buchanan, one of them being that of a retired publican. (Cheers and hisses. A Voice—" It's a fact.") Well, he was sorry he was out of the trade if the same amount of drink was to be consumed this election as was canBurned last election. (Cheers rind uproar, in the course of which Mr Macfarlan returned to his seat at the back of the hall.) The Chairman did not put the motion and amendment to the meeting. Mr Andrew Paul moved :—"That the friends and supporters of Mr J. Dick Peddie resolve at the close of this meeting to form themselves into a committee to further his candidature."  Nlr Alex. Forsyth seconded. The Chairman again did uot put the resolution to the meeting. On the proposition of ex Malin L're, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman tor presiding, and thereupon the proceedings terminated.  ON Sunday night a commercial traveller named Aldridge committed suicide by drowning in the Pontyprydd 'Canal near C &raid. Deceased was in a depressed state of mind, having r ceived notice of dismissal from his employers.