A STORY OF THE DUKE OF LEEDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 129, 1 June 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)

A STORY OF THE DUKE OF LEEDS.

A good story is told Jn "AI.A.P." of the Duke of Leeds. The Duke, while he was yet Marquis of Carmarthen, represented the Brliton division for many years in the House of Commons. During the canvass for one of the elections the Marqnin was told that a certain Conservative voter—a sturdy bootmaker who had several sons and Bcnn-iu-law, all with votes—had refused his support, on the ground that he was "not going to vote for no adjective lord.'' The candidate got the man's address, and walked round to see him. "You're not going to support me, I hear, Mr?"' said the Marquis. "So, sir," replied the man of leather, "Ivc got a lot o' young 'uns to keep, and I'm only a workin' man,"'and 1 ain't a-goln' to vote for no lords—they're no good to the likes of us." "But," said the Marquis. "I've got a lot of young 'uub to keep, too, and, what's more, they're all girls. You're better off than I am in that respect, I'm told, for yours are mostly hoys." The bootmaker shook hands with the eandidnte, quietly and commlsoratingty, and— so the story goes—went off and joined the Mnrquis's election committee.