THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Press, Volume XL, Issue 5886, 25 July 1884, Page 2

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

STANMORE. | The official declaration of the poll for the m district of fctaninore was made yesterday m < at noon, by the Returning Ofllcor, Mr Beat- m I son. The number of votes recorded was aa , m i follows:— m $ U Htm Beese 138 85 301 534 ' m Kuddenkiau ... 119 102 214 435- Eg Dorney 23 71 48 m M Pilliett 8 6 33 47t §§ "Waneey 6 1 12 M am Informal 5 5 a JS-Jm The Beturning Officer said thab two««r> gf Ihree circumstances had occurred in con- ijjSF nection with, the election. A letter appealed in the newspaper, and ha believed Mr Pilliot said ho would forward it to him (Mr Beat. on).. Thtt letter he had not yet received, and hi had had no communication with Mr Pilliet. either verbal or otherwise. He understood * the letter was sent to Mr Lee, who waß,to» pass it to him (Mr Beatson), but ho had sot - received it. With regard to Mr Waneeji ■ he thought that had that gentleman fceen' • at the top of the poll he would utill.JuvtU'.-' upheld that he was seconded by Mr [Mr Wansey: " No, no. no. I would baii 4 < liivt it all over again."! Mr Beatson coa* tinut d, and declared that Daniel Kee» I was duly elected to represent Stanmoze ; in the House of Kepreaantativee. [Ap* plause and cheers.] itetore the candidates I made addresses he would like to tl-.ank tba electors for the orderly way in which they had behaved, and he would also return nfeth&nke to tbo schoolmasters for the use of, their room". fpl Mr D. Heesh on coming forward ffti SI loudly cheered. He thanked the eleefcw H| f< osi his heart for the very honorable pen*; f% tion in which they had placed him, tbat ps was at the head of the poll, and be ml could assure them it would be lot-, Wff earnest endeavor to represent them is ft, fp%.< manner as became such a constituency tt; %^ > t-tanmore. [Applause.] Hβ had begs >;<b placed agunst a very honorable frieod, sir Ly, JbCuddenklau, but be thought the iniufflJf fejf; in which he himself had been brought kIM figjj the field was not areflection on him, Wees ||| he was asked to come ferward, Mr Budoa , Wβ klau wh» bad been in the field before S&t him, [had withdrawn, so it was itateft S in the papers, and it was only M-" §§§§ 1 cause of this that he (STr Eeose) *»<*<. allowed himself to contest tbe el*sr"«B tion for Stanm >re. Mr Kuddenkiau Jeff ||| Ohristchureh in the meantime, but a» wm : friends would not take bis resignation, ana fP so forced him (Mr Beese) against ttSS .|| gentleman. Hβ waa very soir/ that w, fp. Kuddenklau was the candidate he M* ■& defeated at this election. He would mow mk rather it had been some one else, heats'* ,m he had, as it were, served a porawM ~m apprenticeship under him. He came **d> , || antagonist against Mr Kuddenklatu vs m the contrary. They had contested w*, f§ election with a spirit of faiiness. TWf M \ had been the best of friends, and he Dm sjm no doubt they would always remain-***, ||| [Applause. J He again thanked the cleowK ||| tor having returned him at the head of t» « poll. [Cheers.] . ,*i*—" H Mr Kuddenklatt said he appeareoberow ||| them as a defeated candidate, but he tw &£\ not ashamtd of that defeat. [Bear, M«J m He would like to have been at the top « ■§ the poll, both for the sake of fcw»JK S porters and his own, and he had *">»_**! H| slightest doubt that, bad they mm him, he would have faithtully discherjW m his duties—[applause]—as he haddoMW mm e\ eiy public capacity in which he had ew. |I| placed. [Loud cheers.] His friendl* -§| Jieese had given a good explanation of »" g manner of his coming foiward,andne <&* .c Euddenklau) could not gainsay it. Hewe» g up country for a short time, and on conu*|" §§§ back he found Mr Bees c in the field, aw< Wk his supporters persuaded him that new* §|| as good a chance as before. Butha*»s w& defeated— ["An honorable defeat"]--anaw >« he hopod was that Mr B eese would do jus»» S to the conatituency, he bad not the ahgbttK m doubt that he would do hia best. v» MB thing that went against him «| kinu) was, that he had not such apej**"*!! WB tongue, like eomo other people, and he w not such a ready speaker, but he hopeaj"" || power of persuasion would do -or «* e, !£r S trict of Stanmore what it baa done for *£ m K«CEC. With these remarka he had to th«* M all for the friendly manner in which w» c election had been conducted, and especjaw m& did he thank those electors who hnaear » portea him and exerted themsclve* ** g return him. (Appkuse) _,**. S Mr Dobnbtt said he came before them m only aa a defeated candidate, but a» one m who stood low on the poll, bat at the «*» • m time, taking all the circumstances into cm sideration, he considered he had eecureo -■ great victory. These parties "g 0 M the top of the poll were e«««|SftiS; fi wealth and influence, and he said this, w* h they used their wealth and .«' flu f 1 *? ll^l '«| timea more than he did, and ii! ciroomstancea. they only polled fo»«Wnfl more than he did, he considered ™Jl!mm gained a victory. In Bingsland he &*%:■£■ §§§ friends working for him, and fro^r 8 .^!: M& time he delivered his political aaart**™' ||| placed himself in the hands of tbe ftefS" , g and used no superfluous meana fluence, or even tionbled people fO3 (Applause.] He had no carriages, , s Kifrkf|f wheetora, no hansoms, to <|1 vote for him, because he relied wpeSfl*; mi bone and sinew of the working: ',-wm dietrict. A report had been ewJWffffiJ; ■ the -Workißg Men'e Political A»£™S*ei had assisted him both otherwise. This he because he had received them, neither did he ask it. |L?y»sssi|&§ to return his thanks to.the {V«Wjffs3Bm Political Aseociatione o£ stenm |

- *7u.«« for the time they had spent in ; He was not in the slightest *<» wlU *Slildfeir]T represent them, still if - offered itself he (Mr - [Applauee.l butaU were fallible, and he did not *ttia -himself licked or beaten,because ' Jfhad^Sfc]bad a fair run for his iS, n ei--aaWhterJ-his ffle leithim at the p:et. rßenewed Ster 1 Directly there was something straight to who told bim everythixg was Sright Hβ asked Mr Beatson to give him Kbtes, one for the Fun and one for Sβ"Times, but he said the newspapers Sdno wi« in the matter, and that what iTjSid was law. [Mr Beatson-" I did *.5n Hi Pilliet said he would second ?\£ but he (Mr,Wansey) would not take £?\2: FHear, hear.] That was about it fLaughter.] He was told Safhicfuld secondlimseii and he did xna * jfe returned thanks to thoee who supp< of Mr Bkese, seconded} by a vote of thanks was acand the rrccee diagß terminated.