“The Press” In 1865
December 21 ELECTION RUMORS.-How curious are tiss reports which fly about at election time. Who knows where they come from or what they mean? ... A few days ago a placard appeared on the walls from om candidate which we confess we took for a hoax, util, from the notices in our contemporaries, we found that it ' was accepted te genuine. The next day we learnt that Mr. Lance, another candidate, ted resigned, but teat rumor was tneed Ur the wife of the Kcratanr to Mr. teSe's commlttee-e no doubt, some day te moat estimable and
l»d»hr. 'sSSTEwsSfK vlnce we learn that Mr. Lanee wM have no chance, unlees he undertakes to turn out Mr. Hall; and from another that Mr. Lance would te universally supported if he were not supposed to be under the influence of the "Press’’. Mr. Travers, if the placard to which we referred were really his, sheen at candidates suppocML by newspapers; and the • “WtteL .ton Timor steentat Mr. favors fa not procunn* a newspaper te aorocaie dis ciainss* and so the war sees on.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30939, 21 December 1965, Page 20
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