TEMPERANCE COLUMN. TEMPERANCE MAYORS.

Evening Post, Volume XLV, Issue 17, 21 January 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

TEMPERANCE COLUMN. TEMPERANCE MAYORS.

That firm Temperance principles aro uo lougor a barrier to advaucement in English municipal life is again shown by the recent Mayoral elections in England and Wales. Up to the time of writing, 43 instances of total-abstaining mayors now elected have been reported. Besides these, there are 30 other mayors, who are not actually teetotallers, yet give their support to tiio principles of the Direct Veto, as advocated by the United Kingdom Alliance. Neither list can, however, be regarded as finally complete. A number of other mayors accepted, as politicians, the Direct Veto as part of the Liberal party programme, riomo of those named as abstainers have long been active Temperance workers in their towns, aud others have been vigorous Alliance men for many years. Tho tHHtotal Mayorß at present reported aro : — Abera yon— Councillor CharlcH Jones. Abery&twith — Councillor William Thomas. Batloy — Councillor Joseph Anty. Berwick —Councillor James Gilroy. Bowdley — Alderman Laugley Kitching (re-elected). Bidoford — Mr. 11. Dyniond (re-elected). Brecon — Councillor Lewis Williams. Bridgowater— Councillor Thomas Manchin (re-olected). Burnley — Alderman William Parkinson, J.P. Burslem — Mr. William Boulton. Calue— Aldermau S. W. Bennett (reelected). Cardigan — Councillor Evan Ceredig Evans. Chichester — Alderman Smith. Christohurch — Alderman Elias Lane. Conway — Alderman Edward Jones. Flint— Councillor James L. Muspratt. Grantham— Councillor Arthur Gamble. Haverfordwest — Councillor John Jones (re- elected). Henley-ou-Thames — Alderman Charles Clements, J.P. Hey wood — Councillor Joseph Lawaon. Hudderslield— Councillor Reuben Hirst (le- elected). Hull — Alderman George Hall. Keighley— Alderman I. Ickringill (reelected) . Louth — Councillor Dr. Best, J.P. Lowestoft — Alderman Hobbs. Luton — Councillor A. J. Hucklesby. Maldon— Mr. John C. Float. Newbury — Councillor Alfred Jackson (re-elected). Okobampton — Councillor George Fulford. Ossett— Councillor George Hanson. Pontefract — Alderman Joseph Taylor, J.P. Poole— Mr. H. Farmer. Pwllheli — Alderman R. Jones (reelected). Rochedale — Mr. J. Dnckwoith. Shaftesbury — Alderman Ja nea Wescott. Sheffield— Alderman Batty Langley, J.P. Stockport — Councillor John Turner. Swansea — Alderman H. J. Chapman. Tynemouth — Alderman J. F. Spence (reelected). Wells (Somerset)— Councillor J. Slater (re-elected.) West Bromwich— Mr. Charles Akrill. Wolverhampton — Mr. C. T. Maunder. Worlringtou — Councillor James Duffield. The Mayors who support Alliance principles, though not actual abstainers, are: — Barnsley — Dr. Matthew Hal ton. Bradford— Mr. W. Oddy. Brighton — Alderman Dr. Joseph Ewart (re-elected). Cambridge — Mr. Samuel L. Young. Cheltenham— Alderman John C. Griffith (re-elected). Chesterfield — Councillor John Morton Clayton (re-elected). Crewe — Dr. Hodtjson. Dartmouth— Mr .~W. Smith. Denbigh — Councillor John Howell Gee. Devizei — Aldeimun Mead, J.P. Hyde— Mr. Joseph Wilde, J.P. Hythe— Mr. John Scott. Leeds — Alderman John Ward. Lincoln— Councillor Wallis. Liverpool — Councillor R. D. Holt. Llanfyllin — Alderman Thomas Jones. Malmesbury — Councillor Thomas Cox Hinwood. M orley — (Name not given) . Nelson — Aldermau J. Wilkinson. Nowcostlo-on-Tyne— Alderman Culley. Newport (Mon) — Mr. Thomas Jones. Nottingham — Alderman A. Brownsword. Preston — Alderman Edolston. Richmond (Surrey) — Alderman Charles Bnrt. St. Albans — Aldermau Fink. Southampton — Mr J. Lemon (re-electod). South Shields- Councillor Jno. Reynoldson (re-elected). Thornaby — Mr. William Anderson. West Hartlepool — Alderman Thomas Robinson. Woodstock — Alderman Hiorns (reelected) .