THE MAYORALTY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 17 April 1912, Page 4

THE MAYORALTY.

OR. MORISON WILL BE THERIE

Last night proved rather : too boi - terous to allow of a large attendance to hear Councillor R. McK. .Morison on municipal matters; in fact, the total , attendance numbered only fifty-two.'' ; The Mayor and Councillor Morison , took the platform shortly after eight I o’clock, when his Worship announced that Mr Morison wished to wait five minutes to see whether any more peo- | pie would turn up. Mr Morison was i not desirous of speaking to an empty i hall, as it was not an easy thing to I do. After the five minutes had elapsed and the audience showed no signs, of increasing, the Mayor asked for an expression, of opinion from the audience. For some time this was not forthcoming, till Mr J. Crossan from | the audience rose and moved that the address be gone on with. This j was not seconded, but the Mayor conj sidered that to adjourn was the desire of the audience, and the meeting was accordingly postponed. Mr Morison said he was, of course, somewhat disappointed that the weather had been such as to prevent the people from coming out in such numbers as to tempt him to deliver bis address on this occasion. He, however, did not wish to disappoint those who had come. He felt that ho was almost in duty bound to go on to say what he had to say, but on the other hand it was not a very easy matter to speak to so many seats, and what he had to say he wanted to say to Stratford. Ho wanted their opinion as to whether he was a fit and proper person to represent them as Mayor, but he wanted a strong expression of opinion. Otherwise lie felt somewhat diffident in coming forward. He had always felt from his boyhood up that if he waf* not wanted he would not bo there. Ho asked, with their permission, to defer the meeting until the nominations for the Mayoralty had closed, then if he felt in the same frame of mind as he did to-night, that night ho would address them from that platform—ho thought that was a fair way to put it. ‘‘There is just one thing further I would like to say,” added the speaker, “and that is, I will announce here and now that it is my intention to contest this seat. lam going to nominate, and I am going to contest the Stratford Mayoralty:” The speaker added that if they “put his pot on,” in other words, did not want him, well ho had done with the matter probably once and for all. On the other hand, if they wished him for their Mayor, lie would he there. (Applause.) In conclusion, he thanked them very much for attending there that evening.