THE COMING. ELECTION.
, „ , (To the Editor of !fhvHv«)j^sr ' Sib.—l see by your column* thjA&ccp are veveralcttembets: likely toyraiteatfthe second seat at the Thames in the GhMf Interest, and knowing the warm interest you hare always shown in the welfare"of th& Thames, I thought-yovmighfc pwkgi nty troubling yoa < withta. feWf refl§ett#l < on the matter. 80 far m I<««r, ai there Is only one candtaatefat^yet-pi Mm Opposition interest, hkmely^ ourHeitimi'6 ' rattinjendtofiety/ r 'Ndff t iirM^tli* Hnj shall' all'of us agree that;itirof f iW^» rctnrninß two members to rote ih>pp<rtrt lobbies;; what, we^do;want 'ii^Je^tu member who' Will support 3irO«^^ Grey with heart and soul. f .granting ■ that these various"''candidates T(A£essn Fraeer, McGowan, Ehrenfried, Btt&e, and others) are aU'equally; food men, would not their collective presence Bntbll hustings weaken our cause (by dividing > the votes), and so give our t'riendS.'a> chance to which he is not entitled, and which would not;.eipresß the^^tfh of |he 1 community. Now what I would tuKgVßt is this : Let a meeting be called in the ; Liberal interest, at whichfitheUriends of 1 the various Liberal candidate's should be Ibe invited, to . attend, to, .difcnsspitlMivarious claims for support; to determi||^ anfong, themselves some one^ whom they consider best qualified to ; represent this district, andibr the m—ting-; ,to pledge itself to use its best endeavors to secure the return of such' JMiiffliairfS previously selected by a given majority of jthose;! preseit, afid( t^ ?M the 'other candidates, wh6eVer J"tney "maybe* theadTiiabUity of theip retiringfremt|» [contest, in the interest of the community at larger We should thWbe^able to •return members who would, in very .truth, be our Representatives,^and thaji.bj. an overwhelmifag majbrity.*-Ilni t ' kAet# t«A Well-wishbb to thi Xjuku. ; August UttiJ W#< AHp H &
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3324, 18 August 1879, Page 2
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281THE COMING. ELECTION. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3324, 18 August 1879, Page 2
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