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Thames Star, Volume XIX, Issue 5815, 19 September 1887, Page 2

[To the Editor of the Evasive Stab.] Sib,—l hate heard of cases where one of the candidates now seeking the suffrages of the electors of the Thames, has j used means to intimidate them, but I trust that my fellow electors will not be bounced IS£ .!i Otin X a?? inßt thei* conscience. What do you think of a candidate who would intimidate you into voting for him, and when he finds that you are determined not to record your vote in his favor, fgoeg to the " boss" and requests him to use his influence P Can such a man command your respect ? I say that eaoh man should have the right to vote for whom he pleases—the candidate that he thinks will make the best representative,—but although he may be threatened, yet I would impress upon him that he has the power in his own hands to vote as he thinks best, and according to the dictates of hii oonsoienoe. The ballot is secret, and no one need know how he votes unless he chooses to tell them. The head of a eer« tain establishment was asked a day or two ago by a candidate to vote for him. He\>ro* mised, and wu then requested to use his influence with those in bis employ, but, all honor to him, he refused to stoop to such baseness. Here is an example which other " bosses" might follow, butnnfortinately all are not so honorable. However, electors, the ballot is as secret as death, •o when you ooqw to record four votes.,

da as you please, and don't be intimidated.—l WB, &c, Tababu. [We have been compelled to eliminate certain portions of the above letter, nnd fcUoallnames.—Ed. Stab]