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THE EXETER ELECTION. — ♦ T-' ■
A ITEATED SPEECH BY>ST MAUR 'By Electric Telegraph— GopyrigV. 1 , LOtoON^ April 12 Mr St. Maur when quitting Exeter, speaking from the railway carriage, said that when the town Vas purged of the class of people responsible for the election petition, and the country cleared of unjust judges, "we shall meet again." : : ' Someone touched St/.-Maur on the slioluder; and looking round he saw Justice Ridley whoVsaid,./ " You have no right to say those things of me." St Maur replied that iie ; had a perfect right to express his /.opinion. Other heated words y^ere exchanged and St ' Maur ' s > syjnpathisers jeered Judge Ridley. Meanwhile the latter had resumed his" seat and became ab"sorbed' in a newspaper. - ,St. Maur concluded" 1 His speech by saying that before; long? .he would be returned to the Commons when considerable notice would be taken of the Exeter .casei ' . Mr Duke, addressing ; the Constitutional Club', Exeter, -T : said' that ■an overwhelming majority on iboth sides were determined to have clean fighting. Neither paity was responsible City men were devoid of political morality, and he : hoped constitutionalists would enter any future fight, with personal goodwill towards every straikhtforward opponent.
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Grey River Argus, 15 April 1911, Page 1
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