YESTERDAY'S ELECTION.
. r (To the.M[£or:of 'Ae Ereninff Star.) •^/-Ta^inglWM'up tWiW tljis forenoon, one coii'Xsc^ Ihe, electoxs in . small jknpts^ndiig appUtj ye.s|iMa|'4 Wfi *&'u> atsd rec6tfnting deed's of Valor (wafitjiqgrthe^fair^aexL c^fjrrtrlating each'ol4er, Ajbr[lbtTOrwise, on the result of the poll; and after the several successful candidates'' merits aid .d&mefits were discussed and { diappsed of, the general sum* up was, '"'W'eilrt am sorry Eenshaw did not-'get in." Hearing this remark several times, I applied tpe question to myself—why Kenshaw d'd pot get in—and X arrived at the following, conclusions:—l. The public are ungrata- 1 ; v 2. The public are, fickle. 3. The 3>ub'lic/ fare' inconsiderate/ ,The f -pr4of public are u^girateJvl Jis.^ itHat'they did not recompense* Eefshaw t ifdtipast and valuable servieei'/irendered;;. ith^proof .hat they ere " fickle ",4u that rtbejr3>lac?. *hefore au old and tried^couu-^ "ijilldr^ne who has not shp'ira any points in his plrwate capacity .to^ualify him for his pubii<£«l*acitj anting his short re ddence i i this'cotrimunity. The proof tLat i::considerate is,.(bat taey all^w (tiicm^elves io!bW*/ed by, the j'afose by ** embi/o* '* J members *of the cojnof r a f C9nujilloi?, u thereby entailing, ex^ra. trouble and' expense upon themselves. Alas ! that all this should, emanate Trom the " Premier " ward,., " S^b. the /conse* aaouces: the Mayor will lopse his favo-: si^te, ibe'Town' Clerk^irill have' to explain why the V-ii of a for.nd O grows upwards, anfii Wiokham shall no longer feel as a Swan or a Vogel;—l am, &c, •. •
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2989, 13 September 1878, Page 2
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237YESTERDAY'S ELECTION. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2989, 13 September 1878, Page 2
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