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THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE.

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THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE. The Conservatives have during the week been showing all their resources, and holding meetings in every part of the county. Captain Pennant has been at least as busy as Mr Roberts, and has been assisted in his work by a great number of the Tory gentry of the county, and by members of Parlia- ment associated with the district. Mr J. II. Puleston, M.P., Nlr Knowles, M.P., have con- tributed their mite, and it was expected Sir George Elliott also would have attended the meetings at Holywell on Wednesday. The hon. baronet was announced on the walls as MIL Elliot, M.P., and it is rumoured this was the reason he did not appear. In the Holywell copper works (which are managed by Mr Thomas Hughes, a confirmed Conservative), and in the paper mills, breweries, and other works, which are under Tory management or ownership, Mr Pennant has been tolerated to hold meetings to address the employees. This has also been allowed by employers of labour of the Liberal persuasion. The grand display on the part of the Tories, --but by no means a large one—was that held in the open air at Holywell on Wednesday. There was a brilliant array of the elite of Flintshire surmounted by the rabble and boyhood of Holywell, and we noticed among them the genial countenance of Colonel Rowley Conway, who was shelved from the field to make way, we presume, for a better candi- date in the person of Captain Pennant. The candidate enjoyed a ride in his tandum to the place of meeting drawn by a band of youths. The meeting was presided over by Mr St. John Charlton, of Pentrcffynnon, who was described to us as "the future candidate of the Con- servative party in Flintshire." Mr St. John Charlton in opening the meeting said that if there was a place connected with the Flintshire Boroughs where Mr Pennant oaglit to be received better than in any other place, that place was Holywell (applause). Boiind to it by ties of kin- dred and of family, he very properly chose Holy- well as the place from which to date his address. Mr Pennant cam-) before them as a free and inde- pendent candidate, and not as a selected candidate of a particular body, and belonging to a particular party, but he came to them as a iiberal-Conser- -vative (applause). He believed thai Mr Pennant would receive the support* of all moderate and right-thinking Liberals, and also the support of all Conservatives. There was one party whose sup- port he did not want, and that was the support of the Radical rartv (applause). Alluding to the presence of Lord Richard G-rosvenor, M.P., at a meeting in favour of the candidature of Mr Roberts, the speaker described him as a "stormy petrel," as they never saw him amongst them except when there was a row going on (A voice: "We will have him out next time"). Speaking of the Government Cattle Bill, the chairman said it* object was to prevent the spread of (iI86H3CS amongst cattle, with a view of decreasing the price of meat instead of increasing it, as some were o-I ing about the country stating. If returned, "Mr Pennant would g.ve an independant support to the present Government, He was thankful that now the voting was by ballot, as that would make a difference to Mr Pennant of some hundreds of votes (applause). He asked them to record their approval of Lord Beaconsfield's foreign policy (applause). Air Pennant, who Vras received with louehcel's, said that if he had started his electioneering campaign at Holywell he had visited the several boroughs, and had found friends and strong and staunch supporters where he had expected the staunch supporters where he had expected the greatest hostility and opposition (applause). As I he was coming to Holywell he saw a placard, on which was printed, "Vote for Roberts, the work- ing man's candidate." He thought that was a rafther presumptuous placard. lIe did not venture to say that he (Mr Pennant) was the working mans candidate to-day, but he thought he should be able to say so on Saturday morning next (ap- plause), as it was his firm belief that it the intention of the working classes to return niira at the head of the poll. Although he was not so presumptuous as to say that he was the working man's candidate at the present moment, he would say that if they would return him he would support the Government, which was the friend of the working man (applause). The Government de- served the support of the country because they j had averted war. He had just returned from the continent, and he could say that in France, in Belgium, and in Germany the feeling was unani- mous that through the firmness and decision of our Government a terrible European war had been averted (hear, hear). He appealed to the electors, not as Liberals or Conservatives, but as lovers of I their country, to place him at the top of the poll, for the result of this contest was being watched, not; only in the county of Flint, but throughout the country generally, and also on the continent. The vote that they gave on Friday, if they gave it in his favour, would strengthen this country in the counsels of Europe (applause). On the contrary, if it was their pleasure to send his opponent to Parlia- ment then it would show that this country was not united, but that it was a disunited and weak country, and was not prepared to back up the standard-bearer it had sent to Berlin to assist in arranging the peace of Europe (applause). There were certain times when party must prevail, and there were certain times when country must be put before party, and this was one of those critical times. He therefore, asked them not for his sake, but for the honour and glory of the country, to return him at the head or the poll (applause). Mr Knowles, M.P., having been called upon, said that having been formerly a workingman himself, he felt at home ia appearing before them that afternoon (hear, hear, and applause). He shw that Mr Bromley had said that the Conservative workingman must be a fool. He (Mr Knowles) was much amused at that, because being himself a I Tory, and once a workingman, he did not con- sider himself much of a fool, nor did his wife and family either (hear, hear, and a laugh). Through- out his experience he found that those who pro- fessed so much Liberalism had very little of it in practice (hear, hear). They had heard it stated in Flintshire and elsewhere that trade was bad in con- sequence of a Conservative Government being in power. Well, if that was so, he certainly would desert the present Government (hear, hear, and a laugh). But he had had too much experience to blame any Government for a bad state of trade (hear, hear, and applause). It was a question of time, and trade would be sure to come good again (heal). Trade became bad because in prosperous times, too much capital rushed into it, and for a time wages, were very high, and the result was that the production was more than the demand, and in turn things became bad, whatever Government they had. He did not believe that any Govern- ment, whether Liberal or Conservative, could really alter the state of trade oniota (hear, hear). If he thought- that a Liberal Government could always secure good trade he should soon be a Liberal of the most extreme character (hear, hear, and a laugh). He knew from his knowledge of the working classes that they were not an ungrateful people, and he trusted that the people of those boroughs would show their gratitude to the great man who was now on the continent trying to bring about an honourable and permanent peace, not only for the interests of England but for those of Europe (hear, hear). They could show that gratitute by sending to the House of Commons a man who would support the Government, and who would be an honour to the Flintshire boroughs (applause). Mr Pnlestonc, M.P., who received a most en- thusiastic welcome, first addressed the audience in Welsh, and then proceeded to recall his eaily as- sociations with the district, and especially with the town of Holywell, where he said he was born. He spoke warmly in support- of the claims of Mr Pen- nant. At the present moment far more important matters than any mere party interests were at stake, and the question was whether they would support the Government in one of the most impor- tant crisis in the country's history. He deprecated as mischievous and dangerous, the attempts that had been made by their opponents to introduce class and sectarian prejudices into the election. He stated that one of the delegates at the Mold "convention," where Mr Roberts was chosen, had now withdrawn the support from Sir Roberts tyecause he found that that gentleman would not vote for the Permissive Bill, as he had originally pledged himself to do. Upon the Burials ques- tion, on which he had no doubt Mr Osborne Morgan would speak that evening, lie quoted the remarks of the Rev Dr Edwards, the president of the CaMnistie Methodist College at Bala, that if I any form of burial service were adopted for the Nonconformists, he (Dr Edwards) hoped it would be no other than the form of service of the Church of England, changing only a few words (cheers). T that state of -feeling became general, he had no doubt they would soon settle the burials question, and he had no doubt that Mr Pennant would give his support to a settlement of that nature (hear, hear, and applause). On the motion of Mr Roberts of Geinas, secon- ded by Mr Davies, of Caerwvs, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman for presiding, and afterwards a resolution was adopted in favour of Mr Pennant's candidature. A meeting of the supporters of Mr Pennant was held at the Bltek Lion Hotel, Mold, on Wednes- day. The chair wa" occupied by Mr John Corbet, wine merchant, and addresses were delivered by Lieut. Co1. Cooke, secretary of the Tory associa- tion, Father Power, Of Flint, Dr Williams, Mr Forrest, and others.

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