m r CFOTTR) ADVERTISER AND TIMES, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1930. I I


PARTIES HOLD' THEIR- OWN- • . -• ----^ ^ ^ ------- > - o e » —^—------ :--------- ;


NO ' SURPRISES IN CLITHEROE MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULT.


LIBERALS FAIL IN BID FOR SEATS. ?:■ «9 -


ing, and Labour liold tlio solitary place they previously lield. There is, however, ono ohaiiKo in personnel. Mr. II. Jones rcHiiming hm inomborship in tho room of Mr. AVultor Clayton wlio resigned. Tho f result, declared about 10-15 p.in., was ns


ollows:. tr^


^SATTEimnVAlTE, J . H. (Con.) ... 2,321 ■»J100THMAN, J . (Con.)


....... i .......... 2,288


■»1>A11KER, U. (Lab.) ......................... 2,230 JONES, K. (Con.) .................................. 1,952


Ixifthnuso, II. (Con.) ................... 1,047 Eronch, M. (Lab.)


-Mitcholl, C. H . B, (Lab.) ............ 1,537 Eord, J . (Lib.)


Tnmhy ' ‘ 11. (Lab.)


Edmundson, H. S. (Lib.) ........... t Oddio, (Mrs.) Ellon M. (L ib .) .. Whitwam, S. (Lib.)


..................... .VJJc


olectoiaU^, HliKhtly loss th an la st year hu t aBtoni.shinKly j^ood in view of the atrocious ■woathor o.xporienccd th ro u g h o u t tlio day. Kain ^ foil almost wdthout


No Chanp'o. The


poll rciu-eHonts 76.0 per cent, of tho


of roturning-odiccr wore discharged by tlio deputy M.ayor, Alderman W. Standring,


•Cleric (Mr. W. S. AVcoks) wa.s unable to minorviso tho counting, an d his place was


J .B . Owing to indisposition, th o Town


taKcn by tho deputy Town Clork (Mr. H a rry i\V<mkfl). A larger staff th an usual was ongagCKl an d tlio count w’as expeditiously


it I 'w i i ■ *T »iy


coiuhiclcd a t St. James ’s SchooL After tlio d eclaration of tho re su lt inside tho building, thanks to tho B o tu rn in g Officer and his staff were voiced by Councillor J . H . S a tte r thw a i tc and Mr, S. AVhitwam, all tho candidates endorsing th e ir expres­ sions of satisfaction concerning tho inannor 111 which tho election had hcoii conducted.


THREE OUT OF rOUR!


Conservatives Express Satisfaction with the Result.


rapidly filled to overflowing for tho inoro o.Ntended,speech-making. Tho fa c t th a t the th ic o seals on tho Town Council had boon roLaiiicMl—tho place of Councillor Ch^vton (retiicxl) Imving boon Inkon by Councillor Jones—was n a tu ra lly tho cause of much .iuhilatinn ; and when a t la st tho candidates found th e ir way to tlio improvised platform th ey wore grcoled with rin g in g cheers. “ AVo’ll p u t yon in n ex t t im e ,” ono siip- uortor averr<;<l when Mr. Lofthouso joined his colIiMgue.s—an assertion th a t was ro- aifirmed in chorus.


“ Exfromoly Ploasod.” “ Well, ladies and gentlemen,” oxeluinied


Ml. A. It. (Jradwoll, chairman of th o club, “ .1 think, considering the very had wtjathor, wo liave really done as well as wo conlcl liiivo oxpecfcMl to do. AVo have returned om* threo members ami, as you will know by this tiino, Mr. LoftlKmse is only livo votes behind Couneillor tlpnes. I cannot h u t feel sorry th a t ho has not sncccodod.—(Hoar, hejir.)—IlowtH'or, these things do h a iin cn ; h u t as ‘ the tliird tiino pays for all,’ 1 hope th a t n ex t year ho will come forward again, an d t la n c will he no (|uestion about his idaco among Iho lir.st four.—(Applmiso.)— Tho wealhor has been all ag ain st our side, bocauso i t IS always ‘inoro diflienlt f«>r \is to poll oiir full s tren g th th an i t is for tlio


. willi the resull.. AVe have to apologise for bringing you info this rough, only partially finished room; bu t wo lio])o th a t iioarer tlib end of the month you will ho ahlo to come ami see these premises when they are eom- liletotl, and to g re e t T.ord Derby, who is to open them.”—(Applause.)—Tho Chairman ilieii enllod on Councillor Sa tto r thwaito wlio, lie said, headed llio poll by about tweiity- fivo voles over Iho Atayor.


“Sorry to bo at tho Top ^ •’‘ <1 i l '1 M


V/■ p-A‘ V■^'^


has n o t been elected, for T believe ho would have been a good Councillor. A man with


“ And if wo had ha<l a:i opportunity to reply, we^ might have re tu rn ed tho eom- plimonfc in connection with strikes and th in g s of th a t sort, which also iniglifc have been rn lh o r a nast.v ono.”—fApplnuso.)— Councillor Pattor thwailo concluded bv th an k ­ in g all workers for tho p a r ty , as also th e ir supporters . “ F am niilv sorrj» th a t ' AFr. Lofthouse


l l m i


n e a r to success on two occasions wo are oonfident th a t ho will fight again -whon called upon 1o do so. As tho AFnyor said, when speaking from tho balcony, wo shall ho encouraged to c ar ry on with th e policy wo have been following—a poliev without un­ necessary extravagance. F o r believe me, we have n o t been g n i l tv . of th a t . Tho value of th a t poliov will, bo fe lt in the fu tu re . Bemember th a t wo have to hmld n o t alone for tho present, h u t for the future


good of th o town as ttoILU


plenty ef sound common sense and good pniotieal knowh'dgo, ho is well fitted for Comieil work. However, having como .so


ta l i ly 1”—(Laughter .) “ T ru e !” replied Counoillor S a tte r thw a ite .


iinhloniiahed record, thnro is sure to be soinohndy who will try to ta rn ish it. A voice: “ I t doponds on tlioir mon-


I f a man comes up with an


jilatform, Councillor Sattcrthw:iito said tho le a l Conservative platform was much more stable. I f , Ihorefore, tho speakers’ remarks wore in any wav jorky, i t iniglii ho assnmcil t l ia t .■someone had stepped on tho end of ono ! of the hoards.—(Tjaughtor.)—“ The electors have done splendidly,” ho declared, ad d in g : ” .AVe l^iicw tho s ituation might bo complicated by .so ninny as twelve can­ didates. ami wo wore n aturally anxious th a t wo should 1)0 supported by our own people as well ns possihlo, and, eohsidering tho day, you really have dono very well indeed. T am sorry you have p u t mo a t tho top.— ( “ Co hon I” niul Inughtor .)—Evidently 1 have had a few . additional friends, or madn a few loss enemies th an has tho AFayor. Tt is ju s t th o chance of fortune In these things. I suppose. F o r polities are tickle Uiings.


Alluding to the tomporar.v n a tu re of tho


other side. Still, as events have transpired, wo !iav») every reason to ho oxtromoly ])le:ise(l


re tu rn in g tlianks from the balcony of tho hUliard room, ovorlianging tho entrance to tho^ now ».*luh in Castlo-sLroct, th e old billiard room a t the rc:ir of tlio club which is being <:onv(‘i te d into an assembly hall


Mr. Lofthouse to Try Again. AVliile the Conservative candidates wore


rendering conditions c.xtremoly unplcmmnt. As tho Mayor was a candidate, tho duties


interraissioh,


....................... 1,793 ........................... 1 l,62*1


,624 .................................. 1,38£


i;i58 656 504


* Denotes retiriiif; Councillors,


,537 389


liokl on Saiiirdnj*. Tlio Conservatives retained tlio throe sonts' they wore dufund-


“ No chaiigo ofFoclivoly summuriBos tho ro.sult of tho Clithoroo municipal olcctioii,


g ra tu la te Councillor S a tto r thw aito on the position ho occupied in th e poll, ns also Councilloi Jones on Iiis re tu rn to tho Council.—(A voice: “ Bow, Bobby I” an d loud Jau g h tc r.)—Councillor Jones might bo described as an old h an d : ho h ad oxpononco,


address Air. Lofthouso as ‘ Councillor,’ ” tho Aiayor continued.


a firo s ta t io n costing something like £40,000—would •: have boon of tho" g re a te st value to tlio ratep ay ers of Clithoroo; and I am n o t sp e a k in g . politically, b u t from a business point of view, wlicn I say th a t his non-success to-day is a loss to tho ra te ­ payers. F o r you must rcalizo th a t for any man in Afr. Lofthonso’s position to go into tlio Council debars him from tondoring for work on behalf of tho Corporation. In th a t respect his public-spiiitcuno.s.s would liavo ontailcxl sacrifice, ju s t ns i t would to Air, Ford, Air.' Edmondson, or anybody olso. “ 1 th an k all those who liavo snpporlotl


mo to-day: I th an k them sincorolv. Never h.avo I boon a t th e top of th e ’poll; and I did n o t c.xnect to bo there to-nigbt.


In


fact. I had a small wager with a Labour candidate, only th is evening, who socmed


shall have pleasure in toasting him with tlio procoo<ls.” “ Hero Wo Aro Again !"


a g a in !” saul they bad had a liard day and a clean fight, certainly so fa r as th e i r own side was concornod. They had used no ofTon.sivo slang o r holittlcd th e ir opponents; and lind tho wcatlior boon fine ho 'holioved they would huvo ro tu rn ed all four of the Consorvativo nominees.— (H e a r, • hoar.) AVhy so many of th e ir own people siiuuld have to bo almost dragged o u t to vote he was a t a loss to u n d e r s ta n d . ' Tt was the duty of everybody oliglblo to vote to go to tho polling booth, and if they would n o t oxerciso th a t rigl it, then, tliey ought to ho disfranchised.—(Hoar, hoar and applause.) —Councillor Jones added th a t lio had thought i t time to rotiro a f te r so many years sp en t in tho public service. B u t lie pormitted hiniKolf to bo por.snadcd to figlit again, and he was g ra te fu l for the renewed confidence of the electors, which ho would seek to jus tify in every way.— (Applause.)


Councillor. Jones, who shared the Good lad, Bobby!” and “ Hero


ted with wo aro


Just Ouisido iho Charmed Circle.


do.sire<l to thank very sincoroly all who had helped ill any way to p u t him into such ail honourable position in tbo poll, even if he did find himself ju s t oiilsidu th e pale of tho charmed circlo.—(Laughter'.)—Ho was exactly five votes behind Councillor Jones, to lyhom lie otFered hearty congratulations, ad d in g : “ I would rn ti icr ho five voles be­ hind than livo votes in f ro n t of liim.” Councillor Jones had .served on th e Council proviomsly, so th a t t lie ir respective positions wore c.yactly as they ought to be.—( “ T h a t’s tho sp ir i t I” an d applauso.)—So fa r as ho was personally concerned, therefore, ho was perfectly satisfied with tho result.


if tlio Crtiisorvativo p a r ty ask mo to stand again n ex t year, I shall only bo too ])loased to ofFor my services a g a in .” Air, rjofthouso proceeded; “ an d if I am not rof|uirod n ex t year, perhaps Hie year a f te r— A voice: Good old sport!


“ As 1. said, when speaking from llie window of iho club, I now ropo:it “ th a t


y e ar or two. AVhonovor I am wanted I •sTiali be willing to eomjily, for tlio ex])ori- enco 1 have gained has bemi worlii all tho work and tlio (‘(Fort. Tho kindness and encouragement, too, which I have mot with on :iH hands has hceii somotliing worth s tr iv in g for, an d J am quite eoiitidont of th is—lliat. I lo:ivo tlio contest, witli more friemls timn I had whon T onlereil it .— ' (Aj)plause.)—And th a t is wortli something, for life is too short to ho making onomios as one journeys along.


“ And if noj, then, I can wait another


ju s t playing into our opponents’ liands. They don’t mind, of course. B u t if wo had been ahlo to poll all our supporters, wo might have boon able to make up the deficiency.” .


Alderman Whiteside's Tribute to Councillor Parker.


who. rosponding, said ho th o u g h t they would all adiniro tho sporting way in whicli Air. l.ofthouso had taken his defeat . The way in which ho lind polled would oncoiir-


\ \ ellgale will th in k about i t T really don’t know; bu t tbo la s t time tboro woi'o four Lilier.’ils—ju s t ninctoen yoar.s ago—tho3' wero in tlio samp prominent position a t tlio bottom of tbo poll as tbov aro to-day so th a t history has repeated itself. There is


ovcoodingly well, and as an old niembcr of tho Council I sluill foci inclined to con- g ra ln ln to him on his .sncco.ss. F o r a f te r all. Councillor P a rk e r is a very u.soful niomlior of th e Council. The position of th e parties is ju s t as hoforo. ^ AVo h.avo olcvon Con­ servatives o u t of sixteen members, a n d I th in k you can roly o n ‘ ns to car ry on th e work of tho town to th e b e s t advantage of ihp ra tep ay ers .”—(Applause.)


something wrong with tlin Liberals.— (L an g h to r .)—T- 'moan th e re is something wrong with ih o .p a r tv ; tho inon aro all r ig h t . Tlio trouhlo. T th in k is th is : t l ia t lliero is no ma rk e t for th e political goods they havo^ to otfor to tho people. T th in k .Councillor P a rk e r has dono


“ A Good Day.”


ho genorallv conceded th a t tho ]>artv had evpprioncod a good dnv—th a t they had fouizht .a good fight. Ho stressed the im­ portance of. electors using tho vote, and said i t had n o t been an nneonnnon expori- onco to receive no answer wlion they


Councillor Afanloy declared th a t i t would


so fa r as wo aro concornod, i t has finislied up very well,” Alderman AVliitcsido .averred, laughter. “ AVliat our friends down


ago him in his promise to s tan d again on another occasion. “ I t has boon a dism.al so r t of a day, hu t.


There was a call fo r Alderman AVhitosido


another election comes round, th a t wo shall no t have to beg and p ray of our ]icoplo to go and vote. 'J'lie we.'itlier has boon vilej hu t nothing sliort of illness ought to stop any inau or woman from using tlio franchise. T had i t p u t to me. a t St. James ’s School, th a t th is so rt, of th in g w.as


I tru s t , when


Air. Loftliou.se, who was e.spccially .singled out for (Icnionstrativo plaudits, said ho


to favour my cbnnco of th a t dis tinction. I


an d would bo of g re a t use to tho ratepayers in tho n ex t throe years. “ I hayo only to re g re t th a t I cannot


“ I th in k his


knpwjcdgo of th e building trad e and of buildings in general—p articularly a t th is time when wo aro p u t t in g up schools an d


cordially acclnimod, snul ho m u s t first con­


Mayor Did Not Expoct First Placo. Couiicillor JJootliman, wlio wns most


i6pL*ated knockings mig h t have led one* to .supi)oso th a t ih o hoiisenoldors wore oxiioct- Jiig tho re n t collector, o r ' th e man for ^ tho


• . — ....


body to exercise th e ir r ig h t to app o in t llioso to whom local (g o v ernmen t o r tlio


loud lau g h te r when, unwittingly: a f te r sav­ ing lio felt a h t t lo b i t h u r t th a t tho Mayor was no t .i t the top of thoi poll, he oxclaimo<l th a t e\ identify there had been no nilluenco a t work ag ain s t Councillor. Loftliouse! Couinalloi- Hughes wn.s of opinion th a t they had rea.soii to bo thankful th a t th e


p a r ty had sncceodod *in re ta in in g th e tlireo seats. Ho had noticed th a t cer tain persons liad been dosirmis of , a flood in order th a t the to r r e n t mig h t car ry th e Labour can didntes into office. Apparently tlioy had been c au g h t in the backwash.—(L aughter .) Tho ratopavers o f , Clithoroo, ,by . th e selec­ tion the.v had made, might re s t assured th a t th e ir interes ts would bo safoguardedi th a t th e town’s , w’o rk would be nccom- pnslicd without undue expense. And if i t sliould .be th a t tliorb were moinbors of tlio Council who woro n o t prono to keep thomsolvos in .tb o public oyo—an d oar—i t mus t needs bo rcniomborcd th a t i t ivas often


tlio mnro s ilen t 'inombor.s wlio did th e best work for tlio Council. Looking Ahoad.


tho workers, and especially th e ladies, for th e splendid p a r t they liad plavod in achieving sneh; a signal victory'—to bo p re­ pared for next y e a r . . The 1930 election was


Councillor CiinlifTo thanked an d appraised ic popular


of s till g re a te r u n i ty in tbo p a r ty in- order Hmt ,tlioy should make themselves practic- nll.v invincible. They bold the majoritj' on tho Couiicil, and i t should bo th e ir d u ty Ip practise rigorously th a t economy whicli the.v preached, and to continue to a c t in- dtqiemlentlv of pnrl.v, looking only to the good of all sections in' ,tho town.


more wo aro to g e th e r,” and a f te r a h in t by Councillor Saf.terthwaito as to jiropnrodness for the possibility of a GoncraT Election, ami th an k s to th o agent , Afr. T. Domain, for the g re a t amount of effort ho had pub into tho routine work p rep a ra to ry to tho municipal election, th e proceedings ended with tho singing of “ God save tho K in g .”


ONLY ONE!


Labour Party Disappointed by Three Failures.


Improved Straight Vote.


we gamed .anything,” was the opening observation of Air. J . Higson, cliairinan of the local Labour p a r ty , who presided. He acldcd th a t “ th e Labour j ia r ty is never beaten, upycr gives up, and will smiling


dochupd. A fairly largo company assembled. ‘ AVo^ linvo no t won anj'tliing,' nor have


successful candidate. Councillor Parker’s Rogrot.


y e a r ,” “ then introducing tho --- come up


sen t more along with mo to help in the work.—(Hoar, h e a r .)—I do hope th a t bo- twoon now and no.xt November wo shall p u t our liousc m order a n d 'th a t wo sliall thou como j ic r e not U> shout about ono Labour mail in, bu t two or three. A voico: “ Nay, fo u r l”


sutishcd with tlio work i luivc done,” ho went <»n. “ As llioy aro, th e g ro a t dis­ appointment to ’1110 is th a t they Juive not


cheer.s soul lie Imd one regret. “ ] t .sooms ^


Councillor P a rk e r , .rho wa.s received with ^


Clithoroe are (luitc


to four.—(L an g l iter .)—T <1© want you to voalizo th a t i t is very h a rd work. AVo aro


Councillur P .u rk e r ; CVcll, I du no t object


prepared to sacrifice leisure lime and work h a rd in th e interests of th e rato p a j’ors of tho town. A’ou aro .satisfie<l with tlio work th e Labour p a r ty has dono and is try in g to <lo, bu t you imist realize th e fa c t th a t hoforo wo can accomplish our objeets, you' have got L) a l te r Ibo constitution oY tlio Town Council. Ono pleasing fe a tu re is th a t tho s tra ig h t vote for tbo Labour p a r ty is a very good ono, bu t i t is n o t y e t satisfac-


should n o t in tho vorj’ n e ar fu tu re bo a*t> tho top so fa r as tho s t ra ig h t volo'^'is con­ cerned. .AVe w an t cver^'boily to recognise tho siifrormgs people have gone through :ind aro .sti 1 enduring. Tlio Tory p a rty ,


1 ^ SCO v.’hj' the Tiiibonr ])artv


th e j’ ai'o now in.. , Tt is onite clear to any- omi who looks ahead th a t bohiiul ifio prcsniit ag ita tio n tho Tory p a r ty has in mind tho


tr ied to th e bast of ou r ab ilitj' to find more work in tho town for tho unoniplo^'od peoiilo.


Fight for Moro Houses.


AA'o havo fought as h a rd as wo can and tho ono rogrot is th a t you havo no t sen t more moil to tho Town.Council to help us in Hint work.


tho housing problom. AA’o know tlio sad position some pooplo aro in and .aro doing' oiir iitmost to nmko conditions hotter. Tho gro.at reg re t wo have is th a t yon aro still


intorcsls... AVo nro n o t o u t for our own nggrandiscmont, n o t ou t for honours or to u n to ‘ Councillor ” in f ro n t of our names.


^ovoinhcr you wjll lonvo no stono unturnod to mako our position stronger, in your own


local TIonso of Commons nnaltoro<l. I do honosLly Iiopo th a t between now and next


*^^‘0 consti tution of tho \ o u must rcalizo o u r difficulty with


cnrtnilment of nnomployinont benefit. T h a t fa c t alone should have a g ro a t inllnoncc nj)on Iho masses of tliis country. AVe have


iy“ >^dul.v, have made i t quite plain tliiit H they wero^ re tu rn ed to th e House of Commons to-morrow, tho nnoinplo.ved would find a vastly dilforcTit position from th e ono


tion had n o t boon increased was Uio keynote of the proeccding.s_ a t th o Labour rooms in Esliton-terraco, whither candidates a n d sup- porter.s repaired a f io r tlio poll had been


Disappointment th a t Labour rep re sen ta ­ Tlio mecling joined in th o chorus of “ The


mount tho platform, although ho ploadcil th a t tho hour was Into, and they did no t w an t to ho like th e ir Labour friends and hold Sunday political mootings. Offering his (‘o ngratulations to th e successful can- didalos, lio as.suro<T Coimcillor Jones th a t th e re was ,a nice little^ P a rk s and Play­ grounds Committoo await ing his re tu rn to ’ act ivity in tlio Council Chamber, and if onij’ ho could succeed n ex t i’c a r in. making two hlados of grass grow* on th o bonding green instead of oiio, he would liavo dono good work.— (Laughter .) • Councillor Bourn urged tlio desirability


over an d done w i th ; in 1931 ho came out— ( lau g h te r)—and Councillors Bourn and Crahtroo ivith him. AVliat th o Council had dono was to Tho real servieb of th o town They, had boon looking forward, n o t back­ ward, an d ratepayers would see th e result and reap Iho benefit in th e years to como. Councillor Crabtroo lind h l^ , porforco, to


agicement with Councillor Alanlcy and -said ho could \ confirm the tardiness of some elecUns to ies|Kmd to th e ajipenls' nmdo by woikors. Councillor \Vil.son creatod


wider -splicro of national government was on trusted .- (A p p la u s e .) Councillor AVilson exijrossod himself in


< VO|/Vil9U ■ LU (Jill*


weekly instalmont.—(L au g h ter .)—I t ought n o t to bo neccssaiy to havo-to beseech any­


AA.® .."’^^*^t to do somo gopd. ’ T h a t is -On’S ambition an d 1 wunb to impress i t upon you. I th a n k you fo r roturiiiiig mo. will still, c a r ry on and do what I can ...


pnssibility. an d 1 hope, vou will try and accomplish it. _^A .\o ic c : . J u s t a minute, Bob! AI


Boolhmnn says they linvo hiiilt all tl liouscs. .


_ Councillor : P a rk e r : All I have to say Follow 3oiir “ Advertiser and Times. ” * juul ymi u i l l see for yourselves who is building


•lu.umei.” - Thanking th e supporters ol the Labour p a r ty lor th e ir work ^iiid votes, Air. French nppeale<l for more voiing-pooplo to ally thomselvc.s with the p a r ty , “ lb has boon a pleasure and mi education; to m e to tak e , p a r t in this election.” , he said; . “ I advise any man to como forward. Some of our moil <lo no t suoni'-to have the courage to fight an election, h u t Thej' would find


mootings and a ttended as well ns to-night, wo mig h t havo polled betto r, becauso you jo u ld then h a v e . boon ablo to advertise us ho tter. _I shall ..hot, ho a f ra id .of coming o u t again: I f tho Labour inovemont wants mo—i t will bo all r ig h t !—(Chcors.)


I f yon had gathered r o u n d 'a t the Sorry for Labour Mombors.


time wo shall como r ig h t over tho to p .“ Ready to Try Again.


with intonso political jiropaganda of our vicw.<5, to mako tlio people realize th a t Hio Labour p a r ty is tho only ono th a t is the j)art,v'.of tlio people. . Thank j*ou for j'our in te re s t. AVo cniinob grumble. Tho Labour p a r ty from its inception has had setbacks. J t reminds ono of th e waves on, the son- sliore. They advance and recode, an d tlieii adyatico again, each coming a l i t t le fartlior. J jiis is tlio receding time. AVe liopo n ex t


fl*® n e ar fiiluro


out, po'lled noarlj' 200 more votes th a n tho to p Liberal, thanked all workers and voters for Labour. “ This has been a noiv ox- |)orioiu*o and T shall bo ready to rep e at 4 t ,” 10 said. “ Tlio Labour p a r ty has tho tvork- l>ooplo’s policj* an d we aro fighting nob for oursqlvGs b u t for you. T am no t dis­ appointed or downhearted about the votes


Air. Aliiclioll, who, ilio Ch.airinan pointed T ?i I shall always t ry and do iny level host first appearance.


Councillor Hargreaves would l)o seeking* rc- olcctioii. “ AVo w’a n t him to li.avo a h i t h o tte r hick th an Councillor P a rk e r , and tak e two or th re e bade willi liim,” he said


Short of Cars.


pect Hio people^ of Clitheroo to do anj’Hiing less, b u t wo jiro soriy wo have nob ollior


members to re tu rn with ns ,” lie said “ Tilings liavo been ag ain s t ns.


.study iho figures yon will see th a t *tlio Labour iiart.v has stuck togoHier more than e ith e r of tlio otlior p arties and if wo keep advancing in th a t way, before long there will ho :i chango in Clithoroe. AVo must begin now to proparo for next voar. Tlio’ .sun will shino again and J am lonlcing for­ ward to the timo when wo slinll linvo majority on tho Town Council.”


which a re a t the''" disposal of Iho other parties . Had we been as well Cfiuippod with ears, or luul :i fine dav. Hie . result would probably have been difFeront. AVc mus t n o t be too disappointed.


w(*b day aiul wo have not tlie cars Tf .vou


Alderman Saedall and “ The Bottom Dog.”


thc.y had onl^* hocii successful in liiainiain- ing Huur position. “ Wo havo boon in a iiiinority^ for about 17 j ’cars—don’t von


Sewlall said lie wa.s veiy so n y


,people are living niid o r coii'ditions th a t most of you people do no t realize. T-'havc y^isiled the property and there is a .Slum Cloarmice Act on th e Slu tu lo Book whieli givo.s local auth o ritie s power to deal with i t . jmd a t an economio re n t of os. a week tho.so poor pooplo can bo proporlv housed! Aot tliov a re going to have to remain in th e hovcTs Hioj' nro l iv in g - in , because wo


Slum Clearaiico Act has to he d e a l t uutli. wo sliall havo only four in tlio Council Cjiamhcr who will tak e a s ta n d on behalf ol tho poor pooplo of tho town. Already you havo soon th a t they sav wo have no slum pro p erty . AVo Iiavo :i lot. Afany


serves i t , and ho ought to huvo boon a t the ,top:—(Hoar, h e a r .)—AVhon all is said an d done, if the pco])lc ol ‘ tho town arc ])roparqd to ho govcnuHl by men wbo work 111 a clique, b y'm en wlio-nre oppo.sod to tlio best conditions being made available for tlio working-classes, th e workiiig-classe.s have oiiiy tlicmselvcs to blame. Tho Con.sorva- tiyc.s aro to ta lly , opposed to tho housing scheme, and yon all know it . AVhon • th e


mg fe a tu re , as fa r as I can see, in to-day’s election is th a t our frieiul, Councillor P a rk e r , wlio h:is always been on tlio side ot the bottom da.v, has increased his poll h.v 250 votes. All honour to him!


bottom dog ami i t is the bottom dog th a t Jias turned us tlown to-<lay, sim])l.y Iiocauso fhe^' do not^ know wliat we :u*o *lr\'ing to do for tlicm. Tho onl.v t ld n g is to - c a n y on,, t iy iiig to educate the jicoplc as to Hio Hungs they tlieiusclvcs require. Even tn alh ' wo .sliall g e t a majority.


A ’^o arc ou t all tho lime for the 'Hm only rodeem- l i e de­


have voted for us, b u t th e re is a tremendous numbor wlio havo not. Apparently Hio policy wo Iiavo propoumlod does no t appeal to them. A


Jl' is timo wo changetl?'•* Jie proceetled. As fa r as you are concorned, you -ma3’


J t has


Councillor I*:irlcor bad boon returned. “ .‘Vfter 19 .years’ sorvico, wo could no t ex­


Couneillor Hargreaves saixl lie was glad


and wo .all hope for a h o tte r result next t im e .” Tlio_ Chairman inentionod t l ia t n ex t year


th o ideals of tho Labour movoniont, and as yet, th e public of Clithoroo aro n o t willing to send thoin help. Secondly, I am sorr^’ fo r those who nro in noo<l of house.s, bo- causo tho Ltibour p a r ty is tho only p a r ty determined to house every nmuj woman anil child. As 3*et, Clithcroo has n o t mvakonoil to i ts iiolitical consciousness. Tho country* to-day is being permeated w’i t l i ,a new con- coption, bub Clithoroo s till s tands as in tlio dn^’S gone by. Tho Labour luir ty will come again. The Liibour p a r ty will pro- .sent to tho tniblic of Clithoroo its ideals, its progranimo. and i t s ' policj', and will again invito public support. On th is occa­ sion they havo refused. ; T h a t is tlioir look- ont b u t wo hopb^


voted for him and th e workers who had rendored such wonderful sorvico. “ I am KoiTy for two sections of people,” ho added ^ F i r s t of all,_ I am sorry for our stalivarts 111' th e Council Chninbor. Thoj* represent


Sfr. Trimby Ar.st tlmiiked nil who' lind


-—(Loud lau g h te r .)—1 cannot toll j*ou wliat 1 havo done in the Council,- as Councillor P a rk e r can. 1 thouglit th e re might havi been a b i t of a chance,' b u t i t seems I wns wrong.


time. I am a Labour m a n and I thought if mj» services wore roquirerl I . should ’ wrong ill refusing to como forward to soo if tho public wxinted mo . They don’t.- (L au g h ter .)—I d id n ’t g e t in—b u t I shall be able to got in whon I go homo to-night.


i t a splendid, oxperioiico. This is my first


ad d in g : “ J t isn’t . th e first time 1 have boon be.iton, ami 1 cun tak e i t in xl sporting'


iho honsos and. doing good work. I do. nob need to laboui-. t l ia t question to-night. Taking DofoaV in Sporting'Spirit. All. French eamlidlj’ acknowleilged <lefe;i


th o .cn n se u i t l i which I have allied invsolf. I liopo th a t n ex t year wo shall Iiavo as our friend'.vbays, v four.- m,.;- . I t .- is - iiot-'nii - -im-


a re only* .fo u r . ou t. of.si.xtocn ■ and cannot force tlio Council to c a n y the Act into effect. The Aliiiister of Health lins passed th e Act b u t ho m i l no t force local auth o ritie s to p u t I t in to execution. You liavc twelve


•poor, jieoplo*mil diavo to c o i i t in i io 'to ‘endure 'pre.soiit conditions u n t i l vou chango tho consti tution of the Town ‘Council.- i have


men totally opposed to o u r policy am l 'th o


g e t th e additional strcngHi which will en­ able us, to carrj* our ideals a n d princiiiles in to practit-c. AVo • shall no t bo • dowii- hear ted, AVo shall still liglit on, b u t 1 am sorry the pooplo ol Clitheroc havo n o t given ,iis g re a te r eoiilidence.”—(Hear, hoar.) All*. Hig.son imulo, a final plea for imno


in te re s t in the. Labour partj*. Ho iiigotl inembcr.s. to try and convinco th e ir nork- nuite.s of tlio need lor llio reforms Labour .seeks, remarking th a t every liLtlo liolp u a s el 1 nine in Hie work ot th e p a i l \ \


TO F t (^HT AGAIN


Liberals Not Downhearted But Determined.


,th e 'r e s u l t of th e election warf intermingled with expressions of satisfaction u t tho splendid p o ir of Air. J . 0 . Ford a n d Air. Stowell' Edmuiidson. Neither candidates nor supiiorters were downhearted and tho tloterniination was expressed to light again iic.xt 3’e a r with four candidates. Tho figures were re a d ’out by Alderman Thornber, and wore received in complete silence, b u t the candidates were loudly cheered as they entorcKl the room. . Alderman Thoriiher .said they had had, a


assemble th e ir forces ami to work liard, an d


splendid light, and g re a t c red it wa.s due to th e candufates.


'ITiey Iiad Leon able to


ho lioped th a t th e fa c t th a t they liad p u t four candidates in tho fieltl would be a foro- n in n e r of th e oloclion of more Libernls.v Ho tru s te d th a t on a fu tu re occasion they would bo more successful. Thc^' wore proud cf th e candidates.—(Cheer.s.)—They had fought h a rd and done th e ir best. He thanked all who liad in any waj* helped in th e i r g re a t fight which ho felt would havo a more successful conclusion next j'oar.


Willing to Try Again.


ovation. Ho th an k ed tho 1,389 voters wlio lir.<l placed Hieir cmilidenco in liim. “ I am nob surprised a t our position,” • lie de­ clared, “ i t is whore wo aro used to being


Bising to speak. Air. Ford rccoivotl an


n o t fight again an o th e r year .—(Hoar, hear .) L lor one am willing to havo an o th e r tr^’.


and Air. AVhitwam they had two sjilendid organisers, ami cvoiytliing th a t could ho dono had been done to g e t voters to tho poll. “ I hope we fight again n ex t November,” ho .sai<l. “ As .von know Air. Ford is buttei^ en titled to fight tliau I . t ie is in a b e tte r position. Tliereforo j’ou may decide to p u t up only cno candidate.—( “ No fe a r .” )— Somo jieopic .said wo would do b e t te r witli four candidates, sonie said two and some siiid one.”—( “ No, four is b e st.” )—Tn con­ clusion, Mr. Edmondson Limnked tbo workers for all they had dono, and expressed a will- •“ guess to try again if called upon.


Not Downhearted.


w a i t and see, as Air. Asijuitli said.' “ 1 am n o t disappointed,” said Air


.some clianco if we keep on try in g .” Afr. T. Jleniiott, llio Dl' visional Agent,


hel|) tlie c an d id ate s , to th e best of my ability. .1 feel if wo figlib we ought to p u t four uj) as in th a t way wo shall s tan d a b e t te r elianco^ of success. Tliero is 'always


from being downhearted a t being a t tho bottom. I was a t tho bottom of the ])apor to s ta r t with and 1 am whore J was a t tho hegiiming. I th in k wo ought to try again, ■iml 1 may have an o th e r go myself. I f wo kec]) on try in g wo shall g e t somebody in. This is iny first election and i t has been an experience.


AVIiUwam .amidst applause. “ 1 am fa r I f T do n e t s tand again 1 will


0<ldi(*, who <loclared slio did not knoiv wliat to saj'. She tliaiilced all wlio had holpctl in any way. Slie did not know whether she Would liglit again.


Clieers greeted tho lad^' candidate, Airs. 'J’hey would have to


h ad dono very well ami were fa r bettci* organisod th an they were. In Air. Honnott


\yith applause, said they had had th e best fight since Air. Tom Cowgill’s d:i3*. TIuy


(Clioors.)—I th in k wo have upset tho Labour Pqr tj’ .a li t t le . witlioiit question, Air.


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Edmondson, who was ... .


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bub wo aro n o t discouragc<l.--(Cries of No.” ) — I SCO no rca.son why wo should


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“ Polled Remarkably Well.” tho Liberal Club disappointmeiiL a t


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tlmnkod all who had holiiod and tho can­ didates especially. 'J’hoy know wliat they woi'o facing and i t needed hold men and :i bold woman to do i t . 'Pbov woro n o t dowii- liearted a n d i t was th e ir duty to s ta r t im­ mediately and proparo for Hie n ex t election, ami not leave i t u n t i l .a fo r tn ig h t before Hic event to decide to contest it.


subdued a t t i tu d e of tlioir o]i])ononts Air. B en n e tt proceeded. Tliov had not hecn nuito so sure, and .so long as they wero k ep t ■\yoiulcring i t was to tho advantage of th e Liberal p a rty . Another th in g they had to do was to convince the oleotors i t would he worth while to vote Liberal.


One fea tu re of tho election had been the


.sceiiro now iKlIieronls before no.-ct November. Jdo moved th a t th e best thanks of tho moot­


ing bo accorded tho Chainmui. Drop in Labour Figures.


Only fho Beginning.


wished to th an k AFr. A'ernon Bailey for liis ? R th e election, and to congratuhito


Baiuiett added th a t lie jiarticularly


lor, and since bo entered politics lie bad never worked witli a more able or cnorgotic gentleman. One g ra t ify in g feninro of tho olcctiou was Hie fact th a t Liberal supporters had bqoii so generous in th e ir subscriptions th a t th e election expenses would be nearly cleared by tho special fund. He hoped Hint was the hogimiiiig of a g re a t fight and th a t n ex t y e a r they would bo able to p u t for- wnrd candidates with a g re a te r cortaintv ot them hciiig elected.


~


Council b u t ho stuck to liis gnus and was-a credit to tlie p a r ty . There w.as a g ro a t work to l)(‘ done on behalf of Liberalism if


Between now and th e n ex t election they ought to omloavour to educate th e pooplo of th e town to su p p o r t Hie Liberal p a r tv t Tf


Hiey would organise ami pull


political Imsinoss. Tt vwas th e d u tv of e\ cry su p p o rte r to do his o r h er ulniost to


to bold meetings, social and politicab in p iep a ra l io n for the n ex t election. I f they ore tr.ansncting th e ir own business tlicv onld no t leave i t u n t i l tho la s t day anil to apply, in reg ard to th o ir


I-'*'* 1*^'?


time b u t s ta r t r ie b t away to toge-tlior. successful Hiev 'would


Aloving a vote of th an k s to tho Chairman, r. J . Ford, senior, said Alderman Thornbor ns n o t in a very enviable position on th e


inarKahly well. Ho had only 150 votes loss th a n one of tho Labour ciimlixiatos and if ho persovorod was c(?rtain to be elected. Jho Liberals bad had to face two very s tro n g organisations, ami to heat them Hioy would havo to work extremely linrd. He was sorry Afr. AVhitwam li'ad n o t pollcxi better, Tho Liberals liad a lot to thniik him


I r . Ford, who ns uewcomor had done ro-


they oiyed a g ro a t deal to th e Cliairmau upon whom tlioy relied a g ro a t deal. Tlni oloctiou iiad to him boon a .surprise, ami tJio biggest surpriso was tlio drop in Hio Jjabour p a r ty figures. Labour spoakons iiatl often said th a t if tlicro woro no Liberal caiulidatos tho supporters would vote Con­ servative. From Hio figures of th a t dav i t cer tainly looked as though th o Labour


Seconding, Air. J . E. Smitliics, J.l>., said


th a t tlioro wero a g ro a t many people willing .and happy to voto for Liberals, and th a t th e Labour p a r ty was by no means o u t of


th ey had n o t been elected, b u t tlicy wero ccrtoinly n o t discredited. Although th e j had been defeated they woro confident t l ia t in tho ne.ar fu tu re they would ho successful. Ho had known g re a t ch an g e s " tak e .place. Ho had known a m.au ho a t th o bottom of ■Hio poll ono y e a r an d tlio to p tlio next. Circum.stances changed very quickly, and bo could foresGO g re a t changes tak in g placo in Clithoroo municipal affairs. Ho sincerely


hoped th a t four candidates would s tan d oh bohnlf of th o Liberal p a r ty n o v t year , and if th ey continued as 'they had begun they would bo ultimately successful.


tho word bravo. Tho candidates had been bravo • indowl to s tan d tlio ra ck et of. ah election as they had dono. Ho was sorry


tlio samo four candidatos n ex t y e a r tbev would poll much b e t te r . Air. Boiinott hail said th ey wero bold. Ho would ra th e r uso


It. Ho was cer ta in th a t if they entered


Liberals. Ih c Labour vote was no t nearly so s tro n g as ho had expected i t to be. Jii his most sanguine moments ho h.ad never really fe l t t l ia t tho Liberals would got a camlidato in,- becauso they bad been sucli a Jong time without four Jnboral can­ didates. At th o saiiiQ timo ho fe l t they Iiad polled remarkably well and wore hv no moans disgrnco<l. The re su lt .showed


lot of su p p o r t from tho 'i “ Dono Extremely Well.”


• p a r ty Jiad dono extremely well. They <H<1 n o t ijoo<l b e t te r candidates th an tlicy had, and lie hoped th e y . would all consent to .allow th e ir names to go forward next year. Mr. lo r d in gaining inoro th an 1,300 votes had polled extremely well. Prior to tho election lio had expressed tho view th a t if any of tho candi<]atcs secured :x Hiousaml votes ho would do well, and th a t i t would


Suppor ting ^ tlio resolution, Air. Tom Blacl'.burn said th a t in all scriousno-ss thu


til.


Alderman Tliornbor briefly rotnrnod thanks. SUNSHINE HOUR.


tb o ru n n in g of four candidates, believing the. iiolicy a most Bnccossful ono. JTio resolution was hear tily carrie<l and


coukl they expect to oust Councillor Sattor­ thwaito or th e Alayor or Councillor Parker? They had been faced with a very stiff problem, b u t next yoar tlio opposition would n o t bo so s trong. Tho only way in which they would succeed in ge ttin g tlieir caiulid.atos in th o Council would bo by organising and working h a rd from now to n ex t November. Ho strongly .advocated


Ifmv


1‘ord^ h ad been before tbo electors in recent elections and i t cer tainly made a difference to keep tho names of tho candidates hoforo tho pooplo. Mad Mr. Jildmoiid.son not had such a long absence from the political nroiia ho would havo polled even bettor than ho had. At . th a t election they had hcen faced with very s tern opposition.


ju s tify th o p a r ty in continuing to light , they woro successful. Tho name of


C O O D ¥ O U


COUGH SYRUP O L D


^ F S ' j &■ 5 ^ - F p o m P a t e n t M e d i c i n e S t o r e s


ad w< Al


AV


I arkingtoii was tho soloist, and Miss Hitclion th e speaker.


Hour had an excellent attomlaiico. Tho 1 .astor led th e devotions and Airs. J . Atkinson prosidotl a t tho piano. Tt wns Aiissionnry day and tho collection taken up a l te r rofrcslimonta had been served was devoted to tlio Alissionarj' fund. Aliss Hilda


Yesterday week tlio Alount Zion Sunsliinu


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