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THE JNTY COUNCIL ELECTION PRISING RESULTS AT RHYL. fight than that of Saturday last as IU' i Test Ward of Rhyl is concerned was ,BT" Jr it since the County Council has een ost;i shed, and the figures will show that very a ble vote was polled. The weather wftn fort1 itely favourable, and there was no ers. Although the poll opened as it o'clock there was a steady stream day. Mr F. J. Gamlin and Mr !,i w Williams entered upon the contest h wÜ i determination to win, and both can- tidite nad as many workers as they re- .1n:rpd, tlunteers were forthcoming in such r;u>ei-s at plainly told that the election be:> fought with an enthusiasm seldom • ficnes« i n local contests. The whole of • :-r' ation of the Liberal Club was ;o play, and the canvassing which n on Saturday morning told that as a y th. Liberals of Rhyl were determined t. -.et-ure- i e return of their candidate. Ladies d m 11 a gentlemen devoted the whole of the < to t:, work, and every voter that could :'i brougto the poll either in a carriage or on loot Wr\ iaken to the booth. The Liberal ■iciK :iven an extra turn where required, nd by tl;. time the evening arrived Mr Elwy W;'liams mpporters felt confident that they :¡ i the seat. Mr F. J. Gamlin was y at polling booth, and from the very fr he f confident that he would be returned, relying II )n the promises he had received. The eiif"t, iasm displayed on the part of his r-uppcrtt was sufficient in itself to inspire )n his part, but he did not relax until within a quarter of an hour :lock he was informed that there •vp.ro i. r ,re voters who could be brought to ,.hL, poii The way the election had :1 been ''irti^hfc w. most complete, and the result shows ;»ow Mi ramlin and his helpers had worked, 3nth had several carriages bringing up ;.o tioot* T >. Mr A. Rowlands, (Town Clerk) .etiid as 'esiding Officer in the West Ward \n i Mr t Bayliss was poll clerk. Mr J. H. iSiii:3 Mr F. J. Gamlin's election agent at hf119 flour ig, and Mr J. W. Jones discharged ikodiitit- for Mr W. Elwy Williams. It was rut exrx. ^ed that the poll would have been oohrcd at least 9 o'clock, as the counting lid not o mmence until 8-15, the number of aparg i ied being 448. At a quarter to •ne i unting had been completed, and in he ires ice of a rather sparse crowd the .A e announced as follows :— "lr J. Gamlin 260 Elwy Williams 186 Majority 74 The ers which went up for Mr Gamlin ioon i the figures were announced were i i--arty aloud, and it was some little time boi<.>rt' th Town Clerk could make the official nnno.incc ent that Mr Gamlin had been leturuod County Councillor for the West Vird of i hyl. Without waiting to hear the peaches, number of those assembled rushed ai "0 tlu; Town Hall to announce the result to thoso wa ng to hear the return in the South Ward rlin in proposing a vote of thanks i) the T", 3iding Officer for the impartial way us wlueh i a had conducted the election, said tha-1 the electors with all his heart for the h< r they had conferred upon him ;v j plauv He also desired to thank the noble bard d 1pers, who had that day put forth e £ j.t on his behalf. Without their as- aigt;v'•« he could not have been returned. He desired to say that he did not claim t lui victory as a party one, as he had tough' j: along the line as an Independent candidate, and his first act on the County Council v )uld be to vote for Mr Elwy Williams l; 3 an alderman (applause). He (the 3pe:.kor, romised \e would do his best for the County general and for Rhyl in particular wie was returned, and he hoped that he. )e able to give satisfaction to those vfbo :18.( sent him to the County Council. • app- • Mi V. Elwy Williams seconded the vote of thaw*-a. d said he had been defeated, but not A as he had been deceived by those .lw promised to support him. Had he reeerad. he votes of those who had pledged theiasel'y-j to support him he would have b'Hsn it e top of the poll. Nine years ago h Ind (dered the County Council determined tv do his duty as a County Councillor, and as far 3 1 y in his power he had done so (ap- i. The electors of the West Ward had, how•:v*>r. discharged him, and he accepted their .ieo'iS'.fiii. He thanked those who had worked uii his behalf (applause). Mr hamlin was afterwards carried shoulder- id the Town Hall, and the greatest rrtr :n prevailed among his supporters. In the South Ward. oiling was rather slow throughout th1? iay* Mr Llewelyn Jones had a splendid of orkera, but they did not hang about the g >m Exchange where the voting was going on. Ti' y were to be found in Yale-road, in the sistriet, and in all other parts of the Ward. The Liberal Club organization had ,%iQo heel brought into play on behalf of this and plenty of good, solid, quiet vv\ rL ws" done on his behalf. Mr Llewelyn 'i"oT) • s wrj present throughout the day and felt Ieni of success from the very first. Mr J S. Graehhalgh also had a good body of ivjrker» but they lacked the organization of t.h. othe- side. Outside his Committee room "se hAd banner displayed asking that the •■working nen should 44 vote for Mr Greenhalgh "poi Tuor work for Rhyl men." The candidate 't;ore(' tard, and like the defeated candidate to u-1.. er ward he had received a large num- ber )mises which were not fulfilled. At I p-ocession of Mr Greenhalgh's workmen mm from his works to the Town Hall. Mr -7n Williams was the Presiding Officer ■n tr lling booth, andMrCaradoc Williams, acted polling clerk. Mr Jos. Williams' (Cr. wi). election agent for Mr R. Llewelyn Jon.fr; i it Mr Greenhalgh acted on his own r)('! iroughout. At a quarter to nine a iar. wd of persons had assembled outside th," Ti Exchange, and at the time the Pre- siding Officer mounted the balcony to announce t Iw figures, Mr Gamlin's supporteas arrived, carvyinsc that gentleman from the West Ward ^oiling nooth. It was with great difficulty t .at Mr Mostyn Williams was able to make himself I-eard, but when he announced that Mr i" II. Jones had been elected the Liberal Olufc ites cheered and cheered again. In fact there w.n scarcely any stopping of them, and fjw or those assembled heard the actual figures, wi :o" f ire as follows :— jk R. Llewelyn Jones 266 Mr J. S; Greenhalgh 125 Majority 141 "1 .Jewelyn Jones briefly proposed a vote 0f tlt K:3 to the Presiding Officer, and thanked the cfor once again returning him by SUch" h indsome majority (applause). M S. Greenhalgh seconded, and said he wa. id to say that he felt disappointed at th. n. t, as he had been led to believe by the p> >h she had received that he would have 1m.; od substantial majority. He had been i £ ii< defeated, and by the very people who pi nised him support. It was a defeat nob un1;" for himself, but for the working men and :tory for race, party, creed and politicss' mid feat' for enterprise. It was the success of j wire-pullers, and rhe defeat of inde- PeL.it;r, ,-y. Mr l. Ll. Jones then addressed the assembly at soiue length, although in consequence of ♦:iv-» rs and noise made by his partisans it ;as ost impossible to hear what was said. lie <-r sssed regret that Mr Greenhalgh should ken so bitterly, as he had fought the e1el ¡:. 'j fairly. He promised the electors that j,o -vouid always endeavour to faithfully serve th«.l 'd he could say that during the many ii had attended the meetings of the St. s,p:; "oard of Guardians he had endeavoured to represent the people, and he had also tried to do what was right on the County Council (applause). As soon as Mr R. Llewelyn Jones came down from the balcony he was carried shoulder- high at the head of a procession to the Liberal Club, from the window of which he again ad- dressed the electors. He said he considered it an insult to the working men of Rhyl that they should have been marched in procession from their work to the polling booth that day. He did not ask a single working man employed at his works to either canvass or vote for him, much less to walk in procession, although, no doubt, he could have had as large a procession as Mr Greenhalgh had had that day. It was all very well for people to say that they gave men work for the love of doing so. He asked the working men of the town not to believe such a thing. Unless a master was able to make a little proffit on the labour of those he employed he would not be able to give them work. While Mr Llewelyn Jones was speaking Mr Charles Jones arrived from Rhuddlan, and announced the result of the election in that place. He also briefly addressed those assem- bled, and was followed by Mr Whitley and Mr W. Elwy Williams.

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