Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

DENBIGH BOROUGHS. THE SCENES IN WREXHAM. FRIDAY. ■ The time ha9 now come when talking must cease. 1. t1. caoe of vork-worh--work and vote-vote- I:< nutil the clock strikes eight." fULL'" fUW, < THE ISSUE. T' n= spake Mr C!ement Edwards &? a pMtia? shot e Electors last night, and his words are so very t°tD i„te to to-day'a proceedings that we feel we *ppr j do better than quote them. To-day the :?°tor3 are deciding in the DDbih Boroughs alecber they still love the old wncbwordd of 'fe, a ce Retrenchment, and R"form," or whether '?ht?'e been bd away by a false Imperialism ? i1 h?'c?Medonr-i?mpireia !1 menacIn posItIon >f ?Md to the rest of the w0rld. The day is 2forV notable, for it wi'l decide whether the tber n'è are now educated to a. trae idea of the eU,rVfimctions of the State. _nFr fl1uctlOllS 0 e I OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM. n- g?rse. there is much speculation as to the '¡t' ot the poll, and there are any number of oP £ iC1i3 /t-f atul ? few peBimists in the ranks of each op. if meetings of the electorate are any Potion Qf aufceaa in Wrexham, then the Liberal c"nt r'jate 5onld have a sweeping majority, for this c:in the hurrahs aud the cheers and the singing Dr- "II-= a j)?v?oo.i{c;l!jw" still ring in onr ears. I o °..ir'?t?rj.uap'red that the Hon. G. T. Kenyan )M?t?)?p??tohotd,H.meet)as in the neigh- ber.¡IOOa of the Beast M9,rk?t iMt night, but his  the word:3 or Gur Informant, only t .rJ in the words o! car in f ormant, only ?bei? about thirty. I TilE WlUTINli ON THE WALLS. I Vat that is all apart from to dav'a contest. The ??.?.?dMnpand digmaL The sky was over- • r with dull rain-charged clouds, which momentarily t0 discharge their dispiriting conteats. flight it was evident that the biti-stick?s had t,een n?' overnight, for there was a ?oojiy show of ?'?? It?riUnre. Bnt Pvi, spirits had also been at ?- and 'r"?h of the writing on the walls had been 11"0 b' fi ??? ?'d whiht in one instance a hoarding filled with ?j, p??ja's elect'on m.Üter w?s tnrned with iM tto the wall. On behalf of Mr Clement ???ard-. pictorial poters were displayed. One a chamberlain as Motner Huh card" in ? T«rd to old age pensions; whilst another depicted ? 'ate ministry of the Tory Government hiding ;hind Lord Ibberts, who, it will be remembered ?'d ?uipha.tie!iHy a.Qirmed that he hdd aloof from ] .jCa A third po&terwa.a? mAp of the world, ;°J where the late Government had landed us '?diS '?!t'? ?m 1895 to 1900. A clever cartoon ??'M? the sq?tre and the parson receiving the Wanted nuder a Tory administration from rate- ?r? money. H'tt probably the mo3t effective ? h?A-< t"it which Mr Edwards posted, and which -'?, ?.j? ?r Kenyon'a attendances at the House of r-?-uou" when he represented the Denbigh l>- °-n.*hs. ?oabt Mr Kenyon's voting record 01 UJp ?,,?.?,?0 ont of about every six divisions o f l' d h ?"ere? a "?Sc number of people, an t e Tories ,.mot? to reply in a telegram paid to have been aeiveil hom the RIght Hon. R. W. Hmbury. which ?-'?ed tLAt ? w?a men such as Mr E?nyoo, who ~ick clcwc to their work, that can always be counted Man- "no u- I L%i; )I-It WADEHS A.Ni) -Ilit tlWABUS, I 1 1 I <» 1 I A handbill tid(ireseect to tne woiKing men or tne ititneiK'v ??? circulate d broadcast at an early hnr tbi' morning, containing extracts from many i--iters endorsing Mr Edwards's candidature. Mr irr? M T-- v.rote: "I hope that by the votes of ? workmen, for whom you have always worked irn-tlv and well, you will join me in the House where von will be most helpful with your special end experience of labour and social prJblenl-" 21r Richard Bell, M.P., general secre- trv of the Amalgamated Society of Railway S*avant*, wrote I sincerely trust that all workmen r'every description; and railwaynien especially, will ralh round Mr Edwards and return him at the head the pull." Mr Ben Pickard, M.P., leader of the ¡¡¡;O; I, Blattd: Our men will remember your ^kanid services to us in the great struggle of 1893, and should help you to a man." The extracts also winded those from the letters of Mr Geo M. Sunley, "secretary of the Society of Painters and Dacorators Mr Samnr-1 Me.ste-son, secretary of the Friendly 'q.j-jety of I jnfonnjers, Mr F. Chandler, general "cretary of the Joiners' Society Mr Weighill, secretary of Illu Alitsons' Society; Mr Will Thorne, ,errdry of the Gasworkers and General Labourers lad Mr Terence A. Flynn, general secretary of the Am,il,ani:tted Society of Tailors. "Working men," -o:ji-ded til. pitniphlet, rally round Mr Clement Edwards, who nas always fought for improved con- ditions of the working men." I TOKY SliUIBS. ) JIr Kenyon also had a fair amount of election uteratare. "There we en several posters on the wa.r, as well as cartoons and others were devoted to general topics. Au attempt was made by the Unionists to claim all the credit for the miners' in- crease of wages, but, of course, the facts were too "ell know') ?r thLJ state?em to receive much atten- tiju. Severe <=qa'b3?bM prominent, amongst which were exhortations to vote for Kenyon and" local intereata." good times and better wages," true Imperial unity. good wages and prosperous trade." The most striking cartoon was that entitled The Radical Omnibus," in which the driver found it im- possible to proceed on account of each horse pulling m a diverse- direction. The beards around the new hotel in course of erection ir. Regent-street were Htia/e with election statements, and evidently the X. rv pilrty had by some means secured a monopoly :f iois hoaruing. I rutuxii, Eiuin o'clock this moruiug found a few quiet Persons about the polling stations. Bat there was nothing eventful about the manner in which the voting commenced. Canvassers and carriages afprarea almost simultaneously with the opening of j ,!Ie tooths, and the committee rooms near were soon ) joi.vertcd into electioneering workshops, where inpjiorurs eagerly consulted the register. Scouts Sure despatched with the vehicles, and on returning the voters the latter were given their registra- j tson number, and told to put a cross opposite the first ë: second name, as the case might be. But every- tii.usj was quiet and scrims during the openiiii4 nours except in the East Ward. Here around the I •c-peetive committee rooms the youngsters swarmed, and ranged themselves in battle array. Mr Powell' large warehouse happened to be the i L umI committee room, and around this building the yonng-ters of the Ridical persuasion appeared in ijrtc.decurated with pictures of the Liberal candidate ind red ana green ribbon. Those on the other side ais3 wore portraits of Mr Kenyon in their caps, and the rtd. white, and blue. There were one or tujiet rights, after which there were several weeping iaccs and menacing sticks in evidence. The streets -tnerally present much of their wonted appear- nee. Trne a number of the people are wearing di-ctian colours, and there are more conveyances run- tMg to and fro than nsual, but that is all. Rain Areaiened, and about eleven o'clock it came down F:"ttv fust, driving indoors the ladies who had turned iu la ir election feathers, and creating quite a of voters. It was into the afternoon before was a ce satiou oftherain, and even then there •• -e bilious looking cloud3 overhead. I AMIVlNG INCIDENTS. lucre were several choice tit-bits early in circuit- And the one that was most repeatedly told was » -he expense of a prominent Tory, who has figured I J'i Mr K- nj on's platform during the campaign. In •'•"•••U for the Unionist cause he was one of the first Present himself at the polling station. Having Reived his voting paner he exclaimed, Here's for iviuyon. foltled it up- and placed it ic. the ballot box I ^bor.t Laving made a mark on it of any inscription Another laugh was caused by a tPrt in a daily paper of a meeting D_enbigh in which Mr Tudor Howell w&a ?cri'j&[i as the Liberal candidate for the Denbigh ?-MnK!)-. and was said to have commented freely ?pon Mr Kenyon's absence from many divisions :vhilst I ?WMiui.?[?ment." In the North Ward it was ?t-orted that a well-known Conservative had polled and also in the East Ward. A message was :-3t irom the Liberal committee room in the tormer ??r.3 to that in the iatter telling them that if this ?eniM appeared to vote they had to stop him I L-,t it WM fonnd that he had already been there as ic! Objection will, of course, be raised by the Lc=r?,. I ROirND THE WARDS. U<1r:Il.: the morning we made a tour of all the At half-past ten o'clock 152 persons had voted '•* SoGth Ward, out of 670 on the register. Both Forties were working hard at that time, and Madeira- was blocked with conveyances. In fact," said fj2e of the Conservative supporters, we have too liny carriages, but I should like to see more '•^tkers,' whilst the Liberals confessed that they :d '00 many workers. The polling station is the tu National School, the presiding officer being Mr V» illiams, and the poll-clerks Messrs R. H. ■■a!lvvood and F. E. Davies. We visited this ward the afternoon, and found that things were not ntrly so hopeful for the Tories. This is said to be ■■t stronghold of Conservatism in Wrexham, and -••t from eleven o'clock to noon only abont eleven f"=ous recorded their votes. I?. the Weet Ward the polling station is in the Boys "?td School, Brook-street, the presiding officer '?E? IIr ? E Lewis, Mid the poll clerks, Messrs H Sqnire and D. Turner. This is the most ""?'y populated ward, there being 677 names on ""? ?igter. The Liberals are working splendidly. ? ?i?arter te eleven 149 persons had voted. fuhin? in the North Ward is at the Gmldhall, and  presiding officer is Mr J. W. Rogers, and the clc-r ?s, Messrs T. 0. Bury and T. Boliver. The ?mittee rooms are in Chester-street, that for Mr thdwdds being on the premises of the Mayor whilst ?Mb ia another room for him in Rhosddn. On the ?'ater there are 605 names, and of these 125 had '?fd the booth at 10.50, we were then told that the  Was considered quite five to three in favour of ? Liberals. ,-? the East Ward there are 542 voters, and at IZ.IU irr Persona had voted. The polling station i3 at the uhtield Office. The presiding officer is Mr J. ?op]ey Pierce, and the poll clerba Messrs J. E. ?se and T. C. Minaha.H. Po!!iQR here was then VEry v?', but, of course, it was expected that there d be more in the evening when the toilers were THE CLOSING SCENES. "'?t ca.me.and with it more rain. Yet in spite thig factor the election proceeded with mnch a .'tnati°n. This was chieflv noticeable in the neigh- "arkiood of the Beast Market, and in Brook-street. j-L 6 'Q the former district was unprecedented ? '?ere only about a score of abstenBions, and these [„ fe ^Qe to unavoidable circumstances. The youthful f"4"Ll'nitv san? lustily, especially in front of the ??LEEO Committee Rooms, and the proceedings throughout were characterised by the greatest possible enthusiasm. In Brook-street there was a display of coloured lights by the youngsters, and cheering and shouting were freely indulged in. About the Guildhall tbe proceedings were more matter-of-fact, for the honest collier makes little fuss about his vote Maderia Hill was thronged with conveyances, and each arrival was the signal for loud cheers. During the last half-hour, Mr Clement Edwards paid a short visit to each station, where he received splendid ovations from the crowd. Shortly after the clock had struck eight, and the booths were closed, Mr Edwards was on his way to Mold, there to assist Mr Herbert Lewis. During the later honrs of the da.y the following telegram was circulated bv the Cinservatives Edinburgh, 1.39 p.m., Wrexham, 2.2 p.m.-Ilon. G. Kenyon, Conservative Club, Wrexham.-1 heartily wish you success in your contest in Denbigh district, and X sincerely trust that all Unionists in the con- stituency, remembering your long Parliamentary services, will not hesitate to give yon active support. -Arthur James Balfour." [ rhe above appeared on Saturday morning.] THE RESULT. I LBY OUR OWN REPRESENTATIVE.] I it was a hopeful little band of election workers that took the early train-five minutes to seven—from Wrexham to Denbigh on Saturday morning. It included on the Liberal side Mr R. J. Kendrick, the Liberal agent, and Mr T. Powell, his assistant; Councillor Edward Hughes, Sir Holdine, of London; Mr Lewis, agent for Mr S. Moss, M P. Mr Robert Jones, checkweigher and miners' delegate, and a few others. The Liberal and Labour candidate was not there, for the very good reason that on the previous evening he had been driven from Wrexham to Caer- gwrle, and from thence to Mold, to address meetings on behalf of Mr Herbert Lewis. The Conservative company included the Hon. Mr and Mrs G. T. Kenyon, Councillor George Bevan (Conservative agent), Alderman W. E. Samuel, and Mr T. A. Acton. The ballot boxes formed the chief item of luggage, and they were in charge of Mr Rogers, the deputy-town clerk. I have said we were a hopeful band and that is indeed true, for we all hailed from Wrexham, and Wrexham we knew to have done well —aye, better-for the cause of Rsform than on any previous occasion. It is said that no Englishman is seen in his best mood before dinner; but here we were, my masters, on the way to Denbigh, inducing in jests before some of us had even broken our fat'l Perhaps the meteorological conditions had something to do with our vivacity, for the day was decidedly promising. Anyhow, all the choice incidents of the election were told and re-told, ana then those of previous elections formed a fruitful subject. At Mold we were joined by Mr Clement Edwards himself. At Denbigh in due course we arrived, and found that we had three-quarters of an hour to wait before the counting would commence, and from then onwards we had two weary hours of waiting before ns ere we could know the result. To those of ns who had not secured tickets of admis- sion to the voting chamber this was a sore inlliction. In due course the Rsturning Officer took his place, and we outside waited—waited—waited. Not that there were many of us. It was the honr when every borough in England would be throbbing with all the intensity of our industrial system, and yet, like all respectable and sensible Welsh municipalities, Denbigh was just awakening to the vigour of the day. While watchful eyes eagerly scanned the ballot papers in the Tjwn Hal!, we made circles round the unimposing stone structure. There was little to divert our attention from the supreme thought and wish of the day, and all the mural evidences of the previous day's contest passed by almost unnoticed. We wondered how the voting was going, and in our minds though we could hear the words :—Edwards—Kenyon, Kenyon -Edwards, Ejwarda, Edwards—Kenyon, Kenyon— Edwards as the process went on. Yea, and had we known it, that was what was happening it was a neck-and-neck race while the hands of the clock had half-way traversed their monotonous circuit for a second time. Then there were occasional long strings of ballots for Mr K =oyon, during which Tory excitement prevailed, followed by batches for Mr Edwards. '.rhus the proceedings went on, and pulses commenced to beat quicker and the hands of the nervous to shake as the lpst box was attacked. The first indication of the trend of things was when the Returning Officer (Mr A. Lloyd Jones, Mayor of Denbigh) appeared at the window facing up High-street with a sheet of paper in his hand, whilst the Hon. G. T. Kenyon was seen in the fore- ground. This was at once taken as a sign of the result, and for about the space of amiuute the cheer- ing prevented the figures from being proclaimed. Eventually, however, they were read, although very few were able to gather anything more than the majority. The two candidates then addressed the crowd from the Town Hall. The Post Office was where subsequent animation was first apparent, and very soon the result was being flashed over the United Kingdom that the Hon. G. T. Kenyon was the Conservative member representing the Denbigh Boroughs. The figures were :— Hon. G. T. Kenyon (C) 1,862 MA cilement Edwards (L) 1,752 Majority. 110 A chair was in waiting wnen the new member left the Town Hall, and on this he was quickly hoisted shoulder high by stalwart men, an d carried through the cheering multitude to the Conservative Club, at the end of the wide part of High-street. But the Liberals of Denbigh fought a good fight, and they were not to be outdone. Mr Edwards, too, was hoisted by a aozen hands on the shoulders of enthusiastic electors. There was one wild rush into the Liberal Club, and Mr Clement Edwards was on the balcony and addressing the large crowd in the street below quit6 as early as the successful can- didate, although he had courteously made w.-Y for the latter, so that the Tory member could enjoy to the full the sweets of victory. What Mr Edwards said was this :—I think we may congratulate ourselves upon having made an excellent fight. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) We may congratulate ourselves upon having pulled the majority of the Tories down. (Hear, hear, and applause.) The last time you had a majority against the Liberal candidate of 229 to-day the majority is onlv 110. I will wipe the other half cut. (Loud cheers.) Now I am going away for a fortnight to help my friends in the other constituencies. (Ap- plause.) Mr Herbert Robert, M.P., here unexpectedly appeared on the balcony, and this u -3 the signal for renewed cheering He said, sp'-akinj, in Welsh, that the fight had been a capital one, the majority of the Conservatives having been J. creased by a substantial number. If Mr Clement Edwards would only fight those Boroughs again he would be victorious. (Cheers.) He hoped they would do their very best to return him when that time came. (Loud cheers.) Inside the club-room there was a most entnaaiaanc scene, and it verily seemed if Mr Clement Edwards and not Mr Kenyon was the member. The Liberal candidate got at the end of the billiard tables, and hat in hand he led the cheering, which came right lustily from as many throats as the room would contain. Further np the High-street, at the Tory head- quarters, there was a display of the Union Jack, and i the red, white. and bine. Mr Kenyon. as M.P., was the first speaker, and he said he believed his victory I would tend, with others, to support the great Uniouist majority. For his own part he thanked them me t heartily. It was, indeed, a privilege to be allowed to represent them, and as he had valued it in times past, so he would value it as long as he lived. (Hear, I hear, and cheers.) He would like to bear testimony to the kindly and generous manner in which the con- 'r,1 test had been carried on. ^uneersj Tnere naa, ne believed, been no ill-feeling whatever, and that wasi, of course, as it should be. (Applause.) Mr Pennant afterwards remarked on the friendly feelings which had existed throughout the contest. (Applause.) Alderman W. D. W. Griffiths said he bad never felt so ha.ppy in all his life. (Laughter.) It was perfectly clear that the great wave which was passing over the country had reached Denbigh Boroughs. (Cheers.) Colonel Mesham and Mr J. Davies, solicitor, and Councillor C. D. Phillips, of Ruthin, also addressed the crowd, and Mrs Kenyon, who was v^aring broad tri-colour ribbons, thanked the electors for the con- fidence which they had once more shown in her husband by returning him as their representative in Parliament. (Applause.) I II The balcony was atterwaras vacatea In ravonr 01 a local coster, who, dressed in khaki, made several attempts to sing Red, White, and Blae." After- wards Mr Kenyon was placed in a chair and carried down High-street, followed by a large erowd. Amongst the latter a small boy was carried aloft, and he was attired in a khaki suit with bandolier and wide awake hat. Mr Kenyon entered a private residence, and the vacant seat was occupied by the coster, who was carried by a swarthy and Herculean-looking blacksmith in a leather jacket, and a number of toil- worn men, all of whom promply adjourned to a neigh- bouring inn. It transpired that the coster was a local character, and a little later he was to be seen wearing a huge mask to represent Lord Roberts. This ended the election proceedings at Denbigh. LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION IN WREXHAM. I THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUED. Mr and Mrs Edwards arrived in Wrexham about four o'clock, and were met at the Reform Club by several staunch Liberals. It was decided to convene a public meeting at the club at half-past eight, and a few alipa of paper were posted in shop windows about the town announcing this fact. By eight o'clock there was a crowd both inside and outside the cluk. At half-past the building was packed, whilst outside there was a crowd of 1,500 persons. THE MAYOR SANGUINE. In the Club room the Mayor (Councillor Thomas Jones) was voted to the chair. Three cheers were given for Mrs Edwards, who at this point entered the Clnb. The Mayor said he was sure they all felt very proud of their Liberal candidate in those Boroughs. (Cheers ) He thonght he was perfectly safe in saying, now that the contest was over, that although they had not been able to win the Boroughs to the Liberal party, they felt prouder than ever of their candidate, Mr Clement Edwards. (Hear, hear, and applause.) They all felt sorry indeed that they had not been able to congratulate him npon securing such a victory as would have made him their member. But he thought they conld congratulate themselves at anv rate upon having secured in Mr Edwards the most distinguished and the most able candidate that any constituency in the country might wish to have. fAnnlanse ) He had always felt inclined to say that if he had been 8uccessful credit would have been due ? a very large extent, if not wholly, to Mr Edwards himself. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I MR EDWARDS'S UNDERTAKING. I At this point there were cheera outside tire building, and immediately afterwards Mr Edwards entered the I room, and was received with much acclamation. It I was therefore decided to address the crowd outside, I and so the Mayor and the Liberal candidate stepped on to the balcony. The Mayor said he had great pleasure in intro- dncing to them Mr Clement Edwardi-(chears)-who had Ro gallantly and so ably foaght their battle in the Denbigh Boroughs. (Hear, hear, and applause.) n Q only regretted that the Denbigh Boroughs had elected Mr Edwards to Parliament. (Hear, hear, i.:■ 'Shame.") He thonght that they had in Mr E •- rds an excellent candidate. He felt sure that ha.i he had a little longer time in the Boroughs there would have been no question about him being returned at the head of the poll. (Prolonged cheer- ing.) He had done a marvellous work when they considered that he bad only been amongst them about a. fortnight. He had pulled down the Tory majority by more than one-half during that time, at an election when the country was not altogether with the Liberal party. (Cheers ) Mr Clement Edwards, who received a tremendous ovation, said I intended to start our second campaign as soon as possible, so I have come to the meeting to-night. (Hear, hear, and cheers ) I am sorry that I am unable to bring from Denbigh an absolute win of the Tory seat, bat I am delighted that in the first round we have been able to wipe out more than half the Tory majority. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) We will wipe out the other half in the second round. (Renewed cheers.) I know that oar friends on the other side will s y, Oh yes, this man, ot course, is feeling a little excited on the day of the declaration, and he will not come down again." I say to them, and I say to you, in the most absolute way, that given life, and given health, I shall fight the next election for yon in the Denbigh Boroughs. (Lonrt applause.) I am young, and there is no immediate harry for me to go into Parliament. (Cheers ) It makei no difference personally to me when I go. (Loud applause.) The other side spoke of a 306 majority. They said that these figures were going to be turned round, meaning that Mr Kenyon would get in by 603 (Hooting.) Tnev have not done it. (Applanse, and t a voice, K inyon for ever.") Mr Edwards I beg your pardon. It is not Chamberlain for ever. It is Chambrlain for Elliotts, Chamber- lain for Hoskins, Chamberlain fo- Kynocks. (Laughter and cheers) Continuing, he said: I tell you, friends, that the Liberals and Libourmenin you, friends, thELt the L? the Denbigh Boroughs have to congratulate them- selves under all the circumstances in so cffecti velv redacing the Tory majority. (Hear, hear.) I have entered into occupation of the Denbigh Boroughs, and I am sure I shall enter into possession. (Hear, hear.) This fight only goes to show that we cm wiu by solid organisation. (Cheere.) We must start earnestly to pat our organisation in order, and all of yo i who are really aaxiou3 to do yonr p irt in fiually wresting these boroughs frointbe TjryP'.rtyI beg of you to give yonr names to th3 different ward secretaries, so that we can have better organisation. (Cheers.) There is nothing in this fight that I regret. Thereis nothing in this fight that I look back upon with shame. There is nothing in this fight but en- couragement. (Applause ) Let us look at the circumstances. By the trickery of the Tory Ptirty- (hear, hetr)-we have been compelled to fiht on the oldest possible register. By the trickery of the T-)ry Party, too, we have had to fight the election in the midst of the war excitement. A PREDICTION. I I tell you, with the most absolute conviction, that by the time this Government have introduced a. new Budget, the country will regret their stupidity. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I tell you my conviction is thatf even those in these Boroughs who have voted for my opponents, and who have therefore voted in favour of this Government for a period of six months being occupied by the war, whan they realise that they have given a blank cheque to a Government of corruption, they will awaken to their mistake, and there will come such a revulsion of feeling over the country that the Liberal and Labour forces- will triumph over Toryism. (Applause). THE NECESSITY OF ORGANISATION. I Addressing those inside the club, Mr Edwards said they found tha. the majority was given against them just in those places where their organisation was weakest. It really meant that they had to settle down earnestly to put their organisation in order. He knew some of them would take doubtingly his undertaking to fight the Boroughs again. (" No, no." He could tell them definitely that he intsnded doing so. (Applause.) In all probability he would get offers to fight bye-elections. (A. voice Don't take them.") However, he declined absolutely to fight any other place. (Cheers.) What it now meant was that they had to settle down to building a really big and strong association. It meaat that they had to go in for a serieo of educational meetings. (Hear, hear.) It meant further that they would have to go in for a series of demonstrations, and they would have to get down some big speakers. They knew as well as he knew that he was a poor man, and that he could not provide the money out of his own pocket for the purpose of carrying on the campaign, and he knew perfectly well that while he would do his share, the members of the Association in those Boroughs would theirs. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He would continue to work. He was aa confident as he was about anything that the country awake to the folly to which it was committed. (Hear, hear.) He knew the Tory party. (Laughter.) He knew the corruption and jobbery. ('' Shame".) He realised it in a way perhaps that even few of them did. He was sure that when the time came for the bill for the War to be caid, they would hear such growling that had probably not been heard for fif¡¡y or sixty years. (Hear, hear.) WORK FOR THE LADIES. They would continne the fight. He was sure the ladies of the Denbigh Boroughs could do a big work, and he would help to get them together to build up a really big Women's Liberal Association in the Boroughs. It was a case of -work-work-,vork,-and educate— educate-educate. He would spend as much Lime as he could in the constituency, and he ventured to say that though they had not been able to carry the seat this time, when they fought the next time they would be able to carry it with a substantial majority. (Applause.) THANKS. Concluding, he said 1 tbank you most cordially for the way yoa have worked. It has really been a pleasure and a delight to both me and my wife to work with such people, who have been so cordiai, sincere, earnest and hearty in the work of this cam- paign. (Cheers.) Thank you, thank you, thank you, and we will win next time. (Loud applause.) I u A PRESENTATION, Tbe Mayor here said they had an interesting little function to perform. There was a nice little girl, with a nice bouquet of flowers, which the ladies were dedirous of presenting to Mrs Edwards. (Applause.) They all knew how heartily Mrs Edwards had thrown herself into the campaign. She had been a real helper in every respect. She had worked and can- vassed early and late. (Cheers.) The presentation having been made, and Mrs Edwards having bowed her acknowledgments with much grace, Mr Edwards returned thanks for the bouquet, in which he said he recognised the colours of tne Liberal party. (Applause.) A PLEDGE TO MR EDWARDS. The Mayor here called upon Councillor Edward Hughes to a propose a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Edwards for co-ming to the Boroughs, and for the work he had done on their behalf, and pledging themselves to do all they possibly could at the next election to return him. as the member for the Denbigh Boroughs. (Applause ) Councillor Edward Hughes, in proposing the resolution, said that while at Denbigh that morning, Mr Kendrick and he went over to the opponents' public house. (Laughter.) They found that one of the greatest hopes of the Tories was that they would never see Mr Edwards again. They ennmerated one, or two, or three candidates who had viaited the Denbigh Boroughs and never returned, and they prophesied that the same would be the case with regard to Mr Edwards. They (he and Mr Kendrick) said then that they felt that they had got a man of grit, who would return to contest the Boroughs, aud not only to contest them, but to win them. (Applause,) They at once told Mr Edwards what was the peg upon which the Tories were hang- ing their hat. Mr Edwards having given his assur- ance, he had done all that they could possibly expect of him up to the present. Now they bad their part to play. If they were to carry the Denbigh Boroughs they had to put their house in order. He was extremely proud of East Ward. (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to see that the ether wards did not get such an assembly of gallant workers. (Applause.) Mr Wynn Evans seconded the resolution, remark- ing that he saw no reason at all if the contest were fought again, with the same candidate, why the minority should not be turned into a majority. (Applause.) Mr Robert Jones, checkweigher and miners' dele- gate, of Southsea, also supported the resolution. He said that many thousands of men had been watching this fight, and away back among the hills they felt it very much. (Cheers.) He personally was very sorry, and he knew many thousands of men who were the same. He pledged his word that everyone of the 8 000 men in his district would put his hand in his pocket, and would see that the funds would come up. (Ap. plause.) Had there been another fortnight to have carried the fight a little further, they would have won. In one street there were seventeen colliers, who had been living there eighteen months, and not one was able to vote. (" Shame.") They had felt that fight in a sense more than they should have felt one in the County. Mr Edwards had come to them with one of the brightest records. (Hear, hear.) He came to them with a recommendation of a million and a half of trade unionists at his back. He came to them with a written recommendation from everv trade society in Great Britain. He came to them witn an express wish trom the general secretary of the Parliamentary Committee and the Trade Union Congress that no stone ehould be left unturned. Time after time Mr Edwards had placed his abilities and all in his power to the development and the interest of the working men. Time after time when they had been in difficulties over labour questions Mr Edwards stepped in. (Applause.) It would have been an honour to have sat by the side of Mr Edwards. (Cheers.) He then spoke in high terms of praise of the work of Friday, and said that under a new register the majority of 110 would already be wiped out. (Applause.) The resolution was carried amidst much applause. As a parting word Mr Edwards said he would give them a motto for future work, and that was, Stick fast." (Applavse. MR KENYON'S ARRIVAL IN I WREXHAM. Mr and Mrs Kenyon reached Wrexham shortly after six o'clock, and were accorded a reception which was enthusiastic in the extreme. And this is no matter for surrrise, when one recognises the stub- bornness of the fight through which Mr Kenyon had gone, and the able opponent whom he had to meet. An elated crowd awaited his arrival at the railway staition, and on taking his seat in the brougham which awaited him, accompanied by Mrs Kenyon and his agent, Mr Bevan, the horses were at once detached, and the carriage was taken by the enthusiasts through Regent-street and Hope-street, where the new member received a splendid ovation, down to the Conservative Club. Here from hia carriage Mr Kenj on returned thanks for the confidence reposed I in him. Cheer after cheer rent the air, and the sing- ing of patriotic airs by not a few of the crowd, added gaietv to the scene. After partaking of refresh- ments at the Wynnstay Hotel, Mr and Mrs Kenyon visited the Conservative Club, and Mr Kenyon, in again returning thanks, said I thought, as I said the other night, that we should have Mr Clement Edwards scalped to add to the numerous other scalps-(Iaughter)-whicii will form a very charming decoration to this room. He has left us we shall see him no more. (Laughter.) We may shed a tear, possibly two—(renewed laughter)-bat I think we shall get over our emotions in a few days, and so be in readiness for the next man. (Loud laughter.) Once more let me thank you on my behalf and on Mrs Kenyon's behalf, for your kindness, generosity, and consideration in every respect during this trying week. I shall never forget it. (Applause.) Mrs Kenyon also returned thanks, and three hearty cheers were given for Mr and Mrs Kenyon. Mr Bevan called for three groans for Mr Clement Edwards, whicn were giT n, but not withou; the dissent of a large number of the Conservatives present. CONGRATULATIONS. ) The Hon. G. T. Kenyon on Saturday received the following congratulatory telegrams from Lord Salis- bury and Mr Balfour Very pleased to hear of the successful result of your contest. Please accept my congratulations.- SALISBURY." Pray accept my warmest congratulations on the result of your poll and my most cordial appreciation of yonr effjrts on behalf of the Unionist caiilqt.- ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR." THE RECEPTION AT HOLT. Our Holt correspondent writes: -Ther- were great rejoicings at Holt on the recep'ion of the news ot the success of the Hoa. G. T. Kenyon, the Con- servative candidate. A telegram was received at half-past one on Saturday giving a majority of 110. or less by one-half than at the previous election, when Mr Tudor Howell was returned. A crowd anxiously awaiting the result had assembled near Kenyon Hall, but there was no demonstration until the evening, when, at a quarter-past eight, a procession was formed, headed by the band with banners and bann 'rettes, who marched a mile outside the to-.vn to maet the honourable gentleman on his way from Wrexham. The present member is most popular in the borough of Holt, and had a majority of the votes recorded in his favour. The election was the quietest within living memory. The proceedings on Friday were most orderly, contrasting favourably with those of former years. Mr Kenyon was escorted to the Cross in the centre of the town, where he thanked heartily all his supporters, and divu!g<.r. no secret in saying that Holt contributed largely towti (is ensur- ing his success.