The Liberals have lost the seat for Brighton in the
most im- becile way. They actually allowed four candidates to start, not one of whom had any particular business there—Mr. Fawcett, a man who, being respectable, could never be popular in Brighton ; Mr. Julian Goldsmid,whose chief recommendation was his property within the borough ; Mr. Dumas, who had no recom- mendation at all; and a Mr. Harper, whose claim was that he thought all Catholics must be damned. Of course, under those circumstances the Tories saw their chance, put forward a popular citizen, who openly defied and ridiculed all non-electors, and carried the seat in the face of a majority of Liberal votes. The numbers were—
H. Moor 1,663 J. Goldsmid 775 H. Fawcett 1,468 F. K. Dumas 246 E. Harper 82 The proceedings throughout the election were disgraceful, the roughs pelting the candidates with rotten eggs, seaweed, flints, and. bits of rock, and receiving the Mayor's announcement that Mr. Dumas had been too severely treated to attend with "loud cheers." Cannot the decent leaders of the party pay these ruffians to keep order for one day ?
