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you Mr. Waddy is known? It seems to me he was elected 

 because nobody knew him." 



At the same meeting my brother, disdaining to say one 

 word against his successful rival, struck the right note of 

 statesmanship, when he said, " I stand before you as the 

 rejected candidate, but I have one very great consolation, 

 which is, that the views I expressed and the policy I tried to 

 advocate when I had the honour of addressing you as a 

 candidate for Parliament, have been so cordially approved of 

 by all classes of voters that they have returned an overwhelm- 

 ing Unionist majority to Parliament. 



That all his friends worked for my brother with great 

 heartiness there is no doubt, and yet in spite of the wave 

 of Conservatism that was then sweeping over the country, 

 Radicalism, in combination with Mr. Waddy 's qualities and 

 the name of Gladstone, had too firm a hold at the election of 

 1886, in the Brigg Division, for any change to be effected in 

 the political representation. 



It was, however, very gratifying for my brother to find out 

 how much he was personally trusted and esteemed among the 

 electors. One of the most Radical villages in North Lincoln- 

 shire is that of Frodingham, where a large number of miners 

 are employed to work the ironstone for the several companies. 

 When canvassing these constituents Maunsell was often told 

 how much they would like to vote for him. But, " Sir," they 

 would say, " we maun vote for our ticket." Indeed so strong 

 was the personal feeling in his favour, that after the election 

 was over his principal opponents in that district invited him to 

 a dinner, at which the chairman presented him with a saddle 

 and bridle. The latter ended up a laudatory and half-apologetic 

 speech, by saying, " We could not vote you a seat in Parlia- 

 ment, sir, but we have voted you a saddle on which we know 



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