You state in your Address to the Electors that you "are desirous of reducing the hours of Tram _employés_ to four a day, with two months' holiday in the year, and of giving a general rise of wages up to about £2 extra per week." Will you kindly say how you reconcile this desire with your expressed intention to "run the concern on the most economical plan, so as to save the pockets of the Ratepayers"?
It is reported that you have pledged yourself, if elected, to see that the Tram Conductors "get their Saturday to Monday at Brighton as a regular thing." How do you propose to carry out this part of your programme?
Do you consider yourself justified, in face of the above statements, in characterising the rival Candidate for the Council as "attempting to catch the Labour Vote by an impudent combination of insincere flattery, and fraudulent promises"?
[Illustration: MR. PUNCH ON TOUR. A REMINISCENCE OF THE RYDE SEASON.]
_Dealer_. "NOW THERE'S HACTION FOR YOU, SIR! PUTS HER FEET DOWN AS IF SHE WAS A STEPPIN' ON HEGGSHELLS, DON'T SHE, SIR?"]
(_EXTRACTS FROM THE POLITICAL "FISTIANA" OF THE PERIOD._)
I.--_BY THE "BRUMMAGEM BANTAM" (AS REPORTED IN THE "INJUDICIOUS BOTTLEHOLDER")._
"The 'Arwarden Old 'Un, Gemmen? Lor bless yer, _he_ ain't no account, nohow. Can't 'it a 'ole in a pound o' butter, _'e_ can't. Allus _was_ a muff and a muddler; middling showy style, and a bit dodgy with his dooks, but neither a slogger _nor_ a stayer, and, atween you and me and the post, allus ready to hist the white feather when 'ard pressed. Wot's that you say? _His_ 'Travelling Company'? A reglar swindle, and a fair frost, Gemmen. Went 'round the country' on false purtences, and never did no good nowheres. Awful poor lot o' Pugs, _that_ gang. Not in it with the ''Atfield Combination Troupe,' as _can_ fight a bit, and 'as some smart scrappers in it. No, Gemmen, the 'Old 'Un' _allus were_ a fraud. Couldn't stand up to a Froggy, _'e_ couldn't. His Company muddled the 'ole bag o' tricks, and made a hawful mess of it. Ah, and _would_ agen, mark yer, if they got the chance. Should a'most like to see 'em _'ave_ another shy, if only for the bloomin' fun o' the thing; but it 'ud be a bit too expensive, and bring discredit on our Noble Hart, besides."