PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 100.



April 18, 1891.




LEAVES FROM A CANDIDATE'S DIARY.

[CONTINUED.]

_March 13_.--Left Billsbury this morning by nine o'clock train, and
came back to London. Brought with me the _Billsbury Standard_, and
the _Billsbury Meteor_ (the Radical paper.) Both have accounts of last
night's meeting. Rather different, though.

_BILLSBURY STANDARD_.

The era of indecision is past. In another column we give a
full account of the important meeting of the Council of the
Conservative Association, which was held last night for the
purpose of selecting a Conservative Candidate for Billsbury.
The proceedings were enthusiastic and unanimous ... Mr.
RICHARD B. PATTLE, the selected Conservative Candidate, is