Rose, Edward Thomas | Day 3
Listed in 1881 Census as Tailor Master (1 man). Initially received a payment of £306 before the election and the balance a fortnight afterwards. Money was paid in gold at a rate of £50 a day.
Party: Liberal
Witness Testimony:
- 2892.
What did they get a day ? — I think about 2s. 6d. or 3s. according to their age.
- 2893.
Do you mean to say they were all actually employed ? — They were employed every day.
- 2894.
How many days ? — About 8 or 9.
- 2895.
How long were the messengers employed for ? — Some were employed eight days.
- 2896.
Four of them ? — Four were employed eight days each, and others occasionally.
- 2897.
What would they be wanted eight days for ? — Every day while the election was going on I had four regular messengers at the COMMITTEE ROOM at Walmer.
- 2898.
You had four messengers each day at the COMMITTEE ROOM ? — Yes, in attendance every day.
- 2899.
What did they get ? — 5s. a day.
- 2900.
That is IL a day, that would be 8L for the eight days ? — I have got it more in detail here in my list.
- 2901.
Have you received the whole of this 306L. ? — The whole of it.
- 2902.
From whom ? — Mr. Edwards.
- 2903.
That is the 50L. per day that you spoke of ? — Yes, about 50L. per day.
- 2904.
(Mr. Holl.) How much did you get before the election ? — 360L, it was rather more than that. A fortnight after the election the canvassers were paid. Mr . Edwards wanted to know how much I had in hand, I told him, and he gave me sufficient to pay the canvassers.
- 2905.
How much did you have before or after the election day ? — I think I had about 12L. in hand on the election night.
- 2906.
Out of what ? — Out of the amounts I received from Mr. Edwards.
- 2907.
How much was that ? — The account came to 306L 6s. 8d, but other things were to follow. The canvassers were to be paid.
- 2908.
How much money had you received from Mr. Edwards up to the time of the election ? — About 320L.
- 2909.
You had received that amount up to that time ? — Yes.
- 2910.
You received that in gold ? — Yes, in gold.
- 2911.
Did Mr. Edwards appoint you to act ? — Yes, he asked me to do what I could in the correspondence and keeping the accounts at Walmer for him.
- 2912.
You did more than that, you had to manage the expenditure of this money, did you not ? — For Walmer.
- 2913.
Did he ask you to act as agent ? — Yes, he and Mr. Emmerson of Sandwich together.
- 2914.
He asked you whether you would act for Walmer ? — He asked me whether I would act for Walmer.
- 2915.
What sort of authority did he give you to act ? — He said I was to do what was necessary ; he saw me every day, and I reported to him.
- 2916.
Did he leave it to your discretion, or did he tell you what to do with regard to getting POLES, FLAGS, and all these things ? — Not altogether ; he was aware of what was being done ; every day he went through my accounts and saw what was doing.
- 2917.
He knew what you were ordering in the way of FLAGS, POLES, and so on ? — Yes, he knew.
- 2918.
(Mr. Turner.) I see in your items here Major Jones, expenses 3L 10s. What does that mean ? — He is an out- voter. He came down from London to vote.
- 2919.
(Mr. Holl). You say you received 320L. about the time of the election ? — Yes.
- 2920.
You received the other 340L. subsequently ? To balance ; to make up the 640L.
- 2921.
You received 320L afterwards ? — I had a small balance in hand after the day of the election.