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Although the writer is against votes for all men, he does support election by ballot. He examines arguments for open and secret voting.
The writer's second letter (RAD123_07 to RAD123_11), discusses arguments against the ballot.

The editor of the Aberdeen Pirate is delighted that none of the old council have been re-elected, and commends the citizens of Aberdeen for their good sense. He also points out that the new council should not indulge in 'feasting at the public…

The Unionist was the magazine of Aberdeen University's Conservative and Unionist Society.

This political song in the Aberdeen dialect, pokes fun at the outgoing town council. Corruption was rife - many instances are humorously referred to here. For example, the writer refers to the fiasco of the new harbour in verse 2, and is delighted…

The Peterhead Poll Book, Spring 1924, lists electors in the Burgh of Peterhead in alphabetical order. The letter in front of a name (P or L) indicates that the voter was entitled to vote in a Parliamentary (P) or a Local (L) election only.

Two images of James Leatham. In the second, Provost Leatham is first on the left, beside his wife.

These political cartoons refer to women's suffrage in Aberdeen in the 1900s.

Descriptions of Aberdeen council business almost fifty years before the 1st Reform Act was passed.

This prospectus was published in advance of the first edition of the Workers' Herald. It states that the new newspaper will be dedicated to Socialism, and that it is in favour of shorter working hours, nationalization of industry, town and city…

The top article which appeared in The Aberdeen Shaver, a satirical newspaper, mentions the huge radical demonstration held at the Links, Aberdeen on 16th August 1838. However, the writer is more concerned with satirizing the sentiments of the meeting…