SIR JULIUS VOGEL’S CANDIDATURE.
To the Editob. Sir,— Mr Purnell in his letter charges some of Sir Julius Vogel’s supporters with having betrayed the weakness of their cause by paying him (Mr Purnell) the compliment of refusing' to allow him to be heard at the Town Hall either on Friday or Saturday evening. I think, Sir, Mr Purnell is under a do* luaion when he attributes the well-de-served treatment be was awarded on Friday and Saturday evenings by the meetings to the reason he gives. Further, I consider that Mr Purnell overrate* his oratorical and other high qualities- if he - presumes for one moment that anything he could have said would have' weighed with such an intelligent audience sis were assembled on the night of Sir Julios Vogel’s meeting, and after so fine and cheering a speech as the plucky Knight gave us. I feel confident, Sir, that the true cause why Mr Parnell was so unceremoniously treated by the meetings can only be set down to the . unmanly and bitter attack he made on- his friends when retiring from the present political contest. He .would not. see what his friends then saw at a glance, viz, that he had not a ghost of a chance to be returned for this electorate, . and rather than allow Mr Wason a walk- - over those of Mr Purnell’s friends, who promised him their support, very naturally wished to be released to enable them ' to throw their weight 4n with those elec-' tors who wished to see Sir Julius Vogel returned. That was the crime Mr Purnell’s friends committed, and the way ha released them we all know. Friend and foe alike then joined when they had the opportunity in forcing him oq Friday . evening to resutra his seat, and it was nothing more than might have been expected. - I have, Sir, two very good and onanswerable reasons for saying so. Firstly, at Sir Julius Vogel’s mass meeting the majority present were supporters of Sir Julius Vogel, ride vote of confidence ear- ■ ried in his favor. Surely, then, it huy be reasonably expected that when Sir Julius requested' the . meeting to *•' giva Mr Purnell a hearing ia deference to himself, his, supporters would have done so ; in fact they did, hot . there were others present who were, not Sir Julius Vogel’s supporters, and the' end was that Mr Purnell would not *be heard. Then, again, at Mr Wason’a meeting the Wason element preponderated, but for all that, scarcely had Mr < Purnell shown his face on the stage (and mind you, to advocate Mr Wason’s cause) than he was hissed and hooted till he had to ait down. And pray, Sir, does Mr Purnell blame Sir Julius Vogel’s supporters for this as well ? The fact of the matter is, that Mr Purnell has himself to blame for being thus treated, and I venture to say that gentleman’s chance of ever representing this district is just about as remote as in Sir Julius Vogel’s mind the completion ef the railway line to Ashburton would have been were the Provincial Council still in force. I am, etc., Hugo Pbibdlakdsb.' Ashburton, JuneU4;lßß4. I‘.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1282, 17 June 1884, Page 2
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525SIR JULIUS VOGEL’S CANDIDATURE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1282, 17 June 1884, Page 2
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