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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4006, 24 May 1884, Page 2

Concerning the East Coast election we learn from our Poverty Bay exchanges that Sir Julius Vogel has retired from the contest. In a telegram dated from Dunedin, on Thursday, Sir Julius says:—"May I ask you to announce that I have resolved to withdraw from the candidature of the East Coast, and thank the friends who have worked. for me, and especially make my acknowledgements to Mr Gannon and Mr Locke for their courteous willingness to withdraw in my favor. I shall be glad to render any aid in my power to the break- . water matter. Difficulties are nearly always the results of faults in Act, the surmounting of which causes delay and loss, and your draft Act sent me seems to me to require many alterations. I shall be happy to confer with whoever takes charge of it." The Telephone, on the subject of the elections, says: —Nothing new has occurred to ruffle the present calm on the political ocean which has succeeded the past stormy week. Mr Locke has put forth a new address which, on account of its brevity and clear, ness, carries far more weight than a longy meaningless rigmarole containing many words. Mr Locke says:—" I believe you will give me full credit for being desirous of serving your best interests without in any way seeking to serve my own. lam indentified with you by many ties, which, I trust will give me a fair claim to your votes at the coming election. I know the wants of tho district. I feel how greatly these have been overlooked or altogether ignored. Should yoti return me upon your suffrages no effort shall bo wanting on my part to secure you full justice." Mr Gannon is doing much active work, and has been persistently canvassing tho outside districts. Ho expresses himself as highly gratified at the result, and we may shortly expect to hear his views in public.