PATRONAGE.
( To the Editor.) Sir, —What is the nature o' the connection between his Worship the Mayor ami Mr J. Barnes ? Mr Barnes, unable to express himself intelligently, has evidently hired Mr Fish to represent his claims to the electors. This is a fair deduction from the speech delivered at the Masonic Hall last evening. Looking at the p-sition Mr Fish occupies, not only as Mayor, but as a candidate for the representation of the City hims If, this, to say the least, is a very strange proceeding. Is it likely that the electors require the virtues of Mr Baines to he enumerated by Mr Fish ? Cannot they themselves judge of the titness or unfitness of a candidate without this gentleman’s interference? I question if the testimonial of Mr Fish will much asskst his friend Mr Barnes. If the electors do their duty they will resent this impertinent dictation on the part of Mr Pish, and by their votes will shew that they think neither Mr Fi hj nor Mr Barnes qualified to disc arge the duties of that position to which they aspire. Yours, &c., Indignant.
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2515, 9 March 1871, Page 3
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187PATRONAGE. Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2515, 9 March 1871, Page 3
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