THE CONDESCENDING FISH.

Evening Star, Issue 3145, 19 March 1873, Page 2

THE CONDESCENDING FISH.

To the Editor.

Sir, —A more extraordinary address to a constituency than that which appeared in your issue of yesterday, signed “ H. S. Fish, junr.,” was never perhaps pepned, certainly never issued. Only think of Mr Fish’s great condescension in part of the last paragraph : “ In the event of my election to the Provincial Council, I should not think of contesting the next election of Mayor.” Fish may be bought too dear ; and I am inclined to think that the electors of Dunedin are not prepared to take the article offered, by the address above alluded to, at any price, having had so many samples of late of the same species of an indifferent character brought under their notice. It is possible to satiate the market with a particular article, and tire people ; and it occurs to me that Mr Fish is doing so by everlastingly thrusting himself forward, as if he was the only man capable of filling every post of honor that may become vacant, and this without being asked. Modesty should dictate another course, but I fear he does not know what that means.

It must be a source of gratification to the citizens that Mr Fish will not be allowed to walk the course, but will be opposed by one, if not more, equally capable of discharging the duties of a Provincial Councillor. No time should be lost by the friends of the opposing candidates in maturing their plans for s ’curing the services of a gentleman worthy of filling a place vacated by such a member as Mr E. B. Cargill, and thereby shew Mr Fish that his term of official life is nearly run, for a time at least, and that Dunedin does not elect to choose again one, for either the City or Provincial Council, who has been so often tried and found wanting. Electors ought to see to it that their new member be one who will conduct himself in a becoming manner to all with whom he may come in contact, and who will not be likely to ride the high.horse on every occasion as Mr Fish has been in the habit of doing. There should be an end of this I observe Mr F, says, through your local, “That in no case will he come forward at the next Mayoral election.” But, sir, the citizens cannot forget that “circumstances alter casesand tnat although he may not “come forward” he may allow—and, of course, he cannot prevent it (?)—himself to be brought forward, as on a former occasion. “Trust him not,” say I; what he has done before ho may do again.—l am, &c , An Elector. Dunedin, March 18.