THE CITY POLLING.

Evening Star, Issue 4001, 21 December 1875, Page 2

THE CITY POLLING.

The foliowing are the compete Aturns

, . m tb f mimbers were dedared by the He. turning ■ thoer, aud after the cheering W euhMrMACANDRaw said he believed the result I,"! 8, , • °, uld be bls most earnest eu . de.uur t° act in such a manner as would Bintifw their choice. While thinking them S compliment they ha, paid him, he did iiot bin* it was undeserved. There were few men who would like Mr stout and himself h“v£ relinquished _ comfortable seats and thrown themselves into such a contest. Therefore feT tIVeS m th,S reßpeot ought t0 be a PP>^ x. r ,® T 2V T . ?°, ldd not bud words to thank them for hi* high position on the poll. When lol'™I ol '™? 11 tnr l>uuedin/ he did so believing that the people oi Dunedin wished to govern themselves, instead of being governed from a msunce The result of the election w2 fr nm hj f ly X trm , m P h fox Dunedin, but a S t i le , wbole °! the Middle Island. This was the first contest m the Colony, audits tff ct would be that the people of the North would see that they could not deprive the hv°anvVh < i ta n > ° f real local by any kind of hocus pocua Abolition Bill, The new representatives of l uuedin would fight .heir best for the interests of Otago; and ho ha,d no doubt when they came before their constituents again they would meet with the same favorable reoepton. —(, 'beers.) Mr Launach felt certain his election was brought about by the honest h.-aits and horny hands of toil and industry. ,n going to Wellington ns their representative he would eininlv go to look after their interests. He did not rn rc i to .ul' er ?} lH OWn Potion, but simply to guaid the hearta and home which ho had established among fh-m —(Cheers.) h J n , e v J J. OB - \ lr l;KvapLDa said he appeared before them for the first time as a defeated candidate for the City. He could not say that, he did not regret that their connection vu thus severed. At the same time he would be perfectly satisfied if the three g ntlemen whom they had elected proved themselves to be better representative- than himself. Although hewag not retm-red, ho could give his assurance that having served them so long, he would always take the same interest as hitherto in matters affecting the City.-(Cheers.) Mr IVI acassev attributed his defeat to Messrs Macandrew, Stout, and Darnach commg xo ward ;u the last moment. As a matter of fact the statements regarding himself in the I VENXNft Star were absolutely aud totally without foundation. From the c mmencement of his candidature he had not solicited a single vote, and h° denied teat there was any understanding between In in self and the Roman Catholic Church that its members should vote n i. bim ‘ • ’ctrther, he had not received the slightest indication from the Roman Catholic clergy as to the way in which they desired the membe s of their Church to vote ; and ho had not even spoken to them, or hud any communication with them, directly or indirectly. At the same time he beli. ved that his i elutions with his fe low countrymen in this , ity and rrovince were of such a character that if upon oiy occasi >n they could do him a good turn they woulu wdl ugly do it, ai d he would do tin j ame lor them to-inoi row,—(' beers,) Whatever the result of th-se contests was he hoped the electors would make it a duty not to allow sectarian animosity and religious bigotry to form part of election struggles. - (Cheers). At a not very distant day he hoped to be successful.

Mr Fish admitted the ticket had succeeded admirably on ibis occasion. For himself, ho had not expected in the presence of such large talent to be returned j but he was Sony that Mr Reynolds had been rejected Mr Akmsteong would have liked to have addressed the crowd but Mr Grant would not give him the opportunity. The official declaration will be made on Thuni day.

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