The Fielding Star. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1882. THE BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 26, 13 September 1882, Page 2

The Fielding Star. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1882. THE BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECT IONS.

A considerable lack of jp.teresit has been displayed, as yet, in theijn alter of the Municipal elections. However, "w^liave'noldoubt the ratepayers will shake oft -tlieir 1 apathy to-morrow, nnd c_'m"ft'to the"' Voting' booth; and Toy ally registpr their votes in;jfaVor'iof the" candidates of their choice, There have been no public meetings held by&any^of^the ..tfjfaadi^ales^atid ofily ffhfee^' -_f fhem\uve '''published addresses in our columns, soliciting the suffrages of the burgess.es/ In none of them aye thei'e expressed any views whatever on subjects of public importance. We miiht confe>s to ascertain rau-ioH-nt- of— diffidence . ingiving --otir- oopinionsn -'ns to 'the Cfipa-' bility and fitness of the several candidates to fairly represent the burgesses,, and carry out the. important trusts ;th'at ■' will-; devolve; upon those elected. It must be remembered that not one ol the candidates. 'has-" over held any public position in connection with '.the Borough .'Council. What the burgesses will have, therefore, to guide them in their selection from the candidates will be simply their .known capabilities. . Men,. -whose habits have made' them successful in pushing their own fortunes, will most certainly be the best to advance \the k hiterests ;; of the* rß.orpug-b... The burgesses, must. also be assisted in their .'-choicepby^ _the proposer -and seconder ot the candidates : this, in itself, is very often a good jjua-ran--tee of the merit of a candidate, although it would "not*' be' saie-to pin a blind faith to this rule, as proposers and do'riot always support their man. They may have, been solicited so to do by the candidate himself, and have acted merely, to give an ambitious man an opportunity of finding the/e^act .estimation .he :is hela in by- his .fellow citizens.. It is alsp^w^rFtbic.oisi'd.er wilieijhter aibani didate offers himself from a sincere i desire to "'set ye his fellow townsmen, : or to gratify an}', private end at the j expense of thepyatepay^sV* J^ 8 i kind of candidate is "the most dangerI ous, as his object does not always lie | on the surface, and is only discovered when thtejhj&rjrii is 7ddn& /arid {W.hei_ iti j is too !ate to provide a remedy. These ; are only general reflections, that i ina^br!'.may|"_ipt . apply' jtcTJf he candir ! dates Tn the present election. From j the gentlemen nominated we have | >no doubt the burgesses will-.be^ahle | to select three who will honestly'and faithfully serve them, and who will ! endeavor to place E^ildtjigr^a.rtrhat j position, which, as a central inland j town, it shquld occupy. We hope | that the-election wji]l-be;cond\ip ; fcq4 on < ' the broadest and most liberal principles, and that eacb candidate will be faithfully supported by his friends, and placed in a position on the poll creditable alike to himself and"-fris~ supporters.