THE MAYORALTY.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 69, 17 November 1888, Page 3

THE MAYORALTY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Flit,— Feildmg i« to bo congrntu iatod on the fact of (he approaching contest for the Mayoralty. It. is plating to find that the priucipal municipal honor at her disposal id appreciated by such redoubtable and professional gentlemen as the present aspirants. May we not hope that every burgess, having a right to vote, -will turn out ou the decisive day, so that the people's favorite may be returned by a goodly number of supporters. It n>ay be well to remind voters that the humblest of them has as much to say in the choice of the Mayor as the most bloated aristocrat or millionaire in the district, each being eutitled to only one vote. It is to be hoped that two or four- whenled bribes won't be necessary to induce burgesses to roll up and discharge conscientiously one of their most important public duties. Write them up, blow them up, shake them up, Mr Editor, or else some will go to their farms, and others to their merchandise, and forget all about it. Doubtless there will be a diversity of opinion as to the special advantages of having a legal or a medical gentleman to preside over the deliberations of our august body of Councillors. My humble instinct would lead to the selection of medico for the position, remembering that, while on the one Land there are no funds, for the disposal of which legal advice might be desirable; on the other hand there may be sore quarrels over the bare financial bone, when_ the professional services of a medical gentleman might be necessary.

In reading over the requisition presented to Mr Goodbehere, I wondered if it is usual for those in the employ of a public body to sign such a document ? as I find mom than one name there belonging to such. I was also, along with others, much surprised to find our M.H.R.'s name remarkable by its absence. Knowing the deep interest he has always taken in the personnel of the Council, and hit* wellknown friendship for Mr G. the mystery deepens. It can't be that he was i overlooked by the canvasser ; while other names are on it, the owners of which, I am informed, know nothing of how they come there. Though finding no fault with the present occupant of the Mayoral chair, and quite pleased with the idea of a contest, still I think it a pity his immediate friends /lid not allow him to retire with the honors that . are his due, rather than run the risk of having them impaired by a defeat. In any case burgesses may rest assured, Ist, that the requisition to Dr Monckton was got up and canvassed for by ratepayers ; 2nd, that the signatures are all genuine ; And 3rd, that no one was or is to be paid for getting it signed ; and lastly, in voting for the Doctor, they will be supporting a man of independent mind and means. One who won't be subject to side influences, and one who has already manifested a strong desire to see the business of the Borough carried on efficiently and economically. - — I am, &c, Advance Fkildinq.