The Feilding Star. Published Daily. MONDAY, NOV. 27, 1893. TO-MORROW'S ELECTIONS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 126, 27 November 1893, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Published Daily. MONDAY, NOV. 27, 1893. TO-MORROW'S ELECTIONS.

Ok the result of the general elections to-morrow will depend the fate of the colony, its prosperity or the reverse, for the next three years. One remarkable fact in the present political contest is that so many of the candidates are posing as Liberals of all sorts of shades and complexions. They appear, one and all of them, to have discovered that the word Liberal is the sesame — the magic word to open the doors of Parliament to them. It is only in the nature of things that many will be disappointed. Our report of Mr Leary's meeting at Colyton, on Saturday evening, concludes the campaign so far as this district is concerned. We have placed as fully as possible before our readers the political views of Messrs Stevens and Lsthbridge, for Rangitikei, and of Messrs Leary, Snelson, and Pirani, for the Palmerston North electorate. We expect that by this time our readers, and the electors generally, will have fully made up their minds as to who they intend to vote for at the ballot box. As a man capable in every way to represent the Rangitikei electors we commend Mr Leth bridge to them. Se is a true settler in the best sense of the term. His experience in all matters connected with local government and the opening up of new country will make him a useful member of Parliament, not only for this district but for the whole of the colony. Mr Leary has expressed opinions which are worthy of the man, and displayed a spirit of genuine Liberalism highly commendable, and at the same time of a practical character, and we hope to see him head the poll for the Palmerston electorate. Mr Snelson who is a declared Opposionist, has also spoken well, and many are sanguine of his success. Mr Pirani, who is the Government candidate and a supporter of their measures, has also great hopes, and we believe he will poll well, but we hope he will not win, although we confess he has worked hard enough to deserve success. We have reason to believe that Mr Leary has a good chance of winning the seat if all we hear is true of the progress be has made during the past few days, The fight between Mr Lethbridge and Mr Stevens will be a close one, and the victory of Mr Lethbridge may be looked forward to as a certainty, yet the majority of votes in his favor will not be any greater than has been the case in the previous contests for the Eangitikei seat. However, he is going to head the poll, and that is the great point. One last word of advice we have to give to the electors, one and all, and that is, to record their votes as early as possible. In another column we publish the fullest particulars as to the manner of voting for the guidance of electors, (particularly of women) who are as yet not familiar with the mode of procedure. For the Wanganui and Otaki seats we hope to see Messrs Carson and Wilson returned.