The Globe. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1875.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 474, 22 December 1875, Page 2

The Globe. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1875.

Tee result of the polling yesterday, both in Christchurch and in Kaiapoi, was in accordance with general opinion. There can be but little doubt that the best men have been elected. Messrs Stevens, Eichardson, and Moorhouse are all able men, and though there may have been as much ability amongst the unsuccessful candidates, yet the gentlemen elected will carry more weight in the House than the other competitors would have done if they had been returned. The actual votes recorded in favor of Messrs Andrews, "Wakefield, and Treadwell did not amount to the number polled by either Mr Stevens or Mr Eichardson, while Mr Moorhouse's majority over Mr Andrews was decisive enough. We confess that we should like to have seen Mr Andrews brought forward for a constituency for which he would be returned, though he has suffered defeat in the. cbief city of the province. This part of the Middle island is declaring in favour of the policy adopted by the present Ministry. thoug , as His Honour the Superintendent will not be opposed in the Avon district, one of the three votes of the members for Christchurch will be neutralised. In the case of His Honour, however, personal regard on the part of the electors, and a recognition of long service, would render any opposition to him, in his own district, quite useless. With regard to the Kaiapoi election, Mr Bowen has won, but the result of the poll shows very plainly that the constituency is not of the same mind as it was in January last. A triumphant majority in Eangiora is discounted by the fact that at every other polling place the loeal candidate had a majority. Mr Bowen laboured under certain disadvantages in his candidature, as he was not able to be as much amongst the electors as his opponent. Still the Minister of Justice had friends enough to return him at the head of the poll, though the fight was closer than was espeeted by his supporters. In this case also we cannot but think that the best man has won. The members returned by Canterbury constituencies should compare favourably with the representatives of any other part of New Zealand, and as long as such men as Messrs Stevens, Eichardson, Moorhouse, and Bowen are returned they will do so.