CITY COUNCIL ELECTION.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2312, 1 September 1881, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOE. Sir, —The polling day being so does at hand I crave space to say a few words on the present position of matters municipal. Corn* mencing with the South-West Ward, lam glad to find that the contest for the seat vacated by Or. Taylor is to be between two such respect* able citizens as Messrs Tait and Louiason, ao it matters little which wins, though I prefer the former. Either will rather add to than detract from the dignity of the Council. I am sorry I cannot say the same of the North-West Ward. There, for two seats, there are three candidates—Messrs Lambert, Bowman, and J. P. Oliver. Of the two first nothing but approbation can be expressed—except that the first has not yet found th« lost tribes of Israel—but of Mr Oliver's candidature nothing but disapproval of the strongest character will meet the case. He is not in any sense a representative man, and certainly would not bo calculated to elevate the tone (unless by lung power) of the civic body. His present position does not warrant him in asking the votes of the burgesses. For the North-East Ward, for which Or. King does not again offer himself, we have the ohoice—or, rather, there is no choice—between Messrs E. Hiorna and W. E. Samuels. Mr Oliver has also been nominated, but of that no notice need be taken. Mr Hiorns haa managed his own affairs so well as to warrant the burgesses in placing theirs in his hands. The South-East Ward is the one in which the interest of the election is concentrated. Here we have, more is the pity, two really good men pitted against each other, at a time when neither can well be spared. But as one must lose, I hope that one will be Mr Manning, and I will tell you why. Or. Hulbert has represented the ward for two years, during which time he has been indefatigable in the discharge of his duty. He has upheld the rights of the citizens against the encroachments of the Tramway Company in a manner deserving of all praise, and has served faithfully and well on several committees, among others that most important one—the works committee. He has been very regular in attendance at both Council and committee meetings, and to crown all his other claims to reelection has carried a motion for the reorganisation of the municipal staff, the necessity for which has long been painfully apparent, but no one could be found to take it up. However, he has had the boldness to tackle that which all the other councillors avoided, and has succeeded in " belling the cat, 1 ' for which I say he deserves the thanks of the city. I have cot one word to say against Mr Manning, except that I am sorry he should seek to oust, without any oause, one whom I consider to be one of the most energetic, conscientious and able councillors Ohristchuroh has ever possessed— Councillor Hulbert. Yours, &c, A Bubsbsb.