Wellington Candidates.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 4 July 1890, Page 2

Wellington Candidates.

« The Wellington correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle thus gossips of coming elections : — Mr J. D. Duthie has now publicly announced tha he will offer himself aa a candidate for this city at the next general election. Since tin ; .-announcement — as may be naturally supposed — his pros and cons have been freely discussed, and it is generally thought that our late and very popu ar " Worshipful Mayor" will be one of Wellington's chosen three, come forward who may. The only question will be, " Who will the Unionists vote for ?" Prior to the election they are certain to declare on soui9 individual candidate, o whom they will give their unMivide ■•' vote, but who their nominee will be nt the present time it is impossible to state. Mv George Fisher has of late greatly lost cast with their pnrty from reasons mentioned some weeks back. They look upon him as eWer, farspeing, and eloquent, but when asked if they will support him at the next o potion thoy shaUe their heads very si-eptictilly anl reply, " No thank you : he's not our man." To the question. ''What sort of a show will his brother, Mr D. P. Fisher, have ;h« is a staunch supporter of you, is he not?" the reply comes, '■ Oh, yes; D. P is alright, but he lacLs brains ; see how muddled our negotiations with the Woollen Factory Company, and with Dr Grace also No, no, he wont suit us." "Who thon is your favouied man?" To this, like the old Maori, they immediately reply, " Wait a bit ; you'll see ; wo have not yet decided." The few of the moving spirits of the Union who wi 1 converse on the subject appear to be more incline! towards Dr Newm in th nto any of our other at present members There is, lnwevcr, a Captain High, man, Sesretary of the Marine Officer's Association, who to all appearance they havf* great confidence ii, and from the significant rera .rks that fell from the mouth <>f a leading Unionist the other morning, it is more than probab'e that ho may be asked in theiv interests to come foi. ward. Captain Highman at ono time held a conuniFsion in Her Majesty's navy. He is the prime mover in these colonies of the As* sociation of which he is now Recre tary. He is quite a youn : man. standing some 6ft 3in and weighing gome 17st odd. He can be s.iid in rll ways to carry weight him. He i< sported to be an eloquent speaker, ad to the point, and not baring any conflicting interests to support, ai d not being in any way mixed up with capitalists, they, the Unionists, to all appearances consider him then 1 man. They may, however, a'ter their minds a do/en times over between now and the forthcoming election.