CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 27 November 1890, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

We are not responsible for the statement! or opinions of correspondents. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MANAWATU HEBAL». Sir,— Although thanking you very much for publishing my letter, yet I do not think your footnote, a fair criticism. I must now be in a worse state of mind than vrhen I last wrote, for I do not only make the as. sertion of whioh you complain, but I also affirm that the people of this colony, with but short intervals, during the last twenty years has been governed by a land company or ring, whose self interested mem> tiers made lawn to suit their own ends, though decidedly detrimental to the progress of the colony, aad tho proiperity of the masses. If the electors do not know this, it is time they were aware of it. T was not as 3 - ou broadly insinuated, aoting i parrot to Mr Pirani. I never spoke to that I geutleman,- nor am I now eager t« make i Uis acquaintance. 1 never saw him bva twice in my life, and only heard him once in the Public Hall, Foxton ; and I do not recollect him telling us anything then, which appeared in my letter. Anything - which I asserted was not from Mr Pirani or"^ anybody else, and any opinions which I expressed were formed before I knew of the existence of either Mr Pnaui or the Editor of the Munawatu Herald. I am now a supporter of Mr Piraui because many of his views ducur with my own. I think sir that you are the only one of your readers who read, that I desired to see the country overrun with rabbits. I certainly did mention a desire to see it populated with boys who would be able to cope with the rabbits. lam contident sir, if I (who is not as you suppose without any landed interest) were to ask the farmers of this country their opinion of the rabbit quf«» tiou, that a great majority of them, though not in favour of rabbits, would express themselves averse to the introduction of their natural enemies. Until the country is cleared and settled, anything which will successfully cope with the rabbits must result from man's ingenuity. I need not say that Mr Pirani is not answerab'e for the golden eagle puzz'e as you terra it. I may mention that you printed mighty eagles, whereas it should have bean (mighty egless.) I have not indeed forgotten that an important feature in Mr Pirani's candidature is that he is a working man's candidate, which does not disqualify him from being the idle man's candidate, if indeed any legislation is necessary to better the noble animal's condition.— l am, & r e, Demociut. "Our correspondent will not be annoyed by our having printed this letter just as we have received it. The last we attempted to improve in the spel ing, but have received the well merited rebuke, inasmuch as '• you printed mighty eagles, whereas it should have been " mighty egless." From the context of our correspondent's letter, we had imagined he referred to cat/Its, but he specifically describes the bird he means to be eyJfM. " Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it," so it is with " Democrat's " letter. We thought we knew he was writing about fiujh*, he says he was not. Now we want all' the information we can get from him'T about, the nj <*■<. Is it a bird ? If it is, and cg(g)less ho-v does it propagate its species ?— FiD. M.H.] TO TIIK EDITOII OF THE MANAWATU HIR.IM). Sir, — Your leader of Tuesday's date occasioned some surprise to a number of electors in this district, not only because you ask them to support Mr Wilson, but because of the cool and erroneous manner in which you treat the candidature of Mr John Stevens. You contend that the elefl^ tion is between Mr Wilson and Mr Pirani, but anyone who has watched the campaign of Mr Stevens, aud especially used his influence in supporting him, will at once know your leader is likely to create a falso impression. If Mr Wilson and Mr Stevens .ire trying for Parliamentary honours on the same lines, why not support Mr Stevens ? Surely the most disinterested elector must be aware of the fruitless results of Mr Wilson sitting in Parliament last session, and if returned again could we hope for better representation ? Your leader states "he was far from well" when he spoke here, and as far as one can judge he doe* not appear likely to be any better. While > none can help sympathising with him in his illness, would it not be better to support a man who is both energetic and active, to one, who through ill-health, is unablo to attend to his duties? As an admirer of Mr Stevens, although I do not believe in crying » till we are out of the wood, I would say to those who promised him their support— be staunch to your man, aud we shall yet pee him at the top '>f the poll.— l am, Ac, STWFNHrTJf.