Representation.

Manawatu Herald, 25 August 1896, Page 2

Representation.

We are informed that a meeting of representatives of all centres will be held at Bulls to-morrow afternoon to consider the chances of the two Prohibition candidates for this electorate. We do not look kindly on these meetings as they generally turn out of little use, as persuade a man against his will, he remains of the same opinion still, and nothing but the ballot box will prove wbo is right. We do not hold altogether with any candidate who has one particular fad, and who makes it his one guiding star at an election, and we doubt that any man, purely a Prohibitionist stands the least chanoe, of being elected. The electors want something mora than tbat and thus when Mr Ransom was announced we believed the Prohibitionists had exercised a large amount of good sense in their selection. We learn however that the Bangitikei people want to force a Prohibitionist, pure and simple, upon the electors, hence this meeting. Not many will travel from here to Bulls to consider the question, as it has already been considered, and Mr Ransom fully approved of by his party. Supposing that Mr Ransom stood on one side, it would in no way help the other candidate, as he is unknown, and i8 certainly not entitled to the confidence of the electors to the same degree as Mr Ransom is. Anyhow the meeting at Bulls will decide nothing, and even an attempt to discover the feeling of the Prohibitionists cannot be guaged by that meeting. Mr Ransom's chances of success do not lie so much in his being a Prohibitionist as from his being a well-known and respected settler.