THE NAPIER SEAT

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 166, 11 June 1884, Page 2

THE N API ER SE AT

There is every prospect of the seat for Napier laliing to Mr ohm»Nl> iit the next election. The liberal party expected Mr Buchanan to stand out m favor of Mr Shkehan', m which case there would have ensued an interesting contest. Mr Buchavav however, has made no sign, and hitsilence is interpreted to indicate Ins intention to contest the seat; and tl'ough his defeat is oeitain, no candidate on the Liberal sdie is likely to oppose him. Mr Buchanan's former sup porters have practically dmppeJ him ; he took m some respects too independent a position to satisfy his party, and his career on the whole has disappointed his friends. His support of the Native Land Company Bill alone would be fatal to his chances m Napier. It is understood that Mr Okm nd's friends will see that Mr Buchanan is hroiyht forward, know, ing that Mr Shi-ehan will decline to oppose him, and thus securing an easy victory for their own candidate. Their new organ, which was announced a month ago, and the first number of which was actually m typr, has not yet seen the light, and will probably not make its appearance at all. The result of the next election, so far as Napier is concerned, appears to be a foregone conclusion.