MR FRASER'S CANDIDATURE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 199, 19 July 1884, Page 2

MR FRASER'S CANDIDATURE.

It is freely asserted, and we bd» lieve thefe are ' substantial grounds for the report, that shortly after., Mr 1?/tASER ? s h*rs^ appearance' 46 ; P$- ; merstony recognizing the hopelessh'ess v bf -'his..;scandl4atvVEe, and' begin?; . ning to realize tlie false position iu.^ which he had allowed himself to be placed, he expressed an anxious *Xlesire t^ withdfaw'from theTWntestJ' W'VsnptJorterJ, however, would not countenance such a proposal, ««a 'induced the candidate to re-con- . sidef hiskletcrmination. He reluctantly yielded to the pressure brought to bear, 'and" we venture to say his indecision caused him at the time dire; misgivings,'; and^subseqtienfc genuin c '"regret". W e write ; bi" M r Fraser as a pettier whose. friendship; we have enjoyed^ and valued for over twenty years, and than, whom we aare acquainted with few so well entitledtorthe^jvate esteem >and rear pect lenteriairie^ to wards-hint wherever ke is known. We are sorry he has been -'induced* hi anunguartled ' moment, 1 to; enter into> a political conflict, the "issue of i which ■ must result -in* defeat 1 so' surely : as ; the suft w?ll Hse to-mb'rro'w. ; 'Hi's inner' con-' sciodsness told him he was making., ajjnistakf ,- , an.dA.thp^e. weije; not t^j^" iirienlls w'hb^ persuaded" him agalnsl ' , his i own better judgment to conjiin.ue^ k struggle' wTjlcH ' nis 'iWa'te shrewd ' pefceiptions . warned .^Jhim ( . , wou^.; irieVi iably ' terminate' m vain regrets, " . heartibuncivng; and vexation of spirits : iJn h^s defeat he will, w«j fear, lack the sympathy of ipanj of his frieo^a, f6r the simpfe teasbh'that they- gave '» him credit for more discriminating I judgment, and, m common phraseology,! they think he ought to have known better. The result will not annihilate him, .£isep sioGiaily' oy ' politibally speaking, t but he, will. re- j proacjh himself for .having acted m j oripbsition^tplhiss dwn Naturally j cfipai' j ju4gm cn t» y?s i(^ 1 convinced himhe was hop^lsessly handicapped m the 1 contest m which heso reluctantly jcon^ent4(l io'engag'e, his defeat/] b&ngi inevitable,^from,. t^e, outset, j We, have dealt very considerately witH $he ' 'shortcomings' and draV-' feacks, OriJy J too , §elf-evit(erit' ..(ihrpughout liis: 'candidature, as 'we t could! but reijret' seeing a friend of • 1 I,'; 9' J'-1 1,, 'l'..P J. i-l 'it.'' J' many; years - needlessly harassing. himself over that which must only j entail;Qlxag?in:And disco.mfitui;e,<wkile j 'the uhim&t.e ve^ult^, sg^ far as he w.a,s concerned, was as clear as the i\oox\~ ( day sun to ;evecy.--^disinterested'-observer. c . ■■'■