Declaration of the Poll.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 205, 26 July 1884, Page 3

Declaration of the Poll.

At two o'clock this afternoon the Reluming Oiiicer made an official 'declaration of the poll which was as follows : — D. H. Macarthur 651 '- Donald Fraser ... ... 321 ■ Amos Burr G ■■ Jufurinal votes ... ... 19 The result, was received with applause. The Returning Officer said lie was glad to be able to announce that everything had gone on ■smooth!)*} and that there had been no cases of personation, excepting one, and that had been satisfactorily explained. They would see that there was a • slight discrepancy m the Jirsr. announcement of the poll, by which it appeared as if a greater number of voters had been accounted for than had actually voted. This he thought must have been dne 1 to the fact that the deputies had been instructed to < forward their total results to him, by telegraph, and these amounts had possibly been communicated by- the officials to the Press Association. •Then, when the Press Association re* eeived the whole accounts, these portions were; yupconscijously doubled by them. He .-had this to have been [the source of the error, by caleuiatiug the eft'ect that the doubling of certain deputy tooths returns would have. - ; - • He then called upon fehe candidates to comje forward, if they wished to say anything i.o the electors. Mr iMacarthur then stepped upon the platform and was received with prolonged applause. He said they had beard the resuljb.some . days previously, and had sS goineVliat* ' forestalled the news that the Returning Officer had just announced. However jit was usual for, a' candidate jtoj say a' feiv W,oMs,«ifter&tu'hg returned, 2 fd their supporters. It gave him much pleasure to be able to do this. Not only because he. had; lived m the SfTanawatu so long and had sb'rimny friends, > but also because so many had ;! ' assisted ..,-., m. hj», .return w.bjp, j w.ere| $&&!$ .^tf-suige^ to litin. (Applause.)*' v <5t liis" Vppohents' he had only to say, as he said m his published announcement, that he hoped to convert them, or at lea>t many of them, by the time the next election came round. He had also to say tb:his opponent, Mr,, Falser, who could ;be called the only i-eal opponent he had, that, he was glad, what {he |i»d- A $£. the; npt^i^atiOnOjould^^e^a^tJltjeiiJthat '■: tne contest had been fairly carried out,, arid he h'sid jno irenson;i to ? ajltipr itMt ! friendship 'with Mr Fraser which he hdd enjoyed so longhand would, he hoj)ed, continue to enjoy. He would! wish Mr Eraser success some future: time* ■';■ V ■ • ' '" ■ • I ■' Mr . Macanliurv ■■' tUenv ' sat '-down ■ amidst applause and cheers. '.Mr! Burr th^p came] forward.; The only thing he had to say was to thank Sail (Hose gemleuieri who had promised liini ' support. The only reason he had fiot carried out the contest "was £hat he had been ill during the last fojur or five days, through ;a severe Kurt: ; i. ■■..'.. ■ Mr.Fraser then came forward an 4 'received B w it c^, applause. ' c He would' very sincerely i?h«Tink : those who' had taken such interest m his return^ He '"would also ex press- his fueling** o l^ goodwill and friendship towards ISJFr Macarthur who was -now their representatiTe. He thought he hat! clone 1 ' everything .throughout the con-,, tes^t to s'hbV Mm- tfver^ courtesy ''and' fdvoiir, and the good feeling he had ; iiieiitiimed as fe^iin^ ' fcelSrtetf ftfieih' dfd^ist. (Hear, hear.) ; Arid now;hej thppght it \ \Vas &hp duty of every elector, to support the present member^, npw that -he had t been elected' as^ the repres'e'ntrttivebi" ;'thß people m the district. ('Hear, iiear. He hoped MTr Macirfchur would prove (himself satisfactoi-ilyj and would :j^ot, |requirpi •atiothe'r cduterft/ /(Ap- 1 piavwe;.) ' • the ni^e(\ngltl}^n;.bi;c|ke up. ,; .',{ •