Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1884. RECOGNITION IN ANOTHER FORM.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 137, 20 November 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1884. RECOGNITION IN ANOTHER FORM.

We believe that m deference to \ Mr Macaiithuii's expressed wishes the proposed banquet will probably not be carried out. It has also been pointed out that m such a gathering a great number of his constituents could not take part, and the demonstration could not be considered a popular one m the true sense of .the term. We are sure Mr Macarthuii himself would greatly prefer to address his constituents at an ordinary public meeting, give them an account of his stewardship, answer any questions put to him, and generally speaking meet them on a cosmopolitan and mutually friendly footing. Year by year public banquets, except on state occasions, appear to be going out of fashion, and m a mixed colonial community there are many objections to such a mode of recognising political worth m a Parliamentary representative.. Many people ' have also objections on other grounds to banquets, and while they would pay for their ticket would not personally attend; At the public ' meeting to hear Mr Macar-^ ■t«ur n^r~te-^e-^Wsioty~of~the sessioo,^ and the result of his efforts with regard to local matters, an appropriately drawn, up address could be presented, signifing the popular appreciation of our Member's zeal : and energy displayed on . behalf of this portion of his constituency;., .To this, all who desired could subscribe their names, and the address would be treasured by Mr Ma? ARTHUR as a lasting memento of the confidence and esteem m which he was held by his erstwhile political opponents, as well as by his personal friends and partizans. i Candidly speaking, we do not believe the banquet would be a sue- ; cess, either socially or otherwise. In larger, older and more settled communities, the subject wears quite a different aspect, or when the recipient of this special honour is a j Cabinet Minister, as m the case of the banquet. to Mr Ballance,. at Wanganui, which no doubt will be a great success. We believe we echo the sentiments of the .great majority of the community that a public meeting and address to Mr MacANTHUit would be preferable for . many reasons to the proposed banquet, and we almost imagine that Mr Macauthur himself views the matter m a similar light.