CITY ELECTION.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 39, 23 February 1878, Page 3

CITY ELECTION.

.[From. thp «IN. Z r Times.'']; ' BETUBN; OJf ME.BAJtTON v i The polling^ for a : member to fill] Mr Trailers' seat m the House of Represen-. tativesfor the City of Wellington took place yesterday, and created Qonsidpra-. ble excitement. There w*re, as our readers' are' aware, three* candidatesr--Mess^ E. ; Pearce, G. Ei- Barton, and 1 . "Wa All the public vehicles in,tpwaiw,er(B. employed by one party or another,, apd, each of the. candidates: "had p,lacar,ds. prominently pasted on hoardings apdothpr conspicuous places. AI& seemed to.be. generally^ thought duripg. thp. morning, that Mx- Pearce was . qer.tai& tp bp- returned, huj* towards aftprppq»tbp supporters oi Mr Barton, TFerq:verjr % , hopeful, about hi'^chances, A\ great, qro w;d assembled opposite the hus tijigsi afterj-the-clpse of the poU, and somecharacteristic jocularity apd : badinage took place. TJipre yr.ere two polling blaces, , the Resident Magistrate's Coi*r.t Hpuge N iambtoinrq^niy,.and;the late k .public mar-* . Jjct of ," "&jjessrs: Bpthune. and Hunter,, Manperscstreet.. The votqs.recorded at tjie letter,- bopth, were sponvkinown.apd, were stated as follows : IWQr'Pearce 156; ■ "Mtßarton, 155^ Mr. Hutchison 106^ It was then generally though t that the (jontest wquld, be a very close one between the' two first named, gpntleraen. At half -past five o'clock theJjptujning Officer (Mr. j£ 0: Crawford^ cajne ft>c. ward and stated that the official deqljir^' tion would - take pla£e on Thur sday next at noon. -..'■;".-■ Mr E- T._ Gillon infprmadi the assembled multitude that as thp returning officer had pot stated thp npjnbersl j]blled, he would give them. Hp there-, vilpori read the following -x-r- '- Mr, Bartcffi ... ... .......; 506, Mr Pearce ,:. ... ... ... 46^ ."Mr- Hutchison ■.-.....'.. '..;.; ... 264 Total; votesi polled; ........ 1283 Mr L'Estrango Bartpn, wjio was "^udly called; for, came forward, and S&jdA <yMbMm—Z amvety grateful.

to you for this victory. I regard it not so much m thelightof a victory over persons, I for there is no person m Wellington for wbom I have a greater respect than Mr Pearce personally, but I regard the result of tbe election as the triumph .of a principle,- or rather of two principles. (Prolonged cheers.) Tbe first principle I take to he this— That Sir George Grey's policy is the policy approved of by the people of Wellington. (Cheers and applause.) At the great meeting the other day you, the electors, determined to return no one hut a Democrat,, no one but A supporter- of Sir George Grey's policy. You have done both today, and I thank you. The second principle is this as I take it^that who i you, the citizens of Wellington, see that a \vrcwig:h,as been done yoivwill condemn \t, {Applause.) Whenyau see a brave man stand up and protest, at it& perpetration you wiii stand by him. (Pro- .. longed cheering.) When you see people m high places doing injustiee-^-arid there is, no, snadow of doubt as- to the conduct of the Judged of the Supreme (Court at Wellangton, m my opinion— you do not fear to give expression to your indignation. (Great applause ap.d " cheering.) T bope the Wellington, ! constituency will ever carry- out these principles;. :. Tlu'ee. cheers, for Mr Barton, 'wjere • called for and responded to, I Mr Ba,rtqn, then, cajlled on the peoplje to. give, three. cheers ; for Mr Poajrce, ! which were vociferQUisly: given,. i M"r Pea,rce,. who was ; greeted with.a,p-. , plau^e^saidir-Mr Returning Officer ia,nd ' fellbw-elpctprs, I have been defea,ted for ' thp. fipst time- in W v ellinftton, and Lmuxst confess lam disapppinte<l,, bn.t at the 1 samp, time I" sincerely-trust that the man of your choice msy prove a good member to, youi. I sipperely. thank my sup.- . porters, and can only say that on , pprspnajl grounds I regret the result. ! (Hear, hear.); i Mr Hutchjsoni did not address _ the I spectators,, and the proceedings i closed,, Mr Barton, junr., being carried shpulder-high along the quay.