The Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1878.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 79, 13 July 1878, Page 2

The Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1878.

Accobding to an announcement m the; " Governmerit r Gr^zette,'' the j^Tew Zlalaifd ■ is ': be called together on Friday, the 26th instant, f or ithe. dispatch o^Husihess. Although, however, the Assembly no doubt will meet on that day, it is more than probable that beyond the mere formal opening of^Parliament— the reading of the Addresses and adjourning until the, following Tues-, dayf-nothing will be done. The near^ approach flof ■ the Session, *howiever l , and jthe fact that it is bound to be^ : npt ; only a niost important, but an : ' .extremely lengthy one, necessitates that the constituency should take, immediate steps to be properly represented in' the coming "struggle. During the next Session matters^ will,- or shouldj be dealt with, which are ; fraught with the utmost 'importance to this district : the iautHpnsing;Qf the construction of the Hutifc -^aijeanae Line, the extension of the Foxton Wharf, : the refund to this> Gouhty of: the'? 20 per cent. ;. on ; r the : ' paid ; by the Feilding Corporation', the refund of £X2fiQQ: on the; value ;of the land given the Harbor Endowment, and "many other questions of equal; importance. Th<3 success-, ful floating of the late loan has placed funds- m the hands of the Government for theiproßecutioiiiof public works ; but,- unfortunately, it : is not always those. which are most needed that Tare carried out^ and : while a zealous hard- working representative secures the best end of the boue, the county saddled with an absentee, a nonentity , : or a drone, is left out m the . cold ~ its wants or grievances unredressed, and its very existence ignored. , The, ! Wanganui and "Vfellingtbri papers have lately bestowed a most praiseworthy and commendable care Vrid supervision over our .interests, which-rwere. they needed— Bhould claim our everlasting gratitude. No doubt their intentions, were : purely _ disinterested, and consequently we .'feel considerable: delicacy m declining to accept the advice so generously and freely given. To the " Wanganui'JJerald " we have already returned bur thanks, but we have a few words to say to th'e Wellington "Post." That patronising .print went considerably out of its road to' criticise and satiribo thejarious probable candidates, 'binding up; with .a.; grand eulbgtum of the notable Dr. Buller.. At present it is impossible f . to,. say . i .who will be

the actual candidates m the field, but for the candor displayed by the " Post " we feel ourselves its debtor, at the same time we can confidently inform its editor that Mr Thynne — "noodle" though he is styled — would, if he allowed himself to be nominated, send his ornithological opponent to the right-about. However, our business is not to prophesy at this early stage who will be our future representative, but, we certainly feel great pleasure m informing the editor of the " Post " that whoever, it may be, it certainly will not be Dr. Buller. Were such a thing to happen, we would look upon, it as a calamity worse thandisf ranehisenient, and with the conduct of another clever man and sound politician before us— we allude to Mr Bunny — we say with fervency, save us from such a catastrophe. According to the " Post," Dr. Buller is the beau ideal of a politician ; according to us, he would be the first to catch the buyer's eye, and like a celebrated Hibernian legislator, who, having sold his< country for a peerage, " thanked God he had a country to. sell." 5 We. know there is a certain class who like to choose men of weight asiJKeirjfepTesentatives : men who will catch the eye of the Speaker, and retain the ear of the House. No doubt such motives influenced the electors ■- of Wairarapa m selecting Mr Henry Bunny to be the guardian of their interests ; and the soundness of their judgment and the wisdom of their choice was amply evidenced by the unblushing : effrontery . dis r played by that ."gentleman m trying to openly sell the seat to which he was elected. Dr. Buller may be a clever man— indeed we fear that his greatest fault is that he is a little too clever-^-bui Dr. B tiller will never haye 1 an opportunity of selling this constituency,. or. making it the step-ping-stone to place and power. But. altbough we confidently predict his defeat, we know he will be no mean opponent. For years be has had his soul set upon airing his oratory m St. Stephen's. For years he has been plotting atuf intriguing; and is said to have a£pWerful agency at work to secure the whole Native vote ; and if his machinations are to be defeated, tliere^willwant to be a thorough unanimity m the selection of the best man, and when once chosen, a general and undivided support.: .We would suggest that no time should Jbe lost m holding a public -meeting to call upon Mr Johnston to resign a trust of which he is tired, and when he has done so, his successor be chosen from the County — and fro.^ the County alone. It matters not whether he hail from Feilding, or Foxtoii, or Palmerston, or Sandon; let. him be the unanimous choice of Me.people of Manawatu, claiming -and getting their undivided support!; a*nd Dr. Bijller and his Maori (block vote, backed up by his powerful sponsor, the "Post," will prove of small avail. In conclusion, -. dpes , it mot • appear something more than suspicious that ' s'6me .time s|nce the, "Post "-. should have asserted that it had been informed, from Mr Johnston's, own lips, " thajvhe had. offered to resign, and • tKait ihe' had been^requested by a large.^piitation not to do so," and yet :not.v?itKstanding. that we pointjblank. contradicted the first assertion^ he has never carried out his original' intention ; but that the paper to which he made the confession now fondles and foßters his pseudo-suceesspr. ~ ■:■.■ ■'■..