MR. HALCOMBE'S PRESUMPTION.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 15, 21 December 1878, Page 2

MR. HALCOMBE'S PRESUMPTION.

TO TiK BD^TOB. • ' Sib,— A feeling of indignation is ro«»es on the, whoJleiof t\ap (kA^-zixovf, P%^kkinlwi to Wanganui, and , bejqiid itrr:%t \ifo au^da,ciou9. avtion o,f M,t. "^a^coinbe .jp. tl^Qpjfint/Comi,c^ re. ii/Midon. |t iaquitß clear h« ha«\. been made, the mere too* of the. defeated candidates, and what is most noruriou*. abo,ut && Qom& ia that there is no man. m tha. Manawatu, County Council a.t th,e pe*aent time who should haxe. be^sn so, slo.w iix bring-, ing forward »uch a reipluitipn, as tip saidjj Mr Halco.inhe. This ia a wellknpwn fact to. all ojd residents, and indeed; to. most of / the new. I have liewr kno.w.n, of a beUer example, of the «Miying— r\%., ihat tbpte who. lire m glass house* ou#ht- no^ to. be. thus fl«>. io. throw stones. Thi* is most decidedly \ 9L.se m, poiat. T,l»e, return, of Mr, Loudon, to the Council at the late election garo. i.'lmost vniversal satisfaction fr,om oqe «nd} of the Coas.t to. tih,e. ojiher. T^here. mi more, general interest taken, m, the. election at^ Foston by outsiders ti\an for any other. Riding ofl the C-.ast to,' l^rtjjan^, and^ •ettteriTjere «Mcedi a,t Ijhe, result of tlu^ poll. To show, how Mr llalvouibo is ap». predated; m ihe distru-t, a comparatira, stmnger— a Mr Laßh,;oiKnj,ftg.a«iv»H"Bl^re-r. polled; nearly as many as he did, and it wai, generally beliored that Mr Halcow.be would* not be urned. Theiw. ape. man/ other, men m the (list riot if th&y had, com* for-. ward Mr.H,. would not be where, he is now.. Mr H. aod his projOLpterji majr, be. quit*. su,re. that the pj*»>Ue- W% K«wnt lii» impertk nence, and will, treat him nnd bit party m, the way they deserxe ajs appu, as U»p opport unity presents itself. I challenge' Mr H«l---(•o;xibe to. appea\ to his, electors/ h^ ballot, and lie will ftritf himsett" out m, the. cold be-, yond doubt. Well would it be for many an iin migrant, aod. pfchers w,ho hare come< undur the. Bjalcom l be rule, it l*p. had, gut th*. teMdtfruess.of conscience w,-hich M;t- Loudoa. fortunaleljr posae«e4. Welfc wjoujd . it bo f,o«.thftpu'untv and its rale if we liad more men of the JUiudon slump — men who when they do m^ke. a mj^tajie or commit a wronr hai;« the moral courage, to, apknpwledge it. Th,e. eleuioifs of Forton, hftT«- bi?en 'gtiwilf insulted br Mr Hak-ombe. und the few who. Buj>i'Q.= ted m auyjway the inni Ijt. The"Fox» to;i elector* k,n/»« what they were doing m, making- the. ohojice. they did. The wan who could cointt. forw;&rd,^n.d acknowledge his. mistake, when. lie. made. one. was just ,thenian they felt that they could trust— » .rerjr. wise decision, a decision which the settler* on thu Coas.t qitUe.endor«e. Hu,:uan natural i» '"xerjf mufh," chinked if it wiU, pan e»er. v Messrs Halcombe and Daj^ty'^ajistipj^ with* * out expressing itself m. "Lear and un mistake-. able, terms X they will find their feet fast in^ t\\(i i n^re. of their owu crea" ion.— l am, Ac., AW OfiSIATSB. ' Pwilding, Deo. la^