THE Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1879. THE TRIANGULAR DUEL

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 67, 20 August 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1879. THE TRIANGULAR DUEL

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Manawatu has good roaron to be proud number of suitors who have put forth a claim for the honor of lier hand. jAt-.tliO; eleventh hour Mr. Waltek Johnston has made up his mind, that he \yUlj.again-inake .overtures >to;his; old lore, and consequently the battle ia not ' to"l)<f leiE £ tbltilf "b^twee^'Messrsf Snelspn and Halcpmbe. There are various reasons assigned both for the hesitancy of "Mijj. iJphnstion m gpping into the s 'fijlij, jindjiisd elimination to again woo the voices of those from whom he was so anxious to sever himself.. With rejgard^tp the first, he p,was* following -the ' Mioawbebian^tat'tids, inf'th^iiPpe that' .some zealous r admirer m Wellington i-wbttld't'aKe^ttfoihintj-s&id start a requisition. The bait did not take, and consequently taking advantage of the division of strength by the candidatureof Messrs. .SNEiiSON-audpHApcpsr^Ej he> hoped to Those who jiave their heart sot upon giving M?r^asifsfox""his final congb from this cousiitueucy, are very properly exitrjewcly.w^pth^that the, slightest chance and view the rivalry of Messrs. Snei,spn and Halcombb as highly injudicious and iinpolicir, and they lißve been. .freely f addled with blame. It is. only fair, then, that Ijhpj eleijtpr^ shquld ,be_ma.de awajro-^of ali"'tlie •birdutn'stancos , ; of the case, and the blame placed upori- the shoulders of -tKe^persoh most Reserving of it. When it became known that both Mr. ,Halcpmbß and Mr, SA T ELspjr had announced ' 'themselves as .candidates',' the friends and suppor tors of .each met 'togellier> " toi }i - bous'ider" ' the -position . IFurther than that,- both Messrs. Snei,isoN and Halcombe interviewed the [editor oj|jjig^pumal V ' l and at'tlieir comIbined request h^o convened a*meeting of [settlers/- w. :! s.ee, ; if[jthere p cpu.ld,be any •menus', pf ,arhitr^.);ingj .'. 'by .'.which Pno rshould^elire. .".^,^hVb\.'meetipg it. was | stated" on 'beh'alF^ N. i^Jsalcpmbe,~ by : lii r s representative Macabthcii, ;'tliat'th^%rm©RliaE^eietmineitJip'. stand at all risks, and .that -he; wpuld -not be bound by either cP'mniifc'teo or arbitra' tion. In the face oL such determined obstinacy, Mr. SNE&sosr very properly declined to H'i"thdraw r; un'til the matter wa,s. j.Jaccd before the.electors f or ._ their decision at a^ publi9.^',.me'etin.E;.'. Oiir readers know, the Wo have made.this explanation m Jiistice to Mr. Snelspn who it will be seen has acted throughput iii a 'most; generous, selfsacrificing manner.-; ;*and,;lo show;thatif bya'ny chancel-Mr.^J'op'NS.TON: slipuld get elected, the odium will be.. npon Mr. i£ alcombe' s- head for j his stubborn; obstinacy Hn- Tefiisi ng -iaU \ overtures of a com'promiße^ vlHavi^g jthius' said; so much by way of preface,. .we ..will now ■proceed; to: deal with: the .prospects of tho three candidates, and we w.ill tfommenco with. Mr. HALppMB.E, f as. the one, most iilcely -ib belowe^t'Tibon' tlye r poll> : ! We have heard his speech ! and published it, 'and 1 wiib'ttre^cepHon/of his id'eas-uppn the'iJancl TffX;%rmiyf be, ; said;that while a thorough P^xfce^he^ has/ like ■alltlw ■ '.crewtwJto sail linder tli^t c^ptayi-, liqis ted the Liberal flag, ilie. whole tenor pf his address being a repetition of the charges, of mal-admiuistf&tjdn -upon which the (proveramenfc - ww a s . defeated. In. fact speakinjj metaphoricaliyj Mi". HaliCPivibe. may ( ba said .to be; a Pox m sheep's do thin g, = and when he.' hold s f oijth npo n views^wuioji. j^eiong tp- theVGoyerariient,: lie is" merely .st;i;utlimg\aHputti[i i 'b6A'owod.i plumage. Pej'spii'ally'lie iS" i nb't I 'a'.Favorite 1 ; eveh f iri the tdwnslup > 'whiclt lid, frasjbeen the means of njaking ; for paradoxical; as it may appearV although he has done as mu^h, i£; ij.pt niore'tharti any man, to mal^e the Upper portion of the.Mana'wat\i ltis, he 'is trusted by fbw and liked by r -less: In' ! Foxfcbn, Garharvon r and Sanson, he will nptget a roto, and "we would wager-thafc m PalmersJon he dpes^nplrscQre^a.dpuble figure. It will ,be"seen,'tlienV that' the only support lie can at all count upon will bo m b'eilding and Halcoujbe, ,and,what, he will get from those places will' 'riot be likely to place hiinoven second on the poll, Mr. Johnston cpmes next, and of course he. will get the bullc of his support m the Southern towns, but Palmerston — the ipliice .which ; secured : to him the victory over- Dr. BtrLLEE—will not have him at any price. We know of about four votes which he willgefc m this ,ijn mediate district, and one. of: them will be from a gentleman who attended a recent meeting when it was unanimously carried to .support none bufc a local candidate. But there are ».l« r ays ; toadies nSid traitors 'to every cause." And now we come to the member for' Manawatu m the Seventh Parliament of New Zealand — Mr. Gkorpe i Snelßon. ; £ man of the people wU9 H^AIH"QWB.i\W.S9II ft^pu, the electors;

with Trhom he has dvrelfc since Palmerston had a house m it; and who has toiled for its welfare for the past seven yeais, to the neglect of his private interests. We know there are two or three mean souls m the community who envy Mr.; Sn elson the popularity wuich he has so deservedly won ; and who lose no opportunity of culuminating, slandering and sneering at what they are pleased to call his presumption. We know that one of the gentlemen to whom wo .allude .ridiculed Mr. Snelson's pretensions to sit upon the Education Board, and considered his candidature for that office a farce ; ard we also know that Mr. Snelson, out of a host of candidates, was .returned by 29 rotes, Mr, Halcombe coming next with 15. Mr. ; SsrELsosr comes before the electors a Liberal candidate, prepared to give a generous support to the Liberal programme which the present Government has placed before the country, but he retains ihnt independence which will enable him to exercise his freedom, should this or any other Government prove false to their promises. We freely admit, ar.d we have before stated, that the administration of the Government has been faulty ; but we hold that with the new Parliament they commence a new lif*, and it will be the duty of all Liberal members to give the Ministry their unqualified support to carry put the programme which even their foes are so anxious to appropriate. It is more than possible that the experience of the pasts Session .will prove useful to live Government, and until a new fault is committed, the old ones should be forgotten. Tints far Mr. Snelson is, and. will be, a supporter. of the Government; should they prove recreant to their promises, we hold that he would be absolved from all allegiance, and perfectly justified m recording his vote on the other side, but unless such an occasion should arise, we trust he will be found doing battle against the unprincipled band of obstructionists who seek to retard legislation for party purposes. Although he has held the position of County Councillor, and of course was pitted against the South m that body, still he has managed to escape that bitter hostility which is manifested against other Northern members, and consequently all the stray votes from the South which would net be given to Mr. Johnston would go to him, while he would got groat support from both Halcombe and Feilding. It will be thus seen that with regard even to the white population he stands far above either JoiissToir or FTalcomrb, the Bangatanas and their Chief will plump for him as one man ; and m addition to this he will have the support of the Government* as was very correctly stated by Mr., 1 McDonald the other evening. Time will tell whether a man of the people, who has won the respect of all who know him, or the nominee of tho Hon. Kobekt Campbell with eighty serfs, arid a dozen toadies will represent this county.