A PROTEST.

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

A PROTEST.

thb ; :' Si^,— l saw by the. feisi Issue of your, paper that Mr Johnston! has the unblushing effrontery .to come iomard again as a. candidate, and, I presume, imagines that he. will receive a-vofce. I notice. th,at he. has not notified when he will have* the. impudence, to come before the electors on the. platform.; but if lam not wofully mistaken he will get such a tropical reception as witfastonisb. him. I know that there, are one ©r. two out my way who will give him their support, but they are of; the toadying kind-rrmen. who. thi^fc it an- honor if the great man does violence. ti» his feelings for half an hour, while ha visits their, houses, and applies the. soft-soap by Ratting their brats on the head. Who may wa thank for our district court f Mr.Snelson, and not Mr. Joh^iton.' To Mrhom do we owathadg4sojust expended on the Square R Again Mr. Snekoii, and not Mr. Johnston. WBsitMi. Johnston who got the £250 allowed fo» finishing the Manawafcu No i Was it Mr. .Jol nston w. bo -had Foxton declared a Port of Enty, 2Toj emp,aatically no, All of the above-mentioned trorks were secured by deputations to Mr. Maeandrew during a f ew hours' visit, and still people talk of all the good' to be effected by a representative living m the Capital. Icould point .to a dozen of matters of vital importance which, have been secured to Feildirig, and Palmerr storij and Foxtoh^ through the eff«rta o^

3£r. Haleombe, Mr. Snelson, or Mr Thynne ;, can »nyoae point t"o"sne single item which Mr. Joh>ston )has secured for the district lie mii *or rather) unrepresented ? I am very ready to cpncede;,that , Mr. JojhnstQn . was always willing tp accpmpany an electpr ■with a grievance, and gain him anaudienco of the Minister. lam prepared td giraiit that when he was written to he was cpurtepus •nough. tp reply..;*but there his kind dffic«9'stoipped, and whether^in Session or out pf Session the interests pf Manawatu. yrne studiously ignored.^as/Mfr. iJiohnstpn,; jnpved a single step m .matter ,pf the inland* road tp Fpxton ? has He used his influence In favor of the Feilding route f.p Murimotu!? What assistance have the lonsr suffering fettlers ©f vFitzherbert received"frpm him ? If one. It has been urge^against Mr^ Shel^ •on that h%rm a Palmerstpn manvand that hitherto all. his labors, h»te been: for that that town. Well,^ L gr^nt it?,' iand as* a county resident I may sa^.Xjh'aTe.spmetimds —fophshly, I. admit— felt jealpu« pf that tpwn. But whenlanalyaerMr. Snelaon'a labpra I find that what 1 some lpdge^s-an objection to .Jhim as a representative, is his bast claim for eloxstipn. . ; Jt . must be trecp^ «cted that Mr Snelson was elected tp be the Chief Magistrate pf Palmerstpnj' arid as such hw care shpuld npfc extend beypnd that. It ,will be admitted tliafc h'd^has^beetf a. mditTigilant watchman of its interests, and it stands to reason that if; the, ,sphe,re. ,df : his labor is enlarged by giving him 'the whole county, he will prove*equall^ M T ort?iy. of » the trust. Mr. Johnston has Had the ball at J*Pj° ob for four Jears, and what has he aJ»- Well, I will tell ypij,. .Sir,, T what:,he k l^^Bpne— -by liis traitprx)us, ccUuaipri, or <wilf!|^culpable neglect he ' Kai ' allowei? Manowatu to be robbed, o£. ,25,0007 acres of, its patrimony to eria6V- the Wahganui Harbor Board. Why, sir, that one act alone should be sufficient, ejen hadjhe been energetic m other respects, tp alienate the 3uppprt pf every elector in.the cpu,nty. i: Bu{;; I xr'Jl write np mpre ; sho^d'Mr,"Jphnsi^nnave the hardihood to put in'an appearance lie will find himself cpnf rented by TOUB HUlCBliB! SE.aVAI?r. t ;