MR. HALCOMBE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 69, 27 August 1879, Page 2

MR. HALCOMBE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

. . <fO THE EDITOR, ;. . Sib,— Can you give your readers ;»gopd reason whys Mr. Snelson should- -npt rptire., from the field m favor of Mr. Halcombe, as requested. by that gentleman? '" T#hb is the cause pf Mr. Snelson's nomination £ Is it his thirs£fpr honor, or is it the wish. of thY residing m and near Palmerston ' that he should stand; they hayiiig more con^ ndencein him than m the supercilious Mr. Halcombe? • - -^- ■ " .^V; -;;•;'; ' . Cannot {/he electors of Palmerston confide their interests m Mr, Halcombe after \i% repeated assurapce that he -yriil bring the West Cpast Line to Palmerston, instead of Foxton ? Perhaps Mr. Halcpmbe may not have promised to have the Napier railway ' taken to Palmerston, and tb«y may . hare ■ heard it rumored, that an attempt is to be made to bring tb c last named , line through .the Manchester Block to Feilding, immediately after it drosses the Mapa-yyatu (Jorge at the Lower Ferry. If the iPabnerstbri electors have not heard of such a Bchemej I haVe j and Ibelißve Mi\ Paleombe is thp man/yrho will^ loot after his 'pirn interests •.ii.e&ct&dj-'and^pajCsinJßLLLiegaid: to., pledged . made during . the election; Air who* know Mr. Halcombe arls > aivare ihat/hiß^^ can fawn when he thinks there, is anything tp : be gained by it, and that he has been guilty of chicanery m public matters ■m times past.^ They therefore feela >ant of confidence inj him and would rather vote for the man; they consider more trustworthy. I would nipst respectfully suggest to the elsctors ©f PaimersJon,' that if the prbposed railway] from Napier goes to Feilding— as there is j no doubt it win do if Mr. Halcombe ca*p manage it— it will be a far .greater Jos^ Palmerslon than the Joss of the Wellington line;. I, woujd, therefore urge the iniportance of united actiop of Palmerston, Fpito^, and'Qanaon, m the "present election. Let ns" agree, to elect Mr, .^phnsion as bur .r'epre^eni/atiye m the House, and the 1?7el ington Jip? join at Foiton, and the Napierr tino at. $ almerston-. If ,;Mr. : Halcombe ib: elected I;do not think that Palperston will get either of the lines. Mr. Johnston can, ' D^or^o^er, attend to : the M'ants of the whple~ pounty paore impartially than |any local inan*cbuTd. Looking a little into the future I think it : likely that the political interests of. Palmerston, SandonV GarnarFon, S'oito^, antf Gtaki will be tn^o^n': together;. Tlie Mainawatu County* is; at present . entittsd two repreiseptatiTes m the Houte, and when the representation of 'the.' colp'ny. is \\r&adjusted this electoral dis^rictimay ; be. diTidod, and m that case tTieSoutb boundary of the 'Manchester Block may be the divid-, ing line. Taking this view of the matter, t thinkit would be wise for us to act as J have suggested.— J "amj &6. '. ■ • , . v Henbx Sakson. ganaon; r Migifßt2l, lgf£/ '■"' ; V \-\ --> > [We are afraid there are various r.fasops against adopting the course . proposed by -Mr. Saneon. In the firetplaceYth^ suggestion comes too late, as the very fact of : the; South bringing forward jir. Jokiiston yitb^s the matter at the Tery outspfc. "^Pe 'are aye quite aware that Mr. Halcombe is not deem reliable, but we do believe if he were returned tb jit lie would do something ; for this district j ! "yyhile Mr. Johnstopi fairly [ admitted that m four, years he had ?ot been I the means of conferring ,qic : 'solitary benefit upon any portion of the county — Upper, Lower, or Central. In the second place, we do not want a representative who would vote for disintegration of the County. And' thirdly, we have m Mr. Snelson a nian will save us from diefranchißement by the election of Mr. Johnston ; and preserve us from the insincerity which Mr. Sanson attributes' \o Mr. Halcomb-e.-r-Ed. M.T.];