THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1879. A HOLLOW SUBTERFUGE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 72, 6 September 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1879. A HOLLOW SUBTERFUGE.

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jOSffE^lm^teu^pjßP^te j lggfcal and ip. refutable artiole publi^ed as an extra to! the '^Minawatfti^imes/'hias ■ ; disturbed;tif6 %ild^bf ljfe v Halc6uilje!sl iEidus i Achaties;^^and.hje has published a^Cnesterfieldia^ : 'tQ ?^hite- • 'vraßhThir > Ghiefr :^h. M"f . S^acartHu'r', d&iy^pypur; first deliberatie" and pure |njqntion about i fl twenty |p^rao^"'^^B^ing^en irexpo^ed, ypu ha.ye fallen; back- upon the jlea o,f " r agency.'' hen you so con^fidentlyl^l^iteeje,dT ? > a^gjal lopiriipri,"; it^wpuld' haye 0 beeif well yo^'^iveiogy'our^-'au'thOßityy^su|be. DisquaHfi^it^^^A^ s^ p^e, singly seyWJHQ^ t^ !^bi|ar J out^ydur* icjiiotation. ■ • Tqu- ' ' hayil: : -lia^ the highest l,e|ai^ad r yrce;;'r',sbihasf,Mi?:. Snelsoh's committee, and it, jsjtp the efEecj; that Mb. fialeombe is lessly 4is[pjUalified ! Whei^ Mr.rHqrlGom^e tpoki his^asty^jepartu^e. for the qptistituency was tci|d thai- |jio^|dßs|6n^Q iKp; "capitaP was ;to ¥mtnge'j|^ vpters ; but it was not h^htea that hfO was going to try to ifavQ ]}f's coii- - trapoj; transf efßoed; l arid? #0% tha^ib -i-jt? : js^'disc|y^re4 thai Tib cafinbt'D^eg^lly done \keer '$&& NCJiirsrATtbN ! , I hijgH >gal^uthpMty.hasCbe.ig%.^ pro|e. necessaiiy. ( ;2M|i^^l9Qn}be .hals^bee.n treated ; during tlie. entire contest with' :ifihe" utitedst-eou^te'§yiand Qqn s < sideiration, and now that i^b QU^jpi^ftjJi© f buti himself^^ ( iAlinpßt' ar jq^tnigjif -ago; Mt. lisnelßcin: idrftw, ,his:^,tj^^c|n '. fto^S^#p^*h€ti appeaf^d ( j^itt e public JWprksS^teMerit^ tq j|ollp W; rliis,. (Mij. Sji^is^n's) example and hive the [contract tran^|^rrea : bef prq the day of jnomiriationV step r which he ;s^B\tab|ngy ;--:i]^rHaicomb.e / -de<3li^d to^ do /B^yi^id ' : becausjßwe warn. ,tb,e 1 tn^-ev^y J^ybt^ glveii c to L.Mj?l Haiop^inbe wjllfbe' loss jtpla, lqeai i pan^date,^|te;^f^ YJals of the supragient^s v^atft. OSIr. Hajcombe^ lhis ; '- and the, 1 Eeilding pisgan enlarged jn ! "stirring language upon the absolute nqcessi ty 6$ having v a~ tiOfOlLTj' MAN, 1 and r no^'^WHen :>• there is. l^ut -pn^e ; , Gj\^\b\is''ibvf e^fection/fMr: jHajfipipibei ; lingers on (lay after ?day m Wei lingr, , tori, forwarding telegrams that he is not dtisjq^lified; ,w^e^ 4 h,e^us.]b,;.k.nqw: .absolutely that the contrary is tlie ■ ea^e. "We liave piitT^he m oar former U: extra/'winjßuch:;a manne,r that :e.v€jry elector who. could read could judge for himself, "setting altogether aside the pull legat, opji»io,N f obtained. We quoted from" the ; A.ci? .tbj ?show^ what ."a. :o,o;n---trfictbr, yv'as^and We 1 quoi?ed f^oip .the, Pnbiic "^oj-kk , Statjfenient t*> '"' show th a,t JVIr; 'apind^idual le^lltraetpi 1 ; t'^- t^jp^e^ y f f iiteiimng disq ualifi.catipni a ' : jt^is' [.^^.'jfcn^riv'. 'that Mr.. Halcombe is the ,nephew' p| his ; iinpfeWqfyjmdAt is Well 1 ' known thlp,t Mr. Walter^^hnston is a bjirid f ollower of that unscrupulous leader, q,nd the tacticß. .now ed of styivjng to conceal wthe unfortunate position m which Hr. Haiconib. c J

-fiijUs hjip.self, -seems vei?y- like an effd^jiift giill t^e electors so that the VQteS; given to him would be lost to, the jloe^li candidate, Mr. Johnston oe, elected,; p,nd the Pox ps?ty get a istlppo^teiri^t' the. expense of Manawitu. f By^n looking ajb Mr. Hal•■cp:iftb_e?s c^,se ijjl-the light mostfavor■able to h|m, and admitting the "high legal authority'? bdasted qi, the :quesiiori.Q| hi s, quajification qv die,qualification 15 merely one .of aiiibhority igainst 1 *>vith the' "halance m f ayop of the side which I has atebojdy . produced) proof. \iJnder t|e circumstances, then, we Hi.ol.cl that the eleaj;oFß have aright to expect that Mr. Halcombe would ,-not press a claim which might not Jse*upheld bylaw, particularly when iby tfg dqing he opens the. door fpr Mr.'^johpstonj whom he has repeat6|iy denounced as a dummy an|iaj^ absentee. Fortunately the etec|or| have the matter m their own ;hands ; they will find the " ex|rf,^hiph hs;s gfyen.suGh qffenpe, •in^pother column; -they, pan judge fdr ti^empelves, and if th l ey have any' doubis, bdll^the rfballo.trb.oxt9 theii:, l assistaiicei ; -i ; EVery^^ vote.^ifen.tpjMj;.. Halcjqilnb.eYh" taken fEbm,' thej ; lQoali ca^id^tp^thro^^ a^rayj and 'fconse-r! guently gives the' greater chance to having ihp- .County again disfr^ncKjegd by -".the. election of Mr. Walter Johnston; J^nd npw one word tp the polite .authoi? of the subteflr f uge entitled ' ■ A- i Base ,lie- Contradicted." ifs it nbtvtbe Kgig;h^ ; pf-im-pu4.encp and audacity- fpr g.entler? man who coined a qubtatip^n whichnever had existence so as W'gull the public, to take us tp task because we give boria fide lextraets.irpm the, I Disqualification Act/ ?'thej Ptiblift j Wp^fes iSt^tem'entj'.^h^rthjp Feffb4ti m opinion qf pur legal 'adyispir ? That was a casjg, pf ' brying stpp ihjef " with a yengeatipe, but then deiperat^ cases require, desperate , fpinp^ies. In3oncinsjon, we wish !tp,pbint 'pjM; that supposing -^.t. H^lcpmbe^wepe" elepte.dthßoughthe'votes taken from Mr. Snelsoa, 1 an^d afterwards retirepl or was unseatp^. on petition, if Mr. jphnspn , were secbndi'he' wpuld be^ : •cpme thg mejnbdp. Ko!': ; ' x r-Kememjber this, ; ©lectors, vecbllect thata Vote given tpJECalpornbe j^ virtually to- Jphnston. ' >