A DEAR HONOR.
r In the days of electioneering excitement m England, when votes were, bought and sold with unblushinff effrontery a couple of guineas y^as considered a good price, but these bonuses were only given to the favored few. Mr. George M'L.ean the chosen of Waikouaiti, howeyeiy has the distil V gnislfed privilege of being able to boast that erery one of his 226 votes cost him at the rate of £& a piece. Qf eouwe Ido not mean to say tbat the hon. member, was guilty of corruption; far from it ; but still the sum total of his election expenses will run that average. As the Hon. George has not been included m the Hall Ministry, perhaps he has found the game not worth the candle, and that will account for his safage moro"eness during thig. Session, contrasting so conspicuously with his suavity and boa hommie during last.
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 85, 22 October 1879, Page 2
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149A DEAR HONOR. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 85, 22 October 1879, Page 2
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