The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 270, 10 November 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1873.

To such, as were*fortuhate enough tb be j present on Saturday when Mr Sclanders j nominated Mr Curtiv it would be | superfluous to make any remark upon Ms speech; to those who were not in the Hall we would recommend a careful j persual of it. They will there find ai straightforward manly statement of the opinion entertained by a thinking, practical I man of husiness npon the present? crisis. Mr Sclanders never has heen a party politician, but he is one who has carefully watched the progress of events, and always taken a deep interest in the welfare of the province in which he has cast his lot. Calmly, thoughtfully, and withoutparty bias be has placed before the debtors his opinion of the pretensions of Mr O'Conor, who, •after devoting much of -, his .energy towards endeavoring to injure them in. every possible way, now comes forward and seeks to thrust himself npon them as their leader. Having perused Mr Sclanders' our readers will perhaps direct theh\ attention tq jhat of JdTr O'Conor's seconder, pnthe onejhand they will have read the utterances ofrone who has carefully considered, the position in wnM the'province now stands, and with an earnestness of pnrpose that we, trust wiU prove infectious^ has expressed his deliberate, conviction that Mr O'Conor's success would 'proje Nelson's rpin j; on the other, they will: find the remarks :of a gentleman who, with the flippancy of a professional jester, endeavored to render ridiculous the whole proceedings, and, so far ios he himself took part in them, we are oound to say, achieved a remarkable success. NOrwasMr O'Conor more happy in the choice of a proposer. We may Airly presume that he took care to obtain twp of his warmest and most earnest supporters for such important offi ces as those of proposer and seconder, and yet the one likened him to a rough rock coming in contact witb which, the province must inevitahly be shipwrecked, and the other treated the whole affair as a joke. The electors, we feel-, convinced, will agree with Mr O'Conor's proposer in his estimate of that gentleman, but will not accept his seconder's view of the matter. |

His Hohob tfae Superintendent proceeded to tbe West Coast by tbe Kennedy yesterday morning. Mr O'Conor was ■lio •? passenger by the same, boat,

Thb Electors. — Tha nomination of candidates for tbe representation of Subburban North takes place at noon to-day. Mr Wastney is likely to be returned unopposed. The polling for the City wili take place to-morrow. Volunteer Review.— The Ciiy Companies wiil muster- in the Botanical Gardens at 11 a.m. to-day,, when tbey will be reviewed by tbe Hon Major Richmond, CB. A salute will be fired at noon in honor of the Prince of Wales, whose birthday it was yesterday. A volunteer ball which promises to be a great success, will be given at the rrovjncial Hall this evening. _.-. Church Parade — Tbe Artillery Company, mustering in ail 62 strong, and the City Cadets, paraded near the Orderly Room yesterday morning, at half-past ten, and beaded by the band playing " God Save' the Prince of Wales," set as a march, proceeded to All Saints' Church where they attended service, after which a sermon was preached by the Rev. R. J. Thorpe, the Company's chaplain. We must congratulate the members of the Artillery, as well as of the band,, which has made gnJat progress, under the conductorsbip of Mr Oakey, on the very creditable appearance they presented on this, tbe first occasion of their coming .before the public.