THE RECENT HUTT ELECTION.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 227, 15 January 1876, Page 20

THE RECENT HUTT ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAIL. Sir, —When thanking the electors of the Hutt for returning him at the head of the poll, the Hon: Mr. Fitzherbert is reported to have said that they (the electors) ought to have brought forward a man of a different stamp from Mr. Hutchison. Somehow or other there appears to be a want of eligible men for M.H.R.'s in this colony. Even the most ardent of Mr. Hutchison's supporters never dreamed of him as being a political Bayard, but when they looked around for a better, they were unable with their (jaundiced ?) eyes to perceive a candidate more sans paur et sans reprochii. I do not pretend to any particular weather wisdom, still, I believe my prognostics will be generally accepted when I say there seems every probability of there being another general election before five years have passed, and no one can predict the time when " the place that now knows" the Hon. Mr. Fitzherbert " shall know him no more." "Under these circumstances, for the good of the colony in general, and of the electors of the Hutt in particular, I think the hon. gentleman ought to indicate in an unequivocal manner the man to be esteemed worthy of representing the Hutt. I, and a few others, have been looking in vain for a proper man. In the event of the public catastrophe indicated above happening, so far as we can see, the Hutt electors would be in a dilemma, for failing a man of the "stamp of Mr. Hutchison" the choice becomes limited. Now, as the bird of Jove towering aloft in the heavens espies even the mole peeping out of the earth, so the hon. gentleman may from the lofty altitude he has attained, by his surpassing mental abilitv, his administrative talent, and his pure public have observed some one, who, if he could not pick up the mantle of Elijah, might at any rate pluck button off it. I trust, therefore, that in mercy to his old constituents the hon gentleman will point out a suitable individual, for I and others in lowly stations are not in a position to see him, though doubtless such a one does exist, believing with Collins (I like to quote poetry, as it shows that if not a gentleman I have at any rate some of the tastes of one) that— Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, &c. —I am, &c, Nemo.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAIL. Sir,—l observe that some persons are inclined to censure Mr. Fitzherbert for the withering sarcasm he hurled at his opponent, for presuming to place himself on an equal footing with Mr. Fitzherbert, even as a candidate. The idea of a mere printer, who recently had the audacity to receive £8 from the Government for printing the Hutt roll, to offer himself in opposition to a who a few years since was engaged in dispensing tea, sugar, flour, molasses, blankets and rum to an unsophisticated crowd of Maoris and whalers ; and whose renown as an auctioneer is remembered from the metropolis of New Zealand to the innermost recesses of the Wairarapa. Shade of Benjamin Franklin—can the force of impudence go further ? The presumption of this printer will be the more readily understood that since those halcyon days Mr. Fitzherbert has come in contact with such a Croesus as Mr. Larnach ; and, as he tells us, has actually hobnobbed with the Lord Mayor of London, and "his Grace the Duke of Buckingham." It is generally recognised that such an indignity as the candidature of this printer must never again be offered to the Hon. Mr. Fitzherbert, and when that gentleman at the declaration of the poll advised the electors at any future contest to bring forward a man of a very different stamp to that of Mr Hutchison, the idea had already been anticipated. Electro-plated ware appears to be in demand at the Hutt, and as it seems possible that we shall not have to wait for years for another election it has been determined to import an eligible man to oppose Mr. Fitzherbert specially for the occasion. The coming man above referred to was fortunate enough in his younger days to secure at an English university a fellowship of considerable value, and was clever enough to retain it for several years after his right to it had ceased. Administrative talent such as this is not to be despised, and with such an opponent even the Hon. William Fitzherbert may meet his match : " When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war." The new chum candidate, too, has other qualifications: he can sneer and snarl to any extent, and is such a windhag that he can talk till further orders and everything he aays is so sublime and profound that it will bear favorable comparison with the Hon. W. Fitzherbert's address to the Hutt electors The elect of the Hutt will readily see that his next opponent, as here depicted, is not a man of Mr. Hutchison's stamp.—l am, &c, Handicap.