THE MAYORALTY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 713, 29 June 1878, Page 2

THE MAYORALTY.

TO THE EDIT Oil of THE EVENIHTG HAIL. Sir, —There are. I but few members of otir ooiuiuunity who will endorse the rt-'Hi's.-ks of '' CitieOii" in your issue of yeatordny. / ... fewer *till who will fail to p»u!. ',;; ho his motives. A squib of this fcinO, cn the ev» of as important aa eltct; .ii as ev«r happened in the history of this Colony, will doubtless be taken for what it is worth. But it is, I venture to say, far outside the province of anyone—be he of whatever clique or class he may—to villify our present chief Magistrate, as the writer of the little letter of yesterday has endeavored to do. It is impossible to touch pitch without being defiled ; therefore I shall take leave of the unjust accusations brought forward by saying that for singlemindedness of purpose, for indomitable will and persevering energy, • and for 1 thorough straightforward tactics, there ■ is not a single man in the colony who i combines these qualities to -a greater ex- , tent than does Mr. Steward. To him we are indebted for our great Waterworks 1 scheme—a scheme that will prove of 'a- ' calculable profit and benefit to 0-> rum. . | both from * .business point of vie? • i.s j sanitary one. , For this alone, tn say nothing of pretlous good works, we <, to accord him the " kudo*" to which he 5 is entitled. Outside of this altogether, I should be pleased to learn to what public body our present Mayor does nut belong 1 I feel sure that there are few .institutions in Oamaru who do not _ look upon him as a leading spirit. Tt i B true he knows how to address an ac/*'n- " blage, and it is fortunate for us that he is gifted with this power far ftboTe the majority of men, but let'' Citizen" beware of casting any slight upon Mr. Steward's practical qualities which stand out prominently—so prominently that no one with any conscience at all can come for- " ward and say that he has been found wanting.—l am, &c. ,v Tboth. a Oamaru, June 29,1878.. i