MR BEDFORD AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE CITY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12482, 13 October 1902, Page 6

MR BEDFORD AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE CITY.

TO THK EDITOR. Sir, —I was not privileged to be present at Mr Bedford's meeting of constituents held in tho Choral Hall on Thursday evening last, hut I have read with much interest an account of the procedings in your excellent paper, and I wash to say that more sensible and more reasonable remarks than those made by Mr Bedford I have never heard delivered by any man. After what we have seen and beard of Mr Bedford, I think the Dunedin public will reoognise that he is the candidate most fitting to represent'them in Parliament, and I sincerely trust that they will interest themselves on his behalf and ensure his return at the ooming election. I am sorry. Sir, that I am not an elector myself. Youth prohibits my voting at the coming election, but I hope it does not prohibit my expressing my sentiments on political matters. Unlike the majority of boys, I have given the subject of politics a. good deal of studious attention, and I do conscientiously think that the remarks made by Mr Bedford were correct in every detail. That the Government have been extravagant in expenditure there is little reason to doubt, and they are prejudicing themselves in the eyes of the public by their refusal to give a satisfactory account of the money expended by them. Taking it for granted that the Italian proverb " Chi tace confessa" is correct, they have undoubtedly been guilty of extravagant expenditure. In conclusion. Sir, allow me to explain that I have no desire to excite controversy in this matter. I am merely giving my opinion of Mr Bedford as a candidate. I have not the inclination (and, if the truth must be told, not the ability) to argue on political subjects with men of age aritl experience; but whatever may be said to the contrary, my confidence in Mr Bedford's ability shall remain unshaken. —I am, etc., Hugh Wilson Speott.