THE ELECTIONS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 135, 19 May 1884, Page 2

THE ELECTIONS.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The following opinions of the press will tend to show rhe feeling of tlie outside public with respect to the action which has been taken in endeavouring to obtain the return of Sir Julius Vogel, and Mr. Hees’ attitude towards the same:—

The Napier Telegraph thus expresses itself: —“ Sir Julius Vogel is not to have a walkover for the East Coast. Mr. W. L. Rees with characteristic vanity, is under the impression that he is a popular man and can beat all-comers. The polling day, we fancy, will give him a rude awakening. The refusal of Mr. Rees to stand on one side in favor of one who would be a useful member of the House has of course altered the intentions of Messrs. Locke and Gannon, and under these circumstances we should not be surprised if Sir Julius retires from the contest.”

The N. Z. Times says:—“ It is more than probable that Messrs. Locke and Gannon might be induced to retire in his (Sir Julius) favor. Mr. Rees, however, who is a candidate, has always bitterly opposed Sir Julius Vogel in past years, and it is not likely that he will retire to oblige his old foe.”

The Standard, a Canterbury paper,says:— “ At the present juncture of political matters

we believe that Sir Julius would not find it difficult to obtain the sympathy and support of more than one important electoral district of the colonv. as many constituencies are thoroughly sick of the nonentities who have represented—or more correctly speaking misrepresented—them in the immediate past few years, and such a catch as the godfather of the New Zealand Public Works scheme of 1870 would indeed be a welcome one. If Sir Julius’ aspirations are to become a representative again, the people of Gisborne will no doubt be only too happy to satisfy them, as they apparently are all eagerness itself to secure him for themselves before any other constituency has a chance of opening their maws.”