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A REVIEW OF THE FIELD.SOUTH WARD CANDIDATES.

(To the Editor of the Erening Star.) Bib,—We are to have an election at lust. in the • above ward, and I am very glad. These walk overs are very, objectionable. They were the death of the Grey administration, and the periodical excitement of elections are necessary to our political life and to remind us that we have a representative constitution. We have three candidates in the field,* I wish there had been more, the more the merrier.. First we have Crimson Jack, an old stager who hag fought; many r a hard, although unsuccessful battle. Don't forget. Jack, the Scottish king, Bobert the Bruce. Success will crown your efforts in the end. ,It delights my soul to see every red hair in your head bristle to the fight. If we can but keep the otter two candidates in the field, I am prepared to stake my bottom dollar on your vermillion crowa. Perseverance, energy, and above all assurance, are qualities that are absolutely indispensable to success in this money-making age. Without them, however gifted otherwise, in any business or\ object is^ next to impossible, and your composition 1 being largely, in fact mostly; composed of these qualities assures me that, a great future lies before you. Next comes the Jack of Clubs, the King of the •Thames Thunderer, whose announcement as a candidate took me by- surprise. Where in all his numerous files do we find a kind, a good, or encouraging word for the Borough. If he had been a candidate , for County honors I would have said God., speed, for be deseiita it; he has fought their battles well and bravely, from the beginning until now; so well, indeed, that the weapon has become blunt and ineffective, and.he even now seeks to beard the lion in his den, and fight the enemy on his own ground. It looks very suspicious, and more so when we see the great" U. Mack 111 On," foremost among his supporters. But why elect him; for the south, whose interest lies in the Middle Ward. Why not elect the late Mayor ? They stand in tne same position in point of interest, and why not prefer the " deil we ken, to the dei|swe dinna ken." 'Next comes the third and last— the man of cloth—but though last not least, and the book says the last shall be first, and the first shall be last: the only candidate whose interest is identical with our own, ii|d lies entirely within our ward, and in whom we can place confidence that he will do. his best to obtain 'for ustifhat justice that has to a great extent tysen swallowed up by the Middle Ward, and in whom we may expect to be justly and honestly reprejsnted, and not used as a lever to benefit any other corporation.—l ami &•., - . ; SpuTft Wabd.

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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3443, 7 January 1880, Page 2

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A REVIEW OF THE FIELD.-SOUTH WARD CANDIDATES. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3443, 7 January 1880, Page 2

A REVIEW OF THE FIELD.-SOUTH WARD CANDIDATES. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3443, 7 January 1880, Page 2

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