SOUTH WAIRARPA NOMINATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 841, 3 December 1881, Page 2

SOUTH WAIRARPA NOMINATION.

The nomination for South -Wair#^; took place yesterday at the Court-house -{ Featherston, about ?00 being present, if: Greytowii and Carterfon bejn'ij ' : v represented. Mr Welby Jackßon wa| the;■ firat to come forward and propose Mr W»Vi : . • C. Buchanan as a (it and proper person to .' a ■:. represent the South Wairarapa, and mil doing bo remarked Mr Buchanan W'/u >n the welfare of the district p,t (leart. IJeK had only known Mr Buchanan a •hort ! time, but lie was a gentleman, who im..' proved qpqq a'oqq^io^ahVp,"and they would use their privilege by placing . > him at the head of the poll, Mr Baillie qf Greytown seconded Mr W, 0, Buohaiiatj, . Mr J. G. Oox next came forward tb propose MrE Bunny ai a fit and proper ; person to represent the eleotoris'of this ; district, and stated he,had great pleasure" in bringing their, old representative 'again C : to their notice. ";He they had / all made up their raiqda l» tbjs tinje whtf / theyyould tb<eu jota to. ;Mr gappy

he contended had. somo claim on them, and hoped they would vote for him on publio grounds and not let private matters influence them. He would call -their memory to the time when Mr Bunny was in the Provincial Council—tho work ho did for them. Put Mr Bunny in and mako him Minister of Public Worltß, and see hovr the railways would be worked then. He'thereforo proposed Mr litiniij us a'tit ami proper .porsoii l to repusent them. Mr Th^Kemptou. in a few , cmarks seconded™ nomination of Mr Bunny. Mr of Stoneslcad then cnrae wKrilud proposed Mr Burton Boys as a member for South AVuirarapa, and in doing so lie said many yeais ago' he proposed Mr Bunny and voted for him, but he had not been true to his pledges, and for that reason lie could not support him any longer, and thought it time they had a chanue, therefore he hadgreat pleasure in proposing Mr Burton Boys. Major Campbell in a short speech seconded his nomination. Mr Boys then came forward and in a short speech said—Electors of South Wairarapa I come forward this day for the high honor of representing you, I cannot

add much to what I have already said at my public meetings, but I come forward to represent all classes. The leases that now fall into the hands of the Government must not be allowed to be taken up again,.but cut into small blocks for the people, and taxing improvements must be done away with. I cannot forget that those who brought 1110 out aro tho small farmera and tho working men, and if I have the honor-to represent you I will endeavor to get that altered... I think I have a very good show, and if in tho fortune of war my craft goes down, the captain and craw will go with her. I hope you will vote according to your consciences and return me at the head of the poll, and; hore'» to the best man (drinking a glass of water). Mr Bunny: And here he comes I Mr Bunny, stepping on to the platform, siiid the last words of his friend Mr Boys came home to him. If they were lo believe all the candidates, the South Wairarapa must be .a very happy place. He did not believe in private matters being brought before the public; and ho would not do bo. If lie liaij attpndtd jiipre to his priyatp property and interests, and less to the public welfare, lie would have been belter off. Mr Welby Jackson was his manager formerly, and, if anything went wrong, ho should have known it (Hear, hear), (A regular Judas.) The proposer of Mr Boys slated ' that he was .going in to represent the ignorant and uneducated classes, but the country had already provided for them in a good Education Act. He poiild fijirly ppje back to the py jio had represented [ie}n for the last 18 years, and he hoped o be again returned by a considerable majority, Mr Buchanan then came forwar.l and said: Mr Returning Officer and gonilomen, (A voice: Did you ever rob a dead man's bones!) It gives me great pleasure to ask for yqur suffrages, slr IJoys statpd he had been a politician since lie |bb If} years of age, b|it I have fen'a working-man and risen by my own i|idus> try. lam not going to weary you with a long Bpeech. I am—and have been all my life—a worker, not a talker, To many of you I am not known at all, I consider a country district should bo represented by the best practical settler, and I will ask any one who knows me whether I have not done my duty to the setters and the district, Mr Bimny has •objected to personal questions being brougjit fprjyarilfd,' ajiij ■ J (juite agree {hey'should'noV be; but I'charge Mr Bunny with being the first to do so(fho Heturnjng Officer here remarked ; If charges weip brought forward, he would allow the candidates an opportunity of refuting them) I have not the slightest personal feeling against Mr Bunny ; what I refer to is his speech at Carterton, where ho is reported to lwve said "Mr Beetham will represent the North, and I tho South," (A voice: Yes, bv the Daily's report. Who bou«ht the WiURAitArA Daily over!) The Daily gave the right report I (Question 1 Question !) Mr Bunny charged me willi misrepresenting hisn, but I would not ho guilty of doing so. He tries to cast odium on me as belonging to a class of 'landowners, and against your interest. On every occasion Mr Bunny has been fce|ore yoi) {tip tal|c has been of tho roads ajid bridges he has been tie means of Eetting. (Hear, hoar;'so he has.) But Mr Andrew'also deserves mme of the credit. (Who got the Hurunuiorangi Bridge?) Well, I did partly. If elected, think I shall able to find my way into and about, the corners of the House, J trust you will rot(ir|i mo as j»o|ir repre : jfbhtaijve, " Mr' Bunny haro mndo a move to reply, but' wa's met with " Nn, no,", from some 1 in the orowd. '■

The Returning Officer: lam master here, and every candidate shall have n chance of refuting charges. Mr .Buchanan: I cordially nuree with that.

_ Mr Bunny : Sir, I will not take up *he time of the' meelinu, but will merely say Buchanan charges me with using the words that Mr lieotliimi would taicu the North and mysolf the South. (A voice: So you did.) I have nu doubt that will be the result. The Waiiiakapa Daily is (lend against: me, and does mo all the mischief it can..

,||r.|oyß'|'|h refuting the expression pdfl |p of that he the igripr;Opt and uneducated classes, meant'that |ie wopld represent all classes-working-jnan and smallholder ub

A ?ho\v pf haiu]a being takpn, a poll lipipg demanded, and a vole of thanks gpeprded to tho Returning Officer, conpludpd the meeting.