The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1043, 10 April 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1882.

It has been known to all who t#ke an interest in the doings of the Wairarapa West County Council for some months past that Mr Coleman Phillips sought the honor pf succeeding Mr Phakazyn as its Chairman, awl that the Councillore were of the opinion that Mr Boom was the best man for the appointment We had hoped that when Mr Phillips found that the feeling of his brofchei Councillors was dead against himself,, he would iiave acquiesced in the inevitable and supported the election of Mr Booth. Thdeast ho could have done would to have been silent on the occasion, but unhappily for his own reputation for wisdom he could not refrain from scolding his' colleagues for rejecting 3jis own addresses. We have too much regard for Mr Phjllips to dwell on the ludicrous aspect of his utterly-utter protest, but we feel bound I to state that Councillors were quite right.jn their selection of a chairman. Mr.BoOT/i resides at headquarters, is. a practical business man as well as a : far seeing one. He is probably the .best conductor of a public meeting in tlie Wairarapa, and tjie Councillors who are, we are happy to siiy, in the main men of business, acted prudently in selecting him as their bead,' ■'Bh] jfjr McGregor come forward as a candidate heiwould here been a dangerous opponent: to Mr Booth, but putting him on.one side there was very little-doubt as to tlie fittest person for the office. It will naturally be asked how is it that Mr Coleman PnjLLirs, who is a •talented . man, an -earnest man, a studious man, and a-man trained and skilled in political, social, and, ; we might add, literary arenas, is rejected for the position. Pvem the manner in which Mr Phillips was left out in the cold it is evident that there is some drawback to his success in public life. The answer perhaps may be found in his own words when ho claimed the chairmanship on the' ground that he was an "original member" of the Council. He is an original member, and it is his originality which separates him from his fellows, He does not act and speak on ordinary levels,- but presents himself as a sort of" superior being." This assumption, is the rock on which Mr Phillips has been wrecked. Personally he is ; liked and esteemed; it is only as a public man that he is objectionable as a paragon. Mr Coleman Phillips has often as a public man done good service in this district, and our own wish is that we should in tie Wairarapa avail our- : selves to the utmost of his capacity for public work. We understand he that

lie' •conteinplittes ,'crownihg. his protest with another- folly, viz!) resigning? his seat on the Council. If he does .this as far tis isfconcefned, he will politically'extinguish himself If on tho other hand he; will continue, to serve in the Council and act and speak as an ordinary beiug rather than as a deus ex mchina, that consideration which has now been withheld from his claims, will; come to,him.in. time without asking. '_'?'..: '".'