The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1884. MR M'CARDLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1726, 3 July 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1884. MR M'CARDLE

Everybody in Masterton knows William Wilson McCardle, and will be able to give an intelligent vote on his candidature for the North Wairarapa sent, For over seven years Mr Mo Caudle has been an active public man amongst us doing a great deal of good service to the community, For this reason we are disposed to meet with courtesy and consideration any claim he may make for our suffrages. When, however, he asks for the important trust of representing us in Parliament, itisourduty to review his fitness for the position, and to consider carefully his opinions on public questions. Last evening he gave us the latter fully and freely, and in our next issue we propose to refer more particularly to them. To-day we ask ourselves how far Mr McCardle is fit for the position lie seeks to obtain, and whether lie is more likely to benefit the colony and the district as a representative than Mr CI. Beetham. We regard Mr McCardle as a clover capable man, who holds intelligent views on very many public questions, and who is a fluent speaker when expressing them. Mr McOardle's weak point is that, though a very sagacious man, he is not tv very practical one. He looks further into the future than most men, but in gazing into the blue sky in the distance he is apt to forget the ground under his feet, He misses many immediate opportunities while working for remoter chances. There is the making of a good politician in him, but we question whether lie would ever be a capable administrator. If the Wairarapa North was hard up for a fair average representative we should not bo indisposed to favor him, but it would be the height of folly to discard a still more capable and experienced public servant like Mr Beetham in order to secure a promising recruit like Mr McCardle, The influence Mr 6, Beetham, as a veteran member of the House, ib capable of exerting for the benefit of the colony and the district, is many times greater than which a new comer, like Mr McCardle, can possibly bring to bear, To return Mr McCardle in place of Mr Beetham would be something like changing off an approved journeyman for an untried apprentice. We do not forget, if some of the electors of the district do, the unselfish manner in which Mr George Beetham has given up his time, year after year, for the benefit of the district and the colony. He has been wont to give the public at least ten months' work out of every twelve in the year, and we need not ask whether Mr McCardle would be able to devote a similar amount of time to public duties. We do not forget, too, that Mr 6. Beetham has advocated the claims of the district and has been wonderfully successful in obtaining votes from Parliament in aid of its various local bodies, We do not forget, also, that in season and out of season George Beetham has for years past been the friend and helper of each one among his constituents who has sought his counsel and assistance, that he has striven as hard to do a good turn to a working man as ever he has to benefit a wealthy one, We do not think that all these things are forgotten at the present moment or that the electors of the Wairarapa North retain no sense of gratitude towards their own member, and are prepared at the bidding of any new comer to vote against him. We do not believe Mr McCardle will succeed in his present venture, We do not consider that it is for the interests of the district and colony that he should do so, but while saying this we willingly pay tribute to his general ability as a public man, and do not question the sincerity of his desire to serve the electorate or challenge his claim to come forward-as a .representative of the people, We are, on the contrary very much, pleased that, Mr G. Beetham's opponent is a capable and courteous public man, We have spoken so far only of the more personal' aspect of the > contest, There is a material element which must not not be overlooked, viz., the expressed views of the candidates, and we propose to consider in our next Mr McOardle's address of last evening. Mr McCardle did not disappoint

tlic expectation of his friends witli his maiden-speech,'itnd may be congratulated on achieving even more than an average succoss. • '•'