WAIRARAPA NORTH NOMINATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1735, 14 July 1884, Page 2

WAIRARAPA NORTH NOMINATION.

The nomination for "Woirarapa North took place at noon to-day, some two hundred spectators being in attendance, Mr Wardell, the returning officer, having read the writ of election, and explained tho manner in which tho proceedings were to be conducted, called for nominations.

Mr E. Feist ascended the platform and proposed Mr George Beetiiam as a fit and proper person, who did not come before thb electors as a new man, but as a tried representative of the people, In the present position of the Colony it was of tho first importance that such men should bo returned to give the Colony the benefit of their qualifications and experience. In his past career Mr Beetham had not been guilty of anything which would justify the electors in neglecting him on the present occasion. He had always been found voting on the right Bide, and he (the speaker), while he did not find time to read long Bpeecb.es in Hansard, did study the division lists, and always found Mr Beetham to be right, (Hear I hear I) He had recently heard Colonel Trimble address the electors in another part of the colony. That gentleman said he would go into Parliament as a representative, not as a delegate. This was a position Mr Beetham was fit for, He was quite capable of taking an independ6n t Btand, It was not for them to ask whether Mr Beetham had offended them over any trifling matter, but to look at tho election from a broad colonial point of viev7, He had great pleasure in proposing Mr Beelham.-(Applause.) Mr 11, Dagg, in seconding the tion, took the opportunity to explain that when he was in the chair at the Masterton meeting the remarks which he made were not intended to apply to Mr McCardle. Mr McCardle, however, had applied them to hiiuself. He was sorry, to see dirt thrown.-(Hoar I hear!)— His reference was to members in the late Parliament, who bragged about the working men and how thoy were robbed, and vet were loudest in their claims for a full honorarium, He was sorry that Mr McCardle took the matter up, Mr McCardle was the first who had conneoted his name with an ungentlemanly action. New Zealand now oxpected every man to do his duty.-(A voice: So wa will,)— They wanted tho fittest man.—(A voice: Brains not money.)-Caparisons were odious, but it was their duty to make them, He had weighed the two candidntes, and found his task an easy one, His chjice had fallen on Mr George Beetham —(Applause.) Mr Hops;, who was well received proposed Mr McOardle as their coming representative. He had no personal grounds of objection to Mr Beetham, but opposed him for his close connection with they Atkinson Ministry. The wanted a change nf blood' in it. The voice of tho unemployed was heard through the country, and men were unable to get married because they had not the means. (Laughter.) It was time the right men were brought to the front. Mr McOardle might be compared to a watch. Ho was ah open-faced lever. There would be no lobbying or sneaking with him. Ho would speak from the floor of the House. (Applause.) If he turned his back on the working man he (the speaker) .would withdraw his support from him, Mr McSardlo was not jewelled in many holes.it was true. (Laushter). He did not believe that Mr McCardle would belong to a party that would reduce the wages of railway navvies and pauper peripatetic judues and other high officials, Jf Mr McCardle had eight yours in the House like Mr Beetham he would have a better talo to tell, The cjuntry had gone back under the Atkin« son Ministry. (No! no!) They wanted to make homes for themselves (The Returning Officer: Time's up!) He condemned the Property Tax, and trusted when polling day came every working man would record his vote against the Atkinson Ministry .—(Applauße). Mr A. Johnston in seconding the nomination, said he had known Mr McOardle for a number of years and found him to be an energetic man who carried things through which lie undertook to the best of his ability. (Applause,) Mr McCardle then addressed the electors, He had consented to contest the present election beoause he believed that the best interests of the colony had been sacrificed in the past. (No! no I) Railways were only paying 2£ per cent,, and their lauds lay idle, ■ It was their duty to settle the country, and if one scheme failed they must try another; If the country districts were neglected the town could not progress; borrowed millions would not always flow into the country, and they must do something for themselves, He denied emphatically a statement made in the Wairaeapa Daily with respect to the Puliiatua settlers. There was not a particle of truth in It; only one settler, hb far as he was aware, had borrowed money in the manner indicated. Why should industrious settlers be libelled in this manner. He" claimed that the deferred payment Act was solely owing to his exhrtioim, He thanked the

electors for the patient hearing and hoped they would bo guided by their own •judgement and not by but'on-holiug and leading artioles in newspapers, Mr G. Beetham, who was received with applause, then addrossed the electors, Ho thanked his'proposer andßeoonder for the manner in which they had spoken of him, and believed that the result of the poll' Would justify their remarks, (Hear, hear,) He thanked Mr MoOardje too for the straight forwa.d manner in which he was contesting the'-election, but he could not say the same of all his. supporters. MrMcCardle had kindly placed a room at his diapoaal to enablo bim to place his views before Pahiatua the electors, and he would be glad of an opportunity to reciprocate this courtesy. He denied Mr Hogg's assertion that the Atkinson Ministry oppressed the people. If he thought bo he would never eive this Ministry onother vote. He contended that the Ministry under the able superintendance of Mr Roileston had pushed on the settlement of the Country more rapidly than any previous Ministry, or at any previous period in the history of New Zealand. He deprecated as muoh m Mr McCardle the delay in opening up lands in this neighborhood. He would use his utmost efforts to push it on. It was to the interest of every one of them to divide the land among the people and to make the most of it, Every pound made off the land was a help to the colony, and a large owner of land was benefitted by having small holdings in his neighborhood. Like Mr MeOardle, he advised them not to be led away by leading articles. If a certain class of ieading articles were to be believed ho was a most unfit man to represent them. (A laugh). Let them judge him, and if they found that lie had neglected their interests or served friends to their detriment let them do their duty and vote against him. If they still had faith in him let them place him at the head of the poll by a large majority.—(Applaase.) A show of hands was then taken by the Returning Officer. About forty hands were held up for Mr MeOardle, and over a hundred for Mr Beetham.

Tho Returning Officer declared the show of hands in tavov of Mr Beetham, and Mr McCardle demanded a poll. A vote of thanks to the Returning moved by Mr Beetiiam, concluded the proceedings,