The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1884. THE CONTEST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1740, 19 July 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1884. THE CONTEST.

On Tuesday next we expect to see Messrs Beetham and Buchanan returned as the representatives of theWairarapa by large majorities. Messrs McCardle and Bunny rely on the small farmer and the working man for support. If these two classes were unanimous in supporting them, if working men alone gave them a block vote, they, and not Messrs Beetham and Buchanan would be returned by large majorities. Working men, however,—especially the more thoughtful of ;them—judge for themselves. They say they can trust.Messrs Beetham and Buchanan to do all that they promise them, and they cannot .trust Messrs McCardle and Bunny. They do not regard Mr McCardle as insincere, but they can : see that ha overrates his own powers, and that there is an almost immeasurable distance between what he is capable of promising and that which he is capable of performing. They recognise that Messrs Beetham and Buchanan have been their friends in the past; that they have done their level best to advance the interests of the district, and that they cm be depended upon to exert themselves in the future. During the past three years the Wairarapa has been well served by Messrs Beetham and Buchanan. The wave of depression which has caused so much outcry in the Middle Itland has not touched the Wairarapa, and the reason is not far to seek. In all parts of this district public works have been pushed forward vigorously, railway construction, road making and bridge building have given constant employment to a thousand hands, and in tha townships trade has been stimulated by a good labor market. Again, local enter.prises, such as meat freezing and cheese factories have improved the position of the small farmer, by raising the prices of stock and produce. In these enterprises as well as in the vigorous prosecution of railway and road works Messrs Beetham and Buchanan have been busy leaders and co-workers. They deserve not only the confidence, but also the gratitude of this district. We do not think so badly of the sound sense and intelligence of the electors as to doubt for one moment the issue of the contest. The Wairarapa is not mad enough to change off two first-rate representatives for a couple of fourthrate members.