The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1890

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3630, 12 November 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1890

There are four thousand names on the roll o£ the AJastjftori electoral district) and if we were tg divide them amongst the three candidates who are known to have » coneidarable following, and were to assume that each sturted with an equal cbanco of success, we should give a thousand votes to Mr G. Beetham, a thousand to Mr W. W. MoCardlo, and a thousand to Mr A. W, Hogg. We do not believe that either of the trio would accept a less number as a fair apportionment of his anticipated EfNri' an( l remaining thousand wo assign to the political agnostics, who probably would vote for nobody, 'and who are prejudiced in favor of no particular candidate. This then we tab to be the situation at the opening of the campaign:' fieldMarshall Beetham, with his thousand men, Major-General McCardle, with his thousand followers, and General Hogg with his ten hundred warriors. But in 1 a single hour the whole situation is changed by the liat of no lesfl a pevson tban Mr Eallance. A wire from Wanganui directs that Mr McCardle is to retire from the contest, and that his thousand men are to be handed over like a flock of Blieep to Mr A. W.Hogg. Now, as far as Mr McCardle is personally concerned, we do not object to this arrangement; if he has been folish enough to place himself in the hands of Mr. 'Ballance, he deserves his discomfiture, but on behalf of the thousand eleotois who have accepted Mr McCardle as their champion to advocate their, particular wishes and requirements thei'i is something to be said. Who is Mr Ballance that he should dictate to them as to whom they should give their votes? Does he understand the views and desires of these electors that he should say to athousand'of them, you must give up {he man of your choice and take the pn ]. choose for you? The action of Mr ljallange appears to us !o bo ft grave and unppijtable interferes with the liberty of the electors. If he had consulted the thousand electors who were in favor of Mr McCardle, and had obtained their consent to the withdrawal of that candidate, he might have beem justified in his inteii|?ence, bu without, as we. understand it, con with the iu question, without apy sgard for their' or wished, Ve pyders their candidate to Btaris yjiojj opeside, ap| calls upon thPB) fo vot.e for afiqtjier i» wiwm tfcy dp iipt r u r .. weasnr# pf epp&Ms,'. representing this thousand eit>...-. whohavo 'been disfranchiaed by Mr Ballance is extremely dissatisfied with the figure it makes in the eyes of jhe 'public, and is not disposed to

submit: silently to Mr Ballance's dictation; Whether another candifla to will be found to, represent itß views, or whether it will refuso to pccept jßt Ballanoe's-decision and insist upon nominating Mr MoCardle we know not. The action taken by Mr' Ballanco has already had a demoralising influence on the, constituency, and candidates are beginning to bo talked upon as men who can bo put up and pulled down like puppets. The latest rumour in Mas-' terton is that MrMcCardie's friends will offer Mr Hogg a substantial indiiceiiiont to retire, but this , alternative would be as iniquitous as Mr Ballance's intervention, and we are quite certain of one thing, and that

is no persuasion. or inducement on the part of Mr McOardle's friends will have the slightest e'llect on Mr A. W. Hogg, who has evidently made up life mind to fight the elccliou tliotpughly and persistently. 1 Mr McOardle's political friends have a perfect right to reject and resent the interference of Mr Ballance in this election, but it would be unwise for

them to count for a single moment upon any concession on the part ol Mr Hogg, It ia no doubt' true that MrMcOardle has to a certain'oxtenl been had, that he has been drawn

into a compofot to which he ought never , to have been a consenting party, and that the thousand electors who have taken him for their cham-

pion will either have to put a -little more .backbone into him or find some other'leadM to represent their views, That ,the.v will be contented: to be assigned' over to Mr Hogg by the interference of an outsider few people

belieye.. The attempt to force Mr A W ;Hogg down the throats of the liberal party, in this district is not likely to prove a success,