The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1890

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3673, 27 November 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1890

" I'iaghant untruths," " manufacture of falsehood," "garbled," "utterly shameful," "outrage," " unadulterated misrepresentation," are some of the characteristic expressions which our local contemporary, in his last issue, burls at the head of our Eketahuua correspondent. Yesterday wo gave what we thought to bo auniqns specimen ol Billingsgate from the pen of a Hoggite journalist, Mr W, Murdoch, but after all Mr Hogg himself is the inapproachable professor of scurrility. Still, as this district is not going to send him to Parliament, we have the oomfortof knowing that he is not going to disgrace it in the Empire City. We have always found our Eketahuna correspondent to he a fair and trustworthy reporter, and it so happens tint in this particular instance we have had an opportunity of ascertaining from several respectable Eketahuna residents, who were present at Mr Hogg's late meeting, rsliable testimony as to .the general accuracy of the report which we published, The fact is, Mr Hogg loses his head'at ejection times and makes the most reckless assertions. For instance,' he declares that three hundred persons weie present at his Eketahuna meeting, A resident who actually counted noses at that gathering informs us that the number was ninety-four, Talk about seeing double, why Mr Hogg in his enthusiasm saw treble on that great occasion! Jfv/ego back to the last election for an example of Mr Hqgg's absurd Gasconado, when lie has the election fever on him, it will bo remembered that he distinctly piophesied that Mr McCaidlo would beretumed for Woodville, Mr Ivess, of rag planting fame, for Napier, and himself for Mastertorj, Ac (or poor Mr Beetham ho was pot content with beating him, but declared that Mr Beetham would bo low down, on Ik poll, We_ ouisclves some weeks before polling day placed Mr Beetham Ist, Mr Hogg 2ud, and Mr Hawkins 3rd, and gave a trustworthy forecaste of the number of votes which would be polled bjr each, candidate. We don't accuse'Mr Hqgg of inveracity, but at election times his judgment is lamentably weak and his imagination terribly strong. He declares that his mectiugs so far' have beon a series of trmmrks, but we have been astonished to find tlieni t9 be comparative failures, ventre to.predicji-tliat Mr G. Beclba.ni's majority over |{r Hogg in tho present election will'be far larger than the big mojdr'ify 'with which he him three /cars ago, We are quite as eppfident pf pas wo were of Mr lieethaui's victory three years ago, Mr Hogg will not improve his position on the poll by bouncing and bullying our Eketahuna correspondent or by making absurd statements about three hundred people being preseut at his Eketahuna ||)?§thig- He might havo saved himself from writing something which is 'exceedingly foolish 1)7 reflecting that the Eketahuna Hajlwpjpt jiulo) throe i

hundred people, «ad if it did, that there are not. three hundred adult moles in the neighbourhood who could possibly attend it, - hut arithmetic '. is ■ : not Mr Hogg's fort, nor faots his sheet 'anchor. However, ten days hence he will he in a better position to calmly consider points of this kind than lie a at the present time. Three hundred people, presont at his meeting I ■ Is he mad ? We repeat that the number was iimity-four, and we Btand by the statement, We will not allow Mr' Hogg to bounce ninety-four up to three hundred, We defy him to poll a' hundred votes at Eketahuna. Is a man who on a simple matter of fact like this makes a statement so utterly foolish and inorediblo fit to go into Parliament I If the working men of the electorate cannot find ft better representative than this they aio to be pitied.