The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4014, 16 January 1892, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1892.

, In the Wellington election a perfectly organised party, the organisation embracing the whole of New Zealand, selected the candidate who was likely \ to poll the greater number of votes ' and then concentrated the strength, not only of the town but also of the colony, to return him, On the other side, a candidate came forward and ' arranged his own organisation and made a gallant light, hut lost the battle, On this side, fjiepppmy is despised, and it is not considered necessary to have any permanent or extended organisation in order to meet him on equal terms, Now and again when a Beetbani or a Bell is put out in the Bold, men seem thunderstruck, hut they are not sufficiently roused ,to take the steps necessary to win a campaign I Had there been a standing organisation officered by a few men with brains Mr McLean would not have been returned yesterday. Leading colonists are apathetic, and if they do happen to possess intelligence they do not appear to exercise it, Yesterday's defeat ms a disgrace to them, lor they ought to hayp njade the result a certainty. They have brains, money, and a good cause, but they allow men of lower intelligence, with smaller rn ( eans, and a worse cause to beat them, Tli? letter are in earnest and till tho former alpo appear to be in j earnest, they will deserve the whip- { pings which from time to time they, are likely to receive.