The Westport Times AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1868.

Westport Times, Volume 1, Issue 141, 13 January 1868, Page 2

The Westport Times AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1868.

TnE question which is just now agitating the public mind of Westport and Charleston is who are to be the new reprotentatives ? and it is a matter that requires earnest consideration, and every endeavor should be made to select the best possible men. The districts do not require, as we have said before, a finished orator, but rather a practical man, who is thoroughly conversant with the wants of the district, and who will enter Parliament with a desire to do all he can for its welfare. "Westport and Charleston need representatives who have made themselves acquainted with the requirements, not so much of the towns themselves, but of the mining community upon whom the townsmen of Westport and Charleston depend for their support, and who are fully alive to the necessity of opening up the country by means of good roads, &c. ; men who are enabled by means of their own personal knowledge, to give weight to their arguments. Such men are valued in any Council they may enter, and their plain statements are listened to with more attention than the mere assertions of a wordy frothy speaker. It is not the man of words that ia wanted, but the man of action —persis-j tent action, who when he sees a thing that requires doing, stops not till he has accomplished his object. There are many subjects connected with these districts that only a local man can comprehend and therefore we strongly urge the election of a local man—a man whose interests are centred in the district; for, however good a Nelson candidate may be, there are times when the interests of the two districts must clash, and in that case it is only natural, with all the best intentions in the world, that he would support the district he is most interested personally in. Various names have been mentioned, but at present nothing definitely is settled respecting their candidature, with the exception perhaps of Mr Graham, who, no doubt possesses a certain amount of knwledge on some subjects of interest, but with all due respect to Mr Graham, we think it possible to find a more eligible candidate. The names of Messrs A. Beauchamp, John Munro, M'Lean, Robert Millen, Jos. Paul, and J. Crate, have been mentioned, and a requisition, numerously signed, has been presented to Mr Millen, but whether he will comply with the wish of the requisitionists, is not yet announced. At Charleston, the inhabitants are already up and doing with that energy which characterises this little busy place, —the names of Mr Harry Kennedy and Mr Hennelly have been mentioned, both of whom are thoroughly practical business men, and, from our knowledge of them, equally fitted for the high and important honor; and with two such good men it would be a difficult matter to make a selection. Each has his own particular excellencies, and Mr Kennedy has already filled an important position in another province with honor and credit; therefore, he would not, should he stand and be elected, enter npon his duties as a novice. "With such a choice before the Charleston electors, we believe they have a fair chance of being well represented, and can only hope that the best man in either case will be elected.