THE WAIKATO NOMINATION

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1470, 3 December 1881, Page 2

THE WAIKATO NOMINATION

took place at the Court-house, Cambridge, at the same time. Mr Searanoke performed the duties of returning officer. After the writs had been read and explanations made, M r Thoma^Wells, J, P. , proposed Mr J. B. Whyte. He alluded in laudatory terms to the position Mr Whyte had taken in Parliament, the efforts he had made on behalf of his constituents, and congratulated the Waikato on having a member of Mr Whyte's ability and energy to represent them. The motion was seconded by Mr A. Potter, who spoke at some length on colonial affairs, and the position New Zealand ought to take in international politics— a position which his knowledge of the candidate warranted in assuming he would aim at seeing maintained. No further nomination having been made, the returning officer formally declared Mr Whyte duly elected. In acknowledgment, Mr Whyte addressed those present as follows : — I thank you heartily for the honor you have done me, as also the * kindly feeling you have shown throughout the whole of the candidature As I have addressed you very recently and explained fully my political views, it is unnecessary to detain you upon this occasion. lam exceedingly gratified you should have endorsed unanimously the verdict given by the majority of the constituents in 1379. As I said the other ni^ht, our district has made wonderful progress during th# last three years, and I have no doubt it will continue to progress rapidly (luting the next three years. I have now the honor of representing for the second time one of the most progressive districts in the colony, and 1 wish to assure you that I am exceedingly proud of my constituency, and of my constituents. As you are aware, the l.vst election was won after a hard contest, but that contest was fought out in a manly and straightforward manner, which reflected no discredit upon any one. I therefore now wish publicly to thank my late opponents for this, and more particularly to thank my late opponent, Mr Campbell, for the kindly manner in which he has always behaved towards me. He has shown himself to be entirely above petty feeling, and has in many ways assisted me as your representative by bringing local matters under my notice. My main object in political life will be to assist in framing measures which will tend to make capital and labour to work harmoniously together, givingno undue preponderance of strength to either. They are inseperable— the ©ne cannot do without the other— and there should be no jealousy between them. There has been little of this in the past, and i hope there will be less in the future. I simply repeat that I hope, as your representative, to take a humble part in securing the welfare of New Zealand, and in building up what must some day be a great nation, namely, the New Zeallander's. — The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the returning officer.