CARLETON A GREYITE ?

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1827, 23 December 1875, Page 2

CARLETON A GREYITE ?

The astounding question has been current to-day, is Hugh Carleton the Grey candidate for Eden ? It has its origin in the fact that Mr Robert Graham,-who is so identified with the party of Separation and Sir George Grey, has signed his requisition. Mr Graham has done so as anygelector of Eden has a perfect right to do. But Mr Graham does not profess to have done so in any other than his private capacity, and in doing so in no way represents, nor professes to represent, the supporters' Of Sir George Grey. Than Mr Carleton no more bitter and insidious opponent of Sir George Grey could enter the House. He has an old grudge against Sir George Grey—something or another about land, and Mr Carleton is so constitnted that he never surrenders a grudge. He has been making profuse professions of respect, etc., for Sir George Grey within the past few Weeks, but that is only in order to help his election, and he haß been making overtures to the Grey party and assuring them that he would support their policy. But the fsupporters of Sir George Grey know his nature, and his professions have been the subject of considerable merriment. There is nothing remarkable in Woodward or Allen Kerr Taylor and others striving to climb up on Sir George Grey's back, but to see Carleton dancing to the Grey piping is ludicrous to a degree. An old promise and old associations which prevented Mr Graham himself for standing for Eden in the Grey interest compelled Mr Graham to sign the requisition, but we would respectfully suggest to Mr Graham, that seeing Mr Carleton has been spreading abroad the rumour that the Separation party would take him up, and Mr Graham's signature gives a kind of recognition of the absurdity, it would be well for Mr Graham, if he is in town, to write and say that in signing the requisition he signed for himself only. It is hardly necessary for us to say that,,the ludicrous candidature of Mr Carleton in Eden is only his own folly. And the people of Eden may rest assured that before the day of nomination a Grey horse true and sound will be entered for the race. - ; : , :