Eden.

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Eden.

'. ft i declaration of the poll for this took place at 4 p.m. on **? lUoon, at Waite's Mount SatU lil Nearly 100 persons were mßa A. Ma lcolm Niccol (Returning present. \ announ ced the result Officer) presia ' <S r g >ir J. A. Connell ... •» 4^_

Majority for Mr Mitchelson ... 436 Informal vote= •» receive d with Mr itch.f t ° b n'trhroughout the election aPP^ 6' -tl-i personalities, whilst Mr had avoided all pc conducfc ed Connell, on WJ» ( Applause.) Mr ConB ell bad; Mgg£ his mm voto in his own l»dn °SS was probably the..only iaToai'' ?hrou"hout the whole of the that such a thing F^ied T^ncwed applause.) He ad "f mff\ ha t his action in fight»s?tt Si a gentleman of Mr * & Sty ndjrhfc have appeared some--Conne s mnDtuous>ut as he (the speaker) ffhatprf unW" d repl . esenfcc d various #ffiHfit his &uty todowhat- «*^ «M for the electors in the House # eSS. It was with a feelI^SjSSi* he had had to fight "S. ° M>onnell,' and he hoped he and #122SSBa now bury the hatchet, *$T% good friends as it was a° 'H P for tffO men to be. (Applause.) P 033 „ =nnrce of regret to him that so "ill ZI m betn left out as a result mmSn He sincerely regretted { fk SSr of the colony had been *?■» She was sorry, too, that Mr fifha been left o7t. (Applause.) P^iStar was a very able man, no PtBSShSCS full of fads. Mr Bryce d°?«ne of he most able men in the fj (Mr Connell: Hear, hear.) SL considered that that gentleman's ftMm a national calamity. (Applause.) * y Seand are, Major Atkinson, was .rLoed in the formation of a Ministry flWe Place of that which had just 10 ft The Major had a difficult task Tirforai but he (Mr Mitchelson) had J. to the conclusion that the people of !wn onv must accept either Major AtkintSir Julius Vogel. He felt much Spathy with Major Atkinson m his great Sffhich was of special difficulty, Lose, this being a new Parliament he yJ B ot the opportunity of consulting to members elected in the Opposition Merest, and some time might, therefore, to before he would form a stable Cabinet Rumours — evidently from the Couth-had been circulated through tbe press that Major Atkinson and his party ironid coalesce with Sir Julius \ ogel. He Mr Mitchelson) gave this statement a U unqualified denial. (Loud apttee.) If Major Atkinson could not form a Ministry without the aid of SirJnlius Vogel, he would not doit with bis aid-(applause)—and he (the speaker) tasted that those who had been crying out ajainst the administration of Sir Julius Mwouldndwjoinin supporting Major Atkinson. Had the latter been so unfortoteas to have been beaten—and he had lad a narrow escape—the country would tee been placed entirely in the hands of Bit Julius Togel. After thanking the electors,who had. given him their support MrMitchelsoti went on to remark that at one of Mr Connell's meetings Mr Roberts y expressed the opinion that he (Mr lielson) was a political nonentity. If he Mbeen a political nonentity in the House, tewild not have been entrusted with a pAlio. (Applause, in which ilr Connell M).";He thought that a sign that his kaoeji the House had been somewhat Im He Had as much influence in the ton* as toy man, for more was done in Pariamenl.% working than by talking. (Appku.se.)

«Connell, who was also received with applause, said he. had listened with the greatest pleasure to the speech of their new member, He, could say most heartily that from the very start of the contest he had W nothing but the best of goodwill tcwdslis. opponent. (Applause.) Early in the campaign he had told-the members of his committee

H as, Mr Mitchelson was in the fed, he had made up his mind that he roil not be nominated against that gentleman/ During the contest he had wived letters in which it was de-

jtoed by leading politicians in New ZeaMthat Mr Mitchelson and he were running against each other. The cause, hcwever, that led him to take the step of -fighting out the contest to the ad to the circulation of a report that he ws acting as a' kind of jackal to Mr Mitchelson. This was stated for the first toe publicly at his meeting at Avondale. m said then that the report was certainly we b u t the rumour so vexed and anmhm that he felt that the only way to 'prmmselffrprnsuch an unjust imputaBMU to fight.tho contest out to the end. wwbeep fighting an uphill battle, and regretted that he had had to oppose Mr Wielsoa. When lie first came out Mr "le occupied the seat, and he himself ™ out font in order to fight the Govern£v ft, Wiiphill work, therefore, to 2 1.*™? amm of one's own party, 5 ™r±mheßhould #ays consider a fcrL A ,during the progress of J-Motet., he had not 1 permitted Ll hnd; WOrd ■t0 be said against Joppent, (Applause.) A great"num*misMs words had been said fitjl?lß^ and he Mno ■^Vtov-tf 8?* raapywere also said K 0 «c son j but he, the speaker, S!?^ their utterance, and he Jd sa f t Du meed to* Mr Mitcheh *5 mit 1 v , same- He ■ thanked the SkatlhohadVOtedforhim- Lookmk lr T ewhat erratic character «4£S mS mthe of the gh^)~in considering also SSSfe °, f f, aults .that were found tiie election %Iffif l\ c most POP" 1^ in the Si«w? in the lar S e number Polled. (Applause.) fe^dLl,n? y4v^est^ that he had Hif h e ,2V1! 6 N°r th and stick to the ?*i«Sfa Q? l t^ House. lie would "^ 3 iZf' t> t in comin S before >set? actuatod by the most N fci tWv, lai? dl Hacl he seen MbtaT VOal^ not,have stood at all sV«fi hatA 84 h? beon returned, fe^Vhe I na fOU" d that > whatever Sft rayer nOVa ff?* election Tw tb^ln connection taH^ffi'&V^ ***** him. "« iSW? hat* called his opfiHandgEVool" He desired Wk' ?e^inc^u f SO.dishonour, £^Yd BS le°f Buch a remark, sw^ 'CnT" 1 T ould a«cept his !^':'He?a 8 l 2P 0? ltl'ehadibeen &>* desire 1?\ elections- His 5SntS S be, en t0 S(* the fl*^ Ri« d that de*ire had *«fc^ffi- 80"^ that Cl te £CO on 13 li^ f°r he thO«gbt Q^sa&ythatamanoflir V^toS and Public services S£Sf%. &ofMl, Biyeiasa <l>4ent Afc se-) was a *^I^ a fl, n"mbel, of good * wvWaw.cttr? seats.

He thanked tho electors—not only those who voted for him, but all the electors-for the very kind feeling that they had displayed toward him during the contest. A very large number of Mr Mitchelson's supporters had come to him, and had said, " If it had been any other man but Mitchelson ,*we would have supported you." On the motion of Mr Mitchelson, seconded by Mr Connell, a vote of thanks was passed to the Returning Officer. Mr Niccol, in acknowledging the compliment, expressed his satisfaction at the kindly feeling which had existed between the two parties on the polling day. The time and trouble which. Mr Connell had given to the election would not, perhaps, prove to have been thrown away. He had given the electors of Eden an opportunity of judging him, and had shown that he possessed a considerable amount of ability. He at first proceeded in a peculiar manner, but he afterwards settled to work, and gave proof that he could be serious as well as ridiculous. (Laughter and applause.) The assemblage dispersed after cheering both Mr Mitchelson and Mr Connell.