THE MAYORAL ELECTION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 95, 23 April 1901, Page 4

THE MAYORAL ELECTION.

Wβ had hoped that there would bo no election for Mayor this year. At the time that Dr. Campbell was prevailed on to stand public feeling seemed so generally to endorse his candidature that it hardly seemed likely that a candidate in opposition would enter the lists. As regards public feeling-, we are convinced that there has been no change. The doctor is, as it were, the father of Auckland. He settled on what is to-day known as Brown's Island before Auckland, as a city, was thought of; and he has been intimately associated with the commercial growth of the place from the time of the erection of the first cluster of tents on iiie southern shore of the Waitemata. Today, still hale and hearty, he is one of the few surviving examples of the sterling stuff many of our pioneers were made of. The position he holds in the community is unique. The general recognition of this fact was responsible for a spontaneous movement having as its object the procuration of his services as Mayor on the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. The deputation which waited on the doctor and asked him to allow himself to be nominated was of the most representative description, and when he was persuaded to accept nomination it was hoped that there would be no opposition. Of the other candidate who goes to the poll to-morrow, as far as we are aware; there is really nothing to be said for or against, beyond that in putting the city to the expense of a needless election he is not likely to enlist the sympathies of citizens or further any political aspirations he may cherish. . . As there is to be a contest, we would impress on electors the duty of recording their votes. It is an elector's poll.

and everyone entitled to a. voice in municipal affairs has a vote. Dr. Campbell has made ho canvass. No one expected him to. But the other candidate, we arc informed, has worked diligently, and therefore it behoves all who would like to see our oldest citizen occupy the Mayoral chair to remember fo vote. This reminder is especially necessary in the Eas-t and North Wards of the city, where there will be no contest for the Council. We would like to see Dr. Campbell returned by an overwhelming majority, and we trust that each individual will make it a personal matter to assist in the attainment of this object and not trust to others to achieve it. Do not forget that there is a Mayoral election, and that YOUR VOTE IS NEEDED!