The Press. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1890.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7728, 6 December 1890, Page 4

The Press. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1890.

The , late tour which t we iiave teceiVed'some df the raturoa pro vents tie 1 from analysiug the result of jetfift-'day's-polling with the accuracy necessary to arrive at a decided oonoltisioa & to itaitiemlnJlJ:, Wβ pan only poiht out Jkfew or the'mdii'e conspicuous facts; appear on the face oFfcKe returns. For the first tinae hiTthe history of the colony there has been~au drgan!s€d td |eourd:whit ; arV called labor representativea. By this we mean representatives who are pledgedHothe olaimfof labor, and who will oa that account rote and " aot from that 'point of. view. In Diinedin and Christohuroh the labor candidates have carried all . before theuv while in Wellington and Auokland they have secured two out of the three, e.eate in each instance. vJßut tbe labor party have done more than this. Jhe about twenty -members who have duritijf ? dbntest , reprei B,en|;ed jthefiifteFteA as having come .forward in-the labor, iatereat f .aad_who have in express terms sought to secure the confidence of on that accountv— In addition, there ate y tnbae' who ar& returned* a$ Opposition members; but who t ihav« .not-, declared themselves as t candidates. W# . refef - to •uoh members as JSdr. J. MoKbn2ib Sfa&^thqri.' , . These, with Mr Rias, who is claimed as'lndependent, but we pres&tne will' go with the Opposi,(iotv brings up the members to thirtvtWOi Ac the time of writing this the result of the Grey and Weatland seats is Jstill uncertain, but in both cases the candidates belong to the Opposition 'side of the House. These, together with Mr WAftD, who was returned uadpposed, makes the result thirty-five for the Opposition. On the other side, including those returned unopposed and thote who have been classed ac doubtful, but who are known to be generally opposed to Mr. Ballanos, th£ numbers are thirty-three, with the Wetirarftpa and Waitotara seats ac yet ' undecided/ Thia will leave the House evenly balanced, with the Maori vote left out of consideration. As three out; of the four seats are Believed to be ift favor of tbe Government, it would appear that for the time being the Natives hold the balance of power. ~ AS, far as Canterbury is concerned, the result - is very much mote satisfactory than was the case at the last general election. Oα that occasion, only four votes were I secured out of eighteen. On the present occasion the two sides are about, i equal, if we regard Mr. Saundbrs as. not belonging to the Opposition, Seme" disasters have nevertheless been experienced; We regret the defeat , ot Mr., McXJftBGOB for Akaroa, rejection of Mr. R. H. Khodm for Heathcote. It is to be regretted that this latter gentleman did : not make his appearance earlier In* the . contest, as ifc is well | known that be , was gaining support! everyday. "As'lt la' lie need not; be jraliiftg th« number hb did, i

tuenoy contains a largf nuiftfe of whowould n&ttt*a!ly'taffftc> & didate. Mr. Stead's rejection for AvoS' ia a lose to the House and cb# colonyi aa hia speeohefli BaVe* shown that he4> he been returned he would have taken, a leading place in the counsels ofc the tdountry* Elsewhere fortunate thing ?Qr ug that tha Halewell electors baye ejiown their good sense in preferring'an experienced public man like the Hon. W, Rolliston to Mr. Parkbr. In Sit John Hall, tyeuare. RouuEstoir Wrigbt, Rhodes, Moorb, and Mere dish, this district wIU have a band o! refßMMQtatives of . whom the - eleotorf may juatly feel proud*