FRANKLIN ELECTION.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3431, 15 July 1868, Page 3

FRANKLIN ELECTION.

To the Editor of th« Daily Southern Cross. Sib,— The speech of Mr. Buckland *t Panmure, I regret to find, is full of complaints about the mode in which the election was carried out in various places. There is one of the numerous grievances quoted by him relative to Newmarket;, and to that place alone I am in a position to say the assertion of Mr. Buckland, stating the poll was closed at a quarter before four o'clock, is not correct. The poll' was opened at 9 a.m. and closed at 4 p.m., by my watch— having been kept open for seven hours. If my timepiece was not regulated to suit the convenience of Mr. Buckland's dilatory voters, it i« nothing to me. I conclude by hoping, for the reputation of those who aspire to represent us in the General Assembly, that their speeches after a defeat will not merit the just contempt so universally bestowed upon Mr. Buckland's last.— l am, &c, D.K.O. job Newmabket. July 14, 1868.

To th« Editor of the Daily Southkrn Cross. Sir _lf Mr. Buckland is disappointed at the result of this election, it is hardly in good taste to vent his spleen on the Deputy- Returuiug Officer. One is willing to make every allowance for * man beaten on his own dunghill, but still he should make himself acquainted with facti, and not bnn{? accusations oa hearsay evidence. . The Returning Officer ha? made himself acquninted with the facts, and has expressed himself satisfied with the conduct of his subordinates; and the approval of a gentleman of his position and standing is a sufficient equivalent for the ill-tempered remarks of a defeated candidate. A positive aud complete denial of Mr. Buckland a accusations can be made ; and at Shortland I affirm that the polling was not obstructed, and that every vote tendered either for Buckland or Swan was honestly recorded. . If the name of Buckland was not as potent with the TOters as its owner expected, no part of the bl»me should be la.id on, your?, &c, The D.R.O. fob Shqrtland.