Election Intelligence.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5943, 23 September 1890, Page 3

Election Intelligence.

Captain Russell, who is now paying a short visit to his constituency, will after tlio issue of the writ*, give addresses in the princip tl centres, but his ministerial duties will, prevent him making anything like a svstematie canvass.

The Taranaki Herald says the session was only of nine weeks' duration. In other parts of the colony the length of the session is believed to have been much longer.

Mr E W. Humphreys announces himself as a candidate for Christchurch.

The selection of tlie three labor candidates for Wellington will be made on Friday uiirht. The aspirants are Messrs W. Me"Lean, F. H. Eraser. T. K. .Macdonald, AY. Hildreth. sen., and C F. Worth.

Mr Geo. Hutchison addressed the electors at Eltbam last uiirht.

Mr Izard will contest tho Hutt seat airainst all comers.

The Premier, under tho advice of his doctors, will not attempt to deliver an address to the electors, Out will substitute a written manifesto, which may be regarded as the Government exposition uf its position aud policy. Sir Harry thinks thit he maybe able to have it re.ulv by the wud of the week. Both Mr liisi ip"..nd Mr Mitche.lson are thinking of leaving Wellington this week, if possible.

Negotiations are _coing on for tlie purpose of bringing forward the date of the Whitaker v. Hutehisou action to a day in next month. The oll'-.r bus been made by tho plaintiff, and is now under consideration. It is stated that Mr Hutchison applied to the Speaker for a protection order under the Parliamentary Privileges Act, IStio, with reference to extracts from his speech which had been distributed outside the House, but the. Speaker refused.

Mr Muearthur, the member for Manawatu, is seriously i!i, aud will have to undergo an operation which will prevent him taking an active part in the political campaign, and probably lay him up fur some months.

The Christchurch Telegraph, in an article replying to the Christchurch Star, says : — "As to the laud laws, it is an indisputable fact that, uudi-r the Stout-Yogel Government settlement ceased to progress, whereas under tho existing administration, it has made cnormou* strides, and the country iv becoming rapidly settled, und will continue to do so unless agitations, such as the present one, aided by our contemporary, neutr.'iii.-.-.- the efforts of the Government. Tho obvious inference from facts of this kind is that the laud laws aro pretty well adapted to the purposes of settlement. AVhai then does the "itar want iv regard to our hind-'. Confiscation and burning up we suppose. Things during the last two or three years „ i-re too prosperous for the colony "and must receive a check. Such, we fear, will be tho result i; the Star can carry out its t.vo planks, namely, in the first place excluding from the Parliament those who have their own interests, and, consequently that of the country at heart, and substituting for them birds of passage who may be hero to-day and gotio to-morrow ; secondly, of confiscating landed property. With such a system as that inflicted upon us on the top of 'a general boycott,' Now Zealand would have a rough time ahead | indeed. The Star teems to he particularly hurt at the idea that it will be proclaimed 'That it requires men of standing ai;d special education to successfully carry on the government of a country. 1 AVell, we hope that suoh a sentiment will be proclaimed. Surely the Star does not think that education and standing are like capital, disqualifications for Parliamentary work ? It seems so. Perhaps the Star would toll us what are the qualifications of a representative!' - As fin-as wo can make out in the Star's opinion, they are poverty, obscurity, aud ignorance, it is to elect a House in which these qualities predominate that the people of New Zealand are invited to combine. The Labor Unions and the farmers are to unite aud reform this model House, in which there is to be tiu man of ue:iltb, standing, social po-itim, or education. I'iie declinies of the coioi.y having j 1.e.0i bunded over to a House of that kind a i ..oiiev of retaliation is to be pursued."