Election Intelligence.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6007, 25 November 1890, Page 3

Election Intelligence.

Mr Swan addresses tho Napier electors it St. Andrew's Hali, Spit, this evening.

At Mr Swan's committee meeting last night there were over one hundred present. Mr P. S. McLean presida..

Captain Russell speaks at Te Aute this evening, and at Kaikora to-morrow night.

Mr George Hunter will add.'ess tin electors at Onga Onga to-night, and ai Hampden to-morrow.

Mr Reardon -went to Poverty Bay ou Sunday, and will return overland in the footsteps of Captain Ituss.il. It will be a case of "look at this picture and on that," and there is no question as to the verdict of the electors being in favor of •' that.'

At Captain Russell's meeting at Petane, Mr C. Villers was voted to tho chair, and in introducing tho candidate in very felicitous terms he received a round of applause. Captain Russell was in capital form after his long journey overland from Gisborno, and made an excellent speech. Carrying his audience entirely with him throughout his address, and beingfrequontlyapplauded, be received a vote of thank- and confidence, which was carried with enthusiasm.

Mr A. Duncan addressed n large meeting of electors at Oamaru last night, and was -well received. His speech dr-alt mainly with the land question, and traversed the policy of tho present Government on that question. He was very frequently applauded during tho course of his remarks, and received a unanimous voto of thanks and confidence.

Mr Jackson Palmer has been nominated as a candidate for the Waitemata seat.

Mr J. A. Tolo was asked to contest the Auokland City seat or tho Waikato seat, but declined.

In regard to tho choice of Mr Shera the Labor Election Committee have drawn up a requisition to him asking him to stand for Auckland City, but ho has reserved his decision until he see what amount of support tho requisition will receive Tho United Labor Election Committee at Auckland met last night and adopted Mr J. M Shera as a labor candidate in place of Sir Georgo Grey for the Auckland City seat. The labor candidates for that electorate will therefore be Messrs W. L. Rees, W. J. Napier, and J* M. Shera. Mr Guinness addressed a very largo meeting of electors at Greymouth last evening. Ho said ho would oppose the Atkinson Government, and would follow Mr. Ballance, Mr. Latnach, or other Opposition leaders. He would not aid denominatioualism m any shupo. He held a profound belief iv Henry George a single tax as a means of breaking up largo estates and g-tting tbo country opened. He would ■nut a special tax on absentees. Mr. Guinness bad a most attentive hearing and was frequently applauded, and at the closo of his uddross a resolution was carried that ho was a fit and proper person to represent tho electorate.

Messrs. John Duthie, Willi.im McLean, and George Fisher, were yesterday nominated for the Wellington City electorate.

Mr Arkwrie-ht, who is contesting tho Rangitikei Beat with Mr Mac Arthur, says that there aro more luxuries m Parliament Houso in Wellington than .hero are in the House of Common?, and that a -Treat savin-,--miuht be mado in that repent. For instance there are rooms for card playing and a library -.rammed with novels, not like th. Houbo of Commons library, which ha« no novels in it; ami then thereis Bellamy s which HhJwa n do-niency of £2000 that tho taxpayer will have to pay. Mr jam.* Mill., tbo Into member for Port Chalmers, addressed a large meeting of electors last night. He was well rcce.ml. Ho dealt at very great length with the S.or difficult y, defending the Luton Com■Sinv, and Hating that its actions proved .W it had no down on tbo men. The Siar_. 1 bad not. b-vn .ought by the com* J Jbut by tbe union leaders for the purSse of fighting -apt..-. Ho <»<^ d ™- formed unionism which would ,cgub to t , hour, and wage, and bund up a fun 1 U- b • supplemented by the employers tor !.,. neht including thoso out o work. Itrikes Aould be provided against by omSiation by arbitration w.tu a final appeal oTonTtrS inSd of seeking arbitration out on si tl)o , K . ollmu . S fund. Mr Mills dealt fully with p„liSal questions, and _md ho approved tho Sovernment policy, though he would no SXe himself to individual-. A vote of thanks and confidence was carried by a large majority. Thero is one extraordinary feature m connection with the present electoral camSn and that is the manner in which the Fhoddv Liberal candidate., aro endeavoring t *foklo the cars of tho nmwes by ndvothat a change in the incidence of taSou is the X™* panacea for every ill the colony is «-id to be sui enng from. Shera in great diversity of opinion among rtJth it-Hard to tbi. mutter. Tha is SuotaVcSod at when it i_ considered not io uu , havo been turned /•ft ot Tiho world to fight their battled fn. c b nl d- Without a " guide, philoiSod," they arc drifting about Z\ nmm-cr that would excite pity were it «o "for S" reckless utterances resorted to m BOtlortnc uppcaranco of order to give tne they BlDC ° r, Hn y 'bli?dW oUo-vcd, it in not suronce so blndiy to. , Hko prwing they aro - fa » cork on th« °"-« , bßonco tfl uro .have not In »■ rf BohemCß '*OT l ?f S ._vM lWecTtor.. were soft enough I h ± then to opportunity to experiment Zon wS land _ho colony in a ruin that -3d take all tho tact and energy of St Z A Atkinson to extucate it. Itiu ,' _ ... Hh* .-buddy Mborals are migiirin tinsel so da,/li..g u_ f". . di L' P For instance, only let ono S X-io"' ftnpi."»U«d on a platform and declare that the property tax should bo Xlished, aud the proposal evoke- rounds of jDoißiitu, r people who have 2ft™ld""e^t o ;Jd.Vl^ rt^. t » never F HU \ . ; existence Why is SSSJ«W nottroable further to ,Wnk the matter out for iboinselvo_.-C_.r_S-. church Telegraph.

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hour-ii-A, This day. | Mr Jos. Grinimoiid has been nominated for West-ana. Wahoasui , This day. w ,v «.-orL'e Hutchison aud Robert C S-S« have been nominated for Waitotara. Hawbea , This day. Sir Harry Atkinson was nominated tor Egmont to-day. MabtoN| Th is day. Mr Arkwright has been nominated for -Baugitikci. jj UNK i.in, This day. Sir Robert Stout nominated Mr Millar »it iwDßi. "- Then! have nleo been te ?%^ a &an Port Chalmers) (Peninsula) and Pfokerton, Hutehbon, aud l-ish (City * Sir Sort Stout ,* ddrcßi.es a.meet ng on -Tic Political Outlook "onlhursday.