Hawke's Bay Herald. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1893. THE ELECTIONS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9541, 29 November 1893, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Herald. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1893. THE ELECTIONS.

At the time of writing the fall results of the polling at the general election yesterday are not to band, but sufficient is known to indicate an absolutely overwhelmiog Ministerial majority, Id is rarely tnat a Ministry appealing to the country is returned to power, nnd tbp Seddon Ministry have achieved a record in the extent of their victory. If we pretended that the result is pleasant) to ns, or that it was expected by us, we should be adopting the garb of tbe hypocrite. We are particularly disappointed at the result) of the elections in Hawke's Bay, In Napier Mr Swan's committee, after a final count of noses, were prepared for defeat if any considerable number over 3000 votes were polled, and when it was known that something like 36C0 electors hid voted defeat was regarded as inevitable, Bat the most pessimistic never expected Mr Cornell to have a majority of over 500, Well, we do not admire the taste of the constituency in tbe choice that it has made, but the majority rauat rule, and if we cannot rejoice in the result we oan at least com' pliment Mr Cirnell on tbe manner in which he has conducted the campaign, so far as his opponent is oonoeraed, and hope that he will piove as faithful and capable a representative as Mr Swan,

Captain Russell seems s \ie for Hawke's Bay, though by a narrow minority. The Patea returns have to come ia, bu6 they are not likely to affect the result, It s not creditable to any constituency that an old and tried representative like Captain Russell, who is admitted by all sides to be one of the leading members ot the House, should be ran so close by a nenenlity like Mr Reardon. No donbt had Mr Tanner not stood Captain Rnssell would have bad a much larger majority, for though Mr Reardon and Mr Tanner were nominally standing in the same interest, the latter injured Captain Russell very much more than he Injured Mr Reardon. Had be been here to advocate his cause he might perhaps have beaded the poll, though the plucky and ' persistent advocacy by Mr Ernest Tanner of his father's oauee won innch support from 'those who not only respected tbe absent father, but admired the chivalry of his sod,

We are more than disappointed with the result in Walpawa, Mr Smith's influence has been strong enongh to return, his nominee, Mr Hall, by a very large majority, bat for all praoiloal purposes the electors might have sent to Wellington a proxy vota to be registered on every occasion, right or wrong, lor Ministerial proposals,

At Waihemo a considerable majority of the electors seem to regard choice Billingr* gate as a decisive answer' to trenohant Criticism, and that Rupert; in debate,

Sooblo M'Kclzlc, haa fallen before the bludgeon > tongncd Johu of that ilk, Minister for Lands. Ho has for oompany the leader of the Opposition, Mr HollcNton, whose splendid services have not pro vented him being rejected in favor of a c&llow youth, son of the Hon, Mr Montgomery. Mr A. E. Ulioden, another prominent member of the Opposition, and ono of the raoßt pioulaiiig young men in Parliament, him had to (jive place to a Mr Flatiimn, unknown outside hit own dintrlut. Mr U. K ltlchurdeoii, tlio Into Miniuter for Luijilh, may yob pull off bla seat, but ut the Lime of writing it appears very unlikely. Wo are ploased that the blatant Mr Fmli will no longer roprcnont Dunedin, and we ar<) only nurprlied that he got ho near to victory. Mr J. A. Millar, who wan trmlnly veopaiiHiblo for the disastrous maritime otrlke of 1890, has apparently succeeded iv making the working men believe that ho his some qualiGcatlonn as a leglxlator, though ho lirin none as a labor leader, for ho will sit as the lepresentativo of ClHihnerß in the advanced boclalisb interest. At Wellington the Government have lost two seats, Sir Robert Stout, who stood as an ludependent, und Messrs Bell and Dutbie, both strong Oppositionists, baviag been returned. Mr Fisher, we are MiaDkful to see, 1b among the defeated. Auckland furnishes another example of unexpected Ministerial reverses, the two out-and-out Opposition candidates, Messrs Crowtber and Buton, being bracketed with Sir George Grey, who may be classed as an Independent. Mr Button was formerly member for Hokitika, and is a pleasant speaker and able debater. At Cnristchurch the Ministerialists secured all three seats, bat lost two of their old supporters in favor of new men. Tan lisC we give elsewhere is incomplete, but secured all three seats, but lost two of their old supporters in favor of new men. The list we give elsewhere is incomplete, but it shows pretty clearly how large have been the Ministerial gains,