CLASS CANDIDATURE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 275, 9 November 1911, Page 4

CLASS CANDIDATURE.

Mi:, ('lai’Ham is repot t<d u> have said, in his Waii-oa. address. 1 hat there was a large number of voters who were elitrrrlv t.ppo t d to .Mr. Campbell on iiccounl of his repre sen I ing the large landed interests, and who were asking themselves whether it would not pay .them to have a man. reeking no self interest, who would do l.'is Lest f..r Hastings ami district. It appeal's to ns that th;’ fact of a candidate bring a man ~.f some means does not. nor•ei-.s.ai;iy disqualify hint from being a faithful re piewrit at ive of all <-Hs.; . In fact, given two men equally rincere in their intentions to advance the ini, :■< i t - ~t’ a c. mmuitiiy and equal ability, ii might be contended that, the man of property is th n more likely io be able to fulfil that object. We think it may Ire accepted that, taking even the narrow local view of Mr. ( 1-ipham. Mr. Campbell's personal interests ar:much more closely and permanently identified with limit of the peop’e g. nerally than arc his -.pp.-ani's. Er..nt selfish motives alone, therefore. it can lie conceived that in promoting the welfare of the elector.a'c Mr. Campbell had any but public ow n. These remarks. an- -prompted by no wish to cas, :;rn ri fleet ion on Mi-. Clapham s ir.i-drdatnre, or. on the other band, to suggest tlrat Mr-. Campbell had ony but ptibn.interests at b< art. but c.idy by a sincere desire t > ’ : spo) the feeling, already too well fostered, wliir ii works for setting class against class. Both candidal es are doubtless i qually genuine in the expret of tie ir views, and there is no rr-as-r.n to think tl-.at i iilier would be false to them.