The Lyttelton Times. MONDAY, JAN. 10, 1876.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4650, 10 January 1876, Page 2

The Lyttelton Times. MONDAY, JAN. 10, 1876.

The return, of .§&. JuU\m:;;YQgel ff«rj Wanganui friends and • pleasing toJ.the .’.Oovtotry, generally. : *Kfl tory of a in' the T /Hotistf of Kepresenta-i fives woi’o 4 His friends were : for him.i For a time t£ey seemed, contented toj abide by thdtohaimesbf 'f£e Wanganui* election. At the eleventh hOur 3 fthte course a seems to-have been i deomedi hazardous;, during the .canvass, : Spme-| thing probably transpired which' ithmewi doubts oh the loyalty of :: thd '"Waigahui' electors to the power that bestowed upon 1 them A secOnd member.- When,; this cloud was descending ovfer the'cause of poetical justice, Dunedin showed by its treatment of Mr "Reynolds that the name of Minister has not always that Charm foh electors which popularly supposed to possess. As Mr Reynolds was Jhe old' and tried servant, of his constituency, the Ifesson was all themore 1 pointed.' was, in consequence, a slight degree of- uneasiness made ‘manifest among the supporters Of the Premier. They bethought them of the Northern Goldfields, which had profited by Ihe hdhuty:'of: the Thames was selected for’the hpnodij of returning its old chief. Ah- soon as it -'bedaxne eriffient’thafc; was not to - be: thotougblyreUed onj thej fortunes of Sir Julius found ;a refUge ati the of.tho. islpnd, |u the Glutha District. Such is," the ; view ,that most men take of the triple 1 nbininihtiohL The friends of Sir Julius Vogel, afraid;of hiis: J chsthce£;-of, : ',e|ecfidar leaving no st°he to secure . it| InVshpri* Jhhy i[wsto making wbatsmall amouutof assarance they , felt on'the sure, thy every means m -their power. 1 This view has. been lately combated!. The objectors held Mt _tbe triplh nomination, so'far 'from being an evildence of the. Ipss"-of- 7 1 bis friends in the star-of Sir Julius Vogel was on the contrary a sign of his great and wide-spread popularity.', .The Djple > nomination was magnified into a symptom of universal popularity. popularity, the public were assured, wafe the answer made by, 'Country to’ tbe unfounded 1 char^s : sb recklessly made against; the ox-Prelmek• the laat twelve,months. It, was the proteat of -a--right-tlunking i peopl]e against the qfr his friends who left Sir Julius—“ undefended.” It was the emphatic approval by a grateful nation of, the faithful services and transcendent abilities of a. great statesmans This protest it was predicted -, would - take; wie. shape: rpf |a triple election, and the time band when Sir -Julius would be called upon to.ascendan raised, upcm itoohes. From 3 that r serene gllyation he .was to view the utter disbomfiture of- his enemies, magnanimously forgive eibljr even the faitiiiiil service of his prophetic hb»ehyieh; ‘The result of ths? elections' had been fto;oyefthrow ■this beatttifultheory. : . The!tnplo nomination has been followed by. a defeat at : the Thames, subordinate positmViolh the poll at Wanganui, and wrangling ainbhgst the friends; of thelex-PrmnUr at Oiutha. - There is not much evidence, of a , wide-spread .'popularity im these tbhigs. . No. ope ' will doubt; howeVeV that Sh Julius Vogel is ,really a popular, man, .and we frankly admit his 1 right to v be thought well of by- the people of tms Colony. Had he failed to get a seat Jn the House of Representatives, no one will deny that his absence from its deliberations would have been 4 loss to Government and Parliament alike. At the same time it is impossible to repress a. smile at tbe injudicious conduct of his friends. If they had wanted to make him ridiculous in the eyes of his fellowcolonists, they could not have taken: a surer method to effect their purpose. To magnify three requisitions, got .op by a,small number of individuals in as many Districts, into a universal popularly, was too transparent even for an electioneering maamuvre. It was, besides, quite irrelevant as a defence of Sir Julius Vogel from the charges brought against him, and absolutely unnecessary to a than whose, claim to the good Wishes of his fellow-colonists is so well established. - ,!

The return of Sip Julius Yogel adds one to the number of Parliamentary chiefs who aspire to lead the Assembly through the crisis that awaits it. He is the only one of them all who has made no sign. His intentions and his political creed are alike hidden. Their very existence, so far as there is nny evident of it, is matter for conjecture. The rest have all declared themselves in favour of some constitutional change. What is

each one’s id<H apHtat change it is tn| It is enough om- thw in the subject, en|7 a strong They ore all agreed that the msk of forming a key?JJrastitution is serious one. Perhaps it is nw-too-thuch to say that they" areaU^ ft|»ei?o|k|^^ Such is'lhe condiuon of -the leaders... Under ' £hem,^He^or'}’ goiugthvovightoe'ordeal'orcandidatra'e,! will be found to’-he : -grouped. Theyj ■ hare all BnnonacedFtheir ropuuonsK flidst of them'sO&n to ;^©j maxim l that looks r upote'-speech/ as a: means-forjthe concealment rof ; thoughtj —not designedly* but. because of the: doubt that 9!?9j?ures their raHes has 1 members and not even knowi their ’-Herlfaps, M’thrs fleet,j is to hf seem the': best fO||hej the coming Session. Were it lT fi6t,'sb, then, every toy. are. r irrebbn-j cilable-—wotdd'w command) the petty following pownthis hack* .and; the ■j«3jtilt; ! ;,h| , .ianyl Constitutioiial , would, of pe-l obesity, be. a Babel- of "jarring sounds.! But ! niemb&rii ate 'JiiioSt of -'theK- not! bound by£mn jtfes W^hein'-chiefs, and| then-principles .arf,‘ though' professedly,; tinged with -fa Bc^sal;;Goyernm^t^colonr-1 ing, vdgue 1 ' eboiigh! to admit of any. House: ‘meets, tbernwiil be a career for the talentsi” one who deVelops-striking-and 1! definite *aild displays ; the) power of command, will be master ofj aituatipii.; "; It may be ! Sir tftdfas; ■ Vogel' who"vrill achieve-fthiS;'endrbr|-it* may be any oiie In a fewmonths the inatterwill - bej beyond a'.doubt. fn the -meantime,)it| J pn ; ; in somej ■ respects' than his "rivals, Baal talents may "pcit be ;.any but tie fee none of i A year of silence freeshim -from them. '-He- has nofailareb to| .gloss over,- nor. mounts of. indecision to to explain awayy alienated bupporters to! woo back ,to his i side, to| regret. He is, in fact, in the' position' of thnman who has watchedDand He enters the, field without a..pastF-j as far as . the Parliamentary work bf the ladt' Session. iB f ., toi weigh him down, and with the advantage’ bf the instruction and errors J of his rivals; V he 'will succeed'in leading .the - House,-it isf to; say., It, ls, r lp)seifer, im-; possible to; deny; his abilities,, or to ignore; the advanfe.ges.of his position ~ i