The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1867.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 100, 1 May 1867, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1867.

The character and antecedents of both the candidates who are contesting the representation of the City at the elecliou which takes place to-morrow, are such as to give the most ample assurance that, on whichever the choice of the electors may fall, the post will be well filled. Uoih are men of cultivated and thoughtful intellect, and would be likely to take a large view of questions coming before them. Both also disdain in very emphatic terms any wish to enter the Provincial Council as party men, and we are bouud to believe them, although it certainly seems pretty plain that Mr. Pitt has been brought forward by one party in the community. As to the personal claims to support possessed by the respective candidates, we may observe that Mr. Pitt, from beiug long accustomed to public speaking, is the most likely to shine in debate. On the other hand those who know Dr. Irvine best, assure us that he possesses in a high degree the practical, though less showy qualities which are required in committees, in which, after all, the real work of the Council is done. The chief objection to his candidature is, we understand, that he did not vote for the present Superintendent at the last election for that office, but we have yet to learn on what principles of political morality and expediency it is thought proper to limit the choice of the electors to one portion of their fellow-citi-zens ; aud we have every reason to believe that the electors, as a body, are decidedly of opinion that it is as much their right as it is their interest to discard all such influences, and to give their support to the best man, whether it be Dr. Irvine or Mr. Pitt.