A DISAPPOINTED CANDIDATE. (BY TELEGRAPH) Invercargill, September 29.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6462, 30 September 1887, Page 2

A DISAPPOINTED CANDIDATE. (BY TELEGRAPH ) Invercargill, September 29.

An. unusual Bcotie occurrui a tho iie» c'aratinn of {ho i>ol! af InverovgHl Ud»y. Mr Hitch, one of the d.-foa'ed c»n U'iatei, bjH Hi« 6<rM ah>uld have bee" betvreca Mr F^HwicW an.l hims'lf, and that gentleman might have an> bar opportunity of fruag auc'j a con:est in <-bont six weeki' time. He ch'tllnnged •he returning officer, »<td in doing to wnn'd look birn straight in tha fuee, to soy that the emotion ha-1 been oondac'.ed fairly and squar-1/. tfe asserted, and ooa'd p-ora that during the absence of the returning officer from tiia main poUi-itj bnotb, his clerics distributed papera to elector! whiob hnd baen duly marked, folded, and put io»o th» ballot box, in one initance at iyaat a roier h^d been told which of tha mrnei to scafch out. Hi> hal liia own acratlanerf>, sad one who repr -sc-nted an>'h«r OiiidHa^e to prore this, an -I ho wan certain that it had b^en done with the nbj9ot of ae'tin^ Mr F.>i'lwlck in, (Cries of No ! n'id hisses.) Hi ctiiM f-Is > "h-.w ?hnt there ar* na-n^s on tha rol which had no ri^ht to be lhe r « As an ins ance ho would maotijn that G F.RlchirJson wah on the mil f>r prupariy h« npver hell, and a«iot'i*r mini nima was onte r e'J f r i aao'ion w'lich actm'ly be!oi>jjed to bira (Mr H to'i). H^ tin ticcily stated tha. '.a* re'.uruin^ offi:«>r was no m >te fir for ihe p )«iti ;n he ooo'ip : «d than thu do?; in the 8 ref>t. (Grja'i t «, hi*«tfs, *nd j^.',u°rAl uproar ) Ha had been orbTinun'y wai-nod tha 1 ; if tha eleotion was closs, if it w«r-i the taitter of 20 votes or so, undue ii.fl lenco would bn br««u»ht to bear against him He co'lJd proro what hs s\id was 'rue, and he further a^sa't^d that his opponents hid brought out a fourth ra*i bee »vie they were afr«id he woulJ beat the other three. If any singU tndivt^a%l stood Rgainst him he would giva thit indiviluai the bi»g>a!; thraahi'ie; over he got in his lif«.

Mr Fcid^ick, ia sec >ndinsr *he v > f e of thanks to the returning offiaßr, referred in compliratn'r.ry terms 'o thu oxoilien: arranviemfln 1 : made io omn*crioa with the voting at the rnnla polling ba rh. Tho motion was cifriyd amid lout and continued chp^Hng.

Mr A 0 Hendersjn snid it w.is not usual for a returning offioer to maks any remarks, hut In he fas* of '.ho remirks made by Mr Haton, he felt called uuon to do so. Ho was qulfa sum t'm ulecori would regret »s muoh aa he did that Mr Hatch had thcujht iK noc^ai-ary to mike ouch remark). Mr Hatch had charged him with having influence 1 voea at that and other elfcions, but he could soKmoly and sinoarely utate that ho U\& nevor done acythinc; of the kind. Mr Hatch had insinuated as a threat ba would upaet the elec'lon. He (Mr Handoraon) had h-ei informed that hia crmundi were tha following facts : Hi (Mr Hand#raon) h*d been compullo 1 10 lmve th« booth for a few seconds, and during his übsence hte poll clwrk, 90 ha wa^ informal, had given out one or two pap?r«. Tio^e "fho g-.t papers might have voted for Mr H nr any of tha other candidate?, for all he knew. Whether the poll clerks h<\d done wrong ov not he could not 8«y. Into that ho 77ouM have fo inquiro, and us to tfhetbv>r Mr Hatch c>uld «p3et t()j election on such "rounds remains;! (Ob« a^jn. At nny rate, Mr H*toh raighs ba7-> l«f-t iiira aljne. Personally be was vary sorry that that gootlemaa hid thong it It uecossary to insult them.