CORRESPONDENCE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1074, 21 July 1880, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

■ . « .i<> nut hold ouvselve.¥'ire!>'p I>'«i1 >'« i " le for opinions - : • expressed by correspondents.] " NotMitgleo^m^t^wrdi^M.set down I • in inqiice." ■ ~hlT&tteiEdit6f of the. BtEBALTD,]: -- -\ Sir', se^ b%' last: Saturday's. Sjtandar<^ thatTJhe ?lbTi"tornhasV be'ehi gratifyii)gih;iß : spleen' "by^ firing a couple of .volleys.ati ' o'nr ! memßer, Mr. McDonald, whom. ht>, accnses' of a variety; of .failings and short- : uuniings quite foreign to thatigeiitle-: man's nature. ,To those who: ''■ know., the .run^ of the; ropes,-' •.■ffies,e7ir-tiplesl-",wiil ; occasion, no" surprise? ' The Standard* is so frequently ' made the vehicle of-fche feelings of the Editor,Vthat theyj will at once., ascribe those leaders to the cause from whence they springs v .~ K ;,n ' ; ;-..•/. , ;-i The Editor, of that paper ought by this time to^ know that the public do not care'much^for his ; priVate busihessj'- and' feel it rather an annoyance to have article^ the, emanations of, his likes and dislilces, v ' v priHted " and'ptiblished'it th'eii.; expense. ,4^->s;.- ! . u\- r •>•»•:. :.- :;; As a matter of fact, I believ.e,.,.and_l have had y^eryj gpod'/oppprttiriities of knowing, there is^ri.o harder-workint' m.ember in^Ji.e] House than Mr. L : Ailaji MoDpnalds*^ .to hpjw'.he -^«t«s { "that/is his, business,,,' If ; we.; elect jatneniber^^e; Inustiieaye that to his' ' dispretion; ; '. nji has his duty to his Constituency to. consider as well ,^. the general, policy ''f.aiyftYernment. It would riot' do' for the i s}ike,p?.princip"els To uft'erTy"ignore a I cbristltuency Jw-fiibji hUa 1 ;. .heretpfpre been bp utterly neglected. I tfiiiik that the manner pf Mr."ltrcDonald's voting isi~the !i 'stires'ioproof Ctnai-Mus! riotDiHeS blindly by his. feelings .and :; wi ß hes, but that he dutifuily^n'd Mthfnlly consults the .interests of the district he represep^ ; aiid : i8 f fept; like; tlie^Edidof'of 'the Standard, ' bjassed :by ' his bwn private views in the'perfprmahce pf public duties:; J ;■.; \;l }/ ; ;; ; « . ..- 1 : • '/ "< ' • / \ ■:y--J I think i\ie •eleetprs. p| Ppyerty Bay have every reasph to \be satisfied that their representative' is 'leaving np Btpne vintnrn'edUb: th'eir/'rnte'rests; } ':] i?-'A_ '' ; .' A •^ '' ' ? 1 ani, «&c, ' ' -.>.::;..»>•*■>? - : .., :,;.:;.;: K n: AN- -E3IEQIOR. { ;,