CORRESPONDENCE.

Colonist, Volume XXII, Issue 2600, 13 September 1879, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE LATE CITY ELECTION. .. , , To the Editor of the Colonist. Sra,—l "teg to mttke a few obßerVstipiip on oqr late election, and in doing «o would remark that in Victoria the inhabitants hare on record i Black' Thursday, and after the erenfc of Saturday last, Nelson will in the future bare to look back ts.tbt Bright Saturday. I believe the electorSjhaT.e choien two gentlemen who will use their utmost endeavors to remove the slnggardisfe epithet of!", Sleepy Hollow " from the character of our city. Nor must we forget the services of the last on the poll, since be was the first to come to our asiUtance when he Baw our ship in danger, nor did he leave u» until we had cleared Ibo rockß and shoale and" wflie safely resting on Bmoofh and placid ;waters. The 1 elected members proved them'selvei patriots in the' cause of progress in the.city. of. Nel§on,and its 'province before they had any responsibility resting on their shoulders, while those who had,, that ..leipojiiir^bility were calloua and indifferent and'unkiiowaJto' the public except by name. ( Our riew'members will" need no goading to the .collar; they will!tsike-to Parliament a great deal of political knowledge,; and perl ars lfave as much more behiud them^ia Nelson., The electors of Nelson have commenced'a,"new: J»°rk,\ they have commencfd a new epoch, an!d have .laid the* foundation for a new state of things; fjut'tbey-rnugt no stop hire—they have only coramWced: their duties." We read of a " Licensed Victualletß* Aiisociatiotf." Why should thesa licensed victuallers be* so^ungenerous? Don't we all belong .to one^fanliljl ?' Their interests are our interests. Then why n6fc change the title of their institution ;to that 61 ".The Nelson Political Association," so thatwe may alPjoiia ib'one; common interest? A lawyer feels great satisfaction1 when he enters a Court with-a' good I)W6flih sbw: hands. Now there is a great deal of political knowledge in Nelson, and shonld such ah association be' formed and meet at stated times; once a week during ; a session of Parliament, and corresppnd.wUh^our memberß, it would inspire thetn with 'confidence, for,' oftentimes we can ace at a dis'tanoe'b'ette'r tbaki thoie engaged ia a conflict; furnish^thetn'with a good; brief containing information of approval orjadvicej: and, having in view a slight relief,to the PreM,<Bince Provincialism has been abolished, why'not, use "t^e.. initials M:P. after the names of our representatiTe*,'' instead of the M.HiR. ? ; M;P»; is'in'iise in ftthe Australian Colonies, and why not here ? Now as to the electoral franchise, I would, say when in New Wales I received a requisition from an elcotorate ef—at that time—9B3 eleotorf.. I hive, been, residing in Nelson over ten years, but never qualified to vote at an election, while I bay» seen some foroed to the poll who barely knew a, looomotiv* i from a package of Epsom salts!—Youn, &0.,.,, ;...... , ,;■" Popß BOBIK. Nelson, 11th Sept., 1879. "' '/t/.!