NEW PLYMOUTH ELECTION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3219, 5 September 1879, Page 3

NEW PLYMOUTH ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— Following Jfee usoal taotios of your party, you have.,P.ubtfslied l Mr. Kelly's attack upou ft |P'. bllt suppressed my re#to hiSlsWes^tations. Therefore,'' being 'aloVer" of truth and fairplay, e'veiv at the dost' of an advertisement, I ■ beg to state that, , , Although Mr. Kelly accused me broadly of misrepresenting his past d^eds, 0P m i 8 . dtieds, he uttorly failed to point out any particular misrepresentation, as I proved to the "l^hlvroport thatlMr.jKetfy/htt'd 0996 wished to reduce the wageß of workiug men tossj 6<l. per diem J *4aftTot un|jhMr { 7 himself mentioned 4t iip6h< that-platform ; although I>new t^at^ whilst P.rpviacial Seoretary, he use.d^o^ay taetj 2^.jod. per yard for , stbne-breaktng,' as-.tt^ai^st; ps. per yard now paid by. the Counoll over whioh I bave the honour to pre,side».. ,,./., .^,, . , I mentioned that although; hot a' tbh years' 1 Parliament man, I had done ft-H'tle to encourage the' " working men," amongst other trifles by making eight miles of road through forest, and an extensive bridge, out 'dtphvate (not publio) funds. . ; • Refereneo to my speeoh will show that I did not advooate a sudden- rush to Parihaka, as erroneously starbd by Mr. Kolly, but I am of opinion that the Queen's Writ might bo' made to run at least in any district through wbioh Cobb's coach can run in winter, and that this should be accomplished as early a* possible, leaving, the road making, and{,settlem!ent, about whioh we all agree, to follow. '•'% 1 Expressed nd indignation, afr /stated by 1 ! iMr'.lKellyf lh «t oertain ratepayers are got on the Electoral Roll, but merely pointed out a desirable amendment to the Electoral Law, ,'Whidh". Would prevent the recurrence of such „ omissions all over the Colony, 1 ... Kef erenco to the , Regißtratipn ,of Electors ' Abt, 18?6, will prove tliat Mr. Kelly, notwithstanding the large knowledge of our Statute Law, for whioh, Mr.. Standish, for on*e t w found praisiM b\m, was 1 wrong, either wilfully or ignoraritly, ins tating that tho Mayor is responsible for plaoing tho ratepayers upon the Electofai Roll. ; ; ' I did 1 not acoude Mh Kelly, ua he states, of neglecting- to get 'title's to the Borough Reserves, but . merely pledged myself, if oledted, to endeavour to obtain those des,ued deeds. ■ ' " I didfltate^thafMr, Kelly;,' as he admits, apsiftted in' robbing our neighbours, the Pfttea Council,- of 'tbfe^uarters > of 'their sharp of the 1 land fund>bi6h aotio'n on his part Major Atkinson condemned as strongly as I do; and 1 I did sa)r, ; 'quoting ffotn Mr. Kelly's own speeoh bf July 12, 1878, that he had been using all his boasted influenco at Wellington, Unsuccessfully, to' get tbe>W&Ua.V& goods s.hod 1 shifted off the mam' street,' but I was i not, 1 fcwave until it tnlnspiVfed at tho (Nomination "thai- 'the united' iiiflneride of tno of our late 1 ttembertf'h'ad IJ bfeed" insufficient to seoure 'government 'expenditure "to 'the amount of j) A2oi ! f6r tha^nurpose) !i 1no; wbhder our, railr; I i w'ayhay ii nn v ot lprttb(Mßsed''ai'l prttb(Mßsed''ai'i | a^idly asthO«D of '.'^f nWMIV keliypusiead II ofali'thJa AdttßAosel ebdeavour to account) for ""HaVitfgHtte'mp'Wd.'wWe. admits, to bo' amend ly 'thff LMd'tfrtk'-BUI 'eve'Hy-.poor work'Mbi'mari' Iti' I NW 'Plymouth' whp Occupies a tfwVrdbmed^obftage'ror for his : having, us I f Wbv'ed i t»y extrtkotsfrbm his speeohes in Ipß, •MVdfiglyWildeiwhed and deseHed'the. Athii son t'lGoVeihiiticrtt fOr 1 ita^^or/ourlrortds nnd railways, and in 18'79' 'declaring. that Major ' i: Atkius'ori h'ad'doMe alt lfkt<iM { could possibly e6peot ] of'him\ ] orbf wba'b'pVocegs' of' reasoning he persuaded his ' 'conscience' that | his services for one month'^erd'JvJorth tp ,the Colony £210; or, lußtly,for his invariable praol!Hce6f batting from his iiarty diredtly. they lose ntbeir hold upon the; Gpvernraent.imrfle.-Btringfl. But tflUppOße'sucli trifleB 1 Mtihif are beneath the notice of a gonrle'nian" wh'o'hns ma4e a '■i tivikg 'as" an M.H.Riior ten'yea'rs. , •"• !' A. Obaoboft Fookes. [Our oorrespondende cblumnß are as free to Mr. Fookes as to any ouo else. Wo make uo ehargo fot ipijfrtiug his letter.— Ed. T.H.[