Sir Julius Vogel.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5990, 27 July 1887, Page 3

Sir Julius Yogel.

The New Zealand Tablet says:— So great is the interest taken by the public in the present election campaign that we feel assured all have already read Sir Julius Vogcl's speech at Christchurch delivered on Tuesday evening last. Everyone, too, we suppose, h»3 formed his own opinion about it. And as we are included in everyone, we, too, have of course formed an opinion about it. We are not party men. We <3o not care a pinch of snuff for any party, nor do we care in the least which of the parties now seeking the suffrages of the people succeeds in gaining place and power. But we have read all the speeches, not only of all the leaders, but also of all the rank and file, and have formed academically an opinion as to their merits; and we must say that this speech of Sir Julius Yogel is far and away the ablest of all we have read. He speaks like an expert who is thoroughly master of his subject. He knows his business, and can evidently not only think ably and clearly, but can ako express himself clearly. There is something touching in his resume of his services to the country, and his comparison of statistics as regards the period of initiation of the Public Works policy, and of the present term, is convincing, and, to his opponents, crushing. That he has been hardly treated no one can deny. Sir Julius Yogel stands out head and shoulders above every public man at present before the ; people^ as & statistician, politician, and i financier. And as to statesmanship, there I is no public man that can come near him. Let the result of the approaching election be what it may; if will be a calamity if Sir Julius' services should be lost to the Colony.