THE WELLINGTON ELECTION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6128, 15 March 1898, Page 2

THE WELLINGTON ELECTION.

The Oamaru Mail, in noticing the result of the Wellington election, does not join' in the general appreciation of the successful candidate. "It iB," it Bays, " the Opposition who have lost, for by no twist of reasoning can ft be made out that Mr Duthie will take' the place' of Sir Robert Stout; whoße criticisms of the Govern--ment Vere marked! by an extraordinary knowledge of public affairs and great debating power. There is nothing for patriotic colonists to rejoice over in the election of Mr Duthie. He never did any good in Parliament and never will. His ideas are mildewed with nge. He is a Tory of the Tories. Of all political advancement he is the sour opponent. There should be no interference in order to prevent monopoly and secure the settlement of the land, and the Native territory should be thrown open to speculators, so that the. money of bank shareholders might again be frittered away after the fashion of old Bank of New Zealand days. He ridicules all efforts to moralise the community, and believes in every man having 'as large a charter as the wind' to blow on whom he pleases." '