THE MEETIN AT THE THEATER.

West Coast Times, Issue 625, 25 September 1867, Page 2

THE MEETIN AT THE THEATER.

TO THE HEDITTTR OF THE WEST COAST TESIEB.

Misteb Heditub — Its seldom as I takes a pen in and for to rite, so that I feels par komelcarnce — that's French— a kind o' puzzled how to begin. I wont to hexpress my sentiments about the mcctin of last nite, but I am so chockedfull of cm — they're jammed in so tight one atop of tother, that ither a stomik pump or a dose of kroten ile will have to be used before the hentirc mass can be perfekly dislodged. When I hentered the theaiterl was considerably astonished to see a resnekable man like Mikel Cashus hoffishiatin for sich a congregation. It was called a meetin of Burgesses, but that was a mistake, for the Sullivan, Kelly, and Levy tipes was also present. I don't mean to say that Mikel was the only respeckable man present, for I was there, and so were several others who manifested their happrobation by profound silence. The nizy helement was too strong to justify any sensible man hattemptin to take a hactive part in the proceedins. You may have card, Mister Heditur, that there is sich a thing in Hokitika as a Municipal Counsel ; well the objeck of this meetin was to take sich steps as would indoose the present counsellors to throw up their billets, to make way for better (?) men. Before Igo any further, let me tellyou that Breeze aint agoing to stand. Has a horator he considers hisself heclipsed by one or two of the coves as spoke at '■last nites meetin ; and his motto his hout sezar liout nellus, hi other words he wont play second fiddle to nobody. I was delighted when I picked up tho noospaper this mornin and saw how acorately the speeches was reported. Verbatim reportin is a spessific for stump horatory and claptrap. It penetrates through skins which are himpentrable to heverything else. Jist fancy a would-be-counsellor perched upon a lieminence, with a gapin crowd below him, a droppin a lot of rot into their open mouths — about abolisbin every office belongin to a Municipal Council except that of Town Clerk, who was to be a perfect factotum ; and then jist fancy said crowd a galpin it all down with sich voracity, that they must needs void it from their stomiks in the shape of applause. If you, Mister Heditur, can pictcr to your mind what I have attempted to describe, you will realise a scene that was henacted at the Theaitre last nite. Twas wondrous pitiful. Retrenchment is a old helectioneering war cry, and is very good in its way ; but our new politicians go in for a kind o' Government that shall be attended with no expense whatsomdever, which also would be very good if it were pracliable. No more at present, from Yours very feckshunately, Jemmy.