"THE CANDIDATES."

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 247, 25 August 1879, Page 2

"THE CANDIDATES."

To tk Editor of tk Wairarapa daily. Masterton, 22nd August. Sir,—ln your issue of the 20th inst., appears a letter signed "5.P.Q.R.," giving the opinions of the writer upon "the various candidates for Parliamentary honors. The main object of the writer appears to be the glorification of Mr Pharazyn, the humbling of Mr Bunny, and an admonition to the electors to return Messrs Beetharaand Pharazyn, as being the only

true liberals, and the only two candidates fit to administer the policy of the man they condemn. Well, sir, I should think Mr Pharazyn's exclamation on reading S.P.Q.R,'s letter—if he had not seen it before—would be "Save me from my friends!" The position taken up for. him by S.P.Q.E. is this: "Lord, I thank Thee that I am not as other men are,"— especially old Bunny! Such a position may accord with Mr Pharazyn's but it is hardly likely to meet with snL \ 3 'o of the electors. Mr Bunny's address/characterised by the writer I quote, tw being of a diluted nature; he is also accused of being a place-hunter, and is twitted with wandering beyond the regions of truth in the matter of the immigration cottages. Mr Carter's address is also made use of by the writer to aim a moral at Mr Bunny. Then comes a thickly-spread dose of flattery for Mr Pharazyn, whose views are broad and comprehensive, and whose address is immaculate. The whole panegyric winds up with an appeal to the electors \ to return Messrs Beetham and Pharazyn \ —especially Pharazyn. The only possible fault the latter has, according to S.P.Q.R. is that of outspoken frankness, &c, and a gratuitous insult is offered to the electors by insinuating that that quality is not acceptable to them. With respect to Mr Bunny's address, there is more good in the last paragraph than in the whole of Mr Pharazyn's. As regards Mr Bunny hunting for place, I think it is well understood that he deserves one, and people who are fond of talking purity at the street-comers should first make sure that they are spotless. S.P.Q.R. sneers at Mr Bunny's efforts to effect good for this district, and attempts to throw doubt on the good faith of Mr Bunny's telegram about the immigrant cottages. Time will prove this matter, and it is-to put it mildly-very bad taste on S.P.Q.R.'s part to make insinuations on a subject on which he is evidently all at sea as to fact's and even has t( fall back on a third party to father his assertions.

Now for Mr Pharazyn. The man with the initials, in the first part of his letter, ridicules the idea of Mr Bunny having any claim upon the electors on tlie ground of the number of years lie has served them, and a little lower down in his letter S.P.Q.R. founds a claim for Pharazyn chiefly on the ground of the number of times Mr Pharazyn has been before the electors. This, I suppose, is logic. He ) might have added the last clause-and been rejected.

Now. sir, any man who reads Mr Pharazyn's address cannot fail to notice two things; First that Mr Pharazyn, if elected would support a Ministry which will give practical effect to the measures " which, in my opinnion, ought to be at once adopted," to prevent a Native war and financial disaster. Extreme care is taken not to indicate the measures nor to state whether it is possible for any other man to have an opinion besides Mr Pharazyn. The second feature is the extreme anxiety of Mr Pharazyn to be termed a ' Liberal'—l mean, of course, politically,—but the electoi'3 will know that this is put forth to cover his real character, which is and must ever be, ultra-Conservative. With regard to Mr Pharazyn's attempt to kick Mr. Bunny out to nuke room for himself, I can only say that it will be the greatest misfortune to the Wairarapaif we return two members who will vote en the same side—and that the wrong aide—of the House, I trust the electors will draw their con-\ elusions from the facts and vote accord-} ingly.-I am, sir, \ S.P.Q.R-Mind.