The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1887. ELECTION SCUM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2712, 29 September 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1887. ELECTION SCUM.

If after the Ma»tertoji election anyone .was entitled to " point a moral and adorn a tale,", it was' ourselves.. An admirable opportunity presented, itself; Jtosbow. that even in tin election - con•te'sKfonesty was the fott policy! andthat villainy, in'the long bn defeated , itself. ' However, wewero siient, we would not say,a. word to irritate those who had grid we had some faint-hope thlt^the {vanquished, ones would have bad siifficieat grit to suffer silently, To'our surprise, how-, ever, tlio defeated carididiitesptill dori their war and by ridiculous antics call 'public attention- to, their misfortunes. Olio ludicrously bewails the lot of thq electors in being deprived I of the service of one. whom. , they havo. contemptuously rejected,and another flings handfulls of mud at Mr George Beetham, accusing him of buyini?. Maori votes, bribing swaggers, and alhortß of venal olfeuces. This childish conduct is mono inexeusable, Tho electors appointed Mr Beetbaro as their representative because they knew him to be holiest, and were a littln doubtful about the integrity of, his opponents, If our contemporary has any . reliable evideuce of tniscon? duct dn the part of Mr Beetham let him bring it forward iu a straightforward manner, but- if, as we are perfectly certain, ho has none, anil only pump 3 out his scum from his own jealous and jaundiced breast, his conduct ia an.insult to the district. It was not Mr Buethain's money but his good name that enabled him to van q'uish the most dishonest political combination that was brought against him; Poor McCardle in 1884, whon he was in tho position of -a defeated candidate, charmed every one by tho manly courage with whish bo submitted to an honorable defeat-, Mr Eeethim was fortunate at the last election in having arrayed against him, one, who whatever his social position in life may havo been, had tho instincts of a gentleman. But on the present occasion he has had to face insults, slander and boorishness, We regrot vety much to have to refer to such a distasteful theme, but we do not think that the public in this district will tolerate their elected representative being bullied and baited by even a disappointed candidate. If necessary we shall bo prepared to tell those who are insulting Mr Beo.tham some plain home iruths if they have not sen6o finongh to behave themselves. Among the supporters of our local contemporary, wero many decent men who fought fairly and well. ...Such men are shamed when their leader, after a fair Ggbt,-disgraces' them by pelting mud it-'to honorable , antagonist,

By the capsizing of a boat in Botany Bay, Sydney, on, Tuesday last, four persons wcro drowned. The bodies have not yet been vecoverod. The young woman, Mary O'Connor, who admitted boing the mother of the child whose dead body was found at the rear,uf the Thistle JJotel, Auckland, on Monday last, performed her usual domestic duties on Sunday last, and went to cliurch twice during tho day, the child having 'feu born the night pro*, vious.

The sacred cantata, "Tho Lion of Judah," which is being actively rehearsed by tho Preebytorian choir, assisted by several musical amateurs of the district, wiil be given in public about October 26. Tho choir, under Mr Betty's leadership, which numbers about fifty vocalists and 12 instiumentalistß, are making great headway with the cantata, which promises to be one of tho best musical productions yet presented to a Masterton audience. From the latest election returns wo gather that the strength of parties in 'tho new Parliament will bo about as follows: Opposition fifty, Ministerialists thirtyeight, doubtful, soven. Tho Masterton Football Club Soiree takes place in the Volunteer Drill Hall on Wednesday ovening next, and judging by tho number of tickets disposed of promises to be a big success. A full meeting of the Csmmittee is requested at the Club Hotel to-morrow evening (Friday) at 7.30. In the Supremo Court in Banco at Wellington yesterday, Mr Justice Richmond presiding, argumont was taken in tho case of Castondyck and Focke v Official Assignee. This was au appeal from an order of the District Judge, made at Masterton, by which the appellants were ordered to pay over the sum of £277, an amount which they alleged was owing to them, which they had deducted from the sale of the Victoria Hotel at Foatheraton, tho property of Sarah Ann McLonnan. bankrupt. Mr 801 l and Mr Skerrett appeared for the appellants, and Mr A. R. Bunny (Masterton) for the Official Assignee. Judgment was reserved.

There was a moderate attendance at the Masterton Drill Shed last evening, when a very pleasing and oatortainiug programme was carried out. If the audience was not numerous, it Was appreciative, a fact that must haye baon gratifying to the performers, who were in most cases encored for their efforts.. The Voluntoer Band played several eolectiona outside the hall previous to ■the .concert, and also contributed two items to.tho programme. The following ladies and gentlemen were among the : performers of the evening Misses Turner and Savons, Mrs Smythson, Messrs, Gaskill, Rowe, T. Brown, J3. Williams, A. Thompson, and Lieut. Mooro,_ The latter , gave, an exhibition of Indian Club Exorqisea, which wore cleverly executed, and received repeated rounds of applause. The most obvious defect in Amerioan education, the writer holds, is the lack, of practical training in the productive crafts. The consequence is that the productive cnftß and those who practise them are despised, so that American citizens will not learn them if they can find any other way ;.of making a living. The ohildreh oftho very poor clasaea, who, for want; of anything better, would be glad to learn them, can find no opportunity to do so, especially now that the labour organisa : ciotiß so strongly object to the employment of apprentices. Thus there' are developed, on the one hand, unscrupu-lOUß,Bupercilioußnon-labouririgclaßS,that, in trying todiye by its wits, oorrupts public morality in a thousand ways; on tho other. a helpless class, utterly unprepared to fights life's battle, and Binkme down after , a brief ineffectunl struggle into tramps,'' loafers" and criminals, or, at best, into public slaves, for whom no one. is responsible, and whoso labour is sold as a substitute for Bteam power at competition prices in a labor-glutted market.

A aevoVi roomed house is advertised to te let in Worksop

Messrs Lowes. and lorns report the sale of the entire horse Rufus to'Mr D. Carman. Y

Tl4ithe usual inoiithly meeting of- the Wellington Education Board yesterday, a letter was received,'purporting tube from the Chairman of the To Whiti School'' committee, asking ths-Board to erect a teacher's residence 1 in the district, and offering, that t&f isost of." ereotibii ov& dents.'. It,was-reaoived that,■ the Qhftif-. tfian of-the beaked to forward a plan of th® proposed building. and-'Should the jßpard. approve of it„LlOO would',he paid tjthgt committee on .the completion of the building. ■ In the Wellington R,M. Court yesterday an' Action was brought, by George, Reynolds and William Witton, of Grey'' town, ,to -enforces payment'by Richard Ross and Messrs.Ohapman and Fitzgerald, solicitors,of £77 iJs(Jd,' alleged to,'have' been received by them as a'refund of stamp duty piid to tl'ie Stamp Depart-' ment upon a native land transaction which is at present in abeyance, owing to a technical .difficulty.- The plaintiffs are interested as mortgagee and mortgagor oftiie land respectively, the defendant Robs as part owner, and Messrs Ohapimii and Fitzgerald arc practically in the position of stakO'lioldetß, through haviug received the money on behalf of the litigants. His Worship gave judgment for, 1 the plaintiffs for £SO 5s Bd. j We havo at length opened out our first shipments of summer dross fabrics in all tho most fashionable shades, including some lovely tints ia groy and gobelin, and in soft woollen and silk mixed fabrics, foule, boige, lawn tennis costume cloths, and'a thousand other varieties too, numerous to recapitulate. Our lady friends must needs oorno ai)d enjoy the display at To Aro House, Wellington.. ; Wh have some very handsome checked and striped woollens with plain to match, and a variety of very beautiful embroidered robes, tho very sight of which lingers in insatiable desire to purchaso these elegant atristic marvels at Tc Aro House, Wellington, Already many of our lady friouds havo made their first purchases, and our dressmakers aro busily employed in fashioning these into "things of joy and beauty" against the festivities of the coming session of the House of Representatives. It would be wiso on the part of all ladies .if they would give their orders as early as possible to the dressmaking departments at Te Aro House, Wolliugton.

Not that there need bo any fear of disappointment this season. We havo two excellent dressmaking rooms, and can' in both guarantee style, fit and promptitude, at Te Aro House, Wellington. '

To any ladies unable to visit our warehouse we shall be most happy to forward such patterns as are desired, and complete measurement charts, from To Aro Houso, Wellington.