MAYORAL ELECTION

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2477, 16 April 1909, Page 6

MAYORAL ELECTION

[To The Editor.] Sir —ln your, Monday issue- F'Millei--writes dealing it out to I presume lie refers to a tetter of mine in last week’s issue of I . • Herald. He is so extremely vague that I must assume lie is referring .to •Fair Play.” He says what guarantee lu,vo we that he will work better .with a o'-w Council. As I stated in my la.m the Mayor lias not lmd a chance under fair conditions. Those who have wntehed the attitude of .the present Council from the first meeting will he forced to admit it was never intended ho snou.d Wececd. If cur members, of n t met our Premier under similar wnuhtions—viz., the men and not measures, the. result would be the same. M r Lvsnar has the courage of tes-opm-•xons, and has never, to my knowledge, Mowed 'the white feather,, and will, 1 am sure, face the electors and tnlse Ills heckling with his face to the; me. <-M” savs ho has had enough or tne annealing of much men as ‘Lysnarccto’.” Quite so, he knows his only di-'-mce is no. remarks on the game. 1 would support Mr -Milter if I thougnt him the. better man, but Hi . my opinion a inan who- is not- a .m.r snenkor is i , .i’.p’ , ossib!o cas • l-layoi. 1

Miller admits be objected to being bedded at public meetings. Surev this is proof positive be must fail a« Mayor. v We know the path of rumour is attended by many trials. “Millerite” will, no doubt, remember Sir H. C.Bannerman. because of his fearless attitude re the Boer war—lio had to be escorted by police, ‘but hie' countrymen later admitted their error in placing him in the high and honorable position which he retained till his death. The same can be said of Mr Lloyd George who .was at one time prosecuted by his opponents, but he is to-day one of England’s greatest statesmen, and coming nearer home, the late Mr Seddon, when Minister of Public Works, because lie would not sink his owp.well, formed opinions and pander to public opinion, was burnt in effigy ..by his constituents. I think it will bq admitted that he proved by his successful and brilliant career that the man may be right, and the majority wrong. “M” says “L” lias not the brains or tact to succeed. He may, at times, question his tact, but his position in this town proves he is not destitute of brains. In conclusion let me say to “M,” “I am living some distance from Gisborne, ant? should .another reply from me be necessary, and should not come along to time, do not think I have gone to Sydney.—l am, etc., “FAIR PLAY.”