N.S.W. ELECTIONS.
FREETRADERS IN THE MAJORITY. Sydney, Feb. 6. The eho’.ions, which started on Saturday, are still gofhg on, So far ths Freetrader are in the majority, though It is impossible to Hll what the final result will be.
Ths writer ot *’ political netes " in the Syd. ney Telegraph has a delightful and tantalising way ot ” Bitting on ” his opponent.. Hera ia one note;— •* Mr Henson reu-ei to the politioal shade, having decided not to place himaelf in nomination for Canterbury, Whan he settles down in a co ' spot and thinks matters deli, berately over, what will puzzle him will be to understand why it never struck him to take this step before. It has always bean a fathom, less mystery to us why men like Mr Henson take such trouble to obtain seats in Parlia. ment. There is no difficulty in understanding the motive of men who have politicial notions to ventilate, and who, consequently, play an active part in Parliamentary life ; but what induces staid, respectable, old citizens to leave their happy domestic circle and night aiter night sit staring into blank space for hours at a stretch without manifesting ths slighsst concern in what goes on around them, baffles all conjecture, Mr Hanson has had sevsral years ot this, and now it appears has come to the slow but sure conclusion that he could spend his nights more profitably at hone, Pity other members of Mr Henson's stamp do not see things in the same reasonable light, How would it ba for Mr Henson after his retirement to start a 1 mission ' amongst these misguided men ? ” Another candidate also comes io for a splendid bit of polished sarcasm "Mr William Clarke seems deter, mined to escape from the political swamps, and Is again knocking at the door of Orange. A mm of more bashfuluess would hesitate to present himself politically habilitated as he is just now. It would be much better for him to take a holiday from public and seek to serve his country in some other capacity. We don’t know whether Mr Clark has decided to call hinuelf a freetrader or a protectionist this time, but even though he made up his mind to espouse the former cause we are certain it would put itself to some inconvenience rather than see him deprived of his holiday, and thei e is no reason to believe that leu generosity would be shown by the protectionists. It must be embarrassing to Mr Clarke to find that a sense of inexorable duty compels him to mount the hustings under present conditions, but he will nevertheless not find thia country a hard taskmater if he only frankly intimates his difficulty aud asks to be relieved."
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 257, 7 February 1889, Page 2
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455N.S.W. ELECTIONS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 257, 7 February 1889, Page 2
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