Mr W. L. Rees.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 387, 7 December 1889, Page 2

Mr W. L. Rees.

[TO TH® EDITOR.)

Sib,—There are some people who cannot understand the nature of a party fight. They are everlastingly clamoring for soma personal qualification. Thia is an essential characteristic of the party supporting Mr Arthur. Th'ey have nothing that they can urge in favor Qf Mr Arthur, and one MP!? to thatfl vlth the tu quoqw argument anfl ask 7-hat flnh’. we, however, in our desire to k?«> UW ». !l l r!B‘U ID' 1 ? one, have refrained from “l» n and forgetting the end. The other Jlu “ s the opposite—they forget that Mr Arthur is continually adding to and altering his principles as he finds the wind blow, and try ; to elevate the man into something MM reproehe. sans everything would be a more fl: ting description of him, They say that Mr Bees' schemes have not succeeded, and in the sama breath run him down as the representative of the NZ L. Settlement Company. While ihat Company's name jsmaina to be oast at Mr Rees, it oannot ba said he has not smoaeded in anything. Ths township of North Gisborne was not formed when that Company was established, the Kaiti was a scrub-covered flat, the Park grounds were in a state of nature, and seemed likely to remain so for years, and-no bridge then crossed the Taruheru river, Mr Rees has always been to the fore in every good work in the district. He has thrown his Hapara grounds opeq to the Ghurbh, the Salvation Army, and the school children, and never grumbled when he did more than his share of contributing to the enjoyment of his fellow oitiaena. Ha was a patron ot eport, and for years, at bis own expense, kept up a cricket lawn for the use of those who wished to avail themselves of it. He has always been a liberal minded gentleman, ready to extend a helping hand to everyone. This much I can say for him, that he never waited for an election contest to make him generous. He never attempted to bribe people with oops qr anything else, Ae a friend he is always the same, and never jumped upon a man because he was down, As a lawyer he has doubtless incurred enemies, but I never heard of him selling his clients, or doing anything mean or underhand. The very fact that is used most against him—that he spoke 24 hours to save his party—efaows the stuff of whioh he is made. Sneer at him my fine woolly-brained friends mock him ye lawyers who envy him his ability, turn and rend him ye traitors to the Liberal cause, taunt him with dishonesty ye smooth, tongued detractors, and still he will have the vote and interest of—Yours, 40., r!o Fajr Plat.