The Dominion. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913. VOTE TO-DAY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1737, 30 April 1913, Page 6

The Dominion. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913. VOTE TO-DAY.

Ihi: electors of Wellington will, we tnist> make it their first bmincs* to> (lay to rccord theii; votes. Thev are called on to choose a Mayor' and councillors; to select a Board to control the administration of Hospital aiid Charitable Aid; and to elect four representatives on the -Harbour Board. This polling for f} 1 * ,lCsc elections will take place jir, tfM same time and in the same UooUijj, _ Every elector ,who goes to iccord his (or her) vote for any one the. important purposes -set out abene will receive ballot-papers roto the four issues at stake. J.nc presKiit occasion is an exceptional one, and no elector should miss voting. |The Labour-Socialist-organisation can be relied oil to poll a ™.l a Wc vote in fayour of the t.ickots it is running for the various offices. There will be no split- - 8 °f votes by an over-supply of candidates so far as the Labour>socialist_ faction is concerned, whereas there will he a split in the votes cast for the 22 candidates who aro standing in the interests of the Olty n-s a whole. This makes it the more imperative on the part of.citizensi who are independent or LabourSocialist influence and who object to class :rulc, to rccord their votes, and to 1 see that their friends do not neglect this duty.' The issue is not a personal one—it is a question of principle. There are electors, for instance, who may not regard cither Mb. Luke or Mr. M'Laken as likely to make their ideal Mayor, and in consequence may be inclined not to vote at all. _ This attitude on the present occasion is one fraught with serious risks. No vote should be wasted. Mr. Luke stands not merely as an individual, but as the representative of the community as a whole. He is not a class candidate or the representative of a section. _Mr. jM'Laren, on the other hand, is a class representative—the nominee, of the Labour-Socialist organisations. What the electors have to consider is: Whether they: prefer class rule, dominated by the Labour caucus, or citizens' rule in the interests of all. Women electors who, generally speaking, take little interest in local government matters, should bear in mind that they have an equal responsibility with the men. Every vote will be wanted, and they should make it their business to-day to find time to go to the nearest polling booth and cast their votes for candidates who' are not tied to the Labour-Socialist movement. In another -column, the polling booths are set out. In order to avoid confusion, we would suggest that voters should cut out 'of the paper the list of candidates for the various positions, and mark those candidates they vish to vote for. They should take these marked lists to the polling booths, and vote accordingly. This will enable voters to decide at leisure and minimise the risk of. informal votes. Where there is more than one voter and only one paper the names of those for whon: the elector desires to vole could bo written down 011 a slip of paper, and taken to the polling booth. With so many candidates in the field, and with four separate voting-papers, there is certain to .be some confusion in the minds of electors unless this is done. We have throughout urged citizens lb show their resentment of the efforts of the Labour-Socialists to monopolise the available public offices and place the, city under the bondage of class rule.' We can only repeat that the one safe and certain mc.thod of preventing this class domination is to vole against every candidate on the socalled Labour "ticket Personal sympathies and antipathies should be sacrificed to this end. Above all, electors should not overlook their duty to vote—THE POLL IS TO-DAY.