MR SUTTON'S ADDRESS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3932, 26 February 1884, Page 3

MR SUTTON'S ADDRESS.

[To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.] gl B( Kindly grant mo apaco to make a few remarks re Mr Sutton's speech at Hastings. First, ho tells us that triennial Parliamentshad broken down; there was no good government under the system. Second, that iafter the last general elections more than one-third of the House were new men, new to the forms and work of the House., and. that they have not mastered the forms and usages of the House yet. I will reply to Mr Sutton this way. First, make that statement a plank iv your platform- next elections, and . sco where you will be. Second, had we good government before triennial Parliaments came into force 'i No, Mr .Sutton. Third, if those new members" had been elected for five or ten years, would their past actions have been different ? Would they have been more used to the forms and usages than they were at tho end of last session? Remember you are reviewing their past not their future action. I think, Sir, you and your readers will agree with me in saying that those new members of whom Mr Sutton speaks would have known no more of the forms of the House had they been elected for tho longer term than they do now I may be told that those now members won't be returned at tho next elections. Will that alter their knowledge at the ond of last session of the forms of the House. With reference to their being returned, I would reply, time ■works wonders, time makes praties grow in Ireland. - Mr Sutton tells us about that fad Nationalisation, and asks what if the whole of tho land in Hawke's Bay were in Government hands. Sir,, I think the people would throw up their hats and exclaim, thank God. We would not then be asked £60 and £100 per aero for. land that was bought a few years ago for as many pence, and which has had a railway at the taxpayer's expense. There is not one word iii Mr Sutton' b speech about that insuranco fad, that federation fraud, or education. We dye told the Labor Unions are for protection. Are wo living under free trade at present? Thon how about tho large bonuses we are offering to sham industries. What are we going to do with those growing up around us. See that they get good brandy to drink* I suppose. Let; any thinking man look'at the children coming out of our public alid private schools of an evening and ask himself thia question, are we to give them 'employment or are we to continue to employ people sixteen thousand miles away. Mr Sutton is in favor of further borrowing. He tells us .our railways show a large annual loss, yet he would borrow more money to build more unpaying lines. I can tell Mr Sutton there are other public offices besides the railways which want looking into. Mr Sutton i» never done lamenting, having to contest an election ; every three years he has told us none hut wealthy men could afford it. What about the £600 or £700 of public money he receives during , that period ? Sir, after reading Mr Sutton's speeches for several -years back I am forced to the conclusion that he is a enemy to the present form of franchise. We have heard him ask with indignation, "What, give swaggers a vote." 1, say yes, and I hope tho working, men of Hawke's Bay will endorse it , at the next elections by returning nien pledged to keepihe present right to vote intact,—l am, &c, • . : ■ - f . ■ _' ■ . ; Native. Napier, February 25, 1884, [Our correspondent ; is not fair in his quotation: Mr Sutton did not say the now men „ wero not/up. to. the forms last session. Nor did hp say ho would borrow. more monoy to build more unpaying linen. Our correspondent haa not carefully read the epeech, or he would not |have made such Statements.—Ed. D.T.]