STANMORE ELECTION.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2564, 27 June 1882, Page 3

STANMORE ELECTION.

MR W. H. PILLIBT AT KNIGHTSTOWN. Mr W. H. Pilliet addressed a meeting of the Stsnmoro electors at tho Library, Knightatown, yesterday evening. The hail was full to overflowing, many people being unable to obtain standing room. On Mr Pil'iet making an appearance three cheers were vociferously given “lor Mr Pilliet,” and three cheers for Mrs Pilliet, Mr Hubbard was voted to the chair, and introduced the candidate, when more cheeringjwaa indulged in. Mr Pilliet said that when the chairman had remarked that the electors of Stanmure should be very glad to see him, Mr Pilliet, once more before them, it was not absolutely correct. He, Mr Pilliet, should be, and indeed was, heartily grateful to the electors of Staumore for the manly way in which they had stuck to him through his eleotoial and other troubles, and for the warm and hearty manner in which they bad always received him, and especially on the present occasiom. Of course they knew all about the election petition case, and how he had, unaided by either legal advice or social friends, won the battle, so to speak, at Wellington not many days before. He must say that Parliament had behaved to him in a characteristic manner. It had proved to him that the Brit'rh ep : rit of fa'T play was in full awing there, and all tho better for the interests of col my He felt that the electors had bad a surfeit of politics, and of political orations, during the last few months, and therefore he would endeavor not to weary them with more political subjects than he could help. Ho was fully aware that at election times candidates would twist their views in this and that channel so as to catch the popular ear and voice. All he could say was, that ho had no intention of doing else which he did during the last election, that is to say, to allow every man to judge of the fitness or political truthfulness of each candidate, He never had asked for a vote, and would never do it. Parliament had virtually given him the seat, and it was questionable whether it was good tasts in anyone io oppose what wee the representative voice of the people. Had not the ballot tesn tho law of the land he would not have contested the scat last year; nor would ho bo before the doctors that n'ght. There were mighty influences at work against him to coerce the free wishes of the people. He essentially represented the people, and his sc!ions in past years, both iu politics nnd in the prufesfion of journalism, to which he belonged, were a guarantee of it. Some of those migh'y influences originated in Bank parlors and in certain money institutions ; others were of a social character, and the electors would know how to weigh them at their just value. The ballot was absolutely secret, and electors should bear it in mind. Mr Pillisfc then touched at length upon the unsatisfactory state of the present mode of legislating in tho House, where ho said the time was mostly occupied by partizan fights. The legislative work of the House was, in consequence, unbecomingly hasty, and its yearly sessional amending was getting more and more painful, let alone costly. He instanced the Gs.ming and L tteries Act, the Licensing and other Acts. Taxation, ard how to reduce it, was, the candidate urged, the great question of the day. Tfco Financial Statement did not meet with his approval, as nothing in it indicates a reduction in tho taxing machinery. On the contrary, the Charitable Aid and Hospital charges were to be arranged by a new system of taxation. As to loans, he could not but remember that those floated for specific purposes of railway and immigration had bac-n frittered away to a great extent even when Sir Julius Yogal and his Government hsd the handling of them. Ho was in favor of further borrowing, provided there should bo no mistake this time as to the absolutely remunerative uses of the money. Tho suggested three millions loan, he feared, would bo partly mis-spent, as its predecessors—there would be the usual grabbing fur it. He favored an income tax above a certain amount and u land tax on a progressive scale. The value of the land was assessed. The property tax taxed improvements and the savings of tho people. The rich could far better afford to pay heavier taxation during the present times than the poor, and they would not mi-a the differentially higher rate they would be compelled to give in to the Treasurer. In the'long run all tho country would benefit by it and the richer classes would indirectly bo recouped. It war said by some people that tho railways of tho colony were at last proving remunerative, but tho 4 per cent interest they brought to the revenue was 2 per cent. less than tho real total cost.

After dealing with a variety of topics touched upon at a previous meeting Mr Pilliet sat down amidst renewed cheer, ing" “Three times three” being heartily given, and one more “ for Mrs Pilliet.” A number of questions were asked, and the answer* satisfactorily received. A young man who asked several questions regarding religions subjects was hooted drwn with vigor, and although reminded that he, the interlocutor, was not an elector, Mr Pilliet, replied to his queries, which appeared of a very personal nature, It was proposed by Mr Squires and carried unanimously—“ I’hat Mr W. H. Pilliet was the only fit and proper person to represent Btanmore, ard that he possesses the full confidence of the electors.” More cheering was given, three groans for Mr Bichardson, and three cheers for the chairman brought the meeting, which was a very orderly one, to a close. After the usual vote (o the chair, the meeting separated. Mr Pilliet speaks at the Phillipstown schoolroom on Wednesday evening at 7.30;