CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, 3 December 1896, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

7* ' .' We are not responsible for the statement! - or opinions of correspondents. v - s * 1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE MANAWIIT7 HUU&D. ■ Sib.— Mr Seddon at Dunedin talked of. an alliance of Russell, Stout, Bolleston and. Hutchison as "unholy and wicked," because, what ? Not that they wished to line their own pockets, no 1 simply because they wanted to turn the Ministers out. Why should this be " wioked," it will remain for Friday next at any rate to see whether or not a very large majority of electors have ' - not the same " wicked " objeot. What has ' Mr Seddon done that he should expect anything else ? Look at his present action. He is standing for a seat with a semblance of opposition. He rushes first up this coast, arranges with Walter Bailey to stand (by the way what was the inducement in that oaso ? we may Bee by and by) he addresses about a dozen meetings in the district and hopes by these mtfa&s to get his man in. But his man when Mis'tnentofr is away makes a fool of himself'tnd will not win, despite his swallowing not the whiskey, but the water. Then he (Seddon) takes a special train, down he goes to speak at Fetone against Mr Hislop. Up again to get an opponent for Mr Hutchison, fails, and ha? to fall back upon the rebuffed one, Mr Remington, rather than have no one. For at all costs Mr Hutchison must remain at home. Special train again, away to Christohurcb, np to Kaiapoi speechifying. But need we lay any more. His own election and those of his. dumb dogs, or patient followers, have all to be paid for by the bleeding country. Now Mr MoKenzie treats the country fairly, every piece of electioneering be does he pays oat of his own pocket. That will be remembered of him, but does not hii very indig. nant denial of it being thought possible that he should pay these expenses oat of the public purse condemn his chief in this respect? The only thing that is now certain about the Premier is that he has feathered his ftrn nest at the expense of the country. Ml Beeves was also very astute. Finding he was not likely to get in for Ghrittohurch. because of hii "straight out socialism," this gentleman having foisted his wretched fads upon th* country beseeched the Government to give htm the Agency-General. He gets it— £lsoo a year and safe from any indignant electors " who want to know, you know." A trip Home, at the country's expense— £soo will appear on next year's estimates to pay for his going to draw £1500 a year. Then take Mr Ward. Mo, the poor man is down, I'll leave him alone. But Mr Cadman is known to have made a big thing out of that native transaction of Mr Smith and himself near Danevirke. " These be your Ministers ye working men." Tot one of the last Acts they passed was to reduce the railway hanis 6a & day by what was termed a classification, and that with a declared surplus of £215,000. Vote against the Government should be the cry.' It matters -■ not what happens, but punish th* men who have benefitted themselves at your egtnepse .', - by dismissal. They will purify themselves before they come back. If they again it means that the country saadtfon the* filching they have been guilty of. Let the alliance Mr Seddon spoke of be as wicked Vr a as ever it may, tell the Ministers pregeat- ," and future that you will have none of '■•**• theirs. Our public men must be singleminded and disinterested. Pooh what what about our Government candidate ? I am, &c, Elector.