MESSES HISLOP AND SHRIMSKI BEFORE THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 931, 10 April 1879, Page 2

MESSES HISLOP AND SHRIMSKI BEFORE THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

The ineiiiW.'. o; the House of Representatives for "Waitaki, Messrs. liislop ami Sln-iinski, addressed their constituents at the Volunteer Hall last evening. 'Dime was a very fair attendance of electors, but the .assemblage was not so large as that at a similar meeting last year. On the motion of Mr. W. J. Smith, seconded by Mr. F. Robertson, Mr. G. Sumpter was voted to the chair. The Chairman, in introducing the members to the meeting, said that lie had been asked, in the absence of His Worship the Mavor, to preside over the meeting. He felt"sure that whatever might be the views •liven utterance to by the speakers, they j would be listened to attentively. To a member, nothing was so satisfactory as the consciousness that he had, according to his honest convictions, voted and acted in a manner calculated to promote the welfare of the country in general, aud of the district he represented in particular, and nothing was so gratifying to a member as the knowledge that his actions met with the approval of those lie represented. He then called upon Mr .Shriinski, who, on rising, was loudly applauded, and who said that his colleague, rise senior member for the district, had mantel him the privilege of speaking first. He did not intend making a long speech, for he knew his colleague was anxious to address them, and speech-making was his forte. He would therefore ask their indulgence for any shortcomings of which he might be guilty. They would remember that when he was elected the absorbing question was the abolition of Ike provinces, and it was simply on the question whether or not they would support that measure that members were elected. Abolition was carried, and as there was a majority in favour of that proposal, they m«st suppose that there were more Conservative members in the House than there were Liberal. But the Conservative Government had been defeated, and a Liberal Ministry had succeeded them. Sir George Grey advocated nothing but purely Liberal measures. It would be remembered that when he made his tour through the Colon}', twelve months atro, in order to find out what the' requirements of the people were, the Premier had'propounded % thorougly Liberal policy, and had enumerated many measures that he intended submitting to Parliament. A great deal had been said by the Opposition about the promises then made not having been fulfilled. He would show that mca-sures embodying those promises had Ven introduced, and if those measures were ! not carried, it was owing to the actions of | the Opposition, who had adopted every mcans Of preventing them passing. During the session, 113 Bills had been passed, and though it was asserted that nothing had been done during the session, they must agree with him that a great deal had been done. He would briefly refer to several of the more important measures that had been passed. The first he would notice was the. Sheep Act —a very valuable measure. There had for-

merly been no leas than nine Sheep Actsone in each Province. Some of these wen stringent measures, while others were the reverse. For instance, in Marlborough th< law was so lax that scab existed from on< end to the other. The Government hac very properly deemed it necessary that then should be one stringent measure for the whole Colony, Accordingly, they intro duced a measure which was deemed of i severe nature, but which was rendered ne ceasary by the fact that, with the exceptioi of Otago, Canterbury, and Southland, thi whole Colony were scabby. He meant tin sheep were. The measure had been charac tensed as harsh, but it would tend to th< benefit of the sheep owners by arresting tin spread of the disease. The Special Juriei Act was another important measure. The} would all remember that iu severa ccscs where people had been tried bj special juries they had been acquitted owing in some measure to the name: of the jurors being known. The Govern ment had brought in a measure which en abled a larger number of jurors being sum moneel than was required, so that it couli not become known who would serve 01 them. The Native Licensing Bill was also ; very just measure. In past times they hac known of large quantities of liquor—grog o a vile quality—which had been taken int< native districts and distributed amongst th< Maoris, for what objects he left them t< imagine. By the measure of last session th< Government could proclaim any district : prohibited district, and prevent the sale o liquors within them. The Harbors Bill was another very good measure. It would b< remembered that two sessions ago he hac introduced a Bill to alter the constitution o the Oamaru Harbor Board, by giving the people a voice in the election of some of it: members. The Bill passed last session em bodied this principle, and at the same time placed all the Harbor Boards under the same regulations. The Repeals Bill was brougly before the Government in order to consoli date a number of Acts which were in force There had been so many Acts in force thai even the lawyers were puzzled as to whal the law really was. He next referred to the alterations made in the Customs duties, am said that removals of a portion of the duties on tea, sugar, &c., were calculated tc benefit the people if they took care thai they did not go to enrich the shopkeepers, With his colleague he had opposed the re moval of the duty on grain, because, as the representative of an agricultural district, he did not think the proposal expedient. Find ing that they could'hot prevent the remova of the duty, they had, in order to obtain ar equivalent, supported the removal of the duty on timber, which affected the people of the North in a similar manner to that ir which the removal of the duty on grab affected those'- of the South. The Trades Union Act '" was another very wjsc measure. It gave trade Societies i standing in the country, and enabled the prosecution of secretaries, treasurers, anc trustees who might defraud them of then funds. He next came to the Land Tax Bill It had been said that this was an unjusi measure, and that the tax was an-obnoxious one. Taxes were at all times objectionable and the land tax was not more so than an> other. The liabilities of the country had te be met, and it was only right that the lane speculators who had made fortunes by the purchase of large blocks of land should contribute their share towards the public burdens. The Land Tax Bill was calculatec to reach those fortunate persons, while he did not think a tax of a halfpenny m the pound would seriously affect anyone. A m-eat deal had been said about the difficulty of collecting the tax. No doubt there were defects in the measure, as there were in all great measures, even Su Julius Vogel's public works policy. What ever defects the measure had would b< remedied next session. He then referred te the public works proposals of the Hon. Mr Mjicandrew, which he declared bold anc statesmanlike. Whilst to Sir Julius Voge they wove greatly iudebted for the mitiatioi of the public works policy, they were alse indebted to Mr. Macandrew for propounding the policy of laying aside land contiguous te projected railways until the railways hac been constructed, and then selling it as lane of enhanced value. This was an excelled proposal, for the additional revenue derivec in that manner would almost, if not entirely pay the cost of making the lines. While 01 tliis subject lie wished to correct a mis apprehension which had been caused by some remarks he made in his recent speech a Kakanni. He had been taken to task bj the Editor of the Daily Times, for sayinj that Mr. Macandrew was entitled to as much credit as Sir Julius Vogel. He had ne doubt that he had said so at the time, ane he must plead ill-health at the time as his excuse Ke would be ma worthy of standing before them : : ' .:e attempted to detract fron the credit due io Sir Julius Vogel, the initiate of our rq-eat public works, and a man whom lie considered was the greatest benefactor thai the Colonv had ever possessed. He nc-v, came to the Electoral Bill, one of tin measures embodying the policy of tin Government. After occupying a good dea of attention, that Bill passed the House o Representatives and was sent to the Uppe House, where it met with a strong opposi tion, especially on the clause giving tin natives the same privileges as Europeans That clause-was struck out, and the Bill, a: amended, was sent down to the Lowe House, but the amendment was rejected bi the Government and House. Conference: between both Chambers, and other meeting: were held, but no satisfactory result w arrived at. The Government therefor, dropped the Bill, because it was felt tha the Legislative Council had _ no right ti interfere with measures dealing with tin election of members of the House of Ptc prescntatives, more especially as the Lowe: House had not power to interfere with tin election of members of the Upper House. The Beer Bill was also a measure which had beci introduced by the Government, but whicl they had failed to carry. He knew he wa: treading upon soft ground, but he would tel them what he had done, and he would do tin same thing again. The Beer Bill was on: imposiii" a tax on beer brewed in the Colony at the rate of lid per gallon, and, if then ever was a just tax, that on Colonial bee was one. The brewers used every means ii their power to prevent the Bill passing, aiie had succeeded. He was absent from tin House, through ill-health,, when the vot< was taken, or he would have voted for tin Bill. At present beer imported from Englane was taxed to the extent of Is per gallon n bulk, and Is 3d in bottle. That was a mos prohibitive duty, and placed a monopoly 11 the hands of the Colonial brewers to whicl thev were not entitled. If English beer paie a shilling per gallon, surely Colonial brewers when crivrn a monopoly, could afford to paj a paltry tax of three halfpence per gallon end if they could' not'tliey had better shu up shop. A tax of '2s Gd per hogshead wa surely a very light and equitable one. B" it was not the tax that startled the brewer: and caused them to actively oppose the Bill The sore point with them was the provisioi which ' the Bill contained compelling then to keep a book in which was entered tin amount of beer brewed, and in which ai entry ehould be made of every article brought within the precincts of the breweryopen to inspection at all times, so that tin ingredients used in the manufacture of bee mn-'ht become known. That was what madi them so anxious to have the Bill defeated - that was the stumbling block over whicl they could not get. The Colony was in ilebted to the extent of some 20 millions upon which the ratepayers had to paj interest, and the brewers ought to contribute towards the revenue.' If'there was no bee: brewed in the Colony, the beer winch wornc be imported from Home would yield annualli L 200,000 to L 200,000 to the customs, anc they' 'were actually giving nearly £ luarter of a million' a year to the brewers 11 support of their trade. Thoy die ;his by prohibiting the introduction oi Enn-lish beer, upon which they would >thenvise obtain the duty, and by giving a nonopoly to the Colonial brewers. He had >nly ncy to refer to matters concerning the Titure/ The "H'ouEp now consists of about lalf Conservatives "and 'half liberals, and it ,vas therefore impossible to fairly ca>?y out Liberal measures unless a dissolution took dace. The sooner there was a fresh election be better it would be. Sir George Grey md his party were endeavoring to introduce liberal legislation, but they were so strongly >pposed in the House that satisfactory neasures could not be carried out, and_ a :hange was therefore necessary. He might :ell them that if the Electoral Bill came up igain, as he believed it would, would not iupport manhood suffrage pure and simple, is he did not think it right that new arrivals n the Colony should be at once given votes.

Tliuy sl.yjid live some time in the country before they were placed upon an equal footing with those who had worked hard for years to build up the country. He would give his support to the Bribery Bill, because it would enable a man without money, but possessed of ability and the confidence of the electors, to stand on an equal footing at elections with the man who possessed large resources. Money should not -be the only thing to place a man in Parliament. The Bill even rendered it illegal to send a cab for an elector, and he thought that provision quite justifiable, for, a ratepayer who would not walk to the polling booth was not worthy to have a vote. Something had been said in different questions about new taxation. Now, he thought the people of this country were taxed heavily enough. If the Government was in want of funds let them sell the land, and leave those who came after them to bear a share of the burden. Let the lands be sold, the public works carried out, and population introduced ; then, when the lands were settled upon, they might talk of further taxation if more money was required, but let the burdens be equally divided, and posterity made to bear its share. He would detain them no longer, and thanked them for having given him a patient hearing. Mr. Shrimski resumed his scat amidst applause. It having been agreed that any question to be put to Mr. Shrimski should be asked at the close of Mr. Hislop's speech, the Chairman called upon Mr. Hislop.

Mr. Hislop, who was also greeted witl loud applause on rising, said that lie tliei occupied a very different position to tha which he filled when he last addressed hi. constituents. At that time he had tin congenial task of finding fault with tin lotions of the previous Ministry ; but nov ie had, as it were, to defend the actions ant neasures of the Government, and justify tin uipport lie had given them. His presen ask was a more difficult one, because tin iresent Ministry had been, like all Miuistne: rliicli had preceded, guilty of actions am imissions which might bear adverse criticism ie. thought, however, that he would shov lewas justified in according a general sup >ort to the present Government. In donn his, he would shortly refer, as his colleague lad done, to some of the leading principle! .dvocated by the present Ministry at tin ime they took office, and then examine hov ar they had in their measures sought to giv< iffeet to those principles. They would re :oliect that at the time of the presen Government attaining to power, the fran :hise had"been brought prominently befon he country by Sir George Grey, who hat >een derided and called a demagogue, am vho had been accused of wishing to pit clasi ifaiiist class, and bring about a state o :ocial chaos. It was a most remarkabh liing that no sooner was the Elcctora Jill brought forward than the Premiei vas accused by the same parties of failnu o fulfil his promises. But he thought he vould be able to show that the promises nade in effect had been fulfilled, and that sir George Grey had good grounds for naking those promises. When they rcnembered the state of the franchise when sir George Grey took office, they must recollect that it contained a principle mcoiilistent with liberal views, viz., basing the ■itdit to vote upon the possession of a certain rind of property. This was a perpetration >f one of the evils of the feudal system in ;he Old Country, where the possession of anded property was regarded as the sole ■vidence of the possession of a stake in the :ountry. The measure introduced by the Jovernment last session was a reversion of ;his policy, and by enlarging th* franchise led ;he way to great reforms, in his recent ;peech at Kakanui he had roierrud to tin system of plurality of votes si ;he election of County and }:..-.i!ieipa Councillors and members of Pon.d Hoards as ihowino- the extent to which the old prm :iple had extended. One cf the strongest irmiments against this principle was that 1 lot only in force in County Council elections mt was fast finding its way into the elec ions for members of the House of llepre iontatives—a body dealing with the persona .ibcrtics of the people. Here again the landee n-operty basis was given pre-eminence, and tin roting power of "an individual possessing sufficFent property might be multiplied bj ;he number of electorates in the Colony. Tin possession of land was not always a sun simi of the possession of intelligence. lhi: ,vas one of the evils against which Sir Georgi Grey had raised his voice, and with whicl inyone possessing liberal instincts could no sympathise. Following closely upon tins subject was that of the land tenure, to whicl ittcntion had of late been drawn. It hat seen remarked that it was unfortunate tha ;he Colony should have been founded jus it the time when the feudal system of lam ;onure was breaking up at Home, and bcton mother distinctive system had grown up ti mpplv its place. Attention had been drawi >y the Attorney-General to the principle idvocated by Herbert Spencer, of the Stat. casino- lands instead of parting with the fc. simple. One of the principles advocated b; -he Government was that although the lane .iad been parted with, the State still held ai nterest in it. To this principle they hat nideavoured to rive effect by means ot i and tax. Following, therefore, closely upoi ihe question of land tenure, came that o ;axation. It was recognised by the Mimstr; md their followers that there were larg< bracts of land in the country not producmj uiything. Now, when they oonsideret ;hat the land was the parent of al rthcr property, it would be seen that n lealiun- with this question one came mti contact with the basis the Gov.ernmen •ested upon—namely the procuring of tin rreatest good for all. The two principle; ipon which the Government justified tin and tax were—firstly, to raise revenue, ant secondly, by placing a tax upon the lam shey would compel owners to turn the lam ;o some use. This would tend to the genera rood, as by increasing the productions o the Colony, there would be accession to it: wealth. He would, in dealing wi th the lain tax, attempt to show that the Governmen had adhered to the promises made at tin time of their taking office. As anothe argument in favor of the land tax, the addi tional value given to land by the expenditure Df money under the Public Works scheme must be considered. The Colony at larg< had been charged with an annual paymen of about a million and a half as niteres upon money expended upon the improve ment of land, while the return was only : very few hundred thousands. It was nov admitted that when the Public Works policy was instituted a re-adjustment of taxatioi ought to have taken place. One of tin principles of the Government was therefon to throw its proper share of the burdci upon the land and relieve the mdustria classes. The Government had endeavorei to carry out this ' principle by the re movai of a portion of the Custom: duties already referred to by his colleague This led to the principle of free trade, alsi advocated by the present Ministry. It wa: recotmised that "New Zealand occupied ; Dosition among the other islands ; and witl regard to Australia., which was likely to give it a great commercial status. The product: jf these various places were of differen kinds and it was therefore to thei mutual benefit to have easy facilities fo: exchange. It was recognised that tin introduction of free trade would be followed by a reduction in the cost of living, ant therefore by an impetus to all kind o manufactures. But supposing they hat placed upon a proper basis the question o she franchise, land tenure, and taxation, shere was still the gigantic evil of faulty idministration to be dealt with. Anyone icquaiuted with the various departments mist'acknowledge that there was g£owni£ ip in their midst a gigantic evil which, would rave' to be overcome in the future. The ftailway Department might be cited as one n which the evil was assuming colossal iroportio'ns." That department was an ilmost unmanageable mass, and seldom aulsated to the requirements of the iublic. He" would proceed to shpw the ixtent to which the Government had ittempted to effect reforms in the matters ;o which he had alluded. He would first •efei- to the Electoral Bill; In reading over ;he'measute,"he'niiist adftjit that Jhcre was lome foundation for the Opposition cry that ;he Government were not fulfilling their >romises. What was expected from the Jov.ernment was manhood suffrage, with a esiilential qualification as the sole basis for he franchise ; but the Bill continued to give jromineiice to the property qualification. It lid not abolish the power that multiplicity of iroperty in different electorates gave, and did tot reduce everyone tq 'the common level of >eing able to record only one vote in the Xlony. On consideration, however, it

would be seen that practically it g ave ma hood suffrage with the residential qualify " tion, and it was perhaps better that a reform in this direction should bo made gradual! than that they should at once go from 01/ extreme to another. There was little doubt that the Opposition, whilst ostensibly findi n fault with the measure for not going f»* enough, were really opposed to it; but instead of taking the bold course of opposing it, they adopttd a roundabout course 0 f defeating it. At that time it was known that delicate negotiations were going 0 between the Government and the natives for the carrying on of public works through the King Country, the effect of which it was confidently expected would be the extinction of the native difficulty. There was on the part of many members of the Opposition a very bitter feeling towards the Ministry, and especially towards SirGcoree Grey, and they were determined to injure them as far as possible. It was known by those persons, and was evidenced by Som * elections in the North Island, that the nrcsent Ministry had the sympathy of the natives, and it was in this direction that the Opposition thought to damage the Ministry by defeating the Bill and injuring their prestige with the natives. With this end i n view, they seized upon the clause in the Hjji dealing with the Maori vote. They sought to coniuie the Maori right to vote to those natives who were ratepayers. The only argument adduced was that in the case of sevaral electorates in the North Island a majority of the voters were Maoris, and that therefore the whole population were practically disfranchised. The argument was, however, a very hollow one, as niinorities had no right to complain of the choice of the majority, no matter whether that majority was composed of white men or black, so long as they were citizens. It was a mon. strous proposition that a minority in any constituency should endeavor to take away the electoral rights of the majority. The attempt made was one to deprive the Maoris of a right which they had previously cn . joyed. But the Opposition had determined to defeat the measure by some means, and the Maori vote was the ground on which they sought to carry out their designs. The Bill, however, passed through the Lower House, and was sent to the Legislative Council, where the Opposition was carried on on the same grounds, with better success. They were acquainted with the fate of the Bill. Although the Bill contained defects, lie claimed for the Ministry the credit of having taken a step in the right direction by attempting to base the right to vote on the common ground of humanity. He would only briefly refer to the Land Tax Bill, . because he thought every person had made practical acquaintance with it. The Bill had : accomplished what it was intended it should ! do. It had made those who had hitherto escaped taxation bear a fair share of the ■ burdens of the country. Along with that ; measure must be taken the Customs Tariff : Bill, which was meant to relieve the industrial i community of a portion of the taxation. He ; noticed that a member of the House, in ' addressing his constituents, had ridiculed the ■ idea of taking 2d oil" tea and Ad oil' sugar, 1 and had asked how such remissions could possibly benefit anyone. It was all very well • for a person, lost in the contemplation of his ! sheep amonghis thousands of acres, towondet 1 how such a small concession could possibly i benefit industry. But when they considered 1 that sugar was an article which entered f largely into many industries, they would see j that it was a matter of considerable imp. ; tance, as it materially aided the production '. and therefore tended to the increase of the

population of the Colony and its national wealth. He now came to the question of the atlministration, and he at once admitted that it was more difficult to justify the Govern, ment in this matter than in the others to which be had referred. The Government had not proved in this respect the power which they were expected to be. They had been led to anticipate the .introduction of far greater economy into the various departments, and to look for the administration being brought in its operation nearer to the public. Taking the railway department u an example, when it is considered that thi tariff has been so regulated as to tend to the benefit of the large conmierciil centres of this island, and to the neglect and injury of such places as Oamaru, they mutt admit that a croat change was necessarj'tai the administration of that department, 1 Many suggestions had been mooted, bit whatever form the change took, it must b( in the direction of bringing the will of ttl

public to bear upon the department, sonsti create some direct responsibility of the oi cials to the people. Under the old systtn of Provincial Councils, wo had a bodyctouia for the purpose of looking after such matten, but now we have only the Central Go\m ment dealing with all matters affecting out property as well as our liberty. The consequence of having departments as they are at present, removed from immediate contact with the people, was to make those engaged in tliern think that they exist rather for their liijli vidual benefit than for the public good. Tb Government would have to direct tins attention to this matter if the mciuta wished it to be the power for good win* their professions would lead us to belie] they do, and if they wished to be accords the support which they had in the If fairly earned. He was not unmindful of B fact that the Government had grunt <Lculties to contend with, and that reform!* I any kind were not the fruit of one or tn [years' labors. They heard the que.* asked, "Why has the Government not M so and so ? Their feelings arc in favor cM and they have a majority." Now, it aj* appear news to them, but he could«« them that the Government never ml working majority ready to support j» Many had been returned on the Grey W but when they came to Wellington and W that the Government measures did not» every particular coincide with their on views, thoy failed to give the Govern* such a support as would insure the carrjmg of them. He regardod this as an evil because in all measures one cannot have his o*» individual opinion carried out in «™J particular. With regard to his ownacW although lie strongly disapproved of m of the details of some of the measures,!* he preferred to accept them as theyw rather than endanger their passagcthrougW House. In carrying on party Govcrnmw this was necessary. With regard to land tax, he strongly disapproved «•» exemption of holders to the extent ot W» The principle of the tax was that the M» reserved to itself a proportionate part on value of the land, and it did not matter"" the laud was held, that interest ought M » preserved. His support was accorded w Ministry on account of their broad Wnot on account of their individual w» Those injustices which had been adra "* into any of the Bills would in the eg of time disappear. la the megg the object to he sought was the intw tion of the broad' principles adv«#J This had not been recognised By %' ( professed supporters of the GovernmeM. believed that this would not he rein™. ~ until the Government brought <JoM' policy in a distinctive form, and the c° y { had an opportunity by means election of giving expression to' t3 °P h j, upon it. It was to he hoped ™ M ™M view to this a more substantial prog' would bo laid before Parliament next m One - other reason which he had w , looking any shortcomings of * JI _f them Ministry and continuing to supp° r re . was that he saw no chance of any " ment by a change. Certainly he » think of exchanging the present w ]A former one. Another influence operated against the Government t, impatience of some of its inembew. ■ portersto have their individual op l every subject' stamped 'upon tlie vea k: book. This was one of the nesses of which a politician could wj Last session BUJs had been, mt ™ uc ao tion « ing with subjects upqn wine'. I ,w»° ldro uc] the members of the community better operate than the individual op^ people, though expressed evils did much to interfere witjitt" q, of feeling among the supporters o vernment and therefore to dissi] leffl efforts. He thought that uffl««n nO , lation was to be avoided. » e flf tl very shortly sketch out in« QS]i , policy which he would be prcpa y port. It would have to he a UW liberal and democratic one politically recognises no class ' T 1 no special benefits on any. & y co i he candid on these subjects ul(1 > stituency he represented. Ufi ,| cate manhood suffrage with the tholtg | cation of resid-ntiai quahficatio* where one possessed proper;ty in * a temporary absence ought not I

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