POLITICAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 7 December 1914, Page 6

POLITICAL

SIR JOSEPH WARD'S CAMPAIGN. TRIUMPHANT MEETING AT WEIjLIXGTOX. (Special to Daily News),. Wellington, Decetaber 4. Tlie Liberal leader had a triumphant meeting in the capital. No leader of the, democracy could hope for a finer tri-' bute from the people than was given to Sir Joseph Ward by the citizens of the capital who, to the number of 4000, crammed the Town Hall to-night. Tht, audience was there in full force exactly an hour before the meeting started, and 2000 could not get in. It demonstrated in favor of the speaker with enthusiasm, and not a solitary interruption of an unfriendly character could be heard. The storm of cheering and clapping ■when ISir Joseph Ward walked on the platform was deafening. It lasted several minutes, and then burst out again in an orderly three cheers, strong enough to raise the roof. "Give'm h " roared an over-zealous enthusiast, and otl went the audience again, this time into a roar of laughter. The chairman, Hon. C. .M. Luke, described the audience as the most magnificent he had ever seen in the hall. Sir Joseph spoke gratefully of what he quite fairly described as a magnificent ovation. The absolute silence for i Sir Joseph Ward's opening sentences was broken by another thunderclap of applause the instant he uttered the prophetic words: "When wc. come into power." 'His most bitter opponents, he added, could not ignore similar manifestations throughout New Zealand. They had been trying a long while to make watr run uphill, but they could not do it. ROLL-RIGGING. The roll-rigging which went on in Wellington, and the strange removal of 200 men at the Auckland forts had been followed by incidents at Waimarino and Rangitikei. After the roll closed, 243 persons were struck off in Rangitikei, and 620 in Waimarino, including persons who had satisfied themselves by inspection" that their names were on. ELECTORAL REFORM. , The speaker ridiculed the Reformers' reform of the 'Upper House, under which the electors will have to wait eight years for their opportunity, but this antiquated Tory measure might be reformed out of existence before then. (Cheers). The Liberal party would give proportional representation with reasonablys ized- electorates, and the country quota. The system under which progressives were to-day fighting each other would be done away with by proportion: al representation, "but," continued the 1 speaker. "I still make an appeal to them to come together in a rational way, so that where a man knows lie has no chance of topping the poll he should not be a party to allowing the hereditary foe of the workers to get ill, because of the injuriousness of men splitting the vote, on the l progress side.' (Hear, hear). BROKEN' PROMISES.

The Reform Government, explained Sir Joseph, were promisers at last general election. He described how, in spite o£ promise, land settlement had diminished, native lands had been exploited by speculators, and borrowing increased. Had the customs taxation been reduced except on packing eases? Had the cost of living gone • down (Loud cheers of No!) "War, or no war," he continued, "the Liberal party will remove the whole of the duties on the necessities of life." (Tremendous cheering). "That is a practical way of dealing with the situation.(Renewed cheers). LABOR'S SQfARE DEAL.

The promised square lead to labor had, lie* declared, beeit a triangular (deal. The only two measures of value to labor, including the bill to replace the hours of girl workers in woollen factories had been pushed out by the Government's amiable nominees in the Upper House. (Applause). They bungled the strike, handing over affairs to a committee of special class, on which retailers, farmers, and workers were not represented. A conference between the powers of the State and those with a grievance could be of enormous value in settling a trouble, as was evidenceil by his success in the West Coast coal miners dispute, and the Wellington tramway strike. (Cheers). By tlieii dilatoriness the Government allowed the strike to drift into a serious evil.

LIBERAL POLICY. 'Sir Joseph's outline of tlie Liberal platform was received with cordial approval, especially the stiffening of thegraduated land tax, and the repeal of the Reform amendment of the Arbitration Act, permitting bogus unions. An invitation to Wellington electors to again raise the Liberal banner in every Wellington seat provoked a great demonstration which was repeated when the chairman put and declared carried, with five dissentients, a resolution of thanks and confidence, together with cordial congratulations to Sir Joseph V\ard upon his triumphal return to the Liberal leadership. -\OIII\ATIOXS. THE COMPLETE LIST. CONTENTS FOR EVERY SEAT. The following is a complete list of Parliamentary candidates for the various seats in the Dominion according to the nominations which closed on \oveniber 30. „ Ihe following are the abbreviations used:—L. Liberal candidate; 1?, Reform candidate; Lab, Labor; I, Independent; S.D. Social Democrat; Proh., Prohibitionist. An asterisk denotes the retiring member for each electorate who is seel" ing re-election. , Bay of Islands—• *V. Reed R 0. Wilkinson R Dr. Buck .. _ jj Marsden—*l'. -Wander R E. C. I'urdie j, Kaipara—*J. fil. Coates R <F. Hoc , ], Waitemata—*A. Harris r H. C. Tewsley .. L Auckland East—*A. M. Myers Jj A. S. Holmes '. r Auckland Central—*A. E. Glover _ _ Jj M. J. Savage . c;d W. Richardson R Auckland West—*J. H. Bradney r C. H. Poole L , Grey Lynn— » iriiatMifflhMiii i i Mini TII

*F. W. Lang R J. W. McLarin . L Franklin—*W. F. Massey R A. J. Glass Jj Thames—*T. W. Rhodes _ R E. Hi Taylor L Raglan—, *E. F. Bollard D J. Thompson .., L Furness 1 R Obinemuri—- * H.Poland J, J. Clark '. r Waikato—*J. A. Young r A. Scholes L Tauranga—*W. H. Herries R R. Stewart L Bay of Plenty—*\V. D. S. Mac Donald L K. Williams R Gisborne—*J. Carroll L H. De Lautour R G. Smith p r oh. Taumarunui—*C. K. Wilson '... R 'W. T. Jennings ' L H. Shortland I, R iHawke's Bay—*'H. M. Campbell R B. McNab l Napier—. *J. Vigor Brown L G. W. Vonables R Waipawa—*G. Hunter R A. E. Jull L Pahiatua— M. H. Eseott R J. D. Matthews X, Masterton—*G. R. Sykes R A. W. Hogg h Wairarapa—*W. C. Buchanan R J. T. if. Hornsby L Egmont—*C. A. Wilkinson R D. L. A. Astbury L Stratford—*J. 13. Hine ft W'. H. Hawkins L Taranaki—*H. J. H. Okey R D. J. Hughes L Patea—#G. Pcarcc R O. Morrison L Wanganui—*W. A. Veitch Lab. F. Pirani R J. T. Hogan L \Yaima»ino— IR. W. Smith "... L H. M. Speed R Orona'— *D. H. Guthrie R J. Morrison b Rangitikei—i *E. Newman R R. E. Homblow L Palmerston—*D. Buick R J. Nash R J. Thorn SD E. H. Crabb L Otaki—*J. Robertson SD W. H. Field : R flutt—*T. M. Wilford L A. M. Samuel R Wellington, North—*tA. L. Ilerdman R H. Holland SD W. H. Turnbull L Wellington Central—•P. M. 13. Fisher R R. Fletcher L Wellington East—*A. K. Newman R D. McLaren Lab Wellington South—*A. H. Hindmarsh Lab. •1. P. Luke R E. B. Williams R Wellington Suburbs— R. A. Wright R •J. E. Fitzgerald L F. T. Moore Lab Nelson—*H. Atinore Ij T. A. H. Field R Motueka—*R. McEenzie L R. Hudson R Buller—*J. jColviu Ij G. M. Powell R H. Gillen SD Grey—*P. C. Webb SD 11. 1., Michel , R' Westland—*T. E. V. Seddon L A. Paape R Wairau—*R. MeCallum L .T. Duncan R G. Turner I Hurunui— G. W. Forbes L W. A. Banks* R Kaiapoi—*D. Buddo ' L ■D. Jones R Christchurch East G. D. Macfarlane R Dr. Thacker L H. Hunter SD Christchurch North—*L. M. Isitt L H. F. Toogood R Christchurch South—*H. G. Ell L G. R. Whiting LabF. B. Hughes R Lyttelton—*J. McCoinbs SD M. J. Miller R Rieenrton—• *G. Witty h B. Bunn R Avon—- *(<. W. Russell L H. D. Acklaml R D. G. Sullivan : SD Ellesmere—*R. 11, Rhodes R •T. C. Free L Selwyn—*W. J. Dickie L . G. Slieat R •1. Hamlet R Ashhurton—*W. Nosworthy R W. S. Maslin L Temuka— E. C. Kerr R C. J. Talbot L 'Timaru—*J. Craigie XL F. H. Smith R Waitaki— N. Francis R J. Anstey L Oamaru - *!i. P. Lee R •I. A. Macplierson L Otago Central *R. Scott R W. !A. Bodkin L Dunedin North—*G. M. Thomson R A. Walker Lab. Dunedin West W, D. Stewart R J. T, Johnston Ij W. J. McGuire >1 Dimedin Central— Stnthnm P

C. R. Smith L Clutha—*A. S. Malcolm R J. E. Jenkinson L Wakatipu—*W. Eraser R J. .Stephens L Mataura—*G. J. Anderson R W.. G. Mehaffy L Wallace—*J. C. Thomson L A. W. Rodger R Invercargill—"J. A. Hanan L .J. F. Lillicrap ..i., R Awarua—*J. G. Ward L J. R. Hamilton R --XWiMto**,.. ,