The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4839, 12 July 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1884.

The '■: electors of the colony are about *to bo called upon to exercise the most impprlant vpiaced in their!power, and upon'the wise use of which depends much that is of moment to them. Within what is practically the Thames district, no less than three constituencies are con* cerned. The Thames, Coromandel, and Tauranga electorates adjoin each other, and the : peculiarly fixed boundaries of these districts, under the electoral law, connect jthe interests of the Thames people, to a large extent, with all three of them. Their contiguity should make their' interests somewhat of a common nature, and tend to cause the people in each to arrive at a common understanding as to whom they should entrust their represeritatibn to,;- but although npconfliction of interests appears to interfere with making "a common cause;'' in, the matter of deciding as to who the three members are likely to be, the.unfortunate circumstance ofdivisionsi ofopinion as to men arises. There is really no great difference—so far .as we can learn—in the politics of the •' whole bunch " of candidates who have as yet declared themselves for the three seats, and therefore the old and much.worn cry of '''Measures,i not men," will ;hardly ; help the electors",out<of an ap-, parent difficulty -as to their choice.. ■■■ In such; £*situationV we are^ inclined to the belief ■■ .'that' the Selectors should for bzice in their life-rif only for once—tbrow.off any self.denying spjrit s they may be possesßed of; and "wade; in."V for themselves. There are no broad political questions -befbre^th^pepple,^ upon which anygreat d^'ergence of bpinipn' exists^^.there is no "matter of policy to \decide in.connection with the present situation; and it appears to be a question as to which set •of :: <:mm shall occupy^ t^ Benches. Z': We^.; ireeuJ of I" larger and loud jitai'fc" concerning measuresf of refprm in land legislation ; the form taxation should ;take;i th^e fearful vcbrruptipn of the party in power, and retaliatire statements regarding their predecessors; but surely the dreary reiteration of these old, well;iiiedi¥jwßd^ it is tbi be hppedr worn-out election productions will hare little eflPect on the people, who, in the small compass Top^wc-^lpßj^-'ivAiph:^ their legislators and areintelligent■• enough

right and^ wrbng\ Taking all /-these: circumstances ;int» tconsiderationV-r-we are e'er fainly strong In theconviction that a 9 no matter of \polic7 is inTolvedi and fal* though jthie?'people may possess raried. opinions as to who .should or who should not receive salaries as Ministers, without really -being sure as to why one! party or another-should \be in power,—wo would counsel our; districts to look after themBebes, and secure as representatives those who are likely to do their respective^constituencies most; good. It would smack somewhat of presumption to attempt to indicate how such a consummation would be brought about. The people should by this time have learnt: to whom they can entrust their interests; who have, when opportunity has offered, obtained for them what they were entitled, to—not to J3peak of securing favors,—and who are in the future, if planed in the position to do so, likely to aid them in 'obtaining a fair, share of the good things dispensed by-— -as*, far as our districts are concerned—far from generous administrations. For Coromandela candidate is in the field, who has proved a good man in looking after interests entrusted to his care,, who has, whenever occasions required his visits to that city from which all public blessings flow—Wel-lington-rnever returned empty handed, and the Thames County can produce clear demonstration of this. In the Tauranga district there cannot be the slightest doubt the constituency would be very indiscreet to reject their late member, en honest poli* tician who has done much for his-district, and whose superior Iks not, as yet, been announced for the electorate. For the Thames, it appears that if-anytbing is io obtained it will not be by a representative who has made-himself obnoxious to one party by violent diatribes concerning it, and to another by renouncing bis sponsorship, and' ungratefully forgetting the hands frocil which past favors were received ; and by the act of which, elevation was, in the past, made. Therefore we think the choice is easily made, and that there is only one candidate before the electors who is likely.to obtain a consideration of our wants, and;a remedy for our grievances. It is unnecessary to more pointedly refer to the man we would indicate as a desirable member. There is little to say further than that if the electors miss the opportunity how given them of electing men who will not fail to show how grossly neglected the district has been, they will have only themselves to blame. .■■■.:. Of course it lfes with them as to choice, and we have >little to fear that they will wisely exercise their .privileges; that no specious arguments will carry them away; that no personal feelings will influence them, nor party spirit wpp their, decision,.- The only desire we have is' the advancement of the. colony —more particularly this portion of it.