MR McCARDLE AT MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1741, 21 July 1884, Page 2

MR McCARDLE AT MASTERTON.

Mb A; B. Bunny took the ohair amidst' oheera at ..Mr McOardle's meeting at the Theatre .Kpyal on, Saturday night. The attendance was large'notwithstanding wet weather, and the chairman asked for a fair hearing for the candidate and anyone who might question' him-at: the end of,the address, and introduced him to the meeting,' v :.;■"■■■'.:■■}.

Mr MoCardle Said he was laboring under some disadvantages from a cold, but would endeavor to briefly lay before them his views. He had done hisbest to conduct this eleotibn in a fair manner, and/had never /made one remark-nor used one word that he was ashamed of. He:would look back with pleasure whether elected or not: upon the: stand he had taken throughout;. 1 Any; candidal in .placing his views before the public, wis entitled to fair play and no favors, He had not a word to say against the press, whatever vW&i'stated therein was done publicly, and there was achahce of rebutting anything that might appear in print, but he greatly complained ot those who treated him unfairly and injured-him by using threats in their private capacity against persons'who were prepared' to vote "for him, (Hear, hear.) His olaim upon them was upou his political views, not because of'his private position, and he considered this" eleotion should be contested fairly. If a number of persons asked one to'come forward to represent them should it be thrown at them that he was toopoor-forthe position, ■.Was he to be hounded down'on that account, (No I No I) If returned .to represent them •in Parliament' he would itaise his voice' ajainst the present' system of conducting eleotions. Was it fair play to go from house to house canvassing votes? He had never asked anyone to vote for him beyond the platform, and he deprecated the button-holing pressure that was brought to bear upon this eleotion (Cheers). Mr Beetham was a supporter of the Atkinson Ministry andhe (the speaker) was a supporter ,of the Opposition. He would ask them i 'to weigh in the balance and deoide who was the best to represent them, Mr Beetham! was the supporter of that Government which would not return to office. He had supported every measure ot the Ministry and had never supported any measure fair or foul except it proceeded from them, and when he and his party were relegated to the cold sbade of the other side of the House; withthem he would die aud never get a favor more (Cheers). He would digress to refer' to a matter coaoerninc; Mr Beetham amd the County Council. Mr Beetham had been reported to have said at his Opaki meeting that he had left his resignation as Councillor in the hands of Mr McGregor, the Chairman of Wairarapa East County,-before leaving for England, Mi- Beetham had told Yon Bedin and himself at the election of Commiitees. that, if elected, In Bhould not hold offioe above three months. He had not left his, resignation iu Mr McGregor's hands. That gentleman had told him so, and Mr Beetham had left his county district unrepresented during his absence from . the Colony (Cheers). Mr Beetham had further tried to throw the; blame of the County rate upon his. shoulders, whereas he had fought tooth and nail against it, and had begged delay until Mr Beetham returned, but without avail; ho was outvoted. The Councillors would not listen to the voice of the people and Buspoad .the Counties Aot, Mr Beetham had tried to throw dust in the eyes of the people, but he had to apologise to him at the last meeting .of the Council. Crs Meredith, Chamberlain and himself had wrought hand in hand for the good of the district, and during thair absence a vote had been carried to expend all the money under the Koads and Bridges Construction Aot on the Waimata Koad. He contended that before the whole of that Eoney was tied up a full meeting of the County Council Bhould have been obtained to decide thereon. It had been said that the question of the County Council was altogether outside of tbe general election. He olaimed that it had a direct bearing upon it. The majority in this district had said the County system should be wiped out, and it would be for .fchflir roproooafcativo to -nay what syatoiia of local self-government should be substituted in the future. (Cheers) When the question of striking a County rate had first come up he had called a public meetiug together and obtained tho views of the majority which were against the Act, and he had fought against it, but Mr BeJtham' was one of its warmest supporters: then he would ask how could Mr Beetham say what he did ? (Cheers.) —When some two or three years ago certain roads in this district were'to be declared county roads, Mr itolleston had ask him what was the reason that Mr Hawkins' road was made a main load, and he (speaker) had said that Beetham and Buchanan were both afraid of Hawkins—(Cheers and yells), He contended that if it were right for the people to pay rates it was right for them to be consulted; but no suoh privilege had been extended to them, The small farmers were called upon to pay for roads they never saw, and erect bridges they never used, (Sheers.) The Press had said ho was not a praotical man. It was only right to ascertain whether his views were pra'icable, He would be Borry to ask a vote if he could not show his views were practicable. In 1875 when the land laws were such that no working man could settle on the land, he advocated the present clause with optional residence, and although he had no seat in the House he was able to carry those views of his into existence, as they would find had benn brought to pass in the Acts of 1879. (Cheers,) Mr Beetham had been returned to forward this particular step and the settlement of the Forty Mile Bush, but he was sorry to say with the exception of a few stragglers the whole settlement was a dead letter, Mr Beetham had been entrusted with this oight years ago and they saw tho result. If they returned him (the speaker) they would soon see a very different result. (Cheers.) Mr Beetham had. laughed at a statement' the speaker had made that the present position of the public school was due to his exertions, but there were many present who would bear him out that it was so. (No, No, and Yes, Yes,) He did not like to blow his own trumpet—(A voice-You are I)—but he would tell them that as regards the Borough endowment of 700 acres at Eketahuna, he had gone to the Minister of Lands and Mr MoKerrow had told him that their member, Mr Beetham, was willing to take for them as an -.endowment Borne 400 acres in the Waipoua block. This did not satisfy him and he had put before the Minister of Lands, the claims the Borough had on the Government-they had taken oyer the main road and he pointed out the state it was in at tbat'time—and he consequently was the man who obtained for them the present endowment; The Town Lands scheme he had introduced—(Mr Perry No !-Mr McCardle, I say Yes 1)-Let Mr Perry come up and deny it—(yells and cheers) He did not mean to say he had single handed done the work. (A. voice : That's better). He was assisted by members of the Trust. He had thought it wrong that a man should at the expiration lose all the improvements he had put upon the town's properties, and had proposed the present scheme of compensation for improvements. (Cheers,)

LAND 3ETTMMENT, He would not have land put at a higher upset value than 30s per acre for front sections, "with 20 years to pay it in, and the back sections should not exceed 21s per acre, and half the revenue derived from the sale of the lands should be expended on making the roads, If they had not received justice in the past he would urge them to arouse themselves and obtain a better system, If returned by them he would make himself heard and would occupy a good position in the House. (Cheers),, Mr Stout was a man whom he greatly admired. Some 17 years ago he was a member of a committee for his return, who,.knowing Mr Stout to be a poor man, brought him forward, and told him he should not be called upon to pay anything, and notwithstanding £3OOO was spent by the other side, he was returned in defiance, as he (the speakor) would be on Tuesday (Loud Cheers.); He had been told that £5 would buy twenty men's votes, but such expenditure of money would not bring him to Parliament, he could do without such scum (Yells and Cheers.) Two men had come to him and said i! he would pay them they would work for him, but he would have none of them (Name?-Cheers-6ive it

'era.).- He hadbeen asked how he would raise funds to spend half the revenue from the sale of lands upon the Mocks, if the working man had twenty years jo pay the purchase money, in. He would borrow tjfe sum uponthe land itself and payback prinoipal and interest as the deferred payments fell due..: Was .that.a;practicable suggestion? (Yes! Yes I) He wanted the settlers' assistance for this.'and he' urged'them to cast aside all petty jealousies and not'reject him • becausehe was poor,as"that would be a sorry sight-he was not too poor to be honest. (Cheers.) He would sooner -walk to the scaffold than sell his honor and vote against right. He would be found with the Opposition and would follow the best leader they could bring forward,- so long as )* accorded with their principles, butno hnf'M WASTE LAUDS BOARDS. sJEi Mr Beetham had told them'that he had got himself placed on that' Board that be might serve them, but things had gone on just the same, The Atkinson Ministry had swallowed their own views and brought Stout's and Grey's views forward as their own on the land settlement question. He would do awaywith nominee Boards and substitute wfcve Boards, Such constituted Boards w'oWdo more for the district than if composed of members of the Housed' •■'.

'BAItWAYB. He considered sufficient, money should be borrowed to complete the .present lines of rails, but considered they had ; put the cart before the horse, ; that good macadamised * roads should have been made before the railways. He conoluded a long adresaby again referring to education, immigration, V and other subjects.on which he had toucheM ' m 1 .previous.^peeches.'-After, stating hia ' s willingness to reply to' any fair and reasonable questions he took his seat amidst tho ' prolonged oheera of the audience!' | ln answer to written questions Mr McCardle said he was in favor of eduoation beyond the fourth standard. Was in favor of leaving the control of the Babbit, Sheep, and other similar Acts in hands of local bodies, and .would abolish centralism, He would be in favor of disposing of waste lands by auction, but instead ot putting a less quautity in the market than was required he would but in twioe as much, that the working men. might not run each other, th ballot system was objected to by some on account, of tho long time they had to wait, which he would endeavor to improve, In answer to Mrß, Meredith hejeonsidered the Whareama distriot was the plaoe where an enquiry into Sutton's case should tflKtd for the convenience of witnesses and bURo of expenses (Oheer?). ■•■ Cries for vanouipwties now arose, and in responseMr A. W.Hogg came forward, nd was received with oheerp. He said that as it was getting late and the'questions appearedexhausted, he wmldyjwith permission pro-% pose tha] a vote of thanks and confidence be accorded te the present 'candidate ■, Mr W. W. MoCardle (prolonged oheers). He only hoped if there were any dissentients in th room they would come forward, and state their objections. For,his own part he always liked to see freedom of opinion, Mr Beetham had deolined to allow votes of confidence to be put, he was probably. bashful—lately married-not like Mr MoCardle who was possessed of a good ' family of young settlers. Old married men were not considered the most bashful of the community (laughter). He had referred to -Mr McCardle as an open faced lever. He was not of a certain jeweller's make, who, he was sorry to say,-' although a good tradesman and one who hold a good position, went to prove the weatheroook over tbe beU tower was not tho only one in the town, Some of Mr Beetham's greatest opponents at the last eleotion were now to he found amongst his warmest supporters. He had been asked why he did not wish to aaailr Beetham returned and advooated'Hr MoCardle ? He . was an old colonist who had spent the .best part of his life in this and other colonies. He had at one time an interest in gold mining. They probably * x most of them knew what a puddling maohintrilL' was. It was a large tub sot in the ground *T and a horse was employed to keep harrowing the aurifoiousoarth with the water supply, a sort of treadmill process, He had an old horse employed at this work a mo3t valuable animal-Old" Judge he was called-and when he had been at the sort of everlasting circus for'a long, time he got very cunning and stopped work every tune he was out of sight, and he had to pelt him with stones to keep him up to the mark and make him go at all. At last he began to think the old horse had beon too long on tbe one job. (Laughter). He thought the old horse should have a spell, and he would be hotter fit for his work after. (Roars). He thought the period had arrived when a change of members in the Wairarapa would be beneficial. (Hear 1 hear 1) Jndg. ing from thismeeting, the working men had got the ball in their hands, and meant to kick it, and prove to them on Tuesday next that they would secure ; every goal and every try to nil, (Cheers), He referjfl> the system of taxation'and other nuJRs, and strongly urged the working men to go shoulder to shoulder in securing the present candidate's return.—(foii'd cheers), Mr Prangnell next went on to the platform. He thought it was the duty of every working man to record his vote, Next Tuesday'* would tell the tale of'who would be tho next representative.—(Shouts of' McCardle, MoCardle will'-'Mr P— will, I know that'—' Hoorab 1'

Mr Perry here tried to make himself heard, hut the continued shouts of the crowd quite drowned his voice, Mr Prangnell asked if the candidate were returned would he, in the event of the emigration vote being stopped, assist those who had come out .bore to mike a home for themselves to get their families out ? He would second fie mo'.ion of Mr Hogg, and trusted the working m.n would work together to return Mr McCardle on Tuesday next. Mr McCardle rose to reply to the question re assisting emigrants, that under such circumstances he should certainly support it, Whilst he was up there was one more matter that he would like to refer to that appeared in the Daily. He distinctly denied that he had any words with a prominent Good Templar as stated by that paper. He had telegraphed to the Taueru stating the accusation, and had received the roply " Utterly False," (Cheers.) In answer. to Mr, Fielding, he had not shouted for all. round. *t Eketahuna.nor at ' Pahiatua, He considered a prohibited person should be punished for obtaining liquor instead of the publican who supplied thfljfc toxicating drink. Thorc being no other question, the Chair- ,j man put the motion, which was carried all \ but unanimously.