The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1886. MR BUCHANAN'S SPEECH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2196, 16 January 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1886. MR BUCHANAN'S SPEECH.

Mr W. C. Buchanan must be congratulated iipon having made a most able and telling speech before his constituents at Carterton on Thursday night. He explained various subjects in justification of bis opposition to the present Government, and was particularly severe on Sir Juuus Voqel, who, in his opinion, is the most dangerous man in the House, and who is full of schemes of all sorts that can never bo of advantage to the colony, though they might prove its ruin, In this opinion we think he will >be only by a large majority of his constituents, but even by a large number of the supporters of tho Ministry throughout the colony. TJie country has seen enongh ~qf l^ippp'.contracts pnd Meigqß Bche I me,s J and the njeopje prefepwhmthek or<

dinary and rationalmanneiyso' that' there ahall ba no chance of-anyone, being on both sides of the hedge at once. Therewere several bomb thrusts in his description of the railway line's which the Government proposes to [ho-, ceed with, if early every o'neipf these appears to benothing more nor less than a job, without any prospect of sat- , isfactory. returns from them in case of their construction, while other lines that, would pay, and would prove a boon to the settlers, are left out in the cold. Mr Buchanan's constituents will also support him in his view on future borrowing, The colony cannot afford to rush into an extensive scheme such as the one said to be proposed by the Colonial Treasurer, especially if the money is wanted for political railways, and roads are to be altogether neglected; although there are few who do not consider that borrowing on a moderate scalo is desirable. The local Government scheme of the Ministry received the most severe condemnation | at the hands of Mr Buchanan, whoso views on the subject must meet with: the hearty suppurt of every one who has the progress of the country at heart. Mr Buchanan necessarily went over a good deal of ground where he had to follow Mr Bketham, who had spoken the week before at Masterton, but we were pleased to find them in accord on almost every subject mentioned, The leading difference between them is that Mr Beetham was inclined to give the Stout-Vogkl Ministry a trial, while My Buchanan condemned it from the first, r Mr Buchanan made [ a most favorable impression on his audience, and large majority of those present seemed to be thoroughly of the opinion that a change in the administration of the affairs of the colony is necessary,'

F. H. Wood