The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1888. The Town Lands Trust Election.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2879, 21 April 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1888. The Town Lands Trust Election.

On Thursday next the residents in the Masterton Town Lands Trust district are called upon to select two new Trustees out of four candidates. In this contest Messrs Renall and Hogg are opposed to Messrs Hessey and McEwen. No public question of any moment is involved in the election, I and the choice will be very much a matter of personal preference. If a distinction is to be drawn between the ' combatants, we should define it as one between "talkers" and "workers," Messrs Renall and Hogg are extremely capable representatives of talking power, and Messrs Hessey and McEwen are unquestionably able representatives of working power. The public really have to choose between workers and talkers, unless they split the difference and put in one worker and one talker, The talkers have a considerable advantage over the workers in a popular election. Everyone can admire and appreciate the oratorical ability of a Mr Renall, but tliey do not appreciate to' a similar extent the silent labors of a man like Mr Hare, who has been quietly and indefatigably working for the interests of the Trust. In most communities the clever talkers get the credit,,-.-or possibly, take it, while the quiet workers really do all" that has to be done. In the present election, it is possible that Mr Renall will be returned. He is a popular speaker, and as such manages to dazzle the judgment of many people. We would like to vote for him ourselves if we only consulted our personal liking,- but if we ask ourselye.s what he has done for Masterton during the six months that he has been in office as Mayor, we fail to discover any substantial memento of his term of power. It may bo for the good of the municipality that it should pass through a period of inactivity—that the Council for a year should be condemned to talk rather than to work-and it may possibly in a like manner be for the advantage of the Town Lands Trust that it should undergo a similar penance; but our sympathies ar? with the silent, plodding, busy workers, who are to be found ever at their posts, doing all the good that lies in their power for the institutions with which tliey are connected, and deciding all matters which come under their notice by a commonsense vote rather than by interminable discussion. In the interests of the Trust we hope to see Messrs Hessey and McEwen returned, though we should not be altogether surprised to see Messrs Renall and Hogg elected. The vox populi is not always the vox

(ki, and the yoters of Masterton have so often made curious selections of their representative men that we can hardly rely upon their exercising a calm and dispassionate choice between candidates, The ten horse-power talkers have a better chance with them than the ten horse-power workers. Still, if the bulk of the voters on the roll should happen to record their votes, we venture to predict that the workers will head the talkers.