The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3620, 22 September 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1890.

Mr Orsiond refuses to serve longer in the House of Representatives, where he has been 'a distinguished and honored member for thirty years. According to his experience the House has deteriorated since the passing of the Triennial Parliaments Apt, ' Mauy persons besides Mr Ormonci are of the opinion - that our triennial parliament has been a curse to the Colony, We venture to affirm that the deterioration of whioh Mr Ormond speaks has opened the door for the present labor trouble, The trades Unions have honestly believed that they control the legislature, They are unlearning this conviction now, but under a quinquennial parlsme|it they would never have made the mistake whigli is proving so disastrous to them,

The Post, which makes shrewd .forecastes, anticipates that the elections will strengthen the Ministerial party. We came to a similar conclrsion some time ago from a somewhat different §t(indppjnt. We felt that by polling day there would be a strong reaction even amongst strikers and boyootters, against the senseless and disastrous labor quarrel that is still raging, If votes be given during lie ashes and sackcloth period that must follow the present struggle,-the Ministry, as representing the party of safety and good P|sW| ® us t win the day.

This district is supposed to furnish splendid mutton lor the lon-vivmt in London, and probably for the epicure of the Empire city, but here in Masterton the mutton we have seen of late, as exhibited by our local butchers, has been exceptionallylean; scraggy and tastoless. Of pork there is none, or next to none, and veal is a rarity. There is a screw loose somewliero, cither on the part of the graziers or the butohers. Wellington people get a much better choice of meat than Masterton settlers, and yet much of the .good meat consumed in Wellington is said to be grown in the Wairarapa..

We are about to get during the next six weeks a flood of oratory from numerous Parliamentary candidates. It meters little whether Sir 'Harry Atkinson, Bjr ltobert Stout or Mr Ballance he their ideal statesman, but it is of- importance that they should speak' out plainly as to whether Jliey ure friend (jr. foe to King Boycott, wbetjier they are for or against tho strikers who have paralysed tiro trade of the colony. On this point candidates must show their colors!

Ovbr the wateiy.tlie strike instead of seems to lmvo spread with fenewed' vigor. Is 'this the: flurry of the labor whale, or is it a 81 8n that - the Unionists; hope to succeed ? • Wo do not altogether re gret that while the battle -proceeds the fighting should be severe, or that the quarrel should be fought out. When the thing is over both sides My meet'again as.brothers, and the wiiinqrs cannot be too generous towards the losers, but while the conflict lasts it is as well for it to' be thorough, and for the Unionists as the aggressors to do-all that they can do.