The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3631, 6 October 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1890.

Everybody is liopingtbat the Labour j Couference in Wellington will bring ] about a tangible result, Tho only possible ontpojpe is that the Union ( leaders will'open up eomo avenuo by i which their utifortunatefollowers may I regain employment, On tlio main that freo labour shall have j equal privileges from employers with Union ijajjoiiv, tlicpe will bo, lhej'6 j can be, no concession oji the part of; tho employer?, JJpoi) lijajiy njin.oi' ; points the Union Mors <P i?P 1 doubt socuro substantial advantages ; for the rnon they represent, If thoy fail to do this they will be unworthy of the trust reposed in thorn. -That employers will act generously if'the crusade against them is abandoned, no oi).oj?()ii))ts, but they aro not now in suclil jiosiiioji jilijjt it is necessary for them to maiip order to terminate the struggle, Tire Masterton .Hospital at the present tiuje is proving its utility to the district as.'one of tiw bftt appointed institutions in the. Colony, Tiiero are an unusually largo numbor of parents in the wards, several of tho bases' being exceptionally serious, but the impression inajje by a visit to the establishment'is that thejr pbances of a successful termination are extremely favorable owing co a happy combination of' good doctoring, excellent nursing, and (h'st class medical and surgical appliances. The surroundings of the Hospital, the spacious grounds bright with flowers and- trees, together with tlio well stocked garden and orchard, contribute also to the comfort and welfare ! of tlio inmates,' Wo fancy that if the lengtlj anil of the Colony ! were scar plied flu'ougli, fye of t a sick or maimed man \vo,uld be. unable to discover botjev quarters ■ than aro afforded at this establish-: ment. Borne years ago our hospital was recognised as giving a lead to similar district institutions, but every 1 year souie new improvement is made tq th,e to its contents, or to its so iiyt it is pro-> grcssive, jwl '.each srsr finds jt extending its facilities for % . pain and suffering. _ i

Wiim some timo ago a judge was ■'sfpfe4ji)'fJ)i.B colony it was understood 'that an oyortjirp \ya3 made to Mr H. D, Bell -to talfe tlip Qffico. The charactor and ability of this gentleman entitled him to assume on? of, the highest positions which any colonist flppjjjjy. That such a distinguished gentleman should liava boon rudely received by aj Wellingtoil mass meeting tenil ? to prove that universal suffrage is a mistake, and that there aro people iu the community who we 10

exorciso tlio privilege of electors, I( roudyism -of this kind bscomos frequent during the present coiitesi it will .defeat its own ends -jjy-dis-giißling fair minded Radioils with their associates in their own: party who arc responsible for it. x When Mr Bell first came forward we doubted whether ho had a reasonable chauce of suecess, but such clianco as he may have is strengthened by the unfair demonstration made against him by the rowclios o£ the, EmpiroCity. The Knights of Labour, the boilermakers, the saddlers, tlio cpachbuilderg, the timber worta, the painters, the storemcn, the carpenters, the furniture workers, the tailors, the bootmakers, the bakers, tho booki binders, the butcbers, tho engineers, > the labourers, tlio shop assistants, the • carriers and tanners, ihe plumbers, 1 and the tram andbus. men of Wellington have, through their Unions, ■ pledged themselves to return Messrs

Eraser, McLean and 1\ K, Macuqnald" for the Empire city,, Three good men are selected, and were tho working - v men of Wellington unanimous they 8 would be returned, but they are not oil of ono mind. Very many of them „ will support Mr Duthie and Mr H D ] Bell, and stillJmo.ro will cling to Mi j G. Fishor, and this trio, which come i forward as the representatives of tho 1 wage earners,# not be placed. We j should not be sorry .to see either Mr Fraser or Mr Macdouald returned as the oxponent ot Wellington liberal-, ism, they are both tried men of good reputation. Mr McLean maymako a politician, but there is nothing in his past career which justifies the impartial outside observe™ believing that he has any speoial qualification lor such a position. •