NEW ZEALAND ALLIANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4489, 29 July 1893, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND ALLIANCE.

The Rev, E, Walker at Masterton, ... yI The Rev. E, Walker, of tho New Zealand Alliance, addressed a public . meeting in tha Temperance Hall, ' < Masterion, last evening and explained the Alliance policy as expressed in the Direot Veto Bill and the considers / tions which led to its adoption, The time had gone by when the vote on ; the liquor question could be confined to the ratepayers, and the claim ol every adult resident to a vote on this question was a right one, which the Alliance in its Hill sought to recognise. As it was believed that very Boon the woroon as well as men ,;, would be on the electoral rolls, and it ' .was considered unlikely tbat Failia- ■; ment woJd incar the coat of 81'ECIAL ROLL? r: of ..adult residents in tho licensing '. ■ districts for use for voting only upon tbiß matter, tho Parliamentary Electoral Roll was adopted for the purposes of the Bill. This involved tak- . irig also the Parliamentary Electoral Districts for the voting on this ques- ■ tion—the question, namely, whether ' the sale of liquor should or should not be prohibited. The choice seemed and still seems to lie between sur- • ' rendering tho existing licensing dis"'triot areas for this vote only or surrendering the principle of adult suffrage, which latter was quite out of ■ the question. Probably no district in tbo colony except tho , .BOJtOUOII OF MASTERTON IrtfrPTSu of adult residents; and tbo . creation of euch a roll for every licensing district would involve the cost of the periodical special enrolment of every adult in tho colony. Clauso C of Sir Xiobett Stout's Licensing Act Amendment Bill attempts to make provision for such a roll, but by a method probably prove utterly < v unworkable in populous districts, as the electoral rolls, from which it is proposed to transfor to the ratepayers' roll names of electors, not being ratewho live within the licensing (Strict, would not indicate whether the electors' residences lie on this or tbat side of a licensing district. town* v f dary which struck through a Parlia- ' mentary electorate. The Licensing / Committee Clerk would have to - identify ovary grown up *4/' ' J i " 80N AND DAUGHTER, "Bflrvant, lodger, husband and wife, on the electoral roil, and tho location ol e aoh ones place oJ abode, in order to

1 to this or that ward of a city which 1 cons'ituted a Parliamentary electoiate ' in which ouch ward was a licensing 1 district, atask not contemplated by tho clause and pniciically impossible. I Sl'l ROBERT STOUT'S abilitv and iiunest desire to me-'t the ' difficulty may be taken ar. evidence 8 thnt fcliis inadt'qou'e proposal is tbe r worst that i» po-sible in this dirootion, e unless Parliam nt were willing, to r involve tho country in the'great cost II above referred t<>, which would be not likely. ' It is also nil open question " whether eiory Licensing Clerk could e be traaied by all parte, in tho per. i formance of the arduous and respon sible tusk imposed, or whether any Electoral Returning Officer could 1 possiblycortify tothe correctness of the 0 leßult. t THE AtMANOE EXFOUTIVE, ' after earnestly and patently pondering 1 and discussing all the aspects of this '' question, came to the conclusion, us tho only cue open to them, that unless the principle of adult suffrage was to be surrendeicd, the elpctoralrolls and tho electoral districts must be adopted to give thnt principle expression. It must he t orno in mind that this til'- „ rangemont does not cancel the existing licensing district boundaries nor tho . oporation of the Licensing Act within y those boundaries, in cases where the 8 electorate do'-s not carry PROHIBITION, e For instance, if the Christchuroh 8 electorate carried Prohibition the .j licensing districts of Sydenham and [ Linwood wou'd share the benefit which i heir own itrong Prohibition I vote would help to secure for {lie r whole elector-te. But if tho whole ( electorate failed to carry Prohibition t olio Prohibition already enjoyed by 1 Sydenham and Linwood would be i preserved to those licensing districts ,! by their triennial voio under the ~ Licensing Act for „ " SO INCREASE " I of licenses, which would slill bo taken t, in each licensing district of an dece torate where Prohibition was notoar--0 rietl by tho eleotorato, This has been much misapprehended, and the mis- 1 s apprcbtnsiou has accounted in many B instances atleast for ibo objection exL , pressed in taking the Prohibition vote p over the electoral area. Tbe simple 1 removal of " bias " aS'a disqualifiesP tion of licensing committeo rulings „ would give to licensing (lis!ricts com plete indirect powers of Prohibition j independently ot tbe vote of tho elecf torate. A sinal" amending clauso like j clause 8 ol'Sir E. btiint's 3 LICENSING ACT AMBNDMENT BILL I would be sufficient to secure this and , might very reasonably be expected to lie adoptrd by Parliament. Tbe quesI tion now arises, if tho adoption of , adult suffrage necesHita'es the adop--tion of electoral district* for mking j th: direct l'ruhiiiiimn vute are 'here 5 any compensating advantage's ? First , there is the immense advantage of taking tbe Prohibition vote at the j same time and by tbo same means, as tbe j PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION. According tj a Parliamentary return [ called for by Mr Fish and published in 18901 classified as H 80) in the last prrceding local option polls taken ' over the whole Colony, respecting mi incretse of licenses an average of 13 out of every 84 ratepayers received , their votes. Where, of tbe 18 voters, r 7 were against and G for , AN INCREASE OF LICENSES j it meant that7persoiisoutofthoß4dni termined the question und unless some- | thing like a general election of Parliamentary Pvepresentatives brought tho . people to thenolliug booths there- , suit would be somewhat similar with ' the prohibition vote in tho vast majority of instances. According to the same return there are 885 licensing j districts, and if 85 could be enumer- . ated in which tbe local temperance , people would have the ability, energy and means, to overcumo tho apathy of tho general public this would still r leave 350 inactive districts, containj ing the greater part of the population of the country, where the vote would r not be a genuine representation of the popular mind, All this is altered j where, in the remotest aud most negj lected districts, if everyone who votes lor a candidate for Parliament at the same time receives a ballot paper to [ vote on this quosSon. The result j would then be , AN UNMISTAKABLE IMPRESSION . of tho people's will. Prohibitionists at any rate do not want the decision j determined by a small snatch vote taken while the bulk of the residents are napping. Canvassing to | get peoplo to the polling booth would be unnecessary bocauso the exoitewfc and voting in connection witbjtlie general election would bring iliem tliore. 801 l stuffing for tion purposes would be checked jind the necessity for scrntineering tho rolls I by temperance peoplo (wholly ringJ lected m many inst'inces) would be ob- , viated, because, as now, the con--1 tending political parties would look 1 alter tbo purification of the ■ rolls. Tho cause of social order ; has everything to gain and the i canso ot social corruption everything I tc lose by tho arrangement. There I would also bo a great saving of ex- ? pense to tho Colony, by obviating die ! cost of an election all over the Colony - uuon this question by itself. The if educational influence of the arrangei ment would bo tremendous, as every t Parliamentary voter would havn to - think about the mutter in order to record his prohibition vote. One other good advantage would ! bo that lively centres would have to i oxtend their agitation in order to ■ carry the whole t'kioi'uto. At |nvseiil - districts which have obtained prohibi- • tion, like Linwood in tho South, und 1 several districts in llodney County • and elsewhere, becomo as quiet as r oxtinct volcanoes, and cease to coni tribute anything material to the pro--1 hibition agitation, having nothing to - do but triennially quietly record a • vote against any increase of licenses. - If centre* like Masierton had to ox- • tend their agitation throughout the f electorate the local victory might bea a little delayed, but the causa'generally , would be greatly more advanced ten years hence throughout the country, 0 This view waß strongly corroborated !- by several in the meeting ivhicli was 'f resolved into a general conference on f the subject, Every form of the traffic 0 is covered by the vote under the it Direct Veto Bill, but the Licensing >- Act Amendment Bill docs not place d Clubs, wholesale, and some other y licenses under the popular vote,' The a Direct Veto Bill is tho measuro prois moled by tbe New Zealand Ali' liancp, At. the olose, the follow- !- ing resolution proposed by MrJ. g Feist and seconded by the Bev, J, it Dukeß was cordially adopted, no one ir dissonting:— _ i" KESOLUTION. "This meeting of temperance g workers cordially concurs in the deo cision of the Wellington Prohibition League. Executive in desiring that • clause 8 only of tlie Licensing Aot n Amendment Bill may become law and if that Sir Robert Stout will seek facilio ties from the Government for. the (1 discussion Parliament of theDireot

, Veto Bill with a view to its enactt, ment in satisfaoiion of the jnst claim , for the popular Direct Veto,". ' Very strong and unanimous o'ojoo | tion was expressed by tho meating i.o any fiym of the loc ; il liquor traffic j, being excluded J'roiu the -Direct Veto e vote - ' j ■- e Mark Twain tolls tho storv that, at tlie '• mquebt held ou the body of Buck jfau- " slmw—who during tho delirium of a t raging typhoid fuverhad taktin arsenio, t shot hiniseif iluough tlid Iwd;, cut hia i, throat, and jumped out of a fouv-storcy j| window, breakiug ins neok- ; tlw jury, after duo deliberation; sad and toirful, but with intelligeaco unbbnded by iis sorrow, brought in a vetdiet if " deatl; y by the visiwtien of God." Buck und doubtedly committed suicide, and s i ut does every one who neglects the first tymptoma of approaching sickness and disoaao. Nature always gives ample notice of any disturbance of physical pro. I cesses; Bomeiimi-s it is neuralgia, soino--5 tinic9 a sharp,shooting pain in abdomen a or sido, or a dull or throbbing head--3 ache j no two persons get tbo samo symptoms. What you h&ve to (to is to ? attack the first symptom?, for if con* sumption, dropsy, cancer or Bright's -I diseaso once gets a start, you connot atop t their hoadtong course to tho grave, '■ Theao are facta there is no disputing, for n all the medical skill in the world cannot „ do much for ycu when ro.el organic ■disease has sot it, We omphaticaly recom;nend Clements.Toniobecause we e know by personal experionco and by the ovidonce of inltuencial and reliablo people who have used it that it will do ii good und prevent disease.' Clements e Tomo is a medicine that invigorates and j strengthens tho entire corporal organ- . ism; it does not only ulfccc certain mcinbeis, but strengthens tho wholo II system, thus preventing tho.attacks of ut disease. Tho assertions of tho maoufac--6 turcrsaro borne out and proved by Mis ii J.Bruco, 4 "Victoria Tenace, Prymount » Bridgo-roail, Globe, Noiv South Wales, e who writes For the last forty years I havo suffered excruciating agony with toothache, bilious headache, indigestion, e etc. Although having a sound set of teeth, I have had toothache for a fortnight at a time, I could nut touch i solid food; tho only nourishment . I could got was through taking beef tea, etc., and sucking it through a straw, i could not get up till late iu the day, ami 1 tlion it was only for a short tune, and I " had to lie down As for iiying to I do my domestic duties, it was simply an ■ impossibility; it even seemed 100 great 5 a trouble for me to dress myself, so laiK 3 guid and ill I felt. A sli.irt time ngo I was persuaded to tuke Clenionts Tonic. Tho efi'ect was miraculous; tho tooth- ' aolie, heada-jhe, and tired feelr.ig disappeared after taking a couple of bottles, l Now Ido all my house work, although - ovor sixty years old, and work seems a j pleasure, I advise cveiyone that suQ'era as I did to tako it, as it certainly cured mo j and I cannot thank the proprietor , enough for the benefit I derived from it. -I urn, yours gratefully, Mis J. Bruce, 3 4 Victoria Terrace, Piymont, Bridge- ■ road, Olebe, New South Wales, f , rp HEY ALL SAY SOI j Oen.liuFUS I.noai.ls, Quartermaster-Gen- ( oral United States Army: "St Jacobs .. Oil is the bes| pain curer ever used." . Eon. Bilu Fust, Life Senator of the s Dominion Parliament, Canada: "I found | St Jacobs Oil to act like a charm." Don, J. C. Nuw, Asst. Secretary, United States Treasury Department: "I cheerfully endorse St Jacobs Oil, the i great pain cure." I Hon. Daxibl W-Yooiuibeh,* United States 3 Seuator, from the State of Indiana: " St Jacobs < il gave instantaneous rc- ' lief, A remarkable remedy." I The only Itemedy that ever received a 1 Gold Medal is St Jacobs Oil—undoubtedly ] the best pain cure in existence. It gets right straight down to business ond reaches ' the spot, without delay, by external application. ' Thousands of people -including those of both high and low estato—in all . parts of the world have cheerfully given this public endorsement. Alt painful ailments, such as rheumatism, neuralgia, backache, • barns, bruises, sprains, etc., are promptly i relioved and overcome by tho healing colli- . ncyof this great household remedy; Its great success and reputation, as might be expected, has bad tho effect of producing a " number of cheap and inferior imitations, To ! avoid disappointment be sure you obtain the r genuine article, Sold by all reputable i ' chemists and dealers. 5 If you want a durablo, reliablo time-keeper f at a minimum of cost you must BUY A WATMtBUItY. I !