The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 551, 30 November 1875, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

TSqual and exact jnnfce to all men, Ot w hatever state or pevsuasion, religious or political ■*•*** "Wpre~3Tlftnthp"Pres«'t'hft Proplti's right maintain, TJnavred by iafifuence and unbribed by gain.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER SB, 1875.

*f?IR George Grey delivered his address last uight. As might have been expected, -Iris views are expressed by •'Che 'terra " Insular separation," but we may do the late member for thoJCity^Vest the 'justice to say that he endeavoured to enter practically 'upon tire tjonsiderstion of the •working- of the change, which hitherto rone of its advocates have done. Though opposed entirely to the views enunciated 'by Sir Geormc, this journal, with a desire to'tfbow fair jjlay in matters political, and believing thfe'' question to be one of paramonnt importance to the colony, was represented by special reporter .at last night's meeting, a full telegraphic report of which will be issued in a edition •early this afternoon.

"We would seriously recommend the Alexandra correspondent of the Auckland " Herald "to the temporary care of the 3ocal medical praetitiQner. His digestion is evidently out of order, and at the present moment excess of bile renders him anything bnt a pleasant .man .when he takes pen in Tiand,- and like a literary .Sampson as he is, proceeds to smite those 'two -philistines, Hamilton and the Waikato Times, hip and thigh. His «,politic*l friends should certainly place Mm under restraint or he may do them a serious mischief. Politics are evidently .too strong meat for such*a suofeing babe, and should 'be withheld from him. Let Mr McMinn himself see to it, or he Tvill •€am his seat in the House at too dear « -price, the confirmed dyspepsia of his faith_iul but injudicious, henchman. Alluding to _ the Elections, this Alexandra correspondent of the " Herald ' nays, •" A : strong feeling exists 'here re •upecting the dictation of Hamilton," anc •then goes on to ask " who is Mr Cox 1 ' If we answer the latter question we shal kill two birds with one stone. Mr* Cox is a gentleman to whom a requisition has -been addressed by the people of Alexandra - -requesting ihim to allow himself to b( placed in nomination, for 'the Wai pa, 01 Waikato West constituency ; in the nrnttei •<5f whicj) aforesaid requisition Hamiltoi nhas been .treated .with so little coiutesj >that the requisition hes never yet beei gtjnt there for signature. to saj a correspondent complains of this very '©mission, on the part of getting up tin requisition, in to-day's issue of the Times So much for Hamilton's dictation. *" M •Cox," we are told by this correspondent „, is regarded as .the nominee of a smal "* ring,' with the Waikato Times as it mouthpiece." Every proposed .candidati •is the nominee of his immediate sup porters, and 'in fchat sense Mr Cox is tin nominee of a "small ring*" "jnst its JVI : -McMinn or any -other -candidate An hi turn is the same,; but when our dyspeptic friend terms vis the mouthpiece of Mi Cox's small ring, or of anybodys ring, 01 any ring whatever he allows his politica prejudice to affect .his weradty. Tb< "Waikato Times is no inane organ, bu the mouthpiece of Waikato alone,*and ii the matter of ihe forthcoming election! hoB neither held nor expressed partisai views ot any kind. Its columns are a: impartially free to Mr McMinn and hi; •political supporters for the discussion 0 their opinions as they are to Mr* Cox anc his. We are not going to ju-mp upon Mj Cox, and howl at the threatened domina tion of a " bloated aristocracy " because lie has the misfortune to ~be a rich man .any .mare than *wo are going to cry anj traan of less position and wealth dowr -because lie is fortunate enough not to be afflicted with the " irritamerita malorum!' If Mr Cox's or Mr McMinn's politica] opinions appear to us to be opposed to the general interests of the distiict, we shal] trs unhesitatingly conxlemn them in the cue case as in the other, and we can assure Mr McMinn's friends — for we feel quite certain that that g-entleman needs jO apjmrance from us — that "the Times is ?ir much his mouthpiece, as it is thut of anyone else, when he desires -to address - Ue public of Waikato through -its <o}un>rjß on matters of public interest and concern. As to any little arrangement thore may be or have been between the lute -member for the district tnd Mr Cox for imrkmg things pleasant 'between theniptheß, fhe will iiave an opportunity of «celling those gentlemen te account for it * t *the hustings. -By aM me nns Jet them s have it out if 'there ie anything to be had out, but dont let them, like -TWr McMirm's dyfip^ptic friend at -■Alexandra, try to drag the Times into the W« would rafher a great deal fce"a^2^|dutBide of any "ring," but if vre see Anything like unfair play going <»n, we djfciiretty certain to overcome all -^rp^at^f'"^^^© 'found in the thick of the ■ fmCT/&heljr%e do, we can assure our Alexafiftra fii#l)i4«, that he will find his Xahdsiiill If be'atterapt* to tread -on .the tail <jf our coa*.