THE TWO CANDIDATES.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 557, 14 December 1875, Page 3

THE TWO CAN DIDATES.

igißj — We have now the expression of the ■views of both candidates for Waipa before the electors, and it will be for the latter to choose between them. And really it could have b&fa wished that ■there had been a greater divergence of •opinions between the two, if only to have shown th« outside world how -strong were tfe« Jfeeiings of Waikato in favor of a change from Provincialism in any form, and in approbation of the Public Works policy of the present ministry. As it is, the question between Mr Cox and Mr McMinn will be narrowed almost to a personal one. Their political views being •ho nearly alike, the only question that re•mains to be decided is, by which of the ■two, as our representative, can those views •be put forward in the Parliament with the most weight and result % For th ough :many electors may not be aware of the tfact, yet it is nevertheless one well known I believe to all those intimate with parliamentary matters, that the success of measures — and especially those of a lochl -and less general character — depends very ■much upon the men -by whom they are brojroht forward. Neither need I point to •tliffPet that much of the real succrcss of •any such measure depends iless upon what is said on the floor of the House, than on its discussion in tl»e lobbies and in 'Bellamy's. It is then that hy -a <inu<tual mndei standing— it may be -the -quid pro «quo vulgarly called log-rolling, it may be personal friendship and old associations, •or it niaj" be the possibility of a similar (personal ♦obligement hereafter — by one or •other of these influeoces or by similar •onfjg, matters are pUasantly £«ranged, and •converts 4nasle that no amount of eloquence addressed to bbc Speaker would ,po.-sibly gain over. These are all matters to be takeu into account in <the choice of a representative, and will «© doubt receive •their due weight. — I am, &c, * " An Independent Elector. Alexandra, December Bth,