THE BOROUGH ELECTIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 869, 15 January 1878, Page 3

THE BOROUGH ELECTIONS.

Siß,-Your oorrespondent, " A Rate . naver" m tq-daya, publication ef the ahould be called, to give i=^g^ dates for the Mayoralty and Borougfi Council an opportunity of makinfif J known their views. X think, sir, .»«ve had quite enough of attempts of this kind our Highway Board meetmgs, when amidßt * babel of tongues very Uttfc oatiafaotion can be got, and m the hurry and excitement of -the women t r questions many would have JUied discussed are left untouched upon. But above all, such utterance are next to valueless. They are only hearsay evidence after all, and "half-a-dozen persons listening to the speaker may- sometimes put as many constructions on his meaning while he himself intends to mean something different to them all. There is nothing like the written expression of opinion which candidates for the popular suffrages have been want at eleotion times to put before the elector, iitera $erlpta manet, and the published address can always be produced as evidence of what the candidate said and intended to say. Few, too, comparatively hear the speech at a pubho meeting while all see the published *d0&iB, and can earefuMv and dw'WSsioiiately consider it. The man who cannot compress into short compass his broad views on the principal questions at issue is not competent, and the man who will not do so is not worthy to represent the interests of the ratepayers.— l am, &o , Another Ratepayer. . Hamilton East, January 12th. ♦—