THE COMING ELECTION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2347, 26 July 1887, Page 2

THE COMING ELECTION.

to Tin: muToi:. Silt, —The electors of Waikato will soon f a called upon to decide a very important question, one which should lie well considered by every one of us, that of sending a representative to Parliament. We have Ichiro us two gentlemen, one who will support the present Ministry and one who will not do sc. Every one knows that when the present Government took office they intended ti clear away depression and the colony vas to progress by “leaps and bounds,” hut instead of tins wo find we are wor.-e nif than we were then, and the people ..f the colony are groaning under this load of taxation and still there is no sign of the depression clearing away. Sir .1. Vogel prop oes to remove tiie depression by increasing our loail of taxation. Dues any one fora moment suppose tills will do it ? 1 tilin’; no!. How llien are we to doit? lly returning as i.nr repro-entativn one who will vote against the i'resent Mini-try and support men who will insist on retrenchment, no*, mere scratching, but rctrenclno nit that will shake tiie present expenditure to its very foundation. \\ e hear people tailing of the planks in their platform. We are not yet ready for tiie-e planks ; let us first dig down to the bed lurk, and lay a strong concrete foundation of retrenchment on tlie-e strong beams of financial reform ; tiicn weshal. b ; ready for tiie planks of better land ls.ws. railway reform &c. ; then we will begin to see the depression pass away. I am satisfied that if the cm ntry will return men pledged to do this, anda Ministry is formed wlio will no shirk tiie hard work it will entail on them, the confidence of the people will be restored, and they will go to work with renewed vigor, determined to make this, our home, what it should be, a land of promise and one time people will 11..ck to both for tins sake of their health and arm lit. Wo arc told that it is tiie wealthy and large land holders who are crying out about further taxation. It it nothing of tiie, kind, i, is tiie industrious, hardworking Im ues' settlers who have their all in this coli-nr, 'iid who are anxious to bring up their i. ; iiilies respectably who are crying out aud wim will continue to do so until a change is made, or el.-e leave the colony in disgust. I would say to my fellow electors “ He strong ; quit you like men,” and return a man pledged lu relieve us from further taxation and we need nut fear tiie result. Living in a remote part of tiie district, it may be thought I am not in touch with the rest of tiie district; but. Sir. I know tiie Waikat i well, having lived f-.r some time in one of its principal t urns, and feel sure there is a grand future in si-.re for it; also for the Thames Valley, where there are thousands of acres of go >d land lying waste, which will at no very dj-tant date provide homes for thousands of people, and grow food for many more thousands. Apologising for trespassing on your valuable space,—l am, yoms truly, 11. W. Bagxall.