WHO SHALL SIT FOR WAIKATO?

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2350, 2 August 1887, Page 2

WHO SHALL SIT FOR WAIKATO?

TO THE EDITOR, Sir, —The electors ot Waikato will within a month or two be called on to exercise one of the moat important of the social functions which they hold. Therefore it behoves them, one and all, to consider well whom they choose to represent them in the future. Per the last eight or nino years New Zealand generally, and Waikato chiefly, has undoubtedly retrograded and is still retrograding instead of progressing, _ We cannot close our eyes to this fact which is strange in a young country and a country, which has such resources as ours lias. The farming industry as well as others has been languishing for many years. Row ask the electors of Waikato one and ail, whether our present representative has put his hand to attempt to remedy this state of affairs. Ct course we cannot expect wonders from any representative, for I believe no legislation can entirely remedy this present depression. But when the whole country clamoured, and begged, and formed a strong association for the reform of our railway management did Mr Whyte ever advocate any system of railway Reform. Did he even advocate the one ho does now, on the stump, and which ho advocates now, only, to secure his re-elec-tion. This cry for railway reform is no meaningless and empty agitation, but a reality which must bo faced. I for one will vole for the man who advocates it and not for him who tries-to hide his own defects and misrepresentation by hurling his jeremiads at the late Ministry and now barefacedly is bogging our support again. The electors of Waikato will by this election decide whether they are to keep running in the same old retrogressive groove or whether they will join tho whole country in the cry for reformers and new blood.—Yours truly, A Liberal. Cambridge, 2Gth July, ISS7.