The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1890.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2863, 18 November 1890, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1890.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political.

It is unquestionably matter for sincere regret that Mr Allen has been unable to reach the colony at the date promised, and this regret is no doubt very keenly participate*! in by that gentleman himself. That the obstacle which prevented his return at the contemplated time was insurmountable must be. on logical grounds, accepted as a fact, for the reason that a man who is in the habit of not fulfilling his engagaments was not at all likely to have continuously represented for a long period an iraporcant and critical English constituency. The political opinions of Mr Allen arn before the electors of Te Aroha and they am right in assuming that the long experience of a candidate gained in the parent Parliament of the world will enable him to give effect, to the opinions he holds, and we take it that those opinions do accord with those of the electors, and that they will not allow petty interests to blind them to the advisableness of carrying out the policy he has laid down, and which he has pledged himself to enforce. Wo have previously pointed out that the Waikato electors have risen superior to parish politics and potty local interests aud returned a man with a colonial reputation for ability and integrity, although all his immediate inter" ests aro with another district in tho colony. Selfishness is unquestionably tho ruling power with nearly all bodies of men, and for that reason the aetiou of the Waikato settlers is commendable. Wo must not forget, however, that there is not now as heretofore, so much scopo for selfishness, for the reason that tliero are vory few loaves aud fishes left to scramble for at Wellington. AVe call attention to this fact lest tho electors of Te Aroha should fear that Hr Ailon may not be so good at a scramble as those who have had larger colonial experience, and are well versed in logrolling, and other questionable practices, which have, from time to time, made all honest men anathematize tho Parliamentary institution, which should have been to them a blessing. Surely some leaven is required to counteract those evils which in the old colonial representatives have come to be looked upon with leniency, if not as being necessarily incidental to all assemblies in which sit tho representatives of tho pooplo, and who on these grounds feel no scruples themselves in assisting to perpetuate tho evils to which long use has made thorn indifferent. In making tho above remarks wo have not desired to cast reflections upon tho other gentlemen who aspire to tho To Aroka seat. AVe aro too well aware that to abuso the other sido is not argument. In advocating the rotui-n of Mr Allen it will be 6een that wo have not overlookod the fact that he has had only a limitod amount of colonial experience, quite sufficient liov/cvcr, to have enabled him to form opinions on New Zealand affairs which cannot fail to be endorsed by a very large majority of the peoplo. The frequent cry has been that new blood is required in the House. The electors of Te Aroha have it in their power to inject a little in the person of Mr Allen. A man can only be judged by that which he speaks or writes, and by the acts of his life. It is a fair assumption that the gentleman who has recently cast in his lot with U3 will prove as faithful to his constituents in New Zealand as he undoubtedly did to those in the Old Country otherwise he would not have represented them in successive Parliaments.

We sincerely trust that the absence of Mr Allen from the scene of the electoral struggle will not fiom pique, or for the old reason '•out of sight out of mind," lead the electors of Tβ Aroha to fail to place him at the hpad of the poll. We feel confident that his occupancy of a seat in tho House is calculated to reflect credit on those who returned him, and prove of benefit to the electorate and the whole colony. His is the stamp of new blood which is required to be infused to purify the old.