The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1890.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2868, 29 November 1890, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1890.

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

The electors of Waikato are to be congratulated oil the fact, that they have laid aside small differences of opinion and returned Sir Bryce unopposed to the Parliament of the country. They have done this at a time when of ali others in its past history, a man of his sterling worth is urgently required to aid or take a leading part in steering the colony from amongst the financial breakers, in which it has become involved by the mistakes of those who have had the guidance of its affairs entrusted to them from the birth of the representative Government to the present time. They have appreciated the fact that the only hope of warding off disaster under the present conditions is for the people to return men of proved ability and integrity to the coming Parliament. They may feel certain that no man will take his seat with a better reputation than will their member, and they may feel confident that he will do nothing to lessen that reputation ; he may err in judgment but his past career justifies the prediction. that he will never do so as regards honesty of purpose. In tho addresses he has delivered during his candidature he has not tried to shuffle on any of the questions he had to treat upon. There a total absence of attempting to trim his sails : he held mature opinions, begotten by experience, and made no attempt to qualify them for electioneering purposes. This is exactly the position that a man seeking election should take. There are always two sides to every question, and consequen room for honest difference

opinion, and there is unquestionably n suiall minority who differ from Mr Brycc on somo quostions. This was maslo apparent by the unsuccessful attempts to secure candidates holding other views than those of the member-elect. Their action was perfectly constitutional and justifiable, but novortholesd, the opponents of Mr Jiryco should feel some satisfaction that the enthusiats holding their opinions wore unsuccessful iu inducing any muu to court cortain defeat. At election times there are always to be found meu who are led unjustifiably into the belief that a considerable number of men must necessarily hold the opinions which they themselves conceive to be correct. The election is now over and it now behoves all to aid the elected member by their voices, at critical times in tho shuffling of the political cards, to carry any measures which may be for the benefit of the colony. It is the duty of a constituency after the election battle has been fought and won to bury all the bitterness, which of necessity, must be engendered, and join together and give the winning man all the moral support iu their power, and it is to be sincerely hoped that Mr Bryce will get this support from the Waikato electors. By all means let those who differ as to the measures before the country give weight to their convictions by the passing of resolutions. There is nothing more cheering and calculated to make a man stick to his task and fight the political battle manfully, than to find that his actions and the probable motives which prompted them are carefully watched and estimated.