THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2997, 29 September 1891, Page 2

THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.

TO THB BIIITOK. Slii,—The t-ictins adopted by .Mr M'lrr.-iy i t Mm present electioneering cunn.iih'n in tliu Wuilcatn electorato demonstrate tli.it h- , piHsosif's a strategical mind, but his motives aro not so obscuru to outsiders as he perhaps would like them to bo. Knowing the l.!ovi>.rnment do not intend to bring out a cmdidiiti-, he has announced himself to run mi th-2 Indnpendcnt ticket, hoping thereby to secure tho votes of the fow supporters of t.lici I iovernment in this district, and at the siiiiii; tim-3 the votes of those few opponents of the (iov. Hiiimti: who aro ii"t prep-iru.l to support Mr L-ko. Tho (or by ■•vh li.iivei- liuiH thfiv art , known f t.'ioins'ilv.v.) ~ti' n-i- iik-iy in i:i!i)io:-t s > unc Milo .I'irsiiig in npp'iiient, of their fads ->s M' L.iko. lie will not, however, require thenvotes—his election is assured without them; but even were such not the case ho would prefer defeat rather than descend to trimming to obtain their support. Mr Murray has no such compunction ; he is a man of a different stamp, and his principles are more elastic. From what littlo I know of this gentleman, I don't think it likely that, supposing he were unfortunately returned, the Waikato electors would run any risk of being disfranchised (so long as the honorarium waa forthc uniug) upon a mero point of honour, t\i was tlie caso with their late representative. We may trust to tlio magnetic influence of the honorarium to prevent Mint in Mr U.'s casn. As pointed out by Mr Bryc" at Mr Liko's meeting, a fiovernment wi-hinir to secure the suuporr nf an Independent m-m'ier i.s gene-,illy able to do so by holding out promises of favours to comet'the said member in return for snob suuport. The Independent member is like th» fr-e and independent elector of Ipswich, Z-ichnriah Zebedeo, who always voted according to Ins conscience— viz., for the man who tipped the most. The Waikato electors, however, require at the lire-wit juncture of poli r ical all'iir< a ■nun ■•t Klerhnf iuti-griiy -tii'l holies'y,—a ni-in wh . will to tlm be-it of liis aViilily snek to do justice to all classes of the cominnni'y, anil who is -tren'i.'Usly o,y,>.\sed to tillowiug thiic.iiinry sntilfrs t-i Me. h'lr.'issod l)y th isn who fallowing thodirtate-i of th-' Tra.l s Unions and <-ity lab urers. Such a mm they haw in Mr L.iko ; an I he it. will .-o who will be ret:;rri"d l iv i l-rge 'inj-irity us nur fut'.iro member. —Y -u'-s, ec, LlllliltAL.