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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 390, 13 December 1889, Page 2

y The intention ot. Ormond, Whitmort Arthur, and Uomnany to get a. shipload of dual voters into Wairoa to try and swamp She Liberal party, renkws the interest in that Grand Old Man, Sir GeOrge Grey, who fog years fought tor the abolition of the tax! vote, which fortunately wll| soon Wfa thing ot tha past, Mr Ballance mads the following re* feronos to the subjeot to hia speech in Napferf —“The public had to thank Ste George Grey for introdaoing ths One Maa Ona You BW. - The Liberal members of ths Honie had always been indavourot this messato, audit affiiMaj them great pleasure to cm It pass the Uohrt House? Thi Liberals of NaSter had &2 taunted with not being able topot their man io, but no doubt that was due to tha Maj vote. Xosy tha* tks oto mau one principle had boon adopted, however, tiwp might attfie nratgeqeral eleotlqn retort m the OonservaMVM. (Applause.). Stea* people were rather surprised at a Oooeervatire Government allowing the One Man One Vote Bill to pate, and the question had often hmm asked how it was managed? Wett,. Vte answer was very simple. The Govomment did not want it to peas, but they did not want to become unpopular by oppeeing it so they said to themselves, “ We will not oppriM it, we will let the m em bsr* of the Legwlative Council throw out the proposal when It becomes before them.” But judge of theft surprise when the Council passed the meanre also. The Council said “Take your own ohestnute out of the fire,” and so the principle of the one man one vote beoama law,

The Washington polios have la ouatodr a man who walked from Sprlngfleld, MaMaehu* setts, and who Imagines that he is under obligations to marry all ths women in th* United States,; ' ,