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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

MB JIEKVKs' MBETINty On fjaturdny evening Innfc Mr Richard Hooves, ono of tho ' candidates for tho vacant (3roy Va'loy soat in tbo House of Roprosontntivo's, ndd/ossod tbo oloolors of ttcofton. Tho liaU was oloso'y, pflokod, and, considerable inloresb apponrod to bo taken in the proceedings. iVtr If. G. Hankin having boon volod to tbo chair, ho briefly intvoducod tbo candidnto. Mr llcovos thon proccodbd to addrosn tbo mcstinpf, spouking for upwards or an hour, His spoooh was nninly a ropitkion of Jiiß publ'ishod addrcsi, excepting Hint bo ontorod rath or moro fully into tbo various subjeots,' Ho was slronp;ly in [ favor of Manhood SuflJraßO, and n rcdis» itribulion of roprosontaiion whoroby Qroy* mou lh, Groy V!nlloy, and 3jnnn«fthua,woul^ powiosH sopafato roprosontativos, Ho would support a iurthor oxtonsion of tbo borrowing powors of tbo Qovornmont in order "that tbo groat Public Worka Pplioy mipjh^ bo odlciontly qarriod out, and would uaooyory effort to havo a lin^o of railwny conHtruotod botwpon Ohrwtchuroh and, tho WobI; Const. Ho'did ( not think ■ that nny difficulty would bo oxporioncod ( in raisinß tbo required lpftnn in London, as bo found, notwithstanding tbo p'rosont (iisturbod fltato of nffiiirs afc Homo that Now iSoaland four and-a-hnlf poroonts nowVonliaod £filpor J?100 in tbo English monpy mnrkot m6ro than any othor of tho ! Oolpnial soouriUc.i. Ho would, bo in favor 'pf a rocluaiion of the duty on tho lioooa* 1 sarios oflifo, Bubstitutii\g thoroforo a tax i upon land and proporty. r J}ho prosonli taxation prosscd vory unevenly upon the rioh and poor classes and lib Rfyoulrl on^ dpavor to l^rinpc about nn equalisation of tbo burd,oni With ro^ard to, t)io Rold duty iio rogardod it as moat obcojtious tnx, and oould any ohanffo bo brought 'about in tbo Fiscal policy wheroby that impo.it could, bo .swopfc away ah onco it ; would moot- with his warmost suppori> ( 'ITo would support a tnt upon wool as loss !unj»Rt tlian tbo gold duty, H,o should, uso his best offorta to brinp; about a moro iliboral Gpvornment supnort to Hospitals iand (?|inritablp Instil utions. Ho had, soon a good, doal of tho working and, bonos flj.fi of snnh institutions on tbo West Consl:, nnd bo folj; oonUdont ho would bo able to procure an inorcaso of subsidy for thorn. Ho woulfl ndyooato the ostablishmont of,Xiopal Land, Boards as tho b,°st roloaso from tho prosont ovii, nystpm of dealing with applications for land. H,o would nlso fnvor moro liberal, land' laws wboroby oyory possiblo onoourajtomont should bo ofForod.to small settlors lo tako up land. Sofctlcmont on tbo Wcmfc Coast, was attended, with unusual difHoullios ow« ing to tbo nbsonco of roads, railways, and tho heayinoss of tho tirabor, and bo hbould therefore adrocato as a sob o/fto tbofio drawbacks groator fadilifcy for tbo acquisition of land, ITo was strongly opposed to any division of tho Colony. Tbo labor marked of tbo country was sufll contly stock od at Ibo prosont timo, nnd ho would tbcrclbvo oppose any further froo

immigration. Ho would advocato numorous nniondmonts of tho Counties Aofcl whorby tho prinoiplo of Local SoM" Qovornmowt would bo moro complotloy roajisod than at prcsont. Tho tnain roads ho would adyqoafco should bo mndo ft diroot ohargo on tho Government, as also tho oosfc of bridging all important rivors. If oleotoli ho would '; endeavour to bring about qonsjdorablo amendments in tho Mining Act. Upon this subjoot ho would bo able to bring much local knowlodgo to boar, and ho ventured to thinje succossfully. Ho would favor tho appointment of an' Inspoctor of j^'nos. Upon thoso matters ho distiuotly pledged himself to lose no opportunity of bringing about the cjoairod reforms. With regard to Ohinoso immigration, }io woujd' favor aomoimmo* cjiato jogialativo notion to ohook tho infjux of Ohinoso to tho cojony, wp dio) npt wanj; in this colony, a ropititicm of thq dreadful eonsoquonqos which had rosultod in America, from tho invasion of tho \ yellow agony/ and ho would do hio boat to ohook it. Ho would bo i|i favor of a roduqtioh of tho minors right footers, and ' mnjro it oxtond throughout tho oolony. lip himsolf hailo4 from & country whoro tho onrso of ftbsqntooißm had boon fqlt in its very worst form, and as tho very samo oyil was growing up >n this | colony! ho would bo in fayort>f an absontoq tax, whoroby thoso whodraw jargo jncon^oa in tho colony, " and li'vod abroad^ should bo mado to pay Boraothing to tho state, " for tho bonoUts thoy thus doriyo from it. With regard, <o tho Education question ho was in favor of tho Nolson system. It was undoubtedly tho best that had yot boon 'clovised in tho colony, and as it allowod paronts of all denominations to bring up their childron in their own croed', and produced tho rcquirod ocouiar results no moro oflloiont systom oould. bo required by tho Stato. In con* olusion, if olootod ho would ondoavoi to bring to boar his lon« locnl kwowlodgo for t^io ' a^vantagq of. the distriot; ho oould sny without ogotism that' ho l?now tho wants of flio district hotter than oittior of tho other candidates,' but at tho flamo timo if tho oloo^prs qonsiclorcd, thnt ojtlipr of'tho othor gentiomon in tho flold was more fitting than himself, tbon ho would sny poll for tho bos^ man ; but if, on tho other hand, thoy should think that ho would maYo a faith lul and diligent ropro^ sontativo then ho would ask thoia to voto for him. (Groat choors,), A.t tho invitation of tho Ohairman a number of questions were put to tho candjdftfo, whioh having boon satisfuotorily nnsworod, Mf D.iyies mo^od,' " That Mr Reovos is a fit and proper porson to roprosoat tho constiiuonoy in ynrliament.',' Mr Alexnmior sooonderl tho motion, which waa put to tho mooting nnd onrriod unnnimously, nnd t!io proceedings onded with a voto of thanks to tho chair. MR JIAUnOWMAN's MKKTIHO. Tmmodiatoly after tho closo of Mr Ucovos'. address, Mr^Barrowman, who is also a candidate at (ho forthcoming oloo* turn camo forward to tnnlro on exposition of his political viow,s. Mr lljnnkin, who Wft fl ro-votod to the ohair having introduced, tho oandjUfyito to t|ho meeting— » M,r Barrowman flaid, tl^at in coming (orward ho ha^ on explanation to mako as to why ho should, assume to oravo suoh a dignity at tho bands of tho olootors. Sotno W v ooks ago w,hcn it was first nnnouncod that, a vacancy had, ocourrcd ho was asked to oftor himsolf for oTlootion on behalf, of Labor, ilo then fla?^ ho would do so provided that no other oandidato in tho Bomo intorost offlorod himsolf. Mjr Ifytrrilon Wf^s then in tho (bid, and no other oand.idttto lmvtng ontorod tho fiold up tjO tho day of nomination ho (M,r s Bfltrowmnn) dpoidod to stand and since saw no reason why ho should withdraw. His chief ob» joot in coming forward was to ondoavor to break tho spoil wliioh attnohod to Rjoprcsontativo ftoirernmont. I^t wus a fuot that though Itoprosehtafcivo Governmnnb was tho moat popular form of Qjovornmont i* was in reality not popular at bII. ft was soldom or novor that a laboring map wa sont to Purliamonti Listanops havo oc* ourrod oflato years in tho old country, whonßurt, Aloxandor, nod M\Dpnnol working men, had, boon roturnod. By tljoir rofcnrn they ostublishod tho im« porlant fact that thq working class could, oloofc ono of themsolvps to roprcfout them, and tho success^ of tho o^« porimenfc was instanced, in thp faofc that tno mombors in quostion l^ad boon seioeled to noli on a Royal, Oomtnision. lift (M,r Barrowman). had, theroforo de« eidod to tost t'lo quostion in this country, as !;o whothor a mnu could, put his. tools asido and. obtftin a sent, in Pvirliamont. Tlioro woro one or two drawbacks, to his opndi'daturo ho was awaro, First ho was a straiißor, ntul but litfclo known in tho country, but it would, bo his. objoot to mako himsolf bolter known. It was in« oumbonfc upon a candidate that ho should olialk out a lino of principles to purHUO in tho oyout of election, and if ho did not afterwards roach them, ho would at loa.it rcaoh towards lihom, Ho had thoroforo dcoidod to adhoro (o tho prinoiploa already skotehod out b/ tho Groy Govenimon/;. Tlio first prinaiplo then was Manhood, SuflYngo. This was ono of tho nooesoilios of a. frco oounti-y, nnd wo could iicvor podHO'os freedom until, ovory fi»ll grown man possouned a voto. Tho colony wrs at present govomod by tho votos of ouc fourth of tho population. Ho would

nteo ondoayour to abolisli plural voting which was ono of tho greatost faults of tho prosont system. Property possossed n largoly preponderating voioo in tho administration of "public affairs. Wo find that tho groat wealthy class of tho colony oan bo hoard' iii tho Leglislaturo forty times ovor tho working olass. In some parts of tho colony woalthy inon hold pro* porty in oyery Riding in o County—and possessing fivo yotos' for oaoh riding, and thoroboing'mno Ridings in oaoh County gayo tho man of property forty-five vot«s to tho fivo votos of tho working man. Tho constitution of tho Uppor Houso should bo so alterod as to make' it directly ros-. ponsiblo to tho poopio, and not as at prosont responsible only to tho woalthy class. Ho was also in favor of reform in tho land lawß,. This country was fast passing into tho condition of tho old country. AH oould rooolioot tho vast tracts of country hold at homo by private porsons for door parki and such like, and \\m was what should, bo proyontod Wo. In America tho prinoiplp obtained of provonting any ono man from holding raoro than a givon area and 'something' of fdo kind, should bo dono bore. "With regard to Education it was tho most vexed question that any country had to deal with* Tho sooular system. wa9 inicjui* toufli and the state system at present in oxlstoncq had gravo objoqUon^ to it. It was not to bo doniod that a forgo mjniority of our follow oolonistß could not avaij thoaisolycs of the secular system aqcj to foroo it upon thorn would bq un. just aqd iniquitous. The endowment prinoiplq was a, bad one, but it aoon^od to hot, tho bes^ thqy could, adopt, and ho would thoroforo favor thqt form. The groat evil of tho proson|; systorq appeared to bo in taxing tho country fqr oducation. Tho first thing then w«s to rqlioyo tho country of tho coat. AH thq Govqrjiment had to do was to ensure that every child nhall bo cduoatod, but if tho parent fail in that through want of means or tho will, then tho State had a right to interfere. Government had no right to support ail classes in the education of thoir ohildron. If o would thon favor tho endowmont prinoiplo, but only whon ovory other had failed. As to main roads tho ooat should bo mado a Colonial ohar«o ; ho wns in fnvor of n roduotibn of minor's right foos to 5-«. Tl»o gold' duty tliotmh an unfair tax muit be rotainodf or somo timo, but ho would bo Jn fnvor of Toducinsr tho ooxt of reKistralions to Is. Ho bold that protoction to certain native industrios was tho host form of on. omrngiitg tho dovolopmont of a oounfry. Ito advocated n'ominntod immtßration. Thoso worr his priiicipl^H, and ho wishod to teat tho prinniplo as to whotlior a work* ing man could bo introduced, to Parliament. Ho did n<Mj'w«nt to not cnpilnl and labor ono agninst tho other, but ho wantod to 900 labor sot v^p to Us propor position (louil choora.) , ' In T^pV t0 » question affqotmg Kduontion'th'o nponkor said if he wns to d^oido, nnd whs tho folo jud«o of the dif^-ironl syntems Ito would .sUy that ho wus v bocuInrißt. ' A Voioo— lJf you sny tho rocuM^ system is nn iniquity, y(,-u . Mflno, forward as an ndvooato of ini-.y^..'-"' Candidate— 'l: 1 * .Vicsticn as to whe^or pooulariam is an iniquity is a matter of opinion. I havo not *uid it was iivquitous, Imt I say if I ondi'uvou'red to ttiTust it ipm my neighbours in'ihat would 'tho iniquity consist. t In roply to anotimr quo-ition tho candidato said hn would bo I ' m favor of a ; poll tax on Chinese With regard to tho ! Mjnos Aot, ho had not mndo tho subjoot a spooifll study, Imt ho thought an inspooior 'of mines uooossary. ; Mr Opnnolly supportod tho candidate, ho (tbo epoaW) would havo boon botlor satiflfiod with tlio oundidato i( ho was a littlo moro Htm on tho Education question. Ha had heard of Mr B.ir-ovvnan in Dunodin Soulh, ouk wftj tlicn told that bo was tho boit man they could got for ft municipal ' plpotbn tb, on pondi'ig. Tljo Bpoukor had »Uo been Jnformed if^contiy in o|m»totmoh by n jgentloman that if a working man woro ro- : turned ta PfirilAniont.Vo bo treated With as m'uob renpoot as tho wealthiest man, tf the Dcnmtnational Bystcin of Hduoation . woro adoptod wo gliould novor have a eohool i worthy of tbo tamo. Mr koovos ljad advooatodj tbo Nolflon Byatom. >^ho know > anything about tho Nelson ayatora, QOrips of Oh I, Oh I, Wo do.'Evorybody doos,oto, oto.], Ho (tho Bpoftkor) know nothing ol it. Ai to '< Iho difToront cftndjdatcs. What had 'any of 1 thorn dono P> Tkoroforo Mr Bprrowman l»ad an goodj ft ejjnnco as any. I^t wm not booauso A nian was an auotionoor, an editor, or o!awyof, tljjU h,o B^ould bo roturnod. IMv Bjirrowmiin wn» r mooljnnio, and. wn» iwolj ftblo to Ki'prAßont t^otn ftnd ho would ;tnoroforflmovo tl^at ho it a flt and' propor , porson to roprojont tho constttuonoy in Parih'araont, IJUo rosplutipn was eooondod by \Mv IlAi'loy. An ainpudmont was tjion proposodto tho offoot tljtit »s thp oftndidnto's viows on Education woro such,, thn^np olpotor could gather Jwlmt'syatom lip wm propnrod to support, ho wns not n lit ftnd propor poraon to roprosont tl;o constituonoy. Tho amondmont paving boon Reopndod and, ! put to tho mooting, n show of nftncls wos • tftkon, but ns tho ohairman could not dooido iwhiohsidohttd. the ''mnjonty, tho nmond^ 'mont was put ngitin nnd dochrodoatriod. A voto of tUanfcs to tho chair olo3cd, tho pi'O* cooflings.

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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 3, 20 May 1878, Page 2

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 3, 20 May 1878, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 3, 20 May 1878, Page 2

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