A CHAT, WITH THE WORKING MEN.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 55, 4 July 1887, Page 3

A CHAT, WITH THE WORKING MEN.

(B\r Southerx Ckoss.)

'Araiow worker with you, I should like to stimulate each one of you to thought and action, especially during the crisis we • are now passing through. ;:::■■ ■ This future ,'bf New Zealand is in your Hands, for you have the electoral power. See, to it, then, that you are duly registered; "see to it also that you have a deep sense of the responsibility the possession of .the franchise 6htails upon you. . ;Do your utmost to maintain, the purity ! of elections; guard jealously the sacredness -ofpubhcmeetings. Thefreedomof thepress and the right of holding,public meetings ■ are boons you should highly prize. Noisy interruption is much to be regretted. A small vigilance committee in each ward could eflectually secure perfect order at 'public meetings. , man,-the-worse for liquor should be -ftamitted to a public meeting he is a public nuisance. Yet., bow many political meetings have been spoilt by such persons. A well-conducted public meeting is a valuable means of disseminating information. It.also is valuable as a means of educathe audience in many ways, which • need not be particularised. ~ How to vote is just now a difficult ques-™fl-V"Il^ r, No dou bt as the political .conflict thickens, clear issu.es will arise .Unfortunately, /we.haye few men' in the leader 1P I)Ositio " of public , It may be the urgent needs ofthecoun- , try- will develop some '; we surely need then:. See, now, all our old members are in S r i. Of i retr . nchlnenfc - What one of them : : protested against receiving L 21.0 for a short . session averaging L 7 per day ? The parties piers. 0116 Sketoh in the W* ■'" '' T i^S^ y mUCbdlike ' an '-*™ h > an ' ■ lUe ° Ut ' an ' ick :pha.e that this must stop. To secure the • ? ee .pa,soodeye . ,■ •: .-_. 6se " yineni Wan by great ones youil to be,