ELECTION NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 195, 12 May 1908, Page 8

ELECTION NEWS.

I THE TUAPEKA SEAT. SPEECH BY DR. CHAPPLE. ' [bx TELEGRAM.—rRESS association.] . " Lawrcnce, .May--11. Dr. :\V. A.* v Chappld'made the lirfet of a ..series of addresses'to'the electors of Tua:peka Coiinty at Lawrenco There, was a largo attendance,' and the Mayor (Mr. Jas.'-Robo'rtson) " occupied tho chair. Dr. Chapplo said-lie; owed to this salubrious climate his health and vigour, and ho'roturned to the homo of,his birth with the ambition to represent "in> Parliament that home he' lovedi'sd -well; ; : Ho'had returned, after travelling many ' lands/ to find his country the -best-of- any; •'• Mining ■ was in its infancy. Tho surface, as \yet had\barely been scratched.Dr. Bell was' an : able scientist, and had ondoavoured ;to ■apply'"that scienco' which, if brought'.into : a .mining district, would lend tj develop ,its wealth'.' Dr. Bell had como 'back from ;the Old Country veil equipped, i and'- if, this .-knowledge at the disposal; of the "Goyprriment wefo placed at the disposal of / the-' ' m'iriing'"'districts, it would be to them ' "immense ' material , advantage. The_ electorate 1 "ivas "so extensive that, as . it ..was impossible to have a Minister living, as\it''wore,-iii ;'their midst,.it would bo an ■aavanta'gq l 'to''liaVe' "as - their representative one who knew their requirements and ■was .touch';- with /things at- Wellington. Exptrimental' farms'i.might bo expensive, but t-he/Starto' did -not mind that, aM one in the : country ..would 'be - of' great' «• yalue. . Elsewhere; pumice land ; had' been. made to .blos.spni .like the rose, and this cold clay might, yet-.alsoibo.capable of-great things. Speak-' ing 'of railwaysj: he- said- that in the hands of a Government they -wens - the iron. pioneers .'of '.a 'now In settling the waste (lands they quadrupled vthe national 'weiilth, and; ,moro" than* any -other railway, . the Roxburgh-Lawrence - Railway ~would require pushing on. An aburidar.J supply of .fruit was a " necessity/ 'and- -tho opening-up , of fniit^roiyirig' -. countries ' becariio a State :to population,' Dr. Chappie paid : industrial farming and manufacturing-'.. 'inter&ts'.' were languishing for'. Want-.of.- people.,.-' Canada had'realised this, and Canada was not-a place t-p_ dib in, much less live .in;, when compared: with this glorious ; country;of burs'." They must have the right 'kiiid.- of'.people. '• None jbut' the good, the -strong,. :and'' the . brave, reached t-Keso shorts "in the old days, and''''ifj'.the city .'toilers -,were:,. , encouraged ' to ■ come to Now/Zealand from; the Old '. World it would ; be'.'disadvantageous, .' but .they ' must make a selfetrfiion'' and'! encourage tho farming co'm'munity .to come'.out. Sir Joseph Ward had pointedbut/'tho disaster' that: might endue from a l , Japanese invasion, but there was no 'use-'tilting ;at, or speaking contemptuously of tho JapartesOj but' the only reply to an alien .nati'oh':knoclcing at the, 3oor was, " You aro not Wnritpd 'here." They : wquld: h-avo ,a.n army 'of natural - defenders. ThV.graduated land ;ta.xvfor. the. first-time ili"t-ho history of Now Zealand was becoming an; effective measure. ■Tho Laiid for' Settlement Act would gradually dwindle,! down. ' Referring l ' to taxation, /he boiieved taxes 1 should be borno by those, best able -to 'bear./them/'-'/vWoalth tended to accumulate/ in .'.the hands.;'of tho fow; an'd was produced by tho hands of tli'o' many. Customs -duties' were a'.-meth'oil''of taxing tho poor. Direct taxation .was/ generally speaking,' : a. me.thod.' of /taxing, .the/'rich'. ' Nearly . throe ■million, pounds- were paid by people 1 for Cus.tons .was cruel to exac't this. from an! unemployed' man' with' a; family. 'If they put. 10s; a £ tax oil'a millionaire, did hei go' without salt/in his; po;rridge or fruit at his table?' l i Np. ; !' /| Bu'i- even ?a 'small tax pinched !the poor. '; The wealthy, continued to .add'to their means long after'thiy had provided for their v descendants'■ for generations, and a, graduated income tax would bo one of tho most fundamental-principles-of reform. Tho Arbitration : Afet'' Was"'' ari ' Act of 'Liberalism, of w|iicli aiiyf: country might be proud, but the representatives, of the parties, ostensibly experts, were not niore entitled to sit by tho.tfudgo jthan/..anyone < else,.-,', Conciliation Boards were unnecessary, and,could bo done away with/ if ■ the", .disputants : , could; select their, own ( .iwsesMrs.'":Passing to elections ' Dr.' Chappie.^.said...the' second, ballot might lead to ' unfairness,-, while the, absolute majority did/awajf) -vWtli/ that , altogether; • 'As to Socialism',; ifj.it- meant State 1 ownership of all means, .of .distribution and exchange, thero was' Socialist,.in the Ministry. The Socialism of this*- country , fostered State enterprise..'/alonp :.lines'/; that. 1 could • not .'bo 'adopted, .enterprise and to tho advantage, of; the community as. a whole. ~ Ho woiild admit;th'at.this was Socialism. The high ideal '.'of tho. Government' would lead to' an ;ultimatb triumph.Finally,; Dr; Chappie .said• ho rejoiced'■ to; find' :in .the Ward Ad-: ministration an honest;endeavour to'promote tho interests of 'the/people, to correct injusticoj' to bnhg about /reforms, and -to develop, the resources of the country. Ho appealed N;6 as a' young New Zealander, as one: knowing the/district from end'to fend,' and asked them to' take him as. one who could fight; on for.tlie great future in tho distance, and; tho vgood, ho could do them; The;candidate , replied : to. several questions in a satisfactoiyii'ma'nn'er,;'and was accorded a hearty ; vote/of.-thanks,. ' "

• (BY TELEGRAPH.—SrECIAi CORRESPONDENT.) ' _ _ . . DunecJin, May 11:. ; Matters, in, connection with the Tuapeka election; havei; been considerably. straightened •out, mainly through, the visit of Mr. Galli.chan; .organising'. secretary, of the Liberal 'Federation.. ' That.! gentleman has' tactfully removedone or :two ".little .difficulties that existed,. arid;;the, position is now thoroughly satisfactory, "as:. regards the" Liberal party, who will"stand loyally by the chosen nominee. ; The Alexandra correspondent of 'the •1' Star." 'saj^j ( that'.Mr. James Horn has definitely. announced himself as a candidate for the Tuapeka by-election,- so it may be taken for. granted'that .he is tho choson nominee 'of tho'Government. ;!,;