POLITICAL ADDRESS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2128, 21 April 1914, Page 7

POLITICAL ADDRESS

fIUTT ELKCXORATE

Uv. b. J, Bennington, a Reform .candidate wjio intends contesting the Hati seat at the nest general election, dressed a meeting at tire Town Half, Upper Hiitti. last evening, jir. g, KiMMr presided over an attendance sf about 80: people. On rising to epeafc the cstidicfsto was received tfitli ,ap, mause and had an attentive henriim throughout. ' , ?. -fi'ho sptftkor sanlrtii,at he liad choseii UiHiOT ; Huitt for • Jiia first address because thfifc township -had been the first to .placo him tn< a public? position, Ij. respect tp t'ii.o cofttWt h> Jiopfid thai he -WDuld nevet liavia any personal differmieu' with Ms opponents, Mjeiigl; political difference was of, tianrm siiother nutter. Ho might afe say thai lie , could not folio* anyone in support of the' "niad aailaia" of flnntdiy ann red revolution, and lio entirely agreed with tiie attitifdo ivhieii Mh Jlassey's Gfoyenueerifc had ta]<cn up during iht stoi«. For that attitudo atone the Government deserved sjippoft The.r« had been a geiwJal ■deefldcnfio in the J.iibera.l Party siiico Mr. feddoh's death; After him -came Sir Josewh «iid the speaker stated that he hsd looked With sorrow oil the scramble whicili had taken TMUfio after Bk joscpli. Watf's dowflfallito fiU his s hoes. . Incidertta.lb the speaker referred to tlie Msekehzie Aaojmisfeetieft. as "the temnjinutes Mm®trs." Tlio Labour Party sUtiti, lie maintain its identity, slid' not swerve to any otlicr party, and there should sUi>cly bo room, a B Mr. L: M, Isitt had i>rc!§ictedj far 13 Labout members at nest election. Mr. Wilford lvas te . a , Toung New Xealto.d J. arty, and the speaker q.ufre acreed tvith him, bat Mt. Wilford Bhoull n* member that the present Mini.strv, with ats nl.a4ffri.ty of yotoig was to all intents and purposos a New Zealand Party, Cregard % 'P»W.question.. it sliduit'ho pttssvbto for Parliament to legislate for it, and he thought tha*. unleas , thov drink traffic altogether. This was a, question that should be fi*d ahorfdy o ß e way or the other « the feftlmg of tlje C pu ntr y continued as at present, Prohibition would be carried. Some , h igM m ! 'L e t it ,i ) 0 earned, aji| good t<! it," but tho speaker differed. They «fib«H, hethewght, rotto tlio liquor tfaffie, and control it Passing te other jiiatters, aie candidate said that it *aa l.iis in* ■cntiei! t# tour tho efeetote diiriiiß tiro next sis months, as ho liad no Jwisn Hess ties. He. pledged himself to stand to the i>l,a.6s&y,Government witjl a better ono presented its claims. ; Hα was ot opinion, l)(j\Mev« r , tlmt. witliin tlio »Ost mm jetitSj there, would be a goad jaßouF tiQvoruuient, id eXpressi«K tlib lapo that Jus ftoald then be representing thxi Huts -electflrate, tiho spqajisr' said tot hu th&mte that, in a year's time lotoise. wttuld ftavftTcpr&sentetfon o.f its Qwn, a !i4 fw% b* then, lie tfould fcavo suffi|Me«t' knowledge of~ the remaijider of the district io worthily represent it .ho Reform party, tho cn». .ulMo, had tipt yet chdson any cßhdidate. Ho understood that Mt. Bunny was to be the soleetoi oJie, but throiiEh doniostic remans he had not yet tajten to.the field. Speaking regarding Ms otJier epponont, Mr, Saintiol., Mr, Bennmgteit said that bo hoped that hp ! cuM hare 3 gootf heariiiß wjioh lio <!tt»o to speak Kt Upper Hutt shortly. Although ho lumself was not a labour candidate, )ii> wpnlcl like Ujo Liibpur people to tsfos him seriously. Ho 'fed just as much data to tlteir votes as : tF-10 next man. (Applaflm.) The next [ place whtd.t 1)6 inteided. -to speak at wjjhW. bo Lewer Hntt, and, following ; this, Pcteio, and ni tii.o latter plaeo ho wovikl have 110 fear ot trcpidatjou. Toijohiftg oft umwi-sm, Mr, iJemiiiiffToti said that this, sras tlio great force rf tlie present clay, and Ji&Miepeit thtti tho Government which he suftptirtod woiiM .Jiolp the unions. Its declared himself m favour ©£ prcfereiitiai voti«g, &tid ivas »a' staui.ielt advocate of securing moans tending in t.lii> (iirectkn of cofitiiiuity /jf eittployment, At. tlio conchis.iiw. of his address Mr. R. Klliot proposed a hearty vote o.f thanks to tho speaker for his atie address. Tlw nwiSMn was carried uiuvnimoHsly by addara,itien.