Mr. McGuire before his Constituents.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 3122, 13 May 1892, Page 2

Mr. McGuire before his Constituents.

fFEOM OUE OTTN COREESPONDBKT.) Mr. McGnire addressed the eleoton of Kaponga on Monday evening in the school. 4. house, which was' filled to the ntmost, ' there being about 80 persooe present Mr. E. J. Ellerm was voted to the chair. Mr. McGuire opened bis address by - complimenting tbe settler* on the rapid advance which tbe township and surround* ing district bad made. He spoke for ewer an hour, tbe speech being, in the main, tbe aame as given at Hawera and other, plaoes, with the exception tbat be went more fully into the harbor rate question. * > He strongly oondemned tbe rate, and read correspondence which had ptesed between* himself and the Premier, to tbe effwtftba* v the matter would receive the attention of the Cabinet. The following question* were tskedX:— Mr. F. W. Watts asked if Mr. MoGuire

was in favor of grants to Catholic solioola? Mr. MoGuire laid he wai not, but wai in favor of Mr. Pjke's Private School Bill, and had voted for a similar bill. Mr. McCutcban said be was not Ifttii* fied with Mr. MoGuire's an«w#r, to which Mr. MoGuire replied that, although b« bad voted for this bill, be would not now or at any other time support •nr meeinue that would in any way interfere with oar national system of education. Mr. Ooxbead asked if it wm not a fact tbat giving aid to any denomination would be breaking down one national syatem t Mr. McGuire did not think' 10. Mr. Thompton asked if Mr. McGuire could tell .tbem how many civil servant* were in reoeiptof pensions, and if be would be in favor of stopping further pensions f Mr. McGuire saw no neeeanty for pen* aions at all, and thought tbat civil tfervantr should be compelled to provide against their old age. H* .000 M inform M, ThompsoQ tbat pensions were now ioc away with and oompebsation sabetilttted, but r.ven this, be bopid, would 100& be done away with.. , Mr. F. W. Watts aiked why the Government oonstfntly retired good mm almost every day ? Mr. McGuire said it Wil dow in to* interest of economy. - . - Mr. Sexton asked if Mr. MeOnire would be in favor of having more of tbe forest reserve surveyed and opened for sattle* ment ? ; Mr. MoGuire said the present Minhte* of Lands was against it, but, if the peaphr wiehed it and it was in no way injurious to the reserve, be would be in favor of doing so. Mr. Hurley— Are you in favor of th*. legal gambling carried on by tbetouliiaib*' which is the hun of our young ebJony>f ; * ' Mr. McGtrire thought it wu«imoskim' possible to prevent it as gambling- wet.. now carried on to sueb «n exttftfe evta m our ehcroh«s gambling wm allowed antf was only sorry tbat it wm dot in hit power to step all aod every kind tf gambling. Mr. Sexton— Would youbtin favor of amending tbe Land Act to allow a person to take more than one leave seotion without their being contiguous m at present?

Mr. McGoire— To«. I think that it should be removed and allow. » small farmer to increase his holding wfcen able. Mr. McGntcban— Are you in favor of the prepondiranee'of voting in towns f Mr. McGuire— No lam not. I tbinktju the voting should be nnivernl. Mr. Sexton said tbat altboaih hi bid voted against Mr. McGuire *fcifil, fftff election, be now thought that b»Q*u"uty& a great deal of good forhia constituilWJy,' and .had always attended to local mejitft and he thought that be wee worthy of the confidence of the elector^ and lie would. now move a hearty vote* of thanks eno 9 confidence in Mr. MoGuire.

Mr McCutoban,in seconding the motion, said that he also had been a Tory strong oppositionist to Mr. MoGuire tad would probably still differ in many points, but as Mr. McGuire was now tbjir mtmbtr > and would be for the next two wars, he thought it was tbe.duty of the. eiteton to strengthen his hands all thef-coold, and he thought that Mr. MoGnira bud -shown himself to be a very capable tnd'lnflTgtfio member. He bad much puiiufe in seconding the motion. . -"£ - ' There being no amendment thi matlod .was put and declared oamednnaohxioiti^. Mr. MoGtuire thanked the nutting for* the vow of confidence, especially the pro* poser and seconder for their rtmtrkf tod aßsnreoT them tbitr their confidenW would not be misplaced. >'■*'■■ A vote of thanks to., thr chiiMntn terminated the meeting at 10.80 p>m.

(BY TELEGRAPH.) ; OPUNAKE, M»y 18, . Mr. McGnire'u misting wafl Well •£ •tended^. up wards of two hundttw people being present. Mr. D. MeGrtgbr, chairman of the town board, was chfftittUan, A vote of confidence wai oafliin titan* imously, Mr. McLeod propo#»* and Mr. Pettigrew seconded the resolution. A few questions were asked by Mtiirs. Oane, Cbiag, MoHtrdy, Guy, Maloney, Stevenson, and MoLeod.