THE GOOD TEMPLARS AND THE ELECTIONS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1036, 15 August 1879, Page 2

THE GOOD TEMPLARS AND THE ELECTIONS.

Dune dix, August 14. The following is the conclusion of the Good Templar manifesto, which is being extensively circulated, and signed by John W. Jago, G.W.C.T., and D. C. Cameron, G.W.S. : "We must resolve

that no man shall, during the coming contest, have our votes who is not pre- j pared to give us an unequivocal promise of his vote when a Local Option Bill for which we ask shall again be before Parliament. Immediate action should be taken in every electoral district to secure united and decided action. Let a committee be appointed in each district to ascertain the opinions of intending candidates. Let them know the terms on which alone our votes will be given, and let everv vote be polled so that our weight may be felt and appreciated. Thus, and thus only, will we obtain for our opinions the consideration they merit; thus, and thus only, secure their due recognition in the House of Representatives. In the late Parliament we had a small but trusty band, who gallantly hoisted our standard, and manfully stood to our colors. Let us make it our business to see that these men, if again candidates for election, have our earnest and active support, and that in the next Parliament their number be largely increased. Let us remember the magnitude of the interests involved, the manifold motives we have for vigorous and concerted action, and that in the imj pending conflict it is expected of us that every man will do his duty.