What Everybody Says.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1955, 10 April 1875, Page 2

What Everybody Says.

" In multitude of counsellors there is safety.' —Old Provbrb An election is generally looked upon ns a legitimate outlet for the pent-up feelings of the free and independent electors, and there is no doubt that amongst the electors will be found some who are free and independent. Of the free, they must not be confounded with the crowd who attend political meetings, most of whom are mere partisans, who act a part throughout, whether it be at the hustings or at the theatre. Tn hooting a candidate to whom they are opposed, or in holding up both hands when hands count, these people are only automatons. They have no will of their own —not a bit. But they are pliable metal in the hands of others. They can make a good show at a nomination, but when it comes to voting by ballot candidates find out their value, and the discovery is not pleasant. This is one of the experiences which people who go in for politics find out after purchase. It is expensive, but the lesson learned in the field of experience is invaluable, and not to be despised. If a man wants to be successful in politics he should stifle his conscience, disguise his real feelin s, be all things to all men—say what he means one time, and something very different at another time. He must, in fact, study his audience, and as he gains kudos in one place for certain opinions, he can tiimhis sails to suit another. Consistency is not imperative. Everything by turns and nothing long will go down if the changes are judiciously rung. Scheming is the best thing in politico, and any, man who attempts to succeed must have no scruples—duplicity is the quality; while hone&ty is relegated to to remote spheres. A great cry has gone up in our Provincial capital about Orangeiam, an t our friend Dargaville has come in for a large share of small abuse. Wow, everybody does hot agree with the principles' or objects of Orangeism,* but: everybody admires outspoken honesty, and if Mr Dargav He walked out of Auckland when his brethren of the Orange type rode out on a 'bus, he displayed a littleness of spirit which should not characterise a Ghaid Master of the Order.; If the principles of the Order are of such a grand design, why disown them by walking out of town to avoid fellowship with the, lower orders. Mr Dargsyille, the Thames Orangemen over whom you hare been called upon to preside, ask you, as a favor, to reply to "an old Orangeman" as to y>ur reasons for walking out of Auckland when you could have ridden? Some who were once good Orangemen are now uniting to counteract the effects of your organization, and if not soon, it will not be very long before they are able to thwart all your political combinations, by

an association mere powerful than any pressure you can bring to bear upon it. [Thedemand for " copee " has declined, owing to the " new goldfield " excitement, which has taken the printer's breath away. Otherwise everybody would have read a thrilling history of how one^Bich Kennan went out into the bush, li|* the early worm, and got 1< st; how he^tind his way to Tairua and declined to peg^out a little farm of thirty acres, <fcc.-A.ll these things are lost to everybody because the printer has enough copee^W >.E3^