THE HON. MR. FOX BEFORE HIS CONSTITUENTS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9415, 9 May 1879, Page 2

THE HON . MR. FOX BEFORE HIS CONSTITUENTS.

Pursuant to advertisement Mr Fox addressed''£ meeting of 'bis corisfcitJuentaion Thursday evening in the Odd Fellows 1 iHall. The attendanpe.-.w.aa.yery, fair, and the proceeding* -marked with | good humour. ; .His Wprshipythe Mayor having taken, she 1 chair introduced the Hon MrFdX saying 1 that i he ; ,wbul^ pvif ; bef ore' them wJaAt , hafl ; been; •done duririg;the. last, , 'It wa»|.Bptrie ! years since he' 'had first heartt' i him,- l and h)e; i was' a- tried member both for *tiere aMßan!gitik"ei.":r !. i ; M .-I \ \\ r. ', f iUl i ' '. ' /The Hon Mr' Pox then said^tKat: had' i great pleasurein meeting his Wangaaai.con* stituents;, Hp. liked the place auxl'-hadiknowa itfajlongj timejr It wa? from/%em'|gafcjie ( ,waßA'rst introduced tq_the Hou^e ofeßepre-r sen'tatlves. While in BnglanaTie^had made way for a Wanganui resident, but having beea elected by nearly 2 to 1 he had no loop hole but to accept the honor, and had to respond to the call. He felt great satisfaction i always in meeting his 1 constituents here and hoped to continue their representative, but ihad a grea^distaate tings to discuss wnat had been done in the 'House of Representatives as it was like iboilihg cabbages twice over." They Had no" Idoubt marked the progress of events in the Ipublic press, but he would do his best to pointpnt the-.lead.ing, topics of the period* It'had'noV been "an eventful session "tiut< in ifact a most disappointing one. Sir George jGrey had perambulated the country in the iHinemoa, and had predicted the increased prosperity of the Colony. There was to be les3 Civil Service expenditure, Native affairs •were to v be settled,g&d., but all these- visio^ ,of "glory tfad' faded away' There were'great' advantages offered to large constituenciesbut not to the country ones. Dismal was the picturpan'd c alrnost every measure, promised by the Government had been abandohedjaud nothing had come of the session ; in fact 'they were worse at the end of the session than-they wjSre;afc;the beginning. rHe^onid touch on .the 'financial- 'position* and' ttte electoral position of the Colony, and on the Native affairs. This coast particularly could hoc look too close and' "earnestly on these matters. On this coast, if anywhere, the embersAof th\*Ll# 'S ei ») sfcill | Smouldering.

, WNANCK.

I With regard tb> ffQance^'tlie present Gov« emment when in opposition took most glopmy.o yjew» oj »-the »posU(iQ% pf iaff^frß^nioßC^o^l^y^^L I !.^ PJEwM^L Ijnaa^lp 'disastrous^ consequences". SomeHiing was Iwrong in the Treasur/^and they even implied the previous Government* had falsified the records. As soon as the Government came *an 4; tbir Qjlpnia^^^S^JPiF^^e^ ireobrds 1 correct. It was not creditable to /a |pMy why nad 'alMbit 1 iworriao'srfbh^tßlßgs jthat when they had access^Jtacrtlierrrecoid» Ithey found nothing wrong, although it was 'satisfactory to the late Government, who •then wanted to know"wfiafc they were going {to do. The Colonial Treasurer announced Wiancl tfsxywhichi iWas'not.to ibssp'f 'a vin^iicltive«h.araojter» '> t^n99lß!» ; »(B«eat Ihacredaga^stJa^ttrpwnfrSraboTefiy^a^rei, laiid it was founa necessary to enter a protest jagainst a vindictive tax. In order to remove' Ithe imputation that the tax was a class tax, ithe C/olonial Treasurer announced that he .intended to tax,other t descijpWon^i of prpp^rtrj |and therefore' \h£ introduce, ity Peer 1 tax to product £80,X)0&i Mm r th'd^ c tax" 'pa Companies^ to produce! sßsooo^being:equeiltd, (the land tas, Tney were So^nxipua tp^arry 'out these priu,ciple8 fi . that', we Government ithree". "distinctly >iiaid so,arid : it' meant they would resign or go 'M the ooun!tryii t V'.Mr'Sallanoe,\WftJ&,mpd6Bt assurance, id 'SO young s.\ politician, denied that he 'had said they would stand or fall 'by the Beer Bill! "'(The hon gentleman We read an extract from Hansard of one of speeqhee.), r ,He (Mc~B^jtried| jto quibble but 6t v^Hat he 'said, 1 bu! Mr St6u«r fstated, " We have, mad^uD pur, mind to stand !or fall by ttfess measures. • ul All ! 'tnis meant ithat the Government if beaten would go out iorgoto the country. —The Land Tax Bill iwas carried. The Beer Bill was lost by a [majority of twowand, .therefore, ,the Government abanddnM tle'Beer Billy 4ild with it jthe Companies Bill, leaving the vindictive [laaditax*ith§. ccla|i»;taa;tr»Mg. vThe? hofi {'gentleman proceeded to "quote from Mr ißry^ls^eeeHin (A 'vdi,6ef^\Ee idon't want Hansard.) Mr Vincent Pyke, jwho tried to get a County named Vincent iPyke, but who only succeeded in getting it jnamed Vincent, called the Government the mqst seriqns { rogues that walked ;n shoe^the/ |He (Mr F) had made out his point; The'Govt. had turned tail and passed the land tax, leaving fled before the enemy. Their proper {course was to have resigned or gone to the country j but they dare not do that, and did not chose to resign, but stuck like limpets to arock,.an4)a;r;eitfalr:ejto fbiaf da^f fy the jstumpirig tour of Sir George*- Grey £ great deal was made.of airee breakfast table, but what had theydonVrThey haft Haken away £100,000 duties on tea and sugar at a time thfy were going, to the Home country for a loan, and Substituted^ another tax, tie lanjl tax, which cost one third to collect. The t^c, was taken s^igar pp,^ (pu^t on ihe land, and |nuo^wa|>made^o£ tb^e door- little jchildrerrhavmg^a* spoonful 'more sugar or a ■trifle more tea for^breftkfaflt— those poor |litlile"dhiidi»nJisoj^fte.n))SeeUfsir^',ragß ik N*w Ze^an<a n j , .gq onejjjpmeflb^ Wfe 91?,^%] ' £iooSdr&wo nZm iti^tb ootieeCThe' PfeisulSfeedfe* W AssocMl&hV! W>Bti£ w>f x imatter-fcrhioh, e hadiilauded;ttp &ejColoiaall SWnM» : ftnd-for g^ v he ' J«R^' pike a rocket, but became 4own £ UkeAS,^. !He had 'dM'bWen ( iw6 ; year>^Wtbe ' As&mst •and^ 1 hatt neVef^haa • fexp^riencVin 'fnanoial imatters,: and - by, .ihiaDhoblecleUoy iHimater^ prbj^ ,801 m^jy^siy^SP^SiHff^Jm

Georg| Griey bdunWthat £400,000 would |be got from-, the Plains, bat it was » foot .lflsßiYfbibegdfc this year. With people Specul|tlngfitt lind the revenue might be foa, but $||ljjiid tax cat the roots from at%Quroe7%iro for the last three months ere^KCd^wP^a enougu from this item to pay for collection, and it frill be found that there will be a loss on this head of £260,000, Our heaven-born Treasurer will find thing* * show, a clean budget in Jujy. The financial oonditionof' the "country wa« bVa; ? There were,G/>je?nm.ent,oJ^ had tor remain unpaid.- He could not see his way fo ! a" r clean ; baftinc'e^%breet for next ABspinbly , . and to makeup the difference ihey would have to raise more 1 loansy iTbla Was only t6 be.eipfeote'd' frbin.ttfe\faali aots ofjwi Inexperienced yjung man*; /The 06To« mat Treasurer nas not a practical .mirid, and has no originality, but copies bis 1 ideas from Hurbert Spencer, Coolj^ } ahd?otheriM He is seen in library marking.vlwoks of this description, and the mawsjire afterwards seen in;them. ,He is not the stamp of man lo get tneni bhi 6f V diffltiHfifr %c pilot at tb* ffift isiflot' ffiMf to SBe f 'infrWir 'fctirottga the shonls.firrdf rdck^/^iTne%i6D gentfeman sakiMtic He had :voled, again'st'tbe Beer Bill, not.as,! tototallerj^ut on political grounds. In referring yjpyNatije^ affairs! fte[ bad no desire of saying anything that might impede WrfSSft ganger doings in tK^Kinf ootffi&yluring tlfe TasiTeigtiteen. months: -No m'in'in-his- eenSes' eaWH^tflt the sub«ctlisisa^^clpudi''iS l rbmtb.e;iaBt f W &!&riBs9&lB!fas^ hatf ? beeij>tto hostilities with the King party proper* f ;.No theSing%ar6y lostMe^Walkatothey gave up t&a'liftrttggle^and retired to theirown country and TOBfiwr/fpf^it^le^'inlercomle wiQTlhe tearopeansll iln £869* wHen^lH was v ih«©fis3e SirDinaia McXfean was^atitd Mifalfter^d if he had lived these topnbles]wpu]d never have occurred. They' aetsrminea'to act on the principle if the "Maoris remained quiet . they -would"' leave : Kiiig |3&Tty i to" get a feejfterrjnjwf* a s. Lejfcfe them . that was ' the course* up to >the T ,time the present Governmeiit" n came- info office. Strenuous «fforts were made by Sir Q^org^aTeytenalp^y party ,B$ and elsewhere, Mr Sheehan acting as henchman, and at last they "assure us that peace is i made, and this, although : theri haft iiot/ been i a : blpWj struck;^ iptytfolU Sir George ;,Gr(sy ■ wanted.tojmaKe political capital ior himaelft i out of the Native jace, r (Ones of kahore, King country on its legs' again,' '400 ft m%n have me(; VtdgafcHer ,aqa King is bighex than ever... jaeor^^y had offered him pensions, sections in cown^and.country, and hadasked. nothing jin^ireturni HThdKife v&tpYj was; , infinitely^ jij^re infinitely more dangerous than before. Wnac was the^idea of theaclion ot Sir.fieopge : Grey atoong the Maoria." They say*- when • they have asiefracbry. bullock; they get a > rope round his, j horns and; .round a post, • i gradually- ibhey'haul.in the . alack. tiß.hisr nose ■ iis 6n tHe ground;' That- is fast What they are • are doing wilh-slr 'X} e c^i"'Qrh} f "abd%e| ;8ay;")Wfl|(Will t6 itihe geAivsannb » ! jftntofflr ; i^e Tcojoni*! f( p^we^ 'b;aft{)6eea 1 { kiokea out or ana Dan, .ana tne Government - 'cAlledßtealetsofilarid'J Two'feentlem ; 6ri.naa \ been sent up after Mr Sh*&Bhto, v ;ana >haU*left • the matters as it, vM> -u,The»J|apris had said ' i killed .by v . of ,Te » ( Whitii' 1 ' tOoldrierMoDorin^l^ftCwaft-iiever » IsUidV'-'Mr Foirepligd -liV^dSf KfSlaa'a • hear Col. McDonnell .'afterwards!} 1 i-'MI [ Sheehan : had to away ; from the mee'fing i i in.a most iunuliating .manner. They- have -1 ibeen'HTsinis i'o'get iif invii^tion for'S? i George Grey" J and' 1 Mr Meeh'&i. ''ftbne I ' M 1 been:receiVed eicept < from' Re^i}''vth*6' -was considered a traitor even by.vihitffpmpattya They gotmjindesthe/^ingjQtifche'' Hgapuhi ! tribe. R^wi would dnly^spiaak^o Sir George iGreymp"ubfi^aaa f^uld.not^as he^had 1 before tionerform a : parliament of is&.' May be things willitoniT^pafc <b.efct€)r; anticipated, but hp^v, about the land,to,b)9.gifen by Bewi, Where as the railway to go wrougn the Waikat&"lf good coi^'oat the Waikato ttfclfcvitcwill be more by^rfct than ?goodmafiage_ifie3s. The Govejsm*tt£f>efor« icoming Ma rofl^e condemned r UiarNatiT« {Land Pu^ikSr Act, 1873, lis Bak and abominable 1 .' sSjThe5 Sj The Government promised to amend thab^act.i Mr Sheehan, after being ! repeatedl^^askeja,: Mnght .down.jCOT ! aflectirig~oniy { -mfegttimate' ohiiateni^"Wfi ithata IdmimeatK Mr SHefchaQ^as put &$ f ] office with team^nsf^blpwiDg \^f*tapmpete. , .Theqpp.oßitiQu-,werea party of "old' fogies. L : This ~i SdnrNeirZeaiHiia' \Was*dpnifn#te the I front with aine^ifitiVe ffjblicy. 1 he dia ! nothing. Celee/; than!) praise. his prodeceagor, | | wh9;jhe |,Cl^r.:fiFpx^ m-hajt, m -hajt, &<) v he64ta^iion [ , Sheehan said Sir PonalWcl^an^aWfiia^e ' ; a mistake HrßatzwJaßafl.iKjiid. Government , \ »WMi [<V&tilfi& JsllinanftJieMei>rfar^6 , 'persons to be p.orjcnajfrs (Hansard, loth '■ JToTember, 1877)'. ' ' yetribw the Government ; were the lirg^^ptirchaser&Viirld'^ut? 1 every j obstacle in the way of private parties. .{Eitere r Iwas^o^a/lhmgji^^W^qb^the Government > hadi. blamed Their predecessors for going r aMeMeeßjbatthey_then^ gone ovej? head [and ea^s. (l£serraptipp, ] and cries of No INoJJLJSir George Grey pk ' ' made the JQ,QSt bitter attock£ver made.inVthe I |H6WB^#lSir wnald^jßcLeaHf 1 m^n^e . ' murderer Wid'iatavtoo'kreiuge'iid the King i country, and Sir Dpn»ld^Mcl«ean went qp to " ; see Tawhiao^dTnoreojerjhe[(Gxey) wrote a ! letter^.to.th'e/King^ P*^y , 0^ $p.Q subjeotnbut ■ i WuCu'ho'^niuiiaslf''camB into* viffice'^he was . fobndi forthoparpoe* capital, I sr^dingfday* iuYcomp>ny (wj^'flt.e njur#ec« : .and V^&ord SfWh, ;an| ;not seeing" J tbem°. ' Mr flhee¥an 1 -tiad I ta^r> j contradicted him inrthV House, and said he didf?npif'?kaW«i!: {€?fiorfell >Mj^nfo»nifibsgero , ' tried £o speak.— • %. voice,;. Jsai h^s,oat.^fS£f i < Fox.; No! JUet Qolpnel* MoDonnell stais- he m.ybtVr-somcthinsO^ativp^Jairalhidc^ mot know!)- »' l> : V- !Ili 'j* f -™ o« ol «on Ho had; gob rid:of tHe fitlinoe and native i difflculties and he would turn to i elecfcoralrroll/ 1 bardment *of ' AitekWnd f 'cfr'-tliKb* they had ,70,000 inhabitants of the moon walking ' amon^fc' thbm.-- He put . tW number at 15 to ' 20,0Q(J. -' Mr^' Slout introauded ' an 1 iElfld^oral ' Bill which did not muck extend the franchise* Afterwards &lausej». swer. 5 wer.e i ;i|aMe<| l uwMe.& would give the % Jthft n x dual : vote,- jThe Maoris^adf^spmerpowej ajr^y t In 1864 tney had a, 'manhood,. soffra^ vote 'for special membeif ?^^F ow^ '* se< r !Bhe,ehan l .wante.d; tb ! 'emSr&e , the, vote apd allow J tnem* to j'jrdWj' lor Europjeans 4 ;'l;hus ! giving a dual *T*<>te,/!!i;By/lb'bj^yinflf r the Bill passed the Hon^eof Repreientativesbut was altered back Ijo the 'drlgirial'stalig'm -which it , wag first ihWoduc6d^'tWlTtfgisl»tt*e ©Wat oil and the Bill was dropped. Last session wtfst therefore barren 'as regajclfc^anfifflst. TuefHon .gentleraautiften^wloiqoni.lfQv^ that the sessip^f h^Jje^lbjKTgnjaftTOgardf |r^djpsJimpnt. ? pft;^Pr§lMte* ;^ cf 'ffi '^introaMe' %$, Wmafag^« he had only carrying it , fß&Q,' l^- I^ l^^^*^ called , ! attSffldn tbW*finl»P ivfty -i the Measures • ;were^repiafi*.W ,{foif«ua) i«:»#ir-3S vq7l I honest repUeß ioboneßt : qtfeB^titJni ; a^&iioVio beputoffina'ligljitrrivdldusway. B«rie'Qf Jir9isqpp.ort€r9f thought [hjgt wAnUp^/Whjs jl;sSte.jfirujlT >J^. ?« hsr. \ mhititrfi

Mr Fox said tfe did' 'not*- want to give the money to the jGloyernment. , wopld hftve been go^'frdni'workhien. • THe G»ve*nmentprofelsed'to' b'tfthe' WorKmbn's friend, inttyet'lfcWduld'rob^ poor mati of his beer. The whole of the Good Templars r had approved of his !ac'tion/f v^m > *! Jfc WrSt Wißtt proposed -aerate of thanks to,tod;pf cogence: in, Mr Fox, asmemper fpr r^anganui v wh4ch! was seconded by Mr WhltworthlJugsell and carried*, >, , A vote of thanks to the. Chapman termmAted theproo^edinigs. .''„"! „,,..•