THE WAIPA ELECTION.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 559, 18 December 1875, Page 2

THE WAIPA ELECTION.

Sib, — The addresses of Mr Mr«Minn nnd Mr Cox to the electors at To Avraniutu and Kihikihi respectively, as reported in your issue of the 7t,h instant, offer a fair opportunity of contras ing their viewe, and thus of selecting the man who holds those that we endorse Mr MoMina'a addresc, lik« Jhat which he delivered at Alexandra, 13 cleu', concise, and businees-likes that of Mr Cox long und rambling. However they agree upon eoine points, viz., Abolition, the Raglun road, and the injustice of the present Education Rite. Of the three other important matters stated in my previous let' er— mention is only made of one, End Mr Cor only tpoke of that when a-keti the question "What form mcreasrd tatai i)ii should lako in the event of suoh beiu« necessa-y ?" Instead of answering it he shuffle! icoff. That uioreasod taxation will be necessary frw that take thought on the matter can duubt Three hundred thousand people cannot pay the interest on twenty millions of tnouey without direct taxation, and no lax can be more fair than an lucorae Tax. .Atprebeut the poor map contributes an much to the revenue as the rick, whioh is manifestly unfair. Mr Cox does not say any. tiring about the Alexandra and Ngaruawah.a nud, or the extension of the railway past Ohaapo, where liis interest in the Waik&to ends. Knowing at we do : hat the nttive q-'esti'nia not fitim'/fd but nn'y i'j abejince, »ih M»* C«»i

•ay that making road* to connect — and tliu« to strengthen — the frontier •ettlementt is not a colonial as well •• a local one t Mr Cox say* he will not go to Wellington as the electors' •errant ; well who, or whom doe* he with to fet into the house to serve ? himself, or perhaps his southern friends, the rich leaseholders, whoie leases— obtained when land was of little valueare nearly expired, and who wish to get fresh lease* on terms favorable to themselves but unjust to the colony ? I think sir, lhat it must be most gratifying to any ma j for the eUctors of a district to ask him to represent them in Parliament, unpledged to anyway. Bat that cannot be expected unless they ha?e knowledge of bis antecedents and «on£deoce in his character. And how, I would ask, can we hare confidence in a Sir George Grey who says to electors, if you elect me I will endeavour to uphold Provincialism or insular separation, or whatever you agree upon ; or aMr Cox, who says, if "you elect me I will represent myself. M* like ninny other men, can h«*ld a»y opinions that he likes, and endeavour to get into Jtynliamevt to represent them, but unless bin opinions coincide with those held by the majority of the electors of this constituency he u not the man for Gal way. - 1 am, &c., Oakloi.