Mr John Hutcheson’s Address at the Opera House. A Most Successful Meeting. Mr John Hutcheson, the Liberal and Labour candidate for the city of Wellington, addressed a public meeting of the electors last night at the Opera House. There was a crowded audience. A largo number of tho members of the Women's Social and Political League, Women’s Democratic Union, and tho various trade organisations wore present on the platform. Mrs Seddon, ■who is presi* dent of tho Social and Political League, occn* pied a seat on tho platform. Mr A. Warburton, who presided, said, in introducing Mr Hutcheson, that it was neces sary that labour, as well as capital, should bo represented in Parliament, and at the pre sent time capital was over-represented in many ways, not only by the legal profession, but by others. WHY TIE CAME FORWARD. Mr Hutcheson, who was received with a. round of cheering, said ho enjoyed the proud ! distinction of being tho first candidate drawn from tho ranks of manual labour that tho Empire City Imd ever known. Thvoo months ago ho bad had no idea thatjhe would boa candidate ; ho had no desire to enter Parlia ment —the desire was that of many of his follow-workmen who knew him in the past, in good times and in troubled times: and ho recognised that should he enter Parliament a serious responsibility would be cast upon him. It was no light thing for a man in an obscure station of life to take upon himself this responsibility; and with that ho had also tho painful consciousness of his lack of political knowledge, due to the fact that for tho last few years he had boon very much absorbed in the bread and butter problem. (Cheers.) To the Liberals of Wel lington ho had no further apology to make for his candidature, and to the Conservatives he owed none. THE RULE OF CONSERVATISM. Many people deprecated class legislation— so did he, when one class was represented at tho expense of another —(cheers) —but in this Colony, from 3850, when responsible Government was first established m New Zealand, down to 1391, with the exception of two short years, 1877 to 1879, Conservatism ruled tho destinies of this land. 