"POLITICAL WEATHERCOCKS"

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1668, 21 September 1887, Page 2

"POLITICAL WEATHERCOCKS"

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— ln your leading article last night you place Mr Purnell among tho above species of natural curiosite 1 , on the ground that m ISBI he vigorously denounced Major Atkinson, while now he Is fighting the gallant M»jor's battle, and " wants to see the government handed over to the Atkinson party." Allow me to say that I have attended nearly all Mr Purnell'* meetings, and have never heard him give the slightest Indication that he is any more favorable to Major Atkinson than Sir Juliug Yogel, In faot, the vigorous denouncement of 188 L has baen quite, if not more than equalled, by Mr Pucuell's orlttoieiros of 1887. What Mr Purnell haa said over and over again is, that all the old leaders have been tried and fonnd wanting, all have got into extravagant loao-sp&nding, heavy taxation methods of finance, and what the country wants la new leaders and new men who will leave the old ruts and grooves, and see that economy Is enforced, and our expenditure brought within oar lnoome. The new party that is arising, .pledged to thorough r.trenohcuent, and opposed to estra taxation, is what Mr Purnell will support. — I am, eto , John A. Oaychll,

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