"POST" METHODS EXPOSED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 618, 22 September 1909, Page 9

"POST" METHODS EXPOSED.

[WU:fi:QURfEVENIN(3: CONTEMPORARY AND ?3:, a:.;H 0 N ESTy.'v -, :; :',;;'. v> --' ■:;: N^^S'^;-UNFpRTU.NATE]';^ \ '^!t?M&wns : &ti", 'stung relation to oortain phases of :;■ y. th <>vßangitikQv;: ■ (Most, ■: allowed: 'its :-'^^S aa fi? r^ o plawditsejf r":'t:. ! io:.fjery unenviable position, .-it is well in the flZv ; ; - ci^S!H5^ nc6S ",$&« ;onr: ; -"coateniporarys :w, !>,.-;;,,'PWaten^.methods ,should;btf is' \v-}k', ■': ■■: in -its issue of^ye'ster-' Jvi-W;;;;;Vv^V-"^ i J/. , ' ■■ \ k--: --../-> : ':-vt-" ; .W ! '^, lia y9 refrained -from- Wasting ; ' ; '"v.* J ll ? 6 --,?.™ jSpace.'i.upon :the many, uncpmplimen-' ;:■' v-i'^^and^.di BingehiioUs.■attentions''.with Avhioh' ::•!,■;;.X e -;W!»aT<>^lately^-beon';;honoured ■ by." The -.lih.t-'ft.-.is-impossible to .passby in silenie; the-i'gross::pervers'ibn'-of "the of 'is ' s ;\ :-: v 'wchiit..hiis,heen-guilty;: this rooming, k 'It is ■;•• -7a.little;pathetic,';.we are.told,•■'to,readijn our •'■■■.'%' ;ev W?'f'°onteap6iwV'W h iohvfoi'w-iuanir:jeaTß' :■',.•■ .", :: -.,!:-i<>»gß(i>so strenuausly.in: tho front rdnks of the' :.;;■■:-.•. opponents of political corruption, the weak, .-■■. Z-\ ; :submission.'in4tß -issue.'<jf:laec:evening to'.tlie .'; rA- : - i; latest attempt-.of .the :Ward-Carroll Administre- •; ..;■,''nonfto.jnfluonce.theltaugitikel-election by a ; ;.-..;.-,resort-to ■x.'.■'■-,' -We.confidently : defy. any•■ candid 'reader■'of our. ,•;.:; >i. :articlev;tovoxtract .fibni.tthe-.article'itself .'any ~.-, :■;,..■,;.y given.; to it by owcontempor^ry, 1 '- The', whole.'of \ ",,- V,;this.gros3'.chargb is made, to Test upph : ,a single' I ■-, ■.-/;, ,Bentence,'.'ii part?of is"quoted accurately s'^-.'.neapth'eopening of!our:critio'e.paragraph, and ■ v '■;.' in -.-aVgarbled. form .'towards'- the; close. ■ Our .:'.;,.;:.: article,-} whiol;: was -'a , protest .against .outside ! > ,;.•;.;.' interferencci L with' Ithe. free choice of a constitu-. f ~-.:■;.■■ ency,'-;i3;by-, this'dishonourable-process niado !.:.-.,£v?vfo' bear,;an :;eiactly;;opposito .meaning,"; ;--:r : . ■■j- :^': vL-fl^.wip.be.seen .that.our.contemporary accuses :'^ : -.;.ns (fli'of .."gross''porvorsioi :bf the-truth's (2) .!y/.,/it,defies anyone to prove from its article of tho ,V.-;< •.->;: prerjpjtfs day.any'justification ;for .what it terms ',- :. r.the'.monstrous'twist giveiv'to that article;-and"

'■';V-■';■:.'(3) atSaccuse3;.TiS'of- making its. article, whic i'\ ; ;;;;was "a';protest : against butside'interference.wit J/,,,, . ,'a cdnstitue'ncyi : .appear... I :;;■,:>.bear' ai|: exactly 'opposite' meaning.". "-. ' ' :':s^i.W:What-are:the-facts?: : all, : pe: • ; ; .■;, γ-yersibn'' of; the! truth;, - Here, is.what we said:: ■'.%■■'. '.1 , , -pathetio , to. read; in , our \- -re.;, evening: contemporary,; which for.so' many ! "ViV-:: : t' years ;j "fought .'bo strenuojisly; in' ,tha front *~-i-A ; ranks;;of;;the. oppoftentsJlbf ;• pplitical- cor- ; ?v;::£^rnptipn,'.,the -weak■'. subiniasipn in' ita;:issue ,; ;^;V.6rATa6t'..'evemng ; -to';-.the.'.-late»t:._atleuipV'-6f. ■■■;;•'•*■■■ :i ; the""t'-Ward-;Carroll..Administration'■'. , 'to - in- : ;'v Vi fluence' the';Eangitikei ■oleption.;by ; a resort; ■?*;;:';;to';its:-bld'methods ■discussing .-the at-; -I,;'S ; Mr. '■-, Jlassoy in ..taking;, part,;in '■'.-fi'"-."; - the -eleotion , contest,', which,it .condemned, :':"V'^r''arid^in-; : 4oin"g >: so--'.U'- : gav,e?eipreraio.n; , to'',!ihie , .':■■' :>;'follb*ing"lamentable ''■y:- ! i'-, ■•:■■■ illegitiniate Voutside. influences ■;-'r'..';. ;: 'tiaiS'' :r : r v:?/:V^ : '' ; /."'.' : v^ ''■<'■ : ,'-~".K''-\-Z'i : ■'' •;,. : : Thij-'-ivas our--ground for.-.-stating, .what?,■' .• '.-!•"' -.-'V!'..,'.'!.1. . : .Ei?en.';.conceding:'that .-the- ovening ■ ■■'• •>!'journal^'is/correct 'in ita assumption, that • J :' : ::llr.:-ltfassey interfered':because;he-thpught ■■■'■••; '■■;■ /ihd'.wbuld: gain ;by' it, .whatV has ,this--pre- '.'' { '.v;'-viouss'cha'mpipn?of/.cleauV::government -to ■■-■■■>':6ay.(lf:the..grossrimprbpriefy-of;!tha ;Ward.; •'•/,J ;■■■. .Carroll../Administration'sJ.methods 1 of -. ; at-;-■.■v';y. ,, '-:-'.tempttflß'^to.iiaflnettC9' I thei-;pbUjng'f ; .'''Al)s6-'. .■fiirlntwyinothing.-; Jt devotes: nearly, a column- ■ '- ■■■': -pi: jt3»space:to;an'. effort to j show ihco'nsist- •..:',• ;.cricy>on.'th'e,' part: of tho'Leader':of tho Ee-:f'.'.'.;?'■-form,''party at ill' '. ,-/ ;.j : to;,itho which ;is?;bf, vital ■.Importance.: .-'■ v- ■ ■"': " : ifi''-!our" p'olittcs;;are ..to -bo .kept .free.'from '■\x ■' ■th'e'corruptihg'iniluenccs-which' in: the .past, ;:, :,,;/: the , >/Post'-hasvbc«n : :,wont.: to condemn.: lnr'. ;; V'... 'consistency!'/: What/of; "the--: attitude ■of : -.oup'- '/;-.- : .-jr'c6ntempor^ry''--'jtsel(?'\r^yh'at:;was','ite'J:yicw. , -d £ ; :';;even : :so ;recentiy;j^tho' : ;last'-:generar'ejec- • " .'its'f.lame' ; M . , : ,;;;'.;yesterda'y'compare withjits vigorpug dccUra-'. : less-thai'o,;year;agp?" j.vi/;.'.:■' ;, .";-,'''■ .; .■;..; i.TKeii>;foilowed-.'an.extract-froni'- the "iyeninj : ; ; ■*■: -Post!'!'of,.October, -last,:vin, which,-that, papei ;-: : ;.;'eaid:'?;sv^v ; ; i;V'-;.- ;, iii;-c''v;.^i

'■-■&":;"■:i-'jWe agree that.'th'ere. are 'no issies before : ;,/:j•-.',;.tneS-eleetors,- br:;:likely ; ;to ;be' • ;-,; /-\;themV;hy'Jthe^.Primo'!;Minister ; ;/in:/his .'.' : s:.;''?P*B*hthis^'.evening,, which :are^comparable'■■■■" ,'■< i--'\ in-,lmpbrtaiice;'with'jthese^the:;(iuestioi:of'' , -■ : : . ;■: underhand methods and improper, influences"' ■~;,. i'j.v.inrcpiuiecUon "*witlvs'.rpnblio»Yoppointment3 ''.' /^;',i l and;;p i .-' : -~S: ■: Opposition 'wers/nptj hahdicappcd! 'it Hhesb '-' '-'. Vi' ''statesmanlike;.■ proposals-:;bjf :tho: ,-weigh't" of ■-.'■■ :;i;-, •■/ pld:traditidns,:and'a'rgeneral'lack o£'popu- :>- : .v. lar > sympathies, -there ■ b«ft» ■':'■ ■ '. X'-:-, OH H o '°t',-both;-, for'.the.'.,party:.; and'-the-' ' ;/'j .country-^/-''v^^/: : , ;:.■"'./-■ .•;■■'.:■;■:-. " ■V;-/;^Our';article 'concluded '"s:';'.•'., "\'-. '■' '; f i. ; fHtie,'in"October last,lit iwili '- : ;W'';vP e t" en ; th?;..Pose-thought:thore.were'W'- ~: : .., •.•'.pues■ before thpr-cpuntry ''.''comparable-'- in ' "■'■ ::'.:/.'•, iniportancfl.with ' ;,:. ..Jtion; pl.,;undorhand,;n]othods and■'political ■" ,'pepple^.with ■■:■: their-' own-v •' V.l; -.#»;-;» we » journal tha^these'v*ilfeitl£ate ; " /,: :: :. outside .influences,'/ such. as > have; Seen™ ro°* $u}s' - M^wtiMftwjth- the:Eangitikei ~i f inevitab e.'/-No: 'protest- is:' ;.'.'■• .made—no iregret,^^ctpressed. l . - Truly:this oricn' ; K//markable o: %j^ .^/^at/'illegitimatejoufeide'influea^ev^' 1 ■y'&ittFyW&fy&eaß ; a toiy & \ /: '^r'^^^^^^^-^^ :":: : -^3^s^not::a]l^The':;''Poit;»: : S ■■" S^?S> Oference3; fyW decadenc^noSy . ~,, cover.;np by'abusing :"-!-' oMctly opposite .meaning.?,: -:. '.-; / v; , an '..' v-^f^^^^^^M^por^-is'^e' ■'' - j ;"O'ur;;.coii temporary.'. , :•• .we:. stated ;,: ' Wβ <i •'■ ■ ■'-. //.:discus Sl iigithe ' • ,-.-.•■ .*•"• .'.wvwWrifllrtjH;, and in doine ■sn .-'m™ ■■■ ■W :#f er ?K>t'"l-/i!wn conceding that' the ;----,-.- i ;---,that-:.-ar t vMaMßy,--intertered-'v-letau»""n2'V :.;/,, thought he woud' gain ; by it.'what ha? ; this '■'• .^r^^-'P^^^apion-oi-olean^overnment'-te-- ■ -- v ■ of tho Ward-' •■■■- , V"'&^-;4d.mmMtration'B-'methods'--'-'o(::'at. : ''' m "Here : \ iV", will - be;; seen": that' the atu: ;-/ tudp'|:in- opppsinß ,;.Mr.---; Maseert Action ■'■was' , ~ clearly,;statedby.us,-and yet.the/'Po™ ? °i , /coritroVtrey^doel " v v ; Sf? y ./:must,presont a_ sad-spectacle, to.those -who ://Knew;,it;:in;itS;:botter;.dayß;y ; ; :i,/Sr/" v