POLITICAL CRITICISM.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1218, 29 August 1911, Page 4

POLITICAL CRITICISM.

MR, HF.IIDMAN HHPUIK TO TDK HON. T. MACKENZIE. "I have noticed," said Mr. Hcrdman, M.I ~ last evening at Northland, "that the Hon. T. Mackenzie, in n speech at Wansamu, said that in liig opinion it was jegrottaMe that so much personality was indulged in by tl,„ Opposition." ' As member ot (he party to which the Minislor referred, continued Mr. irerdninn ho nought lie should take reception to that statement. He could think of no instance ol any indulgence on tho part of tho ()„. position of personal abuse. "We hit hard and endeavour to Ml the truth, and put ho truth m a plain, bald way, mi tluit he people can understand it." Ho was beginning i 0 beliovo (hat tho members ol the Government parly wore learning to confuse truth with abuse, Mr. Hcrdman proceeded that those charges of abuse would ho more convincing if they wow scheduled and placed before them in such 1 n ne Minis or before landing en Saturday night had wild the people liadbrou induig. nil „l„ i 7 , sla »' !e «'l. inasmuch (hat ope had said h e i m ,i, hmM nn ( , s||lto I„T i i'l! s wns w,l(>t " - as called slander ami bitter personal attack! Sir Joseph U ard considered that he hail W slabbed m the back! (Laughter. I Mr. Jlcrdman proceeded to recall other sessional instances of complaints of Ministors to the same effect. He quoted thorn, he sa,d to shew how ridiculous was it ot Hie Government to suggest that tho Opposition had indulgrd in personal abuse. h °y did not indulge in that sort ?> ""ns l«Jt they would havo tho right, if they lilted to complain of tho action of certain of the members of the Government party He referred to the endeavour ol tlio latter to connect Mr. Miisw's name with the circulation of the Hlack pamphlet, well knowing the statement to he absolutely untrue. (Applause.) But Jieso ho concluded, were Hie sort of tactics the Opposition had to meet.