A SUGGESTION FOR THE BARONET.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1302, 4 December 1911, Page 6

A SUGGESTION FOR THE BARONET.

'■ ■'■ ■■♦■ ■'■-■ UNLUCKY FOB CANDIDATES. The "Patea County Press" roniarks;— "It has been said that in almost every casp where tho Premier endeavoured to assist a candidate prior to tho Inst general electiqu thut candidate was defeated at tho poll, Prom what ouq can gather frgm tho reports of the Premqir's meetings during his recent tour of tho North Island, there is every likelihood of history repeating itself on Thursday next, In fact, if tho reports of tho meetings can I>i3 relied upon—and wo have no reason to doubt their accuracy—tho Premier must have cut a sorry figure on mora than one occasion. . . , Ono would liavo imagined that Sir Joseph Ward would have borne himself in n manner that would havo been more in keeping with the dignity conferred -upon him by his .Sovereign, and with his position as Premier at this Dominion. . . .• Ono does T>r>t, however, expect to find the average individual who is seeking to gain the suffrages of the pooplo meeting his critics witu epithets and abuse such ns that meted out by the Premier to his critics at his Dannovirko meeting <m Titosdav last, Such language as that used bv Sir Joseph Ward at this meetiiii; would have been reprehensible to a degree had it; been used hy any man at any niiblie meeting; in tho case of (ho Premier of thu Dominion it was absolutely inexcusable, and Kir Joseph Ward would bo well advised were bo to tender his apologies to the electors of \7aJD4wa forthwith.* 1 . I