A WARDIST OPINION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1383, 8 March 1912, Page 3

A WARDIST OPINION.

Sir,—l am . a constant reader' of Tub Dominion (not that I am a supporter of your party) and for some time past have'been, disgusted with many of vour loaders mid sub-leaders, and many, times it has been my intention (o express my disapproval through the medium of your columns at your ridiculous writings, but your leader to-day "An Impassible Situation," 1 venture to say, will be considered by most broad-minded people as your worst attempt. You say the Ward 'Government holds office by a single vote. Surely you and you party ought to be well 'satisfied by the defeat you justly deserved and, I am glad to say, received. Jlr. Massey, his followers, and your good selves have had to eat the leek you were entitled to,'so be satisfied. Bo honourable and take your defeat in a sportsmanlike way, as the Ward party would do if it were possible for them to bo defeated if even only by one vote. You apparently condemn the Ward Government for' holding office owing to their success of one vote only. Let me tell you vou would have got hysterical with delight had your party won by the übove margin. The Reform party would have blown their trumpets from north to south and shouted' about the great defeat they had given the Liberal party. You are evidently', so to speak, very anxious fo see the ; back of Sir Joseph Ward. That Sir .Toe will resign there is no doubt, so far as the head of the present Government, but it is to be hoped »w Zealand will not lose his services, for we cannot afford to lose men of his ability, which the Government would prove to its sorrow were he to retire from politics. You are also very anxious that I'arliament should know' who the new Govern- ■ incnt shall be. -Personally, I consider there is no desperate hurry to know. We • all know to reconstruct a House or Min--1 istry will take longer than you care to ■ wait. Still, the country cannot go to the ' dogs in the meantime. You conclude " your leader by stating no ono wishes to hurry Sir Joseph Ward. Sir, you are '■ not consistent. Tn one breath you en--1 deavour to force his hand: the next, the ' reverse. Seeing your party have been ' beaten, and allow me to say, badly-bea- ! ten, would it not be policy on your part > to keep (juiet until the next election conies | round, which will be in about two years ' and ten months hence.—T am, etc., JAS. CORKIGAN. I'ebruary 20.