BROKEN PLEDGES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1389, 15 March 1912, Page 2

BROKEN PLEDGES.

Sir,—ls it possible that a sensible body of women—for I presume they are sensible and arrived at years of discretion—could commend a man for breaking the pledge lie gave from the public platform, and through which pledge he gained the seat he now holds, niid applaud as stalesmanshio the pressure that was brought to bear to gam this end? If this lion, member felt that it would ba against his conscience to keep his word, would it not lx> more honourable for him to resign and see if his constituents agreed with what he had done, rather than retain (Tie nlaco lie had won with false promises? lam old-fashioned enough to think that if such a spirit of partisanship governs the women voters as to cause them to admire such an action, then we should be better without the vote, and should keep clear of all (lie chicanery that goes on in mililic life here. There are far too many broken promises and pledges, but when a prominent Labour leader advocates the breaking of any agreement unless to the advantage of the worker, what can one expect? The time seems past when a man's word was his bond.—l am, etc., ,_ A WOMAN VOTER. Taihapc, March 11.