A POLITICAL-CELEBRITY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 5

A POLITICAL-CELEBRITY.

. SPEAKER WILLIS IN AUCKLAND. ' •;.v . r-- 'n\ • (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) > • . ,v.: Auckland;. January. 5. ( 1 Mr., Speaker Willisj of-.the-New South!- "i 1 Wales l'arliaMcnt, "arrived l>V the Wim- ' mora yesterday, 'When interviewed con- . couuug tho political position i.in New v :South, Wales he 1 said that ho know that lie had been portrtiyed to the people of , Aiistralasia as a tyrant, but . that was - only becauso. it best 'suited ,thot*l papers which supported the "Wadoites" to describe and picture linn as bucli. Ho had. in . reality, been most indulgent; and most • considerate to /.members, kn'owing as he<r,» did their ' ignorance of Parliamentary procedure. The publio had to understand : • that there.wasKft distinction botweon • 'Wndeitesand jLifcerals ra> tho House. Tlio former, had'conducted their business as would tho rabble. In fact, their behaviour was like' that' of 'larrikins. _ > Questioned '• concerning tho., political situation, Mr. Willis said that thoro ■ would have to bo a general election early in'tho prosent year. . A redistribution of seats had boon acconjplisl ed; and Parliament Jrad granted Supply until June. If tho Government .attenjptod W iigaiu moot 1 the.House it would bo without a. working ■ . majority,, and' le|is)&tivo 'c'oiitrbl would bo; taken"from .them.- A cliskolution'wm , iuovitablo. ■ •, '• Asked what" his own position as Speaker then would be, Mr. WilliK replied .that, on'going to tho country, ;ho. would-appeal to flio'people of 'the' State to endorse: hisr. s,< actions as Shaker-in , upholding rospon- ; siblo government, and would; ask, them to , discard Wado and his;party> for ever as . having been'ii disgrafco to4he'Stato Of'- , Now South, Wales. Jlo'Wievod . lie opinion throughoiit ths' State favoured i wiping tho Wadeites out of existcnoo, and - ho looked forward confidently to a publio endorsement of his' attitUdd 4s 'Speata.