OUTRAGEOUS LANGUAGE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1900, 7 November 1913, Page 6

OUTRAGEOUS LANGUAGE.

The public has been subjected to so many tirades of feckless oratory during tha course of the present 1 labour crisis that it has almost lost, its capacity for surprise and indignation, and most of the wild utterances oi excited ' demagogues are treated v/ith_ silent contempt. . But one has a right to demand from a man in the- position of Mr. E. Tre- ' gear more restraint and sense of responsibility in his public speeches, He ought to remember that something more is_ expected from one who is a Justice of the Peace, a City Councillor, and a State- pensinner, than from the most- irrespon-sible-type of labour agitator; and in view of the puhlie positions which he holds, his outrageous references to the Special Constables at the recent women's meeting at the Opera House desorva the severest condemnation, and citizens, we trust, will not overlook it. He must have lost all control of himself when he declared that these men who have come down from tho country to do their duty as citizens were "the outcast scum of the country, brought down to bludgeon citizens into submission to the Government," Ho must have known that this wild outburst of passionate invective is utterly untrue, and a vile slander on the men. Tho people of Wellington, will not.soon forget Mr. Tr.eq-ear's unwarrantable attack on . the_' settlers and their sons and assistants who have come down atgreat inconvenience to themselves in. order to protect life and property against a serious outbreak of lawlessness with which the ordinary police were unable to cope. The country owes them a debt of gratitude for their prompt response to the appeal for Special Constables, and their splendid behaviour, in very trying circutastances. It is to ho hoped that when the crisis is ovqr the citizens of Wellington, will show their recognition of the valuable services rendered by the mounted men from the country in an appropriate manner.