"YOUNG PUPS AND LAWYERS' CLERKS."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1909, 18 November 1913, Page 9

"YOUNG PUPS AND LAWYERS' CLERKS."

Sir,—Your sitb-leador in Friday's issue is to be commended, Those who ape to bo gentlemen and ftold high position havo evidently very low ideas of humanity. Some time ago wo read of ono individual as having said tho scum of the country had come down to bludgeon tho people. Kcw, ive read of anothor individual calling our noble young fellows, young pups, etc. Well, sir, I think the tiiti.e has. canie for the farming community, townsmen, and others to note all these little happenings which are taking place. The gen" tleman of the young pup proclivities ought to know that the duty .of a sentry is to obey orders. Ho knows no one —only the pass-word or card, if it is so arranged; and he did what Was quito right, He did not know' Mr. Russell from' Sarah the cook. In '-.-this affair there is a great deal of sound and fury, and I see our member for O'taM takes a hand beating the big drum, which makes tho most noise, and holds tto.ro of nothing than any .other instrument of its size. I must say, sir, you are certainly correct when it waa pointed out that Mr. Robertson only got in by the '.votes of the Reform party, This;'of course, was done simply to keep our' late' memberj Mr. '' Field,.' from getting in again, as there was no wish for him to again regain the scat. Sir, when a boy I went to see a 'play'collect "Belphegor," tho Mountebank" Thb principal character liatl a largo drum, on which," he operated during iho performance, and during a rest on tho edge of his ' drum'' ho went backwardj the only part of him that remained visible being his heels.

I think our. member, Robertson) will show a clean pair of heels to his constituents in the Otaki electorate at the noxt election. ' Just fancy tile idea of a man like him, who has only been out hero a few years, relegating. our present .Government to ■ tha' ■eoH . shades. Well, cheek is something, hut this is a lump of it.—l am, etc.* . . ~ ,/.'.' henry 'Walton. . Waikanae, November 17j 1913.