RED. FEDS, OPPOSITION, AND SECOND BALLOT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1918, 28 November 1913, Page 9

RED. FEDS, OPPOSITION, AND SECOND BALLOT.

Sir, —Xow wo know where we aro, . To all whom it may cone-err., j'o.K.l, ! mark, learn, and lyiiietl.y vote, Tlia 1 disgraceful stonewall this country bus just witnessed, thr> hundreds, of pounds it has cost us at a time liketthiss s Ims been planned and executed 'air oik* ■)'*■»• -. son, and one reason only. \\'ts 'it . done in ihe interests of the Govern--incut? Xo. Was it do rie in the interests the country? ;Xo. AVsis it done in the interests oi; the people? Xo. In whose interest, then, was it done? There is but on-f'i answer to it: It was done in rho h-rlv-rest of the Ward and lied Federation parties. . Tim Leader of iile Opposition dare wit own the lied Feds, publicly—he h.as been" too long at the frame \w that ; lint let' the public watch everv .move close!v, and ' vole accordingly. Th:> .Red Feds, will not walk into the "Libera!" parlour. ■ Oh, no, It will be thft other way about, ' Me see bedraggled, feeal'eii _ \Vai'drSts hurrying to the'lted, .'Fed. parlour to be devoured. And till the time the Opposition is telling the Wibiic thev arc not responsible, for what tfcro ]?od Feds, do, Already some, of them.' are aSn'ameci ,»,"!; ./their name, and are immplainiijg about " j'being called lied Feds. Why;- Have we ever heard Sir J. 'Ward, or a single ■ member of his party,'reprove their .Red Fed ; '"brethren for their 'wild utterances against law and oudcr? Have the Op. position dwno olio simile' thing'to show the public they are'not'"in. favour of, mob riite'r Xo, they have ..not, and why? Because, of the scprrt- ■ understanding ,y«it dare not bo made public, Never has tin? name of an Opposition '.in'tin's country Ifrrti'sn-'had. What can siton' , nic'ii';rfs'''MvcTs, Craigie, Millar, ami Ba#y thrriV 61' the aeiious of 'Sir J. \Vai-d;-'-fß«i-t..-' Payne, Webb, Veitch, Kli,- Fodws, Isitt. ami Co.? A sorry Jot of-politicians, indeed, . The .Lender, ;v man honoured by ..His.. Majesty, who sits in tho 1 louse, night afters, . night, and tars the most revolutionary utterances hi, His.Majesty's I'aiiia.ui.enf,, and never raises bis voice in ji-ftihwi. Why? 'What do the "people of "No* Zealand think of 'stick a"' party?" I Know, and sci will they "next ycJif',--) am, fcte.; ' '■" , " ' AGAIXST. MOIUWLK. "' I'.S.—Since'Writing the above, 3. hem Hint Payne- , was removed, .from..the/ House )iro tern. Wo have, ~,ktd, mob .rule, in the, country by the. i?cd) Feds. Are we to have it in the Honiid/ too?—A.M.:IL ' '