LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1926, 8 December 1913, Page 9

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THE LYTTGLTOW ELECTION. 'Sir, \\ ill the leaders of tho I'rohin ion party say they are remaining til o to their published manifesto wherein they undertake to K ive undivided support to a candidate plotted to Ihe bar;; IhiniiHit ° r tu '° roquiro eomo Mr. M. Miller is a lifc-lo»K abstainertemperance advocate, and bare majority mail. In tins rcspcct lio answers cvt-rv requirement, of the No-License party. ' ill'. .Miller is, and has been for vcars past, an honoured member of an organisation (,he Salvation Arinv) that is more pronounced against "tho liquor ti-ado than any other section of the community. Mr. Miiler is a resident of Lvttelton and belongs to tho electorate. i\liller's candidaturo was publicly aituoimccd some days before his opponents. ' Will the loaders of the Ko-Liccnso movement tell us why it is that prom'"cut I roliibitionists in Christciiurch are tnkm K tho held against Mr. Miller, ••I'M Kivm;; support to Mr. .AfCmnhn, who, not heloujjing to the electorate, mav bo looked upon as an outsider? s it a question of party polities, or do tho Ao-Licen.se pooplo hope to /'aiis inoro by rupportiiiff a "Red Fed" candidate,_ and opposin;; .Mr. Miller, there* bv KiviiiK an affront to that, organisation that iu the past stood by them loyally and unreservedly? I'crhaua ft" Hev. Mr. Dawson will explain. C'hristcimreh papers report Mrs. T. E. Taylor, Mrs. Canniunton, Air. Spiers, and Mliers are supportiim Mr. M'Comlis. oiipposinj* the claims of Mr. Miller and i!-} Comlia lie equal from the Prohibitionist standpoint, Mr. Miller should nave the preferenco of support, because: 1-Mr. Miller possesses a residential qualification. 2—Mr. Miller was first in tho field. 3 Ilis work for tho Temperance cause has been on behalf of tho Lvttelton electorate.—l am, etc.. SQUATfE DEAL.