"THE BEDS" AND LIBERALISM.
. Tm: Tonimoiih' of f ho local mouth' "iiipqcj jpfitliuyOppositioii ,011 the -Lyt.teltongolcctibiif arc $<C little Ijcwikicring, .^.v|.il^ownipcc.uliar 1 processes "of- reasoriing, ifcf.strivesv to !ir.d ccji • isolation !?;,tor^ :',thc I \%'car.didatesr£vt>y;.,?pev- • tself jf'ihat~ tlws> winning >of ilii: soiil :by the.' 1 political organisation ; oft hed • Fndcra t i on is ' Vone d.) ore 'expression . of. no-etsnfklence.. in : the , Curiously to':have;ovorlpokcd ".the ..fact taUhou.!:h for'' over '20 Shis'pWu. was held by ihe ''l.iba jfori ii.ight/agp s Vf«v^vtli«V < .chii'cTiclatcs of the ; votes i«>c r.-rfls'c! for-.'i!iii'i- .of c!ie ot!:.-i- i audi d a i es?J}l ili<?j' I<>(Hiu>i result .-is an evidence o? iKV-conlidiii'.re in the Govcniiiionl,. whiciijlins, ni'v,;r held ' Ihe wluxt-nr>!: !•' ii : ]>■• So lh.> "Libholding the ;; ..yat fur.sci. long, eoiild'.uob. poll suiK'nient votes' even to get'its candidate I into'.the Second Ballot!-It is really
; very* amusing to note the '-wriggling ' f anU^twisting-'' i of-V6ui , -, i !iinhappy, i , I c6n; [temporary.- :.- : A-few days ago-on the!oth instant, to be strictly accurate— 'when'discussing the 'prospects,' it declared thai tkVJ.ytklton seal "must bo won by the I'ed.craticin?:.ot;'LsboiH'.i-? V.> Vjnokv-its own words.' Vosu-rc!,iy,',!iie 17dr in',stunt, after the election. . il~M>:scovers 'that the gentleman who- v.on t .tlw,'scat and .-who it., had .treatedfas. flu-' nominee of. tiv>" Federation.,.?of .Labour.. is not jij'.'Jled Feci.-' ,at-'all.. "Broadly,"', .]*!;•• remarks,.JMit.jM'C'oiißs may.'be : fairly described; as fan advanced •Liberal, and-as such is :an' acquisition to'Parliament.".-This is...delightful. It now welcomes to 'Parliament the nominee of the political organisation.of the Jl-ed Fcdcr* ~ation,'-;uiulcr - the excuse that■',he ?is after all-not a- "Red' Fcd.'.'Vbut an Liberal.". -;?-,Yet 2i.ii'.. : JrCoMits himself admits', that he.'.,is !.pledged'.to the .doctrines, of-' the.. ?.o : -..nlled • Social Democratic .. party,, which" is' the political, branch' of-the ..Federation of Labour. It is unfortunate that the local journal of- the Opposition did not note that the ..more powerful and influential organ 'of the party 1 at Christchurch had already disowned Jin. -M'Coiins. On -.December. 2 the Lullellnn Tim ft, commenting.on the election speeches, re-, marked: .. Prom pension** Mr. M'Combs passed to his most formidable opponent in the present > contest [Mr. Lnurenson, the "Lib-, eral" candidate] and by a process of reasoning not very obvious to (he tinijiiUal' ed readied, the conclusion Hint Mr. .tamos I.aureii'oji could not support i!ie Liberal policy because he was vice-president of tho Employers' Association. We are afraid Mr. M'Conihs was a little confused at the moment over his own policy. lie most remember that he is no longer a Liberal or 'even a Progressive . liberal, lint. .a Social-Democrat. Tha Opposition.journal in '. Christ.'churcli, which has been in the. thick of the election and knows a great ■deal more about Mi;. M'Cosms than the Xew Zealand Times does, • says that the new member for Lyttelton is • not'a Liberal or eveft a Progfossivc Liberal. Seeing that Mr.' JJ'Comds also disowns the Liberal party, it is apparent that the Xrw Zealand Times has again been guilty of that in accuracy and misrepresentation which the public have grown to expect from j.il, in political matters. ;
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1935, 18 December 1913, Page 4
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488"THE BEDS" AND LIBERALISM. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1935, 18 December 1913, Page 4
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