PROHIBITION BLUNDERING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2184, 24 June 1914, Page 8

PROHIBITION BLUNDERING.

I Sir,-" Again we li.iive with'.us thai aitniial convention of tlio New Zealand ' Alliance, which some of yonr reitd'ers .may not quite , understand. _ .Briefly staffer, an body stationed in Wellington, ami with .po»vor to probably . add to' their number, periodically call their forces I»g;bElier ! , ' tlars 1 parliament, which is •.lmially v.iffifcißßi to. allow tli<? pent-up feelings full • jvlay before tliis. executive, apain retires, into its winter quarter? In other words Hie executive simply provido ail escape '■or exteust pipo.. for their mow elo-. qucnt li'meiiglit feHbtrci's. Liriieiijiht. t"lioy Jqvo, rcai spado work iliey slirmk from. Such is what We have with us io-diiy. There is iliasji. at the l own Hail on Juno 24,. 1914. I They also had ono on Juno 2-i, 1913. i j Tiip'y called io that time a denionstra-: tion, f.ivd oil tlie tickets they issued war. J written in bald typo: "Vo. must im- ] pr{Ss-Ps|\lia^eirt.j V ; and ofcounso in tho; ! usual iS-iiy they did it! So much for j biinronibe. Now, this tinio t'hev linvo changed tlieit- name, becairse, ■sjftoT' ba-; j irig fey'c;nrty4o , iie'.iS i e.ar.s trt t|vi> game, thoy } iiavo .discovered tjiat.. they have conic. {-af ago, so have decided to .call themselves a congress. (see "Vanguard," . April 25, IJJI-1). In that issue ■uioy.tell ns this lime quite frankly thai: "Efforts will be. liiade to avoid tlie blunders of the past." Tiiwi in another tilo.y sitj? is "Wo J'-pal'lv have !i .great power put hjifl cur lim!k!s if iyc only kneiy it, 1 ': What aii aiiiaziiig admission' lilts is. surely sufficient !o make., tnodcoi, men; j hide "tteir'i'iie'es: a sn tie fins j tiler oil they state: "After reaping in : tlve easily field of experience 'far more j than 21! yeats* .sv.tt ought, to bp ivijo j eiH.ufd: to-day • ■ > etc.'' quite overlook- ■ j in": the iact that wise men have Set. I down the age at trWfjitnoii'vlilgji. ■ f-j- ■ ' or' titty, aija nut tn:oit ; yHp'ft& fso- ;.it is a ■ Vory fair aisitHsption that the New Zea(laud ADiaUCO after ajk'ther 29 years.

wifl probably have t-iieii reached tbe ilgo ! of error-knowing. Hut let nio ieiuvii to i heir skilful executive, win; would if). ap;iy guide the (Jeitiiiids of the Pj:o!iibßio.u ■fliffli-t. Just .'i.ili tbeni one and .'ail. ; if' tiiov realty wont- Tr<4i;(>r{r<>j>, aiid like olio voice thov will say, "Ves. It you are in earnest -and treat tliei.ii in s'ani?jar vein, Jwo may lot tiifirn jvU'QW Of Parliamentary candidate;; v.j;o rife ".pen to <-'mvkti<;n -r/rt the mn.joi-i.iy ijwestion, a'nd even willing to libten. to their logic, and here is jiist where yoii- pi&ils .ilieii r-ntliiisiastic bubble l'or i'roWiitiou; ■ you .rap'iiilv discover if j-ot.ir fetelisct is at all <;uf'.'k, that- earh and every nii'in-ber.-Ot- feitp ex'ee : ii.tjv<!- is a polit'ifail ,pai'tisan, aiiri. the inajorify fjiie-stioil i's but a second fiddle, N'oiv, oil top of -ii'll these antics., ''an. .ops.ii- letter to nil 'lovers ol th;' jicop.le," •,ir i (iat.'>d. is i-sued. over the M;iiiat«rc, Jolm Da'.vsai! . Its la-$t line read's ns follows :• -"New; Zcaknd ©Spcct-s thai,, every man this d.iy (what rlA.v?) will do-li-is dijtv. !l 5% only r jiJea. for iv-.-itiii/; t-liis exposing and '1 is-' tasteful letter is that.- i tho -iiivita-fioji to do -lfij duty, ai'.d earii' stly hops that the executive viil be a a boiV est. and do tWihS^laWre^-i NO H lvAlHl.-',. Jnim 24. 101-4.. .