MR. ISITT IN TROUBLE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2320, 30 November 1914, Page 6

MR. ISITT IN TROUBLE

ON LICENSING QUESTION. Some extracts have been published , !m m a ,,¥ ter J 0 the Christchurch S'TmC" 1 " ,hiou . Mr. R- L. Horns(Prohibition Oraamser for Kaiapoi ami aurtmui) strongly condemns the action of Mr. L. M. leitfc in taking the platform in Kaiapoi on behalf of Mr. D Buddq, who etands for tho 55 per cent majority, as against Mr. David Jones' the bare majority candidate. In the same letter Mr: Horps remarks: "Surely Mr. Isitt recognises that hie action is , calculated to create distrust in tho nvinde .of all those Prohibitionists throughout the Dominion who arc opposed to him politically. They -will naturally say, 'Here is 'a . temperance advocate,, who, while advising us to sink our political differences for three ycaiis, . immediately turns round and tells his political friends to look out for their party interests.' .No man can at this stage advocate prohibition 'political action' with his tongue in his. cheek. Happily, however; there aro thousande of Prohibition voters throughout this country who will not follow the deplorable advice offered by Mr. Isitt. tho sou. darity of the Prohibition Party is essential if we are to successfully drive the liquor interests out from behind Parliament. In his wild adventuroiiito Kaiapoi, Mr. Isitt can only hope to'drive a wedge into massed forces of Prohibition. If in doing that he successfully gpmie ft temporary advantage for his party, be is welcome to all the comfort he can get out of it; but he must not be impatient if people cease to regard him seriously on the temperance platform." Having added that. Mr'.•.- Isitt has Erievously'injured the Temperance Party by allying himself with party politics, Mr.'Herps goes on to state that' as a i movement the Prohibtionists: owe nothing to, political parties. ' '1&t. Massey has given us nothing, aid though in power for twenty years, the; late Richard Seddon did nothing to our advantage, but successfully inflicted a great injustice upon the democracy by imposing the 60 per cent, handicap upon all temperance voters. And for what reason? Let T. E. Taylor.answer: 'For .the financial benefit of the Liquor Party.' " Mr. Herps intakes it' quite plain that the policy of the New Zealand Alliance is to accept a 65-45 candidate only where no bare majority candidate is available, and further points out that the Kaiapoi electorate council (of the Prohibtionists) had recommended all' Prohibitionists Id vote for the simple majority candidate.