"Rejected Letters."

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1912, Page 2

"Rejected Letters."

FUO.M FOXTON SAXDti. (To the Editor). Dear sir,—The following letters wet"j sent to the editor ol the Mawiwatu Herald 011 (ith May; the editor, 011 the 2l>tli, writes that lie has been away, and does not think any good purpose can be .served by publishing them now. Owing, however, t*. the consistent inconsistency of tllG edito' : l the Herald. I would ask your iud.licence on this occasion. —

Yours, etc., •1. \Y. TIfO.MP.SOX.

(To tin' Ivntor. Manau 1111 Jlcrald). Sir,\Vl» arc how <|itite used to Villi:- ;i'); i .<• I r ■»;";• l." :t,b :i,| fc don't you think thai it i\ hllll !,<• more effective is you could try to In: within some distance (say a mile or two) of lu'iii'j; consistent. \\\< find von in .January eoniplaccntly asisiiiniiiii "that the Labour members lini-liuling will "continue .lo sit 011 the (ence t ill the land (pte.-tion arrives," and that when ours gvls ofl' the lenvo and gives Massey iii(« rjiiiotus (having already. recordinsx to yours of Gth January. "(iamin-d tlio Massey ]v»licv. v:."! ve he was consistent) you accuse him of performing a volte I ace- i.e.. a ri'Jiht about turn. 1'roll! l!le (lite ::! h - election you have coin inued to 11! 1 1• 11'*• him, as' ' !ll ' ! "- ;l l'*:" i;);: '■ • do it, liy asserting that the Opposition supporters e-ed him as a slick ivliurewith to punish the Ward Adtni ii ir-! ra I ion. clearly showing he was ""dor 111 obligation to the Opposition supporters. Well, he showed hiinsell to lie more than a inern •stick h<> punished the Ward Adininistra! ion by ending it, but Ik; showed remarkable and admirable judgment liv. ;it the s.niie time, saving 1:- from an infliction of the .Mass ;p'!y. lln i:i ■ mvstency is yours nut his. 111 • fI;rI the onlv thing w11ieI! wa-. in accordance with his attitude, as defined even in your loading art ic-1« 1-. <hi say he snioodged his votes. V () u are the man, and you know it. who. like the sender ol the "rat ' telegram, ti'ied to get him to "sincalge" for votes, but he wouldn't. You, also wanted him to wire asking I'or sey fs support, and he wouldn't do it; and I lien Inter 011 (la<t month some tiniei rend Ma.-sey a lesson for having dealinirs with Labour." Oh, consiste"cv. thy name I'Mitor, The liict is you have all a'-'Ug suffered Iroin chagrin at our M.P .'s Miccess, you |-i"k:'| him lor ihe bottom of the poll in the first ballot, lio got into the second, to vour eontYvsed surprise. \on had previously heen your,<ell to cant >st ihe seat on the same ticket as .Mr Robci'twin, but. yo'i Ind'a t t.iie piuek lo lace the odds. \\ hen l;i' succeeded, vou Were chagrined. On .January 17th you reler to a railway grievance and say editorially "ue have brought tlio matter under the notice of .Mr Newman, ami I'cel sure, etc." Lat-cr on. you exult that Mr Xew-

lliiiii has been moving in (lie matter mikl ".Mr Newman ' is nut oven a liadical nr Labour .M.P. a .studied ■slight I" our member in about a month alter lie war- elected. Tin; fact of the matter is that all ;i lor reasons which easily appear and which are not politic-;, you have lieen bitterly opposed to Mr Robertson; you have tried to belittle him in every way possible: and mnv, ac: a. prospective candidate, you want to keep on making I'utilc attempts to convert, into political capital misleading alienations of broken pledges. I'ight inindcd people recognise in .Mr Robertson's action a courageous .step, as lie mu.st h: vo knov i at (lie time he did it tliat lie was v;iviny a splendid opportunity to sm'-Ii a political ••.shellback" a.s \-ni ha\proved to lie - one so brok"i----u Hided thai lie could not win a seat "" "Licensing Coin in ittfH.''' —in tact, was tir.sl at the wrong end.- -

Yours, etc.. •I. W. THOMPSON Chairman Robertson s Klection Committee.

M ASSKYf.SM

(lo the J'.ditor. Herald. Koxton). , Sir.--Why iloets the Herald so furiously rage and the editor imagine 11 Miin t llillgi . J It is a cili'ioii.s commentary upon the methods of Up-to-date (?) journalism when we tind as in your leader of the Ith ilisl.. a, criticism ol a speech with details c\ en of the gestures ol I.he .speaker,

written liy a tn:in who found it convenient not to he at the meeting! 1 trust that you will allow mo enough of your valuable space to point out one or two inaccurate \ieus, which have (no doubt inaderteiil Iv) crept inlo the article in question. The advice of the literary man to his son. "always vorifv your relereiK es/' well havo hecn applied m the present instance. Mad til in recoiiiniendation heen carried out you would have loimd that Robertson did not compare the. ''Liberal Party" to the chameleon

who fell ;i victim (o misguided enthusiasm <jii tlio pact of 3iis Scotch kecjicr! lie compared the Ward Administration to the animal, and even a paper .so imbued with tins principles of Toryism as in the Herald must reali.se the difference, even though it may not suit the Editors hook to admit, it. You would also have discovered that Robertson was not the condemnor of tlie "Liberal policy," but of the then Liberal admin iV! ration, again two totally dif-

fcrcut things. Par example, tlio "policy of the Herald is allegedly ".Liberal,' but the "-administration" thereof—phew! "An ounce of civet good apothecary." It would also have dawned upon you, had you forsaken the fascinating fields of fiction for the firmer foundation nf facts, that neither by word nor deed, by suggestion nor innuendo, did Robertson either before or after the second ballot "snioodge'' for Opposition votes. I note with gloomy foreboding that- you prophecy that "Robertson's speech on Thursday will not- convince any but a blind follower.'' There is, however. a silver lining to this cloud which yon would cast over the glorious summer of our present political content. "What was the editorial prophesy regarding the hist election? I seem to recollect something being said as to our man losing his deposit! It is probable that your present speculation may pan out ;is nearly correct as your original guess. In conclusion, may I suggest that many of your readers would peruse with interest, the fable of '•The Fox and the Crapes" with an application to polities in general, and to the Otaki electorate in particular. Thanking you in anticipation for the eouitesy of your space.

— Yours, etc., mci 1 a Hi) 11. paliiorsiK. ('resident Flaxmills "Workers' I'll ion. I'almerston North.