The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. THE GOVERNMENT PARTY GIRDS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 September 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. THE GOVERNMENT PARTY GIRDS.

Tiik system of abuse and misrepresentation thai undermined I hi' Ward Government was part of a deeply laid scheme. Today the mischievous system has been extended to lhe successors of the Ward (joverument. The Alassey (invent men!. as the headpiece of (he party that originated and persisted in this mischievous system should havO the grace to "suffer and be (aim" in face of (lie retaliatory method that is being pursued to-day by the New Zealand Times. Some, of the criticisms that are served up are of a <|ualiiy io make unprejudiced and reasoning people smile but (here are others. It is this knowledge that is causing some uneasiness in the originating circles, for it is realised that the stones cast during (lie years preceding the last (icic era! Klections may rebound and si like the throwcl's. Which accounts, no doubt, for the endeavours that are being made (o-day to stem the tide of carping criticism. Hut such tilings are "like the letling out of water," and the murky w;ives will continue to bea( and hrt ak for another eieel ion at least, if Ihe lesson against calumny is taken to heart by those chiefly concerned a very bad feature will disappear from New Zealand polities. Meanwhile, the girding of tin- Cioveniinent Party against (he studied replication of its own < )p----position methods is attested by the subjoined inspired paragraph, sent to The Chronicle from ;in official source, with an intimation that it could lie published ;is a special eoiitribut ion to our paper :

"The flood of nil icisin conliinHtf. ft has; its uses and ils al)iis"s. The local cNponeni of Opposition principles never misses an opportunity of yet I iuy a lilow iit I lie (joverniiK'ni, which, were the citizens of W'ellinjj'lou 1o rake il serioiislv, would lon.u' since have ronie to lie regarded as the iii'isl liiconipelenl and coi - nipl Adminisirat ion \ lint hud ever held ofiice in New land.To which we would add Iml one classic phrase the retort that a harried Minister of the Masscy Cabinet made to Ins Otaki eril ic when llie lalliT hiiitetl linn hisl irioiiili : "Take \nur medicine !