THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
•Bh* Bask Use Of The Caucus Some of the “biggest” men m the “biggest” Parliaments of the world, have succumbed to this influence, as modern historical writings show; and the close political student will at once call to mind instances during the past half-century, in Great Britain, and m one or two of her Dominions. Ihe earliest home of the “caucus” would he difficult’ to name; for its rise, as a decadent influence in Parliaments, Ins been very gradual; it has, in ftui, be'en an evolution. To-day- it has reached a stage of development which constitutes it a positive political disease; for it is wielded by men, professing to pride themselves in their love of democratic rule, who yet use it so as to produce government bv minority !
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1922, Page 2
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132THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1922, Page 2
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