Undermining Parliament.
A DANGEROUS POLICY. The expenses of the Amti-Saloon League in America. —corresponding to the New Zealand Alliance here—are chiefly incurred in influencing the results of political elections and in creating lobbies to press class legislation to the excjusfcjn of all other public affairs. A vicious dominance at Washington and a dangerous subversive pqwer in the several States have been acquired by the private organisation of the AntLSalo'on League at. ;a. cost otf seventy million dollars. This is a condition which cannot be ignored in New Zealand. The Alliance exists for the same purpose as the Anti-Saloon League, and is already employing the same tactics. It c.ares no;! for questions needing the best brains of Parliament, an,d involving the happiness and prosperity of the people. Since it realises that prohibition can never be carried by the people’s vote, its main efforts are now being cc>ncentrated on securing the nomination to Parliament of men; of itsi own choice. How far these attempts at Super-Government are ly to be tolerated in a democratic country like New Zealand, remains to be seen, but with the experience of America to guidfe. them, New Zealanders are- not likely to be hoodwinked by such underground
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5341, 19 October 1928, Page 2
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200Undermining Parliament. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5341, 19 October 1928, Page 2
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