PARNELL'S CHOICE.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 3 January 1912, Page 3

PARNELL'S CHOICE.

SIR JOHN FINDLAY AND THE

ELECTORS.

Sir John Findlay, late AttornoyGenoral, announces his intention of returning to his practise at the Bar, as the result of his rejection "by the electors of Parnoll, Sir John is an exceedingly able man lost to politics. Wo are inclined to attribute his defeat, in a very large measure, to ignorance of his real merits. The Parnoll electors were carried away by the shibboleth of " Down with Wardism," and a lot of them resented a stranger coming into their midst and seeking their suffrages. "The impertinence of it!" said Parnell. No Ward-ite or Wellingtonian could safely face Parnell in its mood of December 1-1, 1911.

We are convinced that Parnell made a great mistake when it preferred a local tradesman to so brainy and accomplished a member of the Gow ernment Paity, desirous of doing his share—and it would be a very big share towards the betterment of his fellows. But he is denied that oppor-* tunity—for the present We observe that some detractors of Sir John havn been talking about the <( fat billet" he is alleged to. have been seeking. Well might the Attorney-Geneial-that-was smile at such tarradiddle. As Sir John Findlay is able to earn several times the salary of a Cabinet Minister by sticking to bis profession, it is obvious that politics are no gaiu to him financially, It cannot be said of him, at any rate, that hejwas in politics for the sake of the " billet" and the mon* oy.— N.Z. Free Lance,