Manamatu Herald. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1890.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 29 November 1890, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1890.

The Leader of the Opposition.

Mr Wilson, in his ttandon speech, in pointing out how unfit Mr P>allanco was to control tliu finances of the country, stated that Mr liallance left office with a deficit of £200.000. The Advocate, in reporting Mr Wilson's speech, made Mr Wilson to say that the deficit was £1 ,200,000. That this was a clerical error was patent to everyone ; but Mr Balliince, in his newspaper, the Wiinganui ITi'mhl, < •! '.o> upon this nmlnkr. and ] endeavours n> sh"lirr his financial incapacity heiu'nd as scui-rilons ti 1 11 . of Billingsgate as we remember to

have seen. Wo will quote th\> rust and last sentence of the paragraph to which we refer, and lot onv reader* judge, from Mr P>allnnce"s language, the; character rf tho man who is tho Leader of the pposit-ion, and aspires to the Leadership of the House of Representatives and tho Premiership of New Zealand. Tho first fiontev-.r- 's "M,'Wi!-i:i, Ilin dummy of the K<ium\ ha?, found his tongue 10 iitjiil Mr PirarTi. but : ' is a groat pity i>,- <■><),„■,' x^-.-.ik /,-,. li-ni!,;' The lftsc sentonee is- " Till ihi truth Mr Wilson, since you have found a tongue, n/xf .thorn./ i/hihThe italics are ours, and are inserted to draw special attention to. the outrageous language which Mr ]>allance uses in speaking of his opponents. MrT;nllance, not content to call Mr Wilson a liar, suggests that the majority of the electors in the district, heing Mr Wilson's supporters, arc also liars \ ■'■- The first qualification required in a. Premier is that he should he a gentleman. Tnless he lias this qualification, he is not lit to he the leading politician in New". Zealand-. ■The 3-1 ou'se 'of Representatives would , s we trust, resent any attempt to raise to the position of Leader of the House and Premier a man whose language was of tho character -we have quoted. Mr Wilson 14 well known as a gentleman and a man of honour, and Mr P>allance's ahuse ol him, instead of injuring Mr Wilson, will -tend further to open people's eyes to the utter unfit-ness of Mr 15al lance- fof the position of ■Premier to which he aspires. When Mr Pi rani first appeared' before the electors, he was very proud to tell them that Mr Ballance approved of him, and he strutted about with Mr Ballance's letter of edminendatrion, as if Mr Ballance's name had sufficientmagic in it to land at the top of the poll anyone upon whbirf'he might cast a favourable eye. Well, we see what Mr Ballance is, Aye jnclgo him by his language, and this 'is the Mr Ballance whose recommendation Mr Pirani was so proud of !