BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION; OF THE "HALL" MARK OF THE CONSERVATIVES.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 89, 5 November 1879, Page 2

BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION; OF THE "HALL" MARK OF THE CONSERVATIVES.

Following so closely upon the damning exposS made about the " premier " "Ratcatcher, the following little item which we glean from a Falmouth paper, will be read with interest. Sir. Julius Yogel —the gentleman wbo holas the office to which Mr. Reader Wood aspires — is evidently an adapt m the science -of electioneering, and knows how to get upon the weak side of humanity. Accordirg to the journal m question the worthy Knight has issued an invitation to the Sunday Schools m > Falmou^h," Eenryn.and Flusbjng|for all the children and their parents, also the teachers, and a friend of each to go to Greatw"ood, to partake of tea and other allurements, to be provided for them by bur genial and hospitable Agent-G-enei'al. To the'uninitiated the prodigal lavishness entailed by this monster " bread and butter worry " will be somewhat incomprehensible, but those behind the scenes will be able to trace a connecting link between the invitation to the public, and the candidature of Sir Julius for the representation of. Falmouth. It has been generally remarked that " honorable " and hospitable gentlemen who give festive entertainments with unlimited expenditure are very apt to dip their hands into other people's pockets to " pay the piper 1 ;" and it would be a matter for curiosity to kno.w whether the Bohea banquet will not be charged to the Agency-General Office,- under the heading of immigration policy. Should t ; he ca,ndidaterexpectant succeed m hia little experiment and become a, Cqm.moner m the British, Parliament, the " premier ratcatcher " will then have it m his power to pay his notorious *' decoy " the price o,f h^s treachery and deceit, by appointing aim as S,ir Jvnus's successor.