MASSEYITE ELECTIONEERING

Taihape Daily Times, 17 June 1919, Page 4

MASSEYITE ELECTIONEERING

Surely the Reform Party, of which Mr. Massey is the illustrious leader, will no longer have the effrontery to further disgust people with their protcstations about honour-ably keeping the political compact which gave birth to the National .GoV'el'lllllcnt. Everyonewho knows anything at all about current political campaigning knows that Mr. Massey’s party already has candidates selected to contest all doubtful constituencies at the forthcoming election. To prove their utter dishonesty, so that no. person may mistake them as being capable of honourably keepingany compact, the rank and file of the Party including W. H, Field, M.P_, Mi-.. Nash, M.P., Mr. ‘Stevens, M.P-.; have been making a determined effort ‘to proselytise .the Palmerston Branch of the Farinei-'§’ Union. '-These‘ Masscyites 'got -together a meeting of farmers and liarangued them with talk which most‘ clearly discovered their inability to grasp and understand the situation which their great leader_. Mr_ Massey, and Sir Joseph Wal'd are loudly proclaiming to them across the ocean. From their words it was plain they Were,‘ in almost perfect ignorance of the nature of the crisis‘ that Mr. Massey was, while they were _ talking, drawing their attention‘ to The report of the meeting did not state the nature of the flit-£lld‘1'1(;e, probably the speakers preferred that numbers should not be stated. What this bevy of Masseyites most Clearly discovered is. that if" over 1110 Massey Party had any honourable intentions respecting the -political pact, they have been cast to the winds. The sta9;3 015 selecting candidates is D 2155, and Masseyites are now hunting in but-.kS on proselytising c.ampa.i.gns. Liberals can well-afford to continue their honourable course.