PRECEDENCE AND POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 40, 12 March 1909, Page 3

PRECEDENCE AND POLITICS.

,To the Editor. . • Sir—Mr. McCluggage's letter re the above is tie letter of a man who, in tryin" to gratify some petty and childish mtte, has made a blunder, and who is bo frightened by the storm that he has ■raised that he docs not eveu stick to the truth in writing about the matter. , Be says it was "a political banquet, •riven by the friends and supporters of Mr Symes, and the expenses were paid by "them alone." This is ™»V" e J- r °™ ibe«inning to end. Some of Mr. Hinc s suSporteJs attended the first meeting, and on the understanding that it was Ho be a banquet to the Mmister for Bonds, to which Mr. McCluggage person elly assured them Mr. Hine would be in- - ,ited, they subscribed to the funds and attended the banquet; and in order to emphasise the non-party nature of the Ibanquet several of Mr. Hine'a strongest ' eupportew were put mi the committee Ltihout their consent fust being asked. The Whangamomona County Council * also passed a resolution that Mr. Huie • *-' l* invited to Whangamomona to meet Mr. nogg. The chairman. Mr. JJc- , . cutcheon, wiU probably at the next ! meeting of the council he called on to explain why the invitat.on was not sen . Tn conclusion, I would advise Mr. J ,c- ---*~ Cluaeage and his party to try to take Staßg like men, and when they are Laten at the polls, not to show their ' mite ia such a contemptible and petty ' manner It reflects no credit on them jnanner. Hoeg.-I am, etc., „ r their gg^- (^mO Xi ST . - Eoliuratahi, 10/3/09.