THE EGMONT ELECTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 118, 9 November 1911, Page 6

THE EGMONT ELECTION.

| To the Editor, i ' Sir.—l notice a somewhat splenetic letter appearing in Tuesday's- issuih of the Daily News, over the signature of ,0. W. Field. Mr. Field apparently feels j aggrieved at Mr. Wright's change of - political opinion, and speaks of "turncoats," forgetting that one of the proverbs is to the effect that "• A' wise man will change his opinion; but a—(well, a man who isn't wise) —never."" However. F am not concerned to defend Mr. Wright's views, knowing he will aittend >to that himself. Mr. Field's- contention that the extract from the "Dairyman" should have been accompanii'd by utterly irrolevent articles, previously published in the same journal', shows as .little regard for the value of. your space las lack of argument. The fa>i'thful serj vice of the late member for the district i may he conceded, but its- effectiveness ( questioned. What this electorate requires is the forceful' advocacy of a j strong man. as a change. Hence the I requisition to Ml'.- Mackenzie, signed by both Government and' Opposition supporters. The opinion expressed by the Wellington Post, one of the most influential Opposition'papers in the Dominion, "Such, a worker i's well worth a place in any New Zealand Ministry," is surely 'sufficient, ilr conjunction with the Dairyj man's expressed opinion, to cause every I intelligent man who wishes the prosperity of the (htirv industry and the, disI tr'ict to vote solidly for the Hon. T. I Mackenzie..—T am. etc.. I T. J. SMITH. I