MR HORNSBY'S ADDRESS.
THE CANDIDATE REPLIES
I Mr'J. T. M. Bornsby writes as j foi&irs to .he Wadrarapa 1 Age-: j "Would you be good enough to permit me to make one or two corrections in conaeation with your port of my vMasterton address.* At the-same time! should Jtike to reply of your contentions!, I did* not, nor do I, claim that the Liberal party are a "combination of all the virtues"; but I ask you or anyone else to produce from the Liberal re- ' cord a wicked, cruel tiling like the "X >Ray" publication or the "Black" pamphlet. Yotu say, why open u|T old > sores?;.-My reply to that'is another qtiestion: "Why have any history at all?" If we are ever to giiide our steps aright it must be by correcting our: life and conversation ..'.by. th© experience of the .past. Those who published Rays,.", ( "Buift Tuck" WgeryJ and the "Maids" pamphlet are the rakers in the muck heap. You say that I "expressed myself diametrically opposed to ? thepolicy of the present Government in reference to the land question and the elective executive." I did not mention, the Government in this connection. My opinions are my own. You make me say that "there, would- be a change in the Government shortly." I did not say. so. My words- "were: "The rump of the ' old Conservative party will never come into power—never. There, will be'another party : come into power, l .rfftd yew may : as well - try : to sweep the ocean' bade with a broom as to, try and prevent; the a<lvent of' new-party.- When it does teome* I trust ithat it will show the same wisdom that has been and is being displayed in Australia." And now with • reference to the Licensing.law, I was I a'B^34:,:,''Are. you in. favour of the ! three-fifths majority?" My reply | was: "I am glad that this questioft | has been aeked. I expected it to j have been asked in Carterton, but j the question did not come. Let me point out that last session; a great" measure of reform, from the -Temperance point of -view, was brought into existence. That law provides j for the abolition of the barmaid; pre- j vents young people under 21 years of age obtaining liquor at the bar, abolishes the bottle license, and for j the first time in the world's history \ gives the people a. right to decide, the.j national question of prohibition. I j think the' law ought to I'iaye a fair- ■ trial. I aim in favour of:.tlie, threefifths majority, because it .make® for stability. Some people say that, if t ; you had the bare majority you would geti the licenses back in Master ton. (Cries of dissent and assent.) 1 do not say you would or wouldn't. They would have done so in Ashburton if | there had been a bare majority." If you will publish this reply of mine,, and these correction®, I shall he .much obliged." ' -v '
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10189, 15 March 1911, Page 5
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491MR HORNSBY'S ADDRESS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10189, 15 March 1911, Page 5
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