CANDIDATES FOR PARLIAMENT.
Wellington has not forgotten the i tramway strike. A body has been formed, calling itsoli the "Citizens' League." One of t~e chief functions of this body would appear to be to render strikes impossible, and, if it can achicva this purpose, it htII deservo well of the community. But when a league of citizens passes a resolution to the effect that no Mayor, or city councillor, while in office, shall be eligible for a seat in Parliament, it renders itr.e.lf ridiculous. The local bodies of the Dominion are a training ground for politicians. They afford an insight into the working, of public affairs which is essential to tho successful legislator. And if men who aspire to politics are to be denied tho training afforded them by service on public bodies, it is a poor look-out for the general government of the country. There would be some sense in debarring 'Parliamentarians from being associated with public bodies. There is none in prohibiting members of local bodies from becoming candidates for Parliament.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10582, 13 March 1912, Page 4
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173CANDIDATES FOR PARLIAMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10582, 13 March 1912, Page 4
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