MR L. M. ISITT, M.P.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10659, 14 June 1912, Page 4

MR L. M. ISITT, M.P.

At « Nio4icense demonstration in Obristchuirch the otlufr evening, the Rev. iR. iS, Gray refeii-ed to the part played iby Mr L. M. Lsitt, M.P., in refusing to "sit ■'behind a man who wris-in 'touch. ,and rartplieated' with the liquor . Iparty." 'The Christchurch "Bvess" discusses- the position, in the, following peaitJncln't mlanner:— "Is not./Mr Myers'a member of the Ministry whirih Mr 'Jisitt'''helped to bring into existence, hmid.is- .not Mi 1 Isiit i supporting that Minfeta-y : to-day ? j iPeiisonally, we thinik Mr Myers is by J I fa.r ,Ime fbast onieiribeir ■ of a -very infer- | iot Oaibi.net, ibut. that does 'not altei' i the ifact that he is a very eminent I [ brewer, iwhio has;, on imore than onS occasion, ibeoni ill eld up .iio cppirdbrinim', 1 with the rest of his class, ih> the Pro'bibitiontst organ. This is wbait makes \ .it so diffi.oi.llt ito Realise tlhe exact point «f iMlr .Gray's rerrJarks. At the feme time, we - ■adanab that, it .is. a vtiry touching S'igilii to see Mr lsitt and -Mr." Myers wtorJcing together in the same' .political dique, tats they would have lis ibelieve, for' the regeneration) of the human, race. Jit makes one 'hope tbat the anilk'nium is, .after toll, not very far off."