PLEDGES.
iCertfaihii iMinisftelrial claqueurs are ■enidc«avouring ito ra'Jse ithe 'bogey that if Imemibers of 'blie Goverataien't following Vc'te with Alief 'Orpj/o-sition on a uoteoafidence motion., they will be guilty elf a (breach 'of a pledge made at the Giovennment icaulcus 'hi February. We ■are Inbty in' .the cdnifideniee of the Gov.ern'menit ill this matter; but we venture ito <sdy <t:ba«fc ito selif-respecting memlber elf the House •wyyuld offer sudh ami imteullb to hiis .conisitituenfc as .to ipted'ge liiim.seTT to canfa'nuously support amy Ministry cm the blind. 'Let us take a hypoMie'tical ca«e. Supposing (that iMr Mackenzie had called to his MMstry Messrs Veitcli, P'aVne, • Jlobeirtsoli and ■Hitridmsursli, three of Hvliom we're present at the caucus, '.voluM ithe remaining members be untie!" an obligation. to support the Min'.'fitry unitil released at the expiry of Parlia.mein't ? We (refuse to believe •tlrait anything more than a tentative , 'undertaking was given.. If any man fiiars coimpwmased his constituents by ' toaking a pledge, we should- like him •to eome boldly forward and declare •himself.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10662, 18 June 1912, Page 4
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169PLEDGES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10662, 18 June 1912, Page 4
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