THE PROHIBITION PLEDGE.
It -would seem that the Prohibition Party is not quite sincere in its attempt to induce people to enter upon a pledge by which they will forfeit their political independence. Speakthe other day* Mr H.' :.D. .Bedford-is,'reported .to'•<have expressed the belief/that if the pledges ':\verb'; : exteil-sively signed by the eiecr tors,' all 'ilie political parties would 1 Jail. inte.Hnp,and offer-th«m- what they, asked for, and there would, therefore, I>e no interference with party politics; .The Prohibition Party need not then become a political party. Mi- Bedford said the pledges were being numerously signed from Auckland downwards and from the Bluff upwards,, converging on Wellington. Before they got there, Parliament would capitulate. "If this statement of ,ir r Bed? ford's implies 'anything, it m£*« that the Prohibition Party is endeavouring to coerce Parliamentarians with a threat which it is not intended should be taken seriously.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 29 October 1912, Page 4
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147THE PROHIBITION PLEDGE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 29 October 1912, Page 4
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