AN INDEPENDENT PARTY.
A rumour is going the rounds* that an attempt is to be made to form an Independent Party in the House of Representatives. The member who is credited with having originated the scheme is Mr T. M. , Wilford. It goes without saying that there is no rooal in the politics of New Zealand for an independent paji'ty so long as the present party system continues. If Mjr, Wilford, or some other industrious jpember, would set himself the tajsk pf forming a National Liberal Association, with national, instead of party " idea Is, he would pe rendering a useful service. We have had too much-party and too little patriotism in ,(recent, years. The fight has been between the "ins" and the "outs," instead of between the patriots and the adventurers. The time will oome I—and 1 —and we hope it is not far distant—when young New Zealand will play a mofe important pirfc in the government of the country than it does todagM,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 30 June 1913, Page 4
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164AN INDEPENDENT PARTY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 30 June 1913, Page 4
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