A QUERY (?)

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2709, 24 September 1887, Page 2

A QUERY (?)

(To tbe Editor.) Sir.—Mr Hogg's Printer makes a virtue of necessity, and pleads guilty to holding up bis Bands-for two oaudidatos,'batl notice -yonr contemporary is discreetly silent about the small boys, who wore snni from hie office to >* fiold up their hands for -Mr Hogg." Let's see if he .will have frout enough to deny this little/aci. Yours, etc,, Eye-Openeb. "CLEAN HANDS." To the Editor, Sir,—Your correspondent " Disgusted" called attention in yesterday's issue to'lhe clean manner in which Mr Hogg is fighting. Allow me to expose another " clean" trick of the immaculate Hogg, Under the heading " savo me from my friends," I sent a letter which anpeared in your issue of Tuesday. With Mb characteristic cleanli»'' ness, Mr Hogg alters his namn in that letter to Mr Beetlmm's, and coolly inserts,it in his papar as though it had been sent to him. Fanoya trmn who can descend to such paltry tricks as this having the monumental impudence to expert intelligent and honest weri; returning him as their representative■in the Assembly, I am, etc., ' • ■ •' ' ... Eleotohs. (To the Editor.).

Siß.»rl attended the meeting at the Town Hall, Tinui, and heard the address given by Mr Hogg the candidate for Protection, T, a working man, asked a question or two, suoh as,'' How would Protection lower the price of the working men's tobacco," ? also " How would manufactures do good to laborers in the country districts," ? and also ''if Protection was made law, would the Colonialsupply be equal to the demand" ? To all of such, questions . I did. not receive a bona fide answer.. I also asked if ho would beiin favor of placing it in the power of constituents (by petition) to remove ut member who had proved false to then), I understood he was not, tor the reason that it would not b« required as the candidate would be so much ashamed of his conduct that be would have no alternative; : but to retire—that means if the man 'wsb really an honest man and noI a person Who was going ( in : for, eminence.was right'enough.- <lf you s will kindly allow me space,- for this - you ; will greatly oblige a.persoii (who all things considered), is assured the 1 country is nijt yot.prepared tor Protection, . , ■■. . • ! lam <k, ; ~ \ LABOBEB. ; . Whareama, Sept Ml. ; ■' , ••• I