CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3939, 15 October 1891, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

(to the editor.) Sir, —Noticing tnat recently you devoted about halt a column to reporting Banqueteer Dick and his satellites, I, being a humble working man with only a moderate amount of intelligence, thought I might trespass on your space with a few remarks. Now that the session of Parliament has closed, I, in common with many, are very glad that we have still the Upper House to checkmate the revolutionary and socialistic measures of the present Government. It is just a pity for the credit of t'ie Colony, that they did not go a little fiutlier and pitch overboard the taxation Act, which is just the thin end of the wedge of spoliation, bursting up, etc., etc. A little study of the " Fabian Esssays in Socialism," shows where our shamliberals obtain their inspiration of land nationalization, etc. Oce is surprised how working men are such (I was going to say aases, but a more appropriate term would be apes) to vote for many of the members of the present Parliament. If, accord'ng ;.o Darwin's theory, men have been evolved from apes, the process of de velopement must be so slow in many cases that one is appalled to think of the results of manhood suffrage. Professor Drummond, in his " Natural Law m the Spiritual World," states on the authority of Darwin, that if a number of pigeons of the most highly developed varieties were turned out together on an uninhabited island, and allowed to breed tor a few years, their projeny would revert back to the original wild pigeon. In scienti6c language this is called " Reversion to Type." One is almost tempted to account thus for the results of " one man one vote " in the case of many of our working men. If so, the outlook for humanity is not a very bright one. There mus tbe in some cases a sort of elective affinity between the ape and another animal, which for the present shall be unmentionable. One thing certain, the time has not yet arrived »*hen " the leopard shall lie down with the kid !" The alliance, or affinity which we saw at the last election is of a totally different kind. Carlyle, in his " Latter Day Pamphlets," must have had Darwin's theory in view when visiting the model prison. He describes some of the prisoner's faces as "ape faces." But ilie ape theory will not account for the action of a small and in many respects intelligent section. Of course that is the exception which is said to prove the rule. One has noticed often times in the case of what are called in *,he colouics " cranky," but in Scotland "daft" men that they are sound on many, but hopelessly " gone " on some one or more points. This is the only way in which I can account for the political action of some otherwise intelligent and- even Christian men. They are " gone " on this particular point, "clean daft," as a Scotchman would say. One man, for instance, has a Ballance-mania, and so supports any demagogue who is a blind follower of Ballance & Co. But lest I should become a "boro" on your space,—l am, etc, An Artizan.

Bible Heading: in Schools. [To the Editor,] Sir.—l understand an eSort will be made to-night to induce our School Commissioners to permit the introduction ot Bible reading into the State school. I trust. Sir, the Commissioners will give the matter their most careful consideration before granting the request of the rev gentlemen. It is manifest that any interference with the present system of teaching will materially affect the conduct of school business. Trusting the Commissioners will display no weakness in the matter. —I am, &c., Parent.