The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4024, 1 February 1892, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1892.

The ranks of the Wgsleyau Ministry \ in this colony include two remarkable brothers, the Rev. Frank lsitt and the ' Bev. L, M. Isitt. Of the pair the I Rev, Frank Isitt as a thinker and as : an orator is the larger man, but the other brother has become the more | prominent man in the annals of New Zealand. He, too, though, in a less i degree than his brother, is a thinker r and an orator, hut he is something i more than this, he is a man of action, - possessing ut physical and mental robustness which makes him almost irresistible in any work to which he sets his hand, If guidance were wanted in the sphere of morals or religion there could be no better referee than die fiev. Frank Isitt, if a leader i were wanted to wage active warfare against immorality orirreligion there could be no better choice thsp the Rev. L. M. Isitt. He is outspoken and courageous, and is singularly free from that bitterness which is frequently associated with differences of opinion. He has for example fought a prohibitionist campaign down in Canterbury with brilliant results and we question whether in so doing he has created much personal ill-feeliog I even amongst the publpns who have been the sufferershy lijb efforts, We are deposed to regardhiin as the most formidable prohibitionist in New Zealand, for though a veteran like Sit William Fox may claim precedence, he is far less effestiye as it general in the cause. There is a degree of bitterness and intolerance in the old Knight, which occasionally creates unnecessary antagonism to the cause he has so much at heart, while the more genial Wesleyan Minißter inspires a certain amount of good will amongst those with whom he has to fight, The movements of the Rev. L. M. Isitt are at this moment of special interest, because the Evening] Post announces that thore is every probability of Jus coming to Welling" ton, and that a demonstration in the Opera House in which be will take part, is being arranged, The WeK lington Prohibitionists dp w.}nt shaking up a little, and Mr Isitt is about 1 the best man to put them on their mettle, At the late election in the EmpireCitytke Prohibitionists niisßed ■ a golden opportunity, for had they put up a candidate of their order, prjies were so evenly balanced that the government would have been compelled to .come £q terras with them. The Prohibitionist?'of New Zealand are sufficiently numerous, if their forces were properly disciplined andled by a Genoral like lilr Isitt, to hold the balance of political power in the colony and to foroe a Government to do their bidding, As yet with a few .exceptional instances they have not putjforfcji their strength or made themselves abactor h) political campaigns which, must bp, r'e'ckoned with. We reeolloct many years ago .oxpr-es?. I ingan opinion to Mr Isitt when he resided in Masterton'that the :Temperanco party were stronger. in de-. ftaje'than in action. At that time he himself .dispbwed ah occasional readiness to be something more. ■ than a stereotyped windh'ag'ln'lfie.matter of Tempo'raip. reform, but he 'had' not! tjjeii cpmo Jo the front as a ".General: of the'orc|er. lie bold, however,' very, decided opinions about fhe liguor, tr»<|ca.ndhe.in.fluencf.d young Jiien k the eomwty h) #>.a direction' of total abstinence, Be kw rte great strides 'since then, and judging bw by bis past record he will in the future do still greater things. He is a progressive man who must always; be gomgabej4#ndjtisnotinhiß nature to rest and be thankful,