CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4421, 17 May 1893, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

Reu^.tiukeiU'MrG.J!, -;(To'thd'Edltbr W.I), Times,) Sir,— Mr^Ppwna.ll iri.liis. letter in a recent isauo'saya;- that; :iiT Mr- Diikcß 11 cits downv'ahd Mink's, he, will,.see that hie enthusiasm: has. led., him to. overstep the mark/ 1 but if Mr Epwnalf had spent a moment"or two in. ihjnking over'MrDukes'jetters, hp would; not have so ;■ woefully .hiisunderstpbd' them.. v -HoJ;'firßt}exprcssps- surprise "that tbe' ! rcv,.. : gentleraan. sb'.q'tij.d ; have been so' fanatically inclined in, the cause of Prghibiiiof'bnlkm ho. makes a slight error,'it, is.; tho, pause of common .morality, that, the 're", gentleman is cliampiraingY and Is'.-to. being bo ''fanatically.inclined," your readers know andi.respce.fc. Mr Cufe too well to accept this;,.'Mr Powriall than proclaims Mr ■ Dukes', ignorance 'Jjf|||a6o rules and constitution's,' §fflßr\ jay that oTery r 'mßn.Bball '■ liayo; a fair trial.pn any chargo,'' but hp. is all at seaivMr'Dukes never.askecKto bave a man judged.wjthbuta. fair trial' be simplystated ; \^th'at i.Buch. 18/ tlie low character, of;tlio. kmm that no man, no mittrjiow'gooil',' is. fablo to keep it according to; : law." "It is, ; '''tbe hov.se he is writingobput and, not 'the' nwu or e licenßeeniny or. ma j,:pot bo responsible for tbocbaractcrbi tlie; house, and :, tliis fact the :: past .;ihiscon : ,3uct of the house; reiterates; s : trdngly, : (despite the trausparent,appliisti;ies by.' which Mr'Poivnall "seoks;to. idißguise' it. Ho further accuses;.tbe ; /Key^J ; ; Dukos of What a slur on tho. : nieujbcra,;pf that T cak, to ho'peryertedjby f a;m'a:u|Who" i« ia bo fanatically to lose a ll eenßO of justice br.fairneaa.'' ■ :Eut if a question is'to\ be, decided., "judir ciBlly" both aides muß.t:',U; : bpira. ,OE C0U»8 Mr Pownall.willvliave:ail.tiio confidence* of a {hat tho house has beon perfectly, cjon. ducted, that no drunkard .has'iperged f f om its sacred preoindts, ;aiid ;that hp ■oattlbllog has beeu'permiltedi'withm j tß honest surroundings.;';; ;Exactly. jjut Mr Dukes' begs'; to differ, ;the police beg to differ, the citizen) of this tonn beg to differ, every right-minded man and woman in; tho community tegs to differ. Tbe iCommittco must decide" judicially," place on 'the one ■j g Mr Pownall'B worthless statementand on the other tbft voices of

purily, jnstio", and morality, which cry out with Mr Dukes that the house mutl be shut. Mr Pow null challenges Mr Dukes to provo that the charges against the house should have obtained a conviction, It is very easy to talk liko that. Them aro many things wufaowwhioh we cannot prove, for instance h gentlouinn (?) may imbibo freely, mistake a hotel door for a lighting opponent and .ini,his..practice of "tho noble art" .break it in.-.We know that such is tho case, bnt.wi! cannot prove it. After all Mr : >Po wi)ftll'gletter is a good lift for the cau£o*of: : Prol]ibition and right, but .evoiv. ..though, lie." may., temporarily lriiimployVoa)ling to ■ his aid tho powers :of ; darkness, "yet right must ■ultin)atciy.{cpn'quer,: and ;tho = .fltg of ! purity,juslice.andMiioMlity flutter in '.thp.brl'pzq (^.prosperity, 4 granting; 'to ;Aliistpri.pnVlhn%man'cipation from, all ■that, i's w a ; hienacd;to,: tho morals'. : and .'good, order ■*■;T ; '>s ; ' ''. ... . : {