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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 243, 17 November 1914, Page 6

Mi* L. M. Isitt, who opened Mis election' campaign last evening, did not disappoint his large audience with the entertainment he submitted for their approval. Of course he. championed the cause of the. masses in one breath and in the next held the Government up to derision for its futile attempts to carry on the administration of the Dominion successfully. ;But the member for Christchurch North is least appreciated when he is most serious. That is not his star role in polities. Mr Isitt discussing dry political facts and figures is as much out of his depth as Sarah- Bernhardt would be essaying to play the '' boy" in a glittering pantomime. "I am not in polities for fun," declared the member for Christchurch North last evening. He may not be in politics for fun, but he manages to extract quite a lot of fun from politics. It is a diverting pastime, especially if one is well paid for it, but the most urgent need of the Parliament of New Zealand at the present time is the man with the mind t to comprehend the great questions of the day and the will to concentrate on these for the benefit of the general community. Mr Isitt has played the part of enterI tainer in our politics so long that he is in danger of being credited with the ability to do little else. It is a condition from which he will have to divorce himself if he would retain the confidence of the electors. His gift of speech, and his cunning use of rhetoric, will not always distract the intelligent public from a scrutiny of his political shortcomings.