MR LANCE.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7718, 25 November 1890, Page 3

MR LANCE.

. TO THE EDITOR OV THS PEMS. : „ Sib,—A short time ago your contemporary said of Mr- Lance " He is the better niaii of the'two contesting the* district, ,and he lfas too good a record of valuable services for the country to affoi-d. to lose the benefit of his experience aud upright character." But the writer of this panegyric has either left the office, or else he-is neglecting to take his antlbilioue plll3 regularly. This is what Ihe paper says liist Tuesday, "We regret the lose of a> ceatleman wiio, for tbe last abc years, has been a staunch member of what "was called the Stoai-Vogel party. At the same time Mr Laow's change does not take 'tis by surprise. It was notorious that there never was much agreement between his views and those of Mr Ballance. When the latter was elected leader of the party, it was iuevjtable that Mr Lance should 11 ad himself uneasy on the Opposition benches. It was only a question of how long he would stay there, and in what way he would take his leave." How true! A man may have a good record, audgive his country the benefit; of bi* experience and upright character, yet, forsooth, when he drops connection wi£h the self-constituted Triple Alliance that - has the arrogance to call itself the Liberal party of Canterbury, he must 'needs be hounded away, and I suppose, Sir, that failing to secure a candidate with experience, &c, for the As>hiey, the self-opinionated Triple Alliance is prepared to welcome those who have neither experience or anything else whose plastic consciences can be moulded to those of this precious trinity.—Yours, &c, Oxd Honesty. :