MR JEBSON ON THE SITUATION.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7731, 10 December 1890, Page 3

MR JEBSON ON THE SITUATION.

TO THB EDITOR OF THE PRESS, Sir,—-It is admitted tbat in numerous instances the ruling passion is strong in death. Even In the throes of dissolution you resort to the same tactics tbat have succeeded in the past-7-divlde and conquer. It is imperative that there should be no more shiiiy-shallying in persons elected to serve in the coming Parliament. The persons elected are to represent, not the views of inspired newspaper articles, but the views of the constituencies who nave honored them with their confidence, The Nemesis has not long delayed the retributive justice so well deserved by the unholy pacts after three years of vacillatlon.exaggeration, misrepresentation, gibes, sneers, cynical allusions to persons, position, motivea,and actions ot our Opposition. No matter of whom composed, they were men and the elected of the people. Yet you aimed at their degradation, and to destroy their influence In every conceivable way. The old score Is partially paid, the people to whom you so confidently appealed, have appraised at their true value the fallacies, the stratagems, aud worse, of the Government and its rabid supporters. The newly elected must take sides at once, and decide on measures, not men. The best recommendation that Mr Ballance could wish for as a statesman and competent leader Is to be found in tha columns of the Press newspaper. The time is gone by when tbe Knight ol Hororata can purchase "rats" to make a majority (for a purpose) the Imposition of a property tax. This bogey frights no longer, but you have now a labor banshee. Can you wonder at the change, if you can turn to the columns of the Prkbs for the last four mouths, and if the oppression and tyranny there Indicated la'nofc clear then take the result of the poll. If any newly elected are on the proverbial rail let them resign at once to make room for a man of decided principles,—Youin% &c, ■ - John Jebson. Sheffield, December Bth, 1890.