THE PAMPHLET AND THE OPPOSITION.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13907, 5 December 1910, Page 7

THE PAMPHLET AND THE OPPOSITION.

• —— ,il MR M ASSET'S REPLY TO DR. FINDLAY. ; CARTOON IN THE "NEW ZEA- . LAND TIMES." LEADER OV OPPOSITION lSft-ES \TRIT FOR £2000. , . (SPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.") ■ WELLINGTON, December 4. Mr Masspy (Leader of the Oppose" _ tion) has made a spirited reply to Dr. : Kindlay's no<v cvlcbralsd "hitch, your. vaKgon" speech in the Upper H«"Se. • Speaking to a "Dominion , ' reporter, * ho said ho regrolied exceedingly tl»at Dr. Findlay so far forgot himself as, to y take advantage of his position in the.* Legislative Council to mako tho very,;; hitter and grossly unfair attack on Mr v Hino which was reported in the- news-;' papers of that day. Dr. Findlay that "Mr Hire stands convicted or ■;, hypocrisy, not only by his conduct, bufci, his words. He began the enquiry disavowing imputation against Mr egs?£* ,!on, and then through his lawyer prflr|j ceeded to cast as" much snspkuoa <Htj|§ mm, or, rather, his memory, as h$ directly could.' 5 There was only; Wβ§ way of dealing with such a and that was by saying at once that it is contrary to fact. Dr. Itodlay wuu* evidently smarting over the diseloet»re«J's that had boan made in the quiry. He (Mr Massey) supposed ,ono}j| must mako allowances tor a very angry ft individual, hut he could not be ted to slander an honest and capeeteatious man, as 3lr Hine undoubtedly, j/ was. By calling public attention. to the irregularities' and improper Pf>e-.:«; tices whfch formed tho eubject of qujrv by a Parliamentary Committee, i|* Mr Hino had done good service to the 3* country, and why Dr. Findlay Ixi so perturbed about it he con«cV not w imfigino. In the calm end atmosplwro of tho Uppar Chamber "th<£:p hoix gentleman bhould be ablo to. av«id %»j the use of strong language such;as«eM used \yhen he accusfed Mr Hiae Of,;}s hypocrisy. t'-ri'*<lP In another • part of his speech <Dr* j* FittdUy said tljat "Mr Hine's co«Uß«j'j| caat as snuch suspicion on Mr mc.nory as he indirectly could." 4Wfe was just as correct as the first SwJW-J| ment. Mr Hine's counsel and the U£*SSj| position members tried in every sible way to keep Mr Seddon's name onfc?| of the enquiry, oven going the of moving to strike such < refiftVM ences out, but Mr. Seddon'e name *£*p: dragged in repeatedly by 3>r, TFa>aMjy4: when he was giving eiridence, - ana ;py.ijg tho reoresentativee of the who wero members of the Comßut*&e ß g; He wna sorry to have to cay «o, considered the acton of > Ministers- r .T»jj this respect unmanly he was using the mildest terms !»*££ sible. Thrt?r objf-ct was 1 only" too ewv& dent, and the public would undeMtendvlK In conclusion 'Mr Massey advised Or.'qj Findlay to read, mark, learn* ondjmfi wardly digest a verse of the sevenths, chapter of St. Mattbew, which the aeisa law of libel, howevor, appears to der it undeoirable to place on record, 'J: A POLITICAL CARTOON. .^ On Saturday morning the "New Tiettrland Times" came out with a cartoon.v showing an elderly man hitchV'; , ing "up an ass named nias" *io a waggon. - loaded l wittt,/? parcels' marked "Startling *eyela-7' tions," ''Expense," "DefamationAr; "Private Calumny." <( Dead i Men>J? characters, , ' "Paraphlets free," "Tami.' ( ; many," "Electrifying apparatus patjf? ent," and "Mud. ,r On top of the loaa r i v a xvoman in a sunbonnet "Scandalmongoring." The waggon-iif.-labelled, "Wβ are the party," and the..brake on it is labelled "Delay," tthile,;.- ,- attached to the chief fitjure is a label *• upon which appears, "Their idea of a_ politician." Underneath aro two-' lines in black type, as follows: — - , "Hitch your waggon to a star, '—r ": Emerson. . . ''Hitch your waggon to a he."— amendment. ~ , Mr Massey, on seeing the cartoon/; at once placed the matter in the bands: ~- of Ids solicitor, and a writ was prompt-, lv issued, claiming £2000 damages for ' libel.