THE HON. A. W. HOGG.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 539, 21 June 1909, Page 4

THE HON. A. W. HOGG.

;'-Sir,— light in euougu uuiii'v.: to ';,gp.; oil ;','iilu' - j'anU. Jlore . are; wr... .'iiUgg's-/bwu': : .wbi'ds lasi year:,"l./have been oli; »uiuo'/oj',-' those \ siuaii .dairy larnis, and iiicer- iVitiiessiug, for 1 ;iorty-«igut'; hours/ tne sort;.;ot worn tiiiit■-.'jiacl to Do : perrbrnied .hy me: .uairyiai'mor, ami -iiis wile aiiu ciiiidreu, l-nuve gbuo :uacli :liom'e ,declaring .that,for ■■jßlli 'a uay. i would ."nqt.UO the same, wort as'.'tlioso peuplo; ; ;üb, .or ; lead ; tnoi saino' Un'comloitauio lilb.'l?,: Hansard, ;v*01..J.44, p. abb,, : '.'loiibwed by ;-a lot a 1 bout : tho doligin-s ;qt theatres, etc;';', ; : ;;, : :;-■•,-■;;'; >'. \\. Air. ;,Hogg.'is',a lycry lion'to ; roar,' but;ho •would not. live';an' ''uncomfortable Jifo" for ifcßb&O :s> year.'. :/i'liis-; is your, democrat 1. This is 'your sturdy^;colonist,.'this.' ;lily-tingored, Softhearted, 15banbi'ge3,,;afrbid..''0f ;an- ."'ui>' cbiiifoi'table life." . This is' the .patriot who draw's.-iaUOT-now.'iiauO-ra , year;- for , dis-. sominatiiig' such/ideas.: ; l see; another picreared; in a-Yorkshire rectory, :.aird';.frcsh,:.;fr6m 'RpssaH'-dhd Oxford, fifty, .years;.:ago driving \ his '. bullock team, across tho trackless tussocks of ..Canterbury Ui. 'Mount i Algidus, - oyqii ; now;.its. furthest-. . batik '.station.' Ho. did;; not', funk an ''uncOin,i'ortablo lifb.". ;,lsco others, indeed/'; 1 imagiuo Mr., I-Canterbury to -Westlarid:;in"tho sixties, must '.h'ayb.tasteU.-an ''uncomfortable life/.' -1 look ovei' tho past and see scores of ■ ;tbugh,'. arid .silent; who' in'ado this ■ country by;.loading' a'n;''. : "tthcomf6rtablo ! '.'life;?!.'' And to : day I'see elevated, to Ministerial rank,, this absolutely '."ineffective'- politician,:' who bellows forth unceasingly his abuse on : all who dare to-reap..the reward of living an. "uncomfbrtablo life;"' To 'a- man ;with any blood in; ,llis veins,, ono would. imagino that. tho. lifq' ;of a merq politician, with nothing- else 'tbi'db,.;;.would 'bb'';tho";most- "uncomfortablo lifo','-conceivable.T.Kot so Mr. Hogg. He is quite .content,' and ho earns that, life by avowing his undying intention, and advertis- 1 ing his untiring qiforts, to givo .other peoplo the, chanco to,-lead the. life he nevor had the heart to; tackle} and. spends his' time, in dissuading .'■' others ■ from -.oiitoririg upon. - XJndoretiind mo,. 1 am. not afraid of, Mr.'i Hogg. Oil the Contrary, .1 say God;sond a dozen'such to Parliament.. :I'grant it is annoying, in a sense, to seo such men elected l to public,,positions, bllt thoy servo ,\n' immensely;'useful "purpose. Wild was most chagrined, do you supposo, by his. display' tho.qthei' night—his colleagues" : or the Opposition?, Yet, to his credit, let. us placo 'lis Outspokenness. Mr, Laurensbn 'applauded him, I notice, Yet one attempt at farming satisfied him,'.and you could'not got him or Mr. Fowlds on to a farm with a scrowjack. They, don't, like- an ■: "nhconifortablo life" oithorv .But no 'one knows, quite so much about land as your Hoggs and Fowldses, and Lauronsons.', Mr,' ■MflsSoy. mid his followers aro only seeking to obtain for others what tliov- boliove in for themselves. ■ Surely that ;spells sincerity. But your land reformers of tho asphalt areaj what of them?.

Ono word more.' Tho PremiDr has recent, 1y... been assuring soma English capitalists that they havo nothing to fear. Supposing wo sent a copy of Mr. Hogg's speech to tho leading financial journals in London, with a statement that ho was a; recently-appointed Minister who had been talking like this for years? Whom would tho Premier describe as a traitor to Now Zealand? Ho has three choices: 1. Tho sender of the speech to London. 2. Tho man who delivered it. 3. Tho man who made him a Minister. Can you piok it? —I am,'etc., .- ■ DISCOMFORT. ' Juno IG. [Since tho abovo was written," Mr. Hogg has retired from the Ministry.]