ELECTION HUMOUR

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3271, 13 November 1928, Page 7

ELECTION HUMOUR

PLEASANTRIES EXCHANGED.

CANDIDATE AND ELECTOR

A MATCH FOR INTERJECTORS.

A ready wit and a quick answer save Mr David Jones from many an embarassing situation when confronted with knotty questions from an audience. No *

remark has ever ruffled his tranquility when he has spoken at Leeston, and last night he many times scored off interjectors who sought to trip' him. What the Reform Government had done to keep people on the land was a serious topic that was seized upon by someone in the audience as an occasion for mirth.

"You couldn't keep Wightman on,"

he protested.

Mr Jones ignored the v remark and proceeded with his theme, but the risible susceptibilities of the audience were so affected when the pertinence of the comment sank in that his voice

could not be heard above the laughter. He was forced to explain, that there was a difference betwen helping a man on the land who had a possibility of being saved and one who could not be saved. There was plenty of money for the man who had the security and no necessity for Sir Joseph's Ward's loan. A sum ;of £2,500,000 would clean up every application. It was an absurdity to borrow £60,000,000 to pay off £2,500,000.

" SERVANT TO ANOTHER MAN." Mr Jones made reference to the late Eight Hon.' Mr Massey. Mr J. C. Free: Do you say that Mr Seddon was as good as Mr Massey? Mr Jones: I am not suggesting that any comparisons should be made between the two men. ~ Mr Free: You tried to get his son out of Parliament. Mr Jones: That shows how little Mr Free knows. Mr Free: When you were organising on the West Coast—— Mr Jones: Mr Seddon was.not contesting when I was on the West Coast. Mr Free persisted with his point in spite of Mr Jones's denial. "One would think," said the candidate, "that the^ servant ojt Another man would let me finiste^iy speech beforeasking a question." '"This remark quelled the interrupter for the time being.