MR. ISITT'S PRINCIPLES.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 7

MR. ISITT'S PRINCIPLES.

•The political rectitude of Mr. Isitt, m so far as his adhesion to the Liberal garty and his support of the Reform:. rarty against Labour is concerned, was ~ attacked in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon, following on a. protest which he made against the" Si M,* he Dail7 Fmdw:^ E*p°r^ Mr. Isitt, who strenuously opposed the compulsory principle -inyolved in " the measure, indulged .in a little pro-; phecy which was the cause of all the" «eeks of your passing this measure, trom every soap box. and from every meetrng^held by my friends'on my left .^.Labour Party)_and they have Vngiit to enunciate ,<their principles—you" wiu hear paeans of triumph that "the Reform. Party and the Liberal Party-" are now following hr their wake, and £cept_ this principle of the right of the majority to setze/and. use and handle" the- pi-oduct of" the minority. T^say . again that ln raising,the price of.butter.fa^ and putting a few more millions or thousands, as the case may be, into the coffers of. ..the farmers, you &ye:.. ™lV* ep th, afc will absolutely rob i you in future of every logical protest against similar action that the extreme - Labour- ■ Party may now take,: urging your action as their precedent" Mr. Holland defended the Labour!----«wl y a? iL Wsfc what Mr. Isitt Jiad said;" ITa,t ■&" War was on'" he said, "he to L lsls: w?. s Pwpared to allow men v, to lose their lives " Ar 1"" "Sm, hear,". -J* Holknd :.'.'But when it is. amatter of liquor- he will compel meu to' won of the liberty of thesubject. Vt ■ when it comes_to butter-fat, apparently* there is a difference between* human!; life, beer, and butter-fat. Butter-fat issupreme from his viewpoint." :. Before a man thumps the desk and assumes_ a, -holier tW thou 1" attituoV; as our. friend has done, he-should pire-' serve consistency, I. remarked Mr. H I Atmore .(Nelson), in;, commenting upon - Mr. Isitt's references, "but he should Have produced some alternative pro-' posal. Th,s is an age of combination. He will tell you that the drink combination can only end by the combination of the Prohibitionists, hut when it is a case of. bread and butter he says it is a matter of principle. The ' sting-was taken out of the compulsionproposals- wjieu tho Government agreed; to the plebiscite of -the farmers." Mr - Atmore added' that he had not sacri-" t •*£ vlSiu lS i Political independence as Mr. Isitt had done. _ Mr. fsitV arrogated to himself to decide what was principle and what was noti . *■ "Ever since. I came into the House \£ ♦l l9'l" n«mber for ' Christchurch North has done nothing' but simply wave his arms and. rave,", declared-Mr a. I. Armstrong (Ghristchurch East) ' ilevhas never ..offered a single idea on anything iu^his House.. .He 8 should Z one .of the last to talk about political pimples. ,-The.same gentleman edught ani^ received the support of this party (Labom-) when.he came to the House whk P . g tO vot6'for the principles which he now condemns to verY strongly..;l ■.-..'■•■';''-: - ve'J