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Gisborne Times, 31 October 1928, Page 6

MAKING A MOCKERY OF DEMOCRACY. When the electors of Now Zealand cast their votes at the last election, they little thought that they were sending to Parliament many representatives who had pledged themselves—before election—to work in Hie intents of a minority faction,|th#e~ 'bjt disregarding the wishes Ip the piajonjy of their coxt§titj|entf.| : Yet that such was the qasjj hfs •f>lv piM on tMsooi| opthefflouse. I Th<#s|so!iticiafis, Ivitji kfyojbr three ixcejMfiw 'jfroyed 1 tfejniefves, by their |Mtioi|s|’ to b| iv&tling tools of the Jpw j£<Msfr<L /alliance (ProhibitiOTU > arjty). I The;#danced to the bidding of theif mWsWs, voting as the Alliance wishes, and not as their constituents desired. Just how brazenfaced in its i: methods the Alliance is can Iw gauged from the fact that, not content with extorting pledges from various inembers, it actually dealt with the representatives of the people in the lobby when the licensing question was before the House.. The introduction of trickery and subterfuce so characteristic of American politics will be deploied by every thinking New Zealander, who will recognise here a menace to liis rights and privileges. The most satisfactory way to counter such insidious tactics is to solidly rote-for Continvapqe.%*