; :MR MASStY SPfAKS.

Grey River Argus, 18 May 1912, Page 5

MR MASSEY SPE AKS.

,"SANE ANI)'v:SENSIBLE- MEN" v. ''FADDISTS AND FANATICS; 1 ' (Per Press Association.) • AUCKLAND, . Ma.y 17. "Never in my" experience," remarked Mr Massey, the Refo:m leader -^ a Herald representative, "has there, been such a wave. o£ feeling against the as there is at ■•the ipi'e-i ■ssntf. .. ; Never has Vhere beeh such a keen . interest taken . in. -rhe , Rpf orm Party, never so many .gcod men offeringf themselves as candidates, and' "never so ' m uch goodwill expressed towards the/ Reform pai-iy by all sections of the community as at the present, :; ■notwithstanding - the fact, that Ministers, think "lit .necessary [ to; ; ' continue abusing and misrepreson'ting me personally. - 1 -thinlc those tactics' on the. part of the Minis".ry-' : -';.,ar^;'-;. ; sood sighs and I hope .they will. persevere." ' 'What will happen when- the • session opens ?"" Mr Massey was asked. "the -future ''is oh the laps of the: gods," he replied, J. l 'but I believe that every one of , tlie present '/Ministers brings me nearer, the goal at which I have been aiming for' years, "and- thai'S rto : get all-'the jsane,"sensible,' and really pi'ogressive men ox\ one side of the House, and-'to^place all faddists, fanatics;"' and' s opportunists r on - the other." . ..': : c :