POLITICAL HONESTY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 June 1928, Page 4

POLITICAL HONESTY.

(To tire Editor.) Sir,—The letter© or your two correspondents “Uneasy Elector” and “Letturn A Ileum” serve only to emphasise my contention that ror a hundred grown men to dap and cheer a candidate, wiro in no way binds himself to support their particular party (the Uni teds), is a sight to make tffe Gods weep. 1 prerer—as most might, thinking people would do—the straightout attitude or -Mr Green. No shuttling about him. It there is any loyalty in Egmoait, then he should have the support of the Uni,teds. (By the way, Mr Editor, doesn’t this name remind you of a football club f) Air Wilkinson, in his letter of acceptance, still, further supports my contention. This “now you have me, and now you haven’t ’ attitude is repugnant to all who wash to see straight forward policies put before the electorate. If Air \\ ilkinson can put this particular stunt across the electorate, and get away with it, he deserves to succeed, but I venture to say that Egmont is the only electorate in the Dominion where such a feat rs nossmle’. One would like to know something of this mysterious entity called- the United Party. Has it a policy? it so, what? Has it a leader? If so, nilio ? Perhaps, Air J. W. Stubbs could enlighten us. If not, then perhaps that old campaigner, Air D. J. Hughes, could, I notice he was present at the meeting bemoaning the £6O he lost when contesting the election forth© party some yeans ago, but as that other s+alwart, Mr John Walsh, assured him that ttie party was different to the Reform Party—At always paid the expenses of its candidates, clearly the genial Dan has only to approach the generous John to get this little account squared. Can Air Hughes enlighten us as to the bona hdes of tiros mysterious party? He never shirked a fight in the old days and ins epistles to the Press were not then infrequent. Or failing these two champions, perhaps vour correspondent in to-night s “Star,”- one, “Liberal/’- might essay the attempt. This gentleman us that he reads only the Eltham “Argus.” From his letter one can quite believe it. This Rip Van Winkle, Who quite evidently lives in the mists and traditions of a generation or more aa-io, is oblivious of the fact that there are no “Liberals” now. The remnants have had half a dozen nom-de-plume®m as many years. Sir Joseph Ward to be the “only ’ Liberal deft, but that is only Sir Joseph’s little joke—there are none left, the species is as extinct as the moa. This correspondent raises some silly question ffbout Mr Hawkens meeting not being open to the 1 ress. What the dickens does it matter: IVhy should your correspondent wish to poKe mTmm into otlwr people's ta»iness? On the other hand he says the United” meeting was open, and Hey had nothing to be ashamed of. H» mUrt, with more truth, have added that they also had nothing to he very proud, of. “Liberal” also tells us that the supporters of Mr Wilkinson have been very “much derided” of late. _Well, if Hey. are all built mentally on the same lures as He hundred grown men, they deserve to be.—l am, etc., JOHN BLUNT.