AN EXPLANATION.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9542, 30 November 1893, Page 4

AN EXPLANATION.

SIR,— Surprise bus been expressed that at a recent meeting of the Women's L.ague (called to discuss multiples and not for the support of individual cindidatett) I spoke in support of Liberal views and subsequently gavi! more or less public support) to Mr Swan by j lining his commibtee. The is&ua of these el'.c'inns amply justifies my oc:ion. As a Liberal la the broadest sense I fully believe in the right of the majority to rule, and also iv the propriety of State intervention iv many of the aff lira of life hitherto bit to individual initiative. But tbub such intervention, unless subjected to a full searching and intelligent criticism, both in its origin db legislation and in its development iv ndmipistratlve action, must result in oppression, and induce a violent) reaction to individualism, must be clear to every thoughtful elector. In the Old Country " Her Majesby's Opposition" is an important factor in the State, but here, in this colony, the "People's Oppoeiblon" has yet to be born. The most significant sign oi these elections is the resnlt ab the seat of Government, where the present Ministry are besb known. There the necessity for effective criticism of their administration is first recognised.— l am. &c, F. W. INNKS.

Peroy House, November 29, 1893.