SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 181, 18 July 1911, Page 5

SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir.—Now that Mr. F. Al. B. Fisher, ALP.. lias come and gone, I am afraid that truthfully, I cannot say, and conquered, one is compelled to ask. at whose instigation he spoke in Hastings. It is safe to sax' that it was no one who had a spark of esteem, respect or reverence left for the late 11. J. Seddon, for memory is not so short that we forget the attacks made by Air. Fisher and his well-chosen associates, Messrs. T. E. Taylor, Laurenson and Bedford upon that deceased statesman, attacks that brought unhappiness to Air. Seddon’s declining years and broken hearts to his family. Lot the true old Liberal band remember this when voting day comes, let them remember that Air. Fisher was brought to Hastings by an effete Opposition, not because they believe in him, but because he is a proselytised member of their depleted ranks and is useful for the moment, with a weak case, to belittle the other side. Look at Air. Fisher’s political career. Returned to the House as a Liberal adherent, the sympathetic mind of the people still green with affection for his father and what a fearless giant of pure liberalism was George Fisher, scholar and orator Hereditary transmission surely is a myth. Once planted in the House, Air. F. AL H. Fisher's first move was to rend his chief, to attempt to disintegrate the Liberal party. From that he became an Independent, or more correctly. a political Ishmaelitc. cursing the (ioveriiment. damning Air. Alassey and his followers. A year of this ami we find him with the Opposition and that; body, though glad to make use of him, trust him not. Suffice. Ah-. Fisher will always politically )>•■ a ‘'one man’’ show, some superficial ability certainly. but his egotism and vanity always paramount. dut- a few weeks ago he informed his hearers that- thousands in the Dominion did not want AVard or Massey, last night the latter was heaven-sent, the former from Sheol. The people of Hastings will appraise Air. Fisher at his true value and those who invited him at their worth.-— I am, etc., LEST AVE FORGET. Hastings. July IS, 1911. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—How int?-esting is history and how true that history repeats itself. It never dies, it is always one’s contemporary. Almost to a day, three hundred years ago, James 1., King of England, created the first Baronet, and in doing so exclaimed. T can make a Lord, but only God Almighty can make a gentleman.’’--! am, etc., 1611. Hastings, July 17, 1911.