THE VACUITY OF THE VOTE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 250, 9 October 1911, Page 3

THE VACUITY OF THE VOTE.

It i- <!?.’ > I i a: id i'ii- - Ten of Fre--?. ;/,:T-■-;/( v iltr.t th” iet 'toal pchijo oj to o ;s enhg’it--•.a -t >.i -’i | > 1.r.-: v t : ."t ;jo : ■ t<: ; 'loilg'H But 1 a.that ii Itai’iS <;>:■ c;;r •!:•••! i;;ie'la tuality :st;.l .>•••■ <>'..« ■ ■ d to re.ll ir- t ’.t ! • -•‘•’l.o ■ is 1;. i'.'ri c..r p..s. m.-y |.•g.lr.'. it.;- a- a-i ni.tri.ib o.i-r« tl:: 1 ! ‘stir > alight ■:!"<: it:; ;n.■::t v n: re it 1. > 1 v,i>ro'm'.'v I.- <.i!;-!e- . eno; tg! i io : - L-i:d it as I;::-:...-."-:' rather than rii rm i ng. Bat t’.s r-r. o- :s ,i:i-t this. Either a mail .or a li.ts i-o.it'.-i! id ■: ' he or sh" has not. lit fie <■;' - ’ he to a saiiil niii’.irity and sa t’, ; . (,tlier h • belongs to a h’.l -: ' i'Ut igm h'o ni::;ority. ’) lie iinter cm e is t::i> t ‘. riblv p:'.;h“t:c to touch upon J.ore. il :t in t'■ term.- ■ ti.e te'.i-

; rio.) hr-tu-o •" tl;.-» r.ollti' id i-’.e.is of ;> | mr.a and t! v p-MitD::! v-t >of a mr:i i pt .■< is-''y too ir’.mo'i hetwe "n <■ ;- ! : e titud' and :r>pio:;i'n;!t:o i. if v<■ ih'i.-e po’itiinl ideas the v :te only <•>■- | .:b'"s us t > ;r»pr<:xi:nr.tthem: it do ■ ■ ! riot rHah!? us to e:-;pr ‘ s t’p.niK or ! .-opj-psviß t’?r.n. I u 1 -ss v::- | ah'ed ar.d important than nation.:; I politics, a man v.liose id -.t was IrJ.ti.iii !. ■ v.oald have little use for a sty | -jt urn! v.:d ,! l eo.tld only attiun ! the xii::.iti<’n <■! lighting a c.o: > d'-‘: iii-t ::s lie woil’d here ! <> us? 1.. r I ~I • -I.o”. e -or l ighu trained a’ <i iie::iavin other re whs r‘persisted in •• larting ir.co’i<li'.iri.'.<. . t |i < net improl.aMe t i:;.t f 11? man, i; j |,.,<5|...s .d o: average foresight. tronhl doline, perhaps politely, but I sb.oii o hope jiert'm ntoi'iiy. toe doiil.t: <il so ; ,-,f the? ' anthropomorphous a;>prirshimt i->ns. And iv vou.d th- n , .•v-.-otit t of a, (imiaiwst'-m conviction that he lun.l a right to a . ' a>, .o'nl-' sorvit ' and a ]-e>le< t repr--j ■.. ::t.:t i•■.■! of his i.I . But in the lie’ll iof politics this saga- sty fails ■di'.i. I ? I e the vote has hen hoato-.ved < ! him, blindly lc rn-es it on what.".er.o'ii jo't pres"’:ts it,’’!. He is po.ssib.'.'. I o" .thee, that it has- not and v. ill not i bring him ’opr.’ e'.tiit.on ; no i’ i .>i '- ; he considers himself bound by a sir: >f pobtl.-ai knight-errantry to melt lie I- it'd v g in doing that. ! •„< h.‘ ':■• s sou o'e'-s in suppmirg ii to ! e his <r„ :s po'itical expros--

s.i,ni. it is r.osdiir.g «i' the sort. At i it is onlv I.is pm«ti<-al s.j.proxis.mtio.i. Noa. I h.-v.e su'licient faith i?t T.s-:' i ; ■• .* • yot let to I- ■ il -.e l!-: t they :io not ■!o:-s- - without iii-tiD iug it to t’u-;:y -e'.'e-:. ’ll:' p'.stilicmio'.i. may. it i. ip spixioti* ul'l’ sutisfyet- r.-, nil 1j- 'I-'.-' I- o;;iv hyp.»-ritic:i!. I-.it' still it romaim a justifirati >n so Ia .- ,t' ...- "I '1- !1! ’h ' ui:"t- ' ■ f their s"-se'ms :;d -.ratio;! of th-.' vole t’-a'i.- only : ,o. Ui'.'e-r.tio.i s " r.s tn he th" • ■.ill’ eonsi-ictt-i a: <! ahuo.-t brain.ess nsmmption tiiat the mein of many approximations is an c.-mciitvido. A? t'lotig'i innitm-’rabl ’ A s stttil innui-'.er-l C’s -t be exmtlv .■•piivaimnt v. . ~! re mese.itat i-' of a tt.a t.tud; o; I'-. this set; Cm noil v.itn ;; ■ n.-ro approximation nay have Imon a ! goal ill-a! f<-r a complex ami l ,s ambitions a;.'e than urns. Gut ' ■. i< a ve-v had thing lor ail age v.l i | l‘> mi c mm' -x t’-mt itt Gppm-.ition pro- ■. ..s (h, .-rnmeul p.-t.’- : and which is m> revohtiio ■:> y that its aristorratarot 'ss deniorrae'r. The i,lain f: : t is that we are ji:g 'ii:/ v ith <■::• i.t ;:d o>. -< >'v:- t:”:.s. ’1 lie p- 'it «• d vote aim th partv swtem are imlissuluahly connmt-i-d iii origin. But whiie no thinking Lea,! would to-diy ntumipt to defend I th? party svst.mi o ’ any higher or b. t ■ I ... . .e-o-rm! th’.n th’ g;mu ■’<! of tr.idi- | ;;„:,7’w? al! d-tmwl the approximate;, j its •.<>!”. in high ramlour I I .‘hev< • ■.■ > roeeg.ii- ’ that i.’ur r-ohti'-s are prosj dr.it. d ’Ey th- pal tv -nste-n im tjis our i p. !r ’i;ime it is pro titufd by nroies.s;o;i- -! But s> kabicna! i ; otir duplic- ! it v that it .seems incredible there waI cm-' a Wit-nago'noto si-’.'-nmn.

Wo iubv«? ih-‘ o-ir'txrr;;l ‘ yoti ‘ti.il bHi-?in iis r'H'.tiiO'i ‘ and in re;>re<c:natio.i. It would ><’ _" (-" 1 tX'i if Ai p ’ I * s t’.■- 1i'" ! 1 J'o it i f ’ <H*. . lint it would !’(’ imm.’!’ ely l .-tt-'i' i. r» c t > i-'Mliv th-’ vd ’-