POLITICS OF THE PRESENT DAY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9742, 6 March 1914, Page 2

POLITICS OF THE PRESENT DAY.

. (TO THE KIiITOH.) [ Nr.- lr is j, singular fact ,| i;i( f , l " 1 :"-!''i.t the o-a,n, of !''• s a " ' • fascinate a, which LS , U ' '• v " f I«-mt c; U- , , when lie sec tin. ani'MUil mnv <-j>t .<,)(Ml> T»; AM.u-l, t.«.l «•:.!•. annates. bu, is air I ] I'V'' Wt i'wlijiciai.s. i i ." !U " n '"'" u 1 1'»"" ii i,i a lire s,rt. Hi tins respect i is immaterial wlcd'er J, r •I'p.'ars in tli,' ml,. „f a lUlk-al. K •tommr. !{ [lin:i |S<,, 'ia!ist. »''.v "fher "in." \\ mm Jio ;i| -s ()! i ill, phi i form, l is ,„j s s, °» , IS »" r "<'iivinee r!i.• ciecto s i,v * sound process o leas'-niny or a <lfit"Str'iu,.|- , 0 "li ill' l j",! it ic;i I situation ', j" the day. Il«* ar n::i' 1;i Mt-<* sizes up ] ; j s a '.it Iwihi ■. ami, li.; \ inn- a (piiek eve for ' (V| - a ' < ;' ii subtle ana I \ s!. a cute 01, *' , v .' s ali\ e io iln- (art t lia t a n !ii nit in,ale >in 111 ii i • ic;i r i-hi with j> can e\01.,. iina.jvs by \\ ii it li ii will T "'"'V. Ilis J»«•!•«•?ration enables linn to skillnily t>\ a< 1■ • committum himself on any 11\ c issues: 1k« can sail up iloso to the wi; i I metaphorically speakim-', !i 'il awa\ •s_ ain without ociim- on the lii-." the proverliinl llilicrniain "''ter an < >lllll i<>:i. ami in-tati\ qualify it. •'»' withdraw it. if it'iloc* noi 1n ..,. T \ W ',|J «'_'iii>i al a| hir .i!. All tli" platitudes |-^ }' i-I mi;«lcs oi his sincere < amotions ar.' .>.*ii\ iiKinieinai \. which n»■(■ foru'ottPii immediately fiie ! : !:! is v,, h I,', t |,i s ' i') 'ii v.-1 mit-i not ferret the changed conditions which I,a\e been e.'fecied wiihin *l"' thirty yrar--. when in the stooi k truck v"i -i iTiif(-d the andierci the "Pe- idea ma n, who \\. mi id not venture to a < 11 1< ■< i; -I i. X,nv we ha\e a di.ersitv °i <>i>:?;i■»ll. a 'jieat many factions have anv;i. each with a ji"t hobby. Jsy wav illusi i'a; ioii : i'„ wen, t!ie years of : lie s"\emi. s and - the wauer atteud<«l his hi ,i : ! meeting. '!' h • chairman. I• inu a \e- v ooinpous us. .'. ive ihe electors lo II fit i ,-:aiiii I lia t lie a.. adidate 1 nterroe a a , ( ur u|, li: • to s !.y appe : .'llia end r -fint: lis • r*r .-« "II tin ; 'iel- alf '! ; a' Ii,; ; to. Ii- o.u an ii'''' l <»«:••.= !• ••! .--p. I;, r. h•1 <i f«e , h i'or I~H • »n ; - ill r ■-':!( few cuiiid |..:|o v him Of '.'l-.'-sa ll'e |n., ■■■> oi' l n ., a; , era i.e,-s. T;> aiir h an e\: at were we overw!,. !m, d Willi awe. 111; it not only were no (piestiuiis put. lillt a.Uo li i eiiMoiii lt'V vote ef ih.'inks \ra- tendered t , th ■ - aiio r. which rai -ed his ire, i a'nii'a tiiiL;' :i em e\pr<->:iil;' iiis Oltentiotl of n,a i-1 \ ; : li. sjiee, h ill the tn:'li e. One elderly eh ei ,r summed up his admiration of the candidate outside bv statitm'. "Weil, he had ; \er\ linn look, like an old si|tnre ai 11, me." No d>ai'it that exorcsa'il the -e"-aiients of tlr- majority. ll' >we\er, Ihe I ■ iticil t,i" to v a:l! ilea i el! e,a iveiv wi* h a liost ile a utiit nee |,y ■c' ; a 1: r> 'US, slillfldl/ veiled fie'.' ill.llo eoilees with o . .cet, d 1 -1 *;') dun's. et(a Thi- a.-pi ' t is aoriii oinsid r:!)•_'. V< hai they. tlf elect, should iea 1 ■ . ; o'ice j ])a: we send them i > the -e to i , the leasi-ue-s of t'ue cm.ntry. imt to al ■■'::! iliemsei \es from divisions or desert :h; MiM-lves from the preciii -ts of ;he chamher. In thirespect the present w.i\'-r.n;;; tit set es an px.-inph? I y their colie-ciu and loyalty to their leader, a al I i their supporters, hy not lieinu ahscait. The writer is not a supporter of Mr yet pays his party the tribute fur what it is wordi. This is an aside, merely, or by ihe way, for we cannot uialer.-taiid the idiosyncrasies of each other, \ariety beinii - the spico of life, it follows that it is not in the best interests of the community that we should be all of one mind and one accord, which would produce chaos and disaster, hastening the decline and c, 1! ipse of the nation, when we would be faced with the same dammr which has befallen many of the liasteru nations who sank into obscurity, and serve as an object lesson. .Now, sir. the I 'l'eS'oinu', if of any value, is but cue !n~ialment. and will be Continued, il i.ccet table, as the subject cannot be exhausted in one article.- I am, etc., 11. J. CANTON. March 4th, 1914.