THE PARNELL ELECTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14806, 9 October 1911, Page 4

THE PARNELL ELECTION.

Sir,—After carefully perusing the • advpr-; . Lj tisement in your newspaper, which asks ilia electors of Parnell to meet Sir John Find* lay this . e vein rig and hear ; him explain— "•Why he stands, what he stands for, whom -• *5 he stands to help," I smoked my pipe aaci@y thought the matter out, and although doubtless Sir John Findlay will put a ; different f|i aspect on the situation, ;to my mind "thaWm answers to these connundrums are very ;• easy. Why he stands." Answer: Because he is at last obliged to recognise s the fact that he must be elected by the people," otherwise he cannot possibly represent them pro- £ j perly, seeing he is * at present r a s nominea only of the party in power. " What ha ' 4 stands for." Answer: . Autocratic Demo-- " 1 cracy, of which he hopes to be head Thaii, : this statement is correct is obvious, seeing, except for making criminals i more comfort- & able than the taxpayers who support them,/ > Sir John ' Findlay s efforts. on our behalf; have not produced ir aC" beneficial result. *1 " Whom he stands to help." Answer: First V obviously "himself," second "his friends."- ;* Sir John Findlay has had plenty of oppor- ?j tunity to show what he can do, "and yet up j/y M to date all he has. done is of no importance S at all. ; '_V. Ax. Electoe. v 1