THE OPPOSITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14853, 2 December 1911, Page 4

THE OPPOSITION.

Sir, —Notwithstanding the strenuous pro- V tests and efforts to further > hoodwink the |, J people, it is more than , evident that tls |'j tido has turned against the Government f' In ray humble opinion, Arthur James Bal- r four is a bigger luminary than our Premier. • ?i is ever likely to be, yet the Government he represented was swept from office, and he was forced to go round England seeking a constituency to stand for. Mr. Laurier '1-1 also, to my mind, a better statesman than | our Premier is or is ever likely to be, has beon passed out of office. So I fool sure, h whether at this coming election or the fol- 1 lowing one, tho "Ward Government will :iß j 1 out. It is inevitable. Can we point to any I other place in the whole world where a ! K party has been in. power for 20 years': Just ' 1 think for one moment the pity is tre '■ do so little flunkinghere in what is called J the most democratic country in the world, , wo have allowed three of our servants;"for i that is their proper name, to accept- titles. } and, into the bargain, have allowed them, to laugh up their sleeves at our puerile pro- ' test. It flashes to my mind the names of Mr. John Bright., Mr. Pitt, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. ;. Balfour, Mr. : Asquith, and Mr. Lloyd- « George. And what a comparison! Hew ■ we have, the man holding the highest posi- % tion we can bestow on any of our country f men actually quibbling whether he or the 1 * leader of the Opposition had the most ' i■! peoplo at a recent meeting down South! and [ ' to close the question stales. "But look at 1 ! I tin singing and cheering I got!" ",Y«*'-, $ gods and little fishes,"- they swallow it " B hook and all. ■ -:„ " Q, "' j