MORE FAT IN THE "LIBERAL" PAN.

NZ Truth, 4 January 1908, Page 8

MORE FAT IN THE "LIBERAL" PAN.

TO THE EDITOR. j Sir,— That the Government of Sir Plunkey Ward is getting fatter every day has just been demonstrated by a very ominous event. T,om Mcji.enz.ie, the member for Waikouaiti, has intiI mated his intention of going over to, the {xovqrnment,' an*L becoming a "Libieral.V Tom McKenzie is a fat man —a purse-proud, coarse, conceited ignoramus. During the Ballance Government, he was one of the most vicious supporters of the old soup kitchen party, and since then he has been an opponent of Liberalism. His reasons . for turning, so he told the "Otago Daily Times," is that Sir Joe Flunkey's policy is a moderate Liberalism. Very moderate • indeed 1 if a worshipper of fat -like Tom Mc.Kensae can support it. But what are the working men going to do ?. What are the lean ones going to do,' 1 and they are m the majority. Are they going to be sat on by Flunkey Ward, for the sake of enabling Tom JifoKenzie to /Call himself a Liberal ? There is v another thing that should be noticed. .;? The .writer ; of- -this is itike. very last to raise a religious cry. But, fair play is a precious jewel, and it must be kept, veVeh at the risk •of •raising the religious question, and Sir "Flunkey" Ward is' doing! anything but the fair thing. Out of 32 appointments: made by him to the C^vil Service m Southland <22 have gone to Roman. Catholics. (Considering that not one-tenth .of the population m Southland are Roman Catholics, I ask is this fair or just 1 No] it is not ; but it is just what may be expected from a sneak and" a schemer like the upstart flunkey JoeWard. As a man said to me tho other day, "No nian has a, chance of a Government situation unless he has a letter from a priest."— l . am, etc., OUDEIS. ;