MR BRACKEN ON MR GREEN. TO THE EDITOR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6740, 21 September 1883, Page 4

MR BRACKEN ON MR GREEN. TO THE EDITOR.

Sib, —The most pronounced political op-1 ppnent of Mr M. \V. Green should, at the present juncture, fßel a pang of profound pity for that-gentleman.' Not content with making himself a laughing-stock in the House, he must needs make himself appear ridiculous in the eyes of hia constituents by rushing into print with long explanatory letters, in which he vainly strives to wriggle out of the unfortunate dilemma into which his "transitional" Eroclivities havo driven him. I should not aye noticed his silly rigmarole had he not resorted to his customary habit. of making ] charges without adducing a particle of evidence t» substantiate them.' He insinuates that the practical jokes of which he complains were played on him by me. I beg to give an absolute and unqualified denial to his insinuations. I had nothing whatever to do with the sending^of the packages to which.ho refers. To those who have had an opportunity of observing Mr Green's capers iv > the House, his allusion to " the dignity of Parliamant" must be provocative of mirth. I Bhall not dwell upon.this matter further than to assure you. Sir, and your readers, that during the time I have been a member of the Legislature I have not been called to order by tho Speaker and forced to make an abject apology for insulting the House. I have not on one evening charged Ministers with conniving at the escape of a i respectably-connected criminal, •■■ and,on the next night:eaten humble pie by acknowledging that the charge was groundless. I.have not flaunted nly conscience in the face of members to guchan extent that the bare reference to it sufficed to. evoke'.,roars lof laughter from both sides of the House, '. I ha ye not, by." damnable iteration" of the .first.person singular, and by nausoating verbosity^ cleared the benches to such an extent that the bell had to be rung four times in an hour: to secure a. quorum. Finally, I; have not, by studied and venomous innuendo, attempted to traduce tho character of a man who occupies the first place in the front rank of Otago's pioneers. "The dignity of Parliament," forsooth 1 Why, the reference; to such a subject from such a quarter ia too absurd. Verbuni sap. sapicnti I—l am, &c., ■ ■ '■ Thomas Bracken. September 20.'