TEE HOME ELECTIONS.
TO THE EDITOR. ■ Sib, —The Liberal defeat in some measure-ia attributable to that party having no chief-to rally round. Since Mr Gladstone retired there •is no one to take his place with an equaS amount of calibre and personality. ./ '-:' ' Lord Rosebery's not very brilliant tenure of office is reinhsiaeeht of a cartoon in Lcr^doa Punish years psst, where her Majesty the Queen addresses a new Premier, diegaised sis an applicant for a footman's billet, in these words-: " I am afraid you are not strong enough for the .situation,", . y ■ . ... ...: ' . In "the present struggle the church and tha liquor trade will bs allied, through the Disestablishment Bill and. Sir William Harconrt's Local.Option Bill, on the Conservative ride. Lord Rosebery's tilt against the House of Lords will account for-strong opposition on the part of the aristocracy. Then Home Rule for Jreiapd- being practically dead furnishes n<n rallying cry as in a previous election.—l am, &c.,.'■ ■
Danedin,;Jtily 25. /'
Liberal,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10423, 27 July 1895, Page 3
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159TEE HOME ELECTIONS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10423, 27 July 1895, Page 3
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