THE DRINK QUESTION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13737, 29 October 1908, Page 7

THE DRINK QUESTION.

(To the Editor of the "T'unani Herald.*') Sir,—With dne deference to Mr Stinson, was not the maa to blame! Meu kiire the light of choice and freedom to abstain- It is not right, to blame the publican* altogether. Men haw the divine right, of r»f& J injr •■vil and choking good. At one tinw I -was- (entirely for no luvrw*\ but the clergy a.« a, body vt'tAx us to refrain from evil and went oar power of freo will, and in' thU they are in th* right. Many «-viU exi>t. and ii i* for u< to mal:t» our choice anil avoiil them. I am quite an impartial j*>r*oo. not raring fur alcohol in any fonn: nor <\>i I write in tli** cauve of politick. It » xuA, a rea-ion for policy but right to rule. . That some <>r our brother* are weak, >houtd not. deprive others of the right to rhoov whe'it«r they sh<«uld be men. or lower than tlv animal creation, which sorTer* too. whm tliey give way to ifTink.—l am etc., .H'STIfE