The Star. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1887. GARRICK AGAIH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6039, 22 September 1887, Page 3

The Star. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1887. GARRICK AGAIH.

More muddling* between the niernbers of the Political Reform Association, their newspapers, and their candidates. Evidently the Inner Brotherhood of tho Association is not a happy family. The fact is disclosed in the columns of the Press this morning, that there has been another big rumpus, this time about Mr Garrick's candidature. Mr Garrick has been uncommonly careful, throughout the long election campaign, about one thing. He has been moat anxious to pose as an ''Independent" candidate, so that he might claim justification for slipping down on that side of the rail which would best answer his purpose. If he declared, for the Atkinson Partj% he knew perfectly well that he must lose numbers of votes, some of which he might hook by using the name of Sir Julias Yogel as a bait. Suddenly Mr Garrick finds himself claimed by the organ of the Reform Association, for what he is — an out-an-out Oppositionist, whose pretended admiration for Sir Julius Yogel has been a miserable sham. This, of course, gave flat contradiction to Mr Garrick's artfully contrived platform utterances; and, equally, of course, Mr Garrick is intensely wrathful. So the Press of this morning has to devote a sub-leader to "explanation." Mr Garrick, whom the Press but yesterday claimed as a pronounced Oppositionist, is this morning declared onco more to be " perfectly independent." He is not in the least opposed either to Sir Robert Stout or Sir Jnlius Yogel. Oh, dear, no! It is only their policy he objects to. If they will turn their coats as completely as Mr Garrick has done his, "he has no wish," the Press imagines, "to turn them ou t." Mr Garrick, the Press further solemnly assures its readers, is "bound to no party, and forms part of no following." Out of these rows

among the Inner Brotherhood comes enlightenment for the electors. Mr Garrick being of "no following," the electors will, wo have no doubt, decide that he shall have " no following " in the popular vote.