PARLIAMENTARY INDEPENDENCE.
The position of an Independent (says the Wanganui Chronicle) is one which the electors may well allow a member to take up, if he is a man of principle, with plenty of backbone. But if he is lacking in these important qualities, he should be forced to declare himself for one side or the other, so" long, at any rate, as party government prevails. Weak and unprincipled men who pose as Independents are generally ready to be coaxed or bought by one side or the other, and are not fit therefore to be allowed a free hand in party politics.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5655, 28 August 1896, Page 5 (Supplement)
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102PARLIAMENTARY INDEPENDENCE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5655, 28 August 1896, Page 5 (Supplement)
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