AN AUSTRALIAN VIEW."

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12243, 17 June 1909, Page 8

AN AUSTRALIAN VIEW. "

,1 wa r s?/taWciag.>*,o »t^mber.vQf:;;tlie g«ftSainen* \iti&- opher day, andifiC.sa.i4 %£%-&$&& .alk>Mi?>t can be -said )igain(stt; iWs®Al&£& ,-feisia<lministraiipnij > £bjs}iev« in{>esaßryihH*gj that has been m^.Vab^ts.^jti^dpc^d^opight' ashnessj,- a^M'M'i'tiiatv'tfißnti there are only de^ailsviJi ea4roinfeiratiaa.? flifes-un■, -ed :hy, ineizv aiU^def^dMehay'.our in ' iaee'vof>|;ara§:iyjs% s *iot on|y7fcg^Jra>u*lj(affe norofhe in the <Jppcsraoh tV hold, a caMtoJto TVi»rd, , s)ut also that no man approaches; iWara?' in his, oyn- party. i||t miisti b» plain ,4hafc;syardani!£fcs on?shntting"up shop while he-. gc^s ~to; be<aus<).he hii&iio\tfite^ b#'jcan 'tr,u|t to look a^er the" ? if' i|i jta^ecL ;open-!whe daren't do. '!l;';W^ else lie niajr Kb, the iiHitStatidlhg democratic -j iigiirc of', this ;Domini:n. : He hag^ .shown a teridcncy l^>,go s^caight wiih J thejpeople^and l|>ng^S|£tnj>r man in T?o%ver keeps that' up th*er4 u is: much to | be foi:giTPent ? ;hjniyj .'lv|ctfow-|tHat Ward as not a heaVeii-bofn* geniuiS, or any-v "thing oflihat sort; but:as politicians'' you'll find it- hard,to do b tter, and Syon might very p: si!y do, w. tse. YoH hav{>,;ioboi dy->clse', arid-itV-a.good thing ■to Feeognisc:youi;,position.- i There's ■ oiothing: ttjubh is- tie iaA=haitfed:. of. a.ny"Jiow::. .Throughout' Auttrakis'a now. there's nyoefol dearth of men v;ith any- , thing like statesmanlike qualities. Over ■wherol am we hav^ such-a lot of intellectual slugs and political nlncom-' poops in Parliament, such a^Jat of was-j-trels, dojts^ and rank a ses/tliat I feel ■positively ashamed -tQ-^b? in j>u.h com-r pahy, every time I go into th» HouseThem are tips and anv'i^-in- what one , may call the average. of political life* and quality; and it happens that just now ,4ustralasia is suffering a period.of Mjlodpates, worms j and dull wits^ ; The ■electors have the lenaedy ml their own , hands, bat until the wake, up ;?.i"id get vKon3e, it's no £ use blasghem'ng •tho: high gods. . Ifor the moment we - Jiave to make the best of what material rwe have, and in New Zealand you cer--taiiily; have nothing better than Sir -Joseph; Ward. I should say that the besb thinsj-you can do is t6,s'ee that Ward is : hotter supported, ana. you can only do that at tho polis. Tie idiocy •of'most electors is that theyJspend. all "the' time ..between the- elecLiohs- deriding their own work and choicej but still continue to make .fools of themselves tas every henv tjolling-day comes round."