THE COMMON GOOD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19440, 28 October 1925, Page 5

THE COMMON GOOD

(To the Editor). Sir, —In reading the “Chronicle’s” report of Mr Veitch’s speech at St. Paul’s Hall I see he says ‘‘that the National Party were not going to turn down Sir Joseph Ward. What they wanted were men who could stand together for the common good of New Zealand.’’ Now is he not damning himself? He knows the National Party is not going to turn down Sir Joseph Ward simply because it won’t get a chance to. Sir Joseph has not made Parliament untenable for himself, as Mr Veitch has, and has stated that he dries not like the National Party, and if he gets there, he will not, as Mr Veitch would have to do, sit by himself—a party not wanted byanybody—but will join Reform, whose policy is now more Liberal than the Liberal policy was when Reform took over from them in 1912. As for ‘‘standing together for the common good” if he really believes that, why doesn’t he ‘‘stand down” and give some point to his talk of ‘‘common good,” by falling in with what Mr Coates desires? ‘‘l say emphatically that what I want is whole-hearted support. Do not be mislead by the impression that the same result can be attained if a Nationalist candidate who will support me is elected.” But Mr Veitch is not even in that category, so from a “common good’’ point of view he must go.—l am, etc., THINKER. Wanganui, Oct. 24, 1925.