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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7778, 23 June 1904, Page 4

There arc round-headed and squareheaded men among politicians. One perhaps listens with admiration to the fervent and glowing utterances of a round-headed man, and feels that he is a clever fellow worth listening to. Later on, however, when the momentary exhilaration passes, on he discovers that there is not a sound opinion in the whole speech. On the other hand, the squareheaded man, when he gets on the platform, is apt to be a little tame and tiresome, and the first impression is somewhat disappointing. The after consolation comes in the conviction that all the opinions he expresses are sound and reliable. Mr Buchanan is a squareheaded man, and his address, last evening, was typical. Nothing new or exciting in it, but the listener, or the man who reads the report of the speech, knows that if he sets his own compass by it, he wont be far astray. lie wont be going south, when lie ought to be travelling north; but within a small point or two, he will strike due north.