Fisher's Charges

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1399, 9 August 1905, Page 3

Fisher's Charges

More Press Comments on the Incident

The ■ Grey Argus saya:—lf is a pity such a young man should be led: into such \ paths, which will ruin his political career. The public admit o a young man with grit, but when that grit is' used in unworthy methods it very soon brings contempt. If Mr Fisher had faced the position as a man, acknowledged his mistake, made an ample • apology, he would have restored the confidence of the public, but failing to do this ho now stands in a very unenviable position,

The Walrar'apa \ Times :—The House ought n'.'t to bo contented with the present oondition of afXtits, Instead of Mr. Fisher being the defendant, ho places, by bis farther charge, the Premier in this position, We trust the Premier will recognise that the matter cannot rest at this stage. The Ekelahuna Express: -The exhibition made by Messrs. Bedford, Taylor, Lanrenson and Fißher was absolutely disgraceful, The party is a coterie of splenetic nonentities, who would adopt the most contemptible methods to blacken the characters of the Premier and his family, Wellington Truth'.—Tat unblushing impudence of a man who lays a charge on certain grounds, and, because the charge ia not sustained ou. theso grounds, asks the House to hold an enquiry and soo if it can't find new grounds for sustaining his charge, is unparalleled in the history of our Parliament. It- is very clear that Mr. Fisher is the sort of man who won't go out until be is kicked out, The Manawata Daily Times;- Wo believe in straight and hones; criticism, but the attack levelled at the head of the Government on this ocMsion was none suob. It was porsonal, spiteful, petty, and in parts malicious, and partook of the character of political bull-baiting. It is this class of politician which decades Parliament with its presence, and refloots nothing but discredit upon the constituencies by whom it is returned. Wo bdpe the constituencies will reject with great violence at the next election candidates whose only qualification is a loudly expressed ability to" stoush Seddpn," The New Zealand Tablet :~Ut Fisher was too eager in tho chaso to got his nose close upon the scent—which, as ho now knows, was a false one. The heavy blow of exposure that has Mlon'npon him at the' dawn of bis parliamentary career will, however, not have fallen in vain if it teaches him tho lesson of prudeaco in .speech that was couched in each quaint phrase by Baneho Panza. ' Let every man,' says Snncho,' take care what he lalkß, or how he writes to other men, and not set down at random, hab-nab, higgle-dy-piggledy, whatever comes jnto his noodle.' The Eketahuna Express :-to'e have no love for tho Premier or his politics. We regartj the mnp as an opportunist, pure and simple. But wo would ondure his opportunism as long as be was spared to practise it orwo were epared to enduro it, rather than risk our destinies in tho hands of moan, conloinptiblo beings who wor'd violate every canon of deoency that thoy may attain their own miserablo objective We would be ashamed to be associated with political scavengers of tlm olass,