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New Zealand Tablet, 18 August 1910, Page 1301

In the course of an address at the opening of the Good Samaritan Convent, "Ultimo, on Sunday, July 31, his Eminence Cardinal Moran said : — ‘ During the twenty-five years I have been in Sydney, I don’t think I have ever asked a ' person for whom he intended to vote or advised him for whom he ought to vote. For myself, I generally voted for the person I thought would make the best representative in Parliament. For some years I voted in King Division, but of late I have exercised the franchise at Manly. I must say that in the King Division we sometimes had some very queer men to vote for. For .my part, I always voted for Sir George Reid when he was a candidate, although Sir George was always abusing me. But on the merits _ I considered him the best man. Generally Sir George Reid’s opponents were as bad as himself in some respects. "I hope,’ said the Cardinal in conclusion, ‘that all these people who have a vote at the next election will also vote for the person whom they consider to be the best man to legislate for them, no matter whether he is their, friend or not. Voting for the best men will promote the best interests of the country.’ ■