Public Opinion

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 86, 2 March 1876, Page 3

Public Opinion

■^pf -■ The 'Timaru Herald/ one of the tnoststaunclrs uppoft-rirb'f t-te^Geh-.kT Government and Centralism, but re* garded r n^ore„particulafly r jMr Sfisjfford's organf ha<_ % leading arttole'tiie trther day ,npp^ the^return pf Sir Julius Yogel, and" "this is the <f HeraiS's * opinion- of fche^ great saviour df-th.! country :—-; ---_

Sir Julins Yogel, having returned from his sixteen months* trip, has quietly resumed the head; of affairs, and Dr Pollen retires to Auckland, as •Ar temus Ward' said ? on board v the. ca^iawl boat, " sick *■■'* and -^ sorty- - ne'tf ReaUyfpoJitics are a .. tremendq|ig. farce,; after all. tie most desperate struggles' took place fofr yearsiri rPa_lihn_entj and: untold sums of -money were spent more, ior less directly^ in, order to secure the Premiership to Sir Julius Yogel; yet, without rgiviflg^eyenihis . supporters .the ; slightest hint of :hjs_ intentions, he clipped off to England in 1874, leaving, the vefy 'Ss9^f~^^tp(_^lf^^#Jprb^<^!h^J been 'aodut^^ioan easy-^oing, unam-" bilious old geptleman,"~who was only known as an indefatigable : clerk. Dr Pollen 'governeU the Colony fp"_». si&teej^ Months 'without 5 any *' blow " oVbluster/ and wholly without* any ofrth.at flajgbj. Taifl display :whi_h Sir 1 Julius loves so well ', whilst at the same time he governed it tar better tha_fl§"fer his showy -compeer d_dP rr TKe : 'dbctor stuctf 'to his work and made others. stick r/tp/.theirsHe remained inhispf^Qp at Wellington,., pegging away "at "those details of ' ad!-' ministration which -_nak_- tip 7 thi '-fabric of Go~vS.n__i_ht ; : 'instead "of -parading about the Colony at four guineas a day, upVStSjJ^f -ip'l^^^^.Qlljg.'lE-' "* _ng; self^ag^an^se;_derit.\ ' Bepwailaughed and __teered at, as a stop- gap," -a warming-pan ; but '"[ nevertheless, he tlid _l_b '.diity-. manm-ly /and Well/irad ■ never involved the Cblony in difficulties by mad-rc&p ; schenies^ of. personal ambition,*: asiSi*-J^ilius ; has ; dbne • again and agaijo,j Npjmejcaii.say _n3L_sd the v luck to "all\tryihgi times; : In all': Sir Julius Vogel's seven- years* term of 'office, he never had "so critical a period as that during^ which; he was. lounging : at Baden,*6r squabßiing with the Cfown -'■"- i " „*£S?^ oyey 'ldan'9jfrojn'ihe Jews v Dr, ' : ;-^o_re^ hvad _n fc^^orge^rey aft antagonist such a_ v §jrJglius Yogel never yet encpuiifereU \ forCM* ; Stafford -is' tod: :gene_bn_ in opposition, ever to Be" very/^\_or_oida^le^;. _iandj the,.;, complications y which arose through the- bankruptcy of -* AuQWand^^ere greater in .the last and; the present year than they eye..were~ &efqre.__ YetJDr _?olleti managed Jfairly welt^better/ we honestly believe, than Sir Ju|L_s Vogel'; would have managed. We do not mean to l: say;.. that his ad_nini_tiwtioni has , been. by*. any ; means, faultless, or indeed in any respect; brilliant;''•"fitot^it) ;h#s ; atrjeast been 'steady 'and, consistent ;j not. "spasmodic or.'disr" i ruptive 'as Bir . Juliiis Vogel's rule ;has •aiways'been. "i_)r.Po^ 'rational ruler of the coiirtedus, ol<_- : fashioned,. official -type ;• who gave- th© -people peace, 'and'left. theijn f cry r f m>ich 'to their ' own' de vices uhdei* " existing lawi ' : Sir 'Julius Yogel 'lis a; restless 'dic^^ f ;'wbo'^ -after sqme ji-widea," and" hßstlmV • the? public abdutj'ih oiMt to co__pa§_ objects of tte.h^tii-^pf *' whißh ; j_h?y.'areV_ipV. in -ignorance. .-' Dr Pollen was a __ahg t&ogj more in?appea^_jrce '"thai--, reatit^.; Sir/ -Julius Vog_r _s Veritably' a &agvStQrl<;t For pur part we think* *it~ a misfortune for : th _ Colony that ; tire pr _d.gal.son has returned. .-, Of cour^ it: wa-.^aferal for - the ' WdKngton' "hpUseheld; • to ', kill cW; :, btft ;th&: _pt;of^: tb£ colony.; we fancy, will •] sympathise with -rim w_ib has,. atixfc' Jh& ;\v£_k : of th£ farm, whijije,- tne^^'t_|^- ;^^^^n^;6n : ' husks at three. 6r fonr thousand : a year. That Br Pollen; is ill %nd J • wof^. putwe Ksaxi'weilr-belte.v^:'^"JQ'f "all t&e, patient fags "whom" the -public service or'-'JPfow-'"Zealawl pf bdO : ped ;! Hl_erfe Deye^ '. vifas • who worked hard as he does.! If secretaries . hreak; down, or 'clerks" _jegle6t;t_te_r I S.u<jy,, ft .makes,, -to'.earlh jy I*differenc1 *- difference r €o hi-Q.- 1 He is arwhole-de*-' partmenVin^hipself-". T_ra^.swiftlt^tian handwriting, .flies "over pages .after page, down nnerringly, almost s a_ fafefc as they-cpjoae, th^s^xW^K^U^M^df. thoughts %of. the experienced^ self4cbnr tgih_d c : buteai-crat, [\. noTTjuntinged bv 1 gemaX^^h&^_^,TH^immq^ extraordinary _«gnature, r to(^ '^ _3_iiiii»il Po__en£ > ; With i ,a;^h tindQiineath , it /,!s# an elahp?at^''sp^imenpdf basfet.-wS: 1 means business and no mistake. ' iNot like ;Ma^r^he; T/aiSpai' Pli^ipg^eyery; transacttoQ.' tifl-'another day ; . tiot-like^ Reynold^^riving r to^beseiisiM-^ahd' busines_^itei ; 6ut Janjy ""acMe^ingf; i-bb r 4-,t talfy.; least >irf*ll likeSir^^ Juliu* V*oget,i snappin^y,^o^sih_f,;, tand -pterfering^ but _eayih|p:!ej?erj^ Pollen, : w_reri h- : pats__is <hahd ; to anyjmatter, nevey, le^yes^it .tiU .^pre is'iin: •end! 6£_t,.aati - reaches: that; end by.'tVa: -hortesy i^fe^j_o^pßiti^le withr aflduei con_id_.at._i_.. ' ;T 'Wffy"s6' iable' at. J ad^f ministrator^ :afid f so'j trustworthy, a 'inan; shouldbe : 6ooily shelved' "at ajmonD(ej_!!'s l notjce,; by;-- _^ c _^-hty. c adyenjiire_. ,^^o^ we have .done -: without- ;e_:celle^.y'« forj dx^^'-flo^Hf^^e^ii]^ " tf-loSsJjts ; un;r,' derstan_i 5 ) but las ,we,i_u_V_ smi/pofities are a tremehdc^f^^dft^ all.---Tl__ii^ course is guid-d'ndt'neayiy'-o'inuch-bY, the strength of those -W;ho ; gQy(B.s,%aP; by Ssi'wea*ki_es,. 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