"A DISGRACEFUL VOLTE FACE"

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 4

"A DISGRACEFUL VOLTE FACE"

:GOyERmnM}:kASB^ '■. ; The BTmedih;*'Stari" which': for: years. has .been vttetmostjfarthful':^vth»'; v :;;> Government's; .supporters. ia '...the; piesv i . . has.a remarkableSeditorial-"m-itsvissoe/.-" V of Saturday last upon the: Government's attitude on. question-of the Govern--, -.-J;. ment House at: :: "A vdisgrace-:;;; >; : -fui;vplte^fabe";is>.th«^tiUe ; from' which we make extracts, as follower— .:;. ."After passing by; 38 to. 81; on;iie jfio> ■:. xj; tioh of tie member for.' Hururiui,.a b.Wt',.•.''-;; ,tion',to : reduce*,by ''£l the : voleffor^fchr";;;.;; refurnishing 'of- Government!,: House'.:':at ";'■ i.:.-.; Auckland,: the ;House,:'ata r ;;later':,6t^_;■;■■'::;■ of .yesterday's''.prbceedingsUon';they:.Bs6"';r:;'i' i mates,j reversed .'that, deliberate;, deoisicm \;:pyi. by. 34 to -29, and ;so fsaved, the face';, of ;.,;;■:'; ■the' Government.;."; There jsClijfley doubt:,:: ; ::: '.that'the ..dinner,adjbuinment;wassucoes^;v\'; : ;!\ : fully 1 made.,use> ofto; bring ;i';',; the Ministerial-;foflowmg Vjto.:. a "due sensa; v/:' ' . of 'partyi-'ldyalty, ,shows unmistakably/ thai: it;-was '-largely.;'y'.. on:'pai^.r^lines.!:" 1 The..';Enme.: ■';:,. whose: shiftiness oh this Jihestibnvh'as: be~;-v: i come' the'talk'.of / 'tho"cbnntry,; ; againVdis- ---Ci.:] ■played histruculehceUo^the'parochialism;;.;.' of .the Auckland phalanx. .■•And ; what; was ';;;,;;.' :invivbrse taste; he .went,out'.of-'i-his' ~.jia.j?,.'i■', ":', to :tthei'represehtativesy.'of, the;.- /'/'•. 'oniyf, ;; province'-: in "the-pursuit,; of'their-*;v, '?;. policy of .'g^ab^ ; 'at:'.thevexpeh^'^ ; Ddmmidn^'.;.i.'^e ; chang^..:bf, : front-, ; by;: : ";.- the■: Government-is ~V: of "sophistry; on^tho 1 part; qf:vSir^Jbseph:v ; ;::;.: will^rub'.out ,the .■UBly'.fact.;.'that';.he;-has■..;";.;, made H complete and abject-surrender "t0.;5-';;.' the" blatant: : :pfetensionS:;pf|an;; Auckland;/-.;, 'claque ito ;b'evcon!ndered;;.the:].'ihub' .;-.6f itu?';-; ?■: ;, Dominion. I ;h We ; ifancy-?.that)' we \ intetf,, •v; pret ■ Lord Islington's;, feelingsfecorrecttyi'V; when., we.-."say. th'atvhe..Vfpuld-prefer : make 'his rowiiVA"ar>angemßnts*;;onUM e W'r:.'-V:'y occasions 'rather■;;than;: should be 'imported: into aCdiscussion ihat J;;;;.'.;; has'not .added ;tb; tbfl;;digjaityvbf;ParUaj;i ; :;..:' "mentMibr done' any [.credit to'.the'-.'manar,,■;;.:.'.' Administration; ; v ";'VTm; ,;:^ : public conscience:will assuredlyVnbt'.easUT•,.;,;, -nor, quickiy , recover; j frbm ithe V>hqck^it-;.*.,.;. reoeived : :.when .-. .it.::learned';'that',aVnumb«;.'.- ; :'.: of I'members xhad .;.^,: : pehdence of i thought;; and; a'ctiph;iri;;.ordar, : :;.: - : ■to ' help •' Ministers -out'.of .'•' a" tight; corner^;:'];'- { into bwn';want..pf;:backbone." : ;.; ■h^^ii^S^'ilij;.'