THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1458, 5 June 1912, Page 7

THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

j,.: : > ■ FOR THE SESSION. 4 : f DEVELOPMENTS," ■ * party, h«!d !i 'caucus':, meeting . yesterday, which- lasted aUjdny;' nndj several'oS'.-those attending it liaYo'jesptossoiU tlic'opiiiion: iliat it, is the .ijes^'eKucusi'ot'.^hoypurt.v , ; which,.9ias boon sign of dis-■,fioiv?i6u,:,';lias:'api]cai'oilvvi',iuid:,i«vpi-5-thir,B Is ■wg'rkiiigSijiiiooHily/i'i.Thqii.caucus -;wi!l 'ha coiit;imi(;(UlOt<lfiy. , ''#W'v:'"^:\«;c r . . ■. .

F;\!riio"'fc\v" , .!noinlK:rs. : of!jtlio party, net yc* hn'MPUt'tjliiiyWeinngtori* aro ill! satisfac tovityj'nccoinitod. lor:" ■ One or two liuve .been^'detained,.;in : their,, districts by imiijbi'taiit'f.lwnl'i'.functions. ■ Cheerful con,ii(lo!!co;;is,.tlio. prevailing note with tin) ■ members'Jwlio" have assembled, ■ iis may ;reaspimbiy 'he infesTed, on tho evu oi' a i.lrimnplij.which-will crown (heir, years of ''arduous-null pntiont labour in opposilids. ;.Tlio''.;Koi'oru) .■ Leader (Mr. Mass'cy) lisa Jiipvoribeeu in belter form," and shows nut ;'a.:tra<!eVof.. the indisposition from which. ■iiß/.'suu'erediin the o;u - ly part of Use year.

• '= ■' : 'l?T*?-* i ßeferm^.P ar *y Dominant, ,■■_. . ■Excil6(i' : ,b'yi:tiK! noar. ; n].ipvoach'.of' the .tosi?ioif.whicli^-is to decide tho I'iitoof Hid ■p.rpk'nt'iGoyernuicnt, , . )>olitical ■■:■ theorisU ■u'ro'oiico'-'a'giiin busy, but , yurious tlcvolopnieVitsMia.ve occurred.»inco the. short »'s. iMuri*,«"hich?imiiko r 'aiid~coiiii(!o)'abl,v'-jinrroty. down I'lie poli'.tical'.passibililif j'of thn immediate-i'utuivi, ,There. ; :.isS Rood;-; authority for ■ stutiug thatiSi; all: (ho : ■ rumours of ■ coalition o\vhich' : ' : ;;"arc; floaiinp; -■ flbout at t!\e ■/presents time ,;, are based upoa misoonccpjtiqiV.'sS.'.Tho.ißeform Party, as one mem. /bpri'puf it yesterday, is not looking for tin _ .aHiance;.:itjdoes not nted to, for il is dounnaut.'; 1 It is'tpepaved, as other par-ties-arc,'to accept suitable recruits,'and : ..th(i : iiudications are that a number of r«-.-cruits'who can lie so described will be Hvailable. ......There arc several men on the :.Government side between whoso politics "and tho:0 of tho Reform Parly there is -.very little difl'crence—less dift'erence, indeoil, than thcro is between these Govern.incnt,*.' followers and extreme members of ' ■tlicir present parly. One sucb member is JFr ■Jlillar,;. i.lli-i views npon the laud quesi.ti'on'have■ boon: mantioiifd as an ebiiacle * to" liis joining hands with the present Op■position, but ihose who'are'well'in to'wards (lie heart of tlifngs political declare ■that this . diflieiiHy is more iiniißinary j'thun-venl. ,, '' , : There are grounds for- belicv;'iiiß that Jlr. Miliar may be offered a povt'■folio in tho .new. Cabinet when it is bchij iCqnneiU':; "'; ... '*'-■■ ■ ■ ■ '. . s..ff:, : !yi...tAn..lmpossible Theory, .-..■■■ '-■Sit'is oariy yet to. talk about "Cabiiifit..inaking," but it may lie taken as certain Unit no member.of the proswit Cabinet ..will.be asked .to join ihe prospective Rβ'form .Ministry. Humour bus been busy with , tho name of Sir. Myers in this cosi-/ ■nection, but it isdiflicult to discover any other- foundation for the rumour than the isolated efforts of a certain business man to bring about a coalition which would lend to the establishment of a Govern■mcut:with Mr. Myers at its head. Needless to say, this is a visionary scheme. An ! experienced politician remarked yes- , (erdoy.tliat.if Mr, Myers had been cm-., scious'of leanings .towards .the lieform . party," his time to join it would huve boon (luring the late short session, or at some earlier period, and no doubt Mr.' Myers himself takes tho itamq,; view Jof t!u) matter. .' , ■■ .■■ . -C" 'W'' .'.

■ Them is ;i prcvailinff belief UintUhe ; Hou. K. M'lCenziO' has ih-oppod into tho... hawtgiouiii! of things political.,and that-■' he' has no groat prospect of regaining ■. the prominent position which .he?liitolyjf lost. Sir Jainus Carroll,' i^■ is belicvctl,... rfill' conliiutp to {support the Mackenzio , Government as loug as it cxists;}j|j;;vj-^.. 1'~ ..-■■■■:,The High ConimlMlonershipijTjy-S"' «'As i; to the Leader of tbo. eminent, it is (,'onerally accepted tluit-ho inl-omls i« make a liolil'bid foritho-.-oflire of H.SL'ii Commissioner.V.:; VnrioiiKpossiWe, cnndislaiprf for ll* 'named, bn't any one-of'thcinjcoultl-cluive^ ■ been appointed before noiv:hail:'Uio Oov-j----'oriimcnt iO dissiml. ■■ Thoracceptedxra-:;; plauatiou of the protrack-d iiig a jieruiiinentuppoiiiduonli-is. that-'Mr.;' ''Miick«nzie is reserving tho pffiec, foif.him-. -(self..-■'■<';■:.. ■■ ■ ■' ' ■ ;vi ': ; *'-;WSS?