ABOUT PLEDGES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1468, 17 June 1912, Page 4

ABOUT PLEDGES.

The anxiety 'of ■'cbn'cern*/ ing meets is^.naturally;.'hgrpwirjgi acuto as.;-tKe'' , .';hi3iu'. : :':.:at;;which ,, they-: will havel;to?:facei;;tKeir*faK:yraws; nigh. which thi?3f;\§torf:edjJoi!:..theirii;:slinis-; torial are not forts to -placate iandvfeipleafeßaye,! become stoad of:.s'cqrifiderit :^asserti6ns^;thafc ; they will! : posseßi.^majofit^' ! '''wheu:: ParliamentSmeets;i jMiriistera' inpwr when a claim, üßuallyi:take;':carS,itb ; !}qualify'' it with not belieyejtwat^any^Fqf^thostiXiwKa , were pre^nf;;'a^thte;;caucu^a : :Marchv will go back'ori their pledges:' .Seeing , : that the.jiotalynum,^qr.^p'reHent.fat : -itheJ caucus was majority : :fofj:i.heft:mbmbei;s| ;, of) "Ithej House, the'-Mackenzie/iMinistryj.bveil:-if it u plodged"^qtesi ; :/mightv^ti]l ; self in a):'!minbvity_Jr;Bu^iWitiiat''.a3; : it may, itas^distih^tly¥diyertirigv|tp; : note thei nation withJwhic!V?Miriistci3;now:'re-; gard which seorris likely f&rob"■fchem.-'iofcthe; sweets of <6ffice/U^]ie>|EßiMß;'iMiiS : : iSTER, who ■' is I th'ejiliitesibf contHbi(tor' : to the subjeet^speakingA!afc ? f[elerife villo on Eridayjeveriingilas^vsaid;:; : ;

Regarding'■the'future,' :: 'hq";.cb.uld-'sw.;.bnly ) one course,...and...that. was-:for: those.';who ,,, pledged thopiselvca-.j,at ;^tlibJ :l; Liberal c :;Con-; torence to"' carry."■put ; -ithcirf Iff. was claimed ,:by,.,.the ..Oppositionj-thet 'itliey. , would win..in'iho.''Coming,_!e'ssion'':by;!!evenvotes, 'i'hi^etatoment , .;hevMgardMl/iis, , .'aj roflection upon honourable j.men. pledged to", support hi*;: \ ■■:■ ,; :

Mr. Mackenzie; jittyill v be;;seev feel* so strongly:,foo?;:thei;siibjccfc;; i regards it:;as ; - '/ji'.reflectidn ;bh^ ourable men pledged itoftuppoirtsthe; Government'e-to'''event suggest;'tta,k his Ministry^will.:';bpi ; ;beatenyi ; Parliament : meets.iS' ; And;:i;yetC'i!Mii;;; Mackenzie ■" holds .■ office*-merelyf; : ;b;e? cause some ibfr'the; honourable},nien. who now':supporfc pledges—not had no .right, t.toi. pledge'^'themTT-b'ut; to their right. Apparently; thbSethicsSpf.i'the. Mackenzie pledge-breaking ;v becomes'=ii when it 'is, crime whenHfit€ajsts ment. The,stateJofJpanic''vwKich:the" Government-hayo;;i;reached}fno;;doub(i* accounts I-toi '*'some;Jextentvi.fori vtthej somewhat tho would be : .interesting.toiknowftf;:littld' ; more , :i 'which) Ministersing on cus in mind the Labour^par't^:attencle.d; ;i that::c : au;; cus. Howi|farJare;they>: , 'pledged'Wtci support the'MACKENZiEflMinistry.i.'lii is asking^ 'httlevioo/miich|VoVexp.apfc'. anyone tO;belieyo'.that'itKeJ:/'pledge''\ given was"so ■'swecpirig-ias' :;tp|p'rovlde' Wiat no the result ';x)f;'tHolvotiDg:: at; the;?cauf; cus and no v iriattef;how. istry behaved,'it'wouWjcbmmaiid-ythe; support of:ail'Vpresent;:;f^ere^itliei;e ; no stipulatidnsi's-no'tVpledgeßV^con: , ceuning theSMinisfiryStov'be'VchqsenJ and the In other words^jdid.''tne '■ memberg'; of '■■ the party'pledge;:themselyeslwhile:kitt; the yet to do as it , interest that if breaking. a.tiall;4t¥has^beeri.' , .on*:th'oj part of the:"'MACKßNziE'..'.Gbyernnient' itself. It;wiinprobablyf;bprecllled! that Siß^JosE^H#WAßppi{te# ; ;thel caucus, rnadeAit ?publjcV;thatJono'Siof' the motions.:-unahimousl.y.Vvcar,ne^j;at' : the ;;■■:::

That tWal party the policy;- indicated ( SGorerrior'sSpeech of (lastjsessibn;?.. "' ''~';. "■■^^.^■■' : The Governors;. Speec&v. referred(vtb"■was that;? extraordisary'■■?jiiinble-tof;■ extravagarit v for everybody!;regardlessl'bf;;:cdst';;or.' anything el^(^itE; : whicli)SiE- :i JpsEPH; Ward ;tH<r. -Ealiour: votes .defeal;; .'/Tlie-j MACKENZiE ; Gov&nmejft-a;si:kbpn^:ai , 'ifc , : secured ;im- : intb■. ■■ liiiit"sv which ...'■/the'": country that it hadj.no■■ legislative;-rire\yorkk; of any itliatV'iJie' , people wahtcd|andlill'iithat-tl{e>;n'ew-' Government;:.intended;;tc! ,clp.-jvas ■ :tp improve 'the;: country's affairs?|,::M jriisfiers ; : ; ive"re : 'alir moat tumblingy-o.vey-vtiem'se.l.vcs'' in. their anxißty;,,torccmYincci:^he. that they steady-going;>:andjbusinesßlikeVpeop!e.. ; iu the woiTqiCari'di'-thal.'■■legislahVe' witli; 'hote. ror. ThiHV : :atr' ; least, was .the .improsjuoti they soughtSto , c'ovivejv ;Il l ve , n: "inliis policy.-sp'eecli,. dul coiiy tiiin some:'-;<iiiife "reriiarkablp. proposals, tlie;i : ed the sakq. / .npf6^'. , '<P:ur;.|;imi'- , '-' , hQ , . : said, "willV^^.■jargelyjtfdmiijistrtt; ,1 tive, keeping:'-steadily, , the ' : necessity ;for ; ,4pgislativ:ewhenever ij !\M ";'-eqn'diti6ns'' fexivnrev them." Wlj%;lthe.ri^h , aS/-b'^c:ome/pf/'.tl) i e; pledge of:"the: : jMinistf-y. :fq,tai;rv ■ip;u|! the polir J--- .aiiqt in; uor'e 6ijee'ch\?:'"^Vel';liaye;:n'p , ti , -thisvlcae , t/

' doubt that M ; ; n.. M'a'jjken.zib's coin-! ; ,:inon seiiso r<!v.ol't.s at the idea :q.( :li.av-. f rnjj" -jLci litthci; Urn wbsuril pToposalii. i'ji'at ispctich contained, but he ii)i.(l\ ! his .caljeag.iics nnist. b& ni.oro carpfivl: YiH ihe.iv'. I'fefcrcnccs to riledge-'bi'piik-' ■ ing until ihcy gi.y.o effect, tq 'f.hi): i forms,tit tliti rpsoliition inianiihoiisly . -Agiifitfti fin % the party to wli.ibh. thi\y ; ■owe t.h.elr pi'C.a.cnt .pqsitip.n.