The Defeated Premier.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 52, 11 October 1887, Page 2

The Defeated Premier.

Tux following letters, in conjunction with the one that appeared in a previous heue, are taken irom the Wellington Press;— Mv Dear S'wvi,—

I have not, at present, time to write to you at such length npon your sad mischance as I should like to have dons, in consequence of being now compelled to undertake tho sad duty of forming a Ministry without you. It was so much pleasanter to have you in as Premier, a kind of dummy, upon which the waves of Opposition expended some portion of their force, while 1 enjoyed the 11 precedence.” I trust you will accept the advice from me, as your recent colleague, to stick to your resolution of retiring into dignified retirement, there to enjoy your title which so well becomes you, Yours regretfully, JI'MVB VOOSL.

Dear Stout,— Here we are both out of it, and it seems to me that the best thing to do is to return to our profession and endeavour by its means, which rarely fail, to screw as much out of the public pocket as we have been getting, without doing much for it, during the past three years. We are at any rate our own masters again, and arc not compelled to submit to Vogel’s dictation. You were decidedly right to take your title when you did. Yours candidly, J. A. Tolb.

Sir Robert Stout, — Dear Sir, —Permit me most deeply to sympathise with you over your defeat in the election for Dunedin. From my own feelings upon this most sad occasion I can well understand the noble regret that fills your manly bosom. After shaping one's course in every way to please them, and promising everything they seemed to wish, it does seem hard that the electors were so blind to their interests (and ours) as to reject us. Between ourselves, it seems to me that your education schemes are not quite productive of the result we could wish, but happily we are both able (publicly) to cloak our misfortunes with the “ bser and dollar ” theory, which I think has something in it. However, in sharing my fate with you I am consoled by the thought that had I been auooesrtal, the least I could have done would have been to resign in your favor, and content myself with the title you could hardly have refused me under the circumstances—together with a seat in the Upper House, of course. With your kind hints and guidance I thought tnat I could hardly go wrong, and I wish now that I had not accepted so much from Ballance. He writes capital speeches for one, but I am getting old and cannot easily learn them by heart, and so I am afraid that I mix things up a bit in the delivery, and perhaps miss some of the points. Allow me again to express my deep-felt sorrow at your defeat, and to assure you, my dear Sir Robert, of the constant fidelity of Yout most dutiful seivant, F. H. Fbaser.