Echoes from Parliament.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 29 July 1890, Page 2

Echoes from Parliament.

♦ Oxrc of the last speakers in the Want of Confidence debate stated th it though the debite has gone on for a long time, it had be a n a great pleasure to him to listen to it. Portions have certainly been amusing and also instruct ye, ag being the means of letting the in1 1 the know'edga of the opinions entertained of each other by our Renresentativeg. Hansard reports the following : — Mr W. P* Reeres is prepared to take the Member for Wanganni's word in preference to the contradic tion of the Minister of Education. Obedience is exemplified in Mr Pike's bowing to the ru'iner of the chair as thus " I have the tight to say " Hear, hear " and I will say it. Mr Hobbs declares that he never knew Mr Duncan to be satisfied yet ! Mr T, Mackenzie asserted that Mr M ss know nothing about a statement he had made ; and Mr Moss rpp'iod V>v saying " That is the only argument of the honourable member." Sir J. Hall having been interrupted by Mr Taylor said "I am afraid it would take me rather too long to briny; this home to the comprehension of the honourable mem hot- for Sydenham :" and again on an interjection by Mr J. Mackenzie he said " That i« rather a peculiar assertion f -)co'ne from an honour* ahl- gentleman who, I thaW the Hmi-o w'l agree with me, is as hard to drive nny idea into as any man in the house." This is Sir George Grey's portrait of Sir John Ha!?. "We have be fore us. Sir, on<* whosi fyes have been fixed, a* it were, upon the earth grubbing f>r gelid or for something to make that valuable treasure from, incapable of raising his ayes and looking ftboufc th» btaufeiftil world in

which his Creator has placed him, and of taking care that it is occupied fairly or justly, instead of being placed in a few hands. He has never seen that it mi^hfc become a beautiful scene of happiness, content-m.-m, 3 d enjoyment for a large population, m,;> d of becoming for a few a mere sheep-rul 1 ; Ol " some tract on which cattle might be fed." Whist Mr Seddon was speak ng, Mr Hislop remarked that he had " never got whi f ewashed." Do not let the honourable gentleman make any mistake about that " said Mr Seddon, " I never required whitewashing, but I know what the honourable gentleman refers to. There was a question put aa to whether I was disqualified, and there was a committee set up by a Government opposed to me, who were my accusers; but the Committee unanimously came to the conclusion that I had not been guilty of any breach of the Disqualification Act, and that there wa3 no stain on my political escutchion. The honour* üble gentleman by a Committee was adjudged guilty. That is the difference between the honourable gentle' man and me. If any man says that I was called upon to go to my consti' \ tuents, or that I was afraid of a Supreme Court action, I defy him to prove it. But the honourable gentle* man, owing to his conduct as a Minister of the Crown, had to re sign ; and if he thinks, because the electors of Oamaru returned him again to the Hous*, that he has cleared himself in the eyes of the House or of the people of the Colony lam sorry for him. He has not cleared himself in the eyes of his colleagues. When the honourable s^ntlernan left Wellington he was Colonial Secretary and Minister of Education ; now he is Minister for Charity That is a serious fallingoff. Is it true what the man at the corner of the street'saysthatjwhen the honourable gentleman had been reelected at Oamaru and catne back he oxpefted to be received with a great; ovation, with a brass band, followed by the Premier of the colony and the Ministry ; whereas there was no such ceremony, and the papers merely announced •• Thomas Hislop had arrived in Wellington." He was not even waited upon by the L'remisr or his colleagues lamto d that some time afterwards a letter was sent to him stating that if he liked to come back to the bosom of his father and go on his knees as the prodigal son, he would be allowed to come back, He was not to have the Col-onial-Secretaryship — he was to be disrated— but he might come as a Minister of Education and Charitable Aid. They had to create a p irtfolio for him. It was a question of charity. In charity you may be made Minister for Charity."