Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, FEB. 14, 1895. When doctors Difter

Manawatu Herald, 14 February 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, FEB. 14, 1895. When doctors Difter

' „$> thoM^wab honestly believe that a* •fehange of- Ministers would be of advantage to Che colony, the public utterances of some at the Ministers is open .to much speculation^ It is an old sayiyig tjfrat , 'a^'fi.ouse a divtd.d against itself caunob stand, and it would seem reasonable to suppose that Ministers holding opposite views upon important questions would hardly agree to remain in office together. The Premier told the* boilermakers of Wellington, the other day, the first duty of the Government was to perfect the (labour) laws they had, and get them understood. In this he will have tho approval of all who wish well to the colony. Our Minister pf Labour is, unfortunately, not of the same sensible opinion. In his speech at Christchurch on Monday evening Mr Reeves is reported to have said that 'he wished to define his own position clearly as regards the labour question. He took exception to an Auckland paper suggesting that he should not introduce fresh labour Bills next session, and that he should wait and see how the present Acts worked. He considered there were cither Bills which ought to be passed and if the Liberal Party wanted to pause and wait, then he would give up his position as Minister and see what he could do to hasten on the work as a private nttemberr , . - ;

We have thus before us two views held by our leaders, the Premier is inclined to pause, tbe Minister of -Labour saYs he shall hot> ar.d he will Force "his hand, if necessary, by resigning office and becoming a private member. If all the ' fads ' of Ministers am thus forced down each other's .throats, we cab easily understand how rumottrs o. disagreements in the Cabinet get abroad. Ifc would have nnnparpd mor? ckCcii. had the M.n.B-OT of Labour allowed lhe Premier to khow the strong feeling, he. has .about' Fui'the.v .aboiir legi^iatloi.*-, before .9.sj.evti_ij* th. same from the house tops, and before the Premier had been led to make a totally different public statement. It would be sad to lose the. valuable servj_i_- of Mr RqeVes, but the Liberal Party, and colptitets generally, woulcl sooner see-, him leaVe than the Premier. In our last issue we showed the Socialist Mr Beeves declared he was, such a statement being sufficient to create in men's mu.ds a distrust of his deeds. Even to many of the Liberal Party a socialistic policy oh the lities desired by "straight-out Socialist ** . is. hot pleasing ahd unless he relents or repent, he may find- it necessary to take np the role he shadowed forth at. the ChristchWrch meetibg.