The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Survant la verrte. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1883. CONTEMPORARYH OPINION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 220, 20 August 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Survant la verrte. MONDAY, AUGUST 20 , 1883. CONTEMPORARYH OPINION.

Tfee Wangapui Waileadujg ; article deals with the qu^s^onsdiscus^ecl ; iat the Indignation M^^gl/hel^ m | Palmerston last week. It Iremaiks I that when it was circulated last year j that tbe vote fo r r>lhe Gpxg? Lirj^ was on I the Estimates forthis work, it distinctly i pointed oat that. the, wording oj^the; j vote would not penfat of an expenditure i except from the Masterton end. "-WeIhad some reason to understand £hat Mr : Johnstdir' -wak a disciptie' . of Ignatius Loyola, and had been laughing the jgood folk of Manawataidni ; of counteh-' ance. The result is exactly what we. Re t ferrjn|j , tip jth.e resolu-- { tion-esjSresaing disapi jroval of Mr John- j stons neglect ot the interests of hi* j constituents, our contemporary observes :— "This is m just as mild terms j as the resolri'ibh could Wi be' stated. For it is notorious that the member ,ha 6 not only neglected hut insulted his constituents repeatedly ' Let his foimer fiends speak on this pom*." With re-, earcTto Mr Maoarthur'B remarks, the Herald! 1 writes :— •' Mr Maoabthus will not get u^uch* sympathy from any b#t log- rollers by such a speech as that.'* It attributes Mr Macarthub's evident; spleerutp wounded vanity and self-im- . portanoQ, .the merahei* appare'iltly Wanting m the obsequiousness 1 due to the] position of the interviewer* Tbe Herald ! cannot understand this trait m Mr Johnston, tfran yhoiji itthinks ,there is not personally a more courteous ijjaa m New ZeaLnd, who is the very soul ol geniality and «ood huniour, and we are | utterly unabje to comprehend why Mr ; Maoabt»u» was tyrcafced wjtji eyeja the'

Be hi bl a n ',e • f discourtesy, lt is a pro j f.iuud mystery, unless Mr Johsston j felt that bis visitor had not been acting j I'a'rlj by him. The Herald considevs J the remarks, by Mr Macarthur about 1 I "making the best of a bad bargain" the I most extraordinary speech of thu evening I It presumes Mr John&ton gave the promise under compulsion, and released his conscience immediately by the casuistical doctrine that compulsory oaths am not bindini. I