The Government Defeat on the New Tariff.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 39, 14 July 1885, Page 2

The Government Defeat on the New Tariff.

■ f " : ' f (DPiMo^WTHE^P&ESS^M hi. JiuT -^i;;;; ; ;; ; ■,■;■••!£>__• „-?Vo, ;i;h.'>'i' i ; (Na^izfeal^id Times.) . \ . TJpoa thejr jibaoltitq enrrender bf^yery- >; th ! ing" Mtna'nde'd "of^tih'em^f'fe^ wltoje financial proposals, iri'f ibt— the' Government are permitted- to, retain their seats? ;ion;t"he 'Treasury Such/ then*, is the.ifti.tua'tion. , .Shorn . of their... financial policy, browbeaten and coerced* by their i'owfsfupporterS, 'pityingly" patronised by .the 0 ppbsition, and- coldly tolerated bythejElouse, Ministers have been " allbwe'd tofSfetain their places on suffei-a'ijee. They $° force, their jepu^narit policy" wh "the " throats 'yap | a ;■ loathing Houaerand- country. -Tltey \dk-. - atryed? to fail,- and- they -have Jfaileji. st>: easily ;hav^-avoided pitfall. Yetlhijy ref used to be cautioned by their.. ; fne.nds, or tak^ alarm at the fofninoas, "amiability ;; . of" iheirj _cn f erdi6s. o^^urftpin^iato' 4he«pit, and noy with gre^t . difßculty, owing to their^ ■wild>'Tstrug i gle 5 8| ■- 't'fiey '■ have been dragged out by their repulsed and justly ,alienat ; e^ friends— -^dragged opt just aliye, .it is tr|te, b^aj^co^^i^^ith^i^ud. '*'- | '.' j A ?; Minikry*^hfcH'subiA't^tc| beke'A br d.rivenj when it shotrid'le'adV- iifciist * some what] m .preSti^e,(arfd . such forcible : rebuffs as \y:ere^administered on ; Tuesday .night .mugt affect. >; th i e.;rebj,tipn8 J . betwe^Q ; Ministe-rsL.a'.ntL theu;' iVupDoVi^rsi -^Elyery (defeat .. innicted -on a MimOTr,y mdirectiy tAveakeiifa'Hts r' pOsi'tS6n^ ;'' HfpErt li Ulfo'^eiiier t ! frbih^the'imihedia'te siibjectvini^tie'stiqm* ■The oW-Baw-'ha's-'st ! thaf' : '; -i'^H '-"nij ;.- -■l:i<*2i-kbin£ki .i'rtogj : andia.'4wAtit ; 'sKe,' • > = •' - ; I • ■ feut< this,- pysj^em^f .jtj^atmeE^t , s pot ■iWMftttyi M^uqftif qH a fe:i?iPr9Y)ng rb-« . suite ;.i \vhen .applied- to a trovernnient. The chastißement^nnicted m this instance was, h*owWe'?,% WeU 1 ' 'aiifl'liaa) , been. received m a meek and coji-, * frit'evspir^ that' We : hope' it Jmiy^ prdSiibe benefioial rather than injurious results.) ,? (Evening Press.) , ! . It is anjuniguejinitaiice of t total abatidoninent of a whole grea^pobicV, withojit' even a preteric^,' for'the;¥Ske of dignity, of psaiutaihing tho semblance of a Vestige i df-^prmciple;"^¥or- ; tKe 4 -mostvpar6-of"'t&' terms m Avhichjthe Premier communicated k -thißj almost incredible resulfc^to the Hon^e, | vffie bepoinioglvl modest But the tender grace of his liumillty was somewhat jra'ai^ed; by)aj3>olish little piece of bounce/ about the Local Government I seneineU .'Haying; irfliiinaiediJ'tHei withdrawal, of ,the Tariff iproposals, of the borrowing . policy arid oi' the system jof , assured, finance for loeaL. b,odies, ,the : -J^ro4 IS^^piirfc froni 'these .concessions, , -the ;'6afryinsr,'of :<the-Bocal'GovernmentißiUlwouldbe"-te-!garded'as a " Ministerial: question m: the sfcMCtese.- ; ''Do'What -you please-, 1 ' he said m effect, ". with the principle's qP-the Billuu Wegivei &p the borr<>s\*JHg powers, jywe.giye up .the 25 ,yea}"s-" subsidies, we give. up, everything orajnytlimg you may, chopso to object to. i^ick the stuffing ont of the. Bill, if .likeV " ; TeaV at; :tq tatters, if that be your whim. r Jump on fit-i^tbihobnaijed bootj, if it so praise you. "But "clearly unHerstand'thafi when; you have quite done «with: 'it, we "sh^ll.jreg&rd^wha^'s taft v of it, .-a? a-.^-Ministerial . • me^sure'in ihe'itricfe^t^Bens'e of the term. 1 ' And he laid this flattai'ing unctipii to ;|iis,spul, «and it seemed.tq i .do him. goqd.'* «It'wef(B l iiard maeea ;; to J 'grncl&e'.niin and-_ .ihiflicolleagne's'so cheap a solace in/.thei bitter hour .of their ashen penan<je. :Pooi;.i Premier^— poor' M inistersf-a ■ : .'advwsary can but pi ty them sincerely] • ( v ;-- \ -v. •\ < T~-~i" ' v ■;■ ■ '" " . l ' : . ' (Napier Telegraph.) ■■' i" ',1 A -Ministerial crisis -has been temporarily tided over by- tt c; Government cdnsenting to' keep 6ffice -and both 'principles. ■ ThVee^c'durses 1 were open to Ministers, j;he dignified J One, 1 *the defensive and the'humiu'a'ting ; m other Avorfls, th«y;could hayevreßignedi {pt ■, they could have d'efendea their p'onoy by an appeal td the> ; country, or -they could Btidkj to. office by , swallowing their honour. They HSve i:^hosen ; 'the. latiter 'course. Ojhe : House; seems quite willingtp accept the, decision come to by the Government, send appears to enjoy the spectacle of a Miriistry stripped of their policy, and without a rag of a following either m or out of Paftiatoeht.' \' ;7, ; ,j '' ': : '•!■' . "■'" ' /' |