The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) MONDAY, AUGUST. 3, 1885. THE VOGEL ADMINISTRATION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 55, 3 August 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.)

MONDAY, AUGUST. 3, 1885. THE YOGEL ADMINISTRATION.

plain words j a large section pfthe House has become impregnated .with the political instability and reckless-: riess, irresponsibility ; and improv>. dence which ai-^ and always have m s\iclfan-extreme^d<2grde distinguish^ ing chartcristic, traits! of Sir ju llus • Vookl. It is to be greatly: deprecated that his influence has tiee^ exerted m a nlanner ' th§t must: inevitably re-act so. prejudicially pn\ the future of bur' adoptedl country. ; 'The niOral; is liptfaMo : seek, which J is :to avoid practical / adven turers. | We all are con/ersant .with the warning,.'* against pujtting our faith, m princes," but the political history oONew. Zealand has been replete, with examples : illustrative of tlie grave peril incurred by reposiug.coiifidencein political gamblers and adventurers. Had space permitted we would have extracted at greater length irojin the H&rdld*s\avtm\ejiih luded to abovtL We may isajr tjriefly. that the writer m conbliision "refers to the bad habits into wliicti the country has by degrees drifted,' from which unless the people .emancipate ■ themselves, the affiiirs of t ; he Qolony will reach yet lower depths. \JL'hk peeple ;niust' face their responsibilities more bravely , and boldlyi' Be more moderate and self-reliant, be truer to themselves, and their political position and prospects will m time improve to a corresponding We can^»ly add, So mote it •be.'

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With very few exceptions the Press of the^ Colony seems unanimous m its opinion that the days of ■;the ' l Vogel M inistry f!as:at present are numbered. We find even the Liberal organs denouncing I their erstwhile' idols and defcryjhg I the $ objects of their recent: fij3so)ri.fe ' adutatiojii . It is apparent eveil tip '• meVm£gjt casual observerof the signs •of t },liej^mes't,hat Sir J.ijlius Vog4l's 'political, career m New Zealand is approaching its close; If iridicawere wanting,'. corroborative of /the fact that history "m his case is about to repeat itself, . these would ,be readily obtained from a brief retrospective glance^at recent political eveiits^ ' Surely Sir Janus Vogue's modest petition for recognitiqnrof a pecuniary claim preferred j)y tiinWelf ■against the Colony, fdr special services alleged* to. have bepn fepderedby him m connection with financial operations, aiidithe change's for.which he contends 'are k *faii* and reasonable ""and the amount thereof still due, and owing, ..must have. % special ' significance^ of its own m connection with the Treasurer's rumoured early retirement /rom the political arena m which He has been " off and on "" such a* prominent fijgure during the last .^decade, and. a; jhjalf .Thep,, .agjain^, there is the tiast and r ; •■Railways' ] scheme. Should that scheme ever be. adpptediby. the House— -whichin our opinion would be. equivalent to a -national disaster, and which would pfove a terrible and ever-increasing burthen, as time 'went 6n, Sir Jul'iu| VJogelY services as promoter butsijle.and supporter within the House, would receive recognition, of almost substantial character, a guarantee to which effect has no doubt already; vbejen given. :; We; are as convinced that the undertaking would prove one of tlie grossest political jobs cv »r peYpetrated;as that riiuch of the* m: brmation already r vouchsafed with rej jard' to the alleged renumerative an I reproductive results ;to be ac lierea through 4ts instrumentality ar< utterly at variance > with" trii than 1 facts. We need not say more wi h regard to ity bey oridiplacihg ofl record our firm conviction that were that scheme adopted by the House, and were Sir Julius VogelV petition favourabiy considered,; before mafay^eeks. thereafter; the . great prepdigitateur would allow it to be kn^wn that the hour of his departur^ to other shores was approaching. It ji'AX be remmembered that a" se'e'tipnj of the- M-ana"wattr electofare at one|time expressed its desire to have Sir jTuiiius Yogel for its representative, and it will not be t forgotten that we strongly opposed his knticipate i candidature, expressing our firm conviction that Sir Julius was not Kkely to develop any other than his iiormdl element of bird of passage problivities for any inducements that ii Manawatu constituency might .■■be likely- to offer. : But this by way of digression. Nearly all sections 'of politicians, row agree that, the advent i)f Sir -Julius Yogel has done much to initiate the present era of political demoralisation which is viewed with so much apprehension ■^.b'jrfch* judicious circumspect and' thoughtful portion of the community. Xook jon what side we will corrup- ■ tioli^ and log-rolling are rampant. The 'process of change for the worse in - : tlie| existing political condition of affairs jhas been gradual and by slow degrees, but nevertheless sure, and w<* may further observe |j,hat regainin|"the path_ of rectitude, integrity,'! uprightness of motive and purpose, and unimpeachable.; independence' wiii demand; a complete retracitlgof footsteps, and the setting iup a higher and nobler aim on the part offour politicji} leaders than a imere desire Jpor personal aggrandize- . mentr pi pondering to the claims of .conßtitijehcies for expenditure of large sUms of public money. Our esteemed contemporary, the Wangariuj Jz&i<ald\ with whose views on . pblriic'alj questions our own as a rule t are. not Altogether m accord^ m ah ill |gst J?|riday-s issue headed; " A" deraoraiized Parliament" takes occasion) to denounce m strong terms what Jt Appropriately designates the " greedy log-rolling and political grab " characteristic, of the present New Z ealand Legislature. ' We quote a; few sentences:— "There are "no fixe(d party l.ines, it is simply a " case off who will give the most, or " rather promise it— for it would be " utterlyi impossible to carry out one " half thjp promises which have been " wrung^ out of -the Gpyern- " mentiduring the past ,-ten years. " The work of the Colony is not ty done fairly and openly m the "House; oh the contrary, it is car- " ried.jouj m a hole-and-corner faslobbies, and by means ca'ueus. 1 ' Verily, there -is miic)i^ pfein and simple, truth m ' •t^G?al^ye cpiftm.ent^^-. ißiit our cpn^ ' tenvppj^-y will excuse ti.ur-'as&ng-'-is' •inpt ; Sir Julius Yogel responsible -ip : a ,. greatj ex-tent , for this, political i, '■ -cjemd.r.alizj»tion .?. ., We have it on unf«npb«aeh}ili>le authprity that " a little ;ipav^nGtji}the : wi»o}e t , }ump,' 1 '! r ahcl '■ the truth of the; metaphor is equally., applicable' to matters political, as to' moral or religious teachings. In i