The Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1878.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 94, 4 September 1878, Page 2

The Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1878.

>Thk dehate -whioh-^nßued~upon-.the-reading of Dr Walws's Trien--nialj Parliaments^Bill^^as|ja j«nlarkv3 able one, aW it not o^y i made: patentthe 'fact th^fheire^Miverjr" ; littl^jac-; cord m tHgC^evrjJ-^qf^ jtbetodiffieYen^ members of the Gabinet/^b^t it- further; produced the spectaelq i'the* Ministers Hut-lleopdinif Hterod^andj raising his iwiwe} in* favor yof \ Annual Pariiament^^TKy* ;jj?an-£ blßLnO^dpUbJ that the moaner; of the Bill not only: had the jHouse with jiim, bur also tb^t were a plebisciitiitf; bf;;\lie electors lot the j^blony tal^en; th|re vouhi^he a^vast inajbnty iaits favpr. It is trbe-that m the J Housel'of CJoramons, the first 3e? hberative pjtssem'bly; " ; m .the" world; Sep'tennialj; Parliaments are the rule; ~but!it must be recollected that instances are I every .^rire^ where; the^%as"e been allcrwed to 6*pire. by "effl.uxion ; vdf.tinie. ;As jwas pointed but by the mem be^ ipv Auckland jpity,..wh,e/n.' British si^fcesmen found they were no|jn accord House, thejy souglit'to rectify^ the; naatter by means offa< di«aoluti6h. * ever. Ministers having oriceV tested of Ithe' flesh p|>tt>of office, h>d d decided objection tipi/pbHticil suicide^ and rarely accepted tlie^ happy i desp^^hr^Btit al" "tliqngh Si|)tffnjnai Parlianients 'are recognised m England, '"/.-^bVe^tljatf/one effort has £I been- made to reduce tl»e terni, and perhaps it would fake most peqpie bysurpriseto loani that^the pre^ sent glori^ed) Premier; of Lord i ißEA6oxsFiEili) : ' J once A ' stood r upon the-, hustings with the motto of^^Triennial Parliaments eniblaaoned upon his elec» iion banner.;;) Clf^cjuppjn lialfapentnry ago, m the XH,af ,1832, JJbnjtamin :Dibhaeli, the'nbA'^Foi'y-Lbaderftlien m Ihjtf twenty.spventhyyeari^thQjuigh twice defeated, again contested High Wycombe and supported Triennial Pai'liainents, liis programme being seasoned with ballot, retrenchment, repeal of taxes Oft Jfaue\\ ledge, aud the abolition

of sinecure offices— a good. Eadical bill of fare, it- must be confessed. If, then, ibwere e^fer deemed necessary to shorten the duration of the Parliament of England#ia structure which had taken" centuries to^mature, — how much more' necessary shbuld it be that a body which! is co&paritively but the growth of! yesterday : should be subjected to modifi-l cationvThe changes 6f political opinion here follow each other with the rapidity i 'of the kaleisdoscope ; andin- a countryr! were men and matters undergo more changes, in ....a , ,year_than m the Old' Country during a {century, it is' most neoessary that- the Topresentativos ;of tlie people should be- brought as frequently as possible face to, facewithT their constituencies. Were the tenure" curtailed greater attention would' b° paid by members to the; wants of their districts. Fire years is/a long time "to' look forward, to, and the member who is inclined to; be neglectful has a targe powe? for evil m his reach, ipasmuch. ; as- f . by '■M^'nepe^; : '^E'''-'-|auty;, ' lie r can . 'virtually" disfranichiso ; his electors. ! Perhaps ono of the most notable features m the debate of last Thursday, wjls'^to; see the • cordiality of certain of the Ministry m adopting and supporting. a ! private measure, w.hioh , certainly • should I have 'been a Had , : sf. addendum'to the Electoral -Bill \6i"; the '' ' •Governirifcri£; ; With, questionabio consistbhey vMr Sheehan 1 commenced his remarks by stating that he had intended to oppo\sp;the Bill, because 1 it came from a pnvate^nember, and then proceeded' fc>. furmsb; ' unansyerable arguments m favor of its b^eoming law. This wo imagine would -be as strong a ©ensure upon, the Government of which he was a- member as eoiild 1 be uttered, while the admission that his original intention had beon altered by the utterances of the Premier, would lead neopte 1 to surmise that Mr SBCBKHAisr believes in^'naen, notmeasures." .:■■;.:■'_ >^.;--,: : ■;-:■/