THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY,. OCT. 4, 1879. THE POLOTOCAL SITUATION.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 80, 4 October 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY,. OCT. 4, 1879. THE POLOTOCAL SITUATION.

"Words are thiugs, aud a drop of ink felling like ■flew-upon at.'fought. produces tli<it which makes thousands, perhaps millions think."

l?NTtL:the division on the *Nb Confidence .motion , takes place, jt is imp6ssMd io state the .Result :';wH\-^be.-'-"^Bdthv'--paii^es'-- i -haye-V-beeil'. straining every nerve to secure the ailbesion of ysrayerers, and it seems 'generally admitted that the opposi-tiojjvliay-e man^ge^jta secure most of ; tho doubtful members. But-tp'eoui-penaate. for thesje; all tlie rppresentativesj with one >exoeption,; will vote for the Government." 'During the last Jf ew days the sanguine expectations of both the Ministerialists and Oppositionists seem to have received a check, and the ma;jp;rit'f> of ;fr,Otn , six fo ten—^sp confidently relied upon by either side-H has dwindled^down to the orthodox New Zealand majority of one. Indee^ the. latest rumors from the Euapfire^ .City 'assert that it^isflully cxi pected now that the -Ministry, will be saved f rom- defeat by the casting vote : of '■■.the-' Speaker. Itis also authbri^ tatively asserted rthat,; whatever be the fate of the amendment to. the Address, Sir Geouok Q-bby wil^refuße to resign, but will get MmsW fc«r-^iicrr^cn'tr~oT~"prr ? mipg:^ -Ministry, defending : aolion onthe ground that, o.wiug to the wordingjof the Amendment, the No Goriyfidejiqe.^ote /pou][d.;ipnljr apply" to ".his Bxcellency l s Government as at present constituted." Another'; Ministry wilY be formed, again to 'siflsr (iiimb before aupther Want of : Oondence motion; and so it will, m pur pDinion,,gQ .on \jsqiae ad hanseaiii. ] f ! is '%6 ; dia|uisihg ■ jtfiei .fact !fhat :the. No v ;C/"pnfidence motion was aimed chiefly "at the present Premier, on account oonf n his . aiitoeratic -procli vities-r-that it was Sir jGrEOBGE Geby-s downfall that the Qpposition ware desirous of .achieving. But eveii v i| successful m carrying this adv^eMe votfe, we questian very much if they do not fail m their object. J ; Earties iji th^Hbiuse are now so r evenly -balanced that the" only chanoe of- aatisfactofily carrying on the j Grbver-nment <6& rtherfeoujitry ; is by | formi ing a strong- cpalition Ministry from both sides ; of the-^ ■House. . Th is wonld'alxyays command a.gbod vyonking map pity, and ao put an end 'to these, qon^tat motions of Want [of Goiifidenee of which the colonists are heartily sick. Nor should , this r b& any difficult task;, vßoth sides; stand committed to carry put those 'greafc/ LibeLPalf ;m^'!*s-nr.^B'i-:wjiigh -^ine people so earnestly desire," aiTd there w 6 vj d th eref ore be np-.inconsi stency m members from the (>p position side joining a Liberal Ministry. Until i this cp u rse f b^ adopted, we .dp no .t see ho wiV is possible, m the present r j Hausej to the time^ of the \ Sesaion being frittered; away m these j unseemly; strnggles for place and, po^wer,^4he of the real business of the Session.