THE REPRESENTATION BILL.
To the Editor of the " Evening Post.*' Sir, — Can you afford space fer tbe following questions, and will you, in the interest of the public, reply to them in your journal ? 1. Are not the Standing Orders of the House the most sacred of all our laws : and as they govern our lawmakers, should they not be most rigidly observed ? j 2. Can any individual break those! laws with impunity, and escape punish- ; ment ? j 3. Has not Speaker of of the House | of Representatives broken those laws ? i 4. Can a j ust Governor assent to any • law forced through the House",- in de-! fiance of and in opposition to those sacred laws ? 4. Is not the whole colony humili- i ated by the recent action of the Speaker ? 6. Cannot Mr Gisborne sue for ai refund of the penalty and for damages for unwarrantable and illegal interference in the execution of his Parliamentary duties ? I am, &c. A Colonist op 26 Years' Standing. [The Speaker and the majority of the House of Representatives have deliberately decided that the Standing Orders are only binding so long as they are convenient and agreeable to the majority, and that the Speaker and Chairman of Committees may rule just as they please, irrespective of all Standing Orders, rules, or precedents. —Ed. E.P.]
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 222, 17 September 1881, Page 4
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223THE REPRESENTATION BILL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 222, 17 September 1881, Page 4
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