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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5487, 28 October 1878, Page 2

The unusual phenomenon has presented itself of a momentary deadlock occur*, ring between the two branches of the Legislature within a few days prior to the date fixed for the prorogation of Parliament. The bone •of contention in this instance is not confined to one measure alone, but: to two of perhaps the most important Bills that have been submitted to the Legislature during the present session. Both Houses having agreed to disagree on tho Disqualification Bill and the Electoral Bill, the result of the free conferences to whom the points in dispute been referred is said to have been to leave the matter precisely where it stood before, without much hope up to the present time of eitherside, in vulgar parlance, “ caving in.” The two conferences, we hear,, assembled on Saturday night, and continued their deliberations until some minutes past eleven, when it was decided to adjourn until to-day, as the probabilities of a complete understanding being arrived at before Sunday morning intervened seemed hopeless. We are not, of course, in a position to give definite information as to what actually transpired, nor have wo any desire to be brought before tho bar for a breach of the privileges of Parliament; but there was so much interest taken in the subject, and the matter was so freely discussed in the lobbies on Saturday, that we .could not shut our ears to what we heard. In this way, learn that with regard to the Disqualification Bill neither side will yield - ; and as to the Electoral Bill, we understand that the Lords have given way on the point as to an elector being privileged to record his vote for more than one candidate. Concerning the Maori vote, the representatives of both Chambers seem determined to adhere to the positions respectively taken up. The conference on the Disqualificatiou Bill will meet again at 10 o’clock this morning, and that on the Electoral Bill in the Executive room at noon. Tho position is a decidedly awkward one at so late a period of tho session, but it was currently reported last evening that the difficulty would be got over by the Government withdrawing both Bills.