The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1135, 8 December 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1879.

2» the Hotwtff ort Friday- w«elc last (Juverti • . .DMM& supporters cngaswt in a game wfiirti b-- th*y reprobate- wlu'u pt;iyed Ky their i opponents.. Vie U:am that the House wo* '* thin"" at tiW tiw«. The attendant wee* principally tru«erament supporter-. th<* liibarala having. wtr prustttne> come to "thft conclusion, that tht>y cnulii spentt their tint* mm eonjpsnialty in some wtfwr • maorwr than by entering protests against .eh* Bnaainsf «f (Toitaronwnt measures j nwrsfy foe tile sakw t>£ bw concluded that their star has «U:scundttd never to rue thid sesdiort. ant& cow only attend the flotwo with the object ot noutraTtainff,. a* far aa thfir crippled i«taf.« w.i!t permit, the e-XtrvwcU-nary and #w*i-pin-.f nti*a*t»e» of ciu- ., . Cutootal Tr«:uuwr. Sir. Turubult and- a f«*» «thw staunch m»:n wor« at* tlusir poat» «m th« Decision rwfscrtd to, wlton tfcc Estimates, were tinrift dmeotMWtt. The- member for Timara is, b&ct&e senior, and no think wo might ny tie jntisr, member lor Waitaki, and

the member for Mount Ida. rather an: awkward customer. He rained a rt:c* i ri; a .»r' T) on almost every item, to the I of the Government, and Mr.] '.V.-.1,.''. •'(!. »iin «.«, bv virtn<* *•( his rv-; 1,-:, n,vr. to IV.sujfr, f->r :i t»mw. -V ' . r • •" •(!■■ »'•* Cn!tr!)tf) He Wet with little jiiiXL'33. conld not expect to do otherwise. At tvtig'.h theitcm hon. members' honorarium wr • r?nohrd. ami 3tr. Tnmbtill <t.jg2c?tcd that this mizht be reduwi by t»;ii. per cent. Mr. Tunibtdi's intention was, it appear?, to have thf; honorarium for last T!m- iM" r-.T-. _ ii'.v-.v-r. H'i' rtrtil v.hrii "'ii* s?.• l ► ri w .., 4 . It .» tru-V went int" th>ni"V«:r. N-> M-vd! <•:' at.!*.** ha* bvcii Jriricd at Mr. Turn' Hilt, and tint party t»> wnch hv S)»-!n[i"'«. t'ir fii'-ir »<;ri..n t:i •t»r.-iririr» t" r-'nn: th- -f-? r b".-:» tnfc.-^ in ,:rr"r. Thoy, r« srtpposo, h»M tin-■ ; vitrw that t»» ens «i->»K j:hc amount "t j hMnorarftfu bfcattso it far Coin lar*_»: f f| , r.r u , [.t.'.r. short session, and to cut if u permanently, are two very different thi»-3. Wful.it they object on principle to- aowptms 200 »tiinKi.t for a ft-wmii that was not nitty so short i>ttt ao liarrcu of »e----anlta that another one had to be held within two months of its rising, thev would also object on principle to the amount of honorarium for ordinary sessions beins: interfered with. Not that they value the honorarium so highly as not to be willing to forego a portion, or even the whole of it, if such a course were necessary to help the Colonial Treasurer and the Colony over the stile. Their objection to abide by a result that hid been arrived at through _ chance w-as j that the honorarium is ordinarily an inadequate rather than an adequate compensation for the amount of labor and time expended by hon. members >n attending to their parliamentary duties. Nothing would plenae the Government and its followers better than to see the honorarium obliterated altogether and permanently from the estimates. Tite government of the country would then be i le'.i entirely in their hands ; for they :±r i not business men, and sacrifice little nothing whilst they might iiir.... something by being "> Wr!ltn"ton as representatives of the r con!e. There ii another and cogent reason why all advocates of Kepreaentative Government should jealously »(»rd the honorarium. In the House there are timae who, whilst the) are not absolutely needy, arc not in such easy circumstances as to be able to pay out of their own pockets the expenses of their sojourn in Wellington f„ r a t least three months every year, in addition to the loss of business and income consequent thereon. So long a3 v»e hold to thu system of Representative Government, members of Parliament must receive some compensation for the sacrifice they mako in attending to their Parliamentary duties. It matters not what 3uch men ail 3lr. WafceSeld niav say. They may abuse honorable men, but they cannot sully their honor. Mr. V akeSeld, the special Parliamentary correspondent of t.ie Timarii Herald sent to his paper a report of Friday night's proceeding. In it he says all sorts of things characteristic of the man. According to him, " Mr. Hislop made a cnarae speech, nccusitig Ministers of caring only for their own 11, ay," for which he got a " good dressing I fruui the Premier. e think th.it there is a good deal of truth in what 3lr. Htalop said. If the finances of the Colony are in such a terrible plight as Major Atkinson represent.-, ho should 'shown hts patri'itissn by announcing ts«« of and colltswue-'' t-' votimtariEy sitbmit t'* a redtictiiiU ot* vhrti safari.'* by a few thousands. Even tuu ri-»tut«H'l amount wottld W far tou a price for the Colony to pay for stub services as Ministers are now rendering. Then we have n»» d»ttbt those who now nlijtvfc to the reduction of the honorarium nf members would object no longer. V> e i-anrvot allow another remark in the report .if the member for Genddine to pass v. ittinrjt enmmcHt. He says that Mr. Ili.-ilop tiwde a "whining reply" to the Premier's castration- Althowgh Mr. Waketield shotthi bv- a good jttdgo of th - meaning of ] the wnrd whining, for he his frequently 'tvmoEistrated to the llouso nnd the country that he is an adept in the art of eatiny'the leak, we think that he is tuis-. ! taken in his oi the remarks of ! the member for Waitaki, or he has been exercising another peculiarity in which I he exeets —that of perverting the truth. ! Mr. \V;if<efield's remarks are most damagI ttii» to himself, his paper, and the Colony. | They are miworthy of a man professing j t» be a gentlettran, and, coming as they do i from a pillar of the Government, they are ! ealcrtlated to create false impressions | which will work much mischief to the ( CUU3« of good government. i