The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4805, 3 June 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1884.

The pi rot upon which turns the wheel of our political fortune is being worked with much vigor. No one sees what the out-: come of our state will be. The party in power are treading lightly o'er the ground ; the Opposition is feeling its way, and what may be termed a third party is insidiously working to an end which we think will result in a combination likely to upset the plans of both parties—if parties they may be called. There can be no possible doubt that were the re« cognised principles of Government carried •ut in the colony, uq such condition of what may be termed colonial disorganism would exist in our land. We have no party lines, things necessary to good government. We have no patriotism displayed. We have no single-mindedness in public men. The land of our adoption is forgotten. The study of the people's interests from many points of view is neglected. The grab-ail spirit is prominent in '■" the race for wealth "which the members of our Ministry are,apparently running, and it is about time they were reminded that their elevation to their present positions was not without a reason. The selfishness which-is not unreasonably attributed to politicians, seems to regulate their actions, otherwise we would know no dissension when the simple matter of political ability is made a factor when leaders are being sought. We anticipate a troublous time in the coming session, but the result of it will, more than probably, £be satisfactory. A combination is more than! likely to take place between the recently elected Mr .Richardson, 'and the almost certain^to-be elected Sir Julius Vogel, and with the assistance of the moderate members of the House—who might almost' be called the middle party—there is little doubt that such an amalgamation will have some power, and it is very considerably beyond an impossibility that such an' eventuality will dawn nest session. There certainly is the probability of the wily Major enlisting Sir Julius in his cause, and thug rescuing his portfolio from annihilation, from an Afckinsoniau point of view. The prestige gained by the venturesome knight, who with all good intent plunged New Zealand into debt as deep almost as she is, might pull the present mouldy administration through, but it would, as far as we can see, taks a great deal of plaster ;to cover the interstices in their walls. A change is certain to come, and the only question left to our representatives is what form shall it take ? Are we to go on borrowing ? Are we to keep on Jnereasing our taxation? Are we to maintain our present Civil Service expenditure—ruinous as it is? Are we to recognise the fact that we are living beyond our means 9 Are we to allow those who secure power to regulate their own self-satisfactory remuneration'? In fact; are we to live within our mean3J? The coming session will give bur representative.l? #v .opportunity of replying to these all-absorbing questions, and we ;hope they will tune their pipes according to these notes.