THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1907. THE THREATENED DISSOLUTION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8529, 7 September 1907, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1907. THE THREATENED DISSOLUTION.

It is, perhaps, to be somewhat regretted that whatever prospect there may have been of a dissolution of Parliament, it is now an incident of the past. The telegram from our Parliamentary correspondent, which is published elsewhere, makes it clear that the Government party are a fairly happy family, and that those members who differed from the Ministry in regard to an unimportant detail of the Tariff Bill, are in no way disposed to be disloyal to the Govern- | ment, and have no desire to forswear ' their allegiance to the Premier. I Opinions may differ as to whether i the attitude which the Premier has adopted in regard to the tariff revis- ' ing measure, namely, regarding it as a party measure, is a proper one, but it cannot be denied that he has "scored" in relation to the firm stand that he took when the vote adverse to the Government was recorded on Wednesday night. Owing to the incidents connected with one question and another, there is reason to suppose that the Government

party is getting somewhat "out of hand," but however much this may be the case, the Premier has strengthened his position in the country,, and his control over his party, by boldly opposing any scheme to prevent the passage of the Tariff Bill in a form other than that favoured by the Ministry. The present session has now lasted for some time, it has been of a wearisome character, and, so far, on the whole, we should say, unprofitable to the country. The Tariff JBill "incident" will, it is to be hoped, tend to stimulate interest and lead to more vigorous and energetic action in political affairs. There is a great deal of work yet to be done —to accomplish even a portion of what the Premier has promised—but if more

expedition be not shown by Parliament, members, as the Premier hinted the other day, would have to sit until Christmas and return to "labour" after the New Year, that is if any considerable amount of work is going to be got through, but we know very well that the session will be finished before Christmas whether Parliament has done its work or not, and this haphazard, desultory, "go-as-you-please" style of legislating will continue until the people demand a change for the better.