HUMILIATING.
The proposal of the Prime Minister, to invite a Royal Clomimdiasion to sit laganin amid revise its decision, isi'mply iheoaiuse its finding does not .suit the .majority of ranem'biers of the Housle of •Bjepa'esenftotivieis, is ono of tlhe aruost Jiuaniliating that has been made in.' |ih© history of coinistiuttiionial goViernmient in thiis Pooniiinlion'. _ The very idjea of .sudh a is Galbertiatn itn. its grotasqueniem Hea-e wlas_ a properly constituted Royal Oom,misslbn, viei&ted with itihe powers of a. Supreme Court Judlge to ' summon amid exainiiinia wdtniesseis, taking .all itibte evidemce proourable, and then .'a/rniving at a<. deoiislipni. It is now (priaatdoailly as'ked to alter tihat diecisaon, heauisie it does not suit. It was lain Irisih liegliisiattor wlhb once said, "Thlem'is my isemtimientis—of tlhey don't suit they cam alftieired!" Sir Joseph; Ward is intent upon history repeating itself. But at wihat cost? The self-respect of both EaHiiaMiient and. the; Royal Oommissiion.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10415, 8 September 1911, Page 4
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150HUMILIATING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10415, 8 September 1911, Page 4
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