The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3653, 4 November 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1890.

After keeping the Colony in suspense (or some six.' montns, Sir Robert Stout espressos his intention not to re-enter Parliament, but lie leaves his reasons'for this decision to be conjectured by the public. Tho explanation ho has given throws very little light on the'eourse he has taken, but tins is iiosurprise, It is his fate as a lawyer to be always representing some fiend, even, the worst type of demon, the book fiend, as an angel of light, op depicting nn angel of light as a satanip cwwikh He has become an accomplished aotprjn his profession, and even when he is out of Court it is not easy to determine when he is acting or when be is in earnest. On the present occasion we are at a loss to interpret his manifesto, for why should he have kept us on :tenter hooks so long! Why should lie have been courting politicians, and being courted by them if• raany reasons stood 'in the way of bis re-entry to public'life ?' It would almost appear as if the collapse of the labor party liad"brought about the situation. Sir Eobert Stout bad fought its battle, he had used his legal acumen to shew that striking and boycotting did nc] asgend from. Sheol, but was a 6oi ; t of manna which descended from above, and no doubt he hoped to ride back to. power on the back of the party with'which lie identified himself, ft is natural to su'pppsp that when on the eve of an ' }ie" ■ finds this party broken np and scattered, he himself would prefer to wait a more convenient season for reentering political life. Sir Eobert Stout is y.ery astute, and his refusal to come fprwaiii.' that he anticipates defeat for his party at the j general election. ■ We regret to see I a politician of his ability standing upon one side, but we do not think the colony loses much by bis withdmwal, The man who glorified boycotting, carefully bjdjng its horns, hoofs and tail, is not the uian to be Premier of New Zealand. As for his principles, did ho not when he had to choose between them and a knighthood ciutijl) Q.t the latter and let the former go?''' If liewjlj not come forward to lead his friend? when they are in trouble and adversity he is not worthy of regret, ■•.;':'."

The Wellington done Mr Henry Bunny a ba| turn by representing bini as'a politician of colonial tfpwtflfipn, whos.e past ,s,er: vices W aadl.yfprc.ing few words which otlief syjseVp BJjdjifg have left unsaid. It Is oiif d»ty bo deny tho contention that. the.Wilis rarnpa . would serve Hie "colonpty returning a colonial representative;, to the legislature in the' person of Vt Bunny, nud-. meeting a more Jocal cti»4Ulate I»kp A»r

Buchanan, Woonouosido contend ~mt. Mr Bu-chsMii'B little finger' cairies iuoic weight and respect inrougbftut the colony that Mr Henrv i Bnnny'a wholo body. When eight yeais ago Mr Henry Bnnny retned I fiom Paniament what u.is his \e- ' piitation?. We givotho answer in a Purliauientury skotch which appeared { If'. W. 'Ms i» ,Hje, Obi>g''H| I Urn, a. sketch which the' editor of i«o •.Wellington Eiiminy Posf will ] recognise as truthful, however reluctant be may be to admit the -fidelity ( of the portrait,'" •:'''.'' : - ' "And now (o oonolude the part of tlio subject with the greatest of the dofeatcd - Henry Bunny to wit; Bunny tho irrcpres- ' Bible, ejected from a Wcnty-year-okiseat, j Mr Bunny will bo missed, be will bo very much missed. He .will not bo missed in tho arena itself, but rather in what may ho ojllcd - the sideshows, all of which ho pervaded,'and where be was omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. Ho was n f entlier. weljjlit oraloficolJy, but was a consummate rovolVcr of logs, It has been well said of him that as a speaker he rushed blindly in where angels teared to tread, and, as ho was never listened to in the House, ho preferred to retreat to Bellamy's to wasting breath on a quorum reading nows. papers. Through: king a Wellington resident, assumptive in disposilion.and long its Chairman, lit Bunny grew and grewitill he was tho House Committee, and was O'.nstitationarautodratin everything relating to" r tho. comfort-and cottvenierico of members," It is' thu'sho Ayijlloi&issed, for right worthily did .he uKa'rge the sovereignty by which' he had won fame, He was an admirable mitre d'klcl, for his yigilanco ami-energy wss unwearying. No one would listen to hinvin the House, but a waiter would quake, at his fipwn, and;a' ; cook tremble at hisnod, Mr Bunny was tho aquara peg in thoaqnaro ojifioo, andhiß absence will be felt in various ways. -What is the great offioerat Constantinople 'who taste's everything plaoed Jie'foro.th'e jSultan to detect p isbn ?—it lhiiy ibo" thq;.Grariil i Vizier, but I think it is tho Chamberlain. Mr Bunny was Chamberlain to the Sultan; of New Zealand-not to discover, but to intercept inferior brands,' His "taste was ■' infallible; Bollamy's liquors were tho best in the Colony.. It was always understood that Mr Bunny sampled every cask and case before tho receipt was signed; and certainly no bad drink was : cver served, So great was his fame that no caricature was over drawn of him without glass in hand, Tho artist would as soon have pourtr'aj'ed ' Neptune with no trident, or Britannia I lionless,- I havo luisgivMgY.whon I speculate as to who will bo thenow Chambortaiu. I occasionally lake a inodcßt quonobcr at . Bellamy's myself, and therefore feel porsonally interested. Not hut that I am '. certain there aro several members qualified for ono part of tho duty. I. know soveral whoso experiences amply fits them for tho peouliar functions of Chamberlain j but they would not do tho hard woflc of tho 1 House Committeo, And no one but'a Wellington man could fill tho office satisfaotoiily. The prudent and far-sighted i Bunny used to provide everything during r the recess, and sampled everything in timo to detect inferiorities and replacotheni. H was never caught with bad stocks on hand at tholost jnowent, And when odd reflects on tin influenco bodily comforts have on even legislative faonlties and tempers, tho 1 importance of tlwofftoe of Cbamborlain to ' the Assembly will be apparent, and its r filling will be watched a"s a subject of anxiety, If it oould but be known how many "little bills" Mr Bunny helpod indirectly to pass, and how many roads and bridges were voted on dinners of his proI viding, I verily believe the hat would go { round the country to roiso him a statue, or ■ an annuity to replace his honorarium."