The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3915, 17 September 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1891.

That clever writer in the New Zealand Times, who, during the present session, has given, from day to day, graphic pen and ink sketches of the sayings and doings of the Hou3e of Representatives, has recently made an occasional visit to the Legislative Council, and added the salient features of thi' chamber to bis interesting notes. The author of the sketches Las a light but accurate touch, and perhaps no one reproduces more vividly than himself the characteristics of the politicians assembled in Wellington. He is evidently nopa'ty man,displays no bias or preference, and may be considered a reliable authority on the way the legislative machinery works in the Empire City. It is very significant that his notes on the Upper House show that theLegislative Council is immeasurably superior, as a working body, to the House of Representatives. In the former, there is no waste of time, no party struggle, no log-rolling, no obstructions, no tomfoolery. Its members attend strictly to business, improve the crude mea Biirea sent up to them from the Lower House, look at every question from a broad standpoint and save the slipshod legislation of the House of Representatives from becoming a pub* lie scandal and disgrace. In the Lower House the bulk of the members are unfitted by insufficient training, by deficient education, and even by inadequate intelligence from performing legislative work efficiently. In the Upper House the bulk of the members are picked men, who possess an aptitude, experience and culture, which compensates, in a great measure, for the deficiencies of the other chamber. The raw political apprentices abound in the Lower House, making as much noise as if they were doing the work ef giants, but the silent workers amongst the Lords are the real journeymen, who are doing justice to the Colony and earning the gratitude of settlers, It is they who are really protecting the best interests of the Colony by correcting the innumerable blunders perpetrated in tbe Lower House.