The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4024, 30 January 1892, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1892.

We have an apt illustration now before us of the old fable of thp wan and the head—the wen thst grew so bjg that at last it claimed to be the head, and declared the insignificant head to be the wen. Tlie Hon. Mr Ballanco is the head of the Ministry, but he he? cultivated an enormous wen in the j?hap« of tfflde unionism, and this wen lias .at last spoken plainly, It has presented itself before the public as the head, and puts Mr Ballance in his proper place as the wen. It is well known .that Mr Ballance, while suffering under the delusion (hat he was the head and the trade unions the . wen, promised seats in the Legists tive Council to certain people—compacts have been made in which, on the one side, certain services have been rendered;,and, on the oilier, appjjntments have been promised as the payment 'Of', 'he same, Before, however, the pledges given iij°? ' J6on redeemed; the trades unions step in and Hay" we have to bo consulted in this matter, it is for us to make the appointments, please bear in mind Mr Ballnnce that we are the bead ' and you are the wen!" Even Mr J3allance's political opponents must feel sorry fpr him, for when was a Premier ever in such a plight before I He has virtually to take up a position either as wen or head. He can hardly be happy as a wen even with a thousand a year and liberal house and travelling allowances. He must have some red blood in him and will scarcely be contented to descend from his pedestal and become a mere excrescence of the trades unions, He would be forpsprn if he has made promise's whioli tlie'real head yili not allow him to fulfil, and if Messrs jJ.elhcoe and Co,, who are supposed tp have been the recipients of his pledges, are left out in the cold the wen will have a had tip of it. Ifpn the other band lie reminds tlie .JJnions that they ?,rc tho wen apfl hp is tlie head his lease of power is gone. Perhaps he way,.adopt,some middle course and divide (he nominations to iheLegislatiYe Council with tlie Trade Unions; but even this will;only be a temporary salvation, Mr Ballance ultimately must be either head pr'pn ant) possibly does not quite taw, at the present.time which he really is. It is evident, however,; that the Trades Onions have not the slightest doubt about what are, and in, a i sharp, menacing tone'they are presenting themselves before 1 the public as the head, . V