Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] THURSDAY, JUNE 29,1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4457, 29 June 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] THURSDAY, JUNE 29,1893.

In the Liberal camp there are ttvo potentates, the crowned King, Mr Seddon, and the uncrowned King, Sir Robert Stout. That the latter is not quite prepared to follow the former is,apparent by his akence from the Liberal caucus this. week. He is fully sensible of his prestige as un exPremier, and that he was chosen by the late Mr Batlance to guide party. The crowned monarch h not quite the man to give way to Sir Robert. He is displaying more backbone tlian even bis colleagues gave him oreuil for. Mr Cadman n.iid the other day that his position as a Minister would be determined by the party; but Mr Seddon has not relegated it to the party, but decided the issue, very prooeily, in Cabinet, Then it is'said that on the labour question the Pretrier Ins been trore outspoken than Labour members like, but here again- Mr Seddon puts his foot down and means to lead and not to follow his party. Of course, there will be discontented men amongst the Liberals, and these will gather round Sir Robert. The division in the par<y will last probably till the General Election comes round and then it will be a factor in deciding the contest. In many electorates a follower of Sir Robert Stout * ill, be found fighting a follower of'-Mr Beddbn. Sir Robert Stout, by under- ■■ taking charge of the "DireottVeto ; Bill" has pieced himself at the head of tho Temperance party in New JZea- i land and if as some believe, this party ' w, numerically, growing into the > strongest 'political . factor in, the : Colony, the position of Sir Robert is ; a standing menace to'the supremacy '' of Mr Seddon, At the coming general . election tbero will- probably be an J fceiage of two or three Liber;! t

candidates in every electorate. Not only will there be differences : on the mora of leadership, but the position of an MB.R, with a fixed monthly salary ia now so good''that uny impecunious Liberal who thinks bo has a chance will cot in for the f.keof ihe loaves and fishes. It is also becoming ev> iy day more apparent that tbe Government have fail-d to solve the unemployed difficulty. An intelligent member of tbischwi who was in our ofSce yesterday, and who has put in bis lime bitterly travelling tbe country, said fo t'S, " If it were not for the help given by thestaiion-owners, men in the country would starve." Can the Governmen deny tliat it is tbe much mnligned station holders, and not their Labour Bureau which keeps thousands of men from starvation, Though, outwaidly, the Ministerial pany is strong and vigorous, it would almost appear that it is coming to tbe end of its tether, and that it will not survive at the coming general election.