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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 48367, 28 September 1894, Page 2

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A Split in the (By Whtington, . After the Advances-to passed its final stages atthwe on Thui-aday : ihormng,,'Mr 'GK' SmHh, the member obtained leave to make a peraonal ''4 : ®M statement. Ho. claimed to.,V((&'ii||§f Liberal, but saidthat tested Christohlireh he against thewishes'of ber« of the Ministry and since v?® be had found much difficulty in iV' gaining information torn 4eadqna& ters. The other day" that a caucus of ! the convened,- and seeing lie Avas'nbt vited, ho wrote to Mr Mills, one of tho Government the omission was an overaighVor;S:| intentional; Mr Mil Is sa>v-Hinij expressed regret that it was sight; Ho requested ai reply in ivrit|ing, and was informed that owing to >| J jiis attitude towarfsthe'Grovernmeht j /bo could not be rogaried ' as a trae Liberal Now,' he had supporicd the whole of the policy measures'of ihe Government, except tliii Bf,ll. The first friction between himjS?j|j(Bß self] and Ministers arose over Larals for noV to place: it onrecorij had >been;stated in. the jg, 'Wievedr'tfe' sh^ahw|ti''^l«tiJ^^^ that their' siipportera numerous, and if they were afforded' the chance, they would gladly ftryrnj--them over to the Opposition benches. The Miliistor for Lands ."•i'v'jc might be a Liberal, but 'he shewed little conrtesy towni'ds the v ' ■'"f .tii i ' ii .

members or the party as the lernark 1 ! s , lie made that evening shewed JJ* ■TheSpeaker;Tie Hon. member '\ must not refoi' to a,previous debate ~ Well Sir, that Minister's action A before his own constituency—•i Tlio Speaker:" No reference can ""' be made to that," MrSmith then said, he desired to ! • .?-;t's» submit, that, as a' member of tho Liberal patty, /while' lie was ready.. > to support a certain policy, ho was {• ■ «.s* not prepared to snik his individuality! %?■'•■ but He warned other members, that, f if tliey preserved their ■' i fM there vfos a danger that they would "S realise similar himself, »t, Hon. J, McKenziedis^iMli__ discourtesy; but said, theHon ber kd given Mm fte « c ' o ]d I shoulder," and hcnoveriegarilcdhini as one .'of the Liberal Party. . Sir Robert Stout contended that Aliy Smith ivas a Liberal, and Mi<r Hall-Joncs and Mr Collins desm.T natod him-, an extremo radical K the latter adding, that liis colleague ™ was invariably most couitcous, and 116 ™ sorry that any bleach had occurred. ■ .- ■ ■ , jMr. Russell, themembra foi Biccarton, endorsed the opinion that Ur Smith was a Liboial, amtphnl. the right of any of tho party or its ■ leadex-s, to expel a member from the ranks in this nay. ( I Tho Premier denied that Mr' Smith was returned against tho wishes of any of the Mimstiy, and suggested, thatjif lie bad a gnevanco h ith the Minister of Education, or smy of his colleagues, he should ha\e conferred - i.-vvith them As to the cause of his exclusion fiom tho 1 saucus, he hadexaminedthe lecoi-ds 1 and he found, that up to 13th Sept iW Mr Smith had yoted no imm/ ■. than sixty times, against tho UuM roy, how then couldhobeconiiiw ' i supporter of the GovanmenfUP members for Solwyn and liianeahMa , 5 exercised a full hand, and he did'lt expect every member ol the follow the Government on every occasion, but when a member was found generally voting with tho Opposition, he could not regard him v * , ■w a friend, Tho statement that * Mimsteia desired to strengthen their '■ party, by forcing a Opposition, was too abbUix)H-~y , refutation. The Liberal ]» l a jj strong,and he would tiy tB ? so, They had no porsoMMaaL towards Mr Smith.,andHL a n prepared to, kill the jSSp^K, (laughter), but if-'Le mas | Liberal \ 1 lie must prove it, arid ju<U )ff by ' his votes in the past, hoLif „nf , been true to tho Liberal Pa|[y t "