Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1874.] FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1895. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5194, 29 November 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1874.] FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1895. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

■d Coming events cast their shadow ic before, and the coming event in tli political world is the decease of tli Soddon Ministry, Mr Seddon ha recently visited the Middle Islan and his reception there was sullicien to indicate even to him that his pros tige in the country is gone. At th _ great banquet which followed th' Cliristchurch Show, Ministers wer coldly welcomed, whereas men lik Sir John Hall and Mr Rollcston wer enthusiastically cheered, Thorolm been a cliaugo of feeling toward " tho Ministry in the' Middle Island where their big majority lies, th tide has turned, and Mr Seddon nov has to hold his own against it. H has too, some difficulty to reconstruc _ his Cabinet so that it will strengthei his position. He cannot adequatel' replace Sir Patrick Buckley in thi Upper House, and it is understooi ( that he has failed in nn effort ti secure Sir Wcstby Percoyal as i } colleague _ in lion of Mr jjeoves The appointment of any member o tho party iii tho present Houso, wil undoubtedly be attended by heart burnings, The Post seems to thinl that Mr Seddon will, early nex 1 - session, bring'about a dissolution . and go to the country on a big loar policy. A considerable number ol liis followers'are known to bo it I favour of borrowing, and if a bip loan would put new lifo in a moii Irand Ministry, Mr'Seddon might be induced to abandon the cherished principle on which ho has hitherto traded. The cards have to bt shuffled somehow, and tho situation changed, or Mr Seddon's lease oj power will certainly terminate. The feeling against his present Cabinel 1 and rule, grows day by day, through, out the Colony, and at the next general election, it may be expected to bo simply overwhelming,