The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 658, 27 July 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Eiualand exact justice to nl! men, Oi whatever state or periuauou, religioui or political • • • • • Here nball the Preii th» Pkoi'Lß'u right maintain, Uiifiweil b> influence and uubribcd by gain.

VHURSDAY JULY 27. 1876.

A xoticbajli feature in the pre*ent Sr»-i>n of Parliament lim ben the difficulty of obtaining am thing like ieliible news, either of the position of parties, or of the probaole iution of aepaiatosecitons, on »ome point common to their rereral interests, whioh would give » oomm»nding nujarity eith«r to the G-ov«rncn«nt or tho Opposition. Party freluig outside the Home mm high, apd the trtt» of Aew Zealand has not tliown itielf tquil to the occasion. We look iv vuin, tiul merely lor cool dis])aisionate mf rinntiou, such*i the public as a right to expect fro tn leading juuriitils ou eithor side, but, evuri for any poliu ai iiuuliigeuc» whatever *vbieh it not cjjkoH ami «Ctt*ono<l t.< tho tist« of tue particular party fur Mb. s se delectation and information it it inteudou. TliO tame ?n>nt4 and circumstances detai'od in an opp >sit on journal hire qu to a differont MgniikaMon when we read if them in the columns of a paper which supports the Government, and vice verw ; »<> that tue public ut a dutmnc ', and the Provincial pus*, where the l»ti or hiis vox, pma'e menu* ol put ting lticlf cut fait ia cuoh matter*, i^ left to grope in th« d.irlt, and cau ouly be wue a'ler the erenl. No doubt this u cauioi a great deal bj the fact tb.it party quei lions hare not b.en settled ou (he floor of the LivUf* iv open <leb»t«, but m cnucuies, of (he proceeding! of which tun pron can obu.n none but tuch informa uon «• U suits the interest of patty to m>ke koown. A correspondeut iroui Welling on, writing upon this, stjle of thiDgn to the ' tract,' ta/a :— ' All is logrelllQ(? — » confuted vorlet of nurrowmiud«d parties, eJdjing round two or ihrse Supjiinlsndent*. Xhe Mini? try are comittent, and prefer to risk their seats rather than be f»Ue to their pledge re tue Land Fund. Ihne provinces, Canterbury, OtafiO, and AucLland are like three gieat ti'ecna'ira (jambleis, scheming to swiudle all other smaller ones, and then rob the banks. 'lhe danger in, the gumbler* will be mutually suspicious, niid cut each other's throats. Of cour»e, Auck aud will be atMvsiuated first in such a cat*. Nerfr h*» been so muob Profincial log-rolling siuce repreuentu ire mslitutions bx'gan in New Zealand. 'JaWeton'* famous prophecy about the proiiucial candle going out with a stink, will be fulfilled. Hie Opposition are •heady arranging billets, and proaiUing support. Bee. wauu to be Minuter ot Ju.uooj Mr Begder Wood Colonial L'reußurer. Billet* £u*ore are projaucd all ruunti.' • Since the above wa« in type, our telcgiauu hare turmshed u- with au instance in point, lhe reported wuhuwwril by Mr Whitaker of hid Land i'uuJ ibotiuu^ »tM, as ut tike tiDio w* biliered it and stated our belief in it to be, a canard. The member loi Wmkato, as we predicted, hus no; abandoned them. He pledged himself at Cambridge, tlmt he would piopo^e and curry to tue end the resolution wliich now Hands ia hi» uame. Ue al»o st&teu thati he believed Se ar*t\on to be a finantial linpo sibnity. We are, there■ore, glad to find that hii pledge to his coiidDtufDts will be iully redeemed, a>id we beiioTe that las opiuion iv reference to the intltor ot Separutun will be fouud to be squally couaneut.