The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. THURSDAY, NOV. 24 1887.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2399, 24 November 1887, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

THURSDAY , NOV. 24 1887.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Ol whatsoever state ot persuasion, religious or political.

Tiikkk is a criminal waste of time and public money going on in Wellington, where the business of the Legislature has been nude subordinate to the wily tactics of .Sir Julius Vogel, together with the inordinate passion, several of the people’s representatives possess for heaving the sound of their own voices on the most trivial pretest that presents itself. The policy of the small Vogelitc faction appears to be to harass the Government in every way, in order to so interfere with the progress of Parli nnentary business, that, as th-y fondly hope, tii Julius Vogel liny return to cilice by forcing a coalition The man’s inordinate vanity and craving for the sweets and emoluments of oilicc Mind him apparently to the fact that the country has emphatically refused to hav<him at any price; and not only him, but also bis policy and all his works, lie has already, in defiance of the clearly-expressed demand of the country for every possible reduction in the cost ot administration, wasted a week of valuable time, each day of which costs the revenue iMOO ; and he is evidently heut upon wasting yet more of the time of the House. On Tuesday he notified his intention of moving for a revision of the tarilf, carefully ignoring the fact that two of his own tariffs in succession have been rejected by the Legislature and country. .His action on the present occasion had not the approval of his own parly, and was undertaken without consulting his supporters. The Premier promptly treated the course proposed by Sir.Julius Vogel as a want-of-eonlideuec motion, as it traversed the policy of the (ioTornment, and elected to settle the matter there mid then without delay. This generalship on the part of the Premier surprised .Sir Julius and one or two of his immediate satellites, who thereupon assumed an air of injured virtue and a desire to aid the Government in their measures. After a long discussion and the loss of a day, Sir Julius \ ogel offered to withdraw his resolutions, but Major Atkinson refused to accept this,being determined to obluin an expression of opinion from the House on the ijuesuoii, and moved an adjournment till the following day, which was carried hy JO to 02.