, 1874-10-14

given the declaration agreeable to special
instructions from the Government.
1St Member for Frederiksted Country Dis
triot (F2emimg) thought that as the matter
has once been brought before the Council,
it would be best to afford other LENDERS
besides the 5 proponents an opportunity to
express themselves and this he could not
consider unoOurteous.
4th Member fer Christiansted's Country Dis
triot Z. FarreHyI had often heard complaints
outside that nothing is done by the Council
or its Committees for the good of the Country,
and that whenever proposals for retrenchments
are made, they are hastily withdrawn. There
had scarcely been any necessity this year for a
Committee on the Budget; but it was decided
to have it; now when it makes a simple
proposal, and one as plain as possibly could
be, Members wish it withdrawn. He could
not do that.
The Chairman vacated his seat to the Vice
Chairman.
lst Member for Frederiksted (SQrQuwJ said
that this proposal had been long published and
must have come to His Excellency the Chief
Governors knowledge; if he considered it rot
necessary that it should come to vote, he !aight
long since have written to the Presidency to
inform the Council that within the time named
VIZ III ia QueSllJU WOulQ UG submitted I: ana
that would have ended the whole matter.
End Member for Christiansteds Country Dis
trict (RosenStand) said, that some of the re-
marks he intended to make had become super
fuous after the observations from the last
Speaker. He could not see there could be any
lncOurtesy to adopt an address on this subject
to the Government. The proposal has been on
the Order Of the Day for a long time he could
not suppose that the Presidency had not writ
ten the Government on the subject, and he could
not suppose that the Government should not
have needed the proposal so that it had been
fully IN the hands ofthe Government to "forestall
the adoption of an address, if there we're any
thing unpleasant to the Government to receive
It. This therefore should not influence the
Council in its vote. If however the proposal
was meant simply as a reminder to the Govern
ment, the object has been achieved after the de
c~laratl0n given to-day, and, as said By the homo
rable 1st Member for Frederiksted (Sarauw)
the proposal could consistently be withdrawn.
But if it be tie wish to 20 further, there must be
a formal address, which should not be worded In
such very general terms as this proposal is
w0rded. If it is to be of any assistance or use
to the Government, the address must clearly
define the way in which it is thought that the
Branches of the administration may most suita-
bly, be rem0delled, re0rganized and simplifod
so that not after addressing the Government
the Councils Members shall be found widely
differing in their opinions on the most effective
organisation while the Government has a
right to expect when the Council repeatedly
calls for retrenchments and reorganization that
the Council alall also be able 10 shew where
they can be made, that the Council can afford
the Government that assistance in the legisIa-
tive work, which it is duty as we'll as It's right
to render. But on the whole, the Councils
Members take their duties pretty easy, and
they too often forget that the Council is not in
existence merely for the purpose Of criticising
the Government, but also for the purpose of
sharing in the legislative work, that the Mem.
bers themselves can take The initiative. The
honorable End Member for Frederiksted's Coun-
try District (Latimer) had alluded to the con-
tents of a report from a Commission. wherein
certain plans are contained for a future orcanisa-
ton butt was very excusable if amid the
large number of reports and suggestions of
that description, any individual one should es-
cape the memory of Members and at all
events, if an address is to be adopted, it must
be framed in more definite terms, which must
indicate to the Government the nature and ex-
tent of the reforms etc. asked for to frame q
draft of such an address, on which the Council
would then have to agree, it would be neoes-
sary to have q Committee, or to commit 1t to
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