, 1881-07-27

position appeared to nm TO be brighter
and not at all hopeless; with the continued
assistance of the Mothercountry we may
hope to overcome all difficulties.
4th Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (Latimer) said he felt somewhat
astonished at the result of the vote on the
proposal for a Committee; and he had
never, during his long time of service as
Member of this Council, on any occasion
seen the vote of the Council taken on the
appointments of q Budget-C Committee at
the samestime as on that of q Building Com.
mittee; the two votes were always taken
separately, the Budget-Committee first.
Perhaps the whole decision of the Council
might he attributed to the ardour Of new
Members, and the strength of the Treasury
Bench. But he could not otherwise than
look upon these discussions on the aspects
of the zines. calculated from the figures of
the budget. as merely so much loss of time.
After what has transpired, we ought not
to retard the budget, but to speed it Oh to
its final destination as hastily as possible.
The motives that had actuated some
Members TO wish for a Committee to go
through our public economy. have not
been sufficiently stated but explanations
seemed supert1uouS, as they are already on
the Councils records. They have, low
ever, partly been limited at to-day, and in
reference to what the President had said
about the way TO bring in matters needing
public consideration, he would only say
that there is a great draw back in small
communities, where ali know each Othe",
and where it becomes a delicate matter for
asingle individual to touch on an individu-
al matter, without exposing himself to the
i'll will cf others. whose in crestS are
connected, or whose ties are bound up
Nritl, fbo N offap Hnpn Nra baVa a n,,hljp
body, with whom no one can interfere in
its expressions on public affairs, etc
Other countries do not labour under this
draw back.
Tie Chairman, with regard o the remarks
from the last Speaker about the motion tOr
= committees having been put TO the vote
collectively, would point out that that was
done at the movers own request, and
aereeably to the contents Of his proposal
for d Committee OF . Member on the
Budget and a Committee of 4 members
on the Money Bill for Building Expenses.
But he had no objections to allow the
proposal for a Committee on the Building
Repairs TO come oniagain as a neWprOpOSal.
4th Member for Frederikstcd'S Country
District LatjmerI proposed that that
part OF the Money Bill to item ID which
deals with BuildingRepairs be referred to a
Committee of + members , for Christian
sted and . for FrederikStedi An invts igA-
ton Of tie building expenses is necessary
now more than ever. AS items hat require
some further going investigation AMI re-
port, he would mention Il @ CuStOmhouse at
FIcderikSted and the alterations to be
made along the beach in Frederikstcd.
The Chairman confined the discussions
to the question of appointing such Il
Committee on the Building Works.
3rd Member for ChriStianSted (Lemmlngl
was II little astonished at seeing this
motion for a Building Committee introduce.
ed again: it had evidently already been
decided by the Council and lost, as the small
Ter Committee was of course incllded III the
larger. AS for the instances alluded to
by the honorable mover, he believed that
it could only be considered as a petty
committee on petty matters. But to delay
this Budget for the sake of such petty
matters would, from the reasons already
advanced, not BIO recommendable and
he would beg to impress on the minds Of
honorable Members that from all the argu-
ments we ave heard, it would be still
more wrong to delay the despatch OF the
Budget by appointing this Committee.
The Chairman observed that the original
proposal from 4th Member for Frederik-
sted's Country Dis riot tLatimer) included
Swo Committees, although under one item,
and when put to The vote, Members voting
against the Budget Committee but who
would not vote against the Building Com
%1ltee, had nevertheless to do 50. The