, 1891-06-20

or admit of no authority on the part Of Gov
ernment to say in what way the Councils
Members shall, or shall not discuss q matter
before them. But as already said, the request
should have been met from the Chair, by the
action Of the Chair, he had never seen the
Councils Members called on to decide between
the Government and the Chairman. He would
also repeat that he could not see allowing for a
moment that His Excellency's request could be
entertained-how the Committees Report
could be discussed except in it's entirety under
the Budget. and that we on such discussions
alter or not alter the Report when making it a
basis for our memorial to the Minister. 1t
looks very strange that we should be asked to
do otherwise. There are a great deal Of
amendments to be disposed Of we might not
have time to discuss these in their connection
with the Budget and then turn back anddiScuss
the Committees Report over again, for the
sake Of the Memorial. If we have to postpone
this last named item, while the Budget is des-
patched, it would look very strange, when
Governor Arendrup comes back to see the
Budget passed, but the Representations not
needed from the Committee or not put II &C
ton when the Council itself had called for
them. As he is Speaker of the Committee,
and was absent last Meeting at the time the
question of the letter came on, he had had no
opportunity to introduce the Report nor to ex-
press himself as to that letter, But he thought
that the Council decidedly should support the
Committee.
The Chairman The honorable Bid Member
for Frederiksted's Country District GIewitt)
had in his remarks c%cnsurcd the Chair for not
at once refusing to comply to he request in the
Governments Letter under discussion. If the
Member will read the Rules Of Business, he
will see that it is left entirely to the Chair
man whether he will decide such questions or
leave them to the decision of the Council. I'm
this instance he had failed to see what benefit
the Council could derive by discussing the
Committees report in it's entirety under the
head of the Budget; other Members could see
it. and therefore he had left it to them to de-
eide the question, therefore he had put it be-
fore the Council. He had said it before, and
he would say it now again, that he was unable
to discern the difference that would be made to
the Councils aims in that respect if any
light had dawned on him IN that direction, he
would as leave have changed his view In
that direction; but it was not 50.
Bird Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (He0jtt) would beg to call attention
to the Committees Report where a large num-
Der of amendments are proposed and the eX-
plantations on them are in the Committees
Report itself; if we separate them we would
be at a loss to explain them as well as to Judge
ofthe measures we propose to remedy the de
fects more permanently than can be done by
amendments for this year. 1t would be diff
cult to separate the two matters, and 1t would
be wasting still more time.
9TH Crown Member (Richter) would say that
the question is if the Committee had not gone
TOO far in brin ging forward not only such pro
p0sals as are good and useful Ia discussing the
budget. bat also such as would involve great
alterations in other existing Laws, even the
Colonial Law it is the Colonial Council who
has to decide if the Committee has thus gone
too far; it will be the Councils responsibility
if when discussing the Budget, we take more
or further measures under consideration than
we are at liberty to do. Therefore he found it
but right to leave it to the Council to decide
how the discussions are to be; and to stand
by the Committee or not. He personally was
Of opinion that there is too much in the Report
and that the Council cannot we'll accept it all
it seems however that there is a Majority of
another opinion; but it still remains to see, if
that is right.
LIST Grown Member (Quin): 1t seemed also
to him that there is too much in the Commit
tees Report; but he could not blame the Com
mittee. It will be remembered that when the
proposal ,.for the Committee was before the
Council, he had abstained from voting, and on
anouirv from the honorable Chairman, he had