The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-27

same JlIne 10 express ltS SUTOnS us |
approval of the way in which the
Government has administered the
law at Broken Hill"
The debate on the motion, com
plicated as it was by the two amend
! ments, lasted over two weeks, seven
sittings of the Assembly being occu-
pied for the purpose. The sittings
indeed were not unduly prolonged,
except on the last day, when the
House sat for over 25 hours. AL
together nearly rs hours were occu-
pied over the discussion, or an aver
age of II hours each night. In all
81 members, four of whom addressed
the House twice, SPOKE, the average
length of speech being thus some 81
minutes.
On the last amendment the results
were: for the Ministry, 80 against 81;
on the second amendment, for the
Ministry 50 against 50, and on the
main motion, for the Government, 6S
against "a, with not voting and 4
paired.
In commenting on the results of
this and the question as to whether,
in face of such evidence that the
Ministry had merely kept their seats
by the temporary aid of those OPP
posed to them, the Sydney Morning
Herald, the most influential journal
in New South Wales, makes use of
the following language in its issue
of September 18th, which our legis-
lative Solons here would do we'll to
lay to heart and extract the moral of
, But Parliament exists not merely
. to discuss party and constitutional
issues between the Ministry and the
Opposition. 1t exists to transact
t the business of the country. Its
) work in this respect must this ses-
: sion be performed under serious dis
, advantages. The session opens at a
3 late, an improperly late, period of
1 the year. The measures enumerated
| in the opening speech as to be sub
: mitted to it would, according to the
a rate at which business is despatched
1 in the New South Wales Parliament,
: occupy session of some years un-
5 interrupted duration.
J.. Even if what we optimistically
call the Indispensable business is
: alone taken into account, this pro
t vides work for several months of un-
a remitting labor. 1t is desirable that
: this should be entered upon as soon
V as possible. In any case now we
; must be in the fourth week of the
a session before the first measure of
r actual work can be touched. This
r is deeply discouraging beginning,
9 and it will be we'll if this stage of
b unproductive discussion be ended at
: the earliest possible moment. Some
/ thing may be done in this way with
d out any weakening of the forces of
Y attack by the limitation of the
: speeches to the essential elements of
the situation, and by stunning as
far as may be any needless repetition
of arguments which have already
: been used. We admit that experience
of parliamentary procedure makes
plC CAlIlV55lou vi any lopo VI
kind appear extravaganza; but there
h are two reasons why in the face OF
S this despondent reflection we venture
S to express the hope, nevertheless.
= One is, the lamentably backward
= state of public business, which is a
g cause of grave and growing concern;
l and the other is the intensifying
l. feeling of distrust and despair with
r which the people of his colony are
:, coming to regard the operations of
Il their Parliament as an institution
g which every year is becoming more
e impotent, and more incapable of
: OF performing the work for which it
y is brought into existence.
y 1t will be seen, too, that there the
: main thing thought of was not sail
S ing into power by the aid of votes
t given for reasons which were inimical
l. to the carrying on of good govern,
e ment by any party or from personal
a animosity or objection to the alleged
: illegal actions of any Minister. For
! if this were the case the Govern,
: ment would have been defeated on
S each count of the indictment against
: them. There the first thing looked
r. to was the maintenance of law and
/, order, and party and personal feeling
and love of Office were laid aside
Here the reverse took place and, by
e an unholy alliance, Reform and Re
t bellion, gilded by corruption anG
/ greed of Office, proceeded to con
! demnation of the Ministry who's,
refutation of its alleged and falls,
n accusations was thorough and un
II contradicted.