, 1893-04-15

we have to exert every nerve TO keep apace
with other sugar growing countries; We can
not DO it now only by pc. severing attention
to skilled agriculture and 10 improved in Wu-
facture Of the produce can we hop or rxp"ct
to be able to hold our own il we are 10 eln-
tiuue being depressed with agI avatias)y
high taxes to meet The 9verblrth32iAg all
ministrativr expenses, We ctnuot expect TO
hold our owD. And we can't expect Things
TO be better as long as We 90 on with the
public finances in "A bankrupt state. for GER
tainly when yon have more expenses to meet
than money to ger, and you have no other re,
sources. that is insolvency. 1t would be quite
contrary to all rational thinking to expect
the Council to 60 in for the continuance of
this state of things, and as we cannot get any
thing better, let us not by our vote give Il
continuance to the matter. From these rea.
sons then he will go in for the Committees
recommendation On the grounds stated in
the Report.
4th Crown Member (Ditlepssnl: favourable
Members have said this is q new and extraor.
binary step, go it is; but still it is an old
complaint ut the bottom Of it, the wish to
make retrenchments. which il at the bottom
of the whole mo- ion and of the discussions
for years in the Colonial Council. The Coun-
Gil or ra her the Majority says such retrenoh-
ments can and should be made, whiie CO.
vernment says no further retrenchments can
b. made beyond those that are already made
if the ADMINISTRATION is 10 be kept UP proper
" according to Danish rules and ide ~. . He
would hot repeat all the arguments given for
and against as usual there Is Yes and No to
the question as we'll as to any other. and no
result has been arrived at in many respects.
1t is true that s IS of the Colonial Law gives
the right to the Council to vote all expenses
not fixed by laws ordinances etc. no one
questions that; but on tn other hand, 1t ap-
cared 10 him, although he is but a young
Member Of the Council, but from what he had
heard and read. 1t seems to him that the last
cl use of that paragraph has not had the same
attention as th, first, although it certainly
carries with 1t the same weight; the last
clause says thu Budgets al1 the extra rants
aie to be sanctioned BY the King even if the
Council votes ana adopts any measure, His
Maiesty's sanction is requisite ii the measure
is 10 be valid and have full force. In that
connection he would call attenti n also to ! 1,
according to which the legislative powei also
III municipal atfailS rests with the King and
the Colonial Council thus is the principal
point; the power is divided between Z parties,
and two things are requisite BIS conditions for
the existence of illegal enactment also of bud
gets. This being so, and rs the King as a mat
l6F Oh course IN nOb DOuIII 10 btliCIlOu Ill WnAL
is passed. it follows Of itself that the Royal
Resolution decides the matter, and if the
Royal Resolution refises TO sanction but that
which had existed previously. We must abide
by that. To obtain a esult he two parties
must agree; the King will not sanction without
the foregoing vote OF the Council wherever it is
required, and the Council must vote 80 that
His Majesty can sanction; both functions are
require ed. This ia the case in Europe, where
in eome countries. the power rests with 3
bodies, namely 3 Houses, the Upper and
Lower, and the Sovereign; if no agreement,
no law, underV ordinary circumstances. But
now. what is to come out of n step like that
we have before us now, that is the question ?
We are not able to settle that constitutional
question; the greatest statemsn fave not
been able to settle how it shall rightly be
settled; on both sides there have been able
men. still no fnalSettlemen could be obtain.
ed. and even constitutional changes have been
brought up. But this much is certain, if we
heie want to do business, the Council must
agree with His Majesty; to arrive at an
agreement, we have had discussions, but one
thing is certain, that the administrator must
be carried On as required by law and practice.
and to be carried on. the requisite means
must be allowed these means must be pro-
yidAd If the Council ref1eas them that is a No.