, 1894-04-21

the Money Bills to this Budget. he wonld nro-
test each time under 81 Of the Colonial
Law; such rejection would also make Il al.
most impossible for GoNernmentin the future
TO enter upon amicable relations with the
Council, and he should have to recommend
the matter to he settled by a Resolution of
His Majesty, on the Budget for the financial
year.
Ord Grown Member Homoetz) soid -
would not have taken the word in this ,na+taT
had 1t not been for a remark from the bonor-
able Ord Member for Frederiksted's Country
instruct (HtWlti), WHO spoke of Members,
having 10 vote according TO order; the same
honorable Member had on another occasion
SAID that no conscientious man would vote
this Budget and on account of these r.ma,L~
he had asked for the word and wonld th.a
say, mat IN SO Tar as it might have been the
intention to infer that the Crown Member
OF this Conncll vote by order from Govern
ment, then he could not say whether mr. how
far Crown Members have in times mast oivon
any just reason to think or to saw So bnt
he for his part, as a Crown Member would
now beg to state that he does NOT and wonld
not vote under any pressure of any kind and
II Tor one moment any pressure. particularly
OF a moral nature, were to be brouoht IN haer
against him in his voting. he would not he
one -Four longer in the Council. he would ;f
there were or could ever be a question Of that
rather lose all, than be subject to anv nros,
sure IN his convictions. If all were likely
TO be lost to INN and nothing gained. he would
not OH a matter OF free vote, give his vote on
ORDER 41 might be true, that in days bygone
the Government here went hy the motto of
an old King We, and we alone know.
it would even seem that Government really
acted Oh that view ana he could understand
that the Colonial Council would not alwavR
be inclined to follow or to admit that End
that the Council should wish also 70 600
some OF Its views carried ont too. especially
under circumstances as they are now. when
as we are aware, also in Denmark loud criAs
are being made for re~trenchments and the
landed proprletors complain of financial diff.
cultles; and who knows if not some day wa
may be called on for a settlement of what the
community owes for expenses made bv the
home department for the colony because we
ourselves were unable to meet them? He
could understand that some such reasoninos
and considerations do intrude themselves.
The municipality is in financial respects stu
ated somewhat similarly to a young man kept
at college by his father; the Young man il
told by his father that he must live we'll and
be we'll dressed the son says all right to
that but he cannot meet his expenses. he
has to spend more than he is in receipt of: he
gets In deht; writes to his father that he
cannot pay what he owes; that he can't go on
as hitherto; to which the father saws, 90 on.
l will pay for you so long. But the young
man alter going on, comes to reflect that he
owes very much, he has a heavy debt and
nothing of his own to spend, and writes again
to his father, who again tells him, don't mat
ter the debts, go on, and appear as you have
hitherto been doing. But at last the young
man becomes dissatisfied in earnest and wants
to have his own and to spend only what he has
of his own then comes the day of settle
ment the young man has, however, grown
lazy and not accustomed to. economy ; he can
not save, he is.in debt above his ears, and
now nothing to fall back upon. He (Law@tz)
could understand that the Council should in
a corresponding situation say, we have too
many expenses on us, too much is expected of us,
we are growing more and more deeply in the
debt of the Mother Country, and we are spend
ing and drawing on what is not ours; and that
the Colonial Council should then wish to have
q different state of things. But he Believed
that 1t is a wrona way to arrive at that result
if the Council follow the path they have
commenced to-day, to vote against all Elk
penses, and to prevent a Budget from being
adopted here in the Colonial Council. The
expenses are mostly all absolutely necessary;
thew are warranted Lv Laws ~ nrd;pooo