, 1896-04-04
? R 0 G EE D | N G s
COLONIAL COUNCIL
50. CROTX.
C Oncludcd from No. Ply

Ills EXcelltnCy lhey have been made be-
fore. AS sensible men, the Members Of this
Council Must see and admit th,t funds are
requisite for carrying on the public admin
~istrativs III ranches which are necessary in
the Island. III We may assume that the
Home Government holds. that IS long rs they
have colonies, they must run them and take
care of them. ii might be immaterial how
the Budgets are framed or what are their
results. But the Mother country has never
told us that she will pay the deficits on cur
budgets and make us a present of it, nor
do the transactions that have transpired give
any room 10 entertain a belief that such is
the case. 1t is true that he has heard some
officials say, that the Home Government
never expects 10 get back the money; perhaps
it is so; lie would respect the opinion of these
men; but what right have We IN such " case
to build upon suppOsition ? And when the
money owed is wanted, how is it TO be got?
We are already now taxed up to the muzzle,
and there is nothing more to tax. and no
more tax to get in. The crisis in which we
were, ana which we have not as vet got
fairly through whole skinned must surely be a
warning of what is to be. In the Mass
Meeting we held in this house some time ago,
we asked for help to enable us to keep up
cane cultivation, in the face of the oppres-
sivs burthens under which the production
labours; and in view of that, as we'll as many
near considerations, he could not see hat
it could be any reflection at all on the
Colonial Council to refuse to vote away
money which the Treasury has not got and
will not get. AS regards His EXcellency's
remark that if we did not see or know
that the Ministry will pay, and not al
low thirgs to go down to bottom, we
VvOulH not VOfA az wa do ha m1Cf saw
he found that a wrong view Of His Excel.
lency; it would certainly be more correct to
say, that if We did not know that the Min
istry will pay the expenses Notwithstanding,
we should then not be as justified in voting
as we do. AS far as he knew, we owe al
ready now 7 to 8 hundred thousand dollars
to the StatetreaSury, if when it reaches a
million, and the people of Denmark under
a change Of Government or because they
will no more be content to pay their taxes
and to allow them to be spent unnecessarily
on these colonies, ask for the money, the
results will be that the over taxed tax payer
WILDE made to pay still more taxes to meet
the debt and when properties shall in that
have been confiscated, what value will they
have for them in the Mother Country, when
already now they have none? Is it then Just
or reasonable OF sensible of us TO vote not
only WEat we have not, but which would
cause destruction broadcast when we are
forced 70 repay it? We know full we'll that
there must be the money for the administra-
tive bran ches and work; but we leave it to
the Government; if they choose to fill up
the Budget with 100000 dollars expenses,
they must certainly assume the responsibility
and act without asking the Colonial Council
to join. Anyhow, we are bound to act justly
towards our constituents, and we cannot
conscientiously, the one year after the other,
vote Budgets by which posterity will be
bound. I say that We know that the Adj
ministration must have the money for the
purposes they desire to have, but place the
responsibility where it belongs, don't ask
the Colonial Council to join i'll the RESPONSE
bility, when all its suggestions are left un-
needed or stif1ed; if we are to pay we certain
" should get the administrator organized to
suit ourselves; instead of that, we have no.
thing to say, and if the only result of our
passing this Budget is that we may now or
hereafter be taxed more, why on earth shall
we pass the Budgets why are we asked to do
IT.? He for one would always stand up for
What is right; and never would he be among
any party to urge what we do forthe mere
sake of opposition; if we had the money he
would be the first to advocate necessary i'm
nrovements in the Island. Here we have to
ddoy the instance of the wharf in West End;
;rst Q wears ago we had "A discussion on that