MONDAY, MAY 30, 1887.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 126, 30 May 1887, Page 4

MONDAY, MAY 30, 1887.

The Stout-Vogel Ministry are deter mined to make a struggle tor their seats. This will put the country to the cost of a second session, which means an expense of if members take half honorarium, and of if they stand out for the full If the Ministry had chosen to resign, thus forcing the Opposition to show their hand to the country, and had then fought thorn upon their policy during the general elections which must follow the present session, they would have displayed greater patriotism. For our own part, judging by the* experience of the past, we do not believe that either party can make good to tho country the loss of that £50,000, which is to be spent needlessly in fighting the battle of the outs and the ins. The Cabinet, however, maintain that they are entitled to a dissolution, and perhaps _ constitutional usage supports their claim. They will of course also endeavour to place the blame of the second session upon the Opposition. Under the conditions which, it is reported, they have submitted to His ExceiJency, they will ask the House for six months' supplies from the first of April and pass the Representation Act before going to the country. But tho Opposition may not be willing to give a defeated Government six months' supplies, and they would be fully justified in the refusal. The situation is a very peculiar one, and the issues may not be fully worked out for several days. We believe, however, that we interpret the feeling of the country when we say that neither tho present Cabinet nor another Hall-Atkinson combination is what the constituences want. The demand of the country is for a more rational party adjustment and new blood.