POLITICAL COMMENTS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9365, 14 March 1896, Page 9

POLITICAL COMMENTS.

ij.rCß-IS'"-l» ' !V AKIH.S*::;-:.--.S? WITH TUB Pi' Nation v.- As^ou'i-»-;. \Vr.*.VM''tvN ] CUKKI'Xr rOi'i'JS. From inf--nn**.:».i by one of the OHU jron. t i.-'- '> ' v »'' l -" *" '-'■-■" «-"<*■'->. iwVIIJg an *"' for*-•v*' 1 - * * . - Laid <*«:■,■:•.»-■•» l " '«"■' ' ! "* , *->' ••"-"■*•-««- Sici M it «'«t..o mucl...uwi 'ijuwayK-r Ji valuer I- ,<" L '» Iill! AiLt - *•- Kto.Hn:uv,-- e rUU,I,u-,10,1 ,u-,10,,1,,U.1utn,)l ~U.lutn,) „, nia-y n>- n. '■■■, ■■■- Ji'vV.i .U'Uinu theItcuL 'Lh» mv, S — ■-- ;.•«/«■• dined, ard ev.-i.iu,.., t.m b.mu,,, v..- w P" S , . . j,,,. „!.!,Uai pte-.1'.1L-J Ol UlO _D(7i'e'>l ll'" . ■ ~ , 1 ""ee ww uwi'i* uutii ul ~Ut" aud A ' ' w „ lilll; -t;h.-ie'.-..i:i>,liourcout fc s.ed w i.aCt».«_ B »'-,..l.' i «:'--.^,a 3 t ,,._ rohl- (- tuionists I" t*-" " every* *".... „i (ie.leL'ale3 from i.ic .-.r.r.na cl tin; Autluiml A&iOC'litlojj • .. > m ,„ to ooir.est IV.aI heat ati a gAUUI, •» . i.-.i.li.TatuoU 111-it Air OcUi.»" *. MltlC ~l di/Wu it requested 10 do * M * fC H* Je-in.'-i l " v u ' r " l4 i ' utl *' Ul BtaU(l ' o '„,i/.Vortnueoi,u li t, and mc •' /.ibtrala'' ;y„*«_ohoi«uUe.»eea Willi., li^rdon, cfijeof lucre is an o v e ,p,ui ot Mauugeis. iUua_mjr Directors, LustcriM ilanufcors, »viu. «*/U pulhug ~. aiilcreiii diu-.iiou-, ami i»« iniernai economy ol the p«oaiii.-r •■: the colony is iv * _»lr U'ard, Ojionui Trcaauver, •jMnijaiiipaiu allymg visit to the seat ol GoWMJUis-i'. but, it i«u« " ot be supi«»«cl that ho tvs couib to Icuii alter this coiony a noiince. Th-tis the l__u thing the l'ro_-.urer even apptars to think of. Just betuio tho Uhrislcuuich election, on the piaifonn, 11c vi_o'rou-y ueuouueed the atiacUs made ou him hy mc Onrwichutch I'liESj uecauso of n ,_ constant uegieot ot tiie lieasuty. lie iheu p»hl * dyniff ViBlL v ' a »> lU3t «* week to where hu was busied about everything but hiiauce. -Now ho is back on anott-.er nurried visit, utiriug which he will Hmuil almost no time iv th« Treasury, and ln eo go buc- to hi* gArdtu iv tho South ; or pctriapß we shall hear ot his attending thsrace.-t- Happy ciuuiry whuso financed «rs so il3Urislin.g as not to need looking alter hy the Treasurer. Jir J. C AlcKorroiv, formerly of Timaru, »Dit friend t>f me' Minister or Lands, has been appointed one of the iioi-owhenua Cotnmirtiouers, It will 110b sur[irise our readers to know that ho is the Liberal candidate lor Wairarapa. a.MrDargaville, erstwhile M.H.R., wasiu Wetliogtou lately. Ho desitcs to Do again M.H.r».,aud will contest an Auckland city seuU It is not 3 ct certain which eido Air DargtVllte will etpuuse ; probably he will polo »» an Indepeiidem.—it is the course punned hy moat political railsitters. Hia prudent career will probably bo by that which he believes-will pay nest, and f.r that be will go bald heatiea. i'he bitter cry of the unemployed is again heard in tho laud, aud this in Mai on, in harvest, in the busy meat freezing tune. What will it be iv the coining dull winter ? To meet tho trouble tho Premier is -ending afott* gangs cf meu to road work far away from the cities. There, a tier three or lour wool-' work thsy will bo discharged, aud they will lind themselves so fur away that ')t will take some weeks ere they can filter back to .nock at the doors of tho Labour Jkreau. Recently seventy men applied for gone cutting to tho Wellington Corporation at livu shillings a da}-. .Mien the meat freezing industiics shut down during tho ~-fruiter tho outlook will bo very dreary. I'lte Government are letrenchiug and , -itmsfcitig hands right and left. Mr beddon oat ibuneued the number of co-operative workers by some 500. Where these 500 ate to find work the Lord only knows, uu ihe labour market is already gutted. FJum the railway workshops, too, more hands ure to be sent packing about then- busitiew. Tno Uovemmont Printuig Otliue, also, is woikiug ; at alow rates. Appateutiy Ministers have not tbe funds to go on with. The Treasurer is always absent, and of course our nioiieyUry alUtrs ate all astray, drift—lg hopelessly ivoin bad to worse. llowtver, »vhy ihould pt-opio howl? UJii'o is their own sptei-lly chosen, specially elected Ministry. lit the United Staios people made the satno mistake, put iv a muddling, stupid Government, aud then found they made trade so dull, disorganised commerce so badly that ' many ol them Were out of a job. However, theru is balm in Giicad. It is pleasing to tltem to read that the iron. J. Carroll has been promoted to Cabinet rank, and that Mr Seddon litis appointed hunse-lf Government Director of the Estates Company ab a gomti&t ectfiw—and that really ihoy have ho time to grapple with the unemployed difficulty. Two Miaisters, the Premier and Mr Cadman, have already got opponents in their electorates, and will hays to tight hard to retain their seats. Mr Cadmau, who last t»m» only got home by soma eighty votes, is l0 »i"*u * ew ■" Ull < - levece '" l »' ia to fight in a Mr Harris, a eettler of go-id tcptuatiou, an educated man aud'a lair speaker, and already vorkiog - hard ' iv the electorate. The Premier is off to Hokitika directly for a six weeks' canvass in his own coustiJttenoy. Mr GnmmotHl, formerly AI.H.K. for the district, is actively canvaseirg. Ho begau rather in the spirit of a man embarking upon a for lorn hopo, but determined co i°i. OrW ' 0 ' Since-tho public urinounceiuenb of his candidature Mr Grimmoad ims met with encouraging support. New Zealand .tv before now seen the leaders of victorious pMUos defeated. "Win or lose, Mr Seddon ttnoot aud does not despise his opponent, "ad Mislead of stumping the country before ttsuenetal Election tho Premier'wilt ba cbainod up in his own narrow out-of-tho-way cotwtitueuey. The Premier and his mentJiare very angry, but he cannot slur OT «nL o l'* >osu - 0 "- Tho Pienn'ci- threatens na with more Jlqaor JegWHtion n <x: It is one of _K'V*u nbS Qi h ' 3 "•"ou'-truiitcil Ministry, wnich he so gaily announced be'ore his re»o»triictcd Mioi»try Iwid zsvxmbh'd. Really, wler his numerous defeits on this subject-, *f 111 » ,uvo I,JOU -ht Mr Seddon was •all tip " of liquor l«jg;sl*l ion. Is there to »ao end to this? Ono iUh<; is quilo clear, wel Premier v. ill not ail.v.v Ui« i'ceusuror to go >a lor tantf reform mix! sMvbn. Thero will 0» DO Wore coitions ot anew tariff so long ** Mr Seddon :s I'reihior. Tlißuowly reconstructed NUuistry is not ■ffc "i'W f-«nily, Tim old members of we Übiuet, cxc«pt JSIi- Seddon, who appointed the new ones, are dead against we new trio. They think them nei«her we nor ornament, and wanted other men in ««ir places. Tho new trio on the other JMW are beside themselves with delight. « Mr Watd resigns tha Ticasurershiu, the ■POwio will be curious to sea who will be f« successor. Thero ate many M.H.R.s' \V , Liberal party who would hail Mr Ward's resignation "with shouts of joy. •WW* last setviou ho has lost all reputation *J a financier, and the psny dreads 10 think °* w b**t will happen when the Opposition attacks his adminim-atiou of the country's ' nuance and kindred topic*. Some of the j*"*-' wish to Heaven they had never seen *y" Ward. It is very ungrateful, for when he wa3 popular they shared his taumph. ilr George Hunter, the Opposition t *n<iidate, ia meeting with «reat support _{* ln »t the sitting M.H.R. for Wainawa, ■'Hall. People do say that Mr Hall-J ones was *I"*a1 "*a Minister beciusa Mr Seddou wants .•*fi *.'inurn scat to be his ut the coming g«'tral olecticn. What a nasty cynical, Wnsorious lot of people there are in this world. When Parliament meets next June there if we_ c Mm!B very st *"aight talking by *-H.R.s on thft reasons which led to the ™l? Ranking h'gi-ilation of last session, and "■ will benikied that a Committee of Invest!gallon aiiouhl be set up to make a searching enquiry. The debuts will b* very racy 'fading, and that dismal Humard became »r a aeaoon quitf! spicy. Probably by that *hne some very startling iacts now hidden

will b? made public. Those who thought tin: the Hank question was dead and buried iant session and wore moat anxious never to hear the matter mentioned again, will bo anything but pleased when treated to large sli :ph <>t resurrection pie.

I. is singular that the great Liberal party, wiiiuh in Mr X Jinnee's tune so bitterly deis.unued 'ill B.tiks aud banking, should, nii'*tr Mr '-'culo 1, have fairly revelled in Binfc Bills au i _i.uk Amending Bills, and ji.-uk ('.'inniittff-, and in everlastingly ii-.t-d tHII _: with them, it only Mr Balance 1; u'. 1 rc-vus. t e.tr th and tea i the banklit.'. i-.".-..-iaU(-:i '.r 13D-1- and t.'ie ol Id'js, how aiii.'Zvl lie ivou d )>-, ,i:,<i ,-,b(ue ifu.i b \vn! ail 10 fi:id that 11 w.ia tii« Liberal party, lii-3 very own, w;;ieh v.-.-.=i .-.cti: tilts. We w nd«T "how tiie rank and !i:c ot the party ii-« it V