LEGISLATIVE WASTE OF TIME. TO THE EDITOR.

Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 24, 28 July 1893, Page 4

LEGISLATIVE WASTE OF TIME. TO THE EDITOR.

i, Siß— Tho Hon. tho Premier, in his reply 6 last night, stated that he did not consider - that the debate (potty squabble is nearer the t mark) on the Financial statement had been t prolonged unduly, and that the members g from bis side of the House had dealt with t the subject in a just and temperate manner, r Be went so far as to justify Mr. M'Lean's . extremely personal remarks. Did he forget i his henchman Mr. Lawry P What apology . could be made for him F Indeed, aa a citizen t and a taxpayer, I ask what apology can be - made for any member of either side P la it 7 lot this we pay oach of them at the rate of ■ .£2O a month, and more than one month has j been spent in raking np the deeds of the dead and gone of 14 years ago, and not one r item of real business attended to. It is paid [ belief that men oan be bo foolish, and that , tho colony oan give its continued support . to such. Eaoh speaker deals with his , figures in suoh a way as to make confusion ■ worse oonfound»£, presumably with the

intention ofllpresentingr the accounts of tho colony, for political rensono, in Mich a. form that no ono em pomibly midcr&tind thoin. Why should tho same piuccEs a 1 * is aduptod in bnnkß, life inaurauces, and commercial houses not bo insisted upon iv tho keeping of the accout.ta of the colony, in ordor that no one oan be deceived or mis'i' 1, nud that in fnturo no waato of tinio ikci! occur in raking up old defaulters as an excuse for the present ones? I listen nightly to the miserable, mean, acrimonious tivunta of members with disgust. Why will they squabble and malign each other day nnd night r Will that enlighten the country as to what its pro-i-peots are? Will it show them how to meet its difficulties? Is this what men call legislation ? lam not a very strong advocate for the Women's Franohiae, but I venture to Bay were fciie House composed of women they could not show a more paltry front or more puerile conception of what legislation is, or a greater lack of patriotism. I am. >*c, Sdpferkr. 26th July.