THE PREMIERSHIP.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 145, 20 June 1906, Page 4

THE PREMIERSHIP.

TO THE EDITOB. Sir,— Seeing that so much comment has appeared in print on the above, ■will you grant me space in your valuable columns for a word on the subject? Judging froHi the opinion of some people, one would 'think the office belonged to certain individuals by inheritance or preemptive jright, in pl^ce of the people; but- itr.ifl > not so. It belongs to the people^iandVthey have the. disposing- of it. Some^have raised the case of Sir W. Fox transferring bis office to Sir Julius Vogel a¥\a reaion. why our present Premier shfgjld s do '.ditto to. fair; ..Joseph Ward ; but -that is ,no good reason for so- doing. fact;>that Sir W. Fox did so did not'- prove that he did right, nor can such an act be set up aa an established right of precedent. As before stated, this is a question for the people to determine at the general election. Destiny or God has seen fib to remove the office of Premiership from our late honoured and worthy chief and vest it in another—namely, the Hon. W. Hall-Jone». Had Sir J. Ward been here, he may or may not have been sent for — it's not always the most likely that happens; but he was not here, therefore under the {present providentially created conditions, I share with many others the opinion t'aat our present Premier should continue to hold office, at least daring the period from now until the next general election, notwithstanding any political or press intrigue to the contrary; and if the Liberal Party in particular and Parliament aa a whole seek for the best interests of a pure democracy "by giving him that support ■which he deserves, I venture to predict that the verdict of the people will be : "Well done; we return you again to office." j Both, men are practical strangers to j me ; I require no- personal favours from j either. I express my opinion aa a con•is£enfc supporter of the Liberal Party of long standing, before ever our late honoured Premier took ollii o. In conclusion, allow jpe to n*k. has not cn 1 present Piemior good ci ta-inl ;ak 10 nllei* — his ho not, in both private ;nd pub!!', life, proved hujtfseH an horrffct, kind, cjf.ible, and energetic man; has he not zealotHy, honestly, and wisely performed the duties of "his late office in such a way as must appeal to the j unbiassed judgment of all, and' with commendable force? Why, then, should he not be given the opportunity to further prove himself a yet greater statesman? And, finally, may I ask what would be the calibre- of the man taken all round required by any commercial institution as its manager or trustee? Perhaps the press will answer that question. — I am, etc., " J.J. Wellington, 16th June.