THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 148, 23 June 1906, Page 2

THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

♦ TO THE EBITOB. Sir, — Now that the final obsequies to the late Premier have been performed, it is time to turn to the consideration of the welfare of the colony. j At last election the general policy of the Government was hardly questioned; all sides recognised • that Liberalism was the only policy suited to the country. Nevertheless, the total voles in Opposition were, I believe, within 10 per cent, of the total votes for the Government. Tho one watchword of tho Opposition was "Honest and Efficient Administration," and it was on that watchword that the Opposition votes were polled. The necessity for honest and efficient administration, combined with a genuine Liberalism, remains with us to-day. Happily, we still have good times with us, and a continuance of good times, coupled with honest and efllcient administration, should put this colony in a very few years in an enviable financial position. It way well be, now that the one overpowering mind has gone, that the other members of tho Cabinet will be found to possess greater administrate qualities than they have so far been credited with. If this prove to be so, the continuation Ministry should, if they choose, go far to disarm opppsition. But whether it is so or not, the present time utforda au opportunity for the public to insist upon some guarantee for the granting and maintenance of the two essentials to the welfare of tho State : Liberalism, coupled with honest and efficient administration. — I am, etc., DEMOCRAT. i 22nd Juhr. 1906,