The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY. GAZETTE Published Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Tuesday, October 2, 1888.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 203, 2 October 1888, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY. GAZETTE Published Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning.

Tuesday, October 2, 1888.

Bo just and fear not; Lot all the cad* thou aim’s! at be thy Thy God's, and truth’s.

PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATIVES. Certain members have, since the late session of Parliament, informed their constituents of an intended change of front, in the way of turning round and opposing any reduction in the number of members. The reason given is that if the number of members is reduced, the Government of the country will fall into I the hands of a jew whose legislative labors will not be in the interests of the democracy. I We have the greatest contempt for these political turncoats, and not the smallest * amount of patience with the specious reasons j •dieted for this bhangs of tube. The working |

men of New Zealand, if we are not greatly mistaken, desire a very radical change in the constitution of the House of Representatives, a change that will secure more economical administration and less of that buffoonery and dreary bletherskite which have been bo characteristic of late sessions. I! these reforms are not required now, the attitude of the working classes has changed since the last general election, or, which is more likely, certainly politicians are not above breaking their pledges once they feel their own seats are safe, or that their own seats may be affected by the reduced number of members. Almost any change from the present must be for the good of the country, and the person who contends that we cannot do without ten or twenty of those representatives who seem to occupy three-fourths of the time of the House in the most profitless talk, that person must have a poor idea of the reforms that are needed at the present time. The country has been over-governed in the past, and with what sad results is apparent to the most unobservant. The mere expense of sending so many representatives to Wellington is not by any means the only item—if a few of them were gagged for the session it would be the saving of hundreds of pounds. We hope that in the event of any attempt being made to defeat the intended reduction of members, the electors will immediately demand the resignation of the turncoats.