The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Tuesday, December 4, 1888. THE QUEENSLAND WRANGLERS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 230, 4 December 1888, Page 2

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

Tuesday, December 4, 1888. THE QUEENSLAND WRANGLERS.

Be jnst and fear not; Let all the eudt- thou aim st at bo thy country’s, Thy God's, and truth’s.

The Governorship of Queensland has al last been settled, though we are quite prepared to hear that the Queensland malcontents are not yet satisfied, which is more than could be expected ; but, as we have previously said, Sir H A. Blake is to be congratulated on his escape from a great infliction. A month ago Le was a comparatively unknown man; now he has become quite a celebrity, all that could be said against him being that he had risen from a lowly station which, though it may seem a crime in the eyes-of those snobs who are the most disgusting of all snobs —the colonial article —is an especia commendation to all sensible people. Colonial independence has changed to the most servile fawning if we are to understand that only men with a long list of noble ancestors are capable of satisfactorily occupying the respective positions of Governor; but we know differently, and this Blake incident ought to bg a great power in further Cementing the relations between the colonies and the Mother Country. It has given people reason to think, and,. adopting the most selfish line of thought, it is clear that the colonies have everything to gain by maintaining the closest alliance. Nor do we wish that every political Tom, Tack, or Harry who may be in the ascendant for a few weeks should have the power of foisting the Governor of his choice upon the colony. We have only to take for example the appointments made from time te time to the New Zealand Legislative Council, appointments which in very many cases could in no wise be justified, and were admittedly made to secure stronger political support to the party in power or in return for past favors. Would not the Vogel Government have made a nice selection ? But deteriorating as the tone of the New Zealand Parliament may be, we are happily much in advance of Queensland. A Government that can insult and interfere with the work of its Chief Justice, without a shadow of reason, is not competent to administer its own affairs, and it would be little short of insanity to ask its approval of the Governor selected for the colony by the Imperial Government It is a strange thing, too, that every Governor who has subsequently become unpopular has in the fust instance been cordially approved of. The appoint ment of Sir Arthur Gordon was at first very popular, and it was not until some time afterwards that his objectionable qualities were thoroughly understood. At the best of times, the Governorship of Queensland is not a very congenial appointment to a man of independent spirit, and we are not at all sure that Sir Henry Norman would not be better off if he were to remain in Jamaica. It is of course the only thing possible for Sir H. A. Blake to be withdrawn, as his position could be made so uncomfort able that his sojourn in Queensland might be a continued misery to him.