THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10259, 30 January 1894, Page 2

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— ln last Friday’s, issue of your paper there appeared a .sub-leader dealing with the refusal of the Wellington Trades Council to join pith .the Canterbury Progressive Liberal Association in protesting against any farther appointments being made to the Legislative Council, in which appears the following: —“ The Liberal Association can hardly wish to sacrifice all the advantages its party gained at the general election.” You no doubt mean by this that the Association would hardly stand jn the way of further appointments being made if it were found necessary to make them to ensure the passage through the Upper House of important policy measures. Iu that you are right. The Wellington Trades Council has placed the action of the Association in a wrong light. _ That they misunderstood the communication from my Association will ba evident to all after perusing the following passage, quoted from the letter forwarded to that body'" The protest ic made with the hope that it may stay any further appointments being made to the Legislative Council until the wishes of the people are more directly consulted with regard to the men to bo appointed.” At the meeting at which the resolution was passed but one speaker suggested abolishing the Upper House, the others were in favour of re-

modelling-, aud all were agreed that the people should be mors dmot y o insulted with regard to the persona to be appointed. There was no mistaking the feeling of the meeting with regard to the last batch of appointments. It was that, in its opinion; amongst the appointments there were several who, had the wishes of the neoplfl been consulted, would not be entitled to* write M.L.A. after their name,—l am, &o.* H. G. ELL, Secretary Canterbury Progressive Liberal Association.