STOCK EXCHANGE MINISTER.
Referring to the fact of a member of the British Ministry belonging to the I/ondon Stock Exchange, the Standard Bays:—We are sure that the great majority of English men do not consider it desirable that there should be an intimate connection between the tenants of Ministerial omces and certain forms of commercial activity, even though they arehonourable and useful in themselves Allowing too that a Prime Minister is I Hampered by the obligation to find his Under Secretaries among those who combineifaie practical experience of affairs witbTlhe possession of a seat in the Lords or ; Coninionß, we cannot think that his field .. ol:bKoice isso narrow as to make any ".partieglar person , indispensable. The J^hol3ihg of an important public position "'ought;to! bo wholly dissociated from
financial occupations. We have no fault to find with Lord Hardwioke personally, and it would be childishly absurd to suppose that Lord Salisbury has been influenced by' any unworthy motive. Yet it is unfortunate that the slightest colour, should 'be given to suspicion, however unworthy, or however unjust.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 6917, 28 January 1901, Page 4
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175STOCK EXCHANGE MINISTER. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 6917, 28 January 1901, Page 4
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