THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6329, 25 July 1881, Page 2

THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

(by telegraph ) ■ Auckland, July 28.

The New Zealand Herald says it is improbable that Mr. Ormond’s attempt to defeat the Government will be successful, and it ought not to be. It can be accomplished only by the union of members who have nothing in common but their hostility to the administration, and affairs of the country should not be made the sport of what may not inaptly be termed a fprtuitousrconconrse of atonis, "There is ,no party in the - House ' Strong enough to carry on the'Gbvernment of the'country h-no numerical majority that would not be a thing of shreds and patches, and no assurance that success would secure a change of Government. If, there was, the pew i Ministry would be acoalition supported not by a party, but by a heterogeneous majority, having nothing in common. IE there were a dissolution the business of the -session , would be,- brought :to a close,- and no ' one would be-deft-but hon.. members, who would once again take their pay for work and labor not done. The matter , has _ to, Joe regarded not from the hopes, aims, antipathies and opinions of the members of the House, but from a standpoint of public -interests, and, these , would be utterly sacrificed by The success .of the’motion. The opponents of .the Ministry would" be gratified, upthing more, and that this may be, the" progress of public business is tb'-be arrested. '-The cost is far too great, and the. constituencies,.were they consulted! would say “Postpone your qunirel and •do your work, because in a few. months you. can fight ’the' out issue with' ourrelves for arbiters;. •It will keep very well, but work swill not.” If the Government were defeated and driven from office,: and another, Government took its place, it would plead that it required time to frame'its policy and draw, up Its measure.! It would intimate 'that only absolutely necessary business could be brought, forward ; Parliament would be speedily prorogued, then the Ministry would take a long recess, and the elections for a new Parliament would be postponed . till-the present expired -by effluxion *of time. In the event of Government being defeated, therefore, ; whether there were resignation i or dissolution, public business would be brought to a standstill, and for no more worthy object than that-the “Outs ” maybe the “Ins,” and “Ins” “Outs.”,-..Public interests would be .sacrificed to a cabal or intrigue. to coalescing of men who were -violently opposed to each, other’ before Success, "and might again be to-day., The country, does not want a dissolution at this time, or a "patchwork Ministry supported by a bare patchwork majority. It wants its ' work done—that work which is always hanging Sre, and it will be surprising if there be not a sufficient number of members sensible of the fact to prevent the success of Mr. Ormond •' and his friends of to-day—his enemies of yesterday. .