PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13138, 26 July 1913, Page 7

PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

THE .PARTY SYSTEM. (From Our parliamentary .Reporter.) WELLINGTON, day. As a whole-hearted haW of "the party system Mr Hindmarsh stands first among ktte few legislators of that opinion. . He threw verbal brickbats around quite impartially last night, but was particularly seyere on those sibnt memberfc, chief value in Parliament is their vote. "You'll never b? a Minister,"~stiionifully d&clared j>lr ,E.=s<;<>it (Pahiatua), after a declamatory passag-3 from Wellington South. r 'l hope toilo, but yon won't," snapped l- -' tbe Laborite. "You haven't the brains. Where would tho m-snibor for Pahiatua be; but for his party?" continued Mr Hindmarsh. "Would he be here if he .Jiajd not .been able to say lie would follow the Premier like a poodle?" ...-,.• ■'■-„ febvernment menibers had prompt recoftrse to Mr Speaker, \yho ordered the member for Wellington South to with-; draw "poodle." This he- did, -but filled in, the gap with a scornful declaration thit the member had no ideas. v VYou musV «con : fino:'yj)U.rs:^f to the Bill," was the " advice from the Chair, Mtf Hindmarsh acknowledging it by protesting- that hr Ktfd ■W idetil 'w'itnt.the vacuous laughter of an interrupter. ' "I ask the. Premier to keep the tail end of his following in order/' was the final shot. ' Taurnarunui's . representative, a steady party man, who followed, was so upset that he braised the Government "for reducing the age of women' to 60." \ THE ONE-MAN^ PARTY, Congratulations were extended to the Government last night on its Old Age Pehsions Bill by Mr Payne, "aa the leader of the one man pa^ty. The Red F^eid party, our party, went up-^nte ,last night,", ha continued smittngly,v*lr«ferrinir to the result at Grey. '*■ ' ■ T~ LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ■„ In; the debate on'the Legislative;. Goun* cil Bill, Mr Carncross urged .finpartial treatment of the Bill. He believed the Government was sincere, but it was sin--cer^ty in a& 'unworthy cause.'. He eouldj npt! see blow any such course suggested by Air Sinclair was possible. Either the Cotmcil must fee an elective or nomina-; tivj*" body. Partial election and partial nomination would raise the barrier of caste. Men sitting by virtue' of : diffei**nt§rights could not regard themselves a* eqnkb. If partial election was advisable. whSnbt the whole? He was no believer in two elective Houses and was .fpced in pre|erenQ6 for nomin#iye systeift. _The Go^Efrritnent had not ißhown, in spedt the] Chamber had &6 faaled thai the constitution should be changed. He deprecated the bitterness displayed at fiarty elections, instancing Grey, and ■washed members that this was what wo\Sd be introduced into vtho.elfe6toKi.tes and^the Council if the Bill passed.- , The Government came into power on freehold^ not reform of the Council, and to be consistent the Government must'apply tlie of proportionalj*fepresentation|to the Lower Hcfnse. C|le ; ( 6bjecsed. td^ie present method of "trying -it "on thetMog." v The Minister inignt^ocetfd: ik jgaissing the Bill, but if so his work would be that of a destroyer. ,-..• Mr. George said the Minister had con-! ridejrably improved the measure. Perfaapa if it got another year's consideration^ it would make it acceptable to _all aide*. He was in. favor" of. ,a second e cliainper, but "recognised ttot democracies preferred elective bodies. He vaa preporea to conoedo that pointy but would hot, however, .support any second chamber being elected Sri the fianie baaa as the popular House. If elected: M the Bill proposed^ the members would^represent larger territory inrnd^more. pepple, and woul4 l^vitabV^nii^ B^^^ chambe< "m advocated ;.pto^rty au?aification an^Toppoied proportional representation nnder which the "ticket svstem must prevail. The expense of the elections would be ruinous und the Iwillot -papers complicated. Special representation of Maoris should n6i be perpetuat-. ed The provision far dealing with Bills passed by one House and reiected by the other were absurd— especially monev Bills. He would vote ior the secontl reading in the hope that the Bill would^ fee knocked into shape in 6omfnittee,,but would never vote for » second chaanber ejected on the same^^ l fr^iichise \as the PUBCHASES* \ Last year the Native 'Department expended £58,099 on the purchaae^of native land for settlement And m £4o>Boo upon surveys of native landsr $W total income of the 4 native land settlement account was £131,000, ;the items include inc £105,000" from the State Advances Department, £22,912 received for survey liens, and £3503ffrom rents.