REASONS FOR THE STEP.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12195, 19 February 1903, Page 2

REASONS FOR THE STEP.

Tn introducing the jßill^ the Premier, Mr> Irvine, explained the Groyernmeitit's j reason for giving separate representa- |' tion to the "civil service/and railway | service, as follows : fTtfimstew-T '*', Had [ decided, after very car.eful 'considerate and after carefully weighing ? the arguments; both' for and" against" ; the step, that it' was necessary and l.essential, in the interests' - oi^he country,* that we shoxild confer upon State servants direct \afod,, separate representation in Parliament! He had no desire whatever to cast any slight upon the members _of ; the, .jnpttlic : service and. ;ihe, rai^wayj se^i^e,; %pv^e of whbrri, was bound io admit, had exhibited ''reasjbn,, and had' been pre- , pared to support the . proposals brought fqrward by, .the" •,coun^r^.But, at tW;aam'e time; he> had it J>v on the best authority. that h! these gentlemen .forirtpd an extremely'^ small minority. <Thp"- '• reason. ". why;-<Winisters. asked • Parliament - to depart-,, from.-' a practice which -had long, wasted was that they had come to the - conclur-

sion, that tjliere. feould,^b6-no. perma--neni basis for, Gbnn^ps brb"e:nt abotitwHiTo a comparatively

small po'ction .of- tne .community, nnraerically snea^ine 1 , thro«firh orcran-. isation. by the, 'fact' 'thHtjfch'ey 1 Wfre* interested, above nil thinffs, in the maintenanqe oi-f.:. their, own interests. wftr« enabled toVexernise nn**o ver-

,- whelinijior powpi*. over ihe.-politinal P"ovevnmp^t oj iKjs Iconntry. ? as 'in +ho napt.; B"p" «*ftotclr '--. anr? <iafeftfllw; ■ «"d "'W pmd thnt/ tKi^i ' spct'onlof i t'Ke,.cowvn luni;ty,.,Vad1 uni;ty,.,Vad exer--cised a ■no'wnr v wßJch' h&d bpf" mi+ of nil proportion t +p i+fri.TiMrnb.wH anrl to the Hntr'.w^f-; -thn^Sta+fi^in nany s^««jor. ns ho -tespiiM ,a^ow^, Jii inaf-*^ wWh artcotert . tTie^.o^^tatuh. ,TVl r own . no9iM^"H, V l^ . r O1W ?? ner«tJoW. r The" controWw , , i,nf «f Vf* which -had been eTforcjHl.by "the, niiblio 'service and tho railway aervants of .thi«.P.Wo. was patent to ar>v^ p wbo took tlie 4ronbl*- ,to cfl-of"llv rpvjew tfiA-VotfoinJcal liiffeorv^f cv R » +.he pnsf fpw'ye* vs. No doubt if «^- hw«' had' lioen (m( m the; NTJo^i^n-j p|;^J* civil servants +Tiey would hay« nctor« in prectP*»Tvthe' same. -way., B"t «, svstom Which ' enabled that wnali top- ( tion.to ojeem'^, i>»« vet^.grept pow£ was or^ "w*^ W'« '^7 not saf<?lv. allow to, confcnue. Wejiad a rcoent instance, that when tho rpuntrv was' nnit^, when i^ was *tmv*\* stron-rfy in faVbtir f of wform wb-n oubKo Sentiment . . I , t*ft - whole public .swvJM vote and th^rf H" 1 wav " vote combined.- axidftiaL.ithfl.t l»r fluenco. -i they could bring to :bear, 'could not have any 'effect in Vn-eventin. ? Patlia,menfary expression of that^ opinion.

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