Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 425, 5 April 1892 — GOVERNMENT BY CHAOS. [ARTICLE]

GOVERNMENT BY CHAOS.

Contitiued. I *-vr n«.lor tbis syj?t«Mi] it eouM ap* | poii t Mr. M'Mii.lan to be Treasurer, ii it httd f&ith in hi» arithtuetic. and vet enforce a ProU?ctioniBt poliew and the fact of the House Huo}''intī such a policy and directinp Tre«Bury t<> carry it out wouM in no »en*se reflect upon his sin< -:tv aa a Freetrader. Hifi po»ition wou!d be just the aame an that ••!* the Freetrader poheeman ! wl o c )ntinue« to run in drunks *rith h m old under a Protection;>* regiine. or the Freetrader iicv* :-.,.;r who c<»ntinued to a ,g» v - . »r utider the saaoe condi1 1ioir -; hin private would i be itifi u*vn atf/iir. i_n w&ieii the lrfy» ielal i: - Un>k ivominiK j r of intere«t. i On«; of the moni tu»tewcnhy fe«- i tur< K >f ihe ayi«u»in :* that tn® peo i ple i.:ive pratical!v no voiee in the eiecti «n of the Mini*ter. \V hen a p#lilician attains & certain distinction — no toaiter how — he oouv *. 11« fact a pr.»otua)!y irre> mt»v* 4*hle incut#iiK. ■ ♦ * - « "l'iM- i»rea#nt nyK<*iu «»f pui*«*rn* Dient ;>" i coti)binii;i<m /:t k> iuany im§M >- : ;*;liti»'?. c<*H*.raili<'tions, anti I hop ! ;u : i*chr<»iiisiii* thatit* en|dur. rf *>»r>o ?»rr>y ve<«-rw i!» -.j:e if t ■ jre*t |M-it'.oU |»heno:n«*:»;i «»f ! the IV-. In *i>: t»laoe. it pre#U|.; that iesn«lHtive hodv i wU! • natur«ily «ii:d j*r .uaentlv |div» .• i int»> two p44rtie« —a aitioi whieh K in itaelf, n uta*)i fe§t .*'* >rd>ty-»-yi-? tnr teheiwe r*n

work sttsc<*sfuHy'on aoeihwk^i. *Th« we iudlcat« is 08fi under whieh ihe nalion woula make ita own lawe and nppoiui the Gov«rnment to c*rry them out, if)9tead ,of the Governmont its«lf and ihen roaking lawe on ita own aocottiit; an4 it woulU practicai!y abo]i«h the device of partv, heeauaa no Minister could do anything for hU |»rty nor oould an/ uaere |»r--ty do moeh for 'nim, and the old bond of gelf-interest would therefore aoon4issolve. Alao, it wouid ■ wipe out no-confldenoe molione, for( the Hon§e would not be expcetid to have oonfidenoe in th« Cabinett at uy tifqa; it wouki extinguiah the praetioe of the Minittrr t( going to the ooontry; M it would aholiah GoveraMent poiieiea, for ihe naUem itaaif wcmld supply the pDlioy; and it wetild give every qtwation a fair ehanee to be dec>ded on it» own taerita irrespective of party interest«. For all of whieh reasons it is one of the most desirable reforms of the age, and if only by rēason of itB desirability it will probably eome long after Mr. G. D. Clark has died of extren«e old age and natural decay.