Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 45, 21 June 1890 — THE LEGISLATURE. [ARTICLE]

THE LEGISLATURE.

Who» the House uKKomlileel eh tīic afteruoon of the 13th i']istaiit, Min istf*r Austin arose" ili h quest;un '<»f privilege ;uid ropMecl, vut^Ty,'' t<> thejnrtr eh>rrges bronght «g «Ui%t hiai in the" M:ijority Kop'>rt of tīio Oin: itiittoe on Fore5gn .Itelaticns Ex%f;ui!*ter At;sfciii*« re.ōly, lik« Jhat ol Mr. Thnrston to Mr. p. W. Ashforcrs cbarges, was n Ciit"g;)r ; CHl eleiiinl bf every thing e):.irge(l; aiul yet the fuct remains t!iat "Ltstter No. $8" \viis not given to tfie Cofuī:ntteo wheu lieniaiul e<i b}' the jaajority thereof. The very f:iēt th«t ex-Minister Anstin fnTnished ■this lod letter to the Honorable'Nob'le for Mani, in order th;it n point eōuld be attemptcd to bc iti;ule npini it agāi'nst the m<)jnritv report ]ij'uves that the letter was iiot Poni, as uth j gsd, or t!iat it wās lost in snc!x * vfay it eonldbe most cot!venventty lTnt supieionsly iound nt tl:6 proper nionfent. Like Mr. Thnrst.cn, Mr. to have donied riither too mneh. As u eonseqnenee his ofiieiul fell fl»it und fuiled to have the ex;Tected e%ct on legislators, as eventg afterwards proved. • Tbe iutroduetion of the resolution of want of confidence byNobleWideniann, ftnd the arnendment theretō by R«presenlative Browt\, with th& results thereof are too well understood at this time to merit dotuiled disoussion Tbfeie is no doubt npw that tbc a*leged pnneipl». ©lftiiiaed by Messrs. Thttrs ton and Browu to be involved iu the umenduieut to the resolutiou. was merely put fortb as a political pretexl, by Mr. Tburetop, lo foi;oe if possible. iegislative condetunuiiou upon an ofiieiai eneuiy, and by īvepresentative 2Jrowa to wi>eak a personal spite upou tbe same go»tleuiaji. Mr. C. W. Ash iordy It &hrevrdiy dt>ne ajitl ail the excepfc Mr. Euiehardt, as well one or t\vo of the meuibeys, were lead ink> the trHp, laid by Messrs. Thurstou and Brown, to vote want of coufidence in tbei Attorney-Geueral with the under8ta*uding the reraainder of the obnoxious Ministry woukl resign iimneili' ately, It is greatly to the cr£dit of the Nationul ltefonu party Hhat the stand taken by it, to prev«nt the shift,ing ©f blanie upou one of the Mihistiy, was o»1rried to a suecessful issne in,the defeat of tlu) amendnient mentioued, Whea thi.s poiut was reaehed the majority of tbe ex--Cabinet plainlv showed the whiie feather. After atl former brag of haviog tlie of couvictions," "fighting to the bit' ter end,' etc., t!ie Cabmet failed in hoth political aiid nioia! conragc and i«f jsed to meet a vote ou the original resoiutiou. Tbov resigned. The "critieal situation ' loug proj,diesied, howevor, hss not fo!!i)wed their resignatiou, although the A<h'frt/s<v im niediately took tlie puins to iufonn the publU; tliat "all thiukin» persor.s knew it was at hand. The allegej :crisis'- aud the r:piiiions of "all thiuking personsJ' as> well as tlie Ea form-pavtv threat«, t!iat any new Cub iuet woula bo ijmnediato!y fiml, have aiready heeouie poīii.eul ghosts, and, Uke Sutiotv raeVet, will doubtl«ss heroafter eoulliw theic uji<Uiight u'ijiderhigA to ihe poliiieal pieeaneU wlieie are doniie>led ilie leaders aiui wirojm!Uvs of t!ie late I\eform party. When the ITonse ussewbled tustMovi' day tnorning a was veooived from H\s Mujost\ the King announein# t!ie fol!owing C v ubiiu i t: Hon. >Tohu Ada»is Cuwmms, Mitvister of A!faii-s; OvHifrey īh-oiwn, Esq., Minisof i'inanee; Oharles N. Sp?neer. Esq., Minister of Tn!erior ; Art! P Petei"sou, Es\i., Atiornev Oeiu t al. After the new t !uut tak^• ,, . tlu 'i se«tsMiuister Onimnii,s«noounoM. in a few well words, th:it His Muje<ty had heen pleused to eu!* npou him to*foim a now Cabinet whoiu ho, foruially introdueed to the īfov*se bj* uame. "Tho new OaHnol made un ex'f eelleut iiupivx.<io;i vyvn the Hoose aud» nft«r adjournn»ent to the Wth ilist*nt, woi\' th-> reeipjents o! wuiue eongmiu!:»'voitS by al! pieniber p eut without p:\rty disjtiuetion. nier<> no extiome or distnrbi l « 1 iueut in the House Thi»« i< in< 1 wt