The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Morning. Thursday, December 11, 1890. THE ELECTIONS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 543, 11 December 1890, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Morning.

Thursday, December 11, 1890. THE ELECTIONS.

Be just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim’et at be thy country’s, Thy God’s, and truth’s.

term "chaos” is the one that most aptly describes the general election, From all parts of the colony come expressions of dissatisfaction. All the r.lmisterial organs admit that the Uwvernmeht has been clearly defeated,

but it is equally clear that the Premier has no intention of giving the other side any special opportunity to marshal its forces and select a leader. The proper course is for the House to meet at as early a date as possible, but the evident intention is to delay matters until common decency will prevent any further delay. The most remarkable feature about the elections is the number of old members who have been rejected. Twenty-four have had to retire into private life. This of. course is in a great measure due to the reduction of seats, thus bringing many old members into competition with each other. The individuality of the former House is lost, though we do not think there is much to regret in that. Mr Pyke is a relic of olden times whose, casual jokes can be well missed. The genial Macgregor and the stolid “Tuapeka” Brown will find the House can still exist without them, and the well-meaning Mr Barron was not cut out for a statesman. Mr Bruce will be a loss and so will Mr Walker, and Mr Lance might have been spared. Dr Hodgkinson will be more acceptable in private life, and Messrs Larnach and Humphries are not by any means the best representatives that the colony can get. The House is much better without Mr Hislop. Among the new members Mr Rolleston will be a great gain. On the whole we certainly think the newly elected House of Representatives is of a higher standard than the old one, but until things resolve themselves into a more workable form the House will be very hard to manage. Had the Opposition a distinct policy and a recognised leader, even the Atkinson Government could not in decency continue longer in office, and from present appearances, unless an. acceptable man takes the head of affairs on the Opposition side, an early dissolution seems possible.