The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Tuesday, June 30, 1891. THE SESSION.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 627, 30 June 1891, Page 2

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

Tuesday, June 30, 1891. THE SESSION.

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

The present session of the New Zealand Parliament has so far completely disposed of the dismal prophecies of those who never tire of talking or writing about the decadence of our Parliament, and who at the same time do all they can to demean it. There are indications that the representatives now.at Wellington—we make no distinction as to party—are earnestly bent on trying, each judging according to his own lights, to further the interests of the people of the colony. The new element introduced, in the Labor representatives, has not only, so to speak, quickened the pulse of the House. It has inspired the confidence that measures bearing on the conditions of the industrial portions of the community cannot be scurvily thrust aside, it has weighted the representatives with a responsibility which they seem to fully recognise, and it has brought a check on hasty legislation by inducing a close scrutiny of all proposed enactments. Here and there a thoughtless writer may have deemed it meet to jeer at grammatical errors, while in the same column, expose the purpose by seeking to cast ridicule on a member who has carefully prepared his speech, but all these examples of the workings of different minds do more good than harm. Something more than grammatical accuracy is required to make a faithful representative, and the absence of that qualification can be better excused than can traits in the characters of some of the most polished men. Of course, as it seems must be submitted to in politics, all kinds of reports are freely circulated, and as usual very few of them have proved to be correct—in fact we cannot remember one rumor that has been fulfilled. The talk about making additional appointments to the Council has been proved false; so has that about Sir Robert Stout going to England in connection with the Edwards case; so also has that about the Government being afraid to propose an alteration of the incidence of taxation. Among the hundred and one other reports is that Sir George Grey intends to try and break up the party, but, though the veteran is not given to taking notice of these rumors, indirectly the lie has been fastened to the statements made. He even goes so far as to try and restrain the Labor representatives from doing anything that would prevent the Ministry having a fair chance. So far the work of the session has been gone into in a more business-like way than has been known for many years. There has been no rushing of measures through without proper consideration. Every subject has been thoughtfully dealt with, and if the record is maintained the people of the colony will have good reason to be proud of the ; Parliament now in existence.