Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 296, 7 October 1891 — SAD, IF TRUE! [ARTICLE]

SAD, IF TRUE!

If we hear corr©ctly, it is a sad state of affairs/ for the sovereign and peopīe, that the Premier has had to submit to talk State matters to her Majesty in the presence of an inferior official, but evidently more in the eonfidence and trust of the Queen than the Premier; lt is further said that after the subject had been laid bcfore the Executive, by her chief adviser, she turned to the ,{ power behind Richelieu, ,? f(;i- his opinion. Ko no uecessity, was the only advice given by the trusted confidential! adviser, upou whieh her Majesty blandly and graciously replied to the Prcmier, tbat she would take the matter under advisement. This po-sition, if true, between the Executive and her constitutional adviser cannot be very pleasant to the - abinet. It shows a i»istrust on iho part of the Sovereign in her in whieh we think she s good reasons for feeling so. But it seems to us inadvisable to i r o to the extreme o7 having an inrior officer present at a statecoun- • ii. It is humiliating, and equivaleut to a hint to the Cabinet to vacate their seats. Such a step is, however, deplorable at the present time, as we are about to enter upon a new election in a few months henee. We give the information and make our remarks thereupon. because, we be!ieve our informant | was eamest in whathe stated as to the meeting.