Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 51, 2 August 1890 — THE MAJORITY LAW. [ARTICLE]

THE MAJORITY LAW.

Oxe of thc umiu queBik>ns agitatiug pulilu. «|uuivui at tho pivsont tiuio is that o£ tht» \visdoui of }*laiuing m ovsr .StatuU' l»ooks .1 law that a majoritv of ili!; :tl;ijesh's Cabiuot shall rttU i Aimrt from Uio uiaiu j>oiut whetlu i tho has tue j>o\wt to

amend, while attciuptiug to constriie,! Art. 41 of the Constitution, arises thoi qucstipn of i>olicy, whon the Cabiuet īs compo»o(l of only four niembei\s aa! at preh>ent. Xu.ot.her. countrieB. existing Uiielei' ■\vritteii, or uawritteu, ( stitutioris ther*i are i;ocogiiized ~Consti-J tutioruil methods, eudorsod by the voiee of the people, of preserving l)armony Ih the. Adfuinistrution when that harniony, or policy, of the party i» povror is thre;ttenod. The.Minister in o|jjiobition to his colleagu«m eith.er rcsigns 011 the ad.vice of the le*der 01 the Miu;Ktry, or uit)ets wiih hi* fnte before th« electtd represeuta.tivus of the people. Koceuts evenis iu tliis covi?itry, and at the presetit Sessiou t)f j the L.'gi6latnro, hayb showu tliut with such a soiall Cubiuet as the present Constitutiou,giVes to us, u Minorityof' the Cabiuet, professing to ;iet upon priuciple a;;d piitriotiftui--*:i.l pn>Humably so doing—svrecked thc M»joi-; ity tmd overthrow the Adu)inistnit.un. ■Let us luok for nioment at ilie povver! that eouhl be brought to bear !inder! this in«jority if iuiopkil. ā. B. iC. und forin tltv Ca.bijiet';. 'A. mikl. iD. are deterniīned, b2i]liant and um- | bifcious aien, not iu!cessar;ly u\ore , iuteresWd in the ;u;tual welhae ol" the ; country thuu iuth'«ir persouiil mtv,iuiscj iiwnl socia!ly, uiaku'ialH' | i;ally, B. aiul C. are mon peihaps pf j ;[)«diocic poiitical iibilit)' b.it hi.i)ebt | und true and yet for- perdon.il,- or.' other inlluoutial, con.sideration.-i disposed towari.ls either A. or 1).. Pr«su»ning tjtat A. is iuore powerful in brHĪn aud scliei.uiug abilttics, D goes to the wall aiul A. lias notnit)ully the whole Cabinot, as he will hav« caused to be appointed one after his idea(s tp succeed D., and so by «ueh 'like eonibiHatioi.s the ba!l wīll gv> ou roUing until A. has replaced the uriginttl Cabinet by nien absolntely uiuter hift owu control. Tlieu .uded by thu decisious of the tSu| ieiue Court, li« dictates to the Exocutive Hc;;d i f the" Nation,and becoiuesH Dictati(>u under a nieie figuje-iiead. He coutn>ls all tlve patronage and «vliuinistrative powers of the lSation and cauu<it be overthrown except by an uprising of the ueople, whieh, witU the fovc«s under his command, wouU be nlmost impracticable. point, »»p--posing tbe Cabinet ahonhl be divided, in >ybat popiiiop vyoul(3 the King be placed iu, 3je being uompelled by the Constitution to abiile by the advice pf His Cabinet.?

lt would appear that the simplest reinedy woukl be to amend the Constitution so as to give us unother Minister. In unar;imity there would be greater power, and in ditierence a fixed tnajority and ininority.