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PARTY GOVERNMENT.
Sir,— With some surprise I have just
read your leader on the points of partv Go
vernmeut, and kuowing your staunch ad
vooacy of that system .1 was forcibly
reminded of tbo old lines ' It is all very
well to dissemble your love, but why do
you kick mo downstairs.' You say the
system as exemplified m the history of tho
other colonies has by no means proved a
great success : The adoption of the system
has been fraught with most disastrous re
sults ; it has created a despicable class.
Thoso who, unable to obtain a decent
living, adopfi politics as their avowed pro
fession and resort to greed aud bribery—
direot and indirect — and so on. This is a
terrible indictment— if true ; but fortunately
your charges are not borne out by thefuots
of the case. Some of the sins you oharge
upon Party Government are not peculiar
to it alone. ' Fighting for the pluuder '
for one's own district is not confined to this
system. Nor is it impossible under other
modes to reap vory substantial advantage,
' direct or indirect,' from a seat in the
Logislaturo. Aro wo to understand that
tho wealthier olasses aru such heaven-born
legislators that it is perfectly legitimate
for them to attend wholly to political mat
ters; while a poor man, whatever his
ability or experiunco of the wants of his
ohiss, becomes at once, if eleoted, ' a pro
fessional politician,' amenable therefore to
bribory and ' greed'— the baeis of his acts,
Is greed solely confined to theso ? Does
it not manifest itself quite as offen
sively iu tho wealthy squatter, land
owner or merchant, as in his humbler
brother — tho artisan or tradesman P
The picture, or rather caricature, you
presont is drawn from unfavourable oriti
oism upon Party Government appearing in
tne rreas or tne otuer colonies, vo you
take into account the faot that these
artioles are mainly intended for loeal
readers with reference to a system intensely
valued, and evevy fault aud blemish point
ed out, not with a view to disparage, but to
oomplete and as far as possible, porfeet the
whole. Concerning othor colonies I can
only express my belief that your, striolures
are net deserved i but reforriug to South
Australia, where I have been an elector for
thirty years, I dare assert that tho con
Btituonoies havo returned, with few ex
ceptions, men who have been a credit to
their district!, and with tespeot to the
Legislature of that colony your charges are
either utterly unfounded, greatly exagger
ated, or elso apply with equal force to
every representative assembly, Your con
clusion, however, I heartily endorse— wo
87(oi(2d profit by tho oxpenenoes of other
self-governing communities. We should
urge en the early settlement of this ques
tion by tho Homo Government— on lines
just to us as a people— no humiliating and
invidious conditions respecting tho aborig
ines j no prearranging a boundary-line, We
accept tho position that tbe time
will come when this colony muBt be sub
divided; but till thon the lands explored
and opened up by the colonists of tho
South, at the saorifice of both life and
money, should in all justice be under their
control. Differing on some points, as wo
appear to do, we can at least give each
other credit for a true desire for the
prosperity of tbe land we live in and use
our best efforts to that end,— Yours truly,
GEORGE SORYMGOUR.
Poisons on the toilbt table.— The
ohemical lecturer to the. London Hospital,
in his amusing discourse on ' FaRt Colors,''
pointed out the evils arising from the use of
some of the so-called hair restorers and
dyes, oertain of whioh contain metallic
poisons highly injurious to the system of
tho consumer. Again, trichologists affirm
that baldness is caused by keeping the hair
dry, aud without nourishment, and reoom
mend the use of pure grease to assist the
depressed powers of nutrition, For nearly
100 years Rowlands' Maoassab Oil has
been considered the best preserver and beau
tifier of the hair, as it contains no metallic
poisons, prevents tho hair fulling off or
turning grej, and produces a luxuriant and
glossy grow Jj. It is also sold in a golden
colour for fair-haired ohildren and adults'.
Rowlands' Eukonia is a puro and delicate
toilet powder, free from metallic poisons or
bismuth— in three tints, white, rose, and
oreaui. ABk chemists and stores for Row
lands' artioles, of 20, Hatton Garden, Lon
don, and avoid spurious noxious imitatioAB.
Holloway's Pills.— Important for the
delicate.— It is difficult to determine whioh is
the more trying to tho human constitution,
tho datnp, oold days of autumn and winter,
or tho keen, dry, easterly winds of spring ,
Throughout tho seasons good health may
be|maintained by occasional doses of Hollo
way's PillB, which purify the blood and
aot as wholesomo stimulants to the skin
storaaoh, liver, blood and kidneys, ' This
oelebrated medicine needs but a fair
trial to convince tho ailing and desponding
that it will restore and cheer them without
danger, pain, or inconvenience. No family
should be without a supply of Holloway s
Pills and Ointment, as by a timely recourse
tp them the first erring function may be
reolaimed, suffering may bo spared, and
life saved.
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