Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896934455

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part I. Introductory

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t6 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT [PART 1 they could not adduce any reason for this hope. At the beginning of June 1871 the matter was brought before the House in a motion by Mr. Molteno, when the House approved the principle of responsible government! and a Bill was introduced for the purpose which was carried by thirty-one votes to twenty-six. The Bill contained the curious pro- vision that the Governor could select as his ministers persons not members of either House, and that they could speak but not vote in either House of Parliament. In sending home the Bill the Governor stated that though the majority was small it did not fully represent the real feeling in the country ; the members for the eastern province were afraid that a responsible government sitting at Capetown would neglect their interests, while members for the frontier districts, though in favour of responsible government, desired to have it thrust upon them by the Imperial Government in order that they might be able, despite responsible government, to maintain their claim to military protection at Imperial charges. In the Upper House, however, the Bill came to grief, even after the curious clause in question had been deleted in the Lower House. The final vote was twelve to nine, and in the majority were eight eastern members and four western members as opposed to seven western members and two eastern members, showing very clearly, as the Governor pointed out, that the old issue of west and east had determined the day. But the Governor added that he had no doubt that the principle of responsible government would be adopted with no long delay, and the Secretary of State re-echoed his view in acknowledging the receipt of the news of the defeat of the measure. The Governor was right in his prediction of the future. In June 1872 the Council passed the Bill for responsible government by eleven to ten votes, the change in view being due to the fact that two of the four western members had decided to give their constituencies the opportunity of expressing their opinions on the topic, and had received so clear a mandate as to render them determined to cast their * Parl. Pap., C. 459, pp. 186 seq. * Ibid., pp. 197 seq.

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