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 II. The executive Government

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290 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [PART II control, refused to concert measures, and instead appointed a member of the Government to take full and sole charge of the war, while they made appointments and carried out the control of the forces independently of the Governor : the Governor at last decided to dismiss them from office, which he did on February 2, 1878, and his action was upheld by the fact that the new Ministry under Mr. Sprigg sustained an attack on the Governor in the House of Assembly, and were successful by a substantial majority, after which matters proceeded smoothly.! It will be seen here that the Governor clearly acted, as the Secretary of State suggested in approving his action, as an Imperial officer, the High Commissioner for South Africa, entrusted with the duty of considering the matter from the point of view of the whole of the country, and the Ministry should, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, in view of this fact have been prepared to yield to his judgement in the matter. In this case the difficulty was disposed of, but not very satisfactorily, by the fact that the matter resulted like a dismissal on mere internal grounds, the Governor finding new ministers to support his action : but the fact seems to be clear that the Molteno Ministry acted unwisely : if they thought that the Imperial officer was going too far their right and duty was to appeal to the Imperial Government against him, not to take the grave responsibility of compelling the Governor to dismiss them from office at a time when the action might have been fraught with the gravest dangers to the State. In 1880 Mr. Todd? thus laid down the constitutional doctrine in the case: ‘In all such cases the responsibility of the local ministers to the local Parliament would naturally be limited. They would be responsible for the advice they gave, but could not strictly be held accountable for their advice not having prevailed,” and he proceeded to quote the following definition of the situation from a dispatch 2 Y Parl. Pap., C. 2079, 2100. Cf. Molteno, Sir John Molteno, ii. 300-401, * Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies,* p. 590. * See Canada Sess. Pap., 1876, No. 116, p. 82, See also Parl. Pap., 0. 1248, p. 7.

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