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work harmoniously together after the object aimed at has 
been attained. 
Of the six members who within a week declared by their 
votes their want of confidence in two Administrations, one 
is an ex-Premier, who was passed over when Sir Elliott 
Lewis formed his Government, while one of his colleagues 
was retained in office : one generally credited, notwithstand- 
ing some assertions to the contrary, with aspirations to serve 
the State in high office, is the subject of the public declaration 
by Sir Elliott Lewis in the appendix to this memorandum ; 
one has on two occasions, by his vote, expressed his want of 
confidence in Sir. Elliott Lewis ; and one was elected neither 
as a supporter of Mr. Evans nor of the party of which Sir 
Elliott Lewis is now the accredited leader. 
Having regard to these circumstances, Mr. Earle submits 
to the Governor that in order to ascertain truly the state 
of parties in the House of Assembly it is necessary to look 
not at the most recent vote, but at that which brought 
about the downfall of the Lewis administration. That vote 
reveals the existence of the three parties. The party on 
which Sir Elliott Lewis can rely consists of eleven members : 
the party which supports Mr. Earle consists of twelve 
members ; the third party which voted in the majority, by 
which Sir Elliott Lewis was defeated, consists of six members, 
Mr. Earle begs to remind the Governor that the existing 
Parliament was elected under the auspices of Mr. Evans, and 
that inasmuch as the party associated with Sir Elliott Lewis 
was identified with the former Ministers, it is correct to 
say that Parliament was elected under the auspices of the 
opponents of Mr. Earle’s Government. 
Mr. Earle submits to the Governor that there does not 
2xist in the present House of Assembly the material necessary 
to form a stable Government. In submitting this advice to 
the Governor it is pointed out that :— 
(1) The present House of Assembly was not elected 
ander the auspices of the present Government, but of their 
opponents. 
(2) The vote of want of confidence in Mr. Earle’s 
Government is a vote against a Government which has not 
already appealed to the country, and which, although 
brought into existence in consequence of the action of 
their opponents, has been denied an opportunity of stating 
their policy, or of attempting to carry on the business of 
the State. 
(3) Ministers have reasonable grounds for believing that