the population we are not. Devoted to the Colony and
that more than nine tenths of it
Shall be controlled Representatives of
[?abigenstay thasan freon amary?]
the small remainder.
12. See the third Claim
which demands that the
Official
members should all
be allowed freely to speak
and vote as
they please. It
is a demand which has been familiar in the case
of some colonies, and to which
objection has been raised on behalf of
only
the answer can
be given to it
that the
officials of the government
Cannot be left free to oppose
the government. I should be
surprised
to learn that the
372
officials themselves wished
to be
given this freedom.
It is in fact not possible under the Crown Colony system,
it is of
the essence
of
administration that the
paid supporters or components
of a government "either support or vote for
when necessary
and
on occasion speak for settled policy of the government"
or else resign their places
13. The fourth and fifth
Claims are to the effect
that the Council should have complete control
of the
elected majority Council should have complete control