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both are
proted by Mr Pollock as
holding views favorable to the petition.
one who had given any study to
Suess Again
Again, bude bol quashords of constitutional history or practice
could conceive the famous
scheme of placing legislative control,
not in the hands of the general body of citizens
that al
any
nate would
be in accordance with academic
principles
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but in the hands of
a small body of
traders of
alien to the large bulk
a
the
na-ce
population; an irresponsible body, too, since the executive would be entiel distinct
The petitioners have to resort to the 18274 petition to find examples (Cyprus
B. Honduras) which they consider to be in poins-. (Why these
tivo, when Barbados, Bermuda,
* others in 4 Bijnicima, Jamaica
varyng
} tigree present themselves?) But I
"remain unconvinced that in
1. any of these
the franchise is limited
to a few hundred Europeans
Woulit these business
40 face
men like
Council elected by other
)
In any can
the unoffic
men-be B. Hond.
nominates elected
races than British, as with by property qualification,
on
Moderately wide
apply franchise, as in
Barbados?
As
regards
the Executive Council,
the proposal to add elected members is so far
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aware,
without
precedent. In Jamaica it wa 08 09
proposed some
years ago to nominate
one of the elected members
Leg. Council
the
to sit on the Executive
Council: but even this proposal
Even nominated
has been dropped.
unofficial members of Exec. Council
are
Care
recent proposal to
add one in Shails was abandoned,
Taking the analogy of self-governing
members
are not
dominions, even, elected to the Cabinet,
could be said:
Much more having regard to
but-
the little
Consideration which this petition
ito
has obviously received from its signatones, critision would be
thrown away.
" as proposed.
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I entirely agree.
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