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Fix this textTHE LANTERN.
Fix this textConducted by H. Congreve Evans and Alfred T. Chandler.
Fix this textVol. I —No. 52
Fix this textADELAIDE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1890
Fix this textGUARANTEED CIRCULATION—4,3OO.
Fix this textPrice Threepence.
Fix this textCOALS. COKE. FIREWOOD. Best New South Wales Household, Steam, or Smith COALS, COKE, and MALLEE FIREWOOD
Fix this textdelivered anywhere at Lowest Current Rates. HENRY SIMPSON & SONS, 27, Currie Street, Adelaide, and Maclaren Wharf, Port
Fix this textTELEPHONE No. 250. '
Fix this textOUR OPINIONS.
Fix this textQUIZ’S BIRTHDAY.
Fix this textTo-day Quiz is one year of age. Just fifty-two
Fix this textweeks ago he made his modest bow before a
Fix this textcritical world, and he now asks his friends and
Fix this textcritics to join in the sentiment common on such
Fix this textoccasions as the present, and wish him many
Fix this texthappy returns of the day.
Fix this textQuiz is a representative of personal journalism,
Fix this textand he glories in the fact. His manner of working
Fix this textmay be offensive to the fastidious taste ; but it is,
Fix this textafter all, the one way in which to appeal to the
Fix this textlarge constituency for whom he now has to cater.
Fix this textThe rigid Conservative folks may say what they
Fix this textlike, but there is an increasing desire on the part
Fix this textof men and women to know what other men and
Fix this textwomen are doing, and if they can obtain the
Fix this textinformation given in a piquant style they duly
Fix this textappreciate it. The time has gone by for decrying
Fix this textpersonal journalism. It has arisen owing to a
Fix this textpopular demand, and not all the old fogies in
Fix this textcreation can stop its progress.
Fix this textHolding as he does strong views on social ques-
Fix this texttions, Quiz never expected to give pleasure to
Fix this texteverybody. No man who aims at being a reformer
Fix this texthopes or desires to make his way along a path of
Fix this textroses. He must encounter thorns in the guise of
Fix this textthe cynic’s sneer or the Conservative’s denuncia-
Fix this texttion. Still if he be earnest and honest the people
Fix this textwill eventually give ear to him, and what may now
Fix this textseem quixotic will by-and-bye—so quick is the
Fix this textmarch of events nowadays—be generally acknow-
Fix this textledged as the true policy for the State. There is
Fix this textbut a slight step from the apparently impossible to
Fix this textthe possible. Quiz means to work on and to hope
Fix this texton. The goal towards which he is striving may
Fix this textappear far distant, but it will be reached much
Fix this textsooner than most people imagine.
Fix this textIn looking back upon his career Quiz finds
Fix this textmuch that is encouraging, and perhaps some things
Fix this textthat are to be regretted. He has done some things
Fix this textthat he ought not to have done, and left undone
Fix this textothers that he ought to have carried out. With
Fix this textthe sole desire of educating or amusing he may
Fix this texthave written in his haste what on reflection he
Fix this textwould have hesitated to write. This has been at
Fix this textthe cost of the loss of friendships, some of which
Fix this textwere valued, while as to others —well, let them go.
Fix this textIf a shaft of satire too truly aimed can sever such
Fix this textties it is better that they should be severed for aye.
Fix this textQuiz means to go on improving. During his
Fix this textbrief career he has absorbed a journal bigger and
Fix this textolder than himself, and he is thriving. He has
Fix this textbeen imitated in more than one particular, but the
Fix this textdiscriminating public, with its usual good taste,
Fix this textprefers the genuine article. The good of the past
Fix this textmust be made better. There is ample room for
Fix this textimprovement beyond all question, and with the
Fix this textassistance of his kindly and sympathetic readers
Fix this textQuiz will work on until he arrives as near to per-
Fix this textfection as is permitted to finite beings.
Fix this textThen here is many happy returns of the day to
Fix this textall of us. God bless us all. May the end of
Fix this textanother twelve months find each one of us pros-
Fix this textpering. May we flourish as the green bay tree.
Fix this textMay we all share in that era of prosperity which
Fix this texthas already begun in South Australia; and may
Fix this textQuiz become as dear to his supporters as they
Fix this texthave become dear to him. And here endeth the
Fix this textfirst yearly sermon.
Fix this textTHE POLITICAL SITUATION.
Fix this textWhen Quiz last spoke on the political situation
Fix this textthe defeat of Dr. Cockburn’s Ministry was impend-
Fix this texting. Twenty-four hours later that defeat was a
Fix this textmatter of history, but it was history that had not
Fix this textbeen made as a natural outcome of our political
Fix this textprogress, and the voice of the country, emphatically
Fix this textexqressed since, proves this to be the fact. The
Fix this textCock burn Government collapsed, yet its policy
Fix this textgained in vitality. The ship of State had only
Fix this textstruck a sandbank, and the officers were shaken off
Fix this textthe deck. Other men have merely taken the helm
Fix this texttemporarily, and unless they are prepared to put to
Fix this textsea courageously and make for the port to which
Fix this textthe passengers are determinedly bound they will
Fix this textsoon be removed.
Fix this textMr. Playford is the new captain, and he has been
Fix this textgiven a fortnight to consider w’hether he will main-
Fix this texttain the course on which the ship set out. At
Fix this textpresent it looks as if he will just turn back into the
Fix this textrecent anchorage. If so then his command is
Fix this textdoomed. Putting the metaphor aside Quiz must
Fix this textsay that the outlook is not hopeful. Mr. Playford
Fix this texthas formed an essentially Conservative Cabinet,
Fix this textfor none of his colleagues are distinguished for
Fix this texthealthy democratic views. The new Premier him-
Fix this textself has never been a leader of liberalism, for he
Fix this texthas only been a liberal by force of circumstances.
Fix this textWith some tact, with considerable ability, but with
Fix this texta great amount of luck he has been found at the
Fix this texthead of progressive legislation. Protection was
Fix this textripe before he accepted its principles, and if Sir
Fix this textJohn Bray had been willing to submit to the terms
Fix this textof the Protectionists the present Premier would never
Fix this texthave earned the credit of passing the present tariff.
Fix this textAs to Mr. Playford’s colleagues, only Mr. Bews and
Fix this textMr. Homburg can be regarded as anything like
Fix this textdemocratic, but they would be more correctly
Fix this textdescribed as Liberal Conservatives.
Fix this textThe great Democrat of the Playford party is
Fix this textconspicuous by his absence from the new Cabinet.
Fix this textThat is Mr. Kingston. It was inevitable, however,
Fix this textthat he and his late chief must soon part company.
Fix this textTheir utterances on the hustings last March made
Fix this textthis clearly apparent, and it is only a feeling of old
Fix this textassociation and personal friendship that makes
Fix this textMr. Kingston’s defection a gradual rather than a
Fix this textviolent process. If he is genuine in his tenets —
Fix this textand Quiz believes he is—he and Mr. Playford
Fix this textmust take oblique lines, which, the further they
Fix this textare extended, become wider apart. To emphasise
Fix this textthis, it is only necessary to mention that the
Fix this textOpposition secured three votes on giving the
Fix this textdistinct pledge that Mr. Kingston should not be
Fix this textincluded in the new Ministry. That is rather a
Fix this textcompliment to the member for West Adelaide.
Fix this textThen Mr. Rounsevell’s elevation to power is a
Fix this textsurprise which has been sprung upon the local
Fix this textoptionists, who, if they had suspected such a con-
Fix this texttingency, would have demanded a pledge for his
Fix this textexclusion also. How will Mr. Gilbert and his
Fix this textparty explain their conduct in assisting to kick
Fix this textout a local option Ministry and in helping an
Fix this textopponent into office ?
Fix this textNo doubt the idea in appointing Mr. Rounsevell
Fix this textas Commissioner of Public Works was to minimise
Fix this textthe objection that would be raised to him, but it
Fix this textdoes not remove the dilemma. The new Premier
Fix this textwill now not only have the “disappointed ones”
Fix this textand the staunch progressive land tax party opposed
Fix this textto him, but to these will be added the disaffected
Fix this textlocal optionists. Maybe he will anticipate the
Fix this texttrouble by proposing a modified form of the pro-
Fix this textgressive land tax and make a concession to the
Fix this textteetotal party, and in that way retain his captaincy.
Fix this textBut he will never pacify those members who are
Fix this textnotorious for having voted against every Govern-
Fix this textment with tne paltry selfish motive of receiving a
Fix this textportfolio themselves, and it is a pleasing fact that
Fix this textMr. Playford has not rewarded a single one of those
Fix this textpot-hunters. For this at least he deserves a word
Fix this textof commendation. Whether such members as
Fix this textMessrs. Stock and Moule are disappointed or not
Fix this textQuiz will not decide, but they and several others
Fix this texthave assumed very elongated countenances since
Fix this textMonday last.
Fix this textFrom the unsatisfactory state of things in the
Fix this textHouse, and from the unequivocal voice of the
Fix this textcountry, Quiz is satisfied that his suggestion made
Fix this texta week ago must be adopted, and that the end of
Fix this textit all will be a dissolution.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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