THE FEDERAL MINISTRY.
Views of Mr. Watson. SYDNEY, August 23. Mr. Watson, in an interview, has said that Mr "Reid's manifesto has been framed with a view to consolidating the Conser-vative-vote, and frightening timid people into the belief that there is a conspiracy on the part of trade unionists to get the control of the electoral machinery. The. address was a distinct attack on trade unionists, apart altogether from the mere question of preference involved in the Arbitration Bill. The pretence that the unionists were trying to use the Judge of the Aribtration Court as an instrument for a danperems and selfish movement was ridiculous. They were hardly likely to rely on a Judge who was necessarily apart from the working class, and therefore not likely to be prejudiced in their favour. Mr. Reid's Ministry, he said, was under the complete domination of the small Conservative section of the House of Representatives.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 202, 24 August 1904, Page 5
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