A PAID PARLIAMENT.
DETERRING THE CARPET BAGGER. LABOUR'S MANIFESTO. LONDON, October 15.
Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P., in a letter to the Press, says it is inadvisable to wholly condemn the payment of members of Parliament, but he adds that capable professional politicians will not be procurable if the salary is fixed as low as £400 a year. The organisations of the two great political parties will, says Sir Gilbert Parker, deter the carpet baggers. Mr. Rufus D. Isaacs (Liberal M.P. for Heading), speaking at Manchester, said he did not suppose that anyone expected a complete reversal of the Osborne decision, which had closed the doors of the House of Commons to the wage earners. Voluntary collections, he said, were unsatisfactory, and he would welcome the reduction of election expenses; even making them a public charge. The Labour party is issuing a manifesto, which demands payment of members in addition to and not as an alternative to the reversal of the Osborne decision.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 246, 17 October 1910, Page 5
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