SCENE IN FEDERAL SENATE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 114, 6 February 1908, Page 7

SCENE IN FEDERAL SENATE.

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE OBJECTION BY. A- SENATOR. •— • (Rec. Fcb. ,C, .0.15.- a.m.) . v, Melbourne, , ]jil}ri\ary y 5. In -tho Senate tho President ainiouiiced tliat. the Gbvernbr-GeiieFalv at tho request of Ministers, 1 had sent a> oablegram:<with rorerence to the'assassinntion'iii Portugal. - ; Sena:tor Stewart. aSjked- the:, Governorhad, in the imrno of tlie, people of Australia, sent a message indignation at the death of l a -King who. T l'!id dissolved his Parliament, - had-usurped " despotic power, and taxed bvgdecree. :... . ■ The President and 1 said lie could not,allow such a queSion"'K ;[ ''^ : Vo'A^"' Senator Stewart endeavourcd.^tQ^.speak-,, but the President - . ~j - . Senator Do Largiejaskfid tHe. .message. ■ Tho President said tliatfthe:,mcssa'ge J statcd that the peoplo of Australia desire to express deepest sympathy with the widowed Queen and abhorrence of the-crime'ofias't'Siiturday.' Senator Stewart: What right have you to oxpress sympathy with tho death of a monster like that?,.\ '*«.'>«. .'V ''.j'vf' ; After i some disorder,'.Sehator Stewart managed to ask whether the Government would send 'a message of sympathy; in the name of ■tho.peoplo of Austnilia/iojtho.pcoplo of Portugal, whoso rights been grossly(i outraged. ' ■ : i . ( Tho President said the C"ovcrnment<. hail no such intention. - ' Senator Stewart: You > friend;; .of tyrants.'. ' i. .""" .' ' 7 IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS . (Rec. Feb. ,5,-i-ll p.m.) :• \ London, February 5-i On the motion of Lord ltipon, Lord Privy Seal, seconded by Lord -Lansdowne, Leader of the Opposition, the House of Lords silently, carried an address to the King expressing abhorrence of the aSsaSsiiiiitiohs, and syhi- • patliy with tho. -Royalrfamilyj.andw'tk'e .'p'eoplo of. Portugal!' - r «•- mi\ or.-.»ai.j.. -