WELCOME TO TOM MANN.
The/Socialist party met in large numbers' ■o» ..Thursday. night to ' welcome . !V{r!-Tom' Mann.v The.president, Mr- 0. Clay, oarupied tho chair. • •• ; . ~ v'. .' " " . " .Mr. •S. ,T. Binning called for" three cheers' for.Mr. Mann, which wero heartily given.. Mr; R. • Hogg said; they had. bq'i|t the foundation -of what was. to -be a .very, virile: r type of §ooialism. in New Zoaland.' . Ho hoped' ' his hearer§ ; _w<)u!d go on-bearing tho red nag' .unsullied'to* eris of ijioir mission,., (Apr platise!) • v " i > -'- Thd Chairman then called upon anyone in ' the audience to add a few words.of tyefcflma. , A number respbntftd to the invitation. Mr. Mann was warmly greeted on rising to reply. >fle returned tbnnks for his hearty welcomo, and. said that ho would : do all he could to push.forward the Socialistic cnach. Ho did a lot of work in -.Victoria,- but they needed a, -lotof re-organisation in their methods, y but - his : advice was . not taken', and: afterwards he assisted in tho formation »of . a . straight-out . cosmopolitan Socialistic t>arty. ; About. 2000. wore enrolled. Very! liyely interest yris.thkemih the-subjoct, .and now., things,;wore . booming., Thei' wero pot ready yet with a clear-cut policy fpr politics, as the propaganda .work liad not yet been rufficient, but: they did not (luawel. with {he Labour party. Their only policy would, be to dcclai'fl themselves straight-out Socialists to act for the overthrow ot the capitalistic system. Socialism was not anti-racial; that must bo borne in mind, and ho had not muoli .sympathy with tho cry: for' a . White Australia.. Labour,-in.' Australia bad much .to loarn in that they should speak equally well of people who caino from elsowliero. They were' learning .this by dpgroo's, but only in proportion as tjiey becanio Socialists. . Tho principle of evolutionary, development ■was undoubtedly truo, a ltd peojilo who would not admit this in regard to Socialism a few years ago did so to-day, for tlio principles of 'So r pialism wero perfectly sound. (Applause.) The rest of tho evening was spent socially. Musical items were' rendered, a ' programme having been prepared by tho secretary (Mr. H. Larnor).. 1
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 175, 18 April 1908, Page 7
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349WELCOME TO TOM MANN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 175, 18 April 1908, Page 7
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