THE UPPER HOUSE.
DEMOCRATS AND PARTISANS. Mr. Massey was asked by a reporter how he regarded tho defeat of his motion in favour of tho principle of an elective Upper Houss. He replied that the action taken by him was a genuine attempt to promote reform of the Legislative Council, and to make it representative of tho peoplo instead of the Government or tho Primo Minister. "From a party point of view," ho added, "though this may not have occurred to some of those who voted against me, it suits mo tetter to see them go into tho lobby against such a proposal than to find them with mo in support of it. That, however, was not my object. I feel euro that, in spite- of tho fact that a largo majority wero so undemocratic as to voto against that reform, tho feeling of the country is very strongly in favour of it, and there is a \ growing consensus of opinion that it cannot and should not be much longer delayed."
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1242, 26 September 1911, Page 4
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