MR. FISHER & THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1914, Page 8

MR. FISHER & THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATS

SUGGESTED DEBATE. The following letter has been sent by Mr. W. T. Mills, National Organiser of the Social Democratic Party, to the Hon. F. M. B. Fisher :— "My attention has just been called to your public announcement at Foxton, of your willingness to debate with me the national measures of disagreement between the Reform and Social Democratic Parties. 1 am sending this note to your Welling' ton address and to the press, immediately accepting your challenge to debate. I. suggest that the largest halls in Auckland, % Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin be engaged for that purpose, and that debates be held at the earliest dates practicable, and ou successive evenings as near as may be. I further suggest that Mr. Atmore, or any other person acceptable to Sir Joseph Ward, be invited to join with us in these debates as spokesman for the Liberal Party. I do npt know that this would be acceptable to Mr. Atmore) nor do I insist upon its acceptance by you, but it would be agreeable to me to meet representatives of both parties to which I_ am equally opposed, and should especially appreciate a threecornered platform fight of the same sort as is now going on before the country. As to your reference to good order, you are already aware that I will have no part in a disorderly gathering ; that I have the unanimous support of all persons authorised to speak for the Social Democrats in affirming that it is always our wish that all public meetings shall bo conducted with good order, and that all spokesmen on public questions of all sorts shall always be given a respectful and attentive hearing."

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