LABOUR'S DIVIDED RANKS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9743, 7 March 1914, Page 2

LABOUR'S DIVIDED RANKS.

TWO CANDIDATES Fot< WELIJXOTON MAVOPAI/I'V.

At. ih» meeting ot r'n« Wellington main branch of tin* Cniu-d Labour party on Ihur&day ereiung <t. k'ltei was m-eirod from the Social Democratic party municipal campaign committer ;u umler :

"Ti:* ioliowiiig resolution was car- | r:*d at the monthly meeting of the Wellington branch oi the Social Democratic party on .Monday evening last-, and was unanimously endorsed at a meeting oi rope: esciiiaiivt s oi \artous t railed* unions held in the Trades Hall on Wednesday evening, when it was further resolved that tiio resolution should be for- ; n trtled to the I nit<"d Labour ])arty and j Mr McLaren, to the various industriai jand trades unions of Wellington, and ! also to the press:—•The Social Demojcraiic party, V>'ellington, will agree that jus selected Mayoral candidate. Mr 11. h. Holland, shall appear with the 1 nitetl Labour candidate, David McLaren, before a joint- mass meeting oi members of ali bona fide industrial and trades unions, the Social Democratic party, and the 1 nit>vl Labour j>»rt.v, at Wellington. aflniiss;on to which mrotmg shall be by menibership < arris of the various organisations, the candidates to (bdiato the principles and programmes of their respective parties, and a secret ballot of those present- to decide which of the two candidates thall re- j main in the Mayoral contest as the candidate of Labour. The defeated candi-j date to immediately withdraw from tils' contest.' " i

The toll owing reply lifts been sent. 1»▼ the Vnitc<l Labour 'party: —"in reply to yours of Mareli oth we chxsire to say that ths 1 nited Labour partv's candidats for the Wolli ngt-ou Mayoralty (Mr D M: i.sren) was selected a month ago. Sines then your party oorn.e into the field, and by abusive attacks has sought in every jvossiblo wav to injure h:g el.anf-ea oi success. . . . Our party stands for a sane, constitutional Labour policy. \\ «• repudiate absolutely the visionary policy and destructive mer-li"f|i',. Doth political and industrial, of your party, and any agreement between us is, therefore, out of the question. At the last Mayoral election elm poll lor our candidate was 9480 votes. This alone clearly gtamps him s* having the confidence of the workers of Wellington." The campaign committee, of the Social Democratic party held a meeting, and arrangements were ma<le for Mr H. L. Holland to open his campaign next Wednesdav.