Respecting "the Law"

Maoriland Worker, Volume 5, Issue 178, 1 July 1914, Page 3

Respecting "the Law"

' Mr. Hindmarsh will'find it hard to back up his plea of "respect the Law" •'•if he will reflect that the only'ones • who are expected to do, so are the Workers. Instances, could be cited ad. lib. where the law-makers themselves set aside their laws whenever it suits :them. During the strike' the "Merchant Shipping Act" was suspended 'with unparalleled effrontery," armed inch.were allowed in tho'.strects, per-'-sons":could be arrested without'a war•rant. Special police wero sworn in without regard to the usual requirements. 'of past' good conduct, traffic. • was obstructed, and mounted police •wero allowed to rido oh the footpaths. '•in fact these, and all laws', may be -suspended at the . will of the ruling. '•'powers. • We ..havo' seen" 'that in: every ease brought against the'specials "the specials won,; in'the face of' b'bth law and evidence. In-tho Christchurteh case just concluded, tho Magistrate's decision was clean contrary te the law. In■ tho Waihi'assault cases just to baud, tho evidence was summarily dismissed. The "Worker" libel caso at Hamilton furnishes evidence of the -,'most vindictive.nature,.quite a. precedent being established! in awarding tho -"full damages claimed.

The Right Man at Last! -."• Adelaide "Daily Herald" (Labour) has installed E. H. Coombe, ex-M.P., as editor. Mr. Coombe, a sincere and •hortest worker, has gone through a remarkable • evolutionary career. Starting as a Conservative (representing farmers) *he found in the course of -time and education, that there was •something .wanting in.his creed. He turned his.attention to tho Liberals, but careful study convinced him that.they were avfraud' and;' a delusion.' ; The. ''Labour.'-,.Pa/ty of,-his : .State (S. .was little better, so,-there "was .nothing-,-for-. it• but to s solve, the -problem . 'by ■. Socialism,,.'. and 1 - Socialist ' ho-i accordingly ; .,turned. Ms look forward with- pleasurable.anticipation te .-the: Adelaide ,-''Daily.!.Herald'\\)nbV- (i!-•forging-ahead. ;and taking- its,place in ; the/right wing-, of ...Progressive "Labour. •incoinsfetehcy. : •-.-!';,-'.,.: .""'-..,•.',. '.-. ■'■ 1 ■ "If-Parliament. doo,s-noji dojts, duty,' ■"we,-,..5ha1l ;,b'e .reluctantly ■ compelled to hinder-, the,,'return,-pf.,any .candidate who favours- the three-fifths majority."—Mr. H. D. Bedford. .

Highest Crime Statistics in N.B.W. '. 'No State >..has over prospered when it has undertaken .religious work. N.S.W. has failed both form: a religious and a moral : standpoint. * * * It may be that the men who graduate from tbe schools to the jails have such a regard for the Bible teaching that they want a lifo time'Of ,it. The drunks may have been dwelling on the story of Noah. It is impossible to teach tho Bible- without teaching religion.—Pastor Meyers.

The Real Temperanoe Party. : "When the. Labour Party was in. power in Australia there was a. greater proportion of teetotallers than had ever been in: the House before. Tho ■ same was true- of the 'Labour-Party in'England;"—Mr. H. D. Bedford.