COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
EARLY APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY.
PARLIAMENTARY DEADLOCK
Association. —Copyright.)
SYDNEY, Feb. 13
Mr Cook, in a speech at Cowra, said tie position of affairs in the Federal Parliament was practically impossible. It was absurd to talk of passing noncontentious legislation with the Housa constituted' as it is, and 'with a Senate winch flatly told the G-o-vernment that it should' pass nothing which the caucus did. not approve. Mb self-respecting Government could submit to such treatment, and the taxpayers must decide to return one party or the other with sufficient strength to pass legislaion. He foreshadowed an early appeal to the country.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 14 February 1914, Page 5
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