THE PARTY SYSTEM
AS VIEWED BY THE EARL OF , ROSEBERY. X. CONSCIENCES POOLED. The Earl of Rosebery, presiding at a. dinner in honour of Mr Harold Cox's declaration of political independence, made a witty speech on the party system.
Each party, he said, pooled its conscience, and anyone declining the terms was expelled as grit hindering the oily working of a machine. That body of silent voters whose opinions would bo represented by a man like Mr Cox were now ineffectually represented in Parliament, because they were unorganised and indolent. The Earl concluded by suggesting that the free trade tariff reform issue should be entrusted to a Hoyal Commission.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7056, 18 February 1910, Page 5
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109THE PARTY SYSTEM New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7056, 18 February 1910, Page 5
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