DEMOCRATS AND LABOUR
There appears to be a lack of unanimity among the Democrat Party’s candidates concerning the party’s attitude if it is not returned to Parliament with enough seats to assure it immediate control of the Treasury Benches, and the opportunity to apply the magical Davy remedies. They are as definite as their leader in saying that they will vote against the Government, but after that there are differences. Some of candidates are sure that if the defeat of the Government is effected and the Labour Party, assumes office Democrat votes will be given to Mr Savage and his colleagues so long as they do what the Democrats order; but Mr Gordon Reed in Smith’s Hall on Wednesday was equally positive that the Democrat Party would not cast a vote for the Labour Party. It is desirable that the Democrat attitude should be strictly defined, because if many of them arrive at the House of Representatives the possibility of another election, with all its disturbance and uncertainty, would loom at once. It may be an awkward question, but it should be answered in definite terms.
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Southland Times, Issue 22733, 8 November 1935, Page 6
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186DEMOCRATS AND LABOUR Southland Times, Issue 22733, 8 November 1935, Page 6
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