AMERICAN POLITICS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 12, 6 September 1912, Page 5

AMERICAN POLITICS.

RESULT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS

SENATORS AND REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES. ‘By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) New York, September 5. San Francisco reports state that the primary elections have resulted in tae Progressives nominating SO out of 100 of the Republican Party’s candidates for the State Legislature. The Progressives won seven out of eleven Congressional districts. Ihe Progres-

sive victory insures t£ie nomination ox Presidential electors pledged to the support of Roosevelt. President daft and the Republicans are disheartened. The Democrats are jubilant, feeling mat the split in the Republican Party is certain to mean a Democratic win.

Mr. Roosevelt, speaking at Desmoincs, said that the oificial Republican Party to-day bore the same tcsemhlance to Lincoln’s party as a ship captured by pirates did to the ship before its capture. Senators Barnes. Penrose, Guggenheim and others did not know the meaning of Republican principles. They represented a crooked alliance between crooked politics and crooked business, which had been the curse of American life. The reac-

tionary Republicans were now tending to support Wilson and the victory meant their victory. The final vote at the Vermont elections gave twenty-six thousand to the regular Republicans, twenty thousand to the Democrats, and fifteen thousand to the Rooseveltians. The Prohibition vote was fourteen thousand. 11 LLET’S PESO LUTJ ON REJECTE l) (Received 10 a.m.) London, September The Congress rejected Mr Ben Tulott’u resolution proposing to enquire into the Government’s powers and prospective action in connection with the compulsory arbitration. Opponents feared that the adoption of xFe resolution might ho interpreted as an acceptance of the principle of compulsion. SPEAKER W3LL3S. REVENGE AND THREATS. Sydney, September 5. The Government was caught napping over Dr. Arthur’s Herald article motion, and fell into a trap set by the' Opposition. The debate was farcical, and was treated as a huge jest. Mr McGowen was badly angered at being trapped. The Speaker took revenge by ruling the division frivolous, thereby limiting its entry in the records to a hare mention of defeat.

The gist of the Gas Company’s counsel’s addresses in tire Assembly was that the Bill would inflict a grievous wrong on investors, and deprive them of property lawfully acquired. Counsel complained that they were deprived ot their main argument because Mr Willis would not allow them to make a comparison with English legislation. Mr' McGowen unavailing!/ appealed to Mr Willis to allow the counsel lati-

ucle. Mr Willis silenced interjecting raomjors by a threat of removal.

THE PRESS AND THE PEOPLI

Sydney, September 5. The Assembly galleries wore crowded to-night when Mr Holman moved a notion taking the power of excluding the Press out of the hands of the Speaker and placing it in the hands of the House. Ho explained that the new order gave the Speaker power to provide for what accommodation he liked in .the galleries, but the exclusion of the Press was left to the House itself. It had, he said, become apparent that an amendment was necessary. The Government had reached that conclusion without any disrespect to the Speaker. There had been occasions when members had more to complain ibout the distorted form of news given to the public, but the new standing order would enable the House to prone t itself.

An animated debate ensued, the speaker's action being criticised and the newspapers championed.

An amendment was carried enabling the Speaker to put the question al’tei a debate of at least 30 minutes, in itead of when he pleased as previously irovided by the standing orders. Tho debate was unfinished.

ANOTHER SCENE

A MEMBER REMOVED,

(Received 9.20 a.m.) Sydney, September 0

While Mr Cusack was spo.ik ; ng in the House quoting extracts, Mr Wood (member for Bega) rose to a point of order.

Speaker Willis said Mr Wood u.i ■ making a speech and Mr Wood objected to that statement, wnoreupoi Speaker Willis ordered Mr W'llis tr

be seated and characterised him as disorderly. Mr Wood said he declined to be called disorderly when not disorderly. Speaker Willis ordered Mr Wood’s removal and when the Sergeant-at-Arms touched Mr Wood’s arm he exclaimed: “I will go in deference to the House, but tiiis state of affairs won’t continue for ever.” Ho remained standing for -a few moments and then declared, “Don’t think you are going to use force.” 1 Speaker Willis ordered the Sergcant-at-Arms to summon the police and remove Mr Wood, when the latter departed quietly.