A DISLOYAL POLITICIAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 129, 26 June 1901, Page 3

A DISLOYAL POLITICIAN.

TO BE EXPKLI/rcn FROM THE STATE AWSKMBLY. eccive'l 2G, 1.8 a.m. Melbourne. Jm e 25. An excit- (i discussion to k pi ce in the fctattt As evn! ly on the q-i stiou of tie republnaion of the II- e 1 on the Kiog from the nc wnpapcr Irish People i-\ Ihe Meiburce we k'y journal Tocsin; whivh is published by.Firidl y, l.<i or number for Melbourne. The Premier severely co. dinned tlv republication. Ho had consulted th< Attorney-General, who feurd ho hnd rob power to size ut>oM c f ie?, and &».sid> red that to institute prosecution would only spread she libel. IHe thf-n ssk?d tho Lieut.-Govemor to t4 gruph to the Impoiial authorities andfnquire if nesvfpapera were sujprissed ts an >ct o'Stat-, and would the Impeiial G.neinm>ji,t a<lopt it as su;h as there vas no othvr author tv here. % Mr. Findhy explained tha"; );e did noi authorise the pu'-lica'ion of the article, and di 1 io. read it until hiV at ent'oti v>-s called jto it by oh r pipers. As publi her of tha Tocsin, he had no control over iis coito;ts. When dsVei to apologise Mr Fi' die; paid he was sorr.y he had given offe-. ce to tha Houst, a; : d tkafc the rrticlo had appered. The Premier <aid it not m9ici>-nt to expross r- giet; there must be an unqualiti d dis vowa' and disapproval of the sentiments of the article Be then moved that Mr. Find:ey was guilty tf dis'oyalty to the King, and tl at ho had c.mmit'ed an act discreditable to the honour of Parliament, act! tlwt he be expelled from the House. The Attorn-:y-Gcn-jral second'd, and Mr. Irvice, leader of the Opposition, supported. Tha debate is proceeding.