THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 11022, 13 September 1897, Page 2

THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.

EQUAL REPRESENTATION PRINCIPLE AFFIRMED. [per press association."! Sydney, September 10. — At the Federal Convention this afternoon, Mr Isaacs supported equal representation, but said Victoria would not assent to it unless accompanied by certain other principles. He recognised that the small States would not join without equal representation. : Messrs Deakin and Barton supported the Bill as it stood. Mr Lyne said it was absolutely illogical that small States should dominate New South Waloß and Victoria. Those who demanded equal representation wer^ going the right way to destroy any chance of Federating. On division, equal representation was affirmed by forty-one to fivo, the noes being Carruthers and Lyna (New South Wales), and Berry, Higgins, and Trenwith (Victoria). Sydney, September 13. — The Convention decided that after dealing with the constitution of the two Houses and finance, the question of deadlocks would be considered. The Committee resumed the discussion on tho constitution of the State. Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Westralia desired that the method of electing Senators should be left to the local Parliaments to determine. The bill provides that Senators should be elected by the people of the State as one electorate.