FEDERAL POLITICS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8102, 30 August 1904, Page 2

FEDERAL POLITICS.

-• : — THE LABOUR PARTY. SIR JOHN FORRESTS OPINION Ofi- IT. i United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright. (Received August 30, 9.4 a.m.) . « MELBOURNE, August 30. Sir John Forrest, presiding at a Women's League cneeting 1 , said the Labour Party was a good name for an organisation that represented th© toilers of the country ; bufc now 1 anyone who liked to sign the caucus pledge could be ai Labour candidate. Th© party now consisted of lawyei's, doctor parsons • and 1 such people, who have never don© a ' day's wt>rk with their hands in their lives. THE QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS. (Received August 30, 10 a.m.) BRISBANE, August 30. Some returns are still incomplete. Mr Airey declares that- the victory 7, Jhas iar exceeded anticipations. The Morgan — Labour coalition expected a majority of twenty, but ifc has come out; about thirty-eight, i Sir A. Rutledge, leader of tho Opposition, in an interview recognised thafc a sort of delirium had seized the people, but ib would pass away and a reaction would come. (Tlie Queensland general election resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Morgan — Labour coalition, which practically swept the polls. A good many returns ar© N incomplete, but only in one or two cases can they affecfc th© results. As/figures stand at present the Labour Party haa increased its strength from twenty-three to thirty-five, while th© Morganites have increased from thirteen to twenty-one, both cases representing a corresponding loss to the Opposition, which secured only fifteen seats. A feature of the election was the defeat of Sir A. Rntlfcdgc, leader of the ; Opposition, and Messrs T. B. Cribb, J. F. I 0. Foxton and D. H. Dalrymple, all of iwhom. held portfolios in the Philp Government.)