DAY BY DAY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 9979, 3 May 1911, Page 4

DAY BY DAY

Wanted —A Labour Chief,

Under this heading, tho Mat-aura Ensign draws attention to the real ueed that exists for some strongman to come forward who will assist materially in solidifying the forces of Labour in New Zealaud. aud who wili command tho respect (not au easily obtained commodity) of all Socialistic factious The paper proceeds to con over the names of men among whom might be fouud a suitable leader. Mr D McLaren. MP. for Wellington East, as the first Labour member to sit in the House of Representatives, would seem to have a strong claim to the position. Mr T. E. Taylor, who, as the accepted Labour nominee, has been elected by a sweeping majority to tho Christchurch Mayoralty, and who has had a long aud active Parliamentary experience .culminating in ins reoeu. alliance with Labour, is also in the running. Mr Taylor is popularly regarded as not capable of playing second fiddle, and interpreting his recent utterances aud actions it appears toat he is grasping opportunity by the forelock. His oratorical powers aud prohibitionist iufluenuo should also stand him in good stead when the selection is made. Iv Dunedin, Hon J. T. Paul is thought of as a likely champion; and the prevailing parochialism iv Auckland might lead to tiie nomination of Mr O. H. Poole. M.P. Those four names would all receive provincial support. But there is a possible head sufficiently alive to the needs ot Labour, moderate and oratorical, who would bo houonred with the fullest confidence of, say, four-fifths ot the manual workers of the Dominion. The person thus suggested is Mr Edward Tregear, late Secretary for Labour. Speaking recently of his future career, Mr Tregear said that he leaved to literatnre, but that if he thought he could do better work in the Parliamentary arena he would enter it. In the latter capacity he would have better opportunity of making statements which he had perforce to repros.; while a Civil Servant, and it is more than likely that on his return from Australia, whither he is bound for experience, \\. will seftk election in tho Labour interest for a Wellington scat. From M.P. co Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party would, for him, not be a big stop The Kusigu sug;..i--ts, however, that .ho other aspiraisrs to the office will make troul.de w !'° Mr Tregear's nomination brought, forward officially; in other words, that the bickerings aud jealousies that now divide Labour agaiust itself wo ii hi pro-,.- a .-,■:.'_ d outs obstacle to the consolidation of the party and th_ appoiiituient oi' a recognised, leader.

"All Three are Cominff,"

A telegram received this ruoruiug from the I.cv. Dean McKenna, who is iv Wellington, states that all three of tho Irish Home Rule envoys —Messrs KcHlmond.Hazeltou and Donovan—will visit Mastertou to-morrow, and will be present at the public meeting in the eveuing. Tins news will prove very gratifying to those who take an interest iv "tho Home Rule movement; for not ouly will public interest be stimulated in regard to tho meeting, but at tho meeting itself au address will probably be delivered by each of three distinguished men, aud the proceedings will thereby be distinctly more attractive thau wouiri have baen the case had ouly oue delegate came to Masterton, as at first proposed. Mr Redmond is probably the most interesting of the throe, not so much ou account of his own personality— although he is a clever and distinguished man—as because of his noar relation to Mr John Redmond, the famous leader of tho Nationalist party iv the British House of Comnious, and the mau who, because he controls tho balance of power there, practically holds the fate of the British Constitution iv tbe hollow of ins hand. Mastertou must thank Dean McKeuna for the keen interest he has taken iv the visit of the Homo Rule delegates to the town, and the enthusiasm he.has shown in making arrangements for their reception. There is little doubt that it is owing to the reverend gentleman's efforts in Wellington that the whole party has been in.luced to j pay Masterton a visit.