DEFEAT OF FEDERAL MINISTRY

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1066, 13 August 1904, Page 3

DEFEAT OF FEDERAL MINISTRY

Beaten on Arbitration Bill Preference to Unionists Vetoed Majority of Two Against Government frtut 4iinaiii.iiin." Duuirlcni Mkmsouhxe, August 12,

Whkn the debato was resumed to-day on tho motion to re-commit tho clause dealing with preference of unionists, the Op-i position adopted an attitudo of silence. None of them spoke, leaving tho discussion 'o the Ministerialists, who uttered bitter remarks at tho way tho Government lm.l been treated. Tiie division resulted in tho defeat of thfl Government by lib' lo 84. MrDankiu vo'td with tho Opposition and Sir W. Lyno wiili tho Ministry, Several members supported the Gov eminent on the ground that it was only fair to allow rc j committal of the Biil DISSOLUTION TO BE ASKED FOR AN APPEAL TO THE COUNTUY M'Llioihixk, this day Tho House has adjourned until next Wodncsday. Mr. Watson will see Lord Northcot c 10-davi and will ask for a dissolution. VIEWS 01? Mil, ItBID Mkuiouhne, ihisday Mr, Reid, the free trado leader, inter- J viewed, said; "The decision is one which will become historical for more reasons than one, not only because of the check - and I think decisive check-which it gives to widespread conspiracy to push democratic principles and Liberal measures to extremes, I look up:n tho vote as one which must be followed by a dctcruiiued organisation, not only within the New Sonlh Wales Parliiiinonl, but throughout the Commonwealth, Wo must strive to emulate, if not liio despotism and cast iron methods ol the Labour Party, at lost their personal unselfishness and unflagging zeal, it is the absence of those characteristics, one or other of which hnsbroughl upon Australia all tho miseries of minority rule and minority government." MESSRS REID AND DEAKIN THEIR ACTION HOTLY CRITICISED I'iw. Kiw. 'v>i. -(lop.vriiihi Mkmournr, this day Sir W, Lyne. intorviowed, said: "The tactics of Messrs licid and Deakin h o been iuo?t disgiaeeful and unparalleled oversinco the Labour Party camo into oflice. Dospi'.c all Mil. Reid's bombast'c statements, ho bud not tho courage and manliness to tako a strni«htkrwrad course and table a motion of censure. Iu fact, in all his political life ho has never been ablo to take a straightforward course, as Mr Reid is afraid of a fair light. This tricky amendment was concoclcd In provont a fresh and full debate, It was not the fair play promised by Mr Deakin on behalf of bis followers. The whole businass from the very start, when the coalition suggestion was imuH in the caucuses of the free trado and protection parties, has been a kind of mysterious intrigue."