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SOCIALIST SENATORS.

THEIR. VIEWS'ABOUT THE KING 01 PORTUGAL.' .■ . (moil OUR SI-ECIAIi COBBESrONDENT.) Sydney, February 5. We hadrd:fine exhibition in the.Senate ot Wednesday of the' views held by at,leasl . or.o :Lab,i?nr ;momber of tho Federal I'arlia tho'Tccent ,detestable crim'c in..Portugal; 'Ihe discussion, which is in lit wajvcrfxiitable to Sonatoi; Stowart', at least , is thus repprtsd ;by .tho correspondent of the . Sy(luey ." D,nlv Telegrnpli" 1 ■ : Senator Best (Victoria). , officially annpnncwl thit at tho request of the Ministors . the. Governor-General had sent a cable tc •V..: tho Stcj'ebiry- of' State for tho 'Colonies for transmission iir. regard'to '.the assassination of tho,Kins of. Portugal. i ' Senator;,,Stowart (Queensland) rose to speak. v The, President; No discussion can take place. ■ Senator ; Stewart, one of tho Labour members fpr Queonslind, asked at a later stage ■ whether,';scemg the Government had in the namo. of tho people of Australia.sent a message., expressing, abhorrence and indignation at tho deith of a King who, had dissolved his Parliament, had usurped despotic power, and taxed, his subjects by dccrce—— ■ The President, interposing, said he'could , not allow.such a question to be put.' It-was not jn,order..,,The question mado certain allegations ..against a Sovereign—v , Sqnator Stewart: .Will you ; jvait till you hear,what.l'm going to : ' - The .President: Si cannot .allow such - ! a question .to. be.- put.. 'It deals-iwith matters > outside mitta-s"of ■ fact: "■ . ■ Senator..'Stewart:'l''am—^ . The rPresident: Th"eso questions' must not contain-matters ■of opinion. , . , Senator, Stewart:; i.Tho ' statements-, con-' tamcd in. tho question 'aro 'statements of fact i -lMjin; .wove tlieirt. ; ;(Langhter.) .The -President: It is not a'.question that I ean> allow, to be put. : . . * -.f ; , Senator Stewart;.'This is an attempt'- toohoke off the truth. ■" .Tho President:' Order.!' The question contains be made m a 1 question.' Senator Stewart: Oh, oh! this is the gag-.- . (laughter.) You're like the King himself. .- -Tho President: Order, orderl' I Senator Stewart: ;This; act'on of yours is an; agumption.tof .- despotic /power, :.ju'st - : as', mtich.'.as-that <of King Carlos: Tjie President: .Order, order! If tho hon; member , does' not, oboy .tho' ruhilg .of the ; .Chair, I r . shall- tako other . steps. -' - ■■,\ : ' . . Senator; Stewart:..l .will take :other steps myself s ;«;.. ■ " ■ ,'Prosident: ...Whilo l l v remain. in - the ■ ohair vlvwillj-have' my -rulings obeyed •' ; vSenatbr-.De :Largio:asked for. tho terms "of : the) cablegram - that' had -, bi'en /sent 1 by '"the Govornor-G en eral. Senator.Hest. The'message is as follows:' -r„ ,-The people of Australia desire to express the,„.deepe3t,;-sympathy, with' the' widowed Queen ot Portugal} and abhorrence of tho ■ erime. of last Saturday.'"' ■■•i • - ■ . piece • of. servility/ (Laughter.) jAVhat -.right have -you -to - express . sympathy,, withthe. deatlw.of a monster ;like that' ' 'I ' • , Senator-Gray (New South 'Wales) .called' ...attention-to/.the expression monster "' ' . i- The--President: Order! "Wo; cannot- have matters, of. disojssion t in connection with aquestion. I havo already dealt with the question that Senator Stewart put Senator ,Gray: I'm not opening a;discus-» iioni,- butvis it propdr, that a membei' should . Tiso tho .w.ord-."monster'' m rcgard to a Sovereign King' Senator Stewart (contemptuously): A Sovereign King! (Laughter.) • v " ■ '' 1 Senator. Graj. ,1 tli'nk that expression should bo withiriwn The President I did not heai Senator Stewart, mako use -of - tho- expression—if 'iie : did,"l presume .he:,did so-after he had resumed his'seat. Senator Stewart-' 'Will> rbsnGovei-nibcnt causora,;messaM :.of; sympathy'to"bo sent- in the.name-pf theipeople-;of--Australia -to the' > , people..of/ Portugal, whose Tights 'havo',boon grossly out/ige'l' t , Senator Best: The Government has no in- ' tent ion of .such, a* .message. >■>', ( - .•.; .." , Senat-or v : Stetvarfc: You're :: the: ; friend-/of tyrants! ■ ' i , • The i President: Order,- order I- ■' v;; : _Sinator ,Stewart: «The friend of' tyrants! (Laughter.) 1 ■ Senator. De.'Largie : Can: 1 nlako an . ad- ' dition to : .the,; message which was sent' by ; the. .Gofomor-Gencraf? r . : The PiObiknt. It~i:; not ill the.form-of a ' motion,, and ..therefore cannot be added-to.- > , ; _ .beridvpr,--De ; Lafgie:-:l,:tKinfcit:i'mistake- '• :- /.syinpathv.irishould "riot' 1 Jiave.been sent. to' tho pcoplo'of:Portugal -j' - Iho President:, Order I' The hon. membor i .that. Tho wisdom' or propriety or, impropriety, of ; sending a-message of that" ! character . is^i^t 1 . beforo , this' House.. -V -. "■'

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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 11

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SOCIALIST SENATORS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 11

SOCIALIST SENATORS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 11

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