The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1910.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 April 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1910.

THR AUSTRALIAN' KLECTrOXS. A VKToitv for tin! Australian Labour Party in the Commonwealth elections is now aßSiir.sr.l, ami the people as a whole in Xew Zealand, as well as Australia.—will he watching, u trifle anxiously, to sol* what will b<. , the result of .a Labour Administration. "While we hold that legislation for any one. class is ull tlo.c:iriible, we do unit share in tht , . sonuv what widely held feeling that the temporary triumph of any Labour Party means disaster to the St..».le, though wo can <|uito nnr'er.staiui l';o f eel ings of tin,we who do hold so, b.-sed as their (.pini.n.s inv on tit..: tin weighed words of irresponsible Labour advocates. T':e f:r-tunnti-'ly, is I'iat T..-.!)Oitr'.'s roirc i:r.!ich worse than Labour's <leotls. The reason for this l'"s i;; tho fa<'i 'that the persistent talkers of the party expend tlieir energies in words, whilo the more, solid and reasonable sections of tlie party mipress the majority of their fellows, and thus obtain tlio adiniui.stra.tivo trusts. It was always so, and ;<l- - will be so, in every party; though here and there a AVinstoM('liurehill wins into a Cabinet and proves that <>very rule has its occasional exceptions. Oik , proof tli.it Australia's .electors favour nwxler.stion is seen in the great majority given to La'boiir Member W. .A!, ffughes, whose counsels of niodera■Lton at the time of tlio Newcastle wl;:ril:a w-era in such strong contrast to tlio !iot-lieaded vapourings of .Peter ]}(»vliug and some others who row languish in prison. How the LaL. :r Party will use its power when f<.r tlve second time it- gains : )iHtrol of Australian finances is a ;: ibj:. -1 !, fG: , careful fb.iorvr.tion by :.ll avlk) niaintain u'iuds. Meanwhile, there is cause for congratu- ! ltioa in the disappearance from .'.us':.".::Kan C-.:nim;)iiwealth pelitios c.f tbo t'lree parties which l.as resulted in over-changing pro-p-ljvic;,l h;.; and i-nst. n .tesmi , "like compromises that rre i:i suiy co:r.itry.