LABOR CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 23 January 1908, Page 3

LABOR CONFERENCE.

IJIB DELUIIiiIATIOSS IX ul 11. Keceived 22nd, 10.05 p.m. London, Januarv 22. At the Hull Conference, J. Atkinson representative of the i'apor->uine.» Lnion, moved that the Labor i'arty s ultimate object should be the obtain!,., for worker, of the full results of tW W|J>r by overthrowing the present iwupeUtHe system of capitalisation, the uuttVjiUon of a system ui public ownerj»JP, »nd the control of all means of

Mr A. \ . Grayson, AU'., declared tnc, wuld not attain socialism until an in telligent democracy wanted it with all their heart-.. He was convinced th.it the whole trend of modern society and industrial revolution was towards social-

Mr H. Kuelech, socialist leader, uro tested against the Labor Party sailinc under sealed orders. ™

P M |T7? i' R " Jv, I '. rr " s ' A " H - Gi ". and» P. K turran, M.sP., prote»t<>d againn coercion which must disrupt the present •Uiance between the Labor Part, and Labor Inionuts.

9i£Kts. motion was rejecW b - v Mr Thorne, M.P., moved that the time !** fTl"? Whpn thc Libor Party tthould declare a definite municipal Parliamentary programme based upon rewlutiong passed by the annual confer

MrQnelwb seconded the motion,

SOME RESOLUTIONS.

Received 22nd, 11.52 p.m. London. January 22. The Hull Conference endorsed the nationalisation of railways and the pay. ®ent of members of Parliament. "Itf alio resolved in favor of the abolition. Of the House of Lords without discussion. Mr Clynes urp>d that it would be better to preach socialism in the. eonntry than to quarrel about it at tie 1 j conference.