THE LABOR IDEAL
NO KING; NO LORDS. by Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received May 3, 0.30 p.m. London, May 3. Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., in,a speech at Tonypandy, said that the ideal compromise would be dropping the Parliament Bill upon the understanding that the Lords accepted the veto resolutions. He did not want a written constitution. The powers and duties of either the Lords or the Commons were defined by Act of Parliament. Fresh tyranny would b" established by the working of a '"paper" constitution. The United States and the British colonies had shown how reactionary such documents could become. Loyalty to the Throne was a great superstition, and very advantageous to the ruling powers. It mattered nothing, however, to the woruing classes whether the official head of the State was King or President. In conjunction with trade unions the Labor Party in Britain would one day become what the Labor Party in Australia had become—the governing power of the nation.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 380, 4 May 1910, Page 5
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159THE LABOR IDEAL Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 380, 4 May 1910, Page 5
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