THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 93, 5 September 1912, Page 5

THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT

ITS REVERSAL WANTED. LABOR M.P.'S INDICTMENT. By Cable Association —Copyright. Received 5, 12.5 a.m. London, September 4. The Newport Congress, by a large majority, demanded the reversal of the Osborne judgment. Mr. Havelock Wilson, M.P., said that it was important to get the Home Rule, Disestablishment and .Franchise Bills out of 'the way, and leave the Trade Union Bill until next session. Not a man in ten cared a rap about the Osborne Judgment. He asked, "Who was responsible for the judgment?" They were not satisfied with trade unions having the right to elect members of Parliament, but insisted, by a compulsory levy, to force members of the union to pay for a political policy with • which they did not agree. They asked a man to join a union for trade union purposes, and then smuggled a resolution through, saying: "We are going to charge you a shilling a year, and if you do not pay it, we will prevent you following your occupation." That was the cause of the trouble and uproar. When the elections came, the Laboritcs ought to hold the present seats, without winning any others. The railway clerks' delegates twitted the Labor members of the House of Commons with waning enthusiasm over the reversal of the Osborne Judgment. They had since obtained Parliamentary salary.