THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
A DEMOCRATIC POLL
' '■■ In the 'Course of his address in the Mastertbn Town Hall last evening,-. Mr' : D.. McLaren, ..M.P.-, stated itha.t.one;of the planks-'of the Labi our Party wa!s the--application of the Democratic v principle to the liq-< nor question;' Whatever the iridic vidual opinion might be, the Party as a whole had decided that the only sound attitude they' could take up was to. demand that-the liquor ques? tion be decided by a bare majority*•' He contended that it was wrdhg that the vote of one man should be of fifty per cent, greater value than the other. He believed that- the Party was taking, a' wise cotsrse in the application of the democratic principle. He went further and urged the workers to take advantage of the first opportunity of.wiping the liquor traffic right out of existence. He contended that the worker' would be doing himself greater service in putting Ins; sixpences into a fighting fund than in-' to the pockets of the brewers.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10097, 20 September 1910, Page 5
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168THE LIQUOR QUESTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10097, 20 September 1910, Page 5
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