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NEWS OF THE DAY.
PENAL DISSOLUTION THREATENED
BY Mil. IIATCHKLOR.
At a complimentarj' social given by tlie
AVcrt Adelaide Committee of tho United
Labour Party 'ou Tuesday night, Mr. E.
L. llatrhelor, Leader of the Lnlmtir Partv.
referred to the qucxtinn of liousduild suf
frage. 'J hough it was not many monlhe,
be .aid, mnec the general election took
place, ah-caiiy there were rumour* of nn
other. They wore tnlcl that lliey would
probably1 hive a |tciml di^nlution in tho
near future. It wan more liian likely that
they would have thul election. When ihcy
corwidcred the j-hiih-. it w;i-- worth their
while to go to thai little inrouvcnicncc to
reach the cud they were seeking lo attain
— hoiwchold tuff rage lor the Legislative
Council. No other -iue.-«tiou wan, iu ]H-litio«
just oow, bccuiiHe all oilier rvtonnn de|ico
dud entirely u|»ou an ultcnition nf our (Jou
st itut ion. «u that the |Ht-pk- and not a claw
could really govern Smith .Australia. Al
present thuee wht- were ' deprived of the
full right* of ritizi-ibihip, to the eternal tlia
trract- of the South Australian coininunily,
who liad allowed that to exist mi long, were
aoinewhat poorer' than the rwt nf their
neigliboure. Under the South AuMraliun
Coustitutioii only the poor and criminal
were deprived of their full rights of citizen
ship, it could not be maintained thai
tb'one wbo bad no vote for tin- Legislative
Council were less honest, lc-s iudu«triou«,
or lew deserving in auy way ol tho*; lull
right*. It was due 10 their manhood and
womanhood thai they should alter such
? mate of thiiigK. That wa« the work which
the Liberal, J'arty— the Kingrtoii (ioreni
men! anil 'the Lnltour Party— had taken in
hand, and they did not intend lo stay their
hand until it was accomplished. Then
they could rest assured in the knowledge
that nothing further could happen in the
way of blocking nlorni until the people
themH-lveii.j-eally did not waul it. lie
trusted that in the event of a dissolution—
«ind he thought there would be one— tliey
would all do their part in bringing about ,
the altmlioiib they desired. Mr. IJatr-Iie^k
lor cviilmtly |H3.--ei-co a light and airy^
inw4n.1t ion, and hi» skeleton outline nf the
priiu-iple^ nf the .South Austr.iliau Coiirti
tuliou ii.u ni li-otl the lueril of Ix-ing ucw«.
(M oJiir-c, ui'laitip is more absurd limn Uic
en- tiwt tlu irunchiM: di:-criiniuali(vii here
i.« ,1 -li-liin tion 1'i-iwciri rich aud poor; but
it there wcic any justification f--r hui-h a
c'tnp!.iiiir ilu- ilounvhold Franchise Bill
w.jiild n-»t niiiovi- ii. Jt nould give a vote
to a 111:111 alilc to .-.Icrp liutwvcn blanket *;
hut woull withhold it ti-om the poor wretch
'liivcriiij: at ni).'i)t in the Park hecauac he
could if -I aff.T.J hLinkeU and l'nr wanl vl
Ixiu-r .-liolu-r! AuJ to one might argue
,,d hi).
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