Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-13

are agreed. The parliamentary. com mittee of the Trades union congress, which endorsed thirty of the fifty successful labor candidates, has drawn up a general prografn
 which includes n-frHdvy Disputr1
 bill; amendment of the compensation act: amendment of the truck act;
 amendment of the factory acts:
 amendment of the unemployed act;
 abolition of Chinese labor in South
 Africa; establishment of state pen
 sion fund at sixty years of age: ex- tension of the housing of the working classes act; establishment of an eight hour working day; adult suffrage and generally for the maintenance of free trade; amendment of the education act; popular control of the liquor trade; extension of municipal trading and naturalization of means of tram sit and natural resources in the king dom. The Trades Disputes bin is placed first by laborites as it aims at
 restoring the legal status of trades unions which was denied by the Tan Vale decision.
 Among the amendments proposed to the compensation act is one pro viding that some system of state compulsory insurance should be es- tabllshed which will secure that enl- ployes shall have paid the necessary funds to compensate for all accidents or injury. or for diseases arising out of or incidental to the nature of any employment"
 The amendments to the Truck act aims at preventing stoppages of any description from wages" the amend ment of the unemployed act is desired ''so that employment can be found at trade union rates for those unable t0 find work" The Old Age pension pro- posal is the establishment of scheme to provide all citizens over 60 years of age with pension of at least fiv" shillings a week. the entire cost to he borne by the imperial exchequer. The miners delegates brought the eight hour working day to the front but the Trades Union congress proposes that any union if it so wishes can have It's trade exempted. There is also diff ference of opinion respecting adult suffrage. some of the unions favoring women suffrage and others opposing it- Labor members endorsed by the congress are pledged to an amendment to the Education act securing educa fional freedom and state maintenance: compulsory attendance up to 16 years of age. secular education in state supported schools. establishment of training schools for teachers. Beyond the program outlined labor members are free to support or oppose the gov ernment but generally they will be guided by their leaders.
 Keir Harfie. the leader of the group supported by the Labor Representative cdsmittee, in an article has pointed out that he and his followers have mo option but to sit in opposition since to do anything else would bc to belle their professions of political in- dependence. In all probability q ses- slonal policy will he decided upon Needless to say each measure intro duced by the government will be judg- time the party will be under the nc cessify of taking it's bearings and of deciding how far it's duty consists In giving a general support to the gov- ernment or of entering upon q mill tant policy to force the hands of the in respect to certain mezsure<
 Nr Hsriie expects the frst eonnict befveen the labor members and the EoyerBnent to arise over the question of legislation to restore freedom of sc ffou to the trade unions Labor has many questions vhfrh they wfIl ssk parliament to consider and if the labor members have tbeir var a zreat part of inc session vfH be devoted te their f.rr1<