Show ATTITUDE OF lABORITES I James lames Keir Hardie Advises His Party Farly Not to Follow the British Liberals Blindly Newport England Feb 9 In Ills his ad address address address dress opening the tenth annual meeting of the Independent Labor party part today toda President James Keir Hardie threw cold coldwater coldwater coldwater water on all aH suggestions that the Labor Laborites LaborItes Laborites ites in the forthcoming parliament should be the he blind followers of the government Herald 1 confidently assert that those who hope to see us bring about our own undo undoing undoIng undoing ing by entering Into some agreement or understanding with the government are doomed doom to disappointment At all costs and hazards we must maintain a complete freedom of action both In the house of commons and In our constituencies The treatment meted out to our candidates by the Liberals In the recent contest was not the kind to predispose us In favor faor of or oran any an friendly relationship President Hardie Hurdle declared that the tho policy polley of the Liberals toward the peers as outlined did not inspire the Laborites with confidence To talk of weakening the veto power of the lords was toying with democracy he said adding that any second chamber must In the nature of things be reactionary and could be In tended only as a check to progress He lie said that the policy of the Labor party part remained unchanged and that was to sweep the house hous of lords into oblivion The same unsullied independence which had produced so many labor measures in the past must continue to work for ends yet to be won |