ABOUT PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1211, 21 August 1911, Page 4

ABOUT PARLIAMENT.

4 MEMBERS' IMPRESSIONS.

Speaking in reply to tho toast of tho "Now Zealand Parliament at tho an- i liual smoke concert of tho Engine crs' Union on Saturday night, Mr. 1\ M. Li. Fisher said Parliament might bo likened to tho railways. l'*or instance, the Minister could be likened to a punor, w.v; was carrying other people s billets about and not getting tipped. And JJr. Izard would be a shunter. He wanted to "shunt" Mr. Uerdman out of his position. ' And, again, Parliament would : snortly have to form a union ill order to get a'rise in wages. Air. it. A. Wright considered that in likening Parliament lo tho railways Mr. l'isher might liavo carried his remarks further. In Parliament they hail "guards" and "stokers." Ho himself was a political stoker, and occasionally put 011 coals of liro and madu matters very warm. But the trouble never wont uevond the floor of the House. This was something that took Mr. Wright sonio vimo to understand. Ho used to think that either tho quarrels on tho floor of the llouso were all. humbug or clso tho friendships outside were humbug, but now lie knew that both were very sincere. Though it was nevertheless very strange at iirst when one saw «two members in Bellamy's, immediately after a squabble between them, calmly having—a cup of tea together. Mr. J. P. Luke felt that every man who went to Parliament was seiz-ed with the idea of doing what was right to uplift the people and improve conditions generally. A lot of good legislation had been passed in' Now Zealand, and our Parliament, had been Iho basis for tho building up of Parliaments in other countries.

Mr. 1). liuiek's impression was that when one got to l'ailiament it was to discover (hat he was only one of SO, and that the others were just as strong minded and as pigheaded as lie was. Hut (hero was always great pleasure in "scoring," though very often a member was apt to think ho had "tcored" when ho had not.

Mr. D. M'Larcn (old the gathering that, advico had poured in on nil sides when be was about to enter Parliament. One man had told him he would do no good unless he made a "blazing ' row," and another hail advised him to go steady, which was (juite unnecessary advice to givo to a Scotchman. ISui the advice which ho valued most of all w»v given him bv the present Premier of Hi.' Commonwealth, who said, "l.eok here. Mac, understand this, it's not what a man. possesses, but what, he is that makes him a man in public life."

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