"NOT THIS MAN, BUT BARABBAS."
_ TO THE EDITOR. Sir, Considering the personnel of the Ministerial majority of the House, it is not at all surprising .it should have availed itself of the opportunity of getting rid of "honest John Bryce. I notice that he voted against tb.it atrocious Payment of Members Billthat was quite sufficient. This incomparable' piece of legislation provides not only that a member can set Ins butcher and baker at defiance, but also enable him to pocket his dis-honorarium of £20 per month for nine months, should there be no session for that period, and then resign, having done nothing at all for his screw. Perhaps, after all, it is the greatest compliment which could have been paid to the member for Waikato. I remember on one occasion urging an honourable and very worthy man to offer himself as a candidate lor the House of Representatives. " Is'o, sir," lie said ;"I should soon get into hot water, for I never could rise and allude to a man as an honourable member when I knew him to be a — scoundrel.— am, etc., James Burtt.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8662, 3 September 1891, Page 3
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