AND OF COURSE THAT SETTLED IT!

NZ Truth, Issue 56, 14 July 1906, Page 3

AND OF COURSE THAT SETTLED IT!

, "Mr Winston Churchill, the Xj, Secretary for the Col.onies, m, course of a speech delivered i night at West Hartlepool, i that Parliament exhibited chat teristi.es — its willingness to "aWT. cept the guidance of Sir Henryj " J , Campbell-Bannerman, the lamentably '' weakness of the Opposition, and the i strength and- imiuence of the LabQJi i Party. These things greatly increase l\ ed the wisdom, earnestness and dig* A nity of the House of,. Commons."- ~ J Cable. -" '■ •'• ' 1 The eloquent, elegant Churchill rose. On his patent-leather-protected toes,. ' With regai hauteur he blew his nose,, As much. as, to say-r-" Attend!" _ Then he waved his hand with airfl grace, \ And let the light from his beautiful face,. , Like the glory of Moses, stream-cverf m the place— 4 Ah, Winston's the People's Friendil He argued high, and he argued low (Like the man of whom Gilbert wrot^ long ago), He poured great scorn on the head of "Joe"— ■ . l •By whom he meant Chamberlain 3 . He praised the Labor Party, and Whigs ; He cursed the Tories, and gave slyi . digs ; At poor old Balfour— and danced weird jigs Round those whom his jaw" ha<| -slain. " He praised himself, and he frraisedr. (t C.8.," And she asked (as it were) "What's the matter with Me?" Your beautiful, dutiful, wise M.P.— * The Winston you love so we11 ..? Of course -^ou, all of you, understand! There's nobody like us m the landSo awfully good and so awfully grand— And so utterly, awfully swell !" "There never has been, and there* never can be, Such a House of Commons as thi^ that you sec — ' . _„ Which, of course, would be rotten ( •„ without: you. or Me—. So earnest, so wise, and bold ! > For I am a. mixture of Burke, and Pitt. , ■..'■'■ Of Palmerstoh. Gladstone, and* Dizzy. the Wit !" ■ • • ■ But a rude voice roared— "You're ai dashed misfit -"*• If all is true that's been told !"■ Then the members rose, and a lot yelled "Chair !" And the Sergeant-at-Arms rushed here and there, And some yelled, "Who is the wretchi who'd dare To libel a Churchill 0 ?' *..--. And a lovely female all "m the • nude," ,■■■'■' ~ Stood there m a fetching attitude^ ■-■:. And she smiled and said, "Hope $ don't intrude ?" And her voice^was-clear^and lo#. And a silence fell on the House, aiuf "~ - all . The angry; Churchillites cease tft \ bawl, As on the ears of the members fall These fatal words and wise. '•There never was a Churchill bu# was bad— A' frightful scamp, or a howling cad,. And Winston's worse than his bound- : ing dad, , ' .... .;.-. And he tells a lot more lies V She ceased : they sat as under a spell While Truth returned' to : he.r snug, cool well, But Winston sat down (as the," press* ' men tell) ■A very much modester Youth ; While the coarse, rude man with thtcoarse, rude voice (His name, we believe, was ! ,Theophi« lus Boyce) ' Whom Truth had supported, remarked, "I rejoice, To think that he's been shown Truth !"