WHO ARE THE SCRAMBLERS
The Consenativc Pmty are always charging tho Liberals with being scramblers for place and pay, hut tho boot is on tho othor foot as will be seen by the following extract froui our uontempwary, the Wnirarapa SUr: — 'Who are tha sciamWcrs- 1 Who are the politicians that are billet hunting ' Poor, nccily, seed) 1 , n-ipecuuious Liberals' No ! The representatives of wealth and influence ! Tho men that ridiculed the idea of putting ' pauper village settlers ' on the land. The brave statesmen who conferred illegal pensions on their friends. They are going out of ponei and want to be piwidod for ! Listen to tho tearful appeals ' Why should uot bil!et3 be found for these poor patriots who have worn out their lives clinging to the Treasury benches like barnacles to an old -,hip ' J 'lhe country owes them a debt of gratitude. For what ? Because they have been good enough to scramble into office and lold place and power by hook or by crook as long a 8 they I could. I
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 7326, 29 January 1891, Page 2
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174WHO ARE THE SCRAMBLERS Wanganui Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 7326, 29 January 1891, Page 2
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