CLERGYMEN IN POLITICS.
In the Queensland House of Assembly the other night Mr Wood introduced a Bill ti allow clergymen to sit in Parliament. According to the reports in the local papers, a long debate ensued, the general opinion being that ministers of religion had better stick to their sacred calling, and not risk contamination by entering politics. The labour le id9r, Mr Price, stated that only the scallywags of the clerical profesrion, who could not draw congregations or collection*, wished to ge 1 ! into Parliament, as they thought it a better game than that in which they wore now engagad. He added that experience showed that most clergymen who had given up religion for politics had gone to the devet. Mr Gilbert, the father of the House, raised a great laugh by oracularly declaring that there arc worse places thin Parliament.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 November 1901, Page 4
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142CLERGYMEN IN POLITICS. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 November 1901, Page 4
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