TEA-ROOM REFLECTIONS.
(By a Man iu the Gallery.) The degradation of political debate by the indulgence of violent personal animosity, lends to stinging counter-charge and furiotis partisan hostility. Stinging counter-charge aud furious partisan hostility involve blind recrimination aud awkward adjectives. Blind recrimination and awkward adjectives send courtesy flying out of the lobby. When courtesy flies out of the lobby, Billingsgate gets over the gangway. When Billingsgate gets over the gangway, the Speaker who won’t let his eye be caught may come to have his attention called by a cat-call or an orange. The Speaker who allows his attention to be called by a cat-call or an orange is lost. The House that is presided over by a Speaker who is lost soon degenerates into a bear-garden unlit for gentlemen. A bear-garden unfit for gentlemen is not tho place in which to conduct the affairs of a great empire. - When tho affairs of a great empire come to a standstill, it is high time to revert to the language of gentlemeu.—London Punch.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5583, 19 February 1879, Page 3
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171TEA-ROOM REFLECTIONS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5583, 19 February 1879, Page 3
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