DONE ON BOTH SIDES.
This would. be an appropriate title for a farce • introducijj^i§iße main incidents in connection with, thefipmju Island Loan Bill. While some eleven AWokliend. members, in their f atxious adherence to a dummy .leader like Montgomery, were. assisting to Mil the bill on one side, the rest of-ovTveprossntatives.oii the 'ofchmwreTe pttrf.i.;ir,afcmg witli the Government in one of the hollowesfc shams that lias ever b';en perpotrated hy uiiy Parliament ,i» tlie . "woi'ld. The Governms-ii^ irvhiie preto-nclingto light for the bill, hud i>u[,<jv.?.d, irii'O a s'eci-ct ■ ooiiiyact .with four Souiliir'i--: supporters ,tq- introduce 'a .juggiiiij.-; proviso vbidj.' ■.j>mot\oa)3y luxllifiea it. ' 'Q.dv couteiiijjioravies vvert; .ioud.; in than I .. denijiac'ia.fcfcns of x.he'. ; Aiieldand, members who yoted for Montgomery's motioul
iraitov3 who voted. for the proviso,. and. that with their eyes wide open? If the' others :are . to. be called to account by their constituents,- why not these four also ? Mr. Whitaker, who' drafted the proviso canhotj unfortunately, be called to account by any constituency, because he does not represent anybody but hiifwolf and a certain Bank,
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Observer, Volume 4, Issue 102, 26 August 1882, Page 371
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175DONE ON BOTH SIDES. Observer, Volume 4, Issue 102, 26 August 1882, Page 371
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