BRYCE VERSUS BALLANCE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2992, 17 September 1891, Page 4

BRYCE VERSUS BALLANCE.

And -o we've lo~t our member : ' IVill '''Kg ere we shall find A man so true to liil the post Til it. lie ha- now resigned. Though censured by a party vote, ■ lohn liryce will ne'er be blamed, Though I'lillance and McKenzie Should tie thoroughly ashamed. The Speaker, too, who sat and held The scales of j.l ien Let I'. allauce tilt the lever, So the balance wasn't fair. I low often have, we read of words When members giew irate, Not, n.ucli above the slang that's u-ed In rows at billingsgate. A charge wis brought against; a man, An I, whether false or true, H» courted full inquiry. And that was at least, his due. Some Words were uttered in a ca., And overheard 'tis said, The hearer, Mr Nameless, 'J'ho speaker, now is dead. No wonder I'.ryco indignant rose And his opinions gave, When Mr Nameless b.'iugs a charge From one now in the grave. The rille pointod from a hedge Is by a coward aimed, And I'.allance should of such a friend l'.o heartily ashamed. The censure passed on Mr L'.ryco Will not decrease his fume ; Nay more, his words were honest, And add lustre to his name. The Government may triumph now, But spite ot all their talents, They tottor on destruction's verge, And k jon will lose their I;al(l)ance. NKMO.