Silly Politicians.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 246, 25 October 1901, Page 1

Silly Politicians.

Fragments from the censure debate in that dignified Chamber, N.S.W. Assembly:— •lessep: It’s the witching hour of midnight. 1). O’Connor: When the grave yawns and hell gives out Us talent. (Laughter.) Jessep: We know what we’re doing. You’ll be tired out by the morning. D. O'Connor: Y’ou haven’t got a corporal's guard. Jessep: Sit down, Dan. Sleuth: All right, Tomatoes. (Laughter.) D. O’Connor (to Jessep): How dare you, sir, in the exuberance of your vulgarity. (Laughter.) Jessep demanded a full and unconditional withdrawal and apology. D, O’Connor: I say you are not exuberant in your vulgarity, but great in your humorosity. (Laughter.)

Storey: The Government was responsible for the distress in the suburbs. Broughton : I know nothing of it. Storey : That shows your hard heart. Broughton: That shows your foul mind. . . Broughton said that any stick was good enough to beat a dog. In April •lessep: The first of April ? Broughton : No ; that is your birthday. . . At 3 a.m., Jessep drew attention to a remark by Kelly, that “members were not going to sit there listening to this drivel all night,” but the Chairman said .he had not heard it. J. Hurley moved that the “ Rylstone squirt ”be no longer heard. (Uproar.) . . . Daoey: The Iron, member for Waverley says that Lliis tiling is a farce. The Chairman: Or-der! Is the hon. member for Waverley here ? Kelly (going to a back bench where Jessep was lying down): Yes; he’s here. The Chairman : Docs the hon. member for Botany assert that the hon. member for Waverley said the committee is a farce? Dacey : Yes. The Chairman: Is the hon. member for Waverley here ? Kelly: Will you permit me to wake him up ? Webster : Why, he’s asleep 1 Kelly : Order the Sergeant to wake him up. The Chairman : I will not allow the committee to degenerate into a farce. Is the hon. member for Waverley here? An Hon. Member: No. The Chairman : Then I must ask the hon. member for Botany to withdraw and apologise. Gillies (pointing to where Jessep was lying down): He’s there all the time. The Chairman: If the member for Waverley is not present, the member for Botany has misled the committee. Dacey : Allow mo The Chairman: The hon. member cannot enter into a discussion with the Chair. Kelly then went to the back bench and pulled up Jessep, who started to rub his eyes. He gently pushed Kelly away. Kelly: Mr Chairman, is the hon. member in order in striking me ? (Laughter.) The Chairman: I ask the hon. member for Waverley if he used the expression. I hope the Committee will recognise that this is not a burlesque. I ask if the hon. member used the words that the proceedings of Parliament were a farce ? Jessep (still yawning and rubbing his eyes): What’s it all about? An hon. member: How do you plead ? Jessep: I think the hon. member for Botany must be asleep. The Chairman : Did the hon. member use the words ?

Jessep : I must have been asleep if I did, Anyhow, I apologise.