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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 371, 31 October 1889, Page 2

Thia ia how the Auatralisn Star takes off ft few of those men who have bwn posing as political saints in tbe Naw South Wales Parliament I—When the Payment of Mambera Bill was under dlMuaslen in the Assembly one of tha grounds ol opposition to it was that tha taking of money for polliioal asrvioea woqld degrade the recipient, The time has now oqme for testing tbe sincerity of all those high-toned members who wore fond of qflraqc'ing this grgqoqent. fn tbe present 4ot, as it baa passed tbe Deglalature, msrs is nothing making it compulsory upon any member to soil hie lily-white hands with thia dross. He is at perfect liberty to go on serving the country at his own expense just the same aa before. He can either let the £BOO a year remain in the Treasury or he has the privilege of devoting it to any patriotic object he may choose, from liquidating the deficit to constructing: the bridge against his most influential constituent’s own door. But ' how many of them have made arrangements for doing anything q( the kind, So far we have heard qt none, and the chance, are about level that the very first man to hold out his hand for tha monthly £35 will be one who posed before tha country as a person whose superior political soul shrank from contact with such mon». It was, so ws understand, fr->m msu ot this a'amp that the proposal emanated to plenlg Mr O'Onnnor out ot gratitude tor hl, aatien in pushing the bill through u 1 * quasi Government" wieasure.