| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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than the poverty-stricken, half-starved poor wretches who worked for private firms. Councillor Didlum said that it was very evident that Dr Weakling had obtained his seat on that Council by false pretences. If he had told the ratepayers that he was a Socialist, they would never have elected him. (Hear, hear.) Practically every Christian minister in the country would agree with him (Didlum) when he said that the poverty of the working classes was caused not by the `wretched remuneration they receive as wages', but by Drink. (Loud applause.) And he was very sure that the testimony of the clergy of all denominations was more to be relied upon than the opinion of a man like Dr Weakling. (Hear, hear.) Dr Weakling said that if some of the clergymen referred to or some of the members of that council had to exisit and toil amid the same |
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