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Political Develop

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ments

Affect Liberal Morale

-By NEIL MATHESON |changed overnight The boost

R was the Liberals who were in Liberal morale was tremen affected most by the political ,dous All over the province ac | developments in Prince Edward | tive Liberal workers had come jIsland in 1965. They scored a ‘alive There was talk of triumph morale- boosting twin triumph | ‘the first chance we get’ —the in February in provincial com-‘ reference here wag to the Pro- petition, saw that advantage | Vincial field. fad> as they were blanked in| The federal Liberals had won lfederal balloting in November, the right to a minority govern- land picked up some new ground ment in Apri] 1963, and that ai-

for optimism when they chose a new provincial leader earlier this month

Libera! morale has been low jin this province since the 22 year bubble of political superio- ‘rity burst federally in 1957, mo- rale plummeted close to the bot- tom. when the federal PC lead- er, John Diefenbaker, led his party to an unprecedented |

triumph in 1958 -- his candidates

won 208 seats, the best the Li- beral had ever done was their |

'190 seat triumph in 1949.

|

The party morale received an- other jolt when they lost the pro- vincial government in 1959 to the PC's, who were sparked by the inspirational leadership of freshman- politician Walter R. Shaw. . Premier; Shaw, ‘inciden- tally; led his party to a repeat triumph in 1962.

Liberal morale in this pro-

ivince had never been Jower, not

\in living memory, at least,

fact that the PC’s had swept all four federal seats in 1957, in

- 1958 and again in 1962 was a con-

| tributing factor.

But party morale was really high when they took both by-el- ections' from the Shaw adminis-

the | one

so had helped brighten the pic- ture for the Grits

|. The resignation of Provincia! | Leader Alex W. Matheson early | this year was to-some Liberals )}@ signal for a fresh start under new leadership. Over the years since Mr. Matheson had scored @ most impressive 27-3 triumoh |in his firéet test as leader in 1955 |the knockers in the party’ ranks | and there are many of them. had

| pretty well sold the idea through- |

lout the province * ‘we can't win | with Alex’?

| The slogan persisted even | though Mr. Matheson had out- | scored his closest: riva) roughly three to one, in a provincial leadership convention ong.Se pt. none 26, 1961. There were 1,054 delegates registered that | afternoon. and Mr. Matheson took 751 votes. His closest rival, J. Watson MacNaught, Summ- erside, had 278. In case some- is curious, the other candi- date was Dr- Wilfred Callaghan | Summerside-- he was a last mi- nute entry.

| That incidentally was the first provincial leadership | con- vention the Liberals here had | had since 1924. On that occa-

impressive ~ he had taken n| percent of the tetal vote — but the knocker’s chorus was stil) in full ery.

The Provincia! Liberal Assoc- | iation executive named Dr. M. L. Bonnell. MLA of Murray Ri- ver as acting leader at a meet- ing here on Aoril 29 of this year ae appointment would have to

be Confirmed, though, by a pro- vinctal convention late in the

year The convention was ‘held ear- ly this month. It named Alex

as the new leader. The opposi- tion to Dr. Bonnell was sparked in Charlottetown. Mr. Camp- bell at first refused to acevt re- ;peated appeals to become a | leadership - candidate Finally, | he did, and the result is pow his- | tory.

The young Summerside law- | yer-- he is 33-- faces the task of |reorganizing his party, he said at the convention. He also faces the perhaps bigger task of revi- ving: flagging party spirits.

The morale which had been boosted with tremendous im- pact over the twin byelection jtriumph in February, had slum- ped again when the PCs swept all four Island seats in the Nov- jember 8 federal election.

BIG TASK AHEAD

| But the biggest task Mr. Cam. | pbell and his lieutenants face in | the months ahead is that of’ re- |

versing the current trend of Li- |

, beral workers knocking their jown candidates. That's a a which goes back far beyond Mr

Matheson and his leadership,

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in Prince mier the er.

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2 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Mon.,

=| Island News Page

Dec, 27, 1965.

of longer. The genial St. Ca- man was 78 last week. ‘Mrs. Larter accompanied John desire to relax just a bit O'Malley. and Keith Brodering | would be understandable, though as they played guitars for the | the vigor and the appearance of music of ‘Silent Night.” jthe big Scot makes him appear Reminiscent of.the first time ito be a much younger man. this beloved carol ‘was ever | PC's BEST BET |gung, on that Christmas Eve of I have no private pi ane to | 1818 in the little village of Overn- councils, but it's a 1 | dort in Bavaria. Organist Franz suggest, that the can aes |Gruver was filled with dismay with Mr. Shaw‘for stil another | to — _ _seereh oo | election. Certain) "s their wes en guitars ifm to play the music he had just

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Spray Paint Used On Signs

It has been reported by Char- lottetown Police. ‘that traffic signs at the corners of various Charlottetown Streets are prac- tically illegible due to recent un- authorizeed paint jobs.

Signs are’ being sprayed with @ small paint bomb creating ha- zardous situations for automo-

bilé drivers and also‘ make for

unnecessary work when the signs have to be refaced it. was "reported by Inspector A.J. Dow- ling of the City Police-

The hexagonal sign boards which are luminous are made. at a cost of about $12, the inspec- we said.

“Drivers Fitecl: On Impairment

Patrick Roland Sinnott; Bris- tol and Nelson Kennedy, City, -were each fined $125 and costs” on charges of impaired driving when they appeared before Maz- istrate A.J. Haslam, QC, in.City

4

lottetown, were fined $30 and costs and $14 and costs respect- ively on speeding charges.

One accused was given a 20-|

tration last February. W. A.

James Sanderson, both of Char- day suspended sentence on~ a (Bill) Acorn, Souris won in First

| drunk and iftcapable charge an- | Kings and Alexander Campbell, other was given. a 20-day sen-| Summerside triumphed in Fifth

sion they had chosen A. C. Sau-|which began in the early part nders of Summerside who re- :of 1953. There was a time back signed in 1931 to accept an ap- jin the late 1930's and the 1940's

pointment to the Supreme Court |and well into the next decade,

tence. with: commitment held) | Prince. pending good behaviour on a |WORKERS COME ALIVE

drunk and disorderly charge. aces ea ee ene ia elas

Police Court Friday morning. | Lester. O'Donnell was counsel for both accused.

“Daniel Russell Muilins, Sum- merside, was fined $50. and costs or 20 days on a charge of throw-

ring bottles.on the street. Magis- | _ trate Haslam said that this pra-

tise 1s disgraceful and has got to

stop right now: He said he would |

impose a good substantial fine

right away.

Robert Poulson, Sherwood

was fined $15 and costs on a epeeding charge. ‘Louis Carl Moore. and Edwin |

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One got the impression that he felt he could win at a time of his own choosing. Alex Camo- bell and his recharged Liberals if he is able to accomplish that feat, may have different ideas. The answer will probably come before the end of the year. that ds just ahead. . | What will happen anes some interesting speculations for poli- tical observers: on both sides.

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A nation-wide interest ha been shown in the activities of the “Major . Trust ony operating from this province. Nh is currently circulating Islend citizens with offers of six per- cent interest on current ac- counts starting in January.

| ‘The Financial Post, for exam. |ple, says the rate is 50 percent higher than that of other trust | companies in Canada (currently | about four percent.)

Soliciting funds in other pto- vinces where it is not registgr- \ed, the FP suggests “would pro- ‘bably bring Major Trust in @t- jrect contravention of provincial trust and loan acts.” |. Major Trust is currently con- trolled, says the FP, .by George L- Marks, formerly of Los Angeles, and the former 5 |dent of Farmers and Shedhants ae Co., Calgary.

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