THE DAILY EXAMI
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MARCH 23, 1898.
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THE PLAN CF CAMPAIGN.
By the light of the fact that the govern- ment have not brought on an election in East Prioce at the same timeas they have brought on the election in West Prince,
is easy tO apprehend their plan of cam-
paign. Itis to concentrate the influence ot Mr. John Yeo upon each riding separa- tely, backing him up by promises and boodle as he proceeds, and thea to gire Mr. Yeo the seat in the Senate. This plan ef campaign is under all the circum
stances, aod at this particular time of the year, when a number of the voters are get» ting in their epring supplies, as likely to be eflective as any government plan of cam- paigu can be. Indeed it may be described
as ingenious. It is proposed to conquer
in rotation and take the reward of victory at the last. The idea ia worthy of the Grand Minister,
Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s right hand man, who manipulates the conetituencies of Quebec. If Mr. John Yeo conceived it himself it shows that he hae a talent for generalship. Yet, there ave some points at which it is weak. Assuming that a majority of the electors of Prince County are free and in- dependent meu who love their country, and assuming that there are among the leading Liberals of the County those who are not to be led by the vose by Sir Louis Davies and Mr. Jobn Yeo, the plan of campsigo, ingeaious as it is, may not be & means of winning euccessive victories. is beginning aod euding is self-interest. Not the interest of the country at large, or the County in particular, or the influential men in the County,—but the interests of Sir Louis Daview and Mr. Joho Yeo. The scheme was hatched st Oitawa. Mr. Yeo isto hold West Prince and keep East Prince for Sir Louis; and Sir Louis is to hold and keep the vacant eeat in the Senate for Mr. John Yeo. This is the essence of the plan. Osher Liberal gentlemen in Prince County areto be ignored. What signify their twenty or thirty years of steadfast and not ineffective service to the Liberal party? ‘hey are to be cast aside like an old shoe in order that Sir Louis Davies may maintain his personal influ- eace in the Cabinet and that Mr. John Yeo may have a easy snd comforiable seat provided for him during the re~ maining winters of life. The interests of the country do not de- mand that Mr. Jobu Yeo should at juncture abandon bis daty to his conet:- | tuents in East Prince. There is no reason,
Mr.
Yeo, should not serve out in the House of
for
then again
appeal to the electors fortheir voles. To
say that there are aot other Liberal gentle-
his
this
from the public point of view, why Commons the remainder of the term which he was elected, and
men residing in Prince County- men who have served the Liberal faithfully—who are qualified to take a cent in the Senate is tosay that which is un- true. Tosay that Mr.Jobn H. Bell cr any other Liberal in Prince County is ableto render Prince County aud the ceuntry at large better service tLe House of Commons than Mr. John Leo is to say that which ie untrue. No interes in the country demanda that Mr. Jobn Yeo should now leave the House of Com- mone and go to the Senate. There is no the change sn
party long and
it
necessity, whatever, for nounced from Ottawa and well understood to be agreed upon. dircctly contrary to the interests of the country and at varience with Liberal principles and protesiations. It involves the cost and turmoil of an additional and
Indeed the change i¢
unnecessary election. But thie is nothing in comparison with the public evil and acandal of members of the House of Commons using their public positions to promote their private ends and This avd scaudal, whic became prevalent in the latter days of the has been continued in double force even in
and
personal amb:tione. evil }
late administration,
the early daysofthe yresent administra- tiow; and no one knows where it will end or what it may lead to in the near fature ifthe peopledo not condemn it at the polls. We believe that the people at large will condemn it. We believe that people of West Prinee in particular wi! condemn it. We believe ‘hat the people of Bast Prince willecndemno ‘t. The in- fluential Liberals in both ridings ought, at
the
all events, to rerent the choice of Mr. John Yeo to be a Senator over their heads, con- trary tothe principles of against the interests of the country.
the party ard Sir Lou's Davies and Mr. John Yeo must be taught that Prioce County ia rot, like a pocket borough, tobe maa pulated by them from their vautage ground on Parliamen Hill at Ottawa and thet they cannot, how- ever ingenious, make ap ao of campsign in their own interestw and te assured o eu cees
THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOW:
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SIR CHARLES TUPPER. Able and Vigorous Speech on Yuken Bil, (Montreal Star.)
Never did Sir Charies Tupper’s desig- nation as the **War Horse of Cumberland” seen more appropriate than ia ber closing hours of the debate on the Yukon Railway B ll.
After the orators of the House had bad their say ; atter the subject had been worn threadbare; afterall Yukon talk became stale, flat and unprofitable, up rose the sturdy leader of the Opposition afier mid- night of Thursday and fairly electrified his followers and astonished the members of the Government by the vigor of his u'- terances,the force of his arguments and the keen and incisive way in which h made rejvinder to h's interrupters,
Mesere. Blair, Laurier and Sifton eame off, each of them, a good second best in the game of repartee. Mr. Blair sailed so near ihe wind in bis effortto head ofl Sir Charies that Mr. Speaker had to ca) bim to order. Sir Louis Davies was re- duced to silenee, unusual and deep, by the quctation of his contr:dictore utter- ances conerr sing g-anseda’s gold fied when in Great Brita’o iart season.
THE VIGOR OF THE SPEECH.
His
For three hours Sir Charies held the close attention of the House. Despite hie age and despite the hour, the leader of thn Conservatives showad no trace ot wear- Bergeron. M. P., “He wes iv great form, just like l haves en him twenty years ago;and weal! feli proud of him. ”
“The uppermost thought in my mind,” said one interested spectator in the gallery to the writer, “was that the Baronet at that moment”—referring to the passage in Sir Charles sp-ech, where he declared that he regarded Sr Wilfrid Laurier’s position utterly insignificant as compared with his own, as leader of the great Conservative party— “was seized of a spirit that buoved him up through the hours aod incid-uis following. The memory of past achieve- mest and the present opportunity of con- Victing the Liberale of following what the speaker regarded as 8 policy that had al- ways hindered the progress of Canada, eeemed to inspire and urge Sir Charles Tupper to thie latest great effort.”
‘aking that view of the speech, some sentences in it are worth repeating, if only for their vigor, while altogether Sir Char- es’s utterance must be regarded as the most withering broadside poured into the Government benches this session.
MR. SIPTON ATTENDED TO,
iness. Toqguote Mr,
“Sir, it would bs as degrading to the party as it wou'd be to myeelt, if I were capable of doing such a thing,” staid Sir Charles, as he recalled a previous insinua- tion to Hon. Mr. Sifton, that the Opposi- tion leader had withdrawn his first ex pressed approval of the Yukon Railway, becau-e be wisbed to continue to lead the party - “the great party that has mede Canada what it is today; that bas lifted Canada from the deplorable position in which it had suok during the administra- tion of hon. gentlemen opposite.”
“Yet, under thete circumstances,” said the Opposition leader scornfully, “I am to be lectured on the subject of lcadesship of this party,”
When Sir Charles came to Mr. Blair’s connection with the Yukon bill, he was evidently elated, and not without good
reason, at the effectual manner in woicb he had polished off Mr. S:fton; and it was just as evident that Mr, Blair wes glad to iake refuge in interrupting hia opponent, in order to break the flow of vigorous English used in the arraigoment of the Minister of Railwaysand Cavals, MB. BLAIR’S TACTICS,
Hansard records eight straight interrup- tio 1s on the part of Hon. Mr. Blair defore
} the Speaker was compelled to exercise his
autbcriy, av he las frequently done before this sess On, to point out that the courtesies of parliamentary debate were being viola‘ed by the ex-Premier of New Brunswick. His advice cn this occasio was tendered te Mr Biair in these words: “We would get along faster if there were fewer interrup~ tione.””
To the author of this interposition Sir Charles made a stately bow, just like one bs had mede a few minutes befere, when Speaker Edgar reminded him that his eharasierization of Mr. Sifton’s conduct required to be qualified. Sir Charles had stated that he considered this conduct dis— honorable, in view of Mr. Sifton’s first etend Ou the scvool question and his fiva
More
Kvery
Cabinet position in the Laurier Govern- ment,
“T bow, Sir, with the most perfect de- ferenceto you on any question of that kind,” was Sir Charles preface to a with- drawal «ft. siatement aout Mr, Sifion, which, however, he ea he was perfectly competent to justi¥y; aud in response to the Speaker’s rebuke of Mr. Biair, besaid: “I cavuot help saying you bave givenavery valnabie suegestion to my hon. friends opposite.” The prompt and courteous withdraw! and the quizzical aod humorous imputation ef the Speaker’s partiality for his er-twhile politicai friends and associates, were given in the perfect tastercich Sir Charles knows how to exerci well, and both stocd out ae di-tinct incidents of the final talk that preceded division on the much Yukon Rai way resolution.
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LAURIER’S SARCASM WELL MET.
The Premier broke silence but once during the speech of Sic Charles Tupper. Then he invite! reprisals io caving “hear, very etuavely, Sir
ia hear, when
of the United § The chance for orl War qu ckly seized upon bythe bpeak- er, and the Oppo-ition leader marsba'ed tefore the Premier, the members of the House, and the spectators in the galleries an array of facts in connectica with wiecatcrial business to prove that ivest mable. priceless fisheries”
reg exireme fuliy to talk of questions be
not ucderstand and to pledge himecit
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advance to barter away our fisheries fora meses of pottage.” Meaowbile Mr. Blair, cCespite the
Spesker’s admonition, pers'sied in k: eping up a running fi-s oi questions all through the first part. . sir Charles’ speech, until the barore. cook up matcere in’ which Sir Lownie H. Davies fizured, and there! y -!.cxened hi- fire upon ailways and Canals.
SIR LOUIS’ TURN THEN CAME, By July 12, said Sir Charles,
excitement existed in England over the Klondike fiods, Mr. Davies, however, advised people in Great Britain to steer cleor of Klondike,of liars who had holes in the ground.”
Sir Louis shook his head in denial.
Up went the glasses to Sir Charles’ nose and up came bis notes from his desk. He selected a clipping from an English newspaper.
Sir Louis’ semarks at a banquet at Tea- bigh, Wales, were treated of now.
“‘As a member of the Canadian Govern- ment,” the Minister of Marine and Fish-~ eries then had stated, he would give an emphatic “no” to tho-e who questioned bimm about Kiondike as to the advisakility of emigration and investment. Sir Charles read that in Sir Louis’ own phraseology, and looked at the Prince Edward Islander interrogatively.
Sir Louis had now ceased his headshak- ing, nor was there aoything to be said
Again, as ao anti-climax, Sir Charles read a letter from Sir Louis to Col. Dom- ville. M. P., of date not far renfo¥ed from that of the Wales speech, lending his aid and countenance to the Klondike scheme, whieh the successor of Hon. G. EB. Foster in Kings Cousty had put ‘upon or wasabout to put wpou the market in the old country, |} The snpporters of Sir Charles erjoyed this immense'y, end when Sir Charles himearit had tintshed with Sir Louis he siniled sfier the manner of a man who has done a good deed and done it well.
Sir Charlies hasa fashion of slightly
Houre or on the hustings.
pronounce? than usual, CLEAR FIELD FOR DEBATE
Having by this time stifled interruption and having paved the wav for a clear ar-
went into that matter effectively and put
Laurier Government io their methods of conducting the negotiations prior to the contract, in respect to the maguitude of ibe land grant, ard also in respect to the construction of the line without firat bav- ing sssured themselves of ine uiility in view of the threatened trouble with the American authorities over the traaship- m+nt of goods at Fort Wrangei.
On the whole Sir Charles’ speech is admittedly the greatest effort of his life.
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Never in the palmy days of Conservative Government, when Sir Charles was Sir John Macdonald’s lieutenant, did be deliver himeelf so clearly, so logically and so forcibly.
Conserva'ives were delighted. Liberals said Sir Charles was, by his vigor, amazing, not only to his friends, but to his enemies even more so.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
-—Lame—the Patriot’s excuse for the \ insulting telegram.
. . .** » | — Liberal stock in trade—unfulfilled
pre-€ lection promises, ig . > ie . — —News—that the Paitrio:’s telegrams are drawn from the same source as those of the Halifax Heraid! ond . that some Tory published in the Patriot a telegram insali- - Y . » > : ing french Canadians of this Province. —Tell it to the Marinee—that ihe insulting explanatory telegram published in the Patriot did not express the sentiments ot Sir Louis Davies,
~~The Minister of Finance gives notice that it is «expedient to provide that the Governor in-Council may for the school fund of Manitoba pay over from time to time at the request of che Manitoba Gov ernment, #eniis not exceeding a bundred
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thonsand ¢Jiars in any one year, and no’
exerediug on the whole tbree huadred thousand dol'ars, to be expended on Mana : joa on pub! chvuols, |
Che London advertiser says that if | ~ a
THE GLOVERS
the Dominion Government, at- the threat
f the United States Senate, gave up its aii- Canadian route to the Yukon, it would deserve the execration of every Canadian. The sentiment is allright, bat the appli- cation, a3 tne Montreal Gazette remarks, is wrong. The Domivion Government's i« not an all-Canadian route, and that ia what makes the United States Senate
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The Montreal Star’s London! cable eaye: “At the request of Sir Coarles Dilke and other members, a mecting of the par iamentary colonial party bas beea convenei for Tuesday to consider the ac- tion ofthe govermment in bringing press sure upon Canada®tor the wi hdrawa! of the Cananian proposal to (reduce the postage from that colony from 2 1~2d to 1 1-2d per letter.
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—Montreal Gazeue: ‘he newest Lib- eral charge aga.nst the Conservative Op- position at Ottawais that it is not eager enough to joinio and help to pass Mr. Fortin’s insoivency billinto law, It seems a little curious that the great Laurier-Tarie combivation should need Conservative assistance to doanything. It is certainly not fonud necessary when Yukon and other deals are being engineered, and it surely should not bv veeessary when “the strongest business Government Caraua ever saw” tackles a Jittle thing like ao insolvency bill. Perhaps, whea Mr. For- tin’s bill is printed, and time is given to study and uoder-tand it, tue Conservatives will be found giving their evidently needei acsigtance. Meantime it may be remarked that Sir Wilfrid Laurier does not seem to
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