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PREMIER TION f

At i 'great‘ politléil rally- in t*lleV_'P‘603

ht, .Pl-_qmierw Matbleloui delivered 2'?--st wtr.1°r

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asia: £'dov%_i?r1nii?t:`t Csn§ida’t:'vlite‘d fn hworfor m.-_nenlnmlh nomo- 1.... Premiell: *He-showed wlsatqmlght be emqtgd f;;om,a. government with Mr, 1=°1@i',,,*,‘ ll' -i’.?li‘.; 'l .i."’-‘ll »§’.‘-"‘;"’l‘

"y urn' _a_c' e anso

Blgcblgck `t‘0"'tll; days of deficits, dis-

.1 _mad ser;-»'~ ' -

po’lIl‘h;.lncyPr,Bi1l_ler». _ will-‘ Sivan .. a trenlendnus and 0§)l\\\_3_3l“5l|.C _ 0170- t1on.‘ ln’ tiief Jhort time at hls__dis- posal be gsveg splendid 201/iiev_v of the

1; f the overnmen ur ng t e

ggi; tbrea and a half years, dealing

th i e c if,ic_l_ ins. such as they were,

wi _ ll .}'. _ 'l _ , _ _ of Messrs. Duffy and Higgs and show- ing how faiacidus their contentions were. HeB'Hlli'f"" "

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_,,__Mn.,H|co__e'_ DREAMS. _ _

I-realise by the 'closing remarks of

the.iast~ speaker that it must be get-' ting vary. late .for .lla .is already dblaluf- mg dreams, __ He, has seen visions of-_ B smtp suspended in _the air, with the Government in `0ile’pan ‘being kicked np, and -in the' other pan, I suppose, himself. and his; -'<:oilengue,--going down, down! (Lit-ll8.llf_‘il`). ' I :WH wonderingwhether this was Ottawa or Charlottetown, as ‘most of the time, it seemed' to me.‘liiB' eye was"tui'1\®d to Ottawa, .'11-le -.was dealing' with

things thllf- eme1_l_ate_ from that capital and nom r_om.._Cl_nirlottetown_: and I bcll'ei/lr e has asmuch chance on the 16th of'bei`n`g elected for Charlotte- town as he -has of being elected for Ottawa. (Laughter.) They may appreciate there the wonderful sights Mr. Higgs sees in the sunrise, and I know there is a market there for poe- try; but tonight we are more concern- ed with politics. Before I forget Mr, Duffy having spoken, because it is some time ago, I am going to take. up his first remark. He says that Dr. Jenkins was guilty of utter neglect of duty in failing to attend the Legisla- ture at the last session. Thatls not s goodway for e. young man to enter into the field of politics. Dr. Jenkins is a man who, in his private life and in his public'practice, has never been' charged with neglect of duty. (Ap- plnuse.) . I know he. basdevoted to the representation of this city all the time and energy that could be expect- ed from any mah. (Cheers.) It is true that last' session he was not in his seat in the Idonse,;aad_if any of you ladiesor _gentlemen had gone into the House you would see his seat .nnpsa with ths~ni_lthlh»snr and it sign- showlng that he~'was` absanton his country's service. ,-1-Ie--was perform-‘ ing the highest duty that devolvesup-_ on citizens of this cgngtry. Hs was serving his King lin otmtiy ‘ and_ doing his part in nonnaotion with the strengthening our armlest,doing that, part without which our, forces \_vou_ld- succeed _but ill. (Cheers.) He _was charged"wllh the most important and honorable service in re-organizing and re-arranging the military hospitals in the City of Halifax. It was an honor to Prince Edward Island _that they should apply to the meriicsllnrcfessivn of this Province when they wanted a_

man for a service exceedi13_ly_,d_lfli-_ cult, and should send to_ arlotte- town and takei"l1`lm'.fron1 us. (Ap- plauss.) Is-there one- so devoid of that spiritof loyalty that he would suggest e should have held him back? Andzet he is the msn Mr. _Duffy now wishes to impugn, simply lieclluie he was rendering the highest service to his Country and his King._ . F

'THINGS IN THE AIR. _ _

Mr. Di1ffy‘.B0ys it is in the sir that

victory is about to perch upon them. There are a great many things in the air, and a great many poisonous S08-

ses that emanate from t&1_e poisonous gas-bag in the Patriot o ce, and Mr.

Du|'fy6an<% his ct;lle%g_{1esbwi_ll iitnd alia thelf.-'. y'v(' 'Q _ '__' in that gcaE‘rtll".’2ligg1a"g|awP (¥‘.tiu§litel: and applause.) Mr. Duffy passes on and undertakes to tell you a number' of things. You know we got $100,000

of glcreased subs_ldy_at_ Ottawa, Mr. Dil 'y andthe Patriot sch_o_ol__say_1\_ii\'- I-lu`gl`les,'of Souris, get that; (Laugh- ter)‘ 'We got fihedecline of our re- presentation, -which had been going on cnntinnouql ,.- since. _Confedera_tion. stopped. ` *fed McDonald, of Picton, did that.*he says.`(Renewed laughter.) Both these' men, strong and bitter op- ponents _gg _th9_.Borden Government,

one of them gba most persistent enemy of the Islan 'outilde of the Pkovlnce, -and we' had to go to the enemies of tile Bbrden ‘Government and of this Province- to- get those boons. Doesn’t it show hopw bard driven these men_ nr-e to nhd ‘s-plane before the 1i\1bll° at all when"they seek 'to take away the credttvproperly due this-Govern-' ment for the wonderful things thai' have come sb_ont_during the last lhl'°° und a hlllf years, and to attribute them to the enemies of the Province? I am going tboask your patience for a little while. while .1 desi with .the false statements ofthe Patriot and-t-he Patriot foil ers an those 0 08

on the- one hand statements of inde- pondel1.f»._c0mpetent bankers' showinl that in the-.time we were in power -We reduced f.l1`e' liabilities of the P_r0vi!i¢6 by $80,000.- ` 'I-have tllosrstatenlents ll0\7_B..ln¢l ,I _-am .going 00 put thfflll 1° tliesslopndidites to nd fault ' with

bsforb 1 sg. through. And °“-

the'otller ha li we have the statement of Hr: Duffy that wears really !'°lD°l1"

sible for s denclt of -$1¥8.000. and-onlrv f°~-.-ll 1 .With _W0 Ill* ' ‘

'Hilti _seek the votes of cllti- end of is tri intelligent, a city as Char- tteinwn must, when they come _be-_

plshl'~1'héms,char1omtown. ' Tuesday.

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luded victims who believe it. e have-

Government contrihted of 15 months, that is- from 80th September, 11111, to 318! December, 1.012. Of that iifteten m°“U1l MJ", ,Bulger w Premier dur- _mr the two mont ‘._.~%l.§°t_o.. .nys nb... the 80th' September o the 2nd Decem- ber, 1011. - Are we to be charged with- tbe deficit .iw made-. during- those- _two m0ntl_1s.and two days? ._And yet`that _is what Mr. Dul'(y*lla__s_ done. A young men ooniing before on is elthe

you... Is he- competent- -to represent you if he _seeks to charge upon the Government that came in on the_2nd December, 1911, the deficit of $88,000 made by-M3. Palmer? _(Cheers:) Mr. Duffy is sitting -here and I have the

record toprovg it,-and ll_e_-,cannot deny it." That lab 3,000 of a deficit lnc'nr-

that what doyou think of.Mr. Duff-y’s statement! Of course,_the_ ~Patniot_ has made It and'has`sent it broadcast through the country; but I met t-he editor of the Patriot at Vernon River the other night, and I don’t. believe. as l_ong_ as _lla lives, he will _'ever at- tempt~to` make that statement agaln~`- at least when I am on the platform. (Laughter and loud applause.-) ‘ But that is not all. Although Mr. Palmer p_aid out in those two months and two days, after the accounts of the year ending '30th September, 1911.' had closed-“although he paid out $83,000 more than, he took-in,-he did not pay. ull the debts, and Mr. Duffy ought to know it. (Laughter.) How much were the' liabilities besides? ‘ These auditors, the managers of the Bank of Nova Scotia and f.he»Bank of Com-, merce, said that Mr._ Palmer placed upon ns the further burden of $85,000 of unpaid liabilities. Why did Mr. Duffy try to conceal that from you? Is it that he did not know? If so, you don’t want a representative like t-hat. Or »is it,_he did- lulowf! And. that would be worse still. We have had the statement throughout the Province that all the debt owing when/we came into power was $904,000. That is false to .the tune of $168,000 as shown

b_y the bankers’ audits. _whose word would you take? That o men like these, who make 'reckless 'statements which they never take the trouble to verify__and which they _knoW_._- to be false, or the word of competent and, experienced men whose whole reputa- tion stands -or falls according as they represent what is true or false? Mr. DufIy_has said there is no credit given for assets. Well, as a matter. of fact there is. Thati 's all the difference be- t_w'ee`rl`“his .statement 'and the truth. When we came into powerwe did pre- c_i_s_ely as we had promised to do. We employed those men to find out exact- ly how the Provillce stood financially. We had been' endeavorlng, during all the years we were in. opposition, to

_ get a statement showing not _only .what

was paid out and what-was received,

never could get that statementzialiii' we mmieiup our rnfilrds, 'asisoon 'as we took over, wewould nenderlan oocount of every dollar owing at the end of each year; and we have carried that faithfully out every year. (Cheers) with the result that in the three and a half years we were in power wg were able to reduce the' liabilities of the Province by $89,000. " No man _that

'has any regard for truth or honesty

'or his .own reputation .can deny that every _figure of that is true. What did our opponents do then, who are seeking now to have the treasury

their 20 years of power did they ever make one single surplus? Did they ever pay one dollar _in reduction of debt? No;~ not- one. But' every year they plunged the. Province deeper

and deeper inio dealt to _the tune of. an average of $ 5,00 a year. _ _lfn the three years and a i1sl‘f which have just passed there has been this change made, that the deiliclt of $45,000 a year has been stopped and ln its place established a surplus of $30,000. (Ap- plause.) While they would deny it whpn the _books are not at hand.

witht erecor s ey v Ii and dumb. They dare not deny it. Do`"y0u not think it was worth while, for that one thing alone, to change the

.Government .on the- second- day of Dec-

gmhsl-,.1911,?. .We~had.been sliding down into the abyss. and not one plfyr d tive asset was to' be"found to re

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W8l‘8 p\ll'B\l llg t th d ith _‘he

'in-tho e twenty yearaij a ’e all, I think there is-.not one person, who wishes this_ i’.rovincs__ well_ who would not say lt was a fortunate day

r t t years. during which

gifdldrfbeqyrravyletrllg Province deeper and deeper into debt. The new Board stop- pod the annual loss and built up a- proiltable surplus; and now the old Board -comes back and says "Let us set at the m_¢3neyF¥_<:“_:l_;1__:;° li‘1_¢p_;:;‘?, the treasury' ntereetb? *he men

h he n filled and nourish-

iglgazwlgiiudgs `e:tabllshed aslryou to

gin, Let me deal with some of the

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“our bands. Write' rate-'of tsxstion was 1% percent, but it was borne entirely ibyithe people of the province. We _ipsfered the rate to- one per cent. and

the province wilofowned shares ‘or in- terest in foxes, and tbe»-result'-was 1 lower' i-ate ot- taxation- and' an- -equit-, ,abl'e-‘ payment, with an increased re- ,venuel (Loud ‘ applauseo' -

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potent on-not competent to represent WHA-|»-.M'g_~|.||qqg w¢U|_,p 00,

1.-Mr. I-liggs comes fer\vard‘ with a theory. tHe-is gcing=-to takin the In- come ` tax- -and -give it -to 'Charlotte- town. ' 'I have read thoimanifesto of .the Leader of~~the‘ Liberal -party, the man 'whol sta11Ils"i. little hilglier in the pal‘ty~thsr1'Mr- Higgs does, 'and I find

red by Mr.' H. James Palmer, which C mug about 'thaw T|,',,y_»_gs.W¢¢ 3 pt. we hm 1° “ke °v°"- 1'* th” mee °1"l‘leA. ersonalf-motion oft bis; ¢»i(Le.ugh

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terz) He is not going to be leader of the party for some time-(la‘ugh_t`er)-- as there are some twenty-eight others wllpiall think- they -have as good a claim to the leadership as Mr. Higgs; (laughter) so. that when -.he tells you

what he is g_l1`1g_to_ do _'bud you-see *°ctt.‘.h. °;.-vm-.:. is _ r "an _e 'o _er,v_s on. (U&i‘oarll5ds""la;l.\`gtbter.) ` The 'igrange thi g"abonfLoi't hat_t_he vary come tsx_ was]-p pd 'eii"~1iy“=tlila`-"pai-iy“_‘l\1Ir. Higgs -supports, every- dollar cjustius it sta’nds to=day; we never changed it at`all. except that weinlade the ex- dltrptions from taxation larger and ex- cluded the clergyman .and school teachers from its operations. (Ap- plquse); He does not know wllo the fliifher of the tax Ls, and lle would abuse the child. (Laughten)

ABOUT LABOURER8.

Mr. Higgs also made a statement

as_to what he would do to thepeople who came into Charlottetown to work. Iqhave been in the Legislature 15 years and nearly every session a peti- tion; would come up from the City Council asking to have every person outside' taxed who came in to work in Charlottetown; every time it was turned down by the Government. Last year the same bill was presented to us. The members from the coull- try all objected to having their con- stituents taxed if they came to Char- lottetown, and it was a well-known tiling that the bill was liable to cause trouble in the House. When the bill came in last year we gave the work- men what they never _got before.. We could not _gei:.the bill _through in its original torn# on account of the inter- est the couarymen _hadin safeguard- ing their own~ constituents; but we put it through so _that every person coming into__Charlotteto_wn to work who did not belong to the province was subject to the tax the City asked us to impose; and for the first time in. the history of Charlottetown that

_‘but also what was‘ tlnpaldf and we péwer is now vested in the City Coun-

fcii-whether they enforce it or not is af-matter which concerns.; themselves --to tax every Workman who comes

outside the province. (Loud and

ned applause,) I don’t know

how far that satisfies the workin! men.

this to hnnrt, that it is the th-st bons- fit of the kind they have received from 'any legislature. (Cheers.)

WHO BUILT THE ROADS. '

‘I think it was Mr. Duffy who said

that the people built the roads. I-Iow

placed at their disposal asain'-' In all aio he expect it to be built. except by

live people who live in the country?- Tbe ghosts that_ haunt the imagine.-_ tion of Mr. Higgs could not do_ it. (Laughter.) Would Mr. Dnfgy _send 'abroad for foreign workmen '=‘ _‘For -heaven's sake, send to the~Legislatnre some men who are practical!.S0l_D8 ‘one of those gentlemen, when he was taking one of his flights of oratory, made a violent objection to “Roger- ism." He did not like the Rogers! ihaughter.) And I wondered then who his leader was and what _ills--name might be

f th ` ‘ ` .aio-face ' 1 B b. .w,\\_en.¥_ ev sr_p.lt>§°1ll1_l_§'___§‘*{_i_°__,t___,____t _Mn. DUFFY Itls not o

MR. ROGERS iN HISTORY. -rm: monies. N0; it 1. sen.

:nd between the two I think you_bave ' akeil' the poorer 'ch_0lce. (Applause and considerable"langhter.) -W0-lil!-V0

uc __ _ ._ _ '_1W;1 ` in e of Mr. Rogers DVBBGM 011;' inclgeasle 0; d¢;1_’sf~ `“gallhere'£l?1m(§h$:lg€tTet?ov‘i'n _and in Govern-

mellt House and hispublic record is

and we would-mst* °°“ W it 1' ' .' "ro-ni rin 'the Patriot bl’-“k"“Pl" .fa-te' It w°“ld ta-T “°`mgvgzaxrihe*-hasilxoughvhimself out many Kea" w "°°°v°r lhelfzguls £°:-3 in.a way that -calls -for special- atten-

eiorl.""Every“vote that .is given f0l‘ these twoviigentiemen- here;-1 M915"- Hfggs and Duffy,-two very estimable young inenw-il t. -vate to1~tu'rn the pre-

wllen that chunks "took pleas; “_” o me e :bf sand put the men uwholdeshie new td,'mk1'le`?:'e'lsen€ino\:'?:lTMr?Rc:>\;ers xy; head. I Gwemmem' out of mn hm B Min gthgi ave found in my experience that it -12°°1l‘.t.°:.2°:.:.;'“:.;:'~.“cz..:....-» -. »»---. »---

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_:rampant-q _aug Directors managed your

country; and there are some who say that I should not receive a salary suf- ficient to live upon even for that. The man they propose to put in my place haséllad a salary -for the last five years

of $7,000 a year; and lthat, with per-_

qhisites he has had. amounts to three timerae uch as the salary- which f have had lailirst Minister. 'i‘lle_lnln who' lllsit e'Chlir in Government

or he may do little; and--as_he_do6s_ much or little so must you judge’~bin_i

gegxggiiiggyygu now mat nm House may do much for ‘the province"

_ 1 h _ gms afidvso m`ust he stand on the record

gglitmtyllgidgrlgkagoslllxg zhglllgllg are ‘for future days. (Cheers) I tell you _not mme to SD “ok mtg the dark- that a man in Government House, oc-

cupying the first position in the land,

xatementl made b!`.Nl'-_D\li'ly~ H0

who is a patriot and wishes well to

' ` ` d if i t this rovince. has tile full wot-ko! a

;r;n_16:_h_ui_t__:v;?__ii\;_‘3,':‘“','¢{’d,, mango do if he in going to extend hor-_

gtion. We never promised anything pits ity to the men of mark and dis

fore you, not- only tell- the »trutlI'l0 hr~u_t e know b t th must not

ll Y . _ V .

vrit_h_llold . any material Wool! “Ill-

wiudchaiige their statements 'and ln ke-tliem false. -'I‘he.nnanciai year 'lined to end. years gone by, on the 81st -llay of Dece rr, and it was the pro- per and nltlll l end ng of the 7_0"- uvthb Libqrmist s comin- time _changed uthgmgptb the ioctl septem- lieimbocsuse it versa, election Yell'

ind it wo snabi them to make L-

moro fnvofrhqls nnsdcisl showing. _aut it mdlle the or end in the very-midst ‘of the-business trmtnctioae that were icing on and yowcould not comp!"

om- dutyand read tlio,condi-

gigitllz ,df 'Uonf`ederstion_ aridht. you 'would have gone to Ottawa long ago spd said to them that we entered Con.- 'fsderatton 'on the understanding that we should receive a sum sufficient to

' rr on our public ser

y .

$l‘cl§:lk;vi1tllt:\(1,tc1:a|ort to taxation." And if they had presented our claims al

id, "If on he _ flnotion who come here;-if he is go-

°f "‘° kmd' bug” .I 7 ` ‘link to watch for every opportunity

for doing this province a ,service -it would take all the time an energy of a very able man and it would take all his salary too. l don’t want to press this point too fart but I could say this, that when Ml. Ro ers was lid to' r

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~ form the duties of Lielt.-Governor he

made it fail-=upon'\ll‘ persons outside-

of Charlottetown but let them take#

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jtbing done by chance. '(Applauso.) lt required laborious days and nights_.

and years ttiydo it, and if I had done ss Mr. Rogers, who was paid three. times as mucbfor his services,-if I had pnt_in aslew hours attending to the public business, and all the rest of days- to my`0wn, -I would be richer and thmprovince immeasurably poor- er! (Applause.) If you vote for these gentlemen-I don’t care how much you may love them in private-you are voting to put in power as Premier a man who has a record of utter ne- glect of the public service. If you turn book the pages a few years you will find he was minister of agricul- ture, and I have the reports to show up to the time he went into office tile stock farm was flourishing and the cattle there were splendid. His own name signed to the report two years before he took ofilce certifies to the fact that he cattle were all healthy and sound. But he imported cattle from Ontario and, contrary to law; took them without inspection. They were diseased and the disease spread all through the herd and_ was commu- nicated ‘to cattle throughout the pro- vince, and-that dread disease has been flourishing, unfortunately, ever since. We have done all in our power to stamp it out. We have had to kill many I the cattle. and we hope we have at length had it completely over- come. But there is the record and

yoit are lnvitec\__now to vote tg place in power a mb whose public record has been marked by nothing but fail- .ure, who has _taken more of public money and put it into his pocket for _less service than any other that has served the country for many years. _(Applause) There is a long letter from the same gentleman in the Pat- _riot this evening, in which he charges tlllt I had asked him to serve intox- icating liquor at the time the Gov- ernor-General was here visiting tile province.

A frightful charge it is. Now, I am

going to take you into my confidence. Of. course, when a man who was Governor was bound in honour to observe certain things as confidential and secret, when he discloses these things and makes li personal attack ho has departed from the principle of common decency and good breeding and is dishonoured. The first year the Governor was in power the Governor- General, the King’s representative, a member of the Royal Family, honour- ed this province with a visit; and when the Governor-General comes his proper home is Government House. and when he goes there his standard supersedes all others. I was desirous that we should do our duty. that we should act as a civilised community sllould act.towal',ds the Representative of our King, 'and I, with two other members of the Government, waited upon the Governor and tried to induce him to extend fat; .and-»suiIicient hos- pitality to ‘the Governor-General and hlsparty. I consulted with the late David Laird, who had been Lieut.- Govcrnor of. a North West Province when prohibition was in- force and when the Princess Louise paid that province a visit. Ho said that 'the standard and the customs of the Governor-General should prevail. Wine was served in Government. House there ,because it was the only thing "precedent would °3ustify. I told the .Governor that for his direction and guidance, because .Mr Laird was ‘just as.good_ a temper-ance man as Mr Rogers ever was-(cheers)-and did his duty as 'well as_`Mr‘Rogers ever did. `I lf‘n_o,w_-Mr__,_Laird_.trled _to get Mr Rogersi.to_ act.d§eeently- in the matter. - I-_Ieentertained-the Governor-_ Ge'_1_1eral‘ in '-a` m`a'nner_h~.§t_h`at. reflected considerable discredit on himself and the province. Last year. when the Dominion Royal Commission, appoint- ed by the British Crown, was here comprising some of the most distin- guished and illustrious men in the realm, on the important work of taking stock of the Empire and enquiring into the resources of the Dominion, that man shirked his whole duty. Those gentlemen never entered Gov- ernment House grounds, because the doors of Government House were practically shut in their faces; and the province, to save its face, as we had to do on many occasions, entertained those men. In the meetings through- out the country we have heard 'it charged against us, "You are extra- vagant because you did these things." We had to take the money of the pro- vince to entertain _ those illustrious men and not be ashamed before the world, simply because the man whose sole duty it was to extend befitting hospitality to them refused to rise to the dignity and importance of his office. I would not have mentioned these th|n_gs, except for the fact that we are held up and this money is _Cllll-I'56_d BSainst us-money we had to spend for the sake of decency. The man who should have spent it is the man who is leading the horde that is attacking us for having spent itl- I say it was a black and unfortunate day in the lsland‘s'hlstory when a man in _ such a position, who w0uld'utterly fail to do his duty to the province, and -j would take the income he received ‘and work for himself instead of the °-country, should be brought out of the obscurity to which he hed retired and be placed to the head of a party. When we met four years ago it was e splendid assembly. and at the mt election the party lines were broken; und I want to ask you, is there any man here who broke bfi party lines on that occasion and came to the sup- _ portgof the Government wbp regrets [what be did? Did we malfé any promise to you then which we have not imply fulfilled? I d0n‘t think there is one who can say he regrets the not _ he did. There is more reason now for `[brealfl1`1g` party llnel than there were ~' tlien. If ever there was s time in the

lsIand’s history when s msn gh(-,\||d put aside all petty things and strive I0 (I0 U18 lllgllél' dllty lhjt dgyqlveg upon men to serve the Empire in this greet war. that time is now Are you

ernor of the province. and be said he was ready to rebuke him for his

is the mm that it is proposed to place at the forefront of the province to carry s loyal bpnner. I don’t think we have come to such a pitch as that, and the loyal menof the city and province will be slow to put at the forefront, in charge of the negotiations regarding the war. one whose record is ns black as my hat. l will tell you that continuously since the war broke out the Government has been inintimate relations with the Military and Naval Department and with the British War Office in dealing -with all matters' according to the full limit of our power. Every possibility of danger which might beset ns was carefully considered, and plans taken as to what our.-duty is, not only in strength- ening the lighting arm of Britain and her Allies, but -how we shall take care of our own people, the widows and orphans and dependents of our brave soldiers who are going to the front. Are you going to put into power a mnn with such a record that no patriotic meeting in the province would ever think of putting him in the chair? ._- 1

The Premier _then pointed out that

not another Federal Governlliélit had ever done as much for Prince Edward Island as the Borden Government and appealed to the electors to support a local Government in sympathy with the Great Dominion Administration. He pointed out the enormous benefits which had accrued to the province as a result of ‘the reformation effected in the telegraph and telephone system.-

ln concluding an eloquent address,

the Premier said: " We are only on the margin of the possibilities of the porvlnce. We have seen it brought from the darkest pessimism up to brilliant optimism, and- the people are realising more and more the aln`lo`st unlimited prospects' that lie before us.’ _ _ _ -1

The Premier resumed his seat amid

tremendous and prolonged applause.

Mr A. B. Warburton followed Prem-

ier Mathleson and .at the outset dis- sociated himself from the well-known` views: of Mr Benjamin Rogers on questions of Imperialism and Patriot- ism. I-Ie said they must not forget that _General Boths fought the British 15 years ago and was now mainly responsible for drifving the Germans from South Africa. He also recalled that Mr Lloyd George was ejected from a meeting in Manchester for pro- Boer sympathies andwas to-day one of the foremost Ministers in the ‘Gov- ernment which was carrying on the war against Germany. ` Mr' Rogers may have expressed the sentiments attributed to him before the present war, but so far as he could learn from conversations with him. he considered the present a righteous war, which Britainwas-‘ instlileld in entering upon. M-r' Warburton -proceeded to discuss the subsidy question' and the represen- tation question, on both of which his viewp coincided with those of Mr Duffy. He discussed at some length Dominion politics, and said, while it was quite true the Liberals at pre- vlons provincial elections used to argue that the local Government should be on the same side as the Ottawa Government they hoped in the near future that the Ottawa Govern- ment would be Liberal and it would

,be well forthe provincial Govemment

to change over in anticipation. -

Mr Warburton was corrected. by

Premier Mathiesorl in several of his statements and had to admit that the facts were sucl;‘ as submitted by the __P_re1nKer2 ' .- ;

Mr Duffy then rose and asked per-

_mission to reply to certain statements of Premier Mathieson. Permission was 'readily granted. He attempted some corrections 011 questions of fact and Premier Mathieson with crushing effect replied to him.

The meeting concluded with the

National Anthem, after which three rousing cheers were given for Premier Mathieson and three for the Govern- ment candidates.

if I ‘ iiilllllliili

This question is suggested by the

attitude adopted by the Grit orators in Queen’s County. These people mostly from Charlottetown-are going about the country and saying if they are re- turned they will cut the school curri- culum in the country down to the three fundamentals, reading, writing and arithmetic. That is. the Grits consider that farmers’ children are not entitled to the higher branches of education ‘necessary nowadays to fit them for 'the' battle of life. The Grits, if they were to get back to power, would institute a retrograde movement in education and deprive the country children of all benefit from education except, what the fundamentals or rndiments pro- vide. Let the farmers ask these city orators whether they would be satisfi- ed to have their-children learn nothing at the publicischools but resding,writ- ins and arithmetic! if not.. why noti Why should there be one curriculum' for Mr. P|.lmer‘s children and 'ailother for the farmers' children, who are pr-0. viding the means whereby lawyers "e_noy" a precarious existence?

We tell the farmers what this policy

implies. It implies that the city 0r`it| are jealous of the rise and competition of the children from-the country. They dont want the country boys and girls to come into Charlottetown and com- pete with their boys and girls. No. they say. let us keep all our snug city billets for ourselves and our children, and let the country people keep thgir MY8 Mid Sirls ln ignorance. then they will be satisfied to remain hewers of

wood and carriers of water to our chil-

hed need for taxation." Rouse, (hear hear) but attending to_ military authori ies hero that his aide-'next ‘°“"°“°" °° they M" b°°“

we presented them we would not have

his gym private business. (Hear. hear. docnmp reaign§d and mt 3 ,|,, , ‘|0011 in the prelsnt generation and

. - Hlorosv or T1-is 1'Axss __ cheers.) _.ls that the msn you went; military nan ould take his l 'Y the bs" WW ¢° 4° this is 1° keen the

- to have put in the position of Premier (Chee _) A h D ace' farmers' children without education

Mr. Duffy says we 10",* i” “P°‘*' of the province! 'rho bringing of gm.. 'f,ff..,,,,, "'22 Y °,f,f'° '“°" ° Both nt winning one von. M.-_ Pete.-f

foxes That was anew lg. 71° "7" gills province from a condition of |-lqm on the ¢fg'|n ‘ ary °m°°r

Brodie. "the rising hoph" of the Liberal

‘lf mr. Duffy hed- 1°" “,‘,°" ifff* "*' nltraptcy ml mln and slicing lt--,M -{,.,,,,,,, out ,W m,“°}'n""’ ‘"" lpn.-ty maori thrt the oovsrnmont hm

' ld ' .

0 _ h would have seen there X 0|! ° _th M gsm,” 1; M-~¢ H h d - ° °" t° except in the fundamental f sdtn nbabrdnwlfg ‘f~':»°th'{ims,wts:1?h:i"l:g| incomes and a tax on foxes long by V00 B ilu occnp g 1 9 me he a never dreamed that tbolwrmn md "nh ° ° " 3 Chlfjo Qptgwn P I

`-*i"~‘='-;¥""‘~_.'_°`.2~.i'.e-.".."7_ » i' _

““3’“““l' ‘""°V“‘ ""°““?°°" Th"»about galavanting after a printing press for his_flr1n_arc wfe to as`s§me

. ing system that wjll give you the comfort of _rl day

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P' _In ills! ctzurse of his vera' able spd co`t;_ip'rehen.f_»lve speech at Du __ remier at ieson dealt ex austlve y wit severe matters sffcctingt e record of his Government dur-_ing the past three and a half years. But the only matter which the Patriot cavllsat is the coli of delegations on Government's business. ‘ Our' Contemporary _ insinuates that the

elqgenses incprred cyinffdeleggtionsdis sodmnch adgtioinzll salary. .331 start; m usmess nows 1 eren y,_ an so oes ur, on em ra . , _ u l does not suit its book to`admlt it When tge Editor oghe ‘Patriot o_es

that the expenses he incurrsls so much irloney lnbis pocket? We never knew deputations yet, whether in business or politics,_' that _did _not cost

the n{_cmb_ers ofgtltle ;ihe_putattl;'>n nt1_t_J_rePthan_ they_té0ultdl;1_rc1l;argc_.Y _li

11 re errln o is ma er _ c remler sal a n s: on w

see in the Patriot statements, made about amounts of mon? taken for delegations to Ottawa, and those s_tatements_are garbled an mis-stated and magnlfiedn I will tell you this that not one cent of that but was

absolutely necessary _to spend, and itdwa; all paid out-of~p0§ket and re- presents cost o printing our cases an a t ousand and one dl erent items 'that had to be paid for; and would have spared any means necessary in 'order to obtain the great boon we were able to recover? Every dollar that that organ of mis-statements has represented as having come fo_ me

is ialseiaf so represented; it was all spent and spent for the purpose of, aiding t is Prcrilvillce. Let us see something of what was done in former years, I wi tell you in a general way that the expenses which we_ llecessarilfand properly incurred, and every cent of which represented money paid out of our own pockets, do not amount _to one-tenth of what

our _predecessors had found it necessary to pay; and yet they got no resu ts and we got results in every case."

P Everyone knows the Premier' represents actual facts; while the airiot has not much to boast about 111 the record oi`_the Grit Govern- ment. just to put on record for the information we give the cost of the Grit delegations (luring the ten years preceding their downfall; -

Delegate to England _ $100.00 H011. A. B. Warburton and others, delegation to Ottawa 750.00 Delegate to Ellgland, _ 149.15 Hon. D. Farquharson, delegation to Ottawa 136.80 Delegate to Englal1d,_ 350.00 Delegation to Halifax and Moncton, re Hillsborough Bridge and

Agricultural College 177.50

Delegation to Ottawa, Moncton and Halifax, Hon. D. Farquhar- '

son and others 478.50

Delegation to Ottawa, Hon. R. C. McLeod .6700

Delegilltion to Ottawa, Hons. A. Peters, P. MacNutt and J. F.

hear, re _Fishery Rights, etc.

Delegation to Ottawa, Hon. D. A. McKinnon, :md drawing con-

tract between Local and Dominion Governments re Hills-

._ borough Bridge _

Delegation to Ottawa, Hons. A. Peters, B. Rogers, and john F.

Whear, expenses " _

Quebec Conference, Hons. A. Peters and F. Whear, ex-

penses _ ' .‘ - ~

Hon. B. Rogers, expenses to Halifax re Agricultural College' Delegation re increase Subsidy and purchase of. cattle, B._

_ Rogers, expenses 1901 . -50.00

Representation Case :- .

A. B. Aylesworth 400.00 Hon. A. Peters and E. B. Williams

4oo.oo

160.00

5oo. 50

21 9.00 20.00

_ ‘ 459-°°

_ F. B. Owen, Re t ,_ . - .00 _ Blake and R`edd?i?fLondon _ _ 7 43;.”

Telegraph Service, Hon, F. L. Haszard, expenses to Ottawa -I-50.00 Lieutenant-Governor, expenses to Halifax, re presentation _of . -

_ Address to Duke of York _ _ . - . _ _ _ 100.00

Photos"Provincial Premiers _ 60.00 Hon. A. _Pcters_, _London ' 2,000.00 Peters and Williams, services and expenses, Ottawa. 2,4_63.9x_ 12.' B. Williams, services and expenses, Ottawa _ _ _ ,.. . 370.82 Hon. A.‘Petei"s, B.`Rog`ers and G. Simpson,'to Ottawa. - . ‘ - Hon. _G. Simpson _ , ~ .. . _ -41.00 George E. Hughes ‘ ' 150.00 Estate`Hon. D. Farqullarson, sundry expenses _ 542.50, A. B. Aylesworth, retainer _ . 100.00! Hon: A. Peters, to Ottawa V ' 150.00 Barwick, Aylesworth, Wright and Moss, fees, etc. 55.2191 Chrysler and Bethune, expenses _ 17.03' 'Blake and Rcddin, London, expenses ' _ ~ 12`5.od »A._ B. Aylesworth, _ I -_ 1,5o0.0o', Representation Case, Aylesworth, Berwick, Wright and Moss; _'T '

balance ` _ _ _ ` " ~ __ - 784.3?

E. B. Williams, balance _ ' _ Blake and Reddin ` _ 5 5.33, Hon. Peters, Simpson, Haszard and MacNuti _ ' 440-DQ* Hon. S. E. Reid, expenses to Washington 1 _ ` 100.00. Delegation to Ottawa, Hon. A. Peters' - Delegation to Ottawa, Hon. G. E. Hughes 100.00 I. H. Cummiskev. to Toronto

A. B. Warburton ‘ Photos of Delegates `

Framing same ‘ _,_ Delegation to Ottawa, Hon. F.'L. Haszard __ Delegation to American' Association, S. E. Reid 91.00 Quebec ‘ battlefields ` ‘ 2,500.00 Stock Farm Com. Hon; Peter MacNutt ` . 50.00 Delegation to Ottawa, F. L. Haszard 125-00

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229.00 6°-oo _ 19.50 125.00

__ '_ ~~ - _ -_ _. |.`Conference at Motictonre Oysters, R. H. Montgomery 22.90

_ ' . " 1 Conference at Ottawa, re Fisheries, R. H. Montgomery' _ 82.00

_,I ' - $18,807.12

This works out at $1,567.20 per annum for delegation expfnres by

the Grits, against $900 per annum forthe Conservatives. The Conser- vatives have to their credit for the expenditure $126,000 additional subsidy, control of the oyster areas, representing another $100,000 per annum, improved telegraphic facilities and the fixing of our representa- tion at rl minimum of four for all time. -

The only result of Grit delegations is an incubtu of $10,000 #rr on-

mmt as rental for the»Hillsborougl1'Bridge.‘ ‘

. ` Heat' Your Home I ` _ __ ‘3‘?l“f°“_°*’l¥ Ami Wt" _

- Y ‘ ' 1 . 'f .1 r '1 ' ' the

on .1‘Zl2&'}?3l§?&n?n’n‘¥'.".l.1’nl2nt“$é ’é.§‘.`il‘ff.§.li‘$‘l‘nat.

that will require little attention-that is econonica on fuel 0 -and that will last for years. '

No modern home»ca_n afford to- be _without proper heat-

ing-Mantyldiseasgs spring from a cold .¢iainp.room. The veryheal and llieo those most dear is-iii Hopper- AN ‘

they worth less than the price of a heating system 1 -

We know you need a heat system in your home. but

f comfort and happiness to your home and will not cost much l either. ~

,dren of the city when they attain to-'

spliht the greater part of his time, as gsm 1 t t th 'h ' man's estate. Let the Palmers and Qu DQQMQ ku°'_ nm lt Gqygfnmgng vinc: ‘O “E2” awho 9-U lzaoélgflll |0l‘d lt OVGI' "I8 flfméfl Of thi!

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th'nk `t ' full pensive--lt isnt. It lsasoim investment anldasl ggdvd asy Silt edge securities that will gfing health,

Phone 125 today.

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Bruce Stewart & Fl.-Y LIMITED

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“first nneudialppeiyigrd of the-prosentllort ‘tid Government some __ii\_ili_°_‘__"*_'° ‘lf ‘.h°_ “_” n_'°*l 1' “°‘ ° _ °_" “° ' W’ 9°' | __ _ _ __

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