t-'f` -1' S ~ -'{‘”‘~f `»I»tf'~"9'M-.~ 1 ' " t -I I If »I.» -.- -‘ ... » *~ "-"*‘ ._ _ `='? - ».I -»I'vI_’ - t\.?»p!*». _ig ~i_~<'/_tI._,,- I 1 I v ‘ » I _ __ _ l. I1-f' ~I=-1 '. ` E. _V___»V_ _ _ . _ _ _ _ I . I » _ .23 IVV__ _tV_;_o-I_i¢(_I,'I~_».,~_V_-,l_.,__~¥_ , .<,_I, ,_.. >- '~,..~¢.‘... I»_~;,I:..»sI.>_a..,. _ . ‘ , / , \ _ I - ' - -I I -‘ .I .~ =_ ., ,:_ _ _ _ , _ _ , _ 1 _ _ ~ .. I _ “\_ £3 2 I 55-GE--Pfn`lE~Q-Q _ _W _ ____ _ ____ __ ___ _ __r1i_f._cHAnLo't;rtgrowN GUARDIAN sf " __ __ _M,II___y__1_2, “-2 .- , 1 It' P* 1 4 I '_ -' P r I , , I MR. IILSTEWART, K.ii., IN TELIING SPEEOH ' . 1--on---_..._i__ sltnsys _tire Failacy and Faisehood of Opposition Fault- irndtn. Every _Supposed Argument Advanced by l.ibenI _ Oppostttonists Ml. JI D. STEWART, who followed Mr. J. J. Johnston, said: Mr. speaker, we have now come prettfy well to the 'end of the sec Ind debate of this sos- sion, and oi' necessity ttltnost ull ilu.- matters of public interest bit-'e been pretty fully discus-sed. and I ctutoot 1,9 expected ut this late stage to say anything more than reiterate stato- Inents made. I will therefore ttot. take up very much ot' the tinte of this House, During this dehutc I wus struck with the quality oi"tittuck ui' the gentlemen of the Opposition; of the absence ot' tiny helpful criticism. ,Inything that is really in tltc inlcr- Shown to be Absolutely ' »“f~"--~ css. I I tai Itnnual grant made to exhlbltlrmg up to last yesr. exceeded the grunts by the Liberals ol’ over $2,000. And now they have raised this ttttreatton- table cry because under the part; It -Ir clrcutttstances that grunt u .-1. pettdcd for one year. 'i`ltosc ure two or tltrot- oxanipitts, but l might. tnultipby them, and you .will seo there scents to bo some cvi' genius lollowlttg them 'and drivint them on to those subjects. of Whit-it they made :In utter fuilure tltentselv- cs when they had tho reins of power. lint thc ltonomhlo Lcatlter of the OPPOSITION Silyri: "You have no right oats of the DFOVIUCUS but on the con~_ to nteusurc _voursclvcs h_v tts." 'rho I . nary; 1 was struck with the vast amount of Uttreasonnblo fault-iiltdlng. Another thing I was struck with was the fatallsm which seems to drive those gentlemen to the discussion oft those very matters which thu' pre.;- t-ttt Gcvernutent have ntude u success of, and which the Liberals altogether- overlookod or completely Itdstnattug-I ed. ln the first instance, l might only, tnentiun the qttestion ot utttsscl mIId.l _AB Itlw honorable member from St. In-It-I"I said. those .beds were -at St. Peter-'s for twenty °_'I'ears, while tltcl Opposition held the reins oi' power.I The sumo necessity then existed, for the use of this Imud by -thc farmers ol' this province. but nothing wus tlont~_ Those gcntlentett never thought this mud was -there, and that it might ho of use. Wltcn this I¢overtIIntrIIt_ camo into power they took up tlic. nta.tter_ tIItd.tItcy have supplied Inud Io tht-. farnters to the extent oi’ over' 10,000 tons It year; 'und now we hear, tho criticisms front the other side-‘ we :Ire not doing enough; und tlIisI coating from men who never did orI thought of doing anything. Take the question' of Education. During the twenty years the Liberals were in power. what did they do for_ the teacltcrs in this province? 'l'ltcy_ did one -tlting_ and that was tltey <:ut_ otf the supplements uttd the toztcltetm were more poorly pttid than \\'ltt».Ii~ they came into power. We liuvr largely incrdased teacltcr_s` _supple-_ ments. just as largely as the revcttttfr' of the ,province could perntit. Owttttg to the stringency oi' money. Itttd tho high cost of living teachers art- now] I-outpciled to look for more pay, we' appreciate 'the justice ut tlteir' dc# Iuttnds and are preparing to ItIt~cl.I them. we trust adequately -but Incan- ,honorabie member from Lurdigan so.y‘.s: "This govertttnent is un trial." I ltuvc no apologies lo oiierfor tht' l€0\'I't'ntIIent1 we are not ashamed of our record. or to pluct- it '|Iel`oro the people. lint when the recorti goes be- f0l'l‘ IIN-' public it \v‘lll bc II cctnpurn- tive 'I`eeor'd. The question for the _iudgntcrtt ut` the people will be witc- tltor it will be to the gentlotnen ot, lilo Oppositiott or to the presettt Gor- I_‘rtttncrII, they will entrust the reins oi’ power. ‘ lt. is a. Ittuttor of eoutpari-' sou, und i soy the only wuy we ctttt uit.-u.~:uI‘t‘ is by placing the records side by sitio/Ittttl tlet-idlttg wlticlt ol' 'those pnrlics is to ho trustctl with the rr'-,iris ol' po\\'<-r. New tltfrsc Int-II on the Op- position nrtr bouncl by the record of tltt,- prtsviotts Liberal Government. IIIIII they :tic stlrcessnrs in titil- of_ that Ittitttittistratiott The hottorablr Leader ot’ tltc Oppo- sition :Intl -thc ltoltorahle junior merit-` ber for L'urdiI.;IIn both deal 'with the iittttttcI».~t. and both ttttomptod to show _ that thu aI.tditor‘s reports, botlt that of -tho Goverttrncttt Auditor and the Exlerttul Auditor were Itstrtty, :ind tlIul` ttotwltltsitartding those reports ` this Uovornutent had increased the public debt. l tltlnk it would be :Il- ntost ttttttccesstttty for me -to stty that both of tltcso gentlemen -in makittg- tlI:It_ Itttrn'Ipt_imtotttinousli' fH~iI'?f1~ Lady Wood Estate. ’l`lIot'I~ were two Inutters which both oi' those gctttlctttott dealt with. The. Ilrut. is tlto quvstiott of the Lady Wood estate. I prcsutnc the facts and cir~ rgupngtatpyt- '.I_1'tt fiillllliihl' ti) IIIIS . liousc_ V I Dttntt- Louisa Augusta. Wood Wu-= time thc Opposition are putting otttl the cry that. we bttngletl this questiottt and are starving the teacltcrs ~ I ,I Unfair Criticism. . I I Thru, bake the Exhibitions. Lust ,rear it became ttccessatry to sttspottd the grant for exhibition bccuus(-, of r_-ircutnstances existing on ac-coutit of the vmr; and 1 think every lnir- Iuinded matt would agree wit.-lt the Itc- tion oi' the Government in so doing. Hut previous to that. what ure the comparative records of the two gov- urntnents vrlth respect to exhibitions '_' l remember when there were no ex- itlbitions up to 1905 in KinI;'s Coun- ty. under the 'Opposition Today we have two exhibitions there. The to- proprietrt~ss of certain lends in Lot 67, Itnd other- lands in this province. The Governinettt et' this province » _..-sa. I @. Pa says they re economical-saves Malgettin all _ het up co king . .. PST T0 STIES Delicious _ ' _- .Warm fm* others, and perhaps there _ may -'be something in that, Both nhose ltonorubie gentlemen _attacked the outside auditor; what 'reason Corn` Flakes V I .They know the balance struck by the . _ | tho balance on the .list December. ,ney which they received- for those viding that debentures should be is-I The Opposition raised the coutrtn-' tion that this was I1 liability for responsible. This liability, il’ any,_ had existed very many years before. titken by the Government for lands ity, il' one oxiIItetl_ - But fthis is not ~ ‘under It trust io DameVLouisa Augus~ ,- ta \VooIl's will were to be used for re~ iiei’ of indians, and titc blind, and for many years this province has been contributing to those institutions. lleccntly it was found that the pro-_ -incc had really Ifontribuietl more' would be properly chargeable agonist ' The Liberal Deficit. There was another argument raised ‘ by those two gentletnen~ That is. there is an alleged difference between the amount due thc bank by this pro.; vince according -to the outsicio Itudilf ot"a rcport,_ and 'thc otnount shown due by a. letter published III the aud- itor's report, and signed by the inan- azor of the Bank of Montreal, which Baath has its account with this pros vlnce. The letter from the managei-_ ot the Bank is :It page II. If we turn to the Provincial Audit- oI°'s statement wc tittd thc amottnt dun . the Bank as shown thou is $366.it35.51, tt difference oi’ sotuewhern about $30.- 00t|; and tho hlonorttlilc gentleman wishes this House, :Intl 'the -people in' this provittee to draw the inference that wo are that much more ln. debt. fl 'E' manager of the Bankfwns the amount. actually shown as duo on thc, books nt the bunk on the date the balance was struck, with the money actually paid into the baItk_ and cheques cltnrtz- od against it, and it is $30,000 great- er thatt the amount shown by tim aud- itor. Tltc auditor made his audit in April, following, and ite did not, tnko tha Bank balance as the Blink showed it because that is not -the actual bal- f“'f3IE province. Their assets belonging to the your then ending. had not all nncit colit‘ctod_ut ‘the Jllst. l)ef.‘.entlIcr, but when we reach the April following. od the outside auditor properly gath-, ered up all those items u’hiclt ltutl_ been paid. belonging to that h.\Ic:Il;l} year; and carried them 'back and pine-I ed them where they belonged audi' strttck it correct balance which :letti- ttlly wus due to the ‘ilnnk at that F* lime. _Those .gentlemen certainly know the dii`i`erence. The ‘Bank would not interfere with ou- suppeso' enero was no osantt at In When :the accounts were kept in the treasury and payments made direct. how did it balance then? By calctti< ating revenue and expenditure thot. belonged to that year. :Ind striking II balance I1I:cordingly_ i think I Ihltve monde tlmso as cleat' as in pos- sible. f do not think any i'uri.h¢:r exf plantation in needed. My honorable friend from Cardigan further claimed "t.hn.t. the actual debt -=¢t rlvod at by crediting tho outstanding uln.r; vrhat was true then is true now - find tho debt. .is $l.008I000. Itnd W0 . are the only -matters taken by those two gentlemen to support their urgu- _ not cot-rect Having failed tltere. they undertttke to attack both audit- I _public auditor is just as worthy ol' Louder ‘of the Opposition. lie is :II vtnco for manypears, It man of good IIbItI~ty. Ima I my it is very Iwor policy Iihd it will not look well lu -the eyes uf this province. for the honorable. It personal attack on the public aud- itors. He has no ground on which to lines that. As my honorable friend from Cnr- didon would say "There must bc something behind it." I have hoard that gentleman ran an election in the Bcdcqtte district many years |130: he *as not,_successfui. but he made it lands; and II. stnttute was passed pro- 1'- suetl for the purpose of paying it oil.” *fr I' L ,.. unhiclt the present Government was -_'E I _TI l `Iil ‘I it was created when the money was Eg Al .f which did not belong to it. This stat-1 pit’ ute created no liability; it only pro- fI_-_"'1 vided u means of paying oh? o. Iiubil- ‘JJ 1l"' ull. As i have said before, the funds rI%§- ; 71‘.7’.»5... tn~Ivard these institutions. an.» .vlIitj1i this trust than the Itutount. the (lot-.;§; - errttnent had rcceivcd from the land §~ _ they improperly sold. And upon tho' reatllusttnent taking place, instead oli. 'IIII liability being agaIttst` the pI'ovitt<:c,I province. l think that completely V_ disposes ol' ibut. _- -_ _'I 'I and those amounts had bcott collect-` I .jr satIIIne¢t with tan III-¢oIIIII_ II. II ar. il L assets nt that time. 'They tvoro prncti- I'_ 5, ciliy useless. but we ure noi. Pill*-I0~ _ It I . L. ' ment. that the IIudit0r’s accounts are _Irv I _ _V _trust and .bears as good a mime in the IVE’ ,I,:_ eyes or this province as the honorable Spd; t Ind; gentlotnatt standing high in this pro- fII:’_,_|' I I nntlmnan to justify his criticism by _I5 . I II _, _, _-I _ t't;I _ L lI_t_ IQ) Ili! _ ‘.!I|_ ' '; 5»t,I Eli, Il ' 1 -I Il] . ' If “E _ tt II" _ ‘ ii-` iii . AI 1 .Io f Ii I r Il it there will be something coming Io thc; ` = II »= . " - ' * I _ In 'Il F. .ntl Qld _"4" ' I 'E 57%!! ance in making up 'thc accounts of the 3,. 51.1- mrss -_ ii in i9il was $1,008,000, We are quite qi, and thu cttlculalrions made thou must be followed out today. and W0 “'iII ‘;l,`I I 'ii 'Ip " Ii. stil] ltrtvo tt reduction of debt. ’I‘ltusII _ _,'15 IE I _ |1- _. In It ‘ _' It It _,_,_~__ on pemmtlly. The honorable lit-_.oder of the 0ppo~ siiiott stiys "you cannot trust you pIIl1~ on, t1_._ 'lic auditor." it scents to me that ilu' ","I I li. s ‘- I I‘1 II '-‘I Iv* I '|I Ill _ , It ‘Ii ht _‘tt tl _ :l‘-1:1"-‘-37 5 ` I'»'»‘-'“`=_L‘I"~_-:T ~r. ~. 'fl',-‘III .»I_I % L71. _,. nr, Thi Automobile .Costs N th'ng ust Think of it ` I o Moncywili u_ These ~ rizes Ni” :"'bI;?”' I BRUCE STEWART & C0. .__ _V__‘ ' ll' lst Grand Prize Supplied by _ - ..»._\- _,__._ _...,._. .___._- ._ _ . . _ ____.____._. _._.._-.__.__,_,_. _._ - ___-_~ _ ----====- " _ ff_"=f"x_.-‘~'~.~tI‘=`5t,'tf~".'~~‘¢‘;°" if t ..III.¢§?‘§l1=-2lI ',i I~;_`{, _-‘;,.;I_`j»‘ "' I ._ ' ~.. --\ tt /' t\;rltt:.t.Izt:‘ ‘ .I-,¢‘.' ' 1 q.‘-’»\.~ ',I_t, \~° _r___,___r _I p:'_;;l.l__1 I EI' I /-I I “»'Iv'- ` ~;'i_'_"'T'-TTY.-. 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Three times the amount of votes oii'_cI'cscriptIott_ Double the tcgttl-z_r Immbcr of vote; will he given on thc next ii\'t~__ subscrtpuotts Ir tttrncd In tvttltin ten days of Cuttdi<'l;ttc’s vttlcrittg I-11l“Pf“§“' 10°" votes will bs credited cztclt candidate on uttering the cat'ttpaI,r1_I_ Tilt: vote schedule will not hc clmngcd in any 'Ivy' d\‘_t‘flg fI`l¢ catnpaigtt. .‘\t no time will special ottcrs of votes be ma e otlI~r than the rtbovc. $1 extra for postage to U. S. on Daily and hfty cents on ‘~\'c¢II-:» . _I JI ‘I_,I JI ,I-__ :E ff: 'IIE ` It~_ _,II .I-I I' _I _II _»,_,_?‘ - I"» ,I I. -I __ for _ .._ , _". ,. .I ,I I I 'I' , I .,¢. ..`.- -t» ,ff Ii" ft, ." 'I `..:f»," I "I,: "I 1,- '.I‘I» I" ,,‘ r-.tl I I . . I~I-_ . I __,_¥‘_I_ I .|~ _I ,II _ I_ II