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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
` BV, l' 1 .' :
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"" " 
_.. . _ , ,_ ) -s_
_,,__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-_
Ll
plshl'~1'héms,char1omtown. ' Tuesday.
qw '.1 - pg r, -.
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
‘ 6 B-I1 ill) C0
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
1 , _
“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'  -
_ Y room- _  '.  -
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
P .
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
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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
‘ 8 ll _ pi! -
~ form the duties of Lielt.-Governor he
made it fail-=upon'\ll‘ persons outside-
of Charlottetown but let them take#
.. -,
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.
1
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  
_ 3, __ __ Y
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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
_ moo
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
_,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 $10,000 #rr on-
mmt as rental for the»Hillsborougl1'Bridge.‘ ‘
. ` Heat' Your Home I `
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- Y ‘ ' 1 . 'f .1 r '1 ' ' the
on .1‘Zl2&'}?3l§?&n?n’n‘¥'.".l.1’nl2nt“$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. ~
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,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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