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Ass>..-~-~-T \u2014\nv\n01' im : I\nir^rtur\nVoi. 24.\nCRANBROOK, B.C., SATURDAY, OCTOBBR 8, 1908.\nNo. 4ti.\nBorden, Goodeve and a White B.C\nCurtis Tries to Escape the A S. GoodeVCatCrailbrOOk KO*SI'iaj8\nBlame tor Delayed hlection Sir Charles luppei\nPLOT EXPOSED.\u2014LISTS NOT RESPONSIBLE\nProvince is not required to furnish them for\nDominion Contest; hut even at that they\nwere ready for use if desired\nPoints with pride to Conservative Interest\nfor the welfare of Laboring Men\nThe LARGEST nnd MOST ENTHUSIASTIC POLITICAL GATHERING\nEVER HELD IN SOUTH-EAST KOOTENAV\nBalances the Record of the Conservative\nParty against that of their opponents\nOpen Letter to Old Conservative Chieftain\n('in\nHi\nTuppbi\nletter\nHu\nllllli i,\ntt ilin\ntho lattor coup, lor us n matter ot\nfact, under date of August 11, or\nnearly a month previously, tbe\nking's printer bad forwarded the\ncopies of tho lists to offices where\nprinting was to bo dime with Instructions to rush the work upon\nthem.\nThe statement of Mr. Otlttis in his\nletter that the lists should have been\nVictoria, October 1 Fare to face\nWith defeat ami ready to take any\nmeasure whieh may assist their\nchances, the liberal organisation in\nthe Kootenay constituency, contrary\nto tbe promise of their candidate at\naccepting nomination has decided to\npostpone the election in that riding,\nund aware of the .stigma which must\nattach to such action, a desperate effort is being mude to cast It upon printed after the spring revision\nthe provincial government, basing absurd, In the tirst place the pro-\ntheir contention upon tho false stute- vince fs not supposed to furnish the\nment to the effect that the voters'. voters' lists for use in Dominion el-\nlists were not ready iu time. This ac- eetions and in the next place, even if\ntion is taken despite tho fact that it were, it had been stated by Hon.\nevery registrar of voters in the Koot- , Wm. Templeman that he did not ex-\nonny riding has been supplied with poet an election this fall, There was\nvoters' lists and the King's printer j therefore, nothing to show that an\nnud the departments at Ottawa have'election would take place before hii-\nreceived duplicate lists. Now tbat'other revision would bo due and if\nthe election is delayed until after tt e | it did not the printing of tbe lists\nwould mean a la-\nlay of money.\nThe work progressed well throughout August und with the announcement of the dute of the election they\nwere\nTwelve Years of Graft and Corruption exposed in the\nCommons hy the Conservative Opposition.\nThe auditorium was crowded last self on record, In regard to this\nnight to hear A. H. Goodeve, the great question this privilege was\nLiberal-Conservative for Kootenay. granted mo, and thus I appear before\nHe reviewed tbe present political you tonight. It is my duty us eau\nsituation in fair und impartial man- didate to lay before you the Oriental\nner, contrasting the twelve years of question which I will endeavor to do\nLiberal administration, their record to the hest of my ability. The ono\nof graft and corruption, with the purty stands for the total exclusion\nactions of the Conservative opposl- us fur ns possible, while the other\ntion in favor of an honest govern- believes it is an advantage to bring\nment. these people into this country. The\nlt was tbe largest political meet- Conservative penple believe ns 1 have\ntng ever held in Cranbrook, if not in said in the total exclusion of these\nHouse of\nLaurlor.\nTo Hi'\nLaurlor,\nUnit i\nspeech a\nnil.,\nold Il'lriul h.\\\nVull B\nomothlng\nof win\n\u2022'.lap\n111 IS\nm ally\nthere\nwas t\ncont.n\nGreat\nBritain\niignt 1\nWOU If\nhave a\n..panes\nI'llll\ndefi-\nHc\nThe lurge and spuc-\nwus crowded to the\nvy and useless out-\npulling day in the rest ot the country\ntho liberal organisation will be compelled to assume the blame for this\ngrossly unfair action. The lists are\niii the hands of the registrars of voters and have been since September 25 | wore almost completed. Wires\niiu week after the dissolution of ;>->r\nliument.\nThe correspondence mi the matter\nbetween Smith Curtis, the candidate,\nV. .1. Deane, the liberal campaign\nnm nu ger, und Hon. Dr, Young, pin\nvincial secretary reveals the plot in\nall its details und demonstrates the\nsent by the provincial secretary to\nevery printing otlice charged witli the\nwork to pursue all speed in completing tbe order. This was done, the\nlists mailed to the returning oflleeis\nund to Ottawa and the orders filled.\nOn September 11, less than a week\n. . after the receipt nf tbe letter printed\nfalsity of contention of Mr. Curtis abovo um, \u201e W(1(,k ,u,fnre lhe diaB0|u.\nand bis friends. tion l)f ,mriiament, Hon. Dr,\nHim. Dr. Young expressed great in- wired Smith Curtis us lollows\ndignatinn at the plot which wus only \"'Nelson und\nlaid bare Tuesday upon receipt of ilt-veisloko nnd RoHaiftnu on ,our\nteenth. The balance next week\nthe Kootenay\niuus theatre\ndoors,\nThe stage setting wus beautiful,\nbeing a wood scene, in the centre ot\nwhich was a large transparency with servutivi\npictures of the king und queen on\neach side, and the Conservative legend, \"'Horden, Goodeve, and a white\nBritish Columbia,\" in the centre.\nOn the stage were tbe Conservative\ncandidate, Mr. A. S. Goodeve, Mr\nV. It. Maedonald, Mayor of Rossland treaty\npeople.. In order to do this 1 will\nconttne myself to official records sn\nt hiit. no man will be able tn dispute\nthe facts I put beforo them. 1 will\nshow the attitude of the great Con-\nparty has been consistent\nfor fifteen years, and they have, on\nevery occasion, tried to roach the\ngoal. In 1894- Japan then scurcely\nknown among the great powers appointed Great Britain and\nthe United States tn join a\nof\nilllance,\nThese\ntelegram from P. J. Donne of Nelson.Tho provincial secretary resolved,\nivirly in the duy and before the announcement nf tbe date of the federal\nelect inn that all Bhould be in readiness und that no complaint upon this\nscore should be made with nny justice All wns in readiness and on the\nproclamation from Ottawa the work\nuf printing the lists had been completed throughout the riding. That\nthe plot was long in hatching nnd\nthat the candidate was paving the\nway for the renunciation of bis nomination pledge thut no dolny in holding the election would be brought\nabout is evident from the following,\nunder date of September 4, signed by\nSmith Curtis:\n\"Hon\nGeo. T. Hogers, J. A. Harvey, K\nC, D. J. Johnson, president of the\nCranbrook Conservative association,\nG. H. Thompson and W. B, McFarlane\nGeo. T. Hogers was chairman, who\nIn neat and appropriate words Intro-\nYoung (jnced the speakers.\nMr. P, A. Maedonald wus the first\nColumbia finished, speaker. In a few concise words, he\ntold tbe audience why he was here\nsupporting the Conservative candidate. He referred to the labor\ntrouble in Rossland in 1903, and said\nthnt the statements made by J. A.\nMaedonald, the Liberal leader for\nleft no address. The following was British Columbia, and Smith Curtis,\nreceived In reply from the telegraph the Liberal candidate for thc Koot-\nnianagcr ut Rossland: enays, were false, and made only to\n\"Yours llth, Curtis, signed Young, bolster up a weak political cause,\nundelivered; party nut uf town, ud- That he wns then, ns president of the country suggested that they\ndress unknown.\" miners' union, at the time of the! willing tu accept the treaty o\nOn September 15 or thc duy before trouble, and knew the true facts, that conditions that, there should be\nYmir may be delayed a few days.'\nBut Mr. Curtis was evidently not\nworrying about a reply to that letter, for he was out of town and hud\ntreaties were on similar lines witli tlie\nimportant differ once that thc United\nStates inserted a clause retaining absolute control of ull immigration.\nGreat Britain also informed Japan\nthnt before the commercial portion uf\nthe treaty could lie ratiliud that they that the\nwould have to submit it in the self would hi\ngoverning dependencies, among which\nwas the sell governing dependency nf\nCanada. Following nut the procedure the Conservative purty being in\npower at Ottawa it was submitted tn\nthem. They immediately, although\nthere bail been little or any agitation \u2022\u2022'\u2022\u25a0 ils\nin regard tu Japanese Immigi ation, Laurier Bin\ninsisted that a clause be inserted sim- the opinion\nilar to that of United States, In IKiii\". oral party,\nthe Japanese, through the Mother speeches of\nwere\nn tbe\nI side by\nside witli a British lleot. We would\nnot apply tlie law of oxcluslon to tho\nJapanese, Ult we recumiise that there\nis a sti nag prejudice in tlie piovincc\nni British Columblu among the white\npopulation against, all kinds ol nr\nlental popllluclon, I say prejudice\nanil 1 speaK advisedly. I dn nut want\nto speuit onensivoij. I know mj\nwords will be reported iu Brit isli\nColumbia, but I speak here the same\nlanguage that I would speak there\nil it were my privilege to be there.\nPerhaps my words will be unwelcome\nthough 1 told thom, 'You muy have\nyour, views upun tbe question and\nyou are host ile tn the Immigration\not the Oriental races. 1 dn not. slum\nyour sentiments and 1 believe you\nare making u mistake.\" Sir Wiltrid\nLaurier, the leader nf the great lil*\noral party, lias thus placed himself\non record us stated, that he does not\nagree with the opinions uf the west,\nthut lie believes they are makiim il\nmistake, that in his opinion thoy dn\nunderstand tliis question and\nmmlgratlon uf these people\ntn the advantage uf the\nprovince. I say, sirs, that we in the\nwest feel that we are us broad mind\ned and can lake as an intelligent.\nview nf questiqtis uf such vital interest, tu the penple of this provln\nBritish Columbia, and to tlie in\nmn us a whole as oven Sir W\ntin\nby\nrlund\nCupo\nde\nnthei\ni tin\n18\nthe dissolution of parliament, and\nthe announcement of the genernl election Dr. Young wrote Mr. Curtis\nas follows:\n\"On the llth I wired you us foi- and thc provincial Liberal party.\nlows, (quoting the above telegram),\non the following day 1 received no- attention, and was greeted with\nMr. Goodeve acted only as a man of!immigration nf their laborers\nhonor should act at sucb a time, and tisuns without the consent of tin\nthe appointing of special policemen minion of Canada. The treaty\nwas due to the efforts of Joe Martin ready to be accepted by\nparties, but unfortunately lor\nMr. Maedonald was listened to with Dominion of Canada there w\nDn\niclf, but nut. only is tbi\nof tbe leader nf the Lib\nimt I will quote 11<>i\nt wn ot her ministers o\nthe Liberal govornmont to show tha\nthey also are ol Lhe same opinion a\ntheir leader, in L903, at the expens\nuf the people ut the Dominion o\nCanada, we smi .Mr. Fisher, minister\nof agriculture, tn Japan to enquire\nI les\nopon\nTho toxt is as\nRIglll Iluu. :\n(I. r M CJ , or\nHi Wilfrid in >\nt Soicl I tind tl\nin myself \"My\nles Tupper, wbu, uf\nhas withdrawn\nstruggle, ims como nut [roi\ntreat in prodict nm defeat,\ndune this regularly since '->\"\nI do imt know what yuu\nmy ninny defeats, as I wn\nin my natlvo County of Cu\nfourteen times, and twlcQ\nBroton, being defeated i\nthoro owing tn my having\npractically all my ollorts tn\nconstituencies li you refer t\n\"defeats\" uf my party, whlcl\nnni tin- country In IKU7, 18\n1NK2, 1HS7 and 1801, 1 ,i mid huiilnc.\nyuu that the Liberal party i'..s only\nbeen successful in the tlouttuua nt\n1X71, ISiiii, 1900, and 1004. it is a\nmatter nf history that ihe Liberal\nparty onlj obtained power in imt;'\nny nivini; six nf their opponents\nseals in the Cabinet., and thai in\nIS'.u; yuu defeated Hie Conservative\nparty by denouncing the Govornmont\nfor nut having disallowed tbe Mani\ntuba Sehunl Act. which took away\nthn lights uf the Catholics, and when\nthe Government broughl in n mens\nure declared necessary by tbe Judl\neial Committee uf the Privy Cun\ncil tn restore those rights you joined with the Orangemen in defeating\n'hat measure liy obstructing ;i lame\nmajority uf the House of Commons,\nand then securing the support ol\ntjiiebee by declaring file Act did not\nr- gn fur enough, and that if yon nb\n\u25a0e or talmd power, ynn wuuid, if neces\nmin sary tn secure their \"rinhts in iheir\nIfiid entirety,\" brine in u stronger mens\nid that\ntoday\nin 1893.\" Nor must\nthat, by boast Ing ol\niccompllshed fur Can\nprevented tbe adop\nrenty up in thr pres\nlily treaty\nnegotiated\ntin\nat credit [ur\nmr ef\nKllllIlL' lll.lt\nMCRBrs Alia\ngow, which\nknot service\nami Halifax\n-lav uf Muy,\nYOlir eb.lli\nted harmonj\nand religloni\nthe \"All\nBhould i\nitorprise nl\nie British\n\"..mm a ye\ni\u00ab- a contre\nut Montree\n.'ould have\ni Montreal\nWlntor,\nf!I.S\nbat you li\nBed\npolo\novernmeni\nfoi len\nwith the\nand Glus\nIvon a 'J\"\nii Summer\nHI the 1st\nspi\ntin\nwhen\nha. yuu\nween lie\niglons ii\n.her pa.\ndmissioi\n