The Standard
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issued: 2016-08-24
issued: 1917-04-07
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note: : ' f / . .- British Columbia's Leading Weekly tattetk Industrial, Financial Political, Social Vol. V., No. 47���Established 1911. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917. Price Five Cents Bowser And The Standard ��R. W. J. Ilowser, leader of the opposition, cascaded al "few thousand words in attacking the Civil Service I'-ill last Saturday, complaining that as drafted il rendered the civil service commissioner absolutely powerless io act independently, and that the measure was mainly framed for 'lie purpose of satiating Liberal job hunters. Of course itobody���Mr. Bowser least of all���expected that lhe Civil Service Bill would satisfy the ex-premier. Xo hill brought in by the Liberals can do this, .Mr. Bowser is "agin' ihe government," first, last anrl all the time, and if he cannot find ammunition to his hand, he will manufacture il. This ji the practical side of Conservative politics, and always ���^lias been. * Mr. Bowser is sitting on a tack*, right side up. *.' The former premier paid us the compliment of reading a Standard editorial to the members in the course of his -peech. Thc Standard, very properly we maintain, had expressed the opinion that Prof. Adam Shorn was not the right man for the chief commissionership, and pointed oui die advisability of appointing a British Columbia man. \\ e lid not advocate naming a Liberal or a parity supporter; as Mr. Bowser would like to insinuate: we used plain English which no one could misunderstand: *| "Discarding altogether the idea of patronage, there i< no reason why the office should not be vested in a llritish Columbian." c Not a Liberal, not a Conservative, not a Labor man. not i Socialist. A British Columbian, a man familiar with local conditions, That surely is a reasonable thing to ask. '[ There are men in this province fully qualified to assume the responsibilities that go with this important office, .Main- names have been mentioned. One recently brought forward is that of 1 lis I Lonor Judge P.…
note: Titled "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" from 1912-05-18 to 1915-05-01, for 1915-05-15, and from 1915-06-05 to 1915-09-11; "The British Columbia Chinook" for dates 1915-05-09, 1915-05-22, and 1915-05-29; "The Saturday Chinook" from 1915-09-18 to 1916-04-15; and "The Standard" from 1916-04-22 onward. Published by Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited from 1912-05-18 to 1916-01-01; Chinook Printing House from 1916-01-08 to 1916-04-15; The Standard Printers from 1916-04-22 to 1917-04-07; and The Standard Company from 1917-04-14 onward.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0315555
language: English
lat: 49.2611110
long: -123.1138890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Standard Printers
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text