The Standard
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issued: 2016-08-24
issued: 1916-07-22
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note: "Here shall the Press the people's rights maintain, Unawed by interest and un- bribed by gain." four tCttttj anft Cmmirg j $>?& Unit Vol. V, No. 12���Established 1911 VANCOUVER, B. C, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916 Price Five Cents Speeches Which Never Will Be Made The Hon. W. J. Bowser on Prohibition and Other Legislation Passed at The Last Session REPORTED BY CRITICUS LADIES AND CENTLEMEN,���The warmth of your reception astonishes ami delights me. I had no idea when I entered ihis vast auditorium that the Conservative association had been able i" organise such a meeting ou such short notice. I understood that no one is here without a specially stamped ticket issued by the association, so that 1 can speak my mind freely and without fear of contradiction. That has always been my object in addressing the electorate uf llritish Columbia, and especially of Vancouver. I desire to be quite frank with you always. Xo man is faultiess, the greatest of us do make mistakes at times. I have made mistakes. I confess it without compunction. Hut thc mistakes I have made have been largely due to an inability to work more than twenty hours a day. You all are aware that I have held the posts of Minister of Finance. Agriculture, Justice, and Premier simultaneously. Besides this. I have to look after my old friend, Mr. Ross, the Minister of Lands. During the per-' iod in which I have been premier. I have bad to train several ministers to do the work which I require of them. The business of government is extremely complicated, and as head of the government, 1 am naturally responsible for everything. My opponents of the Liberal menage, which surely is French for menagerie, at least give mc credit for hard w'ork. They call me the dictator. I think it would be better if they called me a slave, for my services are always at the disposal of the government. THE NEGLIBLE QUANTITY However 1 have not come here tonight t" talk about my opponents. After the middle of September they will be even a more n…
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: 10.14288/1.0315612
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