Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1909-05-22
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note: j mr* v__ipnr_Tfr_xt-sr> CHOCOLATE EGG, MALTED MILK and "SUNNY JIM" SUNDAE at Terry's Fountain S.E. Cor. Fort and Douglas. 9Xt_UUULtXS_9X_UUUUL_U The Week R British Columbia Review, Published at Victoria, B. C. II. VI. No ?2 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1909 A month ago, or there- fshipping the abouts, every Conserva- en Calf. tive paper in Canada, and not a few of the better s Liberal papers, were loudly denounc- the Honourable William Pugsley; most of them were clamoring for an ligation into his conduct in connec- with the Central Railway in New swick. The circumstances are so well that to repeat them is unnecessary, .ce it to say that a Commission pre- id over by Mr. Justice Landry, who ionceded to be a man of high reputa- and integrity, declared that Mr. ;sley, in conjunction with other parties were named, had been guilty of mis- iropriation of public funds to the ex- t of at least $134,000. Mr. Pugsley |i public man, a life-long politician, has n a Minister in the Local Legislature is own Province and is now a Cabinet ster in the Laurier Administration, these are the facts of the case there |i be no doubt that Mr. Pugsley is a fi'upt politician, and whether they be the its or not the public press has so de- ;red and has accepted them as true. It be equally true that Mr. Pugsley is ery able man, with a fine grasp of lie affairs, and that he is capable of ing valuable public service, but the istion is whether it is seemly to kotow |a mau who has recently been denounced such .a serious offence, and who has ded the only means of re-establishing reputation, just because he happens to in a position to confer favours. Most iple will think it is too much like wor- pping the Golden Calf. It has been d by reasonable critics, that a conspi- 1 public man destroys his own useful- when he becomesc involved in such sactions as those which were brought ne by the Commission to Mr. Pugsley. be quite fair to argue that a final Igment should be suspended uutil the e has been tried …
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344115
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : ""The Week"" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text