http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0373957
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1916-08-26
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note: TheWeek A British Columbia Newspaper aid Review The Official Organ of the Victoria Real Estate Exchange and of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club VoL XIV, No. ll-15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, August 26, 1916 5c. a copy $2.00 a year Unfair Criticism THE Victoria Times criticized Mr. Reginald Hayward, one of the Conservative candidates, very unfairly in its issue of i Tuesday last. At a meeting held on Monday night Mr. Hay- i ward had referred to the extravagant claims of tho Liberal Leaders in respect of their avowed desires to abolish patronage. Mr. Hayward showed that their record as a party did not justify any such I claim. He referred to the well-known incident that occurred at Ottawa during the last session of Parliament, when Mr. Foster on 1 the floor of the House offered to meet the Opposition half way in a joint attempt to abolish political patronage, but elicited no response whatever from Sir Wilfred Lnurier, who kept his seat and ignored the offer. While the Times does not deny this statement, because it knows full well that Hansard proves it, it nevertheless tries to make out that something different really occurred. It would confuse the issue by stating that the debate was initiated not by Mr. Foster, but by Mr. W. F. MacLean, and that Mr. Foster moved no resolution on the subject. Mr. Hayward never said that he did, nor did Mr. Hayward claim that he initiated the debate. His statement was confined to the simple fact that the responsible Minister, who in the absence of Mr. Borden was acting Premier, made that offer openly on the floor of the House. He addressed the offer pointedly to Sir Wilfred Lnurier, the Lender of tbe Opposition. Silence in such a case meant rejection. By accepting the offer, Sir Wilfred could have co-operated in a work which, if the Liberal Party had sincerely desired to nbolish pntronnge, would hnve insured the fulfillment of their desires. The Times, while trying to misrepresent this incident, forgot whnt occurred in Vic- 1 torin th…

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