Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1917-06-30
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note: The Week fl British -Solnmbia Newspaper and Review Vol. XV, No. j£-15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, June 30th, 1917 5c. a copy $2.00 a year Plainness of Speech IN the Into by-election The Week stated its position in regard to tlio threatened electoral contest. The intimate relations' of Dr. Hall with the paper made the task of endorsing Mr. Hart as the nominee of Mr. Brewster for Finance Minister a delicate and uninviting one. The Week sincerely believed and acted upon the belief that the administration of Hon. H. C. Brewster was conducive to the welfare of the Province, and was not, desirous of defeating his nominee for nn imporfant post in the Cabinet. Dr. Hall thought otherwise and acted in accordance with his view. In' a former editorial The Week expressed the view that "there was no great issue to bo considered, no groat principle to be contended for." It was also stated that the new Cabinet Minister had "no stain upon his public or private career." And these statements we re-state and re-assert. It does not, however, follow that as a result of tho by-election, moral issues were not raised. Endorsement of any government or candidate should not create obliquity of vision. Friendship — personal or public — ought not to excuse intemperance of speech or condone doubtful transactions. CORPORATION CON TRIBUTIONS It wixs stated by Dr. Hall, and admitted by Hon. John Hart, that a sum of money had been contributed to the Liberal campaign fund by the B. C. E. L. & T. Company. Hon. H. C. Brewster acknowledged the truth of this statement, and defended the acceptance of the gift. The amount of the contribution is immaterial, although the amount stated by one candidate was $5,000 and by the other $2,500. It may be that the smaller amount was given to the Provincial fund, and a similar amount to the local compaign fund of Vancouver. In either case the principle is the same; much or little. The Week regards tho transaction as indefensible. It is necessary to use "plainness of…
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: 10.14288/1.0374074
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