The Western Clarion
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issued: 2016-04-04
issued: 1907-03-16
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note: tlffk - ; M ^OI^^S OF -TS^E blisbed intbetntetcsrsorthe WorKliA - ■m. m ai e iii»> •♦i1 jj Vancouver. British Columbia, Saturday, March ,16 1907 aalwc rim loo t-rtee Pl» V*AS Sl.00 THE PRipCIAL HOUSE * ONCE MORE IN SESSION ? HjwlharnthwaMi'elnd Mcinnes Sat Dunns Opening Cere-j moiiy—Work Planned by Socialist Members—The New Member for Grand forks. The Legislature of the province had put the clergymen in quarantine as it were by refusing to allow him to sit there till he had lieen for three months dear of the clerical business, nor would they allow him to be the trustee of a school, yet they allowed the Salvation Army, which was practically the same thing, to break into the labor market of the country. The fart was, in his opinion, the Salvation Army, with its mas- jquerading and semi-military antics, did | more, to bring religion into contempt than any like number of atheists in this .country; ai... the irresponsible character I of the majority of the officials of that could be anything in that argument. This immigration business, however, carried out by the government, had always been an absolute failure. If they took the census of Canada for 1896 and for 1906 and compared them they would find that the population had decreased by some 12,000 or 14,000 if the number of immigrants arriving in the country were counted out. This meant that these immigrants had displaced native born Canadians who were naturally best adapted for the country. He pointed out further that if wages were better here than in the state of Washington workmen would come here and Thr Ijn'islaltire opened on Thursday, Mirth .ill, with Ihe usual capitalistic il wraith and pomp. Duns- ■snir, the coal baron, arrayed in gold- „-<<! livery and cocked hat. was attend \ti In ,i body guard in a costume sotne- sr.ii Miml.tr, When he entered all, with rk cxcei lion of Messrs. tiawthornth- the r^.ts of that British justice of which •sue snd Mcinnes, the Socialist mem-. they heard so much. jlrrv. tost to recei…
note: Titled The Western Clarion from June 18, 1904 to June 1, 1907; titled Western Clarion thereafter.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0318685
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Western Socialist Publishing Co., Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text