ee THE DAILY NEWS | THE DAILY NEWS | THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly by THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING CO. LTD., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. H. F. MeRAR, SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, 50c per month, or $6.00 per year Weekly, $2.00 per year. Daily, advance). $8.00 per year. Weekly, BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES New York—National Newspaper Bureau, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Seattle—-Puget Sound News Co. London, England—The Clougher Syndicate, Graud Trunk Building, Trafalgar Square. TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. rates on application. EDITOR AND GENERAL MANAGER HEAD OFFICE Paily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. and if paid United States ($5.00 Contract ogo Conservatives have not gotten over the fake over reciprocity. ago they turned down the free list, although boon to the farmers. the most absurd ever invented. Indeed its absurdity would be ridiculous if it were not well known that there is ‘method in their madness.’ They can- not have “truck or trade with the Yankees" and at the same time pander to the local mon- opolies that are getting such a strong hold in this country. There is no doubt in the world but that the high tariff wall has been the mother of the big American trusts. With a healthy competition from the outside such monstrosities would be impossible. Instead of learning from our neigh- bours’ mistakes, Canada is following right in their foot- steps, and by and by we shall need another Wilson to come along and right our wrongs. * * What Canada had better do right away is to bring back the grand old chief, Sir Wilfrid want of suitable locations. ————=z—=z=—=*X=——F_£_&_{*=—KK_—=——>—_{[—>—&—{_——&—&£_z&{[—————— EEO EARL GREY’S RIFLES AND POLITICAL MACHINATIONS (Continued from Page 1) It appears that the Ottawa yet scare A few days the proposal of putting wheat on they admit that it would be a great This policy of “no truck or trade with the Yankees” seems to be ril id, 1914 Saturday, Ap Laurier, the friend of the poor and the oppressed; the man who threw the influence of office to the winds in an at- tempt to better his country. The men who are now the in- ner guard of the Borden gov- ernment were formerly sup- porters of Sir Wilfrid. They forsook him and fled when it became known that he was to take up the cause of the poor. These men righ now are sell- ing Canada to the trusts, and the oniy hope for the country is a return to the Liberal pol- icy of wider markets and lower not the manhood to come for- ward and shoulder the responsi- bility. When the speaker had protested to the members of the Conservative executive he had been told that “his case would be attended to.’ The armory which is to be built had been largely due to the efforts of the Ear! Grey's Rifles to pass the bylaw. tariffs. As far as the reports re- ceived are concerned the re- cent order-in-council over Prince Rupert's waterfront seems to be fairly satisfac- tory. There is no denying the fact that this city in the first place should have received a fair share of that privilege. The next best thing, however, is to have restrictions placed upon the price that shall be charged as rentals, and a charge of six per cent on a reasonable valuation does not seem very severe. It is to be hoped that no time will be lost in opening this up for busi- ness, for this city has been held back long enough for of the department letters to the local organization, in which it plainly shown that the intention of the militia department had been to increase the Earl Grey’s Rifles to a four-company bat- talion, The department even went so far as to ask the corps to choose the number and badge. Later, from reasons of which the audience would -+ave to draw their own conclusions, the mil- itia department ordered the dis- Mr. Fisher then read a number|bandment of the regiment, the Pot we 1st Ave. and McBride 8t. CARPENTERS ! 50 PER CENT. discount.from B. C. List on Doors and Mouldings with lumber orders PRINCE RUPERT LUMBER CO. A. J. 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The speaker then asked J. E. Merryfield, who he alleged was at the bottom of it, if he was re- sponsible for the disbandment. “T won't tell you,”’ sheuted Mr. Merryfield. “Then citizens it is up to you to say whether you are satisfied with that answer.” Sergeant Leek Serel. George Leek had rather When endeavored even a hearing. the hoodlum element tempestuous to interrupt him he said he knew what they meant. He had been in Kelly's cut and he would do it again. He did what he believed to be right. In the tumult he in- vited any man to come and put him off the platform and if they couldn't, then let bim speak. He reviewed the organization of the Earl Grey's Rifles by Mr, Stork and the work done by Capt. Stork. Three years ago he had been invited to resign for the purpose of undermining Stork. He was a Conservative, but he refused. Politics were worse in Rupert than Tammany ever thought of . Those who caused this disbandment were not fit to wash Fred Stork’s shoes. J. Averill “Ohuch” Averill was a member of com, Earl] Rifles—a He Prince Grey's non- made his debut before a audience and He young man of good physique. He to the that was a Conservative, he Rupert got a hearty reception. is a explained audience he could not stand for the political jobbery in the disbandment of the Earl Grey's Rifles. He had protested to the party and had been threatened to have his po- sition as secretary of the Kaien {sland club taken away from him if he did not quit his “hollering.” Ile had immediate!y resigned and also resigned his position in the Bank of B. N. A. in order that he might be free to stand for his principles. Mr. Averill is a typi- while cal young Englishman, the type that has made England and the British empire what it is today. He told his story of what he knew of the political deal in an honest and frank way that convinced the audience it was true. Mr. Averill told of the incident lofficial notice came that the fcompany jutant. when Joe Merryfletd had first learned that the department in- tended increasing the corps to a four-company battalion and also of a telephone message he had sent to Partington saying it was all right four days before the was to be disbanded. George Tite had advised him to go down and see Joe Merry- field and see the slate of officers for the new battalion. He went and Merryfield denied there was any slate, It isn’t for politicians to kick out the militia. The boys had struggled for years to make themselves — efficient, Do you think they got a square deal? The speaker read a list show- ing that nine out of the eleven non-commissioned officers were Cnoservatives, so that no claim could be made that Stork had at- tempted make it a_ political organization. The chairman Lo had stated that Merryfield had said that Stork had no right to send a telegram to Pardee telling him to keep up the fight on the naval question. Merryfield told him he had bet- ter go over and join the other party. Rey. Canon Rix remarked that success required united effort. This especially needed in Prince Rupert. Party differences 1s must be laid aside. Polities are for national problems — keep them out of your social, muni- cipal and militia life. The spoils system has been fairly well kept out of the militia. Can you imagine Hon. R. L. Borden or Sir John Thompson doing this thing? If we fight and lose take it like men, If we fight and win be generous like men. L. W. Patmore if there was any one to the action of the Conser- in disbanding thts pany. He had been born and bred in Canada and never knew an officer to be stripped of his asked justify valives com- uniform because he expressed an opinion on political issues at Ote tawa. He had thought the mil- itia and judiciary were above party politics. Now that it is in the militia it may next be in the judiciary. Are the people going to stand for this insidious thing? Where will it end? Mr. Patmore also read communications from the department which showed that after polities were intro- duced the officers had been in- vited to resign, but they were not the resigning kind. They are going to fight it through and fix the responsibility. He said Mr. Merryfield had in- vited parties in this city to be lieutenant-colonel of the new; regiment, J. E. Merryfield—Name the party. Mr, Patmore—You dare not deny it, The chairman—He also invited a certain Conservative to be ad- O. H. Nelson Mr. Nelson thought tempest in a teapot. it was a| There was! | service. no occasion for an uproar. It savored too much of polities from the Liberal side, The lresignations of the officers were mot called for. The disbandment had been for the purpose of serving another branch of the He advocated garrison artillery. As one member of the Conservative evecutive he would support Stork and Medrordie for cammand of the new organiza- tion. No one has the right to the Conservative a bunch, The militia de not recognize executive, but they look to the member for information and the member recognizes the executive Did Maitland See List Too? Another of the young men of the company stated to the meet ing that Ald. Tom Maitland said he saw the list of new officers in Merryfield's office. to refer executive ‘partment does the Conservative Ald. Maitland denied it Dr. Clayton, ai well known Conservative politician, and C, Halsey, an ex-member of the Conservative executive, spoke the motion to petition around the city ing against the disbandment. The latter moved an ment that the meeting with any action the partment might take. On a of amendment was lost. The motion to eirculate the petition was then put and O. H. against spread a protest amend coneur militia de- show hands the Nelson was asked to count the ballots, He said it was impos- sible to count the hands, but thought the motion was lost by 86 to 95. 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