245 | nN a a nee ae LOL Lt LO LO itll EES? 2Beaek & Seecece Sern THE WEATHER Twenty four hours ending 5 a.m., we! ae ep IN. RAIN =P BAR . wax rawr. MEST 99507 05 THE DAILY NEW: Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist ——— — — a Se ee = T — ——— — —= yOL. Il, NO. 210 Prince Rupert, B.C., Fripay, Sepremper 15, 1911. eee ~ ~ — ——_—- — —_————eeee VATIVES D CONSERVATIVE. “SMOKER” PROVED A FINE FIASCO Party Organizers in Prince Rupert Reckoned Without their Guest, Hon. Dr. tary, Who Gave Rupert the Go-By, to Help Clements in His Bean Hunt Honorable Dr.’ Young will deliver an address on the pol- itical is of the reciprocity t a smoker in Mc- Intyre hall at 7 o'clock this The provincial sec- campaigt eveTung retary is proceeding north on Royal to take part it campaign in Atlin at Ro'« lock.”’ What | have been more definite than the above ment made in the Conservative press, and { rded of their committee rooms yesterday? announce- in front Ever g ve » the steamer'’s unmistakably and the ided a very sp. It ner a heavy Vy drop positive 1 heir get Conservatives who hurrying over that their rganising rs had reckened wit tt rg t, and that after ‘Nothing find € was Doing Long Tedious Wait First ar the McIntyre H ven o'clock found They w rvative com Doing’ ] ‘ ck to the hall x The rumor Nothing the the Young, Provincial Secre- |fact. In the McIntyre Hall which | had last opened about enough people to fill the place a |third full, sat amidst a wilderness | of chairs and a desert of sawdust been at llistening to lively enough piano }music contributed by young Mr | Gray to beguile the tedium of | the Mr. J. Russell | sang his ‘‘Mountains of Mourne” hour also | Song very appropriately. Basely Deserted Meanwhile the Conservative or- ganisers left in the lurch by their speaker who under compulsion of an inexorable C. P. R. steamer schedule gave Prince Rupert the go-by, were frantically rustling for speakers to fill the gap. At 8 p.m., M. M. Stephens rose ir hall endeavored the and with remarkable nerve, to put a fair color on the fiasco by giving out the bluff that ‘“‘the hour for our smoker has now arrived."’ (See Announcement Above). Mr the meeting They elected He then from the plat- announced the Hon Dr. Young had gone north on the Stephens called on to elect a chairman himself. form that LONE LIB ——— Royal after vain efforts to delay he boat by belated wire and wireless messages below. Another desertion was announced also. Mr J. Kirkpatrick was to have oc- ipied the chair He, was no where be found. It was a fine Po start the hairman, ing Mr. Stey looking meet e1 the < des SQUEEZING THE “DOUGH” OUT OF THE WAGE EARNER AGAINST WILL OF AUDIENCE ~Cnnwe ANGERS IS DENIED PLATFORM The Chairman at Conservative Smoker Rudely Terms Loyal French-Canadian ‘‘A OONTINUED ON PAGE 4 ALD. NEWTON AND THAT “NATIONAL POLICY’’ NOTE and set sational, to an Sudden ble weariedwith Corservative dullness very too, audience accept Conservative Mis-statement that Canada’s Present and dilatoriness at their Dr. Young Prosperity is Not Due to Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Policy Nailed by Leading Conservative’s Words Recorded in Hansard he Conservative t night Alder- n New ributed ibuted the present Prosper Canad j \ ada not to Sir Wilf TORTESSIVE polic y; | roved Sir Wilfrid ire Of money of the al p the resources Pete ut to the national re 1» \. Macdonald a" lory doctrine, oe keeping with Mr. a ol taking no iy mming up the “i reciprocity argu- cry “] “onservative war , hOne "ae a, what Sir Char- Liberal i 'n 1897 when the and his ¢ introduced, He Walled ove, “rvative colleague eee cea.” ‘ as the abandon- Me ta , - lonal policy which Charles “7 ; Here are Sir recorded j H of a" words as “Ty, ATC A a, ipa 's that this tariff bentleman hereuon and the hon. dustriy Pa Knows that the in- Paralyzed j, vMntry are already honorah), mer , ' epequence, while destruction a 's gloat over the l Was ren Tae " idian industries, ul wail. af ¢ ‘he wail, the sorrow- Montreal c:... industries in the wAZ 4 ©, Where one man- Ufacty iret another declared ler : . ; lygave proof of his assertion at it from a party standpoint, I|* I aaa ant f the bottom of my | Newton answered that he had no ‘ ore rom ie yottom \ ; : th i t» that i ing to be | COPY of Hansard, but having read 1eart the rum 1a S RUIN ¢ McIntyre incident fiasco last night in the Hall, was the dram jin which figured Frank R. Angers. This brilliant young French Can- tic {that those industries were ruined, adian speaker sting to the quick i that their mils must close, and | by the assertion made by Alderman lth it they saw staring them in| Newton that his great leader, Sir the fa t » to tl sjlorable | Wilfrid Laurier, had repeatedly the face a return to the deplorable | | state of things that existed when enunciated the Conservative policy ithe hon. gentleman who last ad- of ‘‘Leave well alone,”’ in regard dressed the House was in charge|to Canada's relations with the of the fiscal policy of this country. United States previous to the was|start of this year's reciprocity that a deeper wrong lcampaign, rose in the hall and so far trom re joi ing asked Mr. Newton where aggre ir. I say never inflicted upon Canada, “T feel that the Conservative press closely of inflicte n the best interests ‘ -— ae UpO 1 ; { reat | late he had seen the assertion ‘anada, and upon its greé , o ; Ps 4 rn ss l } it tingly | made there almost continuously ss. St unhesita rly | . eeeee nt of | for the past lew weeks. He} my ‘ a party pol seat, from \ ‘i! ladded that he thought the In- riew : ’ rentleman are mee see hon, 6 : dependent press also made the doing our work; they are showing | ‘ ta try that} #ssertion. > pe : s coun a , ; the people of this co ’ At thts’ Bike) Minwiite: aeetatiale’ reliance can be jlaced upon] , - iano ye no reliance « | lwith intense Sir Wil- conviction clarations that ; , the most solemn dé cl - | fred never said that’? and was ay <2 ej 1 the Ouse Re : ; they make either u ‘ tans" sitting down gain when loud cries See > é . 1OWINEK we or out of it; they are s & of “Platform! Platform!" from the the people of this country that, ra audience kept him his feet looking towards Mr. Newton and ne | Chairman M. M. Stephens. Ir : ithe midst of the excitement the Chairman shaking his fist in the _ |direction of Mr, Angers shouted: Yet Alderman Newton and his | phis meeting shall not be in- Conservative friends in Prince Ru-| terrupted by a rowdy like that!”’ pert can suggest In the lull later prosperous because ol the national) Mr, Newton addressing the au- having obtained power, which was all they wished for, they are prepared to abuse that power a cost of sacrifice of the industries of Canada.” that Canada is] an instant | this gentleman platform?” shall take form! Give him a fair hearing! & in the audience exclaimed: tainly, give him a hearing.” any other gentleman can Cries of ‘‘Let him speak. greeted the remark. asked Mr. man’s words. “Of course not! We'll hear you!"’ came the reply from all over the hall. Mr. Angers came forward quietly to where the News reporter was seated at the table, and while Mr. Newton gave his con- press cluding words asked the reporter whether the chairman had allowed him the platform. ‘‘Mr. Newton has asked the audience if they wish you to take the platform, and you have heard their reply, but the chairman has not yet consented to your taking the plat- form,” replied the reporter, Mr. Angers waited until Mr. Newton had concluded, Then he rose to address the chair. Instantly the Chairman sprang to the front of the palatform speaking with furious emphasis. “This is a Conservative meeting!’ he cried, ‘and called for Cor- servatives. I submit that the privilege of the platform should icy! |dience said: “‘Is it your wish that policy! not be granted to a rowdy who the | will go so far as almost to call! one There were instant and insistent cries again of ‘‘Plat-| applause followed in the midst of and one prominent Conservative|which Mr. Angers having heard “Cer- “Gentlemen, do not be afraid|arbiter of the wishes of the meet- lof anything that gentleman or| ing, however rudely his prenounce say,” exclaimed Mr. Newton anxiously. We aren't afraid of what he'll say,’’! “Am I denied a fair hearing?” Angers, who in the uproar had not caught the chair- Rowdy,’’ and in Face of Evident Desire of Audience to Give Brilliant Young Speaker a Fair Hearing Dares Not Let Him Voice His Defence of Sir Wilfrid on Reciprocity Issue jof our speakers a liar to his face!”’ A burst of mingled protest and the verdict of the chair, im- mediately bowed to the presumed ment may have been given, and retired in the midst of tremendous | uproar. Repeated cries of “Platform!” jand “Give him a fair hearing!"’ |“‘Stay with it, Angers!’ “They're lafraid to hear you,” ete., did not shake Mr. Angers in his determi- nation to retire from the hall where he had been treated by the chairman to. the insulting term “rowdy,”’ and denied the fair hearing offered him freely by the audience for his only natural reply to admittedly mere hearsay charges against the leader to whom he is unswervingly loyal. Realising that their desire to accord the young speaker a fair hearing with true Western Can- adian spirit of giving every man a square deal, had been frustrated by the antagonism of the chairman to the presence on a Conservative platform of so convincing and eloquent a Liberal speaker, the audience somewhat dwindled by those who left in disgust, settled down to witness a clever hibition of dancing by little Miss Gray, and to hear speeches of ex- average merit by Messrs. O. H. Nelson and Alderman Hilditch said this morning that the society AL’S DEFENCE ALD. NEWTON ENDORSES RECIPROCITY FOR RUPERT As a ‘Railroad King,’”? However, He Works Only East and West—Gives Pretty Miss Canada a Nasty Left Hander Last Night, but is Appreciated as Amusing Fill-Gap not a great speaker, and he thought him rather an off-handed politician. He said that reciprocity must not be looked on as it applies to to us as a community, but as it — applies to Canada as a whole. | Later on he said that he objected. to the reciprocity negotiations be- ing carried on purely from the Canadian point of view. He expressed himself as against the policy because it would make the railway companies, particularly the C. P. R. build railways north and south as well as east and west. He pictured the new G. T. P. track rusting on the ties for want of east and west traffic, while the C. P. R. getting in ‘as it always does’’ at the start was corralling all the north and south For the first time since the commencement of the campaign Alderman S. M. Newton has con- tributed a considerable speech to the fund of campaign eloquence. He spoke at the Conservative smoker last night, and in fact took the honorable and-onerous position of gap-filling in the disappointing absence of the announced speaker, Hon. Dr. Young, provincial sec- retary, who gave Prince Rupert the cold shoulder. Behind Mr. New- ton on the platform, wearing his | usual somewhat secretive smile, was Alderman John Hilditch, Al- derman Newton's sworn foe in the council chamber, whatever he may be on the street or political platform. His expression during Mr. Newton's speech was interest- ing, not to say amusing. trafic. His idea of railway en- Alderman Newton's contribu-|terprise is evidently not construct- tion to the anti-reciprocity cam-!ed on the net-work stem of tracks paign though rather halfhearted|in all directions where there is because he admits that Rupert will| trade, but only in parallel linés, bene&t from reciprocity, and that} preferably from east to west. Alaska trade will come here through| Alderman Newton admitted that reciprocity, was summed up by|the Alaska trade would come to himself in his concluding words:| Rupert through reciprotiry, and “The whole answer to the enh ne reciprocity would benefit Ru- Erocity pact,” he pert. He was not enthusiastic tained in the words ‘Let well|about it for he fancies that other "So, carefully, did Al-|advantages may be lost to the derman Newton avoid treading|city through the past, but he jon Conservative prejudices in his|dared not deny it. sum-up. Judging from expressions} He reminded his audience that jon the platform during Mr. New- | some of them had once been | ton’s speech, he did tread on quite} ragged and out at elbows begging |a few prejudices in the main trend|for favors, and asked them if |of his remarks. they would now grant favors to He said that while he regretted | those who had then refused them. jthat Dr. Young was not there | that evening, still Dr. Young was “is con- said, | alone. CONTINUED ON PAGE “4 AMATEUR THEATRICALS HOLD A FIRST REHEARSAL Play Selected is ‘‘Our Regiment,” a Comedy Which Carries Eight Characters and Lots of Clean and Wholesale Merriment—Drummond Hall Secured for Rehearsals The Prince Rupert amateur the-| classed as a success but that it atrical society held a meeting|left much to hope for. last night in Drummond Hall and} The use of Drummond hall has at once got down to real business. | been secured for future rehearsals. The play to be presented EERE decided upon, the cast selected Preserving Fruits first rehearsal had. Now| Juicy peaches, luscious Tokay that the hard work of organixation | grapes, delicious plums and mellow has been satisfactorily effected | cantaloupe in great quantities form everything promises to go smocthly | the builk of a large shipment just until the amateurs look their first} received by Shrubsall’s market audience in the face. l'on Third avenue. The preserving The play selected is ‘‘Our Regi-|season is at hand—don’t over- ment,” which of course deals in|look this opportunity while they a light vein with the feminine | are fresh. They cost no more adjuncts of a small section of the/than the ordinary varieties. Phone British army. There are eight} 275 and we will do the rest. characters, ‘‘daughters of the regi-| ment,’’ and so on, and among them two civilians, an elderly country! squire, and his wife. naturally desires to figure prom- inently in “army society,"’ but hubby is altogether opposed to those sodger chaps, and the dom- was a and a Injury to a Horse One of the horses of the Pacifie yesterday, plate lying on the wharf, edge of the plate turning up and | estic spats on the subject form|other foot. an interesting part of the comedy. Miss Johnson, the Don't forget the dance in the McIntyre Hall tonighi. Dancing secretary, has urgent need of a couple or so more of active members, and it would be well for those harboring furnished rooms (bachelors ly communicate with her. only) over Wallace's Dry Goods says that first Store.--H. S. Wallace. tf Thespian aspirations to immediate- She rehearsal as a on the political issue, last night’s performance could be! 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