— —_—_ gays | to myself, Says |; The News Is the paper to buy Says |. OL. Ill, NO. 75 ELECTORS DO YOUR DUTY:.---The issue is now plainly before y “ Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist ener sensnsseensencnee = a = PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1912. ou. You must certainly understand the difference. between the~Liberal and Conservative Policies. A vote for ALEX. M. MANSON spells: End of Ring Rule, Bossism and Intimidation. For your own), interests, for future welfare of your Province, District of Skeena and Prince Rupert, mark your ballot with a cross after the name of Alex. M.Manson, Do not vote for Wm. Manson. If you vote for him you vote against your country’s best interests. Put a cross after second ‘name on ballot. THE DAILY NEWS NEXT MAILS For South Prince George...,.. Friday, 8 a.m. PRICE FIVE CENTS stirring meeting held in the for Speech Given a Most Magnificent Reception won in the pasi more popularity from friend and foe Magnificent. There is only word to deseribe the Theatre last night Generously Gives All Opposing Candidates Ample Time---His Own Straightforward two weeks and respect alike than even his pioneer years \lex, Manson. Magnifi- in Rupert have earned for nt, and war, too, straight, him, held his great appre- clean political warfare such ciative audience as with a as has never before been wit- spell, and by straightfor- nessed in Prince Rupert. ward, simple statement. of ving every one of his po- fact in the plainest of lan- tical opponents a fair fleld Kkuage, won the whole-heart- favor, giving them ed, thunderous applause of freshness of his the house. That he won and reserving for their votes, too, as well as self only the fag end of their hearts is a certainty, the meeting, Alex. Manson When he said so quietly: tI ing candidate, who has | ‘I think L have a fair, even a good, chance of election SKEENA SAFE ee] lomorrow, there went up from that crowded house such a burst of enthusiasm I berals Will Have a Good Safe Van batiol WHS rthern Town Will Give Large Majority for Alex. Manson Sh bwart Lead Up River never before experienced, It Tana ‘ Was magnificent. There is Special to De News ' il to Daily New no other word for it. Alex- Arsdol, March 28—aAIl in- ander Manson's reception by s along the river in the a Prince Rupert audience dif- Kitsumkalum, \rsdol and Kitselas point to ral majority, errace, fers from that of William Manson, the broad daylight night Alex. Manson the people want to hear. Wil- liam Manson they have clear- ly done with, The Meeting. from darkest STEWART SOLID as the Empress Theatre has spineless, as | Truth, | B. C., March 28- “The Truth, the whole will return a large ma-|and nothing but the Truth, so} Alex. M. Manson. Sen-|help you God!" rang out in a| strong against Wm. Man-| hoarse voice with a decided Irish} | ee start of the meeting, ij brogue as the curtain rose at the] revealing | with ring rule is the ery| Fred Stork, the chairman, step-| every side The| ping forward to call upon the eae ? } st sneake j ition of the fair minded}!!! Poaker bound to win out on| day For progressive gov-| ‘vill t put your cross after the|*e ex-Mayor ime on the ballot pa- aprons tf Continued on get here tonight!” Page 6. } “Tt will be the whole truth you] exclaimed heartily as the} palgn has ALEX. MANSON THE MAN TO VOTE FOR One candidate amongst the four in the present cam battled straight, firm, absolutely from the sort of eriticism which has been directed That candidate is Alex. M. Manson Alex. sons reputation is clear cut and clean, the reputation ess and in the political arena of an honest, fearless champion of the rights of the people of and of all the riding. While facing the arrayed forecs of Conservative parti siiship of the most hide-bound type, Alex, Manson stands ‘tt himself as singularly free from any kind of clogging avish partisanship of that kind, He is a’ Liberal in the ' and widest sense of the great, clean word, in which today you are play fearless and Wnune t others, Ma real nee Rupert rhis present campaign, & your part will the most and go down to history as one campaigns ever the tire of indefatigable moment, Alex. a fight which as elector, remarkable Riding, Coming with all undoubted ability and with energy into the battle almost at the last Manson has waged a splendid, stirring fight has proved his mettle. Senerous to a fault and in manner very different from hat of the erafty politician of the old sehool, of which \ am Manson, his opponent, is a member, Alex Man- hasbeen fair and far more than fair to his opponent He has waged the battle mean subter- contliet with strenuous fought in youth Skeena with ind again in the contest. ‘ai-handed and elean-hearted ee, Never shrinking from a the politieal foe, Alex. Manson is absolutely opposed to the poor, craven i co pul out by smali-spirited and meanly-poised minds rinee Rupert dares not assert herself and her needs through an Opposition member, however abler he be than the servile William Manson, Only the meanest meet mis- scorning face to face the erably self-interested of ring clingers could enunciate so Cowardly a policy, ) ‘O E Pring Rupert need fear nothing from representation “4 ugh a member in opposition t othe MeBride Two-Man 4 he fight for Prinee Rupert's rights through a es member opposed to a government which is defraud- eee "ising city of those rights, will redound to the credit 'ince Rupert as a city of the free, not a city of slavish serving Richard MeBride with lickspittle flat- Rishaet the rights of Prince Rupert no man, not even but ee McBride, ean take from her if her citizens will ‘© men, not machines. POllroons tery LEAR CUT, CLEAN POLITICS — AT ALEX. MANSON’S MEETING iberal Candidate ‘Facts for Every Intelligent Voter to Take With Him to the Poll | Today---Every One of Them a Nail in the Political Coffin of William Manson The national life of the wegisiature has been cut short by almost one half without a rea- son. Strong suspic on is raised that a snap verdict is desired t> conceal something the public should know or to entrench the Government for a longer term in order that some new unpop- oe uct repulsive deal may be forced through with greater safety, viz: a new Canadian North- ern deal. - The appeal is not an appeal. Neither Mr. McBride nor the candidate can poss bly within 30 days of the dissolution place the facts and issues before all thos people. Some will know noth- ing of the campaign or the candidates until they see the ballot box. The Government is making a farce of the poll such as has been made in no other province. .There is something to conceal. The Government hastened dissolution without redistribution though the population has doubled in the last ten years. Adequate representation, particularly of the north, has been thus prevented. All British precedents have been reversed in this. Haste was uncalled for. Suspi- cion grows into conviction that haste was not in the public interest but against it. The appropriations for the year have not been distributed. Open threats are made that fair treatment in the matter will only be given to the localities supporting the government candi- date. Freedom and democracy are at stake. The applications of twenty or thirty for licenses throughout the riding are held pending until the election is decided. The applicants must bow to the club ov lose all chance of success— political inquisition is upon us with a vengeance. WILLIAM MANSON. An accountant, fairly educat:d, a man who well knows good from evil and right from wrong. But alas, a man who has been tried and found sadly wanting in the constituency of Alberni, where he was defeated as provincial secretary. In Rupert in 1910 when he failed as our mem- ber to procure consideration for our charter. In Rupert when he bribed a portion of the elec- torate with the promise of a higher wage on the eve of an election. In Rupert when he dallied with both sides in a strike and when, as was said by the Judge of the Supreme Court, he “was woefully dilatory and negligent in his duty as the civil magistrate of the city’ in not adequately co-operating with those who sought to maintain order and peace when matters reached a cli- max. And in one short month he lost the entire respect of the citizens (laborers and contractors alike) by not playing the man. In Rupert in his unfair anpartisan stand as a License Cominissioner—for example, in the case of his conduct as to the Savoy—conduct so roundly condemned by the present Mayor and his paper, the Empire. In Rupert in his unmanly stand or lack of stand in the Scott Act campaigrim—a public man yet without an avowed opinion. Bs in the Legislature in not dividing the House as to the conduct of the Government in entering the field of the real estate specuiator in the city of Prince Rupert—despite the fact that the Con- servative Association of this city urged strong action. in the Legislature in his failure to procure or demand the return of a fair share of the rev- enue derived from Rupert and the north—a lamentable and a woeful failure and one that could not be excused unless an earnest protest had been made and a division of the House compelled. In the Legislature, in his failure to procure assistance for railways, to open the new valleys in the north. In the Legislature, in his failure to protest against the paralelling of the Canadian Northern from Fort George to Vancouver by a branch line of the G. T. P. and in his failure to protest against the use of northern credit in guaranteeing the bonds of the Pacific & Great Eastern (G. T. P.) and other railway lines, all for the south. in Victoria, in his utter failure to prevail for the north at the City of Prince Rupert. In his conception of a party man as one who stands ready to answer at all times and upon all occasions regardless of right, the beck and call of his party leader and the party whip. In his failure to show strength sufficient to warrant his being called to the Cabinet Council, and in his failure to show at any time the qualities of courageous manhood which his constitu- ents had a right to expect of him, and which all men admire. THE LAND POLICY. upon the government to give a criminal assize . The McBride Government has alienated the lands of the province to speculative purchasers to the exclusion of the settlers. The McBride Government has handicapped the pre-emptor with a charge of a dollar an acre for his land, a ten dollar fee for his Crown grant, a charge for his survey ,with a failure to provide means of communication and a gross mis-spending of the pre-emptor’s money and the people’s money in building useless trails. The McBride Government and William Manson not only failed to remove these handicaps, but they failed to grant assistance by way of loan from an overfowing public treasury to the sottlers. LIQUOR AND POLICE CONTROL. The McBride Government brought the license holders and police of the province and of the municipalities to a condition of political slavery, disgusting in the extreme to men of honor and independence, William Manson, who realizes the existence of this slavery, has done nothing in the House to free these departments from the sickening enslavement or to remove the liquor and police from political control. CIVIL SERVICE. The McBride Government hsubverted the whole of the civil service to the patronage basis at the expense of its efficiency and independence. The McBride Government and onr ex-member have done nothing, while all other British and Colonial Governments were taking strides toward the removal of the civil service from party control, to remedy the unfortunate condition within our province, PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. The McBride Government has absolutely prevented an independent audit of the public ac- counts since taking office, and it has prevented the investigation of the public accounts by the Public Accounts Committee of the House—a practice which prevails in every other province in the Dominion, in the Dominion, in the Imperial House, and in the Parliament of every British Colony. The Premier trified with his word so far as to make a farce of the Public Acocunts Com- mittee during the last sitting of the Legislature by committing the public accounts to the Pub- lic Accounts Committee the day before the Legislature was dissolved, and when it was abso- lutely impossible for the Committee to sit. Our late member, an accountant, has countenanced this gross violation of constitutional THE INDICTMENT OF WM. MANSON AND McBRIDE GOVERNMENT | William Manson's last appeal ito the thoughtful consideration jof the publie was an excellent | vaudeville show in the Westholme Opera House last night. All the scats up front for five or six ;}rows were vacant as if people } were ishamed to get in the lime- light, but still, because the the- jatre is a big one there was a ! fairly large audience which thor- }oughly enjoyed the vaudeville show at the expense of William | Manson. The entertainment opened with }the “Kall of Troy,” so suggestive f the “Fall of Ring Rule” in Prince Rupert. This was thor- oughly enjoyed. The manage- ment of the opera house had spe- cially arranged to hold films for this important meeting. They are the finest films ever ;seen here, And Professor Wer- ; ner, with the sly humor not often }found in the talented musician, |played “The Swan Song” as a jrunning accompaniment to the overthrow of Troy, so emblematic of the overthrow of Ring Rule in peeuiee Rupert. Then little Ethel Gray took the bitter taste out of one's politically) by a couple of pret- | ty ditties, and a comedian named! | James Kelly came on and did a! Interior Will | couple of stunts. Then James jMobennan came on with the bag- | pipes and caught every Scoteh }vote in the house. In fact, the }audience took such an interest lin it that it sounded like the | hitching up of a couple of twen-| ty dog teams for a long hike to the burial of a lost prospector. ; Later in the meeting the Seotch- |} | men could not get these merry |} howls out of their minds and they | candidate. their glee howled at the They howled when these | mouth FINEST VAUDEVILLE SHOW EVER SEEN IN OPERA HOUSE Neither Bouquets nor Lemons for William Manson— Was Heard in Breathless Silence—Witless Ditties and Speak-Easy Stunts to Win Votes Alderman Douglas was called on for his turn. “I might state,” was a catehword that caught on immediately, and they howled. He said they had many brilliant speakers to follow him. ‘You are IT ,Doug,” they yelled back. He went orto say in his most jovial manner, ‘‘we are going to return Clayton to the House of Lords; we are going to elect Alex. Manson to the Supreme Court bench. (Immense cheer- ing, We are going to elect 1 Wm. Montgomery as premier of | Continued on Page 6.) | OUTLYING DISTRICTS |Late Reports from Outlying Dis- tricts Indicate Good Vote for Alex. Manson. | From Queen Charlotte Islands | Bella Coola, Porcher Island-and other polling places late reports indicate that Liberals will ~ poll Hacer vote than ever before. | The election of Alex. Manson is Ce expected on all sides. | HAZELTON SECURE Surprise William | Manson Today Special to Daily News { Hazelton, B.C., March 28— } Unless all reasonable signs fail | Hazelton will surprise Wm. Man- son by returning a large Liberal majority. People worked up to intense pitch against the mach- ine and ring rule. Easter cards and Easter nov- elties in great array for Easter McRae Bros. remembrances. = Remember! | There will be two Manson names on your ballot paper. Be | careful to make the distinction between the McBride Manson, who has been tried and found wanting, and ALEX. M. MANSON, the | people’s candidate, and a true representative of Skeena riding. To save confusion at the polls put your cross opposite the name of ALEX. M. MANSON, which is the second name on the ballot, exactly as indicated thus: CLAYTON William Barratt Clayton, of Prince Rupert Dentist MANSON, ALEX. M. A. M. Manson, of Prince Rupert, Barrister-at-Law X MANSON, W William Manson, of Prince Rupert, Accountant ILLIAM Wm. H. Montgomery, of Pri MONTGOMERY nce Rupert, Laborer \ BLAIRMORE FIRE. Property Loss Is Estimated at Hundred Thousand Dollars. (Special to Daily News.) Blairmore, March 27,—A_ fire }which swept the business portion lof the town today caused the death of an unidentified Italian bey: a property loss of $100,000, The Hotel, Royal Bank stores were | | Cosmopolitan and several practice, and has condoned it upon the platform on the ground that nothing is wrong when there | (ons the places consumed, are glaring evidences all over the province that things are wrong and very wrong indeed. LABOR. The McBride Government has done nothing for labor since taking office—has not granted the minimum wage or an eight hour day even on its own and its aided work. The Government has not insisted upon six days a week and six days only. Continued on Page 6, | a BOARD—-Strictly tariff com- panies now represented by The Mack Realty & Insurance Co., The Insurance People, 2nd ave and Piano for rent. Apply Keeley's Drug Store, BURNED TO DEATH Two Real Estate Men Lose Their Lives in Fire, (Special to Daily News.) Prince Albert, Sask., Mareh 27.—Two real estate men named Robert Drysdale and James Homestag were burned to death when the Thistle Cafe, in which twenty-eight men were lodging, was burned at an early hour this morning, Do you pay your bills? Could you pay them if you were burned out? Get a policy in the Com- mercial Union Fire Assurance Corporation, Assets $14,000,000, The Mack Realty & Insurance Co., Agents. tf ee ae f |