The Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-06-24, Page 6THE: I.UCKNOW , SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
ir Wi.fid Laurier's..Cani,ain.
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1553 Centre Rd.,
Port Credit.
Dear M1,. Editor;
It, has, 'always provided me re-
trospective pleasure that ` as a
boy in the old native habitat of
vu be in thehad
sual anthe d auditory
Proximity . of Sir Wilfrid- Laurier.
If _ memory comes to the. res-
cue the . date was early • October,
1901, . . •. , .
The Liberal chieftain at the
time was in ,thethick of 'a ' Wes-
tern .Ontario campaign to bolster
"Aiotes and influence"' .for his up-.
coming second election in Novem-
ber. How, 1 cannot say, but Luck-
now was fortunate . enough to be
included •in his itinerary:
The public;. speech at, that day
was ' : strictly a person-to-person.
business. Wireless was known,
but radio,' as yet, 'was almost an
imperceptible glimmer in . the.
vast scientific deep, and television
was outside the scope of popular
cognizance. To behold the nat-
ional leader in the physical,.' there-
fore, was then a privilege accord-
ed` to only 'a 'minority of people.
It ;had been arranged: that. the
Prime Ministerwas to arrive .by
the three 'p.m. train and . as he
stepped from his private . car' he
was resoundingly welcomed,. Ear-
/4er at noon the P. M. had paus-
ed an hour or so at. Listowel
where he was the heroic cynos-
ure • of 'a huge crowd..
There was, . ' of .sour e, a cam-
munrty half -holiday and the wea=
tihers-man '.prodded, a sunny sky
fur more ' favourable auspices.
'The rally .. wasplanned to be
held' in the . agricultural pavilion
R1"1
eastern fringe ' of town near the
railway tracks. o
The hall had been suitablypre-
pared with a new stage, adequate.
seating, . and various attractive de-
corations. •
Seated an .the platform in the.
penumbra of greatness was. quite'
an . imposing array ' • of district
M, P.'s and , dignitaries aswell
as • a group of local Liberal stal-
warts among whom I : remember
James Bryan, J. G. Murdock, R.
D. Ca;neron. Payor to the main
event, there ' was some prelimin-
ary sparring by six or seven of
these party associates who, as ex-
pected, lauded .Liberalism in gen
eral and who dealt out . acerbity.
for the Tory opposition.
Then, at .last,, the great :moan
ent. M Sir .Wilfrid . advanced to.
the speaker's, desk he was • held up
for several minutes by ,prolonged
acclaim.. As he waited with court-
ly dignity for this to, _subside, it.
was strongly . apparent that . he
was . 'a , doughty : personality. The
marriage of knowledge and , integ-
rity had carried him across the
years to the •highest post in i the
regard and the counsels of the'
nation. ; .
His visage,, :.I• recall „was dark -
complexioned and rather deeply
seamed with the weight of years
and 'office,' but in its , strength
there . was the stamp of the pa-
trician. He .was a heavy Loser to
baldness but . at the back ,of his
head was. a ' thick thatch . of long
wavy hair, the ,"white 'plume,"`
•
which in` its luxuriance looked to
have 'drained his scalp Due to
language complex he spoke with a
slight accent. and with minor mis-:
of the old Fair grounds on the pronunciation . but, ' chiefly, his
thoughts *ere phrased in: vivid
and forceful English,A skilful or-
ator, he leavened 'hard-core as-
sertaons with touches of , figure
and imagery, . which, were very
effective. In no instance' during
his discourse did he descend to
the acrimony and sarcastic scorn
so prevalent at that day. Such.
"slums of decorum" he rejected
and even his most robust dentin.
ciations were • . maintained, on a
level of refinement;.
• Ini tially, Sir Wilfrid discussed
several current,:. issues of lesser
moment, . but chiefly, the burden
of his theme was his government's.
policy for the civilization of Wes
tern Canada He outlined the mei-
sures taken by his ; able immigra-
tion minister, SirClifford Sif-
ton, for the expedition of settle-
ment in ' the Great . Lone , Land —.
"immemorially ' the prisoner of
solitude." He • depicted a stabil-
ity .of development ;for vast prair-
ie and north-west areas' "since
Creation's dawn' the • domain, of.
primal nature a. n d alsoriginal
man.": He concluded a fifty- min-
ute address with an eloquent pat-
riotic peroration.
The era of the Laurier regime
has gone '"into the half -century
past, , but- as. Time has turned his
pages its benefaction has permeat-
ed/the vicissitude of Canada. Sir
Wilfrid Laurierwas a statesman
of courage and imagination and
as • grandeur, .in the historical dis-.
tance his name and : fame 'are :se-
cure. Destiny. called and he heard,
Jack ' Newton.
NEWS BRIEF
Murray 'G a` u ri t, Huron -Bruce:
M.P.P. was . guest speaker ata
recent meeting of the Farmer's
Union held at ' Clinton He em-
phasized 'that , marketing . is the
biggest challenge :'facing the far•
mer:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24th, "1,64
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2:30 pm. Thin meeting will ilal be munity are . invited to. attend.,
Children's Day and the 4H girls Everyone bring lunch.
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