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A Quintet of Meighen Candidates
(Tortatto l=(ar)
l'wlada has had little reason to be
ashamed of her r.114ttttl leaders, big
and little. Tiley ha v.1 not been icor
fruw leteu,lllbe,s su,t more serious
faults. loth itt capacity and dtttsio
ter they have been letter than their
reputation and hate measured well up
to the standard- utaintained else-
where.
A dcpiorable feature of the 19133
Federal unction. however, was the re-
turn to pohltc lilt' of four men who had
be.4'
14i11.1luatld front it by 0111 form
err another of ottk•ittl oe,lwh•muatiurt.
These well took advaulage of the
trend of sentiment a year ago and
were elected. They way have beim
helped by tile as-umptiuu that the
voters .. ere too 'fa wilier with their
personal dislpnllilie:uior.s to 11441 any
t•f them. lot alone all of theta. to seats
is the Douse of Cumulous. But now
till' it is 4.11.11144 411:11 Int; wit ill the•
last 1'artiluueld and that they are ap-
p.' iug again for ' ptttilic t•ndorsuiloll
their enndidatllrr should receive na-
tion -side attention.
t Int of 1111 ea udi.la les to whom refer-
ence has Seen made is l(,tu. tdeorge
BIl1Iee Jones. who sat for ltwyal. Nit .
is the last house and who new bas a
lass, 111 the Meighen Cabinet as Min-
i.tei d Labor. lir. Junes was in -
ill wllat bas been called the
1'atri.'tic Potato Scandal which arose
over the presentation of 51.379 barreis
of Fatuities to Britain and Belgium
during the ((sr. .1 royal .e.wmi.sion
found tint a contractor had trade
$100.0110 of un.•arowl profits out of 14.1
potatoes and that .1this amount $4tt.-
00 was receive.{ by Mr. Jones while 8
],,wiser 111 lou legislature of New
liraa.wirk. to be used for the benefit
of the party. Mr. .1 111114i admitted that
he gale 3:t.'tt010 of the money to Mr.
I►ttggert. the PMvitl.•Ial Secretary 'of
ARrie01111re. 111111 •Iislritltn.d the hal-
ance as he wa,, dir,eeel for wildcat
purposes. The investigating commis-
sioner rtyaxrt..l in these words:
"I ata lalulld, In VOIN'Iude that R por-
ti,ni of the evidence triton by (,elrge`
B. .tones hiefnre t'ommisslonor Stevens
in a regular Court of enquiry on a
precious .sero+inn 141 absnintely false
incl vutrue. The farts are so glaring-
ly played be fors me that i believe 1
would he recreant 411 me- duty lord the
tru'.t reposed I11 me- were 1 1.. shirk ray
responsibility in this tan's"
The New Itrunawkk I.egislature
pissed a res.1luteou de -haring that the
conduct of lir. Jolles loot his associ-
ated sea. "4I4leulated 10 !IMO* -the-
cbaracter of the public life of the
('rovi11ce its well as ieing derogatory
t.i the dignity of the Legialatun•" hull
caking upon Mr. .!one' to resign his
stat. 'liar Mr. M,'igllrn les made
Mr. Jo111s a Minister of the t11wn
stud is making the 1s'opie In al.prore ..f
his choke.
Thr• s.t'nml of these ytndi.la�es i.
A. IlieWitl Foster. who, when 11 mt•tn-
t«•r ..f Parliament al the tge of dirty
ytrars. uaderls,(.k to buy horses for
• war i14Ir1.81s. One horse which was
spavined and sprung in the knees cost
'�. the county $1701. .tnntJter which nus
reje•t.sI na too old during tile Boer
war w -as 1,15e1rel by the i•1pw.diturt
of 1:IM of Government money. An-
other "Veit had h.e•a irnlwl for hi...
duel.. and 11 drake fetehwl tfa1, lu
all. Iktnada washed $soittaI in foolish
or crooked horse transactions during
the war. The most pt•notio..rt of-
fended. wits \I r. F..U•r. of whom Sir
Robert Borden. Mr. Foster's loader.
?tithe Premier. «41141 in Parliament:
"I am hound to sly that Mr. Fos-
ters e-r4.114Itt4 in to the of 111. under-
taking the date and 111. explanation
of his failure to supervise in the most
can(ub 11141 mer Ih.• .5isnot:: ift ••f
flat Olney and to bring trot to the
cell\.•f II III. ui ion "Hirt n('(IIIU 1 lulls}. Is.
regarded :.s fat front 'satisfactory. -
Sit B.dwrt forret Mr. Faster to re-
sign and rend him our of the !arty.
l_.� lir. Poster went t.. the I'ulteel States
►+Sis and resided there for a number of
years. but return.'1 in time to so 11
nnwisation nod n seat ih the 111^_;,
election. 11.• is another ..f 31r. )iii
ghlu'• cn11didales.
The third .•:uldidate is W. F. (tar•
lana. druggist, who .iit for 4'tirletnn
wYsn Ch, *tar broke out. There Were
profits of *514111 olt :111.11(K1 dressings
for sounded soldiers sold to the Gov-
ernment .wiiile he was a meml.er of 1
Parliament by hi. clerk. 'Die investi-
gating romwiw•ioher found that Gar-
land's elefjl jd _1hc dtesrlinZs ut_
pricers ''l.1n.hsl with leolits wfikh had
no jestiticatIon" and that the clerk
Wulwed "a1u'ost 41110•H,• devotion and
suhjeetIoa to his enlpeorer,•,
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-D•'shiti0-4W-41+tNnoh irtit-£=;�r�rr^hr
Parliament Sir Robert Borden wed:
"1 feel that I owe it as a duty t0 the
(lnvelsrlw'nt of which 1 tom Ike herd.
to the slrty of whichy in k'rv1trn1 af-
fairs. 1.11114 leader sad to. this li.1nw•
end -to :Ms party to express, RR 1 here
ethers". my eery grate disapproval of
their conduct In reateont of the matters
whhlh have he'n under kg vtrwigatinn
by the I'nhlir .1(•('tant. Committee
itltf lir. Garland. though forted t0
resign. 41orke1 itt, way iook Into the
114.11111. arN1 sltplx.,rted Mr. NiNdithen in
Parliament until a few creek', Igo.
Ile Is running again as 11 Meighen
crnolilrla.
-a - leo fourth candidate ill James K.
t)'I('mrning. who represented Vi.toria-
Carleton N B.. in the H011r0 rreerttlt'
dlaonit'wl ile heenlne Preall.•r of 11141
Piorinoe i■ 1111. .Tots l«4e le the war
began he was chargee with berths so -
rotted $4(10.000 for party purlalacs -.
from the 44* John and Invitee )Zailway.
toting She shoot tO pail' a sweeping
.a► victory ill the polls la 1912 Tr, 1917
Prarmeat Gould of the railway Inti-
mated tinder oath that Hr. Flersail.'g
got the money In rotors for a govern
accent gnoranter of wrong llntttgago
boots. Mr. Pgamraing'a health broke to
1014 as a aMtllt of ►ie scandal and he
rvrdgnod from his position MM «bout''•
Per was defeated In the next general
eleetYatl. Mr.YFiemminc wa% eb•ttrvl tc.
the Fe.ieral Tintwo fl 192., and la
/Icahn a Meltrn f•andLMtr
A fifth etadlatata, a Btlrpse Menem.
member for YoritMsntiorg, N.19., !a
the recently dissolved Souse, is In a
position different from the other Lour.
Last November he way found guilty by
the New Brunswick Barristers' S0-
cirlt on charges of prufessluual mls-
eonduct preferred against him by Lr.
T. (orleton Alien, S.C., • registrar of
the court. The case was passed up-
on by the appellate division of the Su-
l'ourtinA rllofthis yeafand
preme p
Mr. Hanson was sentenced CO oast
year's 5ueper141100 as a tiarriater. The
St. John Glob(- said of him that "a ('undidatis are being endor41ed by
roan found guilty by his legal shots- the conventions. but some would feel
ate•* of eller1lg a derrt•e of the Su- relieved if they were also endorsed by
bo in.. r,atrt and of attempting to 1Lt' hetnk. tlri11i11 Packet and Times.
Make use Of the illegal document is
not quailtled to repreoant a luttadlau
cwvtltueycJ 1n Parliament." But Mr.
Mtigheu wants the pt'opte in York-
lluultury to elect Mr. 'Hanson as one of
his supporters.
With the records of these livtl Mel-
gheu candidates before tem the. etre-
tore are called upon to determine
whether the party wbich•has such test
ax its candidates can fairly Peet ea-
dorsatlou on the strength of claims
that it will lartlfy the politica of l'SI•
ads and whether a national leader
who Moos thew as his candlotate„ is
untitled to the support of the country.
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1 11'1V ER'f 1 y1FM1"NT 1
ItDV1 itTIAEMENT)
W llITECHURCH
1VHHIT}:rill IUD. Aug. 23.-- Miss
Katilleeu Maukenale, of LangC!de.
spent lust %trek with Miss Merle
daunt.
Mrs. W. 1t. }farrier Is apeudlug a
few days with Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Phltlps, of Goderich.
Mrs. lave. Jacques and daughter
Yvonne. of Preston, are virltlug with
Mr. and Mrs. Ell Jacques.
�Irster«
14.4111i11 Owl Lloyd Mac,
Gregor, of 1'Ifrawouut. and Clark 'Mac-
Gregor. of T'es•swatt'r. .dent laat week
with Roy MacGregor sod 'Milan
Moore.
Mho Annie Kennedy, of London
hospital• is spending her holidays at
her hence here.
Mr. and Mr*. Arthur Moore and
family 'lent Sunday last with Mr.
(ADVERTISE•MnNT)
Wesley Moore, of 1'altyrrrto .
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Stewart
and lir. and biro. lioy tllewart, ut
Quincy, 111., and Mrs. David (tirviu,
of Ituugauuuu, spent a clay lest week
with their nephews, Messrs. T. H. and
Arthur Moore.
Mise•« Elsie and May WIYhtmau
&net .4,111a and ',erne Fox stent the
wtek4•1111 411th Mr. anti Mrs. Archie
Radford, of ltlltth. .
Mrs. John Ik-ectuft returucvl from
Toronto hospital on Thursday last.
Mr. sial Mrs. Jack 1'urdon 81111 fam-
ily vent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Bolt. of Marnoch.
Mr. Charlie Robinson and Almond
Jamieson left on Friday for the West.
Mrs, Julio Barbour and fatally, from
the Weat, and Mr. sack Mrs. Wm Bar-
bour spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs.
Norriwh, of Walkerton.
.1111'EItT1BEMENT)
Have you ever wondered what is ' Cupid 1s a celebrated >matcbmakIll
practical about a practical jukel- bat sometime* be isn't in a burryP'
K'Itchcuel Record. l'hica(s Daily News.
You Don't Need to Wait Any Longer
We have Goodyear Tires at prices Haat will suit
your pocket book.
More people ride on Goodyear Tires than on any
other make. Why not you ?
F. R. MILLER
Service Statisa Cr.aElsia Ave... sad Victoria St.
I.IDVERTISEMENT, (ADVERTiREM i'
The constitutional issue is pure political buncombe, designed to
divert attention from the King Government's administration of
the Customs Department, upon which issue it was ignominiously
defeated in the House of Commons.
In September, 1925, Mr. King was granted dissolution
by His Excellency Lord Byng, on the representation •
that he must be given a chance to secure a clear,
working majority. He stated at Richmond Hill that
if such a majority was not forthcoming, he would
not attempt to carry on.
In the old Parliament thus dissolved there had been
234 members, of whom 117 were Liberals, 66 were
Progressives or Independents and 51 wcre Con-
servatives. -
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In the new Parliament, elected in October, 1925, "
Mr. Meighen had by far the largest group -almost
half the total membership of the House. Out of 245 �3f
scats the Conservatives had 116, the Liberals 101, the
Progressives 24, Labour 2, and Independents 2.
Instead of immediately resigning, as he should have
done in view of the ground upon which he had been
granted dissolution, Mr. King asked for and was
granted leave to carry on, on the assurance that he
would leave the fate of his administration to
when Mr. King asked His Excellency for dissolution
on Monday, June 28th.
6 To have granted Mr. King a dissolution under such
circumstances would have been a direct denial of
the right of Parliament to pass upon the vote of
censure then pending.
7 Following Mr. King's resignation, Parliament by a
majority of 10 did actually adopt a direct vote of
censure on the King Government, and declared it
unworthy.of confidence or office.
Parliament itself.
5 On Friday, June 25th, three separate motions by so-
called independents, in support of which Mr. King's
Government marshalled its last ounce of strength,
were decisively defeated and the original motion of
censure, to which the foregoing had been moved in
amendment, was still awaiting decision in Parliament
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It was Mr. King's refusal to follow British precedent
in co-operating with the incoming administration to
pass supplies and complete the sessional programme
that left Mr. Meighen no alternative but to ask for
dissolution.
Mr. Meighen followed the same course as that
adopted by Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1911, when he
saw that it was impossible to carry on and abruptly
dissolved Parliament.
If His Excellency had recalled Mr. King to office, he
would have done so in the very face of Parliament's = K
vote of censure.
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Under Mr. King's interpretation of the constitution a alta
Premier need never resign, but could demand din-
solution after dissoMfon, despite --the verdict -of
Parliament or the electorate, and the Governor:_ t •
General must perforce accept his advice.
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This is the story. _.. It calls for no comment it speaks for itself !
The Conservative Party stands solid as a rock for sound British constitutional
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practice, the maintenance of the British connection, and the right of Canada to
enjoy the blessings of stable Government. to:aa't;`rr'�t rT
ter
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