Tht following, taken from a signed statement in the Vancouver Clarion by J. H. Hawthornthwaite,is respectfully submitted for the perusal of the Grit fellowers: “The statement published in the Nelson Dailj News to the effect that the Socialist party in B.C. have formed an alliance with the Conservative party is simply an absurdity. The insinuation that I have made an arrangement with Premier McBride is absolutely false and untrue. The Liberal press is circulating these fairy tales throughout the province to prepare the public for the impending defeat of the party in the coming elections. The Liberal party, not only in England and in the United States,but also in Canada, is doomed to speedy extinction. It is a party without a future, owing to the fact that it does not now express any vital or essential principlo demanded by the masses. It is a reform party merely in name,! and has become purely a reactionary movement of the middle desses to divert some of the spoils of the capitalist jo to their own pockets/’t •