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rTHE WEEKLT NEWS.— ’ i , • i 11 . . ■. ; . |1reasons the majority might have been on the other side. Twillin-thntgate alone has, as yet, stated a majority there, consider bribery healthy and corruption desirable, although even there the immense influence of two local men, andcertain very unworthy attempts to raise prejudice did a great deal tothe large majority forisecure! Foote.Now St* John’s, Burin, Placentiaand St. Georges have the cha?ee of speaking. In the city attempts will be made by the WhiteWay party to' Terrorise Voter*man and a citizen, he is to-day held inHigh Repute.To the office of Surveyor General he would bring the experience ofseveral years, for, though a youngMr. Tessier has hadman, air. 1 easier nas naa considerable experience and immense responsibilities, such that men of less pluck and solidity might well have winced under.antiturnDec fort to rtorjaftelogicauto tWith threosuch men asCallanan, Downey and C. Tcssior to represent it,St.John’s West would hold a com-themaiclasand prevent them from casting i their ballots in favor of the Gov-but let; eminent, but let every man remember that bluster and brag areand that stillvery poor weapons,! waters run deep. There is agrow-iring determination in the city, as we believe, will be shown whenmanding position amongst districts of the island.These gentlemen will be nominated on Wednesday next, and we feel confident that on SaturdayingE. Jwairoumei%week a very largo vote, with asvb-stamial niajemty, will be polled forCALL;DOWNEY.C. TESSIEILSirthe results are known, to put a stop to ring rule and Tammany influence, and thousands of citizenswho say little, but think ail the more,will * ejoico in the opportunity of destroying the hydra headed monster which lias beenBURIN.sieiHabytheTinIlullett and Wiuteisuthe Colonial vitality for the pastConsiderable anxiety has beenmanifested bv the Wtidewayites as• •to the Government candidates for the district .of Burin. Wofive years.ST’S WEST TEAM.Cnlluimn, DowneyTcw*ler.mnl (Tin*.W'e are pleased to announce that Messrs. Callanan, Downey and C. Tessier have consonted to seek the)suffrages of the electors of St. John’s Wrest on behalf of the Government.promised them a strong team and,that such has been scoured, there can be no question.Mr. George A. Buffett of Grand Bank, is one of the most highly esteemed and prominently representative men in the district of Burin. Hitherto ho has takenanconofcan1101eullineparwhofYeiapoiHaTelSir. J. J. Callanan is well knowna citizen andas a politician, mechanic.aIn the former capacity he represented St. John’s West forand obtained the re-i11►7k-s33333fsome years, spect and esteem of his constituents. Defeated in 1889, he retired to private life, and last year, in company with Messrs. Monroe and Scott, -contested the West End, and, owing to the extraordinary expenditure of public moneys, was again defeated. Whilst Mr. Scott, imagining thatNnceess Would Followthe Whitewayparty, after working lip the caso which resulted in the unseating of Morris, Furlong and Tessier, deserted, and was received with open arms by the men against whom he had so long fought, Mr. Callanan stuck to his gun3, and is to-day ready to fight the battle of clean Government, and save the colony from the awful results thatpassive interest in politics, but the alarming outlook that the return to power of Whitewny’s nominees, would open up to tho country, hasinduced Mr. Buffett to sacrificeattinHis Eiute mid IneltiiutlonpattooofIto tho duty he owes his country, and to ask from hi* native districtis iclo* A *It 1the honor of their suffrages. As a native of the district its interestsDC!will always stand *Buffett, and hisfirst with Mr. amwell known * f°rpatriotism is sufficient index tothejto beneficial results to the country HeanIfwhich*his return would ensure.Mr. Marmaduke Winter is also anative of the district. Born in |Lam aline, he has for many years i ^ Jthewiyearslt;ar «been engaged in bqsiness in this citvj where, as a member of the firm of T. M. Winter, he has achieved a reputation for abilityand integrity that older men may well envy. No one who knowsSCIti 11envy.Duke Winter can fail to like him, and hfs present venture on theve whI Le* 4wouldfollow should power again be placed in the hands of Whiteway Co. As a citizen, Mr. CallananHe ishas-always been well liked, a steady, thoughtful and determined man, with strong character andCourteous anddecided views, obliging to ull, hisGreatest Euemleshave been unablo to charge him with any crime worse than defeat. He is a practical man, a mechanic.and one who can sympathize wUhFo r \thethe genuine workingmen, frothy, walking delegate or lazy ionfciv he baa no sympathy,but to the man who wants a friend in need, James. J. Callanan hasatStormy Sea of Politic*this criticalthijuncture in our oldnial affairs speaks highly for his patriotism and pluck.Burin will soon have an opportunity of contrasting the respective merits of Gear and Pittman withofpninm lt;knthose of Buffett and Winter.'Gear has achieved notoriety as one of the obstructionisms on Shea’swharf, in un affair which disgraced the colony in the eyes of theworld. Buffett is a man esteemedanforGomitwin the district and known throughout the entire island. Pittman isa young lawyer, who ratted from his party just prior to the 1893 election, and who has gained acheap fame by his blunders in the Mandamus case. Winter iji a manoutoyooffof substance, with a large business, who enters politics fromforMsbubnoften proved a friend, indeed.tPatriotic Motive*8I8T i -n r-i * i and from no desire to gain a liveli-Mr Joseph,F. Downey require* | hood thcrcllV It isvery ‘little introduction to the electorate. His genial, kindlyno wo be I oumanner, his business ability and his thoroughness.plainly point hima long time since Burin has had a chance of returning two natives of the trict. . Last vear the!prlt; nrii * idis* fdei pi i* 4i „• i. - 4l - i . i shrieks “alien against every man vrout as the right inan in the right , ... i • A 1C° who, not being born m the country, no11 place. He has boen placed during s; the past few years in a position ofiBImmense Responsibility,refuses to swalldw the monstrousteachings of Whiteway of Devon-. , , .shire, selected a Nova Seotian andand notwithstanding that thousands} aof men have* been subject to histhedirection, everything has gone onesharmoniously and^mi^thly, and Mr. Downey is to-day held in highesteem by every maofwith whom he has at anv time dome in contact.Jerseyman as its standard bearers. VOTE FORA’D WINTER will be the battlecry in Burin for theNext Two Weeks,an4if, a» wo anticipate, the dis-;His returiNo the Legislature wouldbe a decided acquirition. A* at, practical man. he would be invalu-COlfoiGrduThBgbetrict returns two natives candidates, as its representatives in the Legis-:dorisluture. there c.*in he little doubt that ris- - able. Messrs. Callanan and Downey Ihe will have secured two-able andi’' areboth real workingmen, whoitLr»r°uj?hly competent men, andananv keenly appreciate th© fact that the lY° ,nien . ‘8s®' Conduct of the eplt; ■ ’real workingmen’s party is not the district array*'* will reflect honour mie • one,*: Ptid hisled bv the kid-gloved\ Bond • upon themselves am! on thechoiceof* • ' ' their native District. ^ BUFFETTtiAND WINTKR FOR BURIN-.,«■ J _• t“ RqtcKhI Wemlab.”1Mr. Charles H. G. Tessier, who, 1 Rumour gays will be Surveyor Gen-, - eral of the colony, is one of the best» 3-known of ovnryouhg men. For-;* meriy of tho firm of P. it L. Tessier,* whpee immense business hod been ; r ruined by theamd policy of White*3 way and company,and which,tnxthei Wri—*THAT IHFLAiSWATORY SPEECH.ITheof Inst atEvening Telegramnight publishes what purport* ^io lie a speech delivered by Mr. E. P. Morris in the/West End Ball lustweek.-.vedetriment of thousands,.h/id to bei closed up a year or two ago, Mr., Apart from the disgracefuland Trngentlemanlv whicli it a hound;p e'W.inVlanguage hiit is a nil*iBneuf t wnom t ittga. as a*. liberal, as amerchant.1eui-sei cmm ngiup^i class, and to dm Was merchants mid fishermen Vlike I as ruin. If labor and csrnitaltutBi4- V,'•W Js a:JUit wtat itm1 N1 .V
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Saint Johns Weekly News
Saint Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Thu, Nov 01, 1894
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