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The Weekly Newst* swMM #*wr Timm iMRc*., fttriuor Ha*0***i W'hm H*HMK^tte r-AM* pm rnmmm Is atvaM* m$m mA£4mm-*Bmmrnmmiimm uih* Wjockh iMt Isuwufcia. 3$mst.QUO BANKER, HanaxerTH TBS DAY, 8EFT 1 1990.USING MSP. MACDONALD.Mf ktd. I bavt iwawtiftwaacea of yours That I hiTr king***! I' Mg to deliver;I pray jrim. m»w receive them.Rftntet.Under the above heading, the Winnipeg Free Press published one of the most disgusting and dkM contradictory articles, ever issued from any newspaper office in Manitoba, and it is only just to the intelligent readers of this pr* -vinee, to say, that not one who read the foul and nauseous tra-h which it contained, believed a single w ord of that lengthy harangue.Him. Hugh John Macdonald, son of the Kt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald, has been nominated to contest Brandon in the interests of the Conservative jarty, against 31 r. Sifton,the Napoleon of tie West, ami this n umiuation has struck terror into the hearts of the followers of the ina lone, and as a rosult, the Free Press has been ordered to prepare some deceitful falsehood, which will smooth tin troubled path of SifUmism, know ing as they do. that the result of such a contest, is a foregone conclusion, and tliat tiu election of Hugh John is already a certainty.The article referred to begins by saving that Mr. Macdonald is will ing to accept any odd political job. It is well known to the people of this province, that 11. J. was once a member of the House of Commons, but resigned, owing to the demands of his private affairs and only re-entered public life, at the earnest solicitaton of the united province of Manitoba, and by som the Reform convention at Shoal Lake, and which wa* quietly withdrawn when it was wen that trouble would ensue if the matter was pressed Instead they would rather express* their extreme dis-sat -isfseti ai. The article continues to say tliat Mr Macdonald has been transferred to the barren tftdMb of Braod'xn. 1% is strange very that th*I ftsi. Clifford Sift.ui should be guilty of being a cqpdidateftg* a barren con stituenev like Brtotlon (and wean-safe in saying tliat he wouldn't have been, either, had he received an inkling of w ho was to oppos* him), hut he has a fancy for barren places, as is show n by his interest in the Yukon, and I.-* kindly interest taken in the Galicians, Rtu-manian Jews and Dotikhobors which he has so considerately dumped into Canada. The Press editoi must have forgotten himself in his entlmsiain. and has thus put a libel on Brandon, which should bres *nted by the good people of that burg.The statement that the noinina timof Mr. Macdonald came as m surprise and that the delegatesw' re forced to accept the name oi Mr. Macdonald because the pam leiders had decided on him, ait b th decidedly natnte, as that ur ual itself, well knows.The trouble is that not one of their long-nosed agents ever s. t * t* ct ed what was coming, otherwise Mi Sifton would have graciou y declined the nomination for llrandon. He also asks why Hugh John was not run in Winnipeg where liver, and we ask,why does Sifton net run in Ottawa where he lives? and who does Patterson not runin Brant where he lives? and why was a lo eal grit not nominated for Brandon as they suggest for the Conservatives.Continuing, he expresses himstlf rather indiscreetly, on the policy of the great Conservative party of C riada He says that what the jiarty needs, is twfo or three mendoing, he gave up a lucrative prac- * who will propound some policy tise in the city of Winnipeg, at‘other than one which has been in the cull of duty. As a leader in {e.\ istence for over 20 years and Opposition, he proved himself to which ha^ been obsolete for ten be an able statesman and laid out years. By this policy we take it a policy which he thought would that he means the National Policybeat meet the wishes of the people, and the result of the election, showed tliat he was not mistaken. After b*ing returned to power, his first step was to carry out his preelection promises. One of these, was to reduce the number of paid ministers from five to three, and that was his tirat act on assuming ofce. And it is only at the ur gent request of Conservatives and Reformers, from the Island of Van couver to the shor s of Cape Breton, and also at the request of his lea ler, that he ha entered the a rena of Federal politic*Then it proceeds to say tliat Mr. Ma »donald is a dead weight ou the party, in Manitoba and that not one of his support, rscould be elected in any constituency in the province. This is of course clearly proven in the mind of the Free Press, when he wan unanimously tendered the nomination of the convention at Souris, and by the enthusiasm with which the announcement was r**eeived: and by the numerous resolutions of confidence, which have been passed u-nanimouaiy by the com d iiions already held How different is this from the fate of th * resolution expressing satisfaeti.i with Sifton s Yukon Administration, which thewhich has been the policy of the Conservative party since 1878, Why he should say such hard things aVout a policy which, in spite of all pre-election promises, the so-called Liberals adopted instead of Free Trade, is now, and always has been, a mystery to uh. The Reform party has now been in power for over 4 years an 1 instead of reducing the tariff which they promised to do, it is higher to-day than it was when they took office. And yet he says the protective policy is obsoleteReview Sifton’s blunders, his mal administration of the Yukon and hisemmigration policy; remember his connection w ith the “Timber Steal ”, and read the statement at Brandon, when he stated that he only accepted office on the death of the late Dalton McCarthy. All Canada knows that Sifton took office and was sworn in on Nov. 17 1890 and McCarthy died on May 11th 1898—And compare his record with that of Hugh John Macdonald.No doubt Mr. Macdonald has made some mistakes, the worst of which was, his failure to punish those who were guilty of corruptpractises in this and other ridings during the last election of December 1899. Hail this been done, there would have been small{Sifton heels; a attempted to force j ground for criticism.
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Dauphin Weekly News
Dauphin, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Sep 13, 1900
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