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fffi VOLUME VI. rWELVE PAGES Lcthbrid^e, Albcsi'ta. Satuiday, April 12, 1913 PRICE—FIVE CENT8 N umbel- 103 SHATTERS R. FANTASIES SAT THE R. B. O O Hon. W. R. Motherwell at Shows Exact Position of Province and Wants People to Decide Vermillion Presents Abl e Between Pro^essive Government and the Solicitor for RED PAPER * . lETING AT Big Demonstration in Favor of Case for the Liberals Speeches at Barons a Bank Fighting the People J. 0. Jones the Toilers Royal Bank Solicitor as Vormilllon, Alta., April 11.—Demon- Maolcod, April 11.—One of the two tion to the Farm Machinery Bill. Tho Friend strating unswerving loyalty to Pre­ People^s Adviser seats for which the Premier himself seven members of tho Opposition had mier SIfton and the Liberal cause, been in favor of the bill, as it passed is running, gave Hon. A. L. Sifton a through the House. The farmers o£ citizens thronged the Town Hall. if- , 0ti« of the most enthusiastJc a»d w*hen Hon. W. R. Motherwell, Minis­ great reception tonight. The meeting, the province had asked tor tho bill, Dai<>ns,. Apri] 12.—All doubts as to in t-ho Town Hall crowded to thp and approved It as It was. But Mr. encouraging meetings of the cam; ter of Agriculture for Saskatchewan' Attempt to Link Him Up With tho election of Mr. James McNaugh- Innp*:' TanrlirlahirA as paign was held last night In Burg- In a powerful speech, presented the ton in Little Bow are gone, and the J^^^^ candidature w doors, was from start to finish full of Bennett was needed, for the knew bet­ ter than the farmers themselves what man's Hall, North LetUbridge, being case of the government of Alberta. workers are now settling down to enthusiasm for the Premier. At tho well attended by a stfrong quota of a Respectable Organization Weir Received and He Will was needed hy the farmers of Alberta. The Minister of the slater province enrich the provincial treasury not close there was such an oufburst of working men oapectaUy, which speaks spoke for nearly two hours, holding only with the Socialist one hundred The speeches of Conservative load­ well for the high esteem the candi­ his audience to the end, and oalUng Won't Work dollars, but also wltji the deposit ot Get Big Majority whole-hearted cheering as was never ers In. Macleod had not dealt with date^ John 0. Jones, holds In the estl- forth rounds of applause when deal­ Mr. John T. MacdpnaUl, straight hoard in Macleod before. matters of real consequences, auoh a« rautlon of the intolllgenf, worklhg ing with the issues particular to Al­ Conservative, aftd* Mr. Bryant, Inde­ That tbo Ptremler will carry the tho record of the government for good man. berta, He declared, that the very pendent Conscrwtive. It is not 'an Coalhurst*s fine school Avas crowd­ seat agalnflt Bobort Patterson, the and beneficial leglslntlon. They had The meeting was called to order by measures for the passage of which The roorbach crop is doing nice­ impossible feat^nd'the Liberals arc ed to capacity last nipht at a meet­ late member, Is admlUed on all hands preferred to stand for the wild charg­ es, of which they produced not tho the chairman, Alderman Donald Mc- tho ministry was attacked by un­ ly. Two in one day is evidence of out to accompi h it. Mr. McNaugh- ing in the interests of Mr. J. 0. —even, as the Premier said, by R. B. Nab wh?), In a few brief and well chos­ scrupulous hirelings of corporate In­ this. Listen to No. 3, which ap­ ton is one of t i candidates in Bennett, dnd Ed. Mlchener, the Tory slightest trace of truth. How did it en remarks, introduced the candidate terests must shortly bo adopted by pears under the heading, *'U. M. ot good fel- Jones. The men of Coalhurst not appeal to fhe thinking people for the province, only filled tiie seats, but lined up leader. to the meeting, outlining the progres­ Saskatchewan and, politics apart, A. official is here to work": lows, and a nl beer for. Mr. traitors to hurl such charges from the h around the walls, sat on window sive legislation that Mr. Jones pledges must commend themselves to all fair- d at a rousing Some fiuestlons on the A. & G, W. platform, and make no substantiation. W. L. Phillips, secretary ot H. F3. Hansen3 sills, and on the floor. The mooting himself to uphold should he be elect­ minded men. t, and speeches trouble brought from the Premier the The high-minded and patriotic R. B. Gladstone (Fernic) local of meeting here la was presided over in a fair and able Information that the Jaw costs had ed "to office In the le^slatlve assem­ The meeting was keyed to a high the United Mineworkers, is in were delivered hy. candidate and Bennett had come down to save Mac­ way by ik^ popular secretary ot been in the neighborhood of 113,000, leod for the Empire. He wanted to bly to represent the Lethbrldge City pitch of enthusiasm as Mi^ Mother­ Letiibridge to take part in Mr. W. A. Buchanahf M.P., and Mr- Coalhurst local of tho. United Mine that the province could stand to lose get good assistance, as ft would let riding, and cmphasUlng his fitness well dwelt upon the record of the the election campaiRu against Sam Moore, M.P«P.j Saskatchewan. Workers of America, and the speak­ and ability to champion the working Mr. McNaugiiton /was llio first $110,000, tho difference between three Mr. Bordon force the natural resourc­ government, and reviewed tho pro­ J. O. Jones and lor Joseph ers were Mr. S. J. Sliepherd. T. W. and one-half per cent paid by the bank class. speaker, and after dealing with some es on tho people of Alberta. Mr. Ben­ gressive legislation of. the past ses­ R. Knight.—Morning News. Quayle and the candidate, Mr. Jones. of the $600,000, and the five per cent, sion. When he Went on to discuss of the fairy stftticp.|^{rculatpd hy the nett was the saviour of the country in Mr. Jones proceeded to address the This is not even a white lie. There was one very aggressive So­ the province had to pay. Even that this matter, but he kue^w the Premier meeting on his policies and principles. the relation of the Alberta elections W. L. Phillips Is not secretary Tories as to lujis^i^|!?8poke bricfiy on cialist present who asked questions, public issues and.jpve way to the sum would be saved by the settlement had long ago appealed to R. L. Bor* Hla address was short, because he to the nation-wide Issue of wider mar­ oC Gladstone Local, U. M. W. of and one Tory who asked questions which would be made by the govern­ visitors. den on the queatlou. Mr. Borden had was compelled to leave early on ac­ kets, the audience cheered to the A. hut ho is the sccrctdry of the jT^r^thevsake of trying to bring out ment in connection with the matter. F Beimett's ^mdcrs count of his engagement in Coalhurst. echo. "There is a reason, and a vital Fernic .Local of the Socialist s'side of the case, and there were The whole sum Involved; $7,400,000, just recently said a conference would 1. r Mr. Buchanaxi followed in an ablfe' be calleQ soon, but would- not say He talked from the standpoint of a reason, why you should in an unmis­ party, and tho Fcrnie Local of L J • h ^ questions from one or two who were was In the bank, under the name of when. The Premier said the control laboring man to fellow workers, and takable manner present your reply to the Socialist party bought his presentation o„f/;the. issues, and dealt honestly seeking information. The the Provincial Treasurer, and not one of the natural resources had been his the constructive and thoroughly optl- the hoa^t of the tariff pampered manu- ticket to Lethbridge. Clem in a trenchant.wa.y with the person­ meeting could be well described hlRh cent of it could bo removed' save by policy at all times. Sir Wilfrid lAur- mlstlc views he advanced were greet­ facturtrs of tho east that the cause of Stubbs, president of the United al attacks on tho\premier, emanat­ ly successful, and there is no doubt his order. The references made ag­ ler had been seen, and had given a ed with vociferous cheers from the wider markets is dead." The minis­ Mine Workers of America, Dis­ ing from men Short'on character, of Mr. Jones receiving a fine major­ ainst the government of stealing the specific promise, but Mr. Bennett and Bathering of working men, who had ter said the fight for lower tariffs Is trict No. 18, made the Socialists and who stop at lio ineans to preju­ ity at this poll. The alliance be­ money were all neside the mark. The dice the electot4/^\!R. H. Honnett the rest wer^ belittling their leader, )«i,own his work, and Ms record, and on today, and the result will depend who are opposing Mr. Jones Jh tween the forces ot Toryism and So­ government would make a settlement who intimated by tlieir cheering that this election, admit that fact at came in for soiiiS ^ •warm criticism cialism is-disgusting the miners. The as soon as aU Interested parties could saying he had not meant what he said In large measure upon the complexion which greatly-••^pjeaied the crowd. they Tvere willing to cast their lot the meeting in North Lethbridge entwining of the red flag of the be called together, and -the legisla- when he made a similar promise In of your local government, "and shall Mr. Buchanan dcacr^^d the speech revolution and tho Union Jack does with a man who hud tolled with them the west stand Btlli In thft midst of last night. Chlorate of lime" ture would be asked to sanction it, the summer of IDll. and for ihem, and who they knew has been rcv'^ommended for roor- made at Ottaw]a^^,t|^ the Calgary not go in this country. Premier Sifton said he had the world-wide mov^ement looking to phenom in whicii t^e'^landercd people coujd ably and well represent them the realization of the ideal of more bachs, A large dose is needed to Mr. Shepherd Was the first speak­ A. F. Grady presided over the meet­ eral matters out of the campaign-alto­ > - eliminate the stench ^ created by oi Amexieao: bilE^^ ^nd reflected on er and dealt with some of the le;;is- ing. gether, but the Oppoffltlon had been in the uiBetnbly. He said: protection for thetcoinmbil peopl^^.and the above. their loy;ilty arid jild^^ithey all knew lation <>l ia^crcst to the toilers, Mr. Premier SiftoU. who wae received bringing federal questions Into the **l vd^eply appreciate the honor ac- leas for the'vei^f^d intepeetBf,; In ^BH. how- untruthful '^^tilg^^cfc^cs' 'woto Shepheid iinftde a t»loafitng impr^ssi^n c&I'ded"me ftty tlife Labor council In wlth'ioudi^eheerp, said'he toad been vls- campaign as Issues. There was no tain to *tkrUtmov^eo«fehL In (Continued on page40) and urged that a big vote bo given Itlng the variOTs'townB-StfriVTnB^m noralnating me^ to represent tbem. in the Hnlted State!fl '^h>teotlon is dying.. Mr. Jonahs. He received a splendid Edmohtch. I would not be hsre'liad the province, and he wkct nihCh fi^atK 'tie government becauBe ' thelp r Let^AIb^riai unite her voice to that of r hearing lufl only once was dissent fled by the way In which Kls fflend^ would then toe in fjivOr of the Borden It not been the wish of organized la­ •the nations *of the world which today expressed, ^the Socialist chap object­ J GADSBY'S IMPRESSIONS OF ALBERTA'S In Macleod had beeil carrying on the government. bor. As an officer of long standing seek release from the bondage of the ing to a complimentary reference to campaign in his absence in other plac­ in one of the largest labor organiza­ John Burns, the English labor lead- es. He expressed his appreciation of No Promisee to Make tariff monger," • PROGRESSIVE PREMIER T 4 J*r „ tions in the west, I have always en­ In Saskatchewan, Too er. the work done for the Liberal party "I have no desire to be Premier of deavored to auielloate the condition of r Alberta," said the Premier, "by prom­ When the Little Premier speaks In When the Little Premier makes a T, W. Qudyle dealt with the labor and the government in Southern Al­ the working class. But in order 'to The campaign of unscrupulous Im­ ising buildings, or elevators, or any­ his home town the Nicodemuses who speech he drinks many glasses of legislation and also with some of berta—a work done In appreciation of ndeouately relieve tiie conditions plement concerns, and the stories to can't get into the big Hevlllon hnll water. This shows that ho is making the arguments presented at the Tory the work done during the last three thing of that kind in thl« or that which seemed to oppress the labor ele­ discredit the Farm Implement Bill meeting in which the Katou scab bring ladders and look In at the win­ steam. He Is a remarkably clear years. One Opposition speaker had town. I stand on the record of tho ment, they feel that the cause would v/iil react in a manner little 'to their school books were advocated, and al­ dows. They like to hear him speak, thinker. He never loses the main been in Macleod during tho campaign government for progressive legisla­ he greatly enhanced and aided by re­ liking, Mr. Motherwell asserted, un­ so referred to the redistribution and because he Is al] hot sand and gin­ current of his thought In the side and had discussed a large number of tion for the last thiree years. I think presentation on the floor' of the less there Is a change In their atti­ the A. & G-. W. issue. The speaker ger, and there isn't a dull minute eddies which means that his ludl- Issues, some pertinent to the cam­ more of the people of Macleod than House. tude, unless the abuses which the Al­ was asked quite a number of ques­ •while he Is on his feet. enee goes away pleased with Itself at paign and some not. that they will be beguiled by such "1 have on several occasions been berta act deals with are epeedily r tions and answered them to the sat­ having, followed Intricate problems It had been left for the arrival of promises.'* »ent to Edmonton by my organization done away with, especial legislation When Arthur Sifton stepped down isfaction of all with the probable ex­ with 80 much ease. On mulling it R B. Bennett to develop any opposi- (Continued on page 10). on legislation affecting labor, and I along the lines of the Alberta act will from the bench to become premier ception of the Tory worker who ask­ over they probably admit that there want to thank the government for Us be added In the sister province. of Alberta—or stepped up, which Is a ed them. was something in "the way the Little ready response and support in our The Farm Machinery Bill, said Air. better way of putting In—the eagle J. 0. Jones, who came in late Premier put It that stuck in their contention for better conditions. But Motherwell, is the highest; possible was fback In the air again. The Su­ from the city meeting, received a flue minds. At all events when they read MR. BENNEITS SOMERSAULT while every asBlstance has been lent kind of a tribute to the government! preme Court was no- place for his bold welcome, and delivered a clear and the speech in the newspaper next I by the Premier and members of the which had courage enough ip brave spirit. As a judge he handed out pas­ manly exposition of his position. He morning they say: "That reporter did The public have recently heard a great deal about the A', and Q. W. government on all Issuea pertaining the enmity of interests detrimental to sionless verc^cts on other men's ac­ was given a most attentive hearing, his work well. He remembers the deaL Many will still remember the rinfllng accents of acorn of B. Bennett to our welfare, the organization which the welfare of the farmers. Speaking tions and dealt in the cold letters of and at the close the Socialist got points as well as X do." Another qual­ I represent, deemed it wise to try and as au outsider, who had no prejudices the law. As a constructive statesman busy again and succeeded in getting when he fulminated against Mr. Sifton with all the righteous fervor which, ity of the Little Premier's speeches place a representative In the House on tile subject of the Farm Machinery he gets into the doing class himself from tho candidate a ringing repudi­ for the occasion, a belief In the commandment "'Thou thilt not steal" gave and makes good laws for the people. Is that tboy read just as well in the ation of the Socialist party, and all for further advance of the labor Bill, Mr. Motherwell gave unquaiified him. Being a red-blooded man his latest newspaper the morning after as they its workers.' When men are led cause. That is why I am here before endorHPment to the measure. It was Let the electors of Lethbridge review the facts which we are placing Job suits him best. sounded on the platform the night | around by the nose by a bit of you tonight, and I have no hesitation an open secret among the-implement before them, and then conclude whether this was a repentant Bennett or a men that quite frequently competition The IjltUe Premier Illustrates the before. Now that is a real test be­ girl It is time to quit- in saying that I believe X can ade- the "politician" who finds any means worthy for fulfilling the end he has in view. Quately represent you. I understand led to abuse. Farmers were induced homely old proverb that valuable cause many speakers who charm the It was after 11 o'clock when ear with their voices fail to convince speaking ended. In the session of 1910 at Edmonton, the following resolution with re-* the needs of your CJ[&BB.** to buy machinery for which they goods are put up In small packages. As the great and good Dr. Watt in the eye when fixed in cold print. The gard to the A, and G. W.was moved by Mr. Boyle, seconded by Mr. Warnook; (Continued on page 10). (Continued on page 10) . F his justly celebrated hymn says, "The eye Is more critical than the ear end "Therefore, be It resolved that In th« opinion of th/s House mind's 'the measure of the man." Tak­ the fact that the Little Premier's re- proceedings should be Immediately Instituted to EXPROPRIATE en that way the Little Premier la a marks satisfy both proves that he has) the rights, franchises and powers, and real and personal property skyscraper; taken the other way he's reason on his side. It seems a gfeat of the said railway, and vest the same In this Province, In accord- A VERY CHEAP BUNCH Ave feet six and every inch a fighter. pity that the good old custom of joint ance with the provisions of Section 20 of the Act of Incorporation In his own compact little body, not meetings has been abandoned. If our of said railway company, beln^ chapter 46 of the Statute^ of 1009. an ounce wasted, he exemplifies the Tory friends didn't fear comparisons And further, resolved; That the construction of the said The orgiin of the Conservative and Socialist parlies in Leth­ three outstanding virtues of his ad- so much it would be a great treat to railway should be proceeded with without delay by a commission bridge, the Morning News, has readied tlie bottom of its "think mlnlBtratlon—honesty, economy, effic­ see tlie Little Premier and ICdward iency. ONLY ' MEANS OF SAVING of three members, to be appointed by this Legislature, or In such tank" and the distance was not ver}' great. This morning it Mlchener trot a heat together. It MAGRATH MAN'S LEG- other manner as this Legislature may determine, and that tho The greatest of these three graces would also be a rare pleasure to see resorts to dishonesty in an effort to injure the worklngman's DEATH ENTERED GAR- necessary legislation should be forthwith Introduced and passed. in the premier of a young province the Hon. A. G. MacKay and Richard candidate. An extract from tlie Herald reporter's comment on And further resolved that as the distance between Edmon­ that has everything to do Is efficiency Bonfire Bennett go to the post for a DEN CITY HOME the Sifton meeting is divorced from its context and set forth in and efficiency is written all over the speed trial. MacKay Is a newcomer ton and Fort McMurray is not 360 miles, but Is only 250 mlles^ lar^e type in the hope that some one would be fooled thereby. Little Premier's make-up. Take the but he. is a brilliant performer, and Magrath, April Il.-^A very* sad there should be set aside out of the said sum of $7,400,000 a As the Herald goes into nearly every home in Lethbridge, the beaky nose of him, a sort of Iron Duke running under wraps, he could make thing that has caused riiuch express­ sufficient sum for the purpose of constructing said railway from nose; the flashing eye of him, the the Calgary wonder look like a selling ing of sympathy, was the amputat­ Edmonton to Fort McMurray In a first class manner and by mst will fail in its purpose. strong chdn of him, the ruddy high- plater. ing of the leg of Henry Uasmussen. ' whatever route will best serve the Interests of the railway and pressure face of him—they all spell At the beginning of the week he was For the purpose, however, of enlightening those who may Just as much as clear thinking and promote as well as possible future settlement, and the batanoa latent, conserved power capable of kicked by a horse and his leg was r clear expounding the Little Premier of the said sum of 97f400,000 should be used for constructing « not have read the Herald report, it may be pointed out that the broken very badly below the knee. tremendous stresses without strain. loves fair play. The heckler gets his railway or railways In whatever part of the Province the Legis­ reporter was indulging in some facetious chaffing of R. B. Ben­ It wu^ a serious break, but the doc­ He resembles nothing so much as one answer at the Little Premier's meet­ lature may determine. tor thought ho had it well in hand nett, who thinks he is the last word in any campaign. The re­ of those high-voltage dynamos which ings. The gentleman with the inter­ This resolution, whioh was defeated, was supported by several LifoeralSi do the work of Titans but make no until a complication set in known as porter was. in a humorous way referring to the "gall" of thci mittent H who wants to know about and be It remembered by R.B..BENNETT and E. MICHENER. But at that fuss about it. The affairs of an ex­ **gas bug** caused by the.none pro­ Premier in not taking up Mr. Bennett's challenge and in ignor­ the Hay. and CI. \V. is'not sent emp­ time Mr, Bennett was not the paid soltct^tor of the Royal Bank. panding province like Alberta are ty away. Tho Conservative with a truding through and gott'ng infected ing such a great man as the famous "wind jammei:" from Cal­ what you might call a peak load but question is asked to put it. Any op- with foreign matter. On Thursday In 1911 a bill practically putting into effect this resolution was Intro^ gary. It was not intended as a criticism of the Premier and the Little Premier goes about it with ponent who goes crazy with the dec-i "^K^t.^'^- could see that am- duced by Premier Sifton, It comprised, Just as the previous one quoted, the could not be so constructed by any one who read the report. the same silent energy as the dynamo trlc light and wants to m>ke a sort ^.^Nation was necessary to save his taking over of the mor|ey In the banks, to be used for the benefit of t>^© and like the dynamo he never turns of interlocutory speech is invited to ^^^^^ so n^''*'^ I^^^.M ^iT^''*^' "'"'^ Province. Mr. Bennett, ho>Mever, Is now In a new role; he Is the solicitor for Th^ Herald is supporting Premier Sifton as a thousand times a hair. Union hours were never the platform, helped up the steps or Dr. Campbell, of Lethbridge. were the Royal Bank and consequently hae tho "conscientious objections" ho better qualified than the solicitor of the Royal bunk, to represent made for the Ldttlo Premier. He . .1- J L 7^ phoned for and the operation was over the footlights if need bo. hot performed at oreo. now proclaims, and voted against the very legislation of expropriation Which works as long as be Is* awake. Yes^ example at Edmonton meeting the j^j^ condition iB still dangerous, he had prevloi^siy appi^yed of. In this he was joined by Mr. Mrchotner. ; the people in the A. and G. W. case. When U^e pap^r owned the LitUe Premier 1B honest, econ­ other night a young man named but his many friends hope that he The malr. point'which should not bo lost sight of Is the word '^o^rp^l by interests always fighting the working people and the farmers omical and efficient—honest without Alexander wanted to get a word in parading' it, econottlcal without being wiU recover, . and they sincerely ex­ prlation," "conflBcatlon/' or as Mr. Bennett would have It, "steallhg,^;rTh^^ resort to dishonesty, it only loAvers itself to a mighty Jow levfl. edgeways, but the audjencc wouldn't tend tbeir sympathy In his sad con­ Rpyjil Bank was not roeponifble to tho bondholders; the ProvJndft WjiV* j^^^^ pouny-wlse, and so efficient that he have it. Alexander rose to his fee: That, however, is to be expected from an q)U|j^t bred in the doesn't need to advertise It In tthe dition. • , the bank considered It might be held under certain obligation; to Oliirk£j9^ sievoral .times and made motions like The grim reaper has also been biisy hests of the Eastern mergers and trusts wbichei?!^?^^ newspapers. The Little Premier &4- tip; rag"time band that Is named af* Kansas City, and for It^i own. protection refused to p«rt >AfltK the;^ n^onex*lrS^ ways hfis a reserve plan up his sleeve of late.'He4i:y: Jones, who* lives on a No matter the particular purpoee for which the mbnc^;^Vfa« to ihg to throttle Premier Siftort because he passe^^legisl^ ter Iiim, but he couldn't be heard. It farm south "of tpwn, was tHe' first and so long ai'he sits at the: hec^d of signed to place some of these trusts where they j^k^^^ iwas the Little Premier who §ot or* to Biifiwer i^e^^^c^ kas:been suf­ Legisliiture was for Its oxpropflatlbn. Mr. Bennett supjiortid^t^ ^ the council 'board In the parliament dex 'fprjhim and a place on the at expropriation, when he wistipt eoUcltor for the hj|h^i<|fi|^d n ""Trc^ict: Siftoii is not afraid of R. B. Bennett^br yet of thi fering:; seyefely: troih that dre^d dis­ stag;©; where he could get' his trouble ease cojisWpJloii. lie made a good second attempt And-jtHla 1* the sanctimonious gentJen^nW^^ ^red flug paper m tins city. . ^v - • t (Coiitlnuea on page 0)« :(Oontinue4; on jjaga 6)i '*mor4»ty."

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