Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1921, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editorial pages 11 to 22 Freedom of Liberty of Reli Don civil rights weft 3t pm of 1921 ji1 rented i Ami Publ Toyiea Manl Toby for Frew com m t the Genera boost Tor the Ouicla Pitt ire both Lehi at inbuilt Revenue Meighen defeat and after this election Campaign is quote unique upon several grounds one certainty and also the uncertainty which attends upon the result there never was an election contest before in which one of two guesses to the outcome was net certain to be right but with regard to this mites there in room Lor a wide variety of estimates As to what will follow the voting on one of the certainties of the Campaign is the defeat of the Meighen there will be 234 members in the next House of no government can Hope to hold office in the next parliament without a fallowing of 126 no one in Canada believes that that number government supporters will be elected on Fiere is pretty Jaeral agreement among political that Pijie probabilities Are that Meighen and his following in Point of be Only the third of dirty in Best House of there Are estimates which put number of successful conservative candidates inthe election As Low i m to certainly 76 members is an estimate which1 varies on the Side of predictions giving the government in the neighbourhood of Joo which represent the log water Mark of Are based upon ithe Assumption that sixty seats will be carried by the government in this is an Idle and Tain there is no As yet of expected Stampede in that province of frightened electors into the gots nunsent Camp and in the remaining two weeks the situation is not Likely to change there Tor the unless for the the vigorous fight which is being waged on Meighen behalf not inspired by any expectation of actual Victory on the purpose is to secure the election of As Many conservative protectionists if possible in the Hope that in the period of political uncertainty follow ill the election a compact Well disciplined band economic views which Meighen preaches with such ardor exercise a political influence in excess of its actual the powerful influences which Are making it possible for Meighen to put up his strenuous fight for Protection and for privilege Are too clearheaded not to know in going to happen to Mel Ghusn on 6 yet they have by no veins lost the Hope that a amenable to their will be in office in in they cannot conceive of any other kind of government taking or holding and they have an some How or other Meighen and his following will be Able to assist in bringing about such a hence also their support of other candidates who Are not followers of equally opposed to tampering with the sacred the interests Are busily engaged these Days casting their bread upon the Waters in the Hope that it will come Back Tor those who think it necessary in the Public interest that there should be a change of change not merely of but a change in in in course is it isto defeat Meighen candidates and to in their Stead candidates who can be relied upon to oppose any however which does not carry out the reforming and progressive policies which Are necessary if Telb country is to escape from the economic doldrums in which it is now the electors who know what want and have no desire to take a Chance in being hoodwinked or bamboozled in the next parliament in most have no difficulty in deciding what practical men attendance that nothing came out of the Confer ence but 8omesentimental up Sochea acid some Nice sounding the it Washington have knocked these worthies Eor Hord that they left gasp right Lor moral courage an publicity have destroyed in a Day the foundations Public policy which they thought so is no reason a would claim when the nations Are a Little stronger on Friendship Anc a Little weaker on battleships the people will get come of the Burden of taxation off to cast a ballot takes less than five minutes there Why Winnipeg people that they were too Busy to vote at the that gentleman who thinks it is a scandal for Meighen to opposed in Portage la Prairie would surely permit electors have a nay in choosing their lord northcliffe lil have to get credit for courage ingoing to the Orient to denounce the Anglo japanese perhaps All those people who vote for the unsuccessful candidate in a Federal seat where there Are four or five running will become firm friends of the system of candidate they should vote the Riordon scandal the failure of the government to collect the taxes due from the rior flon company during 1917 and As revealed by progressive candidate in Wright stands As conclusive evidence of the friendliness and partiality of the government towards big the seriousness of the disclosure is shown by the prompt efforts of sir Henry minister of sir Thomas and of Premier to explain it All sir Henry Drayton in a second statement on the matter says that the amount now due from the company is about and not As Tad been All the explanations that have been Given assert that to Tave collected the taxes when they feel due would have serious consequences to the unsecured creditors of the company arid to the employees at its Mills they wild have been closed this excuse is very in View of the one important fact that has been stated and has not been de Nied by the three apologists above that during the Verlod when the company taxes remained unpaid it was paying regular Faiuu Roerty dividends at the rate of ten so per annul on a capitalization of of common it i stated that the who controlled the company and also to control the majority of the Stock of the mail and the chief government Organ to Ontario a waved in Cash dividends during this per year from company that is now said to Havi been unable to pay its War the taxes due from the Riordon company curing the years in question were apparently less than half the Amoun of the Cash dividends paid to the it is further stated that subsidiary of the Riordon company in the United Jaid in taxes on its profits for the years and the obvious explain Tafoi for thin be Ems to be that it paid these taxes when due because it could no get the same accommodation As the Parent was Able to Octal from a Friendly government i this rather startling disclosure should be considered to its full significance by the electors who Are now saving thoughts to the conduct of National there is much talk at present of class politics Here is Plain evidence of the class govern ment to which the people have Heen subject in the pass and from which they Are showing a Strong inclination shake themselves Mcl Ghens assertion that he knew nothing about the unpaid taxes of the and sir Henry Drayton statement that of the was taken without cognizance of the government make the indictment All the the officials evidently i took it Tor granted that l ment wished to show a Friendly Par to tally to big a Natter of this importance would have been brought to e the Cabinet for their men and and ind made to thers whose Otoji Gatton easier but at court were pay ent until it for them to make is this the kind of the eople or do they want one which will have equal regard for the interest Sand welfare of All the people and will Deal out Justice Witban even Crerar and the slander gang As has been he has toured asserting upon numberless platforms that the government is relying upon the Frank and open discussion of National poli cies to influence the electors to vote n favor of himself and his Candi so far at least As the three Prairie provinces Are concerned this state ment has no Tor the the army of government workers in the West Cabinet ministers Down to the minions of the whispering brigade Are engaged in the congenial business of peddling innuendoes and directed against Crerar and the business concern with which he is connected no More disreputable political Campaign have Ever been witnessed in this it is impossible to acquit Meighen of complicity in the work of the slander Sang responsibility for the whole disgraceful business appears to belong to spoke at some length n the subject of these slanders and innuendoes to his own constituents on his Are fully in this Issue of the free press and they Are recommended to the m a Anne mild within in his lately published and entitled so memories and sir Sidney Colin recalls Edward Fitzgerald As saw him in an Middle aged or eld Erly say rather Abstractedly about the country roads to an ill fitting suit with a shabby hat on his Blue spectacles on nose and an old Cape cast anyhow about Bis sir Sidney must be an old Man he has been at George Eliot quiet sunday after perhaps the exclusive Salon then he has known and and of was an inti mate the memories t of Ruskin go Hack to Denmark Hill when the venerable Mother was yet alive who gave the and of rus to to the Days of Hia Power before the Wil f ulness of old age and the brain storms pleasant map had about him Ever have had so the atmosphere and Efflux ence and when he came the room i used consciously to thrill to re Mains with quite unfazed the image of his stoop in figure the invariable dark Blue and Bright Blue neck tie of his Small head with its strongly marked its sweep of thick Brown hair and closely trim med Side whiskers above of singular bittersweet expression of his Mouth and of the intense weight and penetration of his glance As he fixed his deep Blue eyes upon ttnite4 states the Globe continues but what is the use of moving Iha to United states the experience of the Lordon com Pany shows United states go verant is keen after in three years thac company was obliged Tif pay Cash in taxes on profits to the government of that la country the Riordon to pay its taxes by promissory and the government admits that other big companies have done the same whose Independence is says accepts t the advertisements of poutfcal1 it be lie be an open but it continues it also that the statements intakes advertisements of the National Liberal an conserva Tive f party Whicha peae in the Pap rare with v regard ice rare there Are two false first is that he is under of which is notoriously the policy ascribed to Wood at Al be Tais to construct party exclusively of Crerar at All times strongly repudiated the other misstatement is that Crerar would give effect to free if it been said would like to to free it would have been if it had been added that any Tariff revision he might find possible would be in the direction of less it Tould have been also but it sense to suggest that he would1 or could under present circumstances either abolish the customs Tariff or Cut Protection out the theory that reduced Protection would reduce National Revenue is meant i to bamboozle in so far As it not bring Revenue though it does tax the peo if there is vague it is Meighen stands upon the word Protection for that is the of his sinews or he has not plainly said that he is going to increase the Peoples Dens for no Revenue it would not just be Wise say though there is into saying what he would to get a Meigh Ett is no they say of courageous and upright1 the same can so far As we know be said of each of his the Best picture of him we have seen is that string of wooden of which is the floating As decoys in a while Tecton interests Are hid in the Reeds with their guns to shoot ducks who May Light the real ducks Are represented As flying far away involuntary unemployment by the newly arrived of Economy was a Emoiy seeking Light on our cryptic colonial argot across tha rumble of Disi Cussion Ford my Friend ire Thenaud hence just now referred to a may1 Job at the Back of the hair Rose Ait Ursine Ham Shook oat flannel cuff and challenged the platform while Dusty Travail of this tins into Yob is when you aint Gotrik to got the act at the feet of the immaculate Oxon Ian was Case in uncultivated Anglo Saxon with an alien an elemental foe simplest any exertion to satisfy a human de sir and the most human desires and needs clothing and the rest crowd close after Witt the majority of human desires can be Satis fied to no other Way than by wherefore to of the Normal in the Adamic labor is imposed As a Cursa anti so accepted theoretically along with heredity by the generations but either the blessings was then disguised or has become trans muted with the for to the person whose what he is most precious Workman Bea Leav ing no necessity soothe be signing of How to function to unlimited its withdrawal the awry but this is musing and in of thy Shalt thou eat twas spoken and j has Ever the experience of they trouble is that there not to theological solution pc yours from prominence of his Bushy careful consideration of there will be general agreement that nothing is of the Henderson charges and the Meighen insinuations whole elaborate Frame up is pretty thoroughly swept but doubtless the slander Mill will grind out another Batch of Kes which with the Aid of the Money Powers the warmth and almost caressing of his Welcome were As captivating As its manner was personal in shaking hands he would raise his forearm the which he kept close to tils an bringing the Down with full sweep upon yours Wouch hold you firmly clasped until greetings were Over and lately to sir Sidney took his first walk with Stevenson in 1878 in the Suffolk were staying at Cockfield the hostess being a Cousin of he sped those Hummer nights and Days for us an As i have scarce known an sped before if you want to realize the kind of effect lie at least in the years when i knew him imagine this attenuated but extraordinarily vivid and vital some thing about it that at first struck Yon As i touch of the elfin and a an and imagine As you got to know this this visitant from another turned out to differ from general not by being less but by being a great Deal Richer More in All the word Lor in the course of a an the different Ages thejinfade1 fresh Ness of a the Outlook and adventurous daydreams of a which Are in league with the govern ment will be spread broadcast Over the the period Between nomination Day acid polling is always the open season for we think the voting on december will show that the intelligence of the West to avows now a Campaign this should be party leaders in action i by Crerar Crerar stands up to speak and Down pay he rises speak rather Lookia pleasantly at the motionless face before him her Speaks easily in voice is just a Good speaking Nomore he is a looking citizen what scots without violence passion in Hisni Berphe begins saying be not a Politi Cian he stands Tybera people be inclined to think that this is perfectly has fear of the orators j arts and none of Bis rises on his toes in the stress of he beats his closed righthand the open Palm of islet he moves disarms rather rather stiffly la facts across to his he is so full of his Case an sits he never dreams making artificial effects Crerar were an with an oratory feel on his audience and striking into the emotions Fth his ease is his lift the Ceuta Gorff Hall Good Cas what is to1 impose interruptions Are Mere occasional on expanse that very formidable a sincere Man Cellenti Mere splinter oin rebound on those who make government leaders inthe East restive and is the clinching the of full to standing and suffused in the the in half two elderly one of ing jilt Ata they Are Ajjie is perform Well groomed Man at this distance you no Tice the elegance of Vou catch the thin gleam of the Gold Chain his Beautiful a fitting he is striking an at his right hand is his shoulders Weir Hia Chest arched with has vocal Effort like Adjenor opening Oul on his High note you it is not a High note that emerges itis a powerful of this is no concert Singer his High priced voice up to the rafters this honorable William Lyon Mackenzie Leader of i his majesty Loyal opposition the parliament of and he is a you come upon him to senses out of Meighen govern it is quite a King if be has not has physical he expends enough Eta Ergy during the listen to one thousand bushels of wheat to the top of a fifty foot ele Vaton and be turning a be has and an Appa Lingi right on heroes through interruptions without losing Pablo Bea Down Toter Rupton like Down guard Ofa be is and his shoots out Ike a he charges own on the really it is a feat of athletics we Are he wins the not the support when Force to Stop to order hat he May dash train he whole House rises and in to the he reaches Over to hands with lady to the Audi As though he had not emerged from his dressing yes if tag has not got Bril Ance he has strength and he is a i ring fee stand patters a writer in Batriz Agthe Titue of those who favored a Dis armament conference provided it did to about disarmament said v j f if i Felt sure that the det Cates would pm rely one work a chess of the dearness a As Early As the on the Ripe Wisdom of old a of infinite and yet of infinite very often for take the excerpts from no Book of the great Host these More i that cametojkn6w addressed Stevenson text Asher been a Shingto to Duce to Belr is the salary i am supposed to the Grain he has too his Fibre pass Scicli Resolution Seise of the co disarmament a Mere honest Falls Backon Heads of my Meighen and performers Doe them jgqod4 them face the rising on bending towards proceeds to talk about the Mountain catch Call 6f4 is working so hard doing Bis Best obviously you be pleased you behave in graciously and although King is Melg bin know All right is to his add limb Ronij limb Kin has nature h Seny English Wasin Andt punched out forthright into and Aims state him ony he How whether Julios Sone of the Man re Allbut aim in life a whatever Otth have cans in protecting he does Sparks Eyck need never the ment is the land and More product it was simpler in Adam Fludas to link Pula Brand the Landt everybody then was an but now civilization la infinitely Between labor and land Are the whole Ramnik loaf tons of Industry As easy to the late discredited Warit that was somehow miraculously to have in 18 sir Lomer like Many Liberal campaigners is mantas constant us of the memory of r Laurie to keep Liberal front straying from the in address at he sales if we had had Power sup to the time of his do you think that we now a debt such As is crushing the rate payers of the country do you think that we would have All these to which none can find the solution do you think we would have the railway a problem which must be shining Miheuc Lumfor less of in its but Sefo Rethe War and stir the vacant High in tilled natural held from developments the land is not flaming Sborov High secure and occupy the going to bankruptcy and Are the heirs of Laurier if we Are returned to Power will give the electors the same the same Tariff policy As Given by Laurie we will have and of this All Farmers and can be assured that aim and ambition the Progress under the absence of any great ment present says he Toronto is not it proceeds v months it was predicted by who were a competent to form an Early All who competent to orm an estimate that the government on Lection finishing third nothing has occurred since o improve its Meighen Las Madei an excellent impression wherever he has hot this has had Little other effect Jhan he country Hattie opposition in he next parliament will have a cred at so much to while in private conversation s that the government is own and Hada coming Bawlf there is much Uffe rence out the two Par who liberals come polls sufficient numbers to moist by with three parties to he will no one party be Strong stare office to thei chief Tare rest so what 1st Likely election Day Nappe the Andon the succeeding of or Ming be the get if so will it who Tiv government of opera of poof railways but that to in of his remarks said i have studied question not since yesterday Fenot since i have been but Day when i found valve party had in the linear Tributino Are the of Otto for it should Aad Earnest of Ali ments All else can is not so big As United states nor so a coat the memory of recent where the London police were def not All of the to turn them have no interest Anyria i the Tob unemployed in Trafalgar Paton after Why should Sot be vociferous to their demand foggy Chance to a these snot enough St in Stilt imperfect state of the charitable organizations wits function actively this Winters by men want real work their Olra self respect the Money pay for their own bed and building does Popup Enterprise the j3 not the time for postponement sol Park and coordination Tot re leasing great a to or unemployed workers Are equally j Spon sible employers the can help adjusting hours or eat mans was and do not intend to for it Tion other questions before the people is because interest of my i say that no coun try has made a success1 of in Canada Bens i administration of the us about year sir say that time has come to changes the Ostenv it a of creating a Mono Pluf roads an end Italy longer conservatives who carry belief hat on Day after the bargain with liberals and regain Latte idea is it to the editor of Tivee i that Ine to appearing in Manitoba get Issue but troubles and Heasy of it All flu brighter iday ahead that we Wilt be nationally greatly Asham exl of that pal nut picture Baton and granted Asl we h fore 1 u is am prompt it Trigas i f Al Deij Central Mouate Caa quite tha ice Ssue press Schrofe syst be Lef an dressing impression military strata aug to with be arms act machine Sun to the Winnipeg Public stated that school of is t what so Toafe Buie pm maj Wentt v is Kmentt Olst and jailed to to tag the conference As y b i r of t f ool tout that Bott of these mat Ter loathe c i at it i decide v makings the whole populate of Vance men t which Canada has f org he has Nouhou Gutof an of ;