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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 27, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday january 27, 1940 Page five election Sid House the Premier charged that in ability of . Campbell formerly Ontario Public works min ister now a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian engineers to find cloth for a Greatcoat contributed to Lieut. Campbell s illness. N Taiva. Tan. 27. Up the com a election will see first he new Dominion act which to my into effect lint election be published or province j until i d in that prov n prevent results known to because of the before they cast Ballo a i Rogers opponent and arc Kingston. Onl., or a. Kield. Of the Ontario Riding of kills " the noun cd he v Sher i Norman h. Reid. Defence m the Ford election 27. Native member for the last night an i oppose Hon. Minister of Dominion 32 Hepburn s Pun y As i Tot spiked put the ions con the a nothing official Regina Jan. 27. Though anything in the nature of in official announcement was lacking there was every indication saturday that the calling of the legislature May now be deferred until after the Federal election. It 0 humorous Couplet Ottawa Jan. 27. A. Neill Veteran Independent Mem Ber of the House of commons from Comox Alberni with a reputation As a humorist recalled a Couplet today to describe the four hour parliament. It was if so soon i would be done for what on Earth was i begun or. Neill said it was an epitaph on an infant s Tomb but it certainly fits the situation As regards the abrupt dissolution of Parlia Toronto Jan. 21. It William question or Colin Campbell s mat that caused the Federal pm nil election pre Ujj Jjck Mitchell Hepburn said yesterday he could Only guess. Was Colin Campbell s coat then have three famous Coats in history i said. There was Joseph s coat. Sir Walter Raleigh s coat and Campbell s during a debate in the Ontario re be Al m is in " s Al 1o3 May by a he Aco ement protests made by the soviet min ister to Stockholm mme. Alex Andra. Kollantay have Only re suited in an increase in the flow of volunteers to Finland it a reported from Copenhagen. More about continued from Imp one Toronto Jan. 27. Annual conference of. The Cana Dian federation of mayors and municipalities originally scheduled for Ottawa in the third week of March yesterday was postponed until after the Dominion elections expected in the last week of March. Financial Success reported at Church annual meeting a financial report showing a balanced budget and reduction in the Church mortgage and encouraging reports from All Church organizations were heard at the annual meeting of Crescent fort Rouge United Church Friday night a vote of appreciation was passed for the work done by the new minister Rev. M. Grant of Whest for your health s Sake As Well As your appearance take care of your Teeth. See your dentist twice a year. Quick service and associates Edmonton who was inducted last july. Or. Grant presided at a congregational dinner which preceded the business meeting presided Over by judge f. A. E. Hamilton. Final Union of the Crescent and fort Houge sunday schools was effected during 1939, under the leadership of m. Griston. Enrol ment now numbered 610. The women s association raised and the women s missionary society during the year As Well As contributing in Many ways to the welfare of the Church it was reported. Reports from the Young people s Union indicated it had become one of the largest and most Active in Winnipeg. A notable parties cannot be wholly unimpressed by what hav characterized so vehemently As a. Unfair procedure an insult to Par 1 lament. The government is appealing to Public opinion and the prime minister can strengthen h. Position enormously Between and polling Day by so reorganizing the Cabinet As to create a minister that will be More broadly represent la live than any single party gov eminent can possibly be. Hamilton Spectator the gov ment of right Hon. W. L. Macken Zie King astounded both the House of commons and the people of the Dominion by abruptly shutting off the session at the Start and calling a general election. It was a unprecedented move to bring on a Nat ional vote. It will be hard for some time for the Public to digest the implications behind it. For the moment there Are doubts and Vald doubts about the method and there will continue to be doubts until the prime minister makes reason for his action a Good Deal clearer than he did in. Those few Stormy hours in Ottawa thursday. Toronto evening Telegram it is impossible to imagine a More contemptible and despicable device than that by which the King government seeks to escape the criticism which its bungling conduct of the Canadian War Effort has richly earned. It is a Brazen at tempt to save the King government at the expense of the country. Or. King and his colleagues have ruled with a High hand refusing even of the opposition Access to information on any aspect of Canada s most vital of r and the government s War rec. Re examined in the atmosphere f parliamentary dignity and a Lovrity Vancouver Sun or King is site right in seeking a mandate the Canadian people at this be. The overshadowing argument or an Early election is the need getting a new government in tailed before the War starts in Arnest. We Are now approaching crisis and the government must ave the full Confidence of the eople a full mandate. The other argument not so. Important is the Challenge from Ontario where pre Mier Hepburn was backed by a Ormal Resolution of the legislature hat too is a Challenge that must e met. But any Liberal is bound to say hat King s method of calling the Lection was open to the criticism if rude abruptness. Though it is certain King was moved under urgent necessity the method he applied which appeared out o. Seeping with his whole career gave 3r. Manion no Chance to review the government s course no Chance the government to reply no Chance for any legislation no Chance for debate at All. Canada will be far stronger for having a government newly elected with a majority of the people behind it after free Choice at the polls. Edmonton bulletin the Choice was dissolution at once or a pro longed unseemly and distracting Wrangle in parliament and on the platform at a time when the Energy and attention of ministers should be centred on organizing and direct ing the War a time also when the enemy will launch his delayed general offensive and Public interest will be absorbed in the Progress of the struggle. Early dissolution was inevitable in any Case. Immediate dissolution became the Only proper course once it was seen that the right of the government to remain in office was to be directly Edmonton journal the step taken at Ottawa yesterday was both startling and amazing. It is easy to understand Why the government it it had met with severe criticism in parliament for its conduct of the flight Lieut. A. Bocking who has been awarded the distinguished flying Cross for out standing bravery in Palestine Alfred Bocking who is but 2d years of age is the son of or. And mrs. A. L. Bocking of 291 Simcoe Street Winnipeg and joined the Royal air Force in the Spring of 1935. War would the language of 1he speech from the be fortified in the carrying on of that task by a direct and unquestioned mandate from the people. But for it to go to the extreme length of securing a dissolution of parliament Only four hours after the members had assembled for their achievement of the Winnipeg _ offices 2 Brandon 11 girl guides was winning the Mur Ray Mclaren shield representing the provincial first Aid Champion ship. Later the team tied for first place in the Dominion Champion ship. Other reports were received from the senior and Junior choirs the c.g.i.t., the music committee boy scouts mothers club Tennis and Badminton club Young peo ple s Bible class Young men s club. A Short memorial service was held for members of the co Grega. Lions who died during the year. Regular session matter. Is quite another the sudden dissolution is a serious mistake for Many will be bound to jump to the conclusion that it was decided upon because of the desire to conceal some things that would have come to Light during the session. Calgary Herald undoubtedly this course of abandoning the session Al hardly be classed As anything but a courageous and democratic step. Regina Leader Post the ques Tion arises who is to blame Foi the Federal general election that is now being foisted on the country1. Some Are already Are say ing that or. Mackenzie King is responsible. Or. King on the other hand can blame Mitch Hepburn and col. Drew of Ontario. Might it have been better had the prime minister held parliament together for a spell listening to what criticism of the government s War Effort to Date might arise and perhaps taking parliament and the country generally into the govern ment s Confidence on the other hand or. King and his government have made a pretty Good Job of prosecuting the War. Port Arthur news chronicle the announcement of an election and the dissolution of parliament is an Opportunity for prime minister King to capitalize on the criticism that has emanated from the on Tario legislature due to the antagonistic attitude of Premier Hepburn supported by colonel Drew which has made a bad impression on the Public because it was out of place. If that is the strength of or. King s position for the moment it would appear there is a weakness resultant from the manner in which the election was announced and parliament dissolved. There was too much of the appearance of panic in calling a session of parliament and dissolving it immedi ates will be returned to Power. But it would be wrong to accept that result As a sweeping endorse ment of what the government has done. If the government is returned it will be because of Confidence which the Public places in some of the ministers directing Active departments and it will be because tile present government seems bet Ter than the possible alternative. The government would not be justified in accepting a political Victory As an excuse for complacency. Halifax Herald now that this election has been brought on it is the right of the people of Canada to have the fullest possible information upon which to base a judg ment. And if there is one criticism that can in All fairness and Justice be directed against the government a1 Thi Stime it goes to the failure of the government before the Disso Lution of parliament to Lay upon the table of the House every relevant document that would have enabled the electors., to reach useful con delusions regarding the conduct o the War and the attitude of the Canadian administration in resp dec thereto. Now that parliament is dissolved this information cannot be Given to the Public through these official channels. Charlottetown guardian the election dissolution is not Only unprecedented but violates every principle of democracy. The excuse rising tide of was an additional reason for the most scrupulous Observance of parliamentary procedure. The Adverse vote of the Ontario legislature which or. King stressed particularly will remain unaffected whichever Way the Dominion contest goes. The Only rational construction to place on the action is the government s fear of parliamentary disclosures and desire to catch the electorate unaware. Information essential to determining to what extent the government has been negligent and partisan m War activities cannot now be obtained but electors will place their own interpretation on its refusal to face the music. Charlottetown Patriot we be Lieve that reasons advanced by the minister will meet with Welcome the Opportunity he is giving them to Clear the air. C. A. Edwards Street car fare collector stationed at Portage and main the Mackenzie King government should get in again. They be done their Best in the War and none of the other parties would have done any better. The election was All caused by Premier Hepburn making a political attack on prime minister Arthur Faiers head Porter at the fort Garry hotel it would be Jetter to have a coalition govern ment than to have an election now this is a time when we should Allet George Dinsdale m.l.a., conservative candidate in the Brandon Federal constituency is ready for the election. I expected an election Ater in the he said and would have preferred it Early this summer. Now Elhat it is called i am ready. I Don t i know enough about the reasons i Ter making so sudden King had a decision and until i hear More i am not going to major general h. D. B. Ketchen m.l.a., declined to comment and miss Salome Halldorson social credit m.l.a., said this is All too painting and decorating reasonable prices free Taylor painting and in Many. Limited Shi Donald St. Phone 2- t Sibo you know hour much work programme passage fairs. The prime minister pro cured dissolution before had any Opportunity to investigate the War record of his government. The electorate is asked to Trust or. King whose government had prepared Well in Advance for the election which is now sprung on the country. Its a blushing pro gramme of pork barrel appeals was Well under Way before it was stopped by the wide spread Indig nation of the Canadian people. The contemptuous disregard of the right of the people of Canada which includes the of the budget and the voting of Supply will arouse criticism in certain quarters on the ground that it has shut off Dis Cussion in parliament of the gov lately. The Public had sex the Ern ment s War efforts and pro Montgomery mils. Linnyk of Montreal hours to i. Evenings monday wednesday Anil saturday till . A lure tha1 a Chicago Man has invented to attract Large fish resembles a swallowing fish of medium a smaller one. To be timely adequately and informed about authority what the grasp to weakness on l. A travel Wise says it s easy joing with our amazing new "400" and our new 4000 . Diesel locomotives. They step into the Miles so gracefully so easily we have decided to go a bit faster and beginning sunday january 28, the new "400" will arrive in Chicago at 9.15 . Instead of 9.30 ., making excellent connections to All Points cast and South. Government has done in the last five months must have its appropriate answer. Or. King must go. Toronto Globe and mail stifling parliament s voice by dissolution was political trickery and was Dis creditable to a country fighting for democracy. And with this we believe will be linked a full measure of scorn for messes. Hepburn and Drew for pro Viding or. King with an excuse for political opportunism when they should have kept out of the Federal muss and left it to or. Manion to fulfil his function As opposition Leader. Apparently it was an excuse the Ottawa government was glad to take advantage of the and unpreparedness of the opposition to further the cause of the Liberal party. To Many in thinking people this May be Politi Cal astuteness. But no matter what political Success May result itt can not be regarded As adding to the stature of the prime minister As a statesman. Toronto Star the suggestion that or. King s Appeal to the peo ple is an attack upon democracy is without the least foundation. The people themselves constitute democracy and an Appeal for their Deci Sion is essentially democratic. Col. Drew makes the amazing charge that it is abject cowardice of or. King to go to the country. Yet Only a Clay or two ago or. Drew was demanding that or. King be eliminated at once even before an election. If it is cowardly for a Man to go before the court of Public opinion and fight his Battles there at once instead of keeping on in office without an electoral pronounce ment upon his record it would seem that an entirely new definition of gramme. On. The other hand it will be conceded that the prime minister and his colleagues must have Excel Lent reasons for their decision. Prime minister Chamberlain has made no secret of his conviction that War activity will be greatly intensified by Spring if this proves to be a Correct approximation of coming events it is desirable that Canada s War Effort should be in control of a government with a special mandate to carry on. Calgary albertan an imperative reason for an Early election was that the measure of Public opinion might be taken now while the War appeared comparatively easily under control rather than later when the eat May have boiled Over into the european fire. Petted to hear or King and his ministers defend themselves in the House speaking with All the authority and responsibility of minis ters in parliament. Lethbridge Herald prime min ister King did the right thing. Had it not been that the War broke out last september there would have been a Dominion Gen eral election last fall. When the War broke out it was the duty of the King government to Call parliament together provide for carry ing on Canada s share of the War and get the undertaking under prime Hearty approval of All who have the Best interests of Canada at heart. Or. King is charged with acting in a dictatorial manner in having parliament dissolved but on contrary his action is in Accord every principle of democracy. He would be a dictator if instead of appealing to the country he decided to hold office after the Legal term of parliament had expired. It remains now for the people to give judgment on what the government has done and proposes to do if re elected with regard to the conduct of the War. The verdict no doubt will be a Complete endorse ment of the policies and achieve ments of the King government. Victoria colonist dissolution at Dawn of a session savors of the prime a storm of Rumford s phone 8630 try our Damp Wash service everything washed sweetly clean just Damp enough for easy ironing. 39c All Over 12 ibs. 4c a in. Minimum 8 ibs. For the Catchpenny politics minister has evaded clone that the prime but something seems to have transpired Between the summoning of parliament and its assembling perhaps even while members sat listening to the speech from the throne. Something from the War zone itself perhaps which made it Clear that the least semblance of cortical uncertainty even for another hour might amount to a fatal delay. Regina daily Star it table but True that we shall be plunged into All the Bitte Nesses of a political Campaign before the answer As to the efficiency of the government s War Effort is Clari d for the electorate it is regret e because we need All the m Fiji table eternal Concord we can Muster to have in must exp to change of time effective Jan. 28 head la. Pm la. Pm la. Pm a. Pm a. Pm a. Pm head up a. Pm a. Pm a. Pm la. 5 pm la. Pm la. 3 00 pm Minneapolis St. Paul eau Claire Milwaukee Evanston Chicago tar Nuccil arcs to Eastern Canada via tic twin c Vilics and Llic effective feb. 17 to Marci return limit -13 Days. For Complete details Call h. 7. Kirby. General a ont 230 kills. L l expedite our growing preparations to meet the crucial War period which May burst on us at any tame. Let us get on with it quickly so that it May be disposed of with the least possible diversion of our energies from the supreme task we n hand or. Mackenzie King be Well aware that this in acted dissolution will lend color the inevitable charge mat a afraid to face the House. Moose jaw times Herald the political truce is ended. The lib eral party scrupulously adhered to the political truce but leaders and members of other parties have never tired in their efforts to make political capital at the government s that dissolution has the thinking Canadian realizes that it should have been cowardice is needed in the dictionaries. In a democracy the ultimate decision As to a government s Worthi Ness rests with the electors. Or. King seeks that decision. Vancouver daily province or. Expense. But now King m his vaunted shrewdness overreached political himself expected. It is now realized that it was completely characteristic of the greatest Democrat who Ever presided Over the Federal govern ment of Canada. Challenged by the legislature of Ontario or. King took the constitutional course. Sooner or later there had to be a showdown. It is better that it should take place now rather than six months hence. Fort William times journal the acrimonious nature of the attacks made against or. King s personal leadership and against certain members past and present of his government probably led the pre Mier to believe that if he had car ried on with the session that was in View the House of commons would become the stage of party recriminations and that the time of parliament would be wasted in can be made out for elections held charges and counter charges in decently and in order. Assaults and defences to such in Way. Having minister has decided that he will accept the Challenge of his opponents who have been going about the country paying that the King government s War efforts pitiful and that King must go. Let the matter be threshed out fully before the electors out on the hustings. Let the people judge. Kingston whig Standard we reel that politically it is immaterial whether the election is fought in March or april or even May. We do feel however that in calling an Early election prime minister King has done a Wise thing so far As the people of Canada Are concerned whether it was politically Wise or not. We Are being con stantly told that Hitler is going to launch a big offensive on land and sea and in the air. If he does we believe that a government with a fresh mandate from the people of Canada should be in Power. What or. Mackenzie King has done is wholly in Accord with sound democratic principles. He is merely transferring the debate of the government s War efforts from Parlia ment to the platform of the coun try. Quebec chronicle Telegraph a callous confession of guilt. As has b Teri said the prorogation of parliament immediately after the Reading of the speech from the throne and before any Busi Ness could be transacted is both arbitrary and unprecedented. In effect it is a confession of judg ment by the government with respect to the charges that have been preferred against its conduct of Canada s War Effort since the peo ple Are being asked to give it a new mandate without being placed in Possession of any of the Damag ing information that can Only be brought out through parliamentary inquiry. Halifax chronicle plainly the election will be for or against the government. Its result however cannot be an accurate test of Public sentiment against the governments War Effort. There is every Indica Tion that or. King and his Assoc criticism to which the government would have been subjected because of Inadequacy of War Effort. Or. King seemingly did not desire to face parliament at this juncture and yet when the Ontario legislature passed a Resolution condemning his War policy he allowed it to be understood that parliament is the proper place for the Dis Cussion of that policy. Members of parliament were summoned from All Over the Domin Ion to assemble at Ottawa for no other purpose than to learn of the course of party expediency upon which the government had decided. Victoria daily times in the Days to come we Are Likely to be con fronted with problems that May our present difficulties appear simple by comparison. The government charged with the Solu Tion of these problems should feel that it has a definite mandate from the Canadian people. Ontario conservative Leader Drew taking courage from the incident in the Ontario legislature when he joined forces with Liberal Premier Hepburn to pass censure on the Ottawa administration coined the slogan King must the prime minister has taken him at his word. 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