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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1915 |

r would -be disguating, if-not so, ridiculous, to.

= read and listen to the herculean efforts of the
Conservative press and speakers in defence of the
muddle that the present two-man government has

made of the administration of affairs in this pro-.

vince. The speech from the throne-was the key-
note for the. premier and all his followers. The
speech from the throne was indeed a. pessimistic
one for. those who are’ endeavoring. ‘to: carry on

development work; the premier’s address in -the

house was even more so. His chief. aim, aside
from his ‘usual bunk of self-congratulation, was a.

plea to the people to not be angry with him andl:

his government because they had no money and
would not be able to do anything. this year, and
to the bona fide settlers: to keep: on paying their

vice system which has’ élutched: ‘the. province by:
the throat. .

the welfare of the provinee,
not return to the. various districts a fair propor-

tion of the tax money for roads, trails and bridges, . .
but if the people are kind to him he hopes -to get.

things fixed. up some time in the future, .

servative associations, admitted that. the people

_ were wise to the blunders the government. had. |

made, but he said that. since they have had four-

teen years’ experience they would be able to do-|.)
better in the future. From what everyone. knows -
of the attorney-general he i is the last man” who.

should. look for leniency on: the promise of: doing.
better next time.

is nothing to its ‘the people are getting wised UD.

preg they. will do. better, 1e
‘|the= confidence ‘of the: investing’ public. and ¥
ye restore ‘the. credit Se the province

‘The Omineca Seal, i

Poousien an

_/One.yeat womens Bik pans $3.00". fo hy

‘Bix montha ee oe
Notices for Crown Grants - ee 87.00 a) eae
sO" Purchaseof Land, 2 00250 2. 200 Py

taxes in order to maintain the elaborate civil ser-_ “hold or. secure a pool license.

To interfere with that. system: i in any
way, the premier claims, would ‘be. disastrous. to.
He is sorry he. can:

Pa, Tight side.” a
The attorney: general, ‘before ¢ one.of the Con-. .

dene re ae wees degenerated: that. they |

He las had many chances and |
-he has thrown the people down for the. benefit. of
his clients and to ‘keep his party i in power. . ‘There | a blind Tory has:

: bia. ;

HERE ‘ate signa, i, and they ate: pretty definite
. SIgns,. that. ‘British: Columbia is coming: to

{the end:of, her. regime of. high’ finance in’ which
4 the government. has sold all the ‘tremendous: mip-.
|-eral wealth,’ the great forest wealth and the agri-
: ‘cultural lands, that it: could ‘get ‘rid ‘of; for ‘ready
1) eash, and’ hag: ‘mortgaged’ everything: else upto
|| the hilt.”
| government. ‘raised’ a: loan: of two: ‘million: geven’
‘hundred thousand dollara: in New. York: paying
“four ‘and a half { per cent at ninety-eight, ‘not-a bad:

‘To be sure, ‘only a few‘ weeks: ago the

price in view of money : “conditions, but the bor-

rowing, selling and’ ‘mortgaging cannot: ‘g0 on ‘in-
‘definitely.

Very soon ‘the most of: the: ‘presently
merchantable assets of: the: ‘province — will : have

‘been parted: with’ ‘to ‘capitalists, ‘and British -Co-
“Jumbia; which has’ more natural. wealth than any
‘other province of the dominion, ° will find itself

short of funds without having: attracted ‘to itself

‘a population sufficient to: maintain its: revenue ‘by.
taxes, There i is ‘trouble ahead, ‘and it is not going
‘to be a sinecure for. the government that follows

that of Sir Richard McBride. — Montreal Witness.

Ean reas

"Ir has been nounced by ‘the e know-all ‘of the
government organ that henceforth: G ily. those
who ‘areon the British. Columbia voters’. list may

Funny the
Tol:

don’t mix. up: in; polities

“CCORDING't some. of the leading of the enn

3 to define them. + ‘The: attor-.

-ney-general : says “the. chief: justice attacked. him:

because he accused the chief: justice. ‘of. ‘drunken-.
ness, Others: are ‘called. knockers.::: Anybody. but:
O° right to live j in British Colum-

It will be: different’ soon,

“Frank c. ‘McKinn non

“Insurance:

“It might: alse have.
added - that any. aspirant. to. a ‘pool license’ must |
-also. prove that he has voted right and will. con-
‘tinue to do so as. long: as he lives. -
‘government never. thought of that. ‘béfore.”
quote Wm. Manson, as reported by a resident of
Skeena electoral district: | : "My. advice to you
— ‘unless you. do it:on’ the]

—_oATMNS

e have. been hippin
years and have. made:

oT THON ij

"RJ MCDONELL, PROPRIETOR

__ NEW HAZELTON, B.C.

Sixty Bed Rooms, ‘all newly furnis y

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plans.

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“London Feb, '2- The terrible
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in ati ‘account, of a British official,

‘who was an eye: witness of two

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firmly: ‘established ; in.
and. gave the: Germans.
warm reception, re latter.

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