THE LIBERAL VIEW (Continued from First page). premier some member of the house who did enjoy its confidence. In- stead of so doing, he selected the Hon. Joseph Martin, who did not have the support of a single mem- ber of that. body, which, before the endorsement: - 6f- these acts — which violated every principle for which Liberalism staod, . Mr. Bodwell then took tp Mr. Martin’s platform, plank by plank, premising hig remarks by stating that what was good in the platform had been common to all for many years past and what was original might easily be conceived to have been the work of ‘an unscrupulous politician, The first plank was in favor of abolishing the $200 deposit governor prorogued it, adopted a vote of want of confi- dence: in Mr. Martin. The gov- eruor had therefore every reason to believe that Mr. Senlin enjoyed the confidence of the house and that Mr. Martin did not. Yet he re- fused Mr. Semlin’s reasonable re- quest for a few days to perfect his arrangements to carry on the gov- ernment business, while to Mr. Martin he extended a most unusual latitude in forming ‘a new ministry. “Mr. Martin’s ministry was ‘compos- ed of gentlemen no one of whom had received any mandate from the people or had by ‘public service proved his fitness for such a posi- tion. The mere mention of the name of the finance minister, Mr. -Ryder, and of Mr. Beebe, who has been put up to run ina constituency where he has absolutely no chance of election, shows that Mr. Martin regarded them merely as stop gaps and his honor-must have been cog- nizant of this. Mr. Bodwell then -went on to show that a number of. special war- rants had been asked for by the Semlin government, every one of which it was‘clearly the duty of the Neutenant-governor to grant, as the sums asked for had already been voted by the ‘legislature, or a real emergency within the meaning ot the act existed. Yet the lieuten- ant-governor cited as reasons for his dismissal of the Semlin govern- ment the asking for these special warrants. Since Mr. Martin had been in power a number of special warrants had been issued and, with the exception of that for the Ross- land ‘court house which had been re- fused Mr. Semlin, none of them were legal. In support of his claim that there had been collusion between Mr. McInnes and Mr. Martin, and- as proof that it had afl along . been un- derstood that the’ governor’s son should be a member_of the «Aminic— tenat-oy to pututed out that W. W. B. McInnes had recently resigned his seat in‘the house of commons and was tiow contesting a seat-in ‘the provincial house. Mr. Bodwell then explained why he, personally, and the Provincial Liberal Association. generally, had decided against, drawing party lines or holding a provincial conven- tion of Liberals. He said when the question came up before them the Situation was this: Mr. Martin was premier, He had tried to form a government with the aid of-the’ Conservatives. He had asked Mr. Turner, Mr. Pooley, Mr. Eberts and many others to join him. When he could get no Conservative support, he had set upaclaim to be the Liberal leader. If they had called a convention,it would not have dis- posed of Mr. Martin. On the other hand, it would have prevented the Conservatives from co-operating with the Liberals to secure the de- feat of Mr. Martin. He had heard since he came to Rossland that the contest was being waged on party lines here. He could only say this was not the case generally throughout the province. Neither in Victoria nor in West- minster nor in many other constitu- encies were the i of the tor did. for the legislature. This, Mr. Martin asserted, made it “easier for a poor man to run. Mr. Bodwell said he did not think it would, as any man who had enough backing to justify his candidacy. could easily get some one to put up the money for him and unless he polled less than 50 per cent of ‘the votes of the next lowest idate, i) ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, MAY 31; tgoo. Ber tlle for the Columbia & West- rn had lapsed and when'the C. P. R. applied’ to the Semlin-Martin government for a renewal, it was given without any . conditions, though Mr. Martin might easily have refused to renew it unless the C. P. R. withdrew its opposition.to the granting of a charter for the Kettle River Valley railway. He also showed that responsible parties stood ready to construct a railway from the coast to Midway, but that Mr. Martin‘made it impossible for tnem to do so, In conclusion, Mr. Bodwell thanked his audience for the patient hearing they had given: him and wound up with an appeal to -Liber- als to do their duty on June g by voting for those who | stood ‘for Lib- eral principles and against ‘govern- fh his money would be-returned to him.- If he could not poll that many votes, it was only tight that he should contribute something to- wards defraying ‘the cost of the election. : of bringing into operation the Tor- rens registry system, this had been advocated by all governments for several years past. and the present system of registered titles was only a modification of “it. “There were serious objections to putting the ‘Torrews. system in force in such places as Victoria and Vancouver, but the government could, by order- in-council, put it in force in any districts of the province they saw fit. If Mr. Martin was such an ad- mirer of the system, why cid he not putit in force when he was in power? As to redistribution, it’ was on this question that Mr. Martin had voted against and helped defeat the government, although: the bili had given to this riding a- second mem- ber. In regard to providing for official inspection of all buildings, etc., to safeguard life and. health, this has been in the platform of every party in British Columbia for many years and several acts along ihat line are now on the statute books. In connection with the borrowing of money-to construct roads, trails, etc., Me. Martin did not. say how the additional taxation was to be levied to pay interest. His state- ment that.he was opposed to pro- viuing roads «as a special favor to supporters of the governmnnt con- trasted strangely with his action in getting the lieut.-governor to grant a special warrant for a useless road at Comox to-help Mr. Ryder’s can- didacy, and his offering a bribe to the.citizens of Westminster to help Mr. Brown’s election by promising to build a needless and very costly bridge over the Fraser river. The promise to keep the expen- ditures within the income of the province,had been made by every government for many years, includ- ing the one in which Mr. Martin had been so influential, ‘yet the deficit that year had been ahalf. 2 million dollars. Mr. Martin promised to take away from the «lieutenant-governor the power to make substantive ch With regard to the plank in favor ; ment by irresp Auction sale of dry: goods _ and clothing Saturday. evening June 2. The One Price Store, _ Spokane street, opposite the International. A hot time at the Internation- TODAYS STOOK SALES, Following is a. summary of the sales on the local exchange- today, together with the quotations: Hossland Sales. Sales today on the local exchange were as follows: Winnipeg, 1000, §00, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 15¢; Rambler-Cariboo, ‘1000, 25¢; Okan- ogan;2000, 214c, 2000, 23{c; Moth- er Lode, 3000, 44%c; White Bear, sooo, 2}4c; Giant, 1000, 3c; Tamarac, 500, 4c. Total sales, 18,500 shares, Athabasca is G, Gold iieid: ‘Three . an Ganaduun Gold Fields. ariboo [Cainp MeKinney] entre Btar.. al tonight to celebrate Joh nesburg. * ‘The Natal Act. The Victoria Colonist: p orrigon... lable Five the text of the Natal act for the ‘re- striction of immigration, which has been suggested’as the best~ means by which British Columbia: can: stop the Asiatic invasion, The most im- portant prevision is this ‘section: “Any person who, when asked to do so by the officer appointed under this act, shall fail himself to write out and sign; in. the characters of any language of Europe, an_appli- cation to the cojonial secretary in the form set out in schedule B of this act.” Prohibited immigrants who enter the colony by evading this law may be imprisoned for six months and deported, but may -be released on giving two sureties of £50 each to leave the colony within one month. Ifnot an idiot, insane, suffering from contagious disease, a convict or a prostitute, he may enter on de- positing £100, which shall be re- turned on his obtaining a magis-. trate’s certificate that he .does’ “not amuarae (Kenneth J. ‘om Thum! Winnipeg .. PLOTRDS BOSTON STRAWBERRIES — This Weék large ea Consignments of — * Berries will be received We would advise buying now for: pre- serving, while the fruit is yet solid and not too ripe.’ The price by the crate will be very reasonable. HUNTER BROS. STORES INTERNATIONAL THEATRE ‘A. KLOCKMANN, Proprietor, ~ A. M, ZINN, Manager. FOR. ‘WEEK BEGINNING MAY -28, 1900. GRAND. ARRAY OF VAUDEVILLE. STARS First appearance of High Class Operatic Vocalist EDNA WILMA,.. . ‘Terrific hit of the Empress of Ragtime Singers ~ EDITH WILMA, -eFELICE.... | «The Favorite Frances Hewitt. Still with us, Charming sThird week of Graceful Dorita Cordero Miss Helen Lewis. Comedian an Producer, ERB & LAWRENCE, The High Class Operatic Comedy by F, M, Zinn, entitled ; UEEN: AND MUSKETEER,” With 30 Qt Artists in the Cast. Elaborate wardrobe and. special scenery for the occasion Charming Soubrette and Toe Dancer.” Mabliahed May, 1805. THE REDDIN. ;ACKSON Co.; LiMivaD LiaBlry, MINING AND INVESTMENT BROKERS, Agents for ParisRell Addit ion to Rossiand M. H. MeMahon CHARLES E. BENN & CO. BROKERS AND ACCOUNTANTS. Buy, sell and trade Stocks and Real Estate for V'& N Phone 83. Columbia 'Phone 41. be C..E, Benn, * PO Box 468 come within the prohibiti of the act. If he fails to obtain’such a cer- tificate, his deposit is forfeited and he may be punished under this act. Lost—Bunch of seven. keys. Finder please leave at Recorp office. tf engineer for the B. A. C:, has re- turned from a trip to Toronto, Mon- treal, Chicago and the maritime provinces. The stock of Gibson’s One Price Saturday evening. Sale begins at 7:30 .o'clock. 26 and 28 Spok R. E. Palmer, formerly mining |.- P.O, Box 208 A B. MACKENZIE & CO. . Telephone 86. MINING BROKERS, Rouwsland,B. 0 MONTREAL Loan & INVESTMENT G0, INCORPORATED Head office, Imperial building, St.James Street, Montreale Authorized Capital,.. Subscribed Capital ove: Columbia Ave, 100,000. i : | This Co hi Store will be sold at public. auction | ™SSe Webs, opened _a branch office here, with the ieowing Bord of Management Elmer A’ Rell: Hon Thos. Mayne Daly 0. ¢ Spgretary- Treaster Wolk Fatding. © Heaton, street, opposite the International, International tonight. in the law by order in council, The only power the government had in this line had been conferred on him by an amendment introduced by Mr. Martin, Mr. Bodwell then-dealt with Mr. Martin’s railway policy at length. He showed that, in spite of the statement in-his platform, Mr. Mar- tin was not in favor of government construction and ownership of rail- ways and quoted from an inte: view to prove it. He also showed that, Conservative conventions standing as such. In every case they had positively disclaimed any such intention, but whether party lines or not, it was the duty of Liberals to vote, not for Mr. Curtis because he said he was a Liberal or against Mr. Mackintosh because he was a Conservative, but to vote for Lib- eral principles no matter who might be championing them. Mr. Martin had taken upon himself the respon- sibility for. the governor's actions prior to his appointment as_ premier and since then he had been the gov- ernor’s adviser. In voting for, Mr. Martin or any of his supporters Liberals were therefore voting an as of parliament. or minis- ter, Myf Martin had at no time fav- ored such a policy.". He quoted en- gineers’ estimates to prove that Mr. railway would cost $20,000,000. This amount he would be unable to obtain in London; but, even if he should be able to get it, the interest on the bonds aod the loss in opera- ting the railway would call for an annual sum equal to the present revenue of the province. He then went'on to show that but for Mr. Martin's acts of omis- sion and commission there would now be a competitive railway into the Boundary country. The land. grant of 20,000 acres Martin's. proposed Coast-Kootenay |. NOTICE. vative association meetings will be held every Monday evening in the Mackintosh committee rooms, -over the old Bank of Montreal quarters. Rooms are always open for the’ re- ception of visitors, where voters may register and receive general in- formation. ey ‘ Fine Bottled Goods. Physicians recommend — most highly Schlitz’s extract. of malt. Sold by the bottle at the Interna- tional family liquor store. Import- ed white wines, clarets and Burgun- dies by the bottle, basket or case at moderate prices. tf Rolt & Grogan FOR RENT. Office on first floor ins Block. Office and rooms o1 second floor Burns Block. Large Warehouse in center of town. FOK SALE. d Dwelling house, plast furnished throughout, good locality. Hotel and Saloon on Second avenue.—A ‘splendid busine opportunity, Big military burlesque at |> .} For further information, apply to The Trail Creek Liberal-Conser- |‘ ‘The..Montreal Loan & Investinent Co offers the safest investment for small sams now apen to 1 nd oney in large oF si Fepayatle in monthly instalments: amu W. 4. FALDING, age Bank of Montreal Chambers, telumbl Trane Bae HOTEL HOFFMAN, Washington Street, Rossland, B, C. ———aew Furnished R —— Straight Cut _ Cigarettes. MANUFACTURED BY. cS B. Hotides & Company,: Quebec. + Are Better than the Best.’ WHOLESALE AT Crow & Morris, Rossland. : o> = — Offers special membership in3 ducements for a . shortatime™ by’ ~suspension of the initiation fee. All'the.. Rossland Athletic... Club ....5 E «eo Mayaslaee wa-Periodicals - Excellent: accommodations for permanent.and temporar board and chambers;. $36 to $40 per month. For particulars apply.to CHARLES E. BENN, Charles Webster, S Secretary. CUNLIFFE & McMILLAN, - ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS. All classes of Repairs aud Construction Work Undertaken. Ore Cors, Wheels and Axles, Buckets, Fane, § Shatin Hancers and Pullers, eire work . pecialty. Northey Pumps kept dade? énts Tor Wm. Hamiltot Coe Milles Goncontratoes Bios ‘Third Averiue Hiositaca: B. 0. Hox 198. First-Class Bar. Railroad and Miners Time Checks para cashed, free of charge. Harry Mcintosh - - Proprietor. A, G. CREELMAN, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, Estimates furnished on all kinds of work. ing promptly attended to. 0 JO Office and shop: Commercial Routt. rear Alham ‘ahotel, P.O, ay F. W. HINSDALE, CUSTOM HOUSE BROKER, Tu Custom House bui'ding, New York Life Insurance Agency, Washington street. Rossland, B. © NEW DRUG STORE. ‘——THE—— ROSSLAND DRUG »COMPANY.. NEXT TO OLD CITY HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE. New and Complete Stock of Drugs, and Patent Medicines. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Robert E. Strong, Manager. | | cae THE ROSSLAND voL. 6, NQ. go. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1900 PRICE § CENTS PEBAALEREGIS Something New in—— _—~ SILVERWARE. Come tn and inspect our New Stock of Hard Metal Silverware S2:FRaseeses= J. W. SPRING, Next door to Postottice, _ The Leading Jeweler Biliousness; j Jaseltude; henasch: inertia; at tired feeling. : Cure: One bottle Tonic Bitters: one box Goodeve’s Vegetable Liver Pills. eet TRY IT! ": Ifyou get it at GOODEVE'S, its GOOD. Goodeve Bros., Druggists and Stationers. “It PAYS to deal with Goodeve Bros. Long winter; ar cere arti- EVEOF SURRENDER Scene When American Boy Prosented ~ Message to Kruger. SECRETARY REITZ’ SAYING ; He Parodies the Dying Gladiators, Balute tei Onesar as Messenger Smith Presents the Letter from the Philadelphia Beye Stood in Kruger's Eyes, By Associated Press. Philadelphia, June 1.—The North American today prints the following cable from Pretoria, dated May: 29, which tells.of the arrival there’of James Smithi the/American ‘district boy, who took New Spring Shirts New Collars. _ -