THE PREMIER AND HIS CRITICS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 4

THE PREMIER AND HIS CRITICS.

"W Vii'-fc--'* •■/■-'•'• »' ; v : v Siij~By youjj morning contemporary s spe-v ■ pial 1 report '■ of 'tho Primo-'Minisier's;- speech • v ;at\ St. VBcnedict's'vHall)' that 1 bon,i rgentlemap appears, at-. boing ?■ much ; exercised • over the publid • crcdifc wor- ; rieflt.by tho'Press .ontipisWs all : t ;'iv iiectioH?VTKicK vK©- ? Eoftii-s v j jwefchers'- of .financial -^V®tinking;;fiahU^.»Tl>o? at 'ifc j r tcr pi,,"; Vfjroasjjl£i y ans.ijppli}?? ; ol>B9^i'.tiontfifln justice <to the .miist ■' remember-.tliatf.lio. }md*,be€ii^out : .el(:ctioneei'- ; *ingfor : about ;■ or *,' crrtiSjsfti every;... ■^inHeponSont!'journal '" his'/conduct Jffair#!' is ; -ta^Kjifi; m jbia^cd'Oppbsitiori'brgaTi/'^nt^his'fcarallcEld prejudice our . financor ' : -A'3 : 'Ncw ; ZeaTan3' o£; i l lato''yenr3i))A3'.fcufl9at;mg-;iio v public']oai)s,; .'.there is Httlo rflfcroncQ iivlomlpn. to \its fir.-! VAlicebesides ' .we ;afti?*on ■ j ,the' ,vY|rso. Preskc6innieii^.& on loan subscriptions. « ,'' _ !Vppsition : : J a,ni/;.X adpit,'-';distur|)cd.fpjerj tliejin but ho .said ,nothinE,vto : -up«et- tho v crWii'j-'aiid*tho'otliers, 'liaVing c apparently. not' ' i yet , 'recoVCrrt , 'fr<>m:ttooffeits;of'tl]'e)f:Ghris l t-| Snias^j ;'- .will be"; kastoraghpcl' V''''ai)d ( » Ah to •Vfleerri J i , -'ipn..r>aTralfeniftg^'sthat ( ; von'' thoV authority.. . of;';tbo t'Premier,,':they. . /i;V-twor^|^ssiblt>" r ----t^t>la^t^nßi;^r*j'®'irsti j C.tha.'qgjqji' fcharact^rj; , jses even '■ Colonial -/treasurers has loug'' been etaWfrie^Sj. • trado -pf-the continuous -Ministerial', olection- ? :Coringf vr Every-: vpioture •.. requires.i a • back- ■. ground/ .and-ithe Opposition, ;whcthor.-active, ■or asleep, >liaß,:oreri<to bo. trouncedi ..j If, .there), is-.no,''case,.i'.thpiv. the ,' s nc«l';.% ,'a , grc/atci;, :-.indigiintion and • .for > tho u^ev-of!|tbis) p;trom (language.;. .on this- occasion,', that lis all that has so roused' Sir '.Tosanh;. still, ..jlns frequent'Teprcsentations. that, our/credit 1 is so ■ weak.: as to be. affected .. oin imperilled -• Dy any-...or,-av.erv allusion '.to.it;Cbreates-grounds; for: a r Buspipion j-<ihat i. th,ero - more. ■ behind,. v.and .t.thafc ..ty.ithis^is:due., his,, apparent ;ilei;wms >alarjn,v,l doipofc think tliat tins -i§ i;h(i .ca^o, ,tli o. ; . -possi][jJe reason : ,mflutaqiiig ■.him, Lwill,dofori'doini! .so,; ,]Vlth your-leave, : however,, l jpij a .. davs bpeflv-reyjqw, ,„6omo > featuresi;-.of'*the -Dominion ! s fiuaucrali ,ihistoiy,j : for the. last .twelve..jears r the ;pffects, of wliich,>niiiy, ,bo 'J?re- * mier, and for ivhichyyin-atfackingvthe .pppo-' tuition,:.ho,socks..!* scapogoat.-rL.am; etay* S.s- <\ - r**,,, "JNO"DUTHIE March 10 / < u < ' i