BITTER ATTACK ON MR. MASSEY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1196, 3 August 1911, Page 5

BITTER ATTACK ON MR. MASSEY.

UNGENEROUS SPEECH BY MR. POOLE. The withdrawal by the Leader of tho Opposition, on Tuesday evening, of a charge he had made against the late Mr. T. E. Taylor was generally regarded as a termination of the incident. Last evening, however, Mr. C. H. Poole referred to the matter in his speech upon the Address-in-Rcply. Mr. Poole ' remarked that on the- previous evening the Leader of the Opposition had withdrawna charge that he made'against' l Mi' I ."T"'E!' Taylor last year. He was sure that the feelings of the Leader of the Opposition must bo ' verjr; keen, and -that he must be suffering niental anguish. - The withdrawal had come very late, and ho was sorry it had come'lata. He was not sure that it completely vindicated, Mr. Taylor. _"On Sunday evening," said Mr. Poole, "I went to see Mr. Taylor's'mother, a lady.eighty years of age, with her heart broken because »her only son had been taken from her. 'My son has gone to his grave with a stigma on his character, and that must be removed,' she said to .me. Mr. Poole said that he lad determined to use every effort to secure a complete vindication of that dead'man's character. "The heart of tho. Leader of the Opposition must be very full to-night," Mr. Poole continued; "I would not be in his place to-night for all the gold in this city. If he believes he has made a, whole-souled withdrawal and vindication of this man's reputation, let the matter stand; but if he does not, let him open up his heart, and give us sime consolation which we have not received up to this time."

Mr. Poole's remarkable utteranco was received by. the House in unsympathetio silence, and there was no comment, by interjection or otherwise. Asked by a pressman if ho had anything to say on tho subject, Mr. Massey replied in the negative, but remarked that he was glad to know that Mr. Poole's action in the matter was condemned all round.

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