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 (716) 28B- 5989 - Fa. 
 
Sir Edward Morris, 
 
 Leader Of tbe People's Party. 
 
ADDRESS. 
 
 St. John's, Newfottndlanfl, 
 
 Marcb 4th, 190*. 
 
 TO THE PEOPLP, OF NEWFOUNDLAND : 
 
 In the iiKiuthof January last I received the tolla^fnf 
 letter from the members of the Legislature who compOied 
 
 His Majesty's Opposition : — 
 
 " St. Joba.'s, January KX i9<*. 
 "Sir E. p. JroRRis, K.C., 
 " Dear Sir Kdward, — 
 
 " In consequence of tlie resignation by Captain Charle« Dsm) 
 " of the Leadership of the Opposition, as recently announced lo tht 
 " public press, it has become necessary to make immediate and d»- 
 " finite arrangements lor the conduct of business in the Hoa»« ol A* 
 " sembly during the session. This, in our oiiiniou, should be follow 
 " ed by a complete re-organiration of the Opposition forcei througl*. 
 " out the Colony. In order to accomplish this, the firit requiiit*, U 
 " seems to us, is to have at the luad of such a moTement a leadw •! 
 " recognized ability and mature experience in public affair* 
 
 " Having full confidence in your ability to meet the demandt ol 
 "such a situation, and recognizing the advantage which nearly • 
 " quarter of a century of continuous public life gives you, we, th« 
 " sitting memljers of the House who arc in opposition to the GoT«r«- 
 " ment, request you to assume the leadership in the Assembly and t* 
 " take immediate steps for the re-organization of the OppositlMi 
 " forces throughout the Colony on broad and comprehensive linei. 
 
 " Should you see your way clear to fall in with our wishei, w« 
 " pledge you our loyal and unwavering support, and believe that oar 
 " action in this connection will be confirmed by a large majority •( 
 " the intelligent electorate on both sides of politics. 
 " Yours sincerely, 
 
 (Sed). CHARLES DAWB, 
 
 R. nOULTON, 
 n. P. CASHIN, 
 S. D. BLANDFORD. 
 W. C. WINSOR, 
 DONALD nORISON.V 
 
 Although tuts tetter was sufficiently represeutafliw 
 to justify my acceding to the request therein contained, t 
 hesitated to "too quickly assume a position, the responsibility 
 of which I hope I fully appreciate. 
 
 I informed the members of the Oppoeltlon that, In fflf 
 
but any regular leadership, bu 1 i , . ''^r'""^' ^hh- 
 
 i-lcn. prepared . L,sid:;''^;ert?£;:-L;r!-t 
 oppon„,,;:';",;'y,,f,f/«'^J''« it "as „,o.st desirable that an 
 
 ' ';?' ""'J particularly i,, e,ul„rse ,.." "'■' " 'V" '">' ''^^'^er. 
 of the Opposition iuiheUglluu,;;'^;'^^''''" "^ '''^- '"-'"'''-■r.s 
 
 ports, Jt":"^r :::£'■ ■■^^'^ r'^'-'I "-fn.„ U,c Out 
 John's, as appeuded'U ; Trr ''"7 ""^ 'n-euds u"st 
 
 coming General Klectiou. ''" OpP".suion forces at the 
 
 thewisLS^t^l.^;: S\r"ft^"^'""' ™-P'v .ith 
 
 of the indtt^^Vcfero^tll^lo^r "^'1 ^•^-^- ''« ^^''-le 
 Farmers, the Alechanics the T^r"^'~"'^ Fishermen the 
 who work for a living- .VirfiiufS"''',?''''^ ^'""^s, and all 
 who wish to see their coun r, , "">'"*,' poiut, ^here a 
 work for the eonimoTgZ"'^^ ''^"'"^ -^>- J-" togeth:r to 
 
 thepolg':/^h:'^^;^5^^^;ne to outline i„ detail .hat 
 premature for me to sta^e tha^' "• ^^' ^" '' '"ay "ot be 
 vigorous policy on the fSoX sii^jectrl"^^ ^ '^--i^: 
 
 salaries;-infre\"ed7ra^[3''£'''^;^ '"^^--"S "^ teachers' 
 
 K-tofschoL-i^--Stte-£| 
 
 biy on ?he^^I f S!;? rr^ -^y lean e,uita- 
 3- Railway extension, by the construction of branch 
 
lines to points in Trinitv Hay. Uoiiavista Bar, Forti.a* Bar 
 and Bonne Bay, as well as to Trcpassey. 
 
 4. The enactiiiciu of a measure to give to Trart* aufl 
 I,al)or I'liion k the same legal status thev occunv In Gr«t 
 Untaiu ' ' 
 
 5. The estahlishuuMit of Cold Storage for Matt, in iuch 
 a way that the advantages of this may be Keucrallr partici- 
 pated in. ■ Jr. 
 
 I ■ (y^' ^ ^'^'■''^''^ niaintcnanee of every position taken by 
 tins Colony in defence of our constitutional ritliti under tht 
 Treaty of 18 iS. 
 
 7. To eiRourage the prosecution of the Herring Flih- 
 ery in such manner as will best conservu the iutaresti ti 
 the Colony and of the fisliermeu engaged in this iuduitry. 
 
 8. An Agricnltural policy, which would embrac* a 
 bounty for the clearing of land. ' 
 
 9. Old Age Pensions. 
 
 10. The payment of all Poor Relief in Cash. 
 
 n. The encouragement of additional Steam Swrri** 
 to th« West Indies, via New York, or it may be direct to tht 
 W. est Indies, .so as to assist in marketing our fish, therabr 
 raising the price of thjit commodity. 
 
 12. The utilization of our peat fields to meet the price 
 of coal, and the depletion of the stock of fire-wood in our 
 forests. 
 
 13. The extension of our Telegraphic and Telephont 
 .systems. 
 
 14. The maintenance of Self-Governmeut and NO 
 CONFfiDKRATION. 
 
 15. A strict en' irceiuent of the laws regulating min- 
 ing and the use of explosives, so as to guard against acci- 
 dents. 
 
 16. To introduce legislation to prevent the payment 
 of wages in truck, to enforce the payment of miners and 
 others weekly, and to create a lieu for his wages on the pro- 
 perty on which the laborer works. 
 
 17. Parliamentary representation for the lyabrador. 
 
 18. Additional steam service to the Labrador, and a 
 further extension there of the Marconi telegraphic system. 
 
19- An arrangement with Messrs. Rowring Brothers 
 for the extension of the Norlhern C^nstiil Ser\ ire dur- 
 ing the winl r months, or oUurui-A- jini, i.Iiii.;; lor sneh a 
 service. 
 
 20. The I- UiMishnient <if .-i daily ti'lf^raiihie service 
 to furnish inforiuatii.n as to Hail fishes, and fish and ueatiier 
 conditions, at all lelejjraijhic stations (.11 the Mand. 
 
 21. The enactnient of a law to [irexcnl the intnKhic- 
 tion of steam into the Labrador fishery. 
 
 22. Improved .Mnnicipa! legislation. 
 
 23. A comprehensive dredging p(iliiy, wherehy har- 
 bors all round our coast line which require siich improvement 
 may l)e made of more use to the fishermen who Ireciucnt 
 them. 
 
 24. Elective road boards for the ontports. 
 
 25. Proper housing of laborers at mines and other 
 industrial centres. 
 
 26. Theextensiou of light houses and fog alarm.s 
 as well as public wharves and other marine works. 
 
 27. Enccuraging the opening up of new markets so 
 as to maintain u good price for fish. 
 
 28. The exploration of our Coal areas in such a man- 
 ner as to determine once and for all whether we can rely on 
 them as an industrial and commercial fac'or. 
 
 29. An industrial policy, which will keep the me- 
 chanics of this country at home to work in their own country. 
 
 30. Outport Hospitals. 
 
 At a later date, in a Manifesto which I shall address 
 to you, I shall outline in detail the policy embraced under 
 the foregoing heads, and the ways and meaus by which I 
 hope they can be accomplished and be made effective, and 
 this without increased taxation. 
 
 I remain. 
 
 Yours faithfully, 
 
 E. P. MORRIS. 
 
REQUISITION 
 
 TO SIR EDWARD MORRIS. 
 
 Wo, the uiulcrsii^'ncd, licrcby endorse the views set 
 forth in the furegt)iii' rcc|uisitinn,bc;iriny date January 
 20th, i()().s, iuldresscu uj Si- lidward Morris, and signed 
 by Charles Daue, R. Moulton, .M. I'. Cashin, b. D. 
 Blandtord, W. C. Winscr, and Donald Morison, re- 
 questinsi^ liini to assume the leadershij) of the Opposi- 
 tion, an'd to take immediate stms tor the re-oi^aniza- 
 tion of the C)i)i)osition fortes roui^hoiit the Colony. 
 St. John's, l'"ebruary 27th, u,^c<:. 
 
 JAMES BAno 
 JOHN B. AYRE 
 A. F. GOODRIDGE 
 ROBERT WATSON 
 WILLIAM R. HOWLEY 
 W. A. MUNN 
 J. H. MONROE 
 C. P. EAGAN 
 J. ALEX. ROBINSON 
 8. J. FOOTE 
 JOHN BARRON 
 WILLIAM FREW 
 FRANK JACKMAN 
 LAWRENCE PARKER 
 PATRICK M. WADDEN 
 L. E. KEEGAN 
 M. J. SUMMERS 
 M POWER 
 EDWARD WARREN 
 H. F. FITZGtKALD 
 JORDAN MILLEY 
 M. F. LAWLOR 
 F. C. ALDERDICE 
 R. FENNELL 
 
 W. H. DAVIDSON 
 JOHN McCA 'HY 
 P. TEMPLE .>! 
 J. H. FARRl ._ 
 JOSEPH SELLARS 
 A. HISCOCK 
 THOMAS POWER 
 M. A. BASTOW 
 ROBERT WRIGHT 
 NICHOLAS WADDEN 
 WM. P. SHORTALL 
 THOMAS J. BARRON 
 WILLIAM E. BEARNS 
 JAMES O'BRIEN 
 JAMES J. BECK 
 LEVI DIAMOND 
 NICHOLAS COUSENS 
 S. E. GARLAND 
 F. MACNAMARA 
 M. A. DEVINE 
 P. COSTIGAN 
 
 MARTIN McCarthy 
 
 J. p. CURTIN 
 J. A. SHORTALl 
 
FRANCIS POWER 
 8. Q. COLLIER 
 JOHN FITZGERALD 
 ROBT. F. POWER 
 JOHN O. CRuSBIE 
 JAMEl J. BATES 
 A. J. QOODRIUGE 
 WM. WOODFORD 
 JOHN J.DOYLE 
 JOHN J. JAOKMAN 
 W. V. DRAYTON 
 JAMES R. HAYES 
 
 JOHN McCarthy 
 
 JESSE WHITEWAY 
 MICHAEL POWER 
 KALLEEM NOAH 
 
 R. G. Mcdonald 
 
 JOSHUA BURT 
 ALEX. BRYDEN 
 JOHN J. HEALEY 
 N. J. MURPHY 
 
 JOSEPH McCarthy 
 
 JAMES H. THOMAS 
 PATRICK BUOKLEV 
 M. J. McEVOY 
 W. P. ROGERSON 
 EDWARD MURPHY 
 M. J. DOOLEY 
 JAMES RENDELL 
 JAMES FITZGERALD 
 R. FREEMAN 
 PATRICK WALSH 
 M. F. MURPHY 
 N. Q. COADY 
 THOMAS CRICKARD 
 JOSEPH KAVANAGH 
 JOHN DAY 
 EDWARD BYRNE 
 ROBERT SHORTALL 
 
 JOHN BAKER 
 
 BENJAMIN MURPHY 
 
 S. E. EBSARY 
 
 P. W. KNIGHT 
 
 L. J. TAYLOR 
 
 8. T. THISTLE 
 
 m. B. WRITTEN 
 
 RICHARD FORD 
 
 W. 0. COOK 
 
 OiEDIAH POND 
 
 •. 0. SNOW 
 
 JOHN MALONBY 
 
 J. B. PENNEY 
 T. FENNESSEY 
 C. MURPHY 
 T. J. NASH 
 J. J. PARKER 
 TH08. J. WALSH 
 J. T. WHITTtN 
 WILLIAM BENNETT 
 J. SKINNER 
 THOMAS GRANT 
 ANDREW SNOW 
 JAMES RORKE 
 JOHN R. GOODISON 
 EDWARD PARSONS 
 JAMES MOORE 
 G. NICHOLL 
 CHAS. W. H. TESSIER 
 THOMAS HAYES 
 RICHARD VOISEY 
 JAMES AYLWARD 
 R. CALLAHAN 
 J. K'URRAY 
 FRANK COADY 
 MICHAEL O'TOOLE 
 JOHN ST. JOHN 
 WILLIAM FINN 
 lOHN CHANNING 
 ANDREW COADY 
 MICHAEL O'BRIEN 
 RICHARD EARLE 
 NEWMAN EBSARY 
 W. S. GUEST 
 E. COUSENS 
 WM. HINGSTON 
 STEPHEN ROGERS 
 S. H. RODGER 
 C. L. MARCH 
 ALEX. McNEVIN 
 JAMES POWER 
 PATRICK J. LEONARD 
 W BROWN 
 A. LINDSAY 
 THOS. STAPLETON 
 JAMES DOBBIN 
 A. O'NEIL 
 A. RICE 
 J. J ROSSITER 
 ARTHUR W. KNIGHT 
 H. Y. MOTT 
 THOMAS SMYTH 
 J. J. MULLAuLY 
 
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GEORGE NICKERSON 
 
 PATRICK KEHOE 
 
 A. W. KENNEDY 
 
 FRANCIS WILCOX 
 
 THOS. J. RV;' 
 
 J. A. HISCOCK 
 
 J. STICK 
 
 J. W. PENNEY 
 
 M. J. TOBIN 
 
 J. MclNTYRE 
 
 P. F. COLLINS 
 
 J. P. KELLY 
 
 W. W. WILLS 
 
 J. H. DEE 
 
 JAMES RYAN 
 
 E. BISHOP 
 
 (Muster S.S. Railt'cr.) 
 DANIEL GREEN 
 
 (Master S.S. .Vurora.) 
 ALPHEAUS BARBOUR 
 (Master S.S. Diana.) 
 BAXTER BARBOUR 
 
 (Master S.S. Kite.) 
 JOB KEAN 
 
 (Master S.S. Erik.) 
 JACOB KEAN 
 
 (Master S.S. Virginia Lakn ) 
 GEORGE HANN 
 
 (Master S.S. I.alirador.) 
 J. W. KEAN 
 
 (Master S.S. Kajle.) 
 GEORGE BARBOUR 
 
 (Master S.S. Neptiiue.) 
 PETER S. CARTER 
 Late Mos'er S.S. Southern Cross. 
 D. BRAGG 
 
 Master S.S. Iceland. 
 R. FOWLOW 
 
 Master S.S. Soutliern Cross 
 JOB KNEE 
 
 Master S.S. Grand Lake. 
 JOHN S. PARSONS 
 
 (^faster s s. Newfoundland) 
 M. P. GIBBS 
 R. K. BISHOP 
 CHARLES H. EMERSON 
 JOHN R. BENNETT 
 
 J. J. McCarthy 
 
 WILLIAM R. WARREN 
 F. H. STEER 
 P. F. MOORE 
 ROBT. HANNAFORD 
 
 A. GOODLAND 
 
 WM. MALCOLM. 
 
 JOHN M DEVINE 
 
 ALGERNON H. PROWSE 
 
 MICHAEL A. DUFFY 
 
 JAMES J. COLLINS 
 
 MICHAEL MURPHY 
 
 JAMES GEANS 
 
 H. HEALEY 
 
 HENRY ROWE 
 
 WILLLAM BUTLER 
 
 J. GLAONEY 
 
 THOMAS MYRON 
 
 M. J. O'MARA 
 
 WILLIAM WOODLEY. 
 
 MATTHEW KENT 
 
 DAVID BAIRO 
 
 J. T. MARTIN 
 
 R. A. SQUIRES 
 
 J. BENNETT 
 
 GEORGE C. WHITELEY 
 
 D. MONRor 
 
 JAS. J. CROWDELL 
 
 H. M. ROSS 
 
 P. DUFFY 
 
 JOHN CROWDELL 
 
 P. FENNESSEY 
 
 EDWARD BRENNAN 
 
 LAWRENCE LAWLOR 
 
 NATHANIEL EVANS 
 
 JOHN SYME 
 
 JOHN S. CURRIE 
 
 MALCOLM DAVIDSON 
 
 W. J. MYLER 
 
 T. J. FORAN 
 
 J. FENNESSEY 
 
 THOS. MULCAHY 
 
 JOHN FURLONG 
 
 RICHARD MAHER 
 
 L. J. GRIFFEN 
 
 JOHN G CLOONEY 
 
 JOHN CANNING 
 
 A. H. SALTER 
 
 L. Q. CHAFE 
 
 M. PUDDISTER 
 
 W. H. DUDER 
 
 C. V. O'KEEFE 
 
 JOHN CARNELL 
 
 W. J. EDGAR 
 
 ARTHUR DONNE 
 
 S. A. MOULTON 
 
 JAMES A. LEAHEY 
 
 E. M. LeMESSURIER 
 
fl. F. GOODRIDGE 
 
 A. RODGER 
 JAMES J. GALWAY 
 D. M. BAIRD 
 JAMES W. WINSOR 
 
 THOMAS McCarthy 
 
 W. G. PIPPY 
 
 B. SPRATT 
 
 R. A. TEMPLETON 
 R, Q. POWER 
 JAMES CHANNING 
 WILLIAM ENNIS 
 JOHN VOISEY 
 
 P. T. McGRATH 
 ALEX McrOUGALL 
 WILLIAM O'ROURKE 
 MICHAEL BLACKLER 
 PETER WHITTLE 
 Q. TAYLOR 
 WILLIAM SNUW 
 J. A. COOK 
 R. WHITTEN 
 ROBERT BURTON 
 GEORGE STAGQ 
 ROBERT QRANTER 
 RICHARD POWER 
 
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(From the " Daily News " March 5th.) 
 
 THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. 
 
 HAIL TO SIR EDWARD MORRIS. 
 
 Stalwart Conservatives Join Hands 
 With Independent Liberals in the 
 Determination to Overthrow a 
 Government of Fads and Failures. 
 
 A Broad, Comprehensive and Popu- 
 lar Platform, on which all Classes 
 and Creeds May Unite. 
 
 A Party of the People, with a Policy 
 
 For the People, and a Leader 
 
 from the People. 
 
 with the Booeptanee of the leader- 
 •hip of the united Opposition, s new 
 era in the political history of the 
 Colony commences. 
 
 There was a time when the Liberal 
 Party was regarded by some as a 
 party of the people for the people, 
 but that time passed when the 
 sceptre was rudely snatched from the 
 handa ol Sir William Whlteway by 
 ki ambitloua and unworthy succes- 
 sor . 
 
 The Bond Executiye and party to- 
 9t if I oontaisa la remnant ol the 
 
 old Liberal guard, and that is open 
 to doubtr— is at best and at most, a 
 mere appendage to aa individual; a 
 machine for the registering of Tofei 
 in the Assembly, and a more or lata 
 animated phonograph for the n 
 cording of the decisions of an au- 
 tocratic but incompetent chief. 
 
 There is not a party of Um paat, 
 or a policy ef the paat but is repres- 
 ented in the present QOTemment 
 ranka— where old time Tories, sueh 
 at Hons. J. 8. Pitta and Qeo. |he«, 
 •It cheek by i<n -^b WhHewv 
 
Libeialf. like Bona. £U Dave and 
 J. A. OUlt. and noUy politician 
 whose ideas oi politics are compritjcd 
 in the unbridled abuse oi political 
 opponents. 
 
 There we M* men who warmly ad- 
 Tooated the great Kailway policy ol 
 1888 in superficial harmony with 
 those who hive denounced them iu 
 all the moods and tenses of the vo- 
 eabttlariei o{ Webster and Billings. 
 (ate. 
 
 On Om streets and in the clubs the 
 one element denounces the other m 
 terms that leave uo question as to 
 the iinoerity of the mutual dislike 
 and distrust; but at the cracking of 
 the master's whip these elements vie 
 with each other in rendering prompt 
 and unquestioning obedience. Theirs 
 not to reason why. Theirs but to 
 do as their master declares. 
 
 The cement which temporarily but 
 insecurely holds together the seotioua 
 »i the moribund Bond party, is 
 neither loyalty nor policy in the true 
 •enaa of the word. It is 
 that kind of policy which 13 
 known as expediency, the object of 
 .which is pull, patronage, and offices 
 of emolument, first, last and all the 
 I tima 
 
 When In last July Sir Edward 
 
 Uorri* left the Cabinet, he took 
 
 with him not merely the braine of 
 
 the party, but also the only power 
 
 which existed amongst it 
 
 wbereby disaster to the Colony could 
 
 be iinimized, — we cannot say avert- 
 
 I ed, for vnot even his restraining and 
 
 I warning influence was sufficient to 
 
 I preTent those crass stupidities and 
 
 I monumental blunders as have follow- 
 
 I ad «ach other in rapid and inglori- 
 
 I ona Bucoession during the past eight 
 
 I years. Even a Sandow may be 
 
 I bound by Liliputians if their num- 
 
 I beri are sufficiently great. 
 
 It was with a «<»nse of profound 
 I sorrow that the Conservative party 
 I recognized that the resignation cf 
 I their beloved and honored leader, the 
 I Bon. Charles Dawe, was inevitable. 
 
 When all too soon that reaignaUon 
 wa» announced, it was reluctantly 
 accepted by those who would willimj- 
 Iv and cheerfully have fought, whe- 
 ther to victory or defeat, under hii 
 unsullied banner. 
 
 It will be remembered that on that 
 occasion the reUring leader wrote a 
 letter which must always rank high 
 amongst the moat manly utterances 
 ot the world's leaders of men. He 
 urged unity oil action amongst those 
 opposed to the Government, and with 
 a magnanimity and high sense of 
 honor and duty all too rare, tender- 
 ed his warm support actively, if re- 
 newed health permitted, to a united 
 party'* choice of a successor. 
 
 When the House opened this year 
 two Opposition sections sat on the 
 Speaker's right, the old Conaervative 
 Opposition formerly led by Captain 
 Dawe, and the Independent Liberals 
 with whom Sir Edward Monia allied 
 himiell 
 
 During the session both sections 
 did yeomen's services. They probed 
 deeply into the festering wounds if 
 the body politic, and again and again 
 exposed the corruption and the rank 
 incapacity of an administration, 
 which has won notoriety for its fads 
 and failures, and its utter disregard 
 for the rights of the people. 
 
 It was in the course of the session 
 that the old time Conservatives ap- 
 proached Sir Edward Morris with 
 the request that he would erect a 
 leader's banner around which all 
 might rally, and pledged to him 
 the'r support and loyalty. 
 
 Many men would have readily av- 
 ailed of the opportunity. Not so Sir 
 Edward Morris. He preferred to 
 wait for the assurance not only of the 
 support of the individual members rf 
 the Opposition in the House, but 
 also of those prominent supporters 
 oi the Opposition who had been 
 active in the struggle of the past, 
 and of the great army of Liberals 
 who followed him in July last, when 
 Premier Bond's attempt to prevent 
 
f 
 
 th« oarryiog into effect throughout 
 tb« Island ol Sir Edward Morria'a 
 action in raising tli« wage ol the la- 
 borers to $1.25 a day. left Sir Ed- 
 ward no alternativo but to retire 
 Irom a ministry which could be cap- 
 able of such treachery to people 
 whom it boasted that it was always 
 eager to befriend. 
 
 That this support was forthcom- 
 ing none doubted; but no steps were 
 then taken to ascertain the people's 
 wishes, for there was work to be 
 done, and to the effectual pcitorm- 
 anoe of that work every one oi tho3c 
 in the two wings of the Opposition 
 directed their best energies 
 
 With wliat success is matter of 
 general knowledge. In order to 
 avoid furtlier exposure , the House 
 was closed within twenty-two dnya,— 
 an unprecedented proceeding, — 
 whiUt information asked for was 
 withheld or deliberately delayed on 
 piUful pretexts until with the close 
 of the session the opportunity of 
 securing tho information necessary 
 for the proper veiifilation of public 
 grievances vanislied. 
 
 As soon a3 the House closed, from 
 all over the country came the de- 
 mand for !L union of Oppofiittou 
 forces, under the leadersliip of Sir 
 Edward Morris. Whether he would 
 accept the honou;- tliua conferred on 
 him remained undeciied until a few 
 days ago when, in answer to the re- 
 quisition, which we publish to-day. 
 Sir Edward cnnscntod to nssump the 
 laliorious and responsible position of 
 Leader. 
 
 To-day a r.3w flag floats in the 
 breeze, the flag of the People's Party. 
 It is big enough to wave over the 
 entire Island, and cjipacious enough 
 to embrace in its protecting folds all 
 those who place the rights and re- 
 quirements of the people first in tlie 
 progranmie of Legislative duties. 
 
 The Conservative Old Guard has 
 joined hand in hand with the Indft 
 
 pendlent Liberals, and a platform 
 has been enunciated which merits 
 tho support of all who love the land 
 of their nativity or residence, and 
 who believe iii the great future, 
 wliich, under capable guidance. lie« 
 before her. 
 
 Sir Edward Morris will make an 
 ideal leader of a People's Party. He 
 is of the people, and whether in 
 power or out of power, has again and 
 again proven himself their friend. 
 There is no other politician in New- 
 foundland, nor has there been, so far 
 as we know, who for nearly a quar- 
 ter of a century hns represented th« 
 same constituency, headed the poll 
 at each election, and never lost a 
 colleague ! 
 
 For a man to achieve such a rare 
 and glorious record he must be, not 
 merely an able man, hut a true one; 
 not merely popular, but capable; not 
 merely "'hail fellow well met," with 
 young and old, rich and poor alike, 
 but a friend in need and thus a friend 
 indeed. 
 
 If there are any iraits in Sir Ed- 
 ward's character that more than 
 others dning his past career have 
 beeii in videncp, they are his abso- 
 lve fni leps to all. irrespective of 
 class, creed or party; his readiness 
 to aid in all those things which tend 
 to the amelioration of his fellow- 
 men, and his accessibility to all. 
 The district which Sir lldward Morris 
 represents is one that contains nearW 
 as many voters of other different d' 
 noniinaticns as there are of thai v 
 wliich lie is him.^elf a member; and 
 by n^terence to the requisition it will 
 be se?n that the call for him to un- 
 dertake tho leadership of the People's 
 Party is as emphatic from the 
 former as from the latter, a tribute 
 to thei r recognition of his senti- 
 ments of toleration and his states- 
 manship which is eminently sugges- 
 tive of the liberality of our people in 
 
•uoh mattert that ha< beooms h 
 mmilest of late years 
 
 That is the kind of a leader which 
 a People'! Party rcquirei, and that 
 it the kind of leader that the Peo- 
 ple'! Party of Newfoundland has to 
 lead It to victory,- Conservative 
 when the preservation of the rights 
 of hie country and its citizens is 
 concerned; Liberal, in the truest 
 •ense of the word, and above all, a 
 man of the people, with a policy for 
 the people, colleagues rei>resentative 
 of all classes of the people, and one 
 object before all others, the mainten- 
 ance of the People's fights, the ex- 
 tension of the People's privileges, 
 •od the sateguardlng of the People's 
 interests in such manner as to on- 
 »ure the happiness and permanent 
 prosperity of the People. 
 
 The Daily News heortily endorses 
 the leadership of Sir Kdward Morris, 
 •nd win lend its aid to the further- 
 
 ance of the policy which be haa 
 ■nunciated, a policy worthy of a 
 People's Loader, and a platform 
 broad enough and solid enough to 
 boar upon its boards the strength of 
 all forms of thouglit and opinion 
 united in the determination to re- 
 move from power a Govfrnment 
 which lins failed in every essential 
 of stut<!sniaiiship. and plunged the 
 country into a qunginire of indebted- 
 ness, giving away millions of dollars 
 without a sint^Ie gain to compensate 
 for the stupendous and wholly un- 
 necessary loss. 
 
 We salute the Bonner of the Peo- 
 ple's Party to-day, unfurled by Sir 
 Edward Morris, and do so with the 
 assured conviction that his flag will 
 long float triumphantly over the wall 
 of our Island Home, a symbol of 
 hope, of cheer, of usefulness, and of 
 victory. 
 
(From the " Evening Chronicle" March 5th) 
 
 The People's Party 
 
 Led By Sir E. P. Morris. 
 Appeals to tlie Electors 
 
 To Overthrow Bond's "Bunglers."] 
 
 Influential Requisition 
 Comprehensive Platform. 
 "Victory is in the Air." 
 
 The announcement In this tssue of 
 Sir Edward Morris's acceptance of 
 tlie LeaderaMp of tlie People's Varty, 
 marlta a new era in our political his- 
 tory. The call for Sir Edward Mor- 
 ris to undertake the formation of the 
 new political party Is due to people 
 of all classes and conditions having 
 cocie to realize that a continuance of 
 Sir Robert Bond's rule, with its ag- 
 gregation of colossal blundering, 
 means utter ruin for the Colony, and 
 that If this is to be averted, some 
 other man must be placed in charge 
 of our affairs. 
 
 Sir Edward ^lorris hiui Lu&n in pub- 
 
 lic life for twenty five years, and I 
 holds the unique record of having I 
 represented the one district for that 
 me period, heading the poll In St. I 
 John's West In every election, and I 
 :ever having lost a oolleasua. Ha I 
 has, however, an even better claln | 
 to :p".blie confidence than eren tbU. 
 for Ae has been conspicuous during I 
 that whole period for th« ability. [ 
 energy and foresight which h« baa I 
 brought to the consideration of pub- | 
 lie affairs. In ols early parliamen- 
 tary days, when he was a member ot I 
 the original Liberal party — of whlcb I 
 he is the bqIq surviving representa-l 
 
tlT« In public affairs today — h« car- 
 ried thro the Legislatura the Me- 
 chanics' Lien Dill, the Employers' 
 Liability Bill, the Bank Fishermen's 
 Insurance BUI and a number tt othA- 
 meaBureB designed to Improve the 
 material well-being of our working 
 claaseB. 
 
 In 1889 Sir Edward became a mem- 
 ber of Sir \Vm. Whiteway'a adminis- 
 tration, and .1 that capacity has been 
 Identified with every measure for 
 which that party clainia credit — the 
 building of the railroad and the 
 other projects with which our people 
 are familiar as haviug been put for- 
 ward during the past twenty years. 
 Sir Edward introduced the measure 
 for the creation of the Council of 
 Higher Education and it was he who, 
 during the absence of Sir Robert 
 Bond a few years ago, Increased tlNj 
 Education Vote oy $60,000, the lar- 
 gest increase ever given in the his- 
 tory of the Colony and Ave times as 
 much as Sir Robert Bond's Executiv* 
 gave this year. Last summer again, 
 while Sir Robert Bond was In Eng- 
 land, Sir Edward, as everybody 
 knows, increased the pay of the la- 
 borers on public works to |1.25 per 
 day, and It was the attempt of Sir 
 Robert Bond and Mr. Gushue to de- 
 stroy the value of this concession 
 that caused Sir Edward Morris to 
 leave the Bond party. 
 
 Sir Edward Morris has always 
 been conspicuous for his advocacy of 
 measures to advance the Interests ot 
 the working classes. The latest evi- 
 dence of this was his action during 
 the present session, when he effected 
 an amendment to the new Employ- 
 en' Liability Act, Increasing ^le 
 compensatfon for total disablement 
 from 1500 *,o $900 a year for three 
 years, but this amendment was re- 
 jected by the Government support- 
 ers in the Upper House, a fact which 
 is a striking commentary on the sin- 
 cerity of the Bondlte claim to be 
 always promoting the welfare of 
 our industrial classes. Sir Edward 
 
 Morris showed his Interest In the 
 working people by his advocacy of 
 conct'Hblons for the sealers, his se- 
 curing a "rise" in ihe price of "fat" 
 and his action lust year In arranging 
 fur the tiending home of stranded 
 crews, and it must not bo forgotten 
 In this connection that Sir Robert 
 Bond and every member of the Gov- 
 ernment party voted against Sir 
 Kdward Morris'H i)roposal3 to Im- 
 prove the condition of the sealers 
 tills year. 
 
 The first jilank in the Whlteway 
 platturm of l^'i'J was the pledge of 
 $1.2ii a day, but for twenty year* 
 that plodse was not made good, until 
 Sir l-Jdward Morris gave it effect lam 
 sumuit-r. t^jr the past eight yeari, 
 since Sir Robert Bond became Pre- 
 mier, the country Iuih been at a 
 standstill; nut a mile of railroad has 
 been built, not a progressive under- 
 taking has been set on foot. All 
 sorts of wild-cat scliemcs have been 
 projected and the Statute Book has 
 been laden with enactments of the 
 most farcical cliaracter, not one of 
 which has ever assumed any vitality 
 — Coal Boring Schemes, Flett Fias- 
 cos, Fog Free Zone, Boats, etc. Dur- 
 ing the previous ten years Whlteway 
 and Morris built the railroad from 
 St. John's to Port au Basques, and 
 carried out many other substantial 
 undertakings. During the latter pe- 
 riod , however, tho several sections 
 of the country, isolated from rail- 
 road communication, have petitioned 
 for the same, Sir Robert Bond has 
 ignored their appeals. Sir Edward 
 Morris now gives an assurance that 
 this work will be undertaken, and 
 that every important section of the 
 country will be brought Into direct 
 communication with the capital. Sir 
 Edward Morris also pledges himself 
 to encourage our fisheries, by the es- 
 tablishment of bait freezers, steam 
 communication to the West Indies, 
 daily bait intelligence service, an 1 
 the opening up of new markets for 
 our products. He undertakes to eu- 
 
 rl 
 
t'on, and the proviufng ora L , ^ j!" r'' '" "°'"'" °°"<' "'■»"» 
 for land clearing. I,e unUortakrio « ^?, " ""i " ^"''^ "*"■« ^'^'^d " 
 encourage our n,lnl„g,„„UHtry by ll ",,""^7™"^« '» Trlnl.y m igj,. 
 
 proper exploration of our coU ar.is s ru- m"""" '" '"=' "*» "" of 
 the utilisation or our poatfllrtl.; f ' "'" ^^"'"■■"■'J''^ lieutenant, 
 
 enforcement of l,„v, to a ogu^r \[ T f '?'"•"' " ''"'^"" '» »«89. ""t 
 t'.e lives and liu.bs of men emplli ' '""', "'" ■^^^^''"' '""""Ing ,. 
 
 'nn„„e„, the proper housTr „t ,' a .:[' "' '''-'°''''-' '"-« '"entincd 
 nilner„ and other workmen, and gen 1,1, ''"'■'' '""■'>■■ '"^«""- ^"1. 
 ^ra y stimulate progres., m ti„,'' . ^"^^ ^ ™ '^'"^ '''"y Cabinet Mini- 
 reetlon. He undertakes to Increase T,T , '' "'''"• "'"' "^"^y every 
 
 t:.H education grant and to m , „ o t " T," t """'"^ "' «'^ """^'t 
 Bcholasllc facilities, to reduce ta.! "" ' '""' '" ""> """lie service 
 
 atlon in ti.e l„,e-ests of the masses a," " t"7h ™""'"'"' " ""^ "<"''«'■ 
 protect trade and labor unions, as ^ow ,L t""" "" °' '"«"• "«** 
 1» done m Great Britain; to pro Ido flnd P , '''' "^'""■- ^"11 w. 
 Old age pensions and pay poor relie T.t Te l """I P'-"""'". 
 In ca;:h; to provide elective Road , . . ' ''*'"''^' Confeder- 
 
 Boards for the ontports, ad to add ■. "■""•'■''' " "* ">' "'"ne.n. 
 
 new light houses and fog a"rms° "T 1 '" m " "' """ "'"-" 
 
 On the question of Confederation ith T"'"'' "'"' "'""K In 
 
 Sir Edward Morris Is as emphat! "" u Me*,'""!""' "^""^^ °' '"« 1'»- 
 '.e most exacting could desire n^ vlZuVV' "" "^^ '■'™'™'' 'h. 
 declares his policy to be the main „ > ^^ *'""'' >>« --onipellea 
 
 tenanco of selt-governmen tan" no" der t'"^ T^""' Confederation In o^ 
 Confederation. Of course the stock c, i T '"" "'• 
 ery of his opponents is that Confed- ,h„ f .1?°"''" ""^'^ dlfflcultie. U 
 e'-atlon is at the bottom of this Z' *' """ "««" f'^'"* 
 
 movement, but It must not be Tor cZ, T ""°" "' "'""^^ '» """w'J 
 gotten that only last evening Z TA'Tf""^^ ""^ ""=' '«" ^»"- 
 published a lengthy article from the to r 00 oon """"' "monntln. 
 
 Telegram, of May 30th, 1900, la set,,:' I "° "^ "°* •'^'"''e u» 'oi 
 Which that paper strongly advocates ul ' ' ^"^ '^"""" "' '"« <=»«-'- 
 "nion with Canada as being most a j! i '" "^'^sering under the burden 
 vantageous for the people of this "' w, ™°"' °""'''' "as created. 
 Colony. "^ ""^ '-"iJ they want to get rid of Sir Rob- 
 
 There Is no longer In this Colony IV'T """ "'' ^"'^^ '" °'^« "-at 
 a Liberal party In the sen.se in whle!^ "Z T1 T'' """' '^°""»'"' »' *"« 
 supporters of sir Robert Bond would w„L f ■""* ''"' ''^'' '°'° steadier 
 endeavor to have people believe t' ers w^ "'" '"' """^ <" ^«"-^'»''- 
 Llberal party originally was that led "''\^^°^'' """^s are on Sir Ed- 
 by Sir Ambrose Shea from ,885 to „>?? '•""'"'^'"°" ""I "ho represent 
 1889, and when that party combin d f" ""'"'^''^' "^''''s and conditions in 
 with Sir William Whiteway's "ol ow- ,1 T """.'" i^^ "■■" " "-'""i ^ form 
 ""B lu the fall of 1889 and Me sr^ '"^ '^,™'"^ « P"ty. With Its creation 
 Morris, Emerson, JIcGrath, O'Dwyer n '"r ,°^ °' ""■""'' '= ''^"'K 'elt in 
 and others Joined with Sir William ,^^°^'"'y' ""ople breathe more free- 
 Whlteway the name of Libera wa" I "' ""''' '•'™«"'^« '"^t • 
 
 given to the united organisation Z, '"'l"^" '^ ^"""t «<> take place and 
 as the n»me— the People's Party—i, ,'T .f '""'""■ ''"='nes8-llke admln- 
 belng given to that now formed, and Id by sfr e?""^ "'" '"= """■«"•'■ 
 
 u ed by Sir Edward when he takes hold 
 
ol th« man««»nient of our attain. 
 Of cour»« It goe» without Mrlnc that 
 Sir Robart Dond and hl« orjana will 
 DOW attempt to uteal tha platform o( 
 tha People'. Party, and will claim 
 that every proponltlon p>it forward 
 by Sir Edward ha» been "under con- 
 alderallon by the Government,' J««t 
 aa Sir Robert did with regard to se- 
 curing concessions tor the sealera. 
 
 A slgnlllcant clrcuiustanco In con- 
 nection with the present movement 
 and with the Uequlsltlon addressed 
 to Sir Edward Morris Is the fact that 
 peopla of all denominations have 
 largely signed It. It Is a striking 
 testimonial to the growth of a spirit 
 of toleration In the community that 
 the people of this Colony, Irrespective 
 of class or church, are prepared to 
 follow the example of Canada In 
 electing Sir Wilfrid Laurler as Pre- 
 mier of that country, and are ready 
 to accept Sir Edward Morris and do 
 their part to place him at the head 
 of our administration, In the hope 
 and confident belief that he will ad- 
 minister our public affairs as wisely 
 and as well as Sir Wilfrid Laurler 
 has those of Canada during the past 
 
 ten years. 
 
 Another significant circumstance 
 IB the fa< t that so many of the mas- 
 ters of the sealing steamers have 
 signed the requisition to Sir Edward 
 Morris. During the past month, ever 
 since the episode In the House of 
 Assembly, regarding the sending 
 home of stranded sealers, Sir Robert 
 Bond and his organs have been claim- 
 
 ing that the credit for thU U dua 
 to him and the Uovernment, and not 
 to Sir Edward Morris, but the name, 
 of thi. sealing mast.'rs apiiended to 
 Sir Edward Morri«» requii.n.ou .•- 
 dlcate that they tuke a ditfercnl and 
 mure correct view of the matter, and 
 that thoy are pr. iiurcd to do lustlce 
 to the mau who r.ally befriended 
 thum on lliat occasion, and of whose 
 fllness fur the l.uclerahip of the 
 ■joverument f.cy c.vp.-e»s tbemselve. 
 confident. 
 
 rinally. wo might observe that thU 
 is the first time, it we are not mis- 
 taken, In the history of the Colony, 
 tliat a reuuiaition of the character of 
 tlmt wo in.bli«h today, has been pre- 
 sented to a public man. Well piUd 
 (iovcrnmont touters may pretend to 
 Bcoff at the movement for the crea- 
 tion of a Peoples Party, and try to 
 make out that Sir Robert Bond » 
 of what is going to occur In this Col- 
 ony next November. 
 
 We congratulate Sir Edward Mor- 
 ris on this tribute to his statesman- 
 ►hip and his popularity. We welcome 
 he People's Party and Its leader, and 
 we feci safe In predicting that when 
 the ballots are counted next fall, t 
 will be found that Sir Edward Morris 
 will have a majority so substantial 
 as to be the most complete and con- 
 vincing testimony of his fitness to 
 guide our destinies, and the most 
 ample inspiration to him to inaugur- 
 ate an era of good government for 
 this Most Ancient and Loyal Colony.