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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 o '3 i MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS STANDARC REFERENCE MATERIAL 1010a (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No, 2) Dominion Alliance Manifesto Also Citizens* Reasons for Ignoring the So-Called Referendum Officers of the flanitoba Branch Dominion Alliance W. RI5DPORD MUI.OCK. K^., Preatdent. W. W. BUCHANAN, Secretary. (KEV.) E. J. CHEG'VIN, AMOclata Secretary. B. L. TAYLOR. TreaBuref. VICE-PRE8IDEN18 Rev. Joseph Hogg. „ .i. m r> Thomas Beath, M.D. WINNIPEG. John Graham, Pomeroy. J. J Ring, Crystal City. LISGAR. H. L. Montgomery, Deloralne. J. J. Story, Wawanesa. BRANDON. Rev. J. G. Anderson, Dynevor. ^ . , , M. Ewlng, West Selkirk. SELKIRK. Rev. M. GilUs, Dominion City. Robert Wright, Emerson. PROVENCHER. M. E. Boughton, Arden. J. 8. Gowanlock, Cypress River. MACDONALD. W. H. Ditch, Mlnnedosa. Geo. H. McKague, Hamlota. MARQUETTE. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE P. H. Davidson Rev. S. Fea J. E. Ellis Thos. Nixon G. P. Stephens Rev. W. L. Arm- strong Jos. Cowan Rev. W. C. Vincent H. B. Sharpe Arthur M. FYaser Rev. J. J. Roy Rev. J. B. Sllcox A. Dykes Dr. Amelia Teo- mana Hon. J. W. Slfton Rev. R. P. Bowles Rev. H. Wigle Rev. A . Stewa rt, D. D. Rev. J. McClung Dr. Ollnt l>aJy Schultz H. B. Jones J. P. Fowler All of Winnipeg. W. R. Bartlett-Bmndon. r. W. Cllngan-Elkhorn. E. P. Dobbyn— Mellta. Rev. M.P. Hayden— Portage la Prairie. Rev. John W. Dickinson— Dauphin. Rev. T. J. McCrossan— Selkirk. Rev. J. C. Walker— Morden. J. W. Magwood— Klllamey. Rev. T. Neville— Austin. J. F. Hunter— Bolsscvaln. U. R. Hamilton- Neepawa. Kev. F. B. Stacey— Portage la Prairie. Rev. Nell Ilcrmon— Portage la Prairie. Rev. W. H. Kmslle— Brandon. W. S. Jory— Pilot Mound. J. C. Brown— Holland. John Orr— Swan River. John Dulmage— SourlB. The Presidents of the Branches In each Electoral Division. The Presiding Office rof each Provin- cial Temperance Organization. Chief officers of the organized Elector- al Division Branches are the following : Division. President. Secretary. Avondale-W. G. McLaren-W. O. Heth- Ington. Beautiful .'lains— M. E. Boughton-Geo. Forrester. Blrtle-Rev. J. W. Bell-W. A. Doyle. Brandon City -N. Carter-Mrs. A. Har- rison. Brandon North— R. McKenzle — ii.rch. Kennedy. Brandon South -J. J. Stor>-Rev. W; El- liott. Cypress— J. W. Gowanlock— Rev. W. A. Deloralne— Edw. Kerr— H. L. Montgom- ery. Einerson-D. Wright-E. A. Armstrong Klllarney-Rev. M. P. Flood-Rev. W.R. Johnston. Lakeside-Peter Cameron-A. D. Caskey Lansdowne— D. D. Buchanan-Rev. Al- len Moore. Lome— J. M. Toombs— George Durno Manltou-Rev. J. L. Brown-W. D. Rut- tan. Mlnnedosa-Rev. J. H. Mlller-Thos. W. Peter. Morden-J. H. Black~A. ; IcLeod Morris— Rev. J. W. Johnston— D. M. Ure Mountain-Rev. John Greenway— James B. Parr Norfolk-Rev. T. M. Talbot-W. J, Ben- nlng. Portage la Prairle-C. S. B. Burley-W. P. Ruiidle :Sockwood- Ira Stratton-Rev. W. B. Tighe St Andrews— Thos. Galloway— Rev. N. Herman Saskatoon- Rev. J. H. Cameron--Rtrs. St.t. L. Head Souris— James Duncan— A. E. Kemp Sprlngfieid-Rev. H. J. Stlrllng-nev.^JV. Turtle Mountain— Rev. J. M. Harrison— J. F. Hunter Vlrden— W. J. Wilcox-G. H. Healey Westbourne— J. L. Logle— Geo. H. Mlna- ker Dominion Alliance Manifesto NO REFERENDUM! The Act, the Whole Act, and Nothing But the Act To thr ^c.i.,.er8 of the Manitoba Branch of the Dominion Alliance. You are aware that the Manitoba branch of the Dominion Alliance dur- ing its late convention in Winnipeg, (at which were present over 500 delt- gates, representing all parts of the province and all political parties) ap- proached the government and pleade.l that without any further reference to the people tlie prohibitory liquor law on our statute book be proclaimed ni force. The Ministerial Association of this city, without a dissenting voice also, and at the same time, urged thi.-< course upon the government as tn'j only consistent one in view of tile action already taken by the govern ment and of its pledges to the people. To the convention tlie premier replied on behalf of the government in th-; following note: Rev. E. J. Chegwin. Secretary Manitoba Branch Dominion Alliance, City : Winnipeg, Ju.n. 15. 1902. Rev. and Dear Sir,— I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of yours of even date, asking an answer i> the requests that were made to the .jvernment and legislature to-day, jointly, by the repre- sentatives of your body and those of the Ministerial association of the city. In reply beg to say that after care- fully considering the statements made to-day by members of the Ministerial association and the Dominion Alliance, thn gn-crnment. after consulting with their supporters in caucus, still believe It is desirable that a referendum should be held, such referendum deciding the fate of the Act, the government pledging to the strict enforcement of the Act, if so brought into force by the referen- dum. I have the honor io be your obed lent servant. (Sgd.) R. P. ROBLIN. The Alliance, after some consider- ation of this reply, appointed a com- mittee to prepare a suitable finding, whd to the detri- ment of the prlvileRi's of either the people or the crown, will ever take away the rights of the people of thl.« province to responsible goveriniient, and we are confident he will hesitate long before he will sign an act em- bodying a referendum such as that re- ferred to in the pr.^mier's letter, which would so manifestly be subversive of the main principle of the British con- stitution, namely, responsible gov- erninent. To show the needlessness of the proposed so-called referendum we would further remind you, as you well know that two plebiscites were held and In each a majority In favor of prohibition was given and that In one case It was so large that the legislature styled it "an overwhelming majority;" also that the Liquor Act was agreed to by a unanimous vote of the whole house and has been declared by H. M. Privy council to be a valid Act. The Honorable Hugh John Macdon- ald honestly redeemed his pledges and placed upon the statute book our Act. The present government, his succes- sors, now propose this so-called re- ferendum and they offer it to us in Ihe guise of a girt in order that th:- people "may be educated" ouce more to record the third or fourth time an "overwhelming majority." if th« government had any doubt about \hclr obligation to enforce the law, why did they not take steps to remove the doubt before testing Its validity In the courts? Who asked fcr this referendum? The prohlbltlonlst^ lid not. Did the liquor party? if so, then the gov- ernment admits that although th y advised the crcwn that the Liquor Act was unanimously assented to by the legislature, thi'y are prepared to ac- cept the dicta lion of the liquor party and try to undo their own act. If the government suggested the referendum, then they, of their own motion, are trying to evade the responsibilities of enforcing an act, passed and placed upon the statute book by their own party. No friend of ours could pos- sibly lutve suggested such a course and we leave it • the common sense of the people to judge as to how It came to be suggested. The Worst Tactics. To accept the so-called referendum would be the wors* possible tactics. No matter in wh^t Jrms the Referen- dum Act may be f*^amed the govern- ment, having laid 'he responsibility of enforcement up...i the people will stand aloof with perfect Indifference to the fate of the Liquor Act. Tho prohibitionists alone must assume the whole care of Its fate. The govern- ment win say In effect, "We now wash our hands of this Act of yours. Bring out your voters. Appoint your scrutineers, set your machinery ago- ing. Of course you can't depend upon our organization to help jou. If yoi fail to get a sufficient mijority, the loss will be yours, not ouis." Again, through this so-called refer- endum, the Liquor Act will be remov- ed from the sphere of party politics and will no longer have behind It the full weight of a political party. Neith- er responsibility for the enforcement of the Act nor discredit for failure to enforce, can be laid upon either of the two great political parties. Further, even supposing the vote at the proposed referendum should be overwhelmingly in favor of the Act what guarantee have we that a gov- ernment which have inanifestly re- garded this Act with disfavor from the first will devote themselves to its enforcement with the vigor and con- scientiousness necessary to its suc- cess? In addition to this we ought to remember that under our present political system we can secure pro- hibition only through on-> of the parties. The Conservative party is now pledged to support us. If the govern- ment cAn p«rauade us to accept the propoaed refetendum they will have cast prohibition out o( their party platform with nur consent, and when the next crislH urlces they will say "we will give you uiiother ruirrenUum. " The (tovcrninent Is In dire straits it. they can ask us to take such a posi- tion, and they must think we can be most tasily deceived. We will be throwing away the advantage for which WL> have for years been fight- ing, and we will iiave it said of us that we were willing to become a foot- oall to be kicked about at a referen- dum whenever we are getting trouble- some. How can we accept this posi- tion? How can we commit politld of between ."(IIO and UIMI dole- gates, over half of them from all over the province, men of the hight'.st char- acter and ability, Rnthcrlng at a mo- ment's notice to deal with this most important question. We would ngain call your uttention to the f:iit that every resolution passed w.ts In effect unanimous, and th.Tt our action has summoned to our support many who in th*? days gone by always looked askiiiue .'ic our cause. We have won friends by the cour.se taken at the Alliar.ce convention, and every day's press Is bringing them in l.irger num- bers to our assistance. We have no fear. Our cause Is over-ruled by a Higher I'ower, a wisdom, that Is not our own. We appeal to you to stand by the Alliance In the resolution of its magnificent convention, and to work harmoniously together as a whole In abstaining and in persuading our friends also to abstain r'lom the poll. In conclusion, we feel that we can- not acquiesce in or condone the great moral wrong proposed to be perpe- trated upon the temperance people of this provin^-e by accepting the so-call- ed referendum, and we feel confident that by loyally supportlnK the course adopted by the Alliance, we shall not only I re.serve the .Act. but we shall .ilso hold fast that vantnge ground for which we have fought so loni? and which we have won at such cost By order and on behalf of the .Man- itoba Branch of the Dominion Alli- ance. W. REDFORD MULOCK, Prest. (REV.) E. J. CHEGWIN, Sec'y. Winnipeg, Feb. H. 1902. Addendum. We deslro to call the attention of our members to the position taken by the Ministerial a.ssoclation, as publish- ed in the press of the 17lh January, 1902, and also to the reasons adduced in the Winnipeg papers of 3rd Feb- ruary, 19f)2, by a committee of inde- pendent, representative citizens, for the adc-tion of thf same course a.s taken ' ihe Alliance. W. R. M. Reasons for Is^noring the So-Called -"Referendum By Twenty-Two Leading: and Representati Citizens, Irrespective of Politics To our ffUow cltlzuns In the ProvliiL"! ct Manitoba: Ot'iulenien; — L,ai attentiuu liavlnK been called to the following letter which recently appeared in the puLjli>. press we venture to aUUress you m reference thereto. Th»; letter '.» as {ollows: lltiV. K. J. Chegwin, City: Winnipeg, Jan. Ij, 1!k;2. Kev. and Dear Sir,— I have the honor to aciinowledge receipt ot yours of even •Jate, aaKing an answer lo the requests that were made to the guvernment and legislaiuie to-day, jointly, by the repre- sentatives of your body and those of llie Ministerial association of the city. In reply beg to say tha' after care- fully considering tue sla^oiutnta made to-Uay by memuirs of the Miiii.slfriui ussociaiion xmd tne Dominion Aiilunce. tlie Kovernniciit, after consulling with their supporters in caucus. sUll believe It is desirable that a reteret.aum siiould be held, such referendum deciding the fate of the Act, the govurnmeiit pledg- ng to the stiict enforctmunt ul Ihc Act, J so brought into force by tin' rel'er- enduni. I have Ihu lionor l» be your obedient servant, (Sgd.) R. v. ROIiLIN. In view of the statements contained in the above letter, we tlic under- signed hertby enter our solemn pro- test agali-it the proposed action of the Oovci anient as outlined in said letter anu do hereby pledge ourselvea should such action be taken, to ab- stain from voting either "yea" or "nay" in connection with the b' called referendum, and do hereby vite our fellow-citizens to adopt l.>'^ same course for the following (amongst other) good and sufHcient reasons: 1 We contend that the application of the proposed referendum is sub- versive of the principles of repre- sentative and responsible government because, (a) The Ueferunduni introduces a ne'" principle of legislation into oui system of representative government, and is in itself so serious an Innova- tion, as far us our provincial auto- nomy is concerned that (without pro- nouncei::g for or against the principle involved) it ought not in our opinion lo be adopted, without tiie niobl careful consideration of which the present ocd'sion docs not uiin.it. it is also ur Ued for inasmuch as a sulticient nia.idate on tlie subject In (jut lion l.us, in our opinion, been already given, but. if not so given, the constitution provides other w"'.! known modes of ascertaining th',- views ot the chctorate. (b) No mandate for such a referen- dum h IS as yet b. • n given by the people of this province. (c) Even if correct in principle there is, as far as we are aware, no pre- cedent, either under British or for- eign systems of government, for Ita present proposed application to the enforcement ot an act of the legis- lature, already assented to by thi- crown. (d) Its proposed application would relieve the government of a responsi- bility which, under our representative system necessarily attaches to them in respect of all measures enacted during their administration, and more particularly in respect of a measure introduced by them and enacted, as in the present case, in fulfilment of a distinct pledge made to the electorate; (e) Such application furtlier in- volves an abdication (protanto) by the legislc-ture of its legislative auth- ority. Inasmuch as It is proposed to make the Referendum decide the late ot the act which is to be brought Into force or not, according to the re- sult of the poll. even to the extent of in """ courts. M. Privy counci"; "'"'^'" '° "• tlon'o? tL^^c'tri';;^"' »' '^'^ ^ P-- 1001. was obtaln»H -?f .*w "^ ^"' °f J""". in, t'hat the «o 2 rea8"on';„;2''"r''""'^- poneme. t was to secure a^f»"f'. """'■ to Ita vaiidlty and fhn? decision ua lUlty belniT aLnr„H .w ' "" ''"^■»' val- PUt into operation'' '"*■' "'^^ "«»'-J - rr.a^te^wT'aes'lreT'.^TV^'"^ """"'• ztzTr- --"-u°r- °„r'^.x f-i1ini^?o VvL^?H.°' °'^"?'°" '"'^t "• the act by hli LI. •"•"'^'^'nation of •governor at thP°,T' '*** Heutenant- ?hT^.lrst7^-raS^ *° -r vi' -e. It is ai^ t^"'"' °' t*'^ P™- tryTe^-Vfr^f^-^'-— -" now" ^l'.n':VJ'VU''T.T?n st^ ctn-sU/j- '-the'„° -v^f %> o"^ -trongiy conden^n'thls TcUon/or^'^n! °* *f"°"' "ot only on the ground th2t Us effect Is to thwart the will nft hi P^^f «i but also because In our op.n^! aCtiUy'-oV-lt-'crrr '"-'^^ -" Accordingly from motives of loy- non „°ni"! "'■''^^" ""'^ 'he constUu- fi^.h "^ '" '*>« Interests of good fQl h and good government, we e!?n- f "y, P'-"te''t agntnst the action con- templated by the ministry; an" fur- -""ll .u."fssU„^V "them"Tn"*- "2 wrong-doing we Lvl'^'o^ J.'^.e.Te? ;.«^ ou.. fX:^uC. -rf^': Winnipeg, Jun. 31, 1902. (•'Signed) -huroh.''- ^«WLE.S, pastor Grace J W. COCKBURN, alderman FHEDERIC B. DUVAL nn tor Knox church. ' ^- ^- »*«- Clary' Mnn^.Ja'iHng'co;';. T ^'=- ,^AnTHUH M. KP. fsER": ^/ister at Pben-s'ohur'^.h.''^'' """"^^'•' ^t- Ste- nry f '°e"''-l?, ^- -rc.'dent Pr.m- ■^.'^" h-l;--s„ - -,,^^^^^^^^ t.sr'.'^L^:'^^"^- P-'- First" Bap- Ma';:ito^rcS: ""• ""• '''•"'='^'" «" K. S. POPHAM, M. D., C M lK^"'" ^«^'«' Archdeacon of -^S^n'^'^Vr^ly.^"'^^'^^- ^»>-eel.or TIIOS. D. ROEI.VSON, merchant, church. ^°^'' " '°'- «t- George's »-^.^it''coSn7' '"'"^'^'"- ^-P»'--n Co-^ng,^e.a?ira?'^chur?ll"'^'^'-- ^-^- La^bor'^PaS''''''' '"'''^'''' ^'""Ipeg G- F. STEPHENS, merchant. ANDREW STEWART r. ri A. WICKSON, banl- -. ' " ea^h'%f''7hr*'°^ent';emr^°^\^'- , °' merely for PurpofeS^'oTru^ntlLaflor