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Un dea aymbolea auivanta apparattra aur la darnlAre imege de cheque microfiche, aelon le caa: le aymbole — »• aignlfie "A SUIVRE", le aymbole ▼ aignlfie "FIN". 'e Mapa, platea, charta. etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratloa. Thoae too lerge to be entirely included In one expoaure are filmed beginning in the upper left hend corner, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa required. The following diagrama illuatrate the method: Lea cartea, planchaa. tableaux, etc.. peuvent Atre fllmte A dea taux de reduction diff Arenta. Loraque le document eat trop grand pour Atre reproiduit en un aeul cllchA, 11 eat filmi A partir de Tangle aupArleur gauche, de geuche i droKe, et de haut en baa, en prenant ie nombre d'imagea nAceaaaire. Lea diagrammea auivanta illuatrent la mAthode. f errata d to It le palure, 1 2 3 ax 1 2 3 4 5 6 'i~ rtfVT' The LuxtoD Expulsion ! [Why W. F. Luxton has been Expelled FROM THE Free Press, and Despoiled OF THE Fruits of Hi^ ^ ^Jt Life's Work. -? [. W. F. ICXTON IS REIBliW'^^ V'°' the paper, as a Be Press Hoard of Director! Besolntion Havinflr Thar Effect ler History of the "Call" and "Son" Deals in Days Gone By. (From Tribune, Sept 23rd.) ' *' / Jj ir. W. F. Luxton is nfj longer editor-in- of the Free Preae. liB fact was learned by The Tribune Mday afternoon. There is an interest Ihistory connected with the Free Hre-as, I the most sensational features of it vlate to period about five years ago, when [ Alex. Macdonald, ex-mayor ot the city, out his interest. Sir Donald A. Smith iced about $26,000 to Mr. Luxton [took therefore 800 shares of Free Press as collateral, giving Mr. Luxton five 1 in which to redeem the stock, interest u-mrged at the rate of 6 per cent. At tt the time Mr. Macdonald sold nut \Free Press bought out the Call, then Conservative organ, pa^ ing therefor }, and a sum to Mr. Acton Burrows, ., /^9, W. F. LUXTON. carried through this deal, and took the money with the underittuuding between himself and President Van Home, of the "^flWH Z^b- *>v-r7s r e>.7fv; 0. P. R.» that he woald not b« InterferMi with in Miy way and tiMt the poliqy d the paper would not be ohimged; farther, that he would remain in control of tiie wme as before, the only etipolation being that he was not to mn down the coontry. Matten went on smoothly for some time, and so far as can be learned there. was no effbrt at interfering, except ut the tidie of the last general elections, when it is said Mr. Van Home desired to have the Dominion candidates warmly supported by what people generally recognized as the C.P.B. organ. This Mr. Luxton is said to have declined to do, as it would be an endorsation of the National PoUoy, some- thing in which he did not believe and did not consider in the best interests trf the oenntry, especially the Northwest. How- ever, the Free Press did not support the Opposition candidates, showing that the hiad«i hand had some influence, which, co\i- pled with Mr. Luxton's dislike of the Local Oovemment accounted for the policy of the paper during that exciting period. FURTHBB D|tVKLOPHBNT8. So far as Tbb Tbibukk reporter learned there was no specific instruction or effort to interfere with the policy of the paper until recently. The Sir Donald A. Smith option expired on the 6th of Sept. last. Mr* Luxton is said to have had almost com- pleted arrangements, but failed for the time bein^^, owing to the general financial de- pretoion. He asked for an extension, if tmlj for a few months, which he was led to believe would be grantiBd. Without any intimation a meeting of the directors was called on FridM^ and the by-law appointing Mr. Luxton and defining his duties was can- celled and a resolution passed declaring the position of managing director, held by Mr. Luxton, vacant. It is said that at this meeting there were present Messrs. John Mather, G. A. Muttleberry and J. B. Som- erset. IKTEREST m THS DSAI.. ' On Friday evenir.a a rumor became cur- ' resAwm the streets tnat a change had taken plaoe in tiie Free Press by which Mr. W. F. Luxton had severed his . connection with that paper. The rumor spread like wild- fire andf attracted the most iutense interests in all circles. The knowing ones winked at one another about two weeks ago when Mr. Mo^nenx St. Jqhu. the well known eastern newspaper man, registered at the ManitolM and gave very general answers to th.^ ones- tions of interviewers. His vMt was to look ■■■■ '■■ '"'." ' '.'" : I m II ' I i ' I -^ mtomattwiiath#WMtfai tUloteM-e «f theO.P,\ Ottiwi tiKiB^tSSnyj im was qolte tanw *•» Mr. Si .Toltt hi4 other strings to hii bow; Vridfty 9fm»tt a ^dj twopromtootfliiiniWonill JPree Aw Maff aiMl a wdl kaowii mmattail, Mr. Hugh Satharlaad, hava been a^C w earaestoonver^ationaBdatafoint oiitildle of the offloes of the MMT. ]^i ibtatn other souroes oame more deibiite ioionRMlMi. and all pointed to th« fact that a racUdal «>hann had oome over the iVes Press, and that Mr. Luxton's connection had bam severed. Prominent membors of the iVee /V««8 com- pany dropped carious hints to their friends, which in the present state of affiklra meant a great deal. On Satnrday Messrs. Mather, tiomemet Mid St. John were observed in ooaversatimi in a comer of the rotunda of the Manitoba. and the threshing about and (Mpening and folding of a copy of the Fret Pnts left no doubt as to what was the object of their talk. Whatever may have been the tend of their t \lk they appeared to be well satisfied with the world in general, and it looked as if things were moxdng not altogether out of harmony with their wishes. As they separ- ated MTr, Mather was approached Iw a TniBOKB reporter, and after a few words about his trip to the west, he wu asked if Mr. Luxton's successor had been appointed. Mr. Maiherdidaot appear to be at all soi prised at the ques(^<», but he answered that he wat ncit jast in a position to qteak on the matter. < 'In f aot," said Mr. Mather, "things are not in a posi- tion for me tc say anything, and if the mat- ter is iMw on the street Mr. Luxton most have told it. I cannot tell what he or hie friends may have Mdd, and of course I oan- not answer for them." "Well, is it trae that Mr. Luxton has severed his oonneotion with tto paper ?" "It is trne and it is not true. J hn'ff ct, It is impossible for me to say anything about it. There will be a meeting this afternoon when the matter will be settled, and until that time I really cannot say anythins. That is the state of affairs at prwient." VB. ST. .TOHN TOU KDROB. Noboby knows who will be editor, but everybody raggests Mr. St. John. The journaUst(of numy exciting campaigns smiled in a knowing way whan qnetitioned by a TBiBtms reporter. He fenced himself ably, however, and when the qaestita were to be leen gather- ed here Midtherediaciuwm«(theall abmrbing thenie and ipMokting as to what wonld oomenext. ^e general impreaeion wai that Mr. Loxton would make aome tort of a 1^^ fi|^t to regain control of the 800 ahacee Mrtoofc held by him nntU Friday. It ia Mt that what has already occurred is but the bei^bnning of a aeriae of aurpriaes that may be expected in connection with the matter. Mr. Luxton'a name has been removed from the editorial page of the Free Presa. ♦ e» MR. lUXTON'S EXPULSION. Letter From the Ex-Editor- in-Chief Him- gelt An latwestiBir Story of Inside Free Press Affairs- St John is Editor. To tkeiUllori^ The TrOnme: Sm,— From whatever aource you got your infor|iu^i(m, of which I am entirely ignor* ant, Jiw t^^xt you gave on Saturday of my ezi^dilton from the Free Preaa iaalmoat atrioUy aconrate, but it ia not the whole 8tofy»npr»m X now going toi^^iipAict that npcHi your readere; indeed I could hot if I wotdd, for the Qartative would make^a con- siderable volume'.* Perhaps; however, you will be g«aeroo# enoui^''-^ to give me space for a f(iw lihea in i^ctttion to thoae'you have already published tipon the matter in ques- tion, jkt that pending a eomplite expose, whioh will oome in doe tine, the yidiUo may have something of a oorreot idea of what to ezpeot. I shall, tii«refbre, make only a few rather bald but sweeping state- nmte, which, when future oooaauni renders practicable, I aludl support hj minute par> tioulars. For twenty-one years my whole effort has been devoted to the ap-bmlding of the Free Press, which I had detennined to aceom- pliah by doing right to the Northwest, ao- cording to my beat judgment, no matter what ahould intervene, or perish in the attempt. In tliia porauit what yon have related came to paaa withparties connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway; and it ia exactly aa you aay, I *had the aasurance that I was to be Itf t abaolutdlv to myself as to the policy of the paper. Tne deal with them was purely of a Intimate buaineaa charac- ter-— ao.at leaat, I nnderatood it, or it would not have been conaummated. At the time, the Free Preaa waa opposing the Provincial Govemmentualronglvaaithaaever vemment, whioh haa been ever ainoe man- ifested. Subaequently, some 170,000 has been given that company as a provincial bonus on the Pipestone extifnsion; and ^hat is presently und«r consideration is a bonha for a Dauidiin extension. Beyond a doubt these are the considerations for whioh the C.P.R. converted its hostility to the liocal Oovemment into friendship; and beaides, all the circumstances, with which I am pain- fully faraUiM, oonvinoftjneJ^a^it is part of theanang(Bment4l«tthe Free' Press shall be brou|^4ttto Hue jrKh the Oove^uiwnt. To that potttnin, aiRltt my itaanagraienty 'l-iaii- it positively never oould be brought. Then there has been a oonstant friction between the G.P.R. management and the Free Pre«8 on the question of freight rates. The former was very much irritated by the insistence of the Free Press that transpor- tation rates on grain are a terrible bunlen on the farmers and that there was no com- petition between the C.P.R. and the N. P. The consequence of these things, so far as the C.P.R. people, who had become financially interested in the Free Press, and the board of directors of the Free Press company, controlled by them, are legally able to do it, the fruits of my twenty- one years' work, all of which are iu the Free Press, have been confiscated, and besides that, I am turned penniless into the street without an hours warning, notwithstand- ing that my engagement is manifestly a yearly one and binding on both parties, the company and myself, until the middle of April next, unless sooner terminated by mutual consent. To be sure, the law will rectify ise in this; but what of those people who drive me to such recourse? As I have stated, it was clearly understood— expressed in words by themselves — when I made the f 4fi,000 aeal with C. P. R. people, that I could run the paper just as I pleased, ex- cept not to injure the country. I was re- sponsible to them only so far as business results were concerned; and in that respect the outcome of my last year's management will ever stand b;, me. The annual state- ment for that year (1892), as presented by the directors and adopted by the share- holders, shows a net train from the business of $15,990.60 — just a shade under nine per cent on every dollar of capital invested in the concern, by stock (at par), loan or otherwise. But that would not suffice; nothing short of the Free Press being an in- srument to aid, directly and indirectly, C. P. R. schemes, meritorious or the re- verse, and approve ofO. P. R. policy, good, bad and indiflerent, would satisfy; and, simply because I would not accede to such a line ot conduct for the Free Press I am where I am to d«iy, so far as those who have overpowered me know or care, without aa muoh m a ten cent pieoa; and my pii upon my beloved Free Press — yet, I say loved, because I loved it better than life— will obviously be filled bj passive persons, necessarily reH sponsive to every behest of Canadian Pacific railway, it having beanl proven, at a terrible expense to me, that aol other sort will do. No better proof that] this will be the case is possible than thej fact that my successor as editorin-ohief is) Mr. Molyneaux St. John (a gentleman, by ' the way, for whom I have always had the highest respect), directly from tne C. P. R. general offices in Montreal. He is simply being transferred from one C. P. R. depart- ment to what is to be another. When the board of directors deposed me, it was all so sudden and uuexpeoted that I could scarcely collect my thoughts, but I found words to express these ideas: I had been despoiled of my life's work, all of which had gone as a sacrifice to my man- hood — the only capital left me. If, I added, they or their principals had hired an assassin to slaughter the dependent members of my family and myself, whatever in law, their conduct would have been less cruel. It has been a costly one to me, but inci- dentally the complete demonstration has been made of the utter groundlessness of two charges that have been levelled at the Free Press for years, and no doubt with some effect. One of these was that the Catholic hierarchy had advanced the $40,000 to the Free Press for the purchase of the Sun, and that the Free Press was the organ of the Catholic church, and for that reason. The expose that has taken place has com- pletely knocked out that story. The other waa that the Free Press was the organ of the C. P. R. It is now abundantly clear that such was not the case during my 7 egime, inasmuch as it is shown that it has cost me everything, in the sense of propertv, that I have in the world for resol '^^ly and effectively resisting, as I had a pei^ ,cb tight to do, its being such organ. Thanking yon, Mr. Editor, for the space I have occupied, I am, yours truly, W. F. LtTXTON. Winnipeg, Sept. 23. THIS BOOK MAY NOT BE TAKM ^ FROM THE LIBRARY