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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 J 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 »tsINAUGURAL ADDRES BT O. B. MAXWELL, IN THE MARKET HALL, VANCOUVER, B.C., MAY 5TH, 1896. GEO. R. MAXWELL.. When the chairman announced Georgre R. Maxwell, the standard bear- er of the Opposition banner, the men- tion of his name efllclted rounds of ap- plause, and on stepping: to the front of the platform he was greeted with loud cheers, and fully a minute elapsed before his voice could be heard. Sev- eral of the audience not being satis- fled with the three times three, but rising to their feet gave three more and a tiger. When the uproar gave way Anally to the silence of pleasur- able anticipation, Mr. Maxwell said : Mr. chairman and electors of Burrard district: My nervousness to-night may call for some explanation, and I may best illustrate It by a story I once heard of an Irishman who on the night before the battle of Waterloo was shaking ana trembling, as many a goo-l man and many a brave man ha.f done under similar circumstances. Lord Wellington came along, and com- ing to where Pat paced his sentry beat enquired what was the matter. "Why," said Pat, "I'm shakln* to be at 'em." (Laughter.) That may be truer later on. I must wait to see what Rich- monds are to be in the field. I must confess that I rise with considerable trepidation this evening to thank you for nominating me, as your candidate, to fight your battle in the conflict which we have begun. Against mv earnest wishes, expressed in speech and letter, you gave me a unanimous nomination. I wanted to retire, to stay with my good people, and had so decid- ed, but when you would take no de- nial, and when you expressed your de- sires in so emphatic a way, I had to bow to your wishes, and accept the honor which you proffered to me. You know I did not seek it; you know I did not ask In any shape or form one single delegate to vote for me, and when It came to me in the way In which it did I felt then, and I feel now, that tf't r,- was an urgent call from a large portion of my respected fellow- cltlzens, for me to flght their political battle. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I will not disguise the fact that I have been passing through a great struggle; that I have been fighting one of tho.se battles which must be fougM upon the battle-field of the heart; and the seeming instability of which I have been accused, was but the instalbUlty which Is ever characteristic of those who realize both the nobility of the claimants who are pressing their re- spective claims, and to the gravity of the step dependent u; on a choice. The battle demands a loader. There are principles to be enunciated, facts to \>y declared, wrongs to be denounced. In- justices to be exposed, attacks to be made; all for the purpose of routing the enemy. I step forward thus In obedience to your call to become your standard bearer, and I can assure you that nothing will be wanting on my part to lead you on to a grand and a glorius victory. (Cries of approba- tion.) One small matter has touched my htart, gentlemen. That is the nanly and unselfish treatment, kind- ness and loyalty which I have receiv- ed from my competitors, Mr. Temple- ton and Mr. Hawson. (Hear, hear.) I know a great many honor thent for their Integrity and uprigntness of character, and It must have been plea-slng to them to have such a ma jl- festatlon of public favor — such as they received. Mr. Ten»pleton Is well- known In this city; has been all through a public spirited citizen; has been the recipient of maf.y marks of public favor, and there is not the slightest doubt but that if he had been chosen to lead the forces of the Oppo- sition party, he would have raised such a dust in the field, as would have discomfi'ted our foes. (Applause.) Mr. Hawson Is a young citizen, and not so Well-known, but he is known among his friends as a fluent speaker, a sound thinker, and a Jolly good fellow. His strength at the convention was creditable to his gifts; and had he been chosen, I have not the Slightest doubt but that our political c.Temlrs would have found In him a foeman worthy of their steel. (Hear, hear.) You willed It otherwise. You turned towards my humble self, ai.d in dotiig so you gave me two staunch and loyal lieutenants, who will stand by my side all through the contest and who will do not a lit- tle to gain that victory which yotir chairman says Is sure an 1 certain. (Cheers and applause.) Gentlemen, I thank you, and when the time comes when your fellow citizens ask you to do some service for them, you can count upo nme as one of your un- lllr.chlng friends, who w'll strain every nerve to give you the honor which Is your due. (Applause.) Gentlemen, ' suppose that one of the things which Is sure to come to a man who stands in my iiosltlon Is criticism. I don't disapprove of criticism. Properly done, it may perform a needed service. I sup|,ose most of you know that Mr. Cotton treated me to an editorial. That is worth something. To know that you have been In the thoughts of an intelltciual and political giant, dis- turbing his thoughts, filling his dreams with horrid spectres, and murderlni? sice)), Is .'furely a matter of grsat mo- ment, and shows the stranprth of the Opposition party. If the very nomina- tion of your candidate caused such n tremor to pass through the editor In his Hanctum, I have no consolation ti give; because If I disturb him before I speak nt all, I'll distu'-b hltn worse T on the 23rd of June. (Laughter auil applause.) So far as the :irUcle goes l is anything but trletidly. I will m.i il'sse-ji It In the meantime; but, ge.i- tlemtn, I will mik you, Was Mr. Cotio i the man to deal thus with me. (Cries of "no, no." Some of you will remem- ber that two years ago, when he waw helphas, and could do nothing for hin.- self; when he was under a cloud such as few men get Into— (Laughttr.) ThU Is not a matter for levity, gentlemen, i am stating facta— I Joined with many of you In putting him where he Is to- day. You renii'. liber how I fouglii. Imperilling my own position, mr own living. You rememb.T how I wa^ abusp*!, and yet, gentlemen, this ma i turns round at a moment when hr might do to me, what I did to him, and seizes upon a matter which was .ion.- of his business, and tries tb'-ough that to stab me who had been one of his truest friends. Gentlemen I say wit i Shakespeare : — I hate Ingratitude more In man Than lying, vainness, babbling drunk- enness, Or any taint of vice, whose strong cor- ruption Inhabits our frail blood. Mr. Chairman, 1 will not deny that I am amMtlous. I have been ambition.-! all my life; but I know you will not bJame me for that. I was taught t > be ambitious. The men and the wom- en who spoke to me; the poems 1 learned; the books I read, all taught me to aspire. One of the men who most influenced me in my youth was Benjamin Disraeli. What did he say to me? "The youth who does not look up will look down; and the spirit that does not soar is destined to sink." I tell you that It was the teaching and example which this great chieftain gave me that roused the slumbering forces of my life, that urged me to books, to school, to the university, tj struggle and to discipline; and here 1 am still ambitious. (Applause.) But not for oRlce, not for money, not for honor; but to be of service to my fel- low men. What If I should say I am ambi'ous to be Prime Minister of Cana a. Would you fault me ? ( Lau -htcr, and cries of go ahea.l! s;.t thtre I Many a more unlikely thln:-c has 1 ipperied, and many a more u"- llkely man has got thr^re. (r..aughter.> I toll you I would not give a cent for a man, or the chances nf a man, vvl».i is ambltlonless. So long as poetry tellh; us aibout a man — Who 'breaks his birth's invidious bar. And grasps the skirts of happy c'hanc(-; And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grajpples with his evi! star. Who makes by force his merit known. And lives to clutch the golden keys; To mould a mighty state's decrees. And shape the whispers of a throne. So long will some men aspire, not t) make their fellow men stepping stones for personal enrichment, but that they may be enabled to do the greate.st good to the greatest number. ( Pro- longed applause.) T ni'ike one more personal reference. It has been rep- resented, that the step I have taken In a backward one. I will snatter no one's Idol, nr.d whatev.'r view a man takes of a minister, he Is welcome to It. I have, however, one of rny own. I resent the Idea that a minister is too good to touch material questions. He Is a man; he Is a citizen. What affects othi-r men and other citizens affects him. Bad government is as detrimen- tal to his Interests as to any other person. He has his rights like any other man. I question If any man reads more than h" does. By education he Is as well fitted to form an opinion, and to express his opinions as any other one In the city. No man knows more about tlie people than he does. H" meets them In their hc^mes: talks with thom; gets to know their burdens, their hardships, their poverty, and their desires. No man Is more In sym- pathy with the people than he is, fo- what impoverishes them Imp^verlsn'^s him. To me It Is the very helq-ht of nonse'ise to snv th.at 'hat man should be dumb. In British 'Col- umbia a minister Is classed among I'l- natics and criminals. His class is th" only class of sane and decenfmen ex- empted from sharing and enjoying any gift In the power nf the people to be- stow. I hold that It Is an !'-Justlce. -^ wrong which no other Individual wonld like done to him. When, therefore, n minister has to cease from being a man; when he has to become a nonen- tity, then. T say, you cannot have men to fill that position. Olve them the rights and the privileges which ar" given to other men, and you will get men; yea. the best men. to minister nnto them. (Hear, hear.) Fu-tho", my view of what Is sacred, and what Is peeuinr. Is different from a great many people. T do not believe In f^af elapsslficatlon. I be'lleve it Is false. Ev- erything that concerns the well-being of the people and our country, to m" Is sacred. What will lighten th^lr bur- dens; what will give them a fair share of what ihev earn; wh.ai will mak--' their homes happier, their comforts plentler, nnd their joys more num(»r- nus. Is sacred. What will lessen thn struggle for existence; what will nink-=> this llf» worth living; what will Vft nr-'n up t oa higher, material and In- telectual f)lane. and wh.at will diffu'^e Heaven's profuse gifts more rlght'^ous- ly among men. all to me Is "acred. ( Hear, hear.) I have no pat'en e wlt't those wh otell ine that my work Is t> drill men for H-Mivi-n, and let earthly thing.*: alone. When this earth wa^ niade. It was made for a purpose, and when It was given to man. It was give' for a purpose, and that purpose was. that every man might find enough In It to satisfy all the needs of his na- ture. When anything. T do not ca"-" what it Is. Interferes with the Inten- tions of the Creator, and thus robs man, that work Is a sacred work thrit restores to men, what men would ro'b him of. If, therefore the electors of Burrard district should In their wis- dom think fit to send me ns their rr>p- resentatlve to Ottawa, when T stand up In that hall of eloquence to voice your wlqhes, and I speak to the hon- orotle gentlemen guthered there, 1 shall feel ti8 if I am doing something sacred; something that will be In touch with the heart that throbs in this great universe. Gentlemen, to do anyl.hln gthat will relieve the burden of taxation, that will give Just laws, that will protect the public purse from the greedy hands of the boodlers, that win increase the wealth and the pros- perity oi' the people, to me Is to do aomethl'ng worthy of an angel, let alone- a nilnister. I do not feel that 1 am taking a backward step. I am not in anyway denying what I have formerly expressed, or rather, If you givt me the chance, I want to get at the chief place in our Dominion, where th( people can be b>neflted, that I may have tlie opportunity of putting my beliefs into tangible shape, and that I may be enabled to help every good man, and every good effort to benefit Varcouver city, H*-itl8h Columbia, and this grand Dominion which we all love so (ieerly. (Cheers and applause.) It will be evident to you, then, gentle- men, that 1 take a noble view of poli- tics. The idea is abroad that the poll- tics of our country is a dirty business, that it Is a sort of a swamp, full of peptllentlal mla.sms, and that a good man enilangers both his health and his reputation to go near. Now, If such were true, do you not see that both those who have made the gov- ernment of our country such a dis- reputable business and tho-^e who keep It disreputable are guilty of a serious crime. If the best men of our country can't touch politics without hurtinR themselves ,then so much the worse for the country. Gentlemen, I regard that as a slander; I believe It to be false, and because I believe It to be false. I feel that the best man any- where ca nbe engased In no noble wo-k than in legislating so as to promote the b(st Interests of the people. But If this was true. If It were true, that our political life is so corrupt, then the de- mand comes with all the greater fores, that the best men should be patriotic tnough to offer their services to do away with -.vliar. Is a ri^prnach to us. Readers of Greek history know some- thing about the famous Augean stable, and how Hercules th.^ strong, bold man, cleansed its fiul Infected cham- bers. That Is one of the deads for which we still oraUe and honor that wonderful man — one of the deeds whlc^i have given a place In the Pantheon of humanity. If our politics seem such a stable, then all the more need Is It that you should call your best men wherever you can find them, to cleanse, to purify them, so as to make ' them an honor to us. It can be done. If you win, by your votes, say. Go and do It. we are with you. A distinguish- ed German, nearly a hundred years ago, said there are more good people In the world than bad ones, and If the bad get the upper hand, then It is be- causf the good are recreant to their duty. I believe with all my heart that there are more good people than bad In Canada, and If 'he bad have ruled and governed so as to Incarnate wick- edness, then it Is because the good and the honest men of this country have not asserted themselves. Do not tell me that the good should step out. I say they should step In and keep hi, and whenever the battle rages and wages, there let them flght with all th"lr might, not for party, but for the good of the country. One of the poets cries aloud: — God give us men — Men whom the lust of office does not kill. Men whom the spoils of offlct cannot buy, And with these Canada will go on year by year prospering and to pros- per. ( Applause.) rontlnuing, Mr. Maxwell said that he was only preparing the way for fu- ture remarks. If they went Into the matter, they would find that ixilltlcs is the science of government. Some of the science It might be well to note. In realizing the nobility underlying true principles, one thing was upper- most—that justice should be character- istic of good government. (Hear, hear.) Cicero told them that the aim of all liws ot the goverimient was for the public good. When good was not In the air, 'hat government was no good and v.as no use to the people living under It. Many governments in the pa.«t had been turned out of power by periiitratlng an Injiiatlne. The pefrple were long suffering usually and would stand all manner of abuae.«, hut to tol- erate "injjstlce." never. Under the IM'esent paternal Government of this Dominion they saw the people's rights given to monopolists. They saw Cm- ada bou'id in t^.e ..ands of nionop.i- H.-'ts. They saw a new kind of slavery. (Applause.) When the Interests of th»^ few were allowed to take precedence over those of tha many. Just so Ions? as the Government decided not to leg- islate In the Interests of the people of Canada as a whole. It lay In them ti see that the Government was opposed a'ld the lnterf";ts of all conserved. They must have legislation for the people, not for the few. (Hear, hear.) Tho Government had got the Idea that th(' i)arty was the country. He be- lieved In party to p im.> extent, but never before principles. Honesty mu.=!t 1)1- the base of ail deallnq;s, as they must remember that the people put their money Into the hands of the Gov- ernment to spend wisely and well. The Government could not expeot to gt^t all the votes, but they did get all the money. (Laughter.) Then' was ro difference between Mr. Templeton's doll.nr, and Mr. Wilson's, t'le pre»i- ili-nt .if the senior Conservative party. They \vere the same, and he denied the Finance Mini iter to tell the differ- ence. (I.aughter.) When they saw the ministers going about the country and giving money to works of no par- ticular use, but to get a particular man elected in a particular district, wa.i their money being properly used ? This was how the people's money was used, together with ajrgrandlzement. 146179 ImtMd oC beinff apeivt for th(> benefit of all, not the few. Some ' » the gen- noen who had spent money In this irmn- ner could g»t aent to prison, but yet got back to Parliament and were wel- comed by the princely nabobs of ih<* ConMrvative party. (8ham«, and hear. iie&r.) There must be »^me expression of disgust against this; Home mani- festation of right?; some display of conscience and right, and that this shall not exist. They mu.st say that *.hey must be governed by honest prin- ciples and fight to glorify the honor of the country. Thi-y would fid that morality was a great element In poll- tics, and Blato and Aristotle connrnie.J this. He ajtked what morality was I'l a man who would vot« Just bt»caii.''o It was In the Interests of the party They had an instance of this only a few weeks ago, when members of Parliament voted for the Remedial bill, voting against their conBolencf, having In sight a fat Judgeship or go:ne other office as a re^vard. What moral- ity could exist under such conditions? Indignation should be shown at such tactics, and they should send Into the cool shades of Opposition these men until they could learn the duty of gov- erning better. They had sown and must now reap the whirlwind. (Loud applause.) He would have more to «»v upon this and other subjects an'l was only paving the way for futuro work. (Hear, hear.) A lot had be.'n said In the papers of the kind of mati wanted, and ho, the speaker, had won- dered where such a man could b- found. He could think of no one. He had tried to do his duty here for five years and had tried to work in the best interests of an, as had been op- oasionally demonstrated. It was anid tha^ a poor man shou!d not be ele.-t'-d as tne representative of Burrard dis- trict; If so, this was bad. (Laughter.) He had no money. Men like Disraeli, Alexander Mackenzie, and other.t would never have held the positions of honor from the people they did If only rich men were wanted. (Hear, hear.) Disraeli said, "I have not got money, but I can stand on my head." (Cheers and loud applause.) He, the speaker, had spent a'll the money he could earn on his head, and he placed all this at their disposal In helping forward all their Interests. (Applause.) "Their editor" wanted to get his platform and 80 be able to say whether he was fish or fowl. (Laughter.) He could not see what difference It made to Mr. Cot- ton what his platform was, but hp would inform the subtle editor that It was not his platform that was under discussion, but the platform or mis- deeds of the Oovemment. Mr. Cotton would have all he could do In the next few weeks to attend to that, and ho would see that he was kept busy. But the Government was dead, and tho speaker only regretted that he hai not "been at the funeral. They had bad a big succession of men In the past few years. If Sir John Macdnnald had been alive the Conservative party would not have been In the mud as now. (Applau.se.) Then they had so- lid Sir John Thompson. They had h.id the bralna «nd the hMid and they had the "Bowells" hitely. (SusUined laughter and cheers.) He said that thoy had the "Bowells," and now only one was left as doctor who had pre- scribed to help the dominant party Into the grave. (Cheers.) The iniqui- ties, the sins of ommission and com- mission were going down, and he had to tell Mr. Cotton that he would have little time to to Into his, the speak- er's platform, as he would have all he could do to explain away the sln^ of his party. If he was enabled to go to Ottawa his feet would be on solid ground as far as Manitoba's right!) were concerned. (Cheers.) That was a live issue yet. If he was returned there would be no more uncompro- mising man In what he held Is an out- rage on our sister Province. ( Hear, hear.) One plank, he would oppose the Importation of Chinese .''laves. (Applause.) If returned, in regard to schools, he would go holus bolus for secular education. (Applause.) H,' would try and bind the ties with the mother country more cloHely, ties which never should have been broken. He w Mid support preferential trade. He had, he thought, sounded the bu- gle that the war had begun, and he asked them to fight hand In hand and shoulder to shoulder. If th( y did tils, on the 23rd of June, he would not be last or even least. He relied on their efforts to place him at the top of the poll, and be the first member for the Burrard iistrlct. (Continued ap- plause.) J. O. McLagan, at the call of t*ie chairman, made a few remarks. Hs expressed the pleasure It gave him to wi'tness such a large turn out to listen to the able and eloquent remarks nC the Opposition standard-bearer, Mr. Maxwell, whom he had for some time past regarded as the strongest man that party could place in the field. His predictions concerning Mr. Maxwell he was satisfied would be verified a 'd that on the 23rd of next June he would head the poll and be Vancou- ver's first representative In the Com- mons of Canada. He was an ablf ma--, a gifted speaker and In the course of time would become a capable public man, one of whom we all would feel proud for the manner in which he wa^ battling for the rights of this commu- nity. He did not consider that all yr-^- sent were Oppositionists; hut he did believe that they had heard truths that evening which they would re- member and be greatly the better thereof. Now that the contest had been entered upon in all earnestnes.s it behooved the party to go forward presenting a united front and victory was sure to be theirs. But much had to be done to achieve this, with si strong a candidate as Mr. Maxwell, and the principles they were fightln? for, he felt assured that the majority vote In the district of Burrard would be recorded for Geo. R. Maxwiil. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, when three cheors were giv- en for the Queen, and three more and a tiger for Mr. Maxwell, and the meet- ing dispersed.