The daily sentinel., 1911-12-20

A lengthy article setting forth
these assertions in sensational but
uncertain manner was rendered The
Sentinel as an advertisement this
morning, but this paper refused to
print the article when its authors
declined to attach the names of five
or more responsible men to the com
munication.
None Of the men who have been
making the charges on the streets
and elsewhere were willing to come
out boldly over their signatures. The
socialist party, as a party in this
city was willing to attack its name,
but the socialist party is name that
does not mean personal responsibility.
In justice to Commissioner We'd
der and in view of the fact that these
reports are being openly circulated by,
the socialists. The Sentinel this aft
ernoon called the attention of MIR
Vedder to the reports.
Vigorously. squarely and emphat-
icaliy Commissioner Nedder denied
the charges connecting him with OPP
Grating any gambling house ON Kan
nah Creek or anywhere else.
1.-THE charges circulated by these
individuals who are afraid to come
ont in the open, are absolutely un-
true. There has been card playing
ut the camp. I.ie men have engaged
in card games. as they do in any such
camp. could not have prevented it,
There WAS no secret made OF it. !
,oid other officials. The men fre-
quently piayed at night after work
was dore. The charges these people
are said TO he circulating 10 the ef-
.ect that had something to do with
running u gambling game, secured II
rake oil, or that any OF my officials
or foremeE had any such connection
with gambling, or that any such
games were being run in the camps
with our endorsement, or that | was
Interested in carrying ON gambling,
are as false rs they cnn Oc. My rec
oru is oren and above board.
~ have tried to carry on the big
contract in conscientious, iudicious
and tar manner. II is results that
I have Geen after" continued Com
missioner Ncdder. You cannot pick
your every workman with regard -
MS habits and his moral record in
such work. IL is the labor that
counted and proposed TO make good.
saw that every man did a good
days work. kept whiskey out OF
the camps. | ran out at least one
bootlegger."
II know that there is really but lit
tie need for me to answer these in
situations or charges they are hawk
ing about when they haven't the
manhood to make them openly and
with responsibility assumed, but as
you ask me, l don't mind making the
matter clear" concluded Mr.. Nedder.
The Hannah Creek construction
camps, from all we can learn have
peen managed by Commissioner
Vedder in manner far better than
most camps of this nature are man
aged
AS to the charges we have heard
made that the men have been up so
late at night that they have not been
able to do good work during the
day. The Sentinel is glad to be able
to declare that those particular
charges are blasted completely by a
review of the remarkable record Mr..
vedder has made with the work
Commissioner Vedder started in to
build the system thousands cf dol
lars. under the estimate of the lowest
bidding contractor and to do the
work equally as well, if not better.
In this construction work and in
the showing that has been made.
Commissioner Vedder and Commits
sioner Vedder alone Is entitled to the
credit, no matter how certain other
individuals who have back capped the
Hannah Creek proposition all along
sry to bask in reflected glory.
Saved Money on job.
Ii was estimated that the cost of
laying the steel pipe line for the
system would be sl2S,573.66. Yet
on Saturday night. when the construc-
tion gangs We're laid off by Mr..
Vedder owing to the freezing of the
ground, it was found that all but