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tied Press said he could not be sure
Eof the identity Of IAN American Elk.
|lle." 4 could guess, though" Z he said,
|%His argumentsare as full Of holes
ass every Tory argument is bound to
be, because right and reason are not
on the Tory side. It seems funny
though to hear an American singing
the praises Of the House Of Lords,
comparing It with our own Senate,
(Which, heaven knows, is bad enoughl,
and telling everybody that Americans
generally we're shocked at the idea Of
@iping the Gllded Chamber off the
earth.
"rn my speeches about the country
| told the voters lust what Americans
-and Canadians, too-think Of the
House Of Lords, Of the property quail.
iacation, Of plural voting, and the
many other evils under which a pat
ent people have suffered 50 long
Il told them that seven Of the niue
provinces Of Canada have single cham
Der legislatures with greater powers
than the British house Of commons
has under the veto bill. Ontario, the
greatest Canadian province, is entire.
" under the control of single.cham-
Der government, to the entire salts
faction Of Its citizens.
There are Tory members Of Par
lament here who knew these facts as
well as l, but sedulously concealed
them. Such members as Benar Law,
Sir Gilbert Parker, Donald MacMas-
ter and William Hay Aitken know.
that single chamber government has
been tried in Canada and not found
wanting.
"As for Exile's' comparison Of our
Senate and the House of Lords it was
SO transparent1ss to .confute lttselfA "
is one ingttoygiye co-ordlnatalegis-
lative powers to a senate chcsenisby
the states legislature, and quite an
other to give the same powers to a
clique Of hereditary Legislators who
have proved themselves to be corrupt
and selfish and who represent no one.
but themselves.
when Exile said the Heresy Of
delegation has not even begun to pro.
fame the political religion Of the uni
ted States helsaid what1was not true.
The solemn fact isdthat 'inoitsTwhole
history the government Of the PM
ted states is entirely Oh tie Pfticipfe
Of delegated power. i wonder" Fox
continued, "wAo Exile is and whom
he represented. He found his level.
For twenty years l have taken part
in political controversies in England,
and have sat in the visitors gallery
in the House Of Commons hundreds
Of times, and can honestly say that
in its methods, parliamentary and
electioneering, the Tory party is the
rottenest political organization in the
world, not barring Tammany,
."Tht cheering phase of the fight is
the change that has come over the
people. I have watched them many
years, and i know that the English
yorkingman is not the unthlnking
clod who tried my patience nearly a
quarter Of a century ago He is the
most up-to.date woTkingman on earth,
and in spite OF the wiles and misrep-
reservations OF the 'gentlemanly par
ty,' he has a very concrete idea Of the
sort OF government he wants and the
best way Of going to work to get IT,"
LONDON Aug. rs. - Portuguese
monarchist refugees are continuing
their plotting in London for King
.Manuel's restoration to the throne.
Just how deeply the ex.King himself
is concerned in the conspiracles is I'M
certain but there is no doubt that he
Is at least kept informed Of what is go
ing on. The Marquis de Several, who
was a Portuguese minister in England
up to the time Of Manuel's deposition,
is probably the real life Of the con.
spiracies, in which several English
men and women of very high birth
and considerable wealth are also said
to be interested,
1t is an open secret that the Eng
llsh government is seriously annoyed
by the refugees activity and has been
several times on the point Of intimat-
ing to the foreign plotters that UNI
les. they let Portuguese ,peli Bes alone,
the government would prefer Q ternlils.3
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