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‘‘~ _‘ ‘Despite the fact that it was only i. tem days ago that word was received . &hat Berlin was included in tha Preâ€" â€"amier‘s itinerary, there was an interâ€" @fzm aroused in the Chieftain‘s | visit â€"** which was general and _ widespread.. %*> REarly in the morning visitors comâ€" ... menced to arrive by train and vehicle " _ and between 12 and 1 o‘clock . the â€". ~sidewalks along the route of the proâ€" *~* cession were literally filled from the «.. G.T.R. depot to Victoria Park. After x: wÂ¥he parade had passed along the varâ€" _.. jous thoroughiares the people immeâ€" ... diately proceeded to the park . and > wher the distinguished visitors ~had > _â€"taken their places on the beautifully decorated platiorm and President «> Honsberger commenced the ceremonâ€" ~..des, it can be safely estimated that ~_â€" they faced an audience of over 12,000 i: people, the largest concourse that has _ _gÂ¥er been seen in Berlin. It was a ® .. good natured, attentive and enthusâ€" i. ijastic crowd and the speeches deliverâ€" °_ wed were easily heard by the large â€">â€" majority. "Never in the history of Berlin has & political leader been accorded such & wmt ovation as was given Sir Willrid Laurier, Premier of Canâ€" ada during twelve years of its greatâ€" p;tpmperity, on Thursday alternoon a$ the Liberal demonstration in Vieâ€" 4 Park. It was the concluding meeting of Sir Wilfrid‘s tour through m of Sir Wilfrid‘s tour through Ontario and while he has ‘heen greeted by vast crowds and unâ€" 'g?ndad enthusiasm it was conceded ‘by the leader himself and those who have accompanied him that . y6sâ€" %erday‘s celebration reached the cliâ€" w M Coot e s MEA O O ul ul ts max and was the most successful of "the series. The weather was ideal for ‘an outdoor meeting, the arrangements for the accommodation of the imâ€" mense crowd were excellent, the peoâ€" ple were enthusiastic, the _ speeches were of unusual eloquence and . altoâ€" gether the event surpassed any prevâ€" jous demonstration which . has ever taken place in this county. «4 Immense Crowds.â€". It was a distinct honor to Berlin mand the county to be visited by three of the most prominent and conspicâ€" uous members of the Laurier Governâ€" ment, namely, the Premier, Sir Wilâ€" frid Laurier, Hon Geo. P. Grabam, Minister of Railways and _ Canals, and Hon. Rodoiphe Lemieux, . Postâ€" masterâ€"General, each of whom were accorded an enthusiastic reception and delivered brilliant and telling addres ses, during which they reviewed the achievements of the Liberal Governâ€" ment which has been largely responâ€" gible for the unprecedented prosperity of this fair Dominion. AMINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND CANALS. A striking feature ol the addresses ol these distinguished Liberal leaders was the tribute paid to Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, the Liberal candiâ€" date for this riding, whose reception by the multitude was second only to that given the Premier. Each of them referred in the most eloquent terms 40 the valuable services rendered . to this Dominion as Doputy Minister of Li@bor and as a member of yvatious ‘Arbitration Commissions. dittiGeâ€"sben HON. GEO, P.; GRAHAM Tribute to Mr. King Honor to Berlin MACNIFICENT OVATION TO Premier, Hon, G. P. Gnlmn, M R. Wl" (hmnl CandiGates W L. Nackenzie h f” f % ie and Dr. Sylvester Moyer. x ~seucld ADMINISTRATION OP . LIBERAL â€" GOVERNMENT WASs HEARTILYâ€" ENDORSED.| friends by the tactful and sincere manner in which he referred to the fact that_be had decided to enter the political arena for the expressed purâ€" pose of still furthering the interests of the laboring classes in this Domiâ€" nion, a work which lies nearest to his heart. Dr. Moyer‘s address was also well received and he was frequenâ€" tly and enthusiastically applauded. On the Platform. ~The platform was gaily decorated and among the large number who ocâ€" cupied seats of honor were:â€" Hon. James Young, E. P. Clement, |‘ K.C., E. W. B. Snider, James Livingâ€" |! stone, L. J. Breithaupt, Geo. Moore, | J.~B. Hughes, R. Y.~ Fish, Daniel| Ratz, Dr. McDonald, Senator Jafiray, H. M. Lay, Ayr; Dr. W. O. Robinson, [ St. Jacobs; R. J. Dormer, _ Roger|! ‘Gofton, ‘L. Staufier, Johnâ€" King, M. A., K.C., Toronto; Augustus Werner, Elmira; Peter E. Shantz, Preston; Frank Haight, J. C. Haight, W. H.| Riddell, R. Melvin, Guelph;, George Wegenast, Rev. M. L. Wing, Rev. G. D. Damm, Rev. S. R. Knechtel, L. S. Weber, J. G. Hurst, W. J. Motz, D, Alex. Bean, Thomas Hilliard, Maâ€" yor Huber and members of the town council; J. ‘A. Scellen, Rev. Mgr. Abbelen, Milwaukee, Wis,; Archdeacon IW. Kloepfer, D.D., Berlin; Rev. W. Foerster, New Germany; Rev. Acyâ€" Imans, St. Agatha; Rev. Lehman, Rev IW. Schweitzer, Rev. Dr. Spetz, Rev. ,w. V. Kloepfer, Rev. A. Zinger, Rev. W. Benninger, Rev.B. A. Simoni, Rev. Scafiens, William Webster, Galt,; Dr. Parke, Â¥oodstock; Rev. E. Bockeiman Watetloo; Rev. Kaatz, St. â€" Jacobs, W. D. Euler, M. L. Weber, Elmira, A. Ew Devitt, Waterloo, F. Latsch, Freeport, and many others. Representative Gathering. After the 29th Regiment Band had rendered ‘a selection of popular â€" airs Dr. J. F. Honsberger, President . of the North Waterloo Reform Associaâ€" tion, who occupied the chair in an acâ€" ceptable and pleasing manner, said every nationality was represented at{ the gathering, which was a fine triâ€" polity of unification . of was the HON. SIR. WILFRID LAURIER : twenty years ago Mr. King was one of. his ~pupils in the Central . school. Since â€"that time Mr. King has. made rapid strides and is now the greater man of the two. They,â€" however, would stand shoulder to shoulder for the redetmption of Waterlco county in the coming election. ° ' Aiter referring briefly to the expenâ€" ditures during the Liberal regime, g the unprecedented prosperity © of Dominion.. . Dr._Mo; i that Tf'be'\é'c%ag”fip woulfl r@%l classes and use his influerce in securâ€" ing legislation for the iarming ‘and laboring classes which in the past have not received the same amount of attention as the manulacturer and buâ€" siness â€" men. Dr. Moyer was given an attentive hearing and created a very favorable impression. â€" V. L. Mackenzie King Speaks of His Early Associations in Berlin. l OUR CANDIDATE ‘eontest â€" in M da the . work er to mike this contest a cleanâ€" fight er to make this contest Itom beginning :to ‘close ‘There arethree names ‘that I .wish to keep irée from dishonour, my own name, ‘uum which 1 respect. too much to it to be associated with anything:that is mean, or _ unâ€" in ‘"Who _steals. &"" teals . trash, is aad y $out waen _ Takes that which not enriches himy And leaves me poor indeed.‘ *1 am ‘to k own | name clean bfl 3 lm,wolld rather go down to fitt a thousand: times than have it : ~aiter the contest was over, we won by the ‘adopâ€" tion of any means which is not fair ‘and right and honourable for us to 1 ask you to keep the name of this county . clean ’ in this contest.© No matter vh:"eoph may be saying we shall have‘no stain on the grand | g:hlmer of Liberalism,â€" and I hope t thonun’ of this county â€" may. be ‘kept clean‘ and bright . in . every , particular. AMd I want to appeal in ; the name of qur grand old leader Sir , Wiltrid Laurier. Any one who does anything that will cast discredit on the name of Liberalism helps to disâ€" credit a name for which the whole . | Dominion â€"ha@ cause to be grateful, . | It is a fact that toâ€"day in so many parls of m political contests have been ‘ried n in such a mean, contemptible way that I feel I could not stand quietly by and stand this sort of thing. . Let us keep this name free from dfshonour in . everything that we associate with it in this contest, + > "In this contest that is going on and in the campaign that has been waged in Ottawa some of our soâ€"called pubâ€" lic men have Mescended to the lowest depths that it was pessible for them to reach. They, have tried: to cover the name of: Canadaâ€" with ,dishonour in the eyes & the world. at ‘large. You have no ddea howr people . in the countries in éSther parts of the world are watching: Canada, and when they read in the gecords of party discusâ€" sion that weare a lot of grafters and in the eyes a the world. at lntge.l I may not have the opportunity as You have no ddea howr people . in the I would like of visiting each one of countries in Sther parts of the world you in your own home. I may not be are watching: Canada, and when they able to ask you to look into _ my read in the gecords of party discusâ€" heart and see if the princfoles which sion that we, a Tot of grafters and I believe in are worthy of your â€"supâ€" w,&m k ‘_ . ~â€"Canada~â€"port,â€"butâ€"Iâ€"hope that you. will have suffers, and that is the reasonâ€"why 1 opportunity to compare my record am out in this contest to fight for with what you believe to be in the Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and I believe that best: interests both ~of this country in the hbistory .of this country no ‘and of this county. It loo'h at the name has ever stood higher in the present time, ladies and gentiemen, estimation of the people of this counâ€" as if you were going to allow me to try than his. (Applause.) _ 'hwe the field to myself. s People abroad judge Canada by Sit Wilirid Laurier and the whole credit of this Dominion rises in consequence of the estimation in which we hold CANADA AND TO THE PARLIAMENT OF CANâ€" Chairman at the Demonstration DR. J. E. HONSBERGER him. lmPu.u ‘ou can for a moâ€" ment, that Sir 't{Md MJ not* be returned to power, then what distrust would come upon the finanâ€" cial world as they look â€" upon _ the business interests _ of this _ country: Canadg has become a nation : among the nations of the world. We ~ are beginning to make treaties . with Ja« pan, with France, and we must .80 condlict ourselves that we shall be reâ€" garded withâ€"respect among the other nations of the world. | I have faith in‘ you and I know that (I can trust myself in your hands; J have confidence in you, and I feel that I can rely upou you to show your, faith in me by returning me as your ‘representative at Ottawa. * 1* would like ~simply to say this; that the step which Bas been ‘taken has not been‘ lightly taken. There is a good deal of sporting blood in this country, and I ask any of you who are sports, if you had a life â€" posiâ€" tion, and m salary of $5,000 a year, if you would throw up your position aud your salary, and get out of. it all, to enterinto a fight for a prinâ€" ciple. (Loud applause.) . Nace I hope that the young men of Canâ€" ada will follow my example.â€" There are too many of our young men interested in making money, and to. any. such if they are here I say that they do not know the greatness and grandeur . of life consists in getting out and tryâ€" ing to make life better and happier for the rest of men. . 1 have a word to say to my Gerâ€" man friends. As you know 1 spent some time in the old fatherland and lived in the old town of Berlin, and I would like tospeax.toâ€" you in Gerâ€" man, but inâ€"case I should make ‘ slight evror, 1 am going to â€"ask P m;mwm-m'l,m pre w : su Mr. King fi:-pn.a‘m&% sketch ofâ€" his lite. speaking fuen abd with great ease in German, â€" reâ€" giting many of his experiences in the iatherland, and closing:with a strong appéal ‘for Afieir support. r Hon. Rodolphe Lemiecux Refers to the Excelier t Work of the Deputy Minister of Labor. Hon. Mr. Lemieux, Postmasterâ€"Genâ€" eral, was given an ovationâ€" when inâ€" troduced to the orowd. During the progress of "his address he referred in eulogistic . terms to thek work of Mr. King as Deputy Minister" cf Labor. He said: Mr. Chairman, Ladies: and Gentle} men.â€"This is not, I am â€" happy to‘ gay, the first time I have had nccaâ€" sion to stand before an audience ga~ thered from the people of the -unâ€"l some and prosperous little city of: Berlin. It is only a year or 80 ago that I visited your city, and then as now _ stood on the platiorm before you," by the side of my friend, Mr. Mackenzie . King. _ > " Ladies and Gentliemen, I think you will Agree that the seed planted on that .occasion has borne good fruit. There. is a legend of a community somewhere that marked each auspicâ€" ious . event in its history by the erecâ€" tion of â€" white. stomes.. My visit: to Berlin a â€".year ago was. not a :vCry important . event, . perhaps, in yOUL history, but suchâ€"as it was, 16 me remind you, it has~Jeft its . mark in your annals. Your Board of Trade on that occasion asked for a clock for your â€" clockless tower. Now you have not yet go* the clock; but it has beon paid Lorâ€" ‘by the Department of Pubâ€" lic Works, and is on the way here. As Postmasterâ€"General I promised you a city mail delivery and the first "thing I _ saw when Iâ€" reached Berlin toâ€"dayâ€" via Galtâ€" were ~â€"1iwo postmen _ wearing His Majesty‘sâ€" uniâ€" form. It was urged that Waterloo had far outgrown the existing accomâ€" modation in the way of public buildâ€" ings, and I promised that the matâ€" ter should be looked into. I can go Turther now and promise you that a public â€" building, worthy in every respect of this growing and vigotoui‘ community wili be erected, and that the approptiation for the initial exâ€"‘ penditure has been passed by the House ‘of Commons. | Now, if we have been able to do this for you when you had no xupruenh-] tive _ at Ottawa, â€" how much better it _ would â€" have been had you had a representative who would have watched your interests> in all these matters, and would have kept the members of,the Government closeâ€" ly informed as to the necessities of your city in all these respects.. I see you have made up your minds not to make the same mistake again. 1 think I may claim that our visit of iast year was not without good reâ€" sults. But the best fruit that it bore 1 have yet to hame, and yet L. think I need not name it. It was, I think,. largely because of the manner in which Mr. Mackenzic King impressed himselfl upon the peoâ€" ple of his native community, and his native townâ€"on that occasion; largely because of the opportunity that memâ€" orable ‘visit Turnished for mflndu the people of Berlin and ‘aterl0o community with the splendid work in which Mr. King had been for years engaged that you pressed him to heâ€" come your . Parliamentary: candidate.. Now, you know Mr. Kingâ€"very well. He â€"was born amongst you, spent all the days of his boyhood ~and youth in your midst.. Then he went out inâ€" to the â€" world, â€"and jn@â€"few : years comes back to you reflecting: © high honor * upon hijs native city and county, _ having carned a reputaiion which extends over the length and breadthâ€"of Canada, â€"and it may â€"with out exaggeratfon bp said, far outside the bounds ~of Canada. On those great social questions, the vital proâ€" biems of the day, which Mr. â€" King has made his sbecia! study, and along which his line of work hag been, 1 do ‘not know n‘om whoge I‘»fi:i’u is supprior that which he 8. Lsay that with a fuller knowledee of ‘him in these matters than others can have had any ‘opportunity of gaining. In all the many difficult matters that have come up to be dealt with by the Department of Labot during the three yeats that 1 have held the .ofice of Minister, Mr. King has afforded mo mot only the most loyal coâ€"operation and sympathy, but has brought to bear . upon the work of the Departâ€" ment: an experience and â€" :mpacity fhat Imve been . simply invaluable. TRIBUTE TO MP. KING You are awareâ€"that.in abandoning Should be Represented Cause of Nomiaation, A Potsonal Sactifice .« What Mr. King HasDone. . =â€" | . Now let me say a few words. of. just what Mr. King nas been fi)oh: done in ~the Department of Labor. In the first place he was 'fl% ago ~ picked out by Sir Wiltiam" Muâ€". [ tock from ‘among all tbe“nfl::m men of Canada as the one war man neéded to administer the D: ment that was tlirn being organ ' and ~let me tell" you it wasâ€"no slight complinient _ to .be the . deliberate choice . of a man oft Sit â€" William Mulock‘s character and~ discernmeat. Sir William Mulock, who takes pride in recalling how hbe has himseli risen‘ from the ranks of <the people, was himself one of the greatest adminisâ€" trators in t.pa history of â€" Canada. His . work is too recent and â€" well known to need eulogies: at my hands, and I will only say that it â€" toâ€"day we have. between ~practicallyâ€"ailâ€" porâ€" fions of the British empire a system of periny postage, which a few. yeatrs ago was deemed a wildly absurd proâ€" position, if the United States, folâ€" lowing the example of Canada, has perfected â€"â€"â€" arrangements â€"forâ€"penany â€" postage with Great Britain,; with all the advantages it involves for. the ‘ laboring classes, it is because of the f great strokes of statesmanship achâ€" ieved by. _Sir William Mulock while. ; Postmasterâ€"Genetal.. The objects for ’vbjch the Department of Labor was established were very. close to the 'heut of Sir .William Mulock, for I need not remind you how broad and generous‘ are the sympathiecs of my predecessor in omt?_and it is thereâ€" fore the greater, tribute to Mr. Macâ€" kenzie King that be shouldâ€"have been the chpice ol Sir William Mulock for | this important work. ‘That was eight ‘ years ago. The organization of the ! Department fell> largely into â€" Mr. King‘s hands of necessity, because, as | you know, â€" Sitâ€"William, Mulock was | Postmasterâ€"General as well as Minisâ€" | ter of Labor, and whether, you beliove |me or â€" not I can assure you that the office of Postmasterâ€"General is of no triding character., 1t is: for you to see that this sacrifice is a in vain; . In mml *WB vinged ~thatâ€" the tion ~Mr. King has‘ already ~won in the â€"public" £erâ€" taken, and the bigh and patriotic meâ€" tives .that have actuated him "will serve as a ‘stimulus and anm inspira~ tion to the young men of c‘pdz Ay and that in the great Province : of. Ontario especially it will "encourage men of similar ‘type. to . step : into: the fighting ranks of Liberalism, to join in the work of developing and building‘ up out _ country. no sinfeure, but on theponfi;;’;'mi wellâ€" occupy ong‘s utmost energics and capacities. s First, let me say that before com ing into the Department, Mr. ‘King had had a training in those ~great economic and social questions which fitted him to an extraordinary degree for the work that lay before him. He had studied in many universities,and in many lands, and hg other things had undertaken a m"hvel- tigation on behall of the Caniadian Government into â€"the system by which ‘ the Gover, contracty were catried out, wi!{u view to the preâ€" vention of the cruel practice of sWeatâ€" ing. If you want to know what Mr. King‘s sympathies are on such a subject I advise you to get the ree port he prepared for the Goyemmen‘ nine â€" years agd on this subject. It makes good reading yet, and . was so effective ap the timg that it led to the immediate framing of regulations which _ have ended the (system of sweating once and for . all in this ‘The Fajr Wages Resolution, which was pasged in 1900, for the purpose of securing to workmpn a fair: wage while engaged on contracts paid for wholly or partly out of pubBlic..funds is the direct outcome also of the same â€"report and ldmillflnron of m'“ policy, so &h‘l in 4 reâ€" enlte +A tha ernrBiawmans â€" awi sn men of Canada, â€" has been from its inception wholly under the superviâ€" slon of Mr, Mackenzie King. ~ ‘Then there is the Labor (Gazetic, the recogniged official organ of inforâ€" mation and statistics of every â€" kind relating to industrial and . labor conâ€" ditions in the Dominion, and the citâ€" culation of which is toâ€"day in Engâ€" lish and French not less than 15,060 monthly. The oversight of ‘such a publication, and : theâ€"u ing inftuâ€" ence of such , a cannot be e POSTMASi x 4ENERAL A Thorough Training ‘The Labor CGazette Fair Wages. 4P