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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1917

Theobald Toby Barrett 1917 Diary 137.pdf

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All the aorty men wanted to pick out their man to-day or at least not accept H.P. Innes's resignation and got ot he Grits and tell them to pick out their man or else consent to the Torie's man but the fellows who wanted to be square opposed that propostition as what they are afraid of is that we will have two Union candidates one Grit and one Tory oppopsing each other and then a Laurier Liberal will work in as a farmer's man or something else and win the election, which of course would not be wehat Norfolk wants as Laurier still stands by his referu=endum scheme and his first act should he be elected would be to stop the qworking of the Military Service Act.
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All the party men wanted to pick out their man to-day or at least not accept H.P. Innes's resignation and got to the Grits and tell them to pick out their man or else consent to the Torie's man but the fellows who wanted to be square opposed that proposition as what they are afraid of is that we will have two Union candidates one Grit and one Tory opposing each other and then a Laurier Liberal will work in as a farmer's man or some thing else and win the election, which of course would not be what Norfolk wants as Laurier still stands by his referendum scheme and his first act should he be elected would be to stop the working of the Military Service Act.

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All the party men wanted to pick out their man to-day or at least not accept H.P. Innes's resignation and got to the Grits and tell them to pick out their man or else consent to the Torie's man but the fellows who wanted to be square opposed that proposition as what they are afraid of is that we will have two Union candidates one Grit and one Tory opposing each other and then a Laurier Liberal will work in as a farmer's man or some thing else and win the election, which of course would not be what Norfolk wants as Laurier still stands by his referendum scheme and his first act should he be elected would be to stop the working of the Military Service Act.

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