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Brunette Denies Mayor‘s "Mud Slinging" Charges Deplores Type Campaign Election Special Denies Mayor‘s Accusation That He is Spending "Corporâ€" ation Money" on Election Campaign. Is Spending Own Money to Get Sane Administration For Timmins, He Says. l 40 ues Indignant â€" denial _ of accusations Mayor Bartlieman has made in camâ€" paign speeches was given The Advance today by Emile Brunette, aspirant to the Mayoralty in the election on Monâ€" day. "Mayor Bartleman is ‘getting more than a little bit hysterical in his speech>s," said Mr. Brunette. "Heé is making all kinds of allegations ant. charges. It is hardly necessary to reâ€" fute many of them but there have been a couple of late that are just plain vicious. "He said in a recent speech that 1 was associated with big corporations, I suppose he was referring to the comâ€" pany with which I am associated. He charged that I was spending ‘corporaâ€" tion money‘ in the campaign I am making for election. "That,"‘ said Mr. Brunette, "was an insulting thing to say. It is quite unâ€" true. Every bit of money I have spent in this campaign to remove the present Mayor from a position where he has done the town a great deal of harm, has been out of my own pocket. "I am willing to spend my own money because this is my home town. This is the town where I live and have my family. I have a deep interest in this town‘s welfare and I am willing to spend money to see it have a safe, clean administrating body during such a crucial time as this period of war is going to be." P P m > 6 The Mayor, said Mr. Brunette, was no man to accuse an opponent of beâ€" ing a "corporation man." It was raâ€" ther the Mayor who should bear that label. "It is B# weoll. known and.â€"provenfact: that Mayor Bartleman is living on mining investments he has made. 1 am not saying that there is anything wrong with that but if there is anyâ€" thing wrong with being associated with a corporation, and Mr. Bartleman seems to think there is, he has rather a heavy responsibility. Should Have Council on Friendly Terms With the Provincial Government "He is living off mining investments never having worked in a mine. I have done that. Perhaps if the Mayor had worked in a mine he would have "I think it is quite safe to say that the present administration, headed by Mayor Bartleman, has not got that necessary confidence of the governâ€" ment," Mr. Platus continued. He pointed out that.the governâ€" ment‘s coâ€"operation is going to be neseded in many things. There was the matter of roadbuilding, the matter of having the Mattagami bridge repaired or a new one constructed, there were a hundred and one things that the government was going to have to conâ€" sider in the Porcupine and especially in Timmins. It was necessary for the town to have a group of men at its head who were not in continual conâ€" flict with the government as the preâ€" sent administration was. It was essenâ€" tial that the men in the town hall nex} vear be not continually critical of the zovernment, its personalities and its "V/ith all the money the Provincial government is spending in this town and all the coâ€"operation this municiâ€" pality is going to require from the powers that be at Queen‘s Park, it would be well for us to have an adminâ€" istration in the town hall in which the government has a good deal of corfiâ€" dence," said Mr. Sol Platus today, asked to comment on the forthcoming elecâ€" tion. Timmins Barrister Says Present Administration Has Used Policy of Slapping Government on Cheek One Minute and Beseeching Favour Next. Recommends Extending Council Term to T‘wo Years. better conception of, what is good 1 Section Six Pages to May very important matter ang . that the taxpayers would think over what has the or and several of his most Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada, Every MONDAY and THURSDAY for a mining community." Mr. Brunette said that the Mayor‘s charge that he was a "corporation man" was a favourite with His: Worâ€" ship. He dragged it out at every elecâ€" tion campaign and hurled it at his »pponent, whoever he was. The Jjogan was getting a little threadbare. t in the first place. "This has been a rather nasty camâ€" prign," Mr. Brunette concluded, "and it is Mayor Bartleman who has made it so. It is about time that we had a Mayor and Council that could conâ€" duct the affairs of the town with a little dignity as well as he maximum in efficiency during the year and then campaign for reâ€"election with some decency and restraint instead of muckâ€" raking and making all kinds of charges and throwing huge handfuls of mud, hoping that at least some of it, will stick." Would Have Town Business Conducted on Business Lines Mr. L. B. Roy, plumbing contractOor, who is a candidate for the council at this election, has decided views on the fact that town business should be conducted on business lines. This means that not â€"only is there efficiency and enterprise, but there is also lack of prejudice and discrimination, as these have no place in successful busiâ€" ness, where the public welfare is the basic consideration. Successful Business Experiâ€" ence a Decided Asset, Says Mr. L. B. Roy. "To run the town‘s affairs for the good of the public requires first a man who has made a success of his own business or work, whatever his vocation may be," said Mr. Roy. Mr. Roy himself is a successful busiâ€" ness man, having headed his own conâ€" tracting firm for the past six years and won success through fair dealing and efficiency in his own affairs. devoted followers got from the governâ€" ment? Very little, The reason is quite obvious. You can‘t strike a man on one cheek one minute and turn arounrd and caress him on the other a minute later when you want something from him. That is the very tactic this council has used," said Mr. Platus. "One minute a vitriolic resolution is on its way down to Queen‘s Park from the council and the next the Mayor and some other members of Council comprise a deputation that is beseechâ€" ing the government for some favour. It just doesn‘t make sense." Another angle brought out by Mr. Platus was that the Council could, by submitting a referendum to the public and getting the approval of the taxâ€" payers, make the term of office in the Council two years instead of one. ‘That, he believed, would be a good idea. It took fully one year for a man to become acquainted with municipal procedure and he could not be of any great use vear. be well to have a good, solid Councilâ€" aone that could be relied upon to carry the full weight of the heavy responâ€" sibility of town affairs for the extended perioed. __If that plan was adopted, and it was statutory that it could be. it would "I am confident that we are going to see a change in the town hall this year and I think it is about time," Mr. Platus concluded. to the town until the second no particular meaning to Woman Candidate Earnest for Care in Town Expenditures Believes That in War Time Special Effort to Keep Taxes Down Should be Made. "I am not making any promises," said Miss Ellen M. Terry, candidate for council, and the first woman to seek this municipal honour in Timmins, when interviewed by the women‘s reâ€" porter of The Advance, and added, "No one can conscientionsly make proâ€" mises or say what they can or will do until matters arise to be faced, but, I will say, unnecessary expenditures should be definitely curtailed by Town of Timmins and taxes cut to the bone until this war is over. If the people are burdened with high taxes as well as being called on to contribute and donate to the many just causes which WwHO WILL BE ELECTED? 35 Third Avenue PICK THE WINNERS Win a Handsome Prize BARTLEM A _A A N JAMES P.â€"GENTLEMAN J. EMILEâ€"MANAGER ANDERSON HUGH R.â€"UNION ORGANIZER PA Y WELLINGTONâ€"AGENT KARL A.â€"MANAGER LESLIEâ€"MINER ALBERTâ€"MINER HOMERâ€"BUTCHER ROY W.â€"â€"MANAGER GEORGE JAMESâ€"MINEK EUGENEâ€"CARPENTER PHILIPâ€"DIAMOND DRILL SETTER PATRICK S$.â€"MINE SHIFT BOSS WILLIAM P.â€"MINE CAPTAIN ETTE WILLIAMâ€"SHIFT BOSS ALFRED B.â€"BREAD SALESMAN THOMASâ€"MILLWRIGHT ALBERT A.â€"GENTLEMAN | PAULâ€"EMILEâ€"ACCOUXTANT LEOQ B.â€"PLUMBING CONTRACTOR J. WILERIDâ€"INSURANCE AGEXNXNT TIMMINS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 1939 HERBERT WILSONâ€"GENTLEMAN MISS ELLEN M.â€"COLLEGE MANAGER are bound to arise, well, all I can say is, it will not only be the battefield which will take its toll, but the people at home who have also such an imâ€" portant work to do, will die for want of courage under the load they must carry." Miss Terry has been a resident of Timmins for the past twenty years, and has during that time, conducted the affairs of the Timmins Business Colâ€" lege in the position of manager and principal. During that time she has taken a deep and personal interest in all that has transpired, and, says, Miss Terry "for that reason I feel that my knowledge of town affairs and my °xâ€" perience as a business woman would raturally be of much service to the public of Timmins. I am running in this election as a definite independent candidate on an open vote. I am not sponsored or governed by any organiâ€" zation or faction." "There may a@ handful of men in Timmins who do not think a woman should be elected to the seat of Counâ€" cillor," Miss Terry continued. To them, she especially addressed her next YOUR CREDIT JEWELLER â€" ABSOLUTELY FREE â€" THE RULES There are absolutely no strings attached â€"You don‘t have to purchase anything. Merely clip and fill out this ballot by marking an "X" opposite the names of the candidates you think will be elected. One for Mayor and Six for Council. Fill in your name and address at the bottom and deposit it in the container in our store before 6 pm. Election Day, Monday, December 4th. The winner will be the person who subâ€" mitted the first correct answer opened (that is the person who names the Mayor and 6 Councillors elected). Langmuir _ Gladstone Mirapacks _ Basg In case of no correct replies, the nearest correct answer will be the winner. « This contest is open to every resident of Timmins except our employees. In all matters the judges decision will be final. Don‘t forget the above prizes are offered absolutely free, and you have until 6 p.m. Monday to bring this ballot to Pic Holtze Jewellers to compete for the prizes. Only one Ballot accepted from each person. The winner will be announced in our store window as soon as the Mayor and Council are declared elected. Ladies‘ Set of Woven Tweed *‘30Q . YOLUR CHOICE OF V alue words: "Gentlemen, for the benefit of yourselves and the town of Timmins change your minds! In the work that I have done in Timmins in the past twenty years I have no hesitation in saying that I have proven, even as a woman, that I too can put my shoulder ELECTION POLLS ARE OPEN FROM TEN TO SIX O‘CLOCK to the wheel. Let it be a man, womAn or child, if they ar equal to the task, give them credit and support them. These are serious times when we must forget all petty narrowness and childâ€" ishnesâ€"we must work together as one unselfish body in a sane manner for the good of our country and, incidentâ€" ally, ourselves." Election polis will be open on Monday from ten o‘clock in the morning until six o‘clock in the afternoon. These times differ from last year when the polls were open from nine am. to five pm. By a special byâ€"law passed this year the new times were made statuâ€" tory. Men‘s Handsome Split Cowhide Phone 1332â€"J V alue Published at Timmins, Ont.. Canada, Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Mayor J. P. Bartleman Issues Statement on Election Campaign In Answer to the Mayor‘s Challenge to Debate Refers to Improvements Made in the Town of Timmins Since His Election to Municipal Service. Is "Deeply Inâ€" terested in Everything That Affects the Taxpayers." In answer to Mayor Bartleman‘s challenge for a public debate, Mr. Emile Brunette has given the following reply :â€"â€" "The mayor has been spending A great deal of time telling you that I will not face him on a public platform. He is telling you the truth. For the past year the town has been a soundâ€" ing board for propaganda speeches by the mayor and the red group in the. town hall. There is not a single voter in the town of Timmins who would gain any new information by circus such as Mr. Bartleman would like to stage. I did not enter this campaign to take a part in cheap dramati¢cs in order to please the Mayor‘s desire for a platform fight. If such a meeting would accomplish any good for the town, I would be willing to participate, but when it is planned for nothing more ‘than a publicity feature, I am not interested. If Mr. Bartleman has anything to tell the electors he has had plenty of opportunity to speak without waiting for a Roman holiday." Should be Very Careful in Selecting Men Who Might Serve For an Extended Term, Says Former Mayor of Timmins. Conduct Town‘s Affairs in an Open Busiâ€" nessâ€"Like Method, He Says in Statement. Asked for a statement of his personal opinion in the matter of the municipal election to be held on Monday next, Mr. E. L. Longmore, twice Mayor of Timmins, councillor for many years, and prominent in public life here gave The Advance the following: "In view of the fact that it is probâ€" able that municipal officers will hold office for longer than the usual term, every eligible voter should come out and vote on Monday. More than usual care should be expended in selecting just who shall be entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the affairs of the municipality. Unlike the reâ€" sponsibilities of those who direct naâ€" tional affairs the duties of Council are wholly those of administration. While an intensely selfish man, because of his peculiar abilities in some direction, People to Have Chance to Decide If They Want "Clique" in Town Hall The people this election will get the opportunity they should have had early in the year to decide whether or not they want this ruling clique of four men to continue to run their affairs in the town hall, said Mr. Leo Lalonde today, commenting on the forthcoming municipal election. Issues Are Very Clear Cut in This Election Says Leo Laâ€" londe. Public to Have Opportunity to Express Selves Mr. Lalonde, who has taken an active part in the political life of the town, although he has never been a member of Council, was severe in his criticism of what he described as the "clique of four," who, he said has done just what they liked in the Council this year. When Messrs Brunette and Cousins and Roberts resigned in the spring they did so with the understanding that the people were to be asked to choose between them and the Mayor and his three followers, Mr. Lalonde said. If the people decided that they wanted their affairs directed by Armstrong, McCabe and McNeill then they were to have the right to say so. After the men were out of office, the Council did not go through with Counâ€" cillor McNeil‘s expressed desire to have (;n““â€"Ch(â€"]ueof Four" Who Have Run Affairs as They Pleased This Year, Businessman Says. When Mayor Bartleman was asked by The Advance for his views and opinions on the election contest, he issued the following statement:â€" "When I look back to the times preâ€" vious to my election to office, I cannot help but picture the immense improveâ€" ments that have been made during my period of service to the Town. hall, all tending not only to much greater efficiency, but to building a greater and more modern Timmins. My sole reason for offering myself for office at this time, is to ensure that these advantages are retained, and that we do not revert back to the situation prevailing previous to my election to office. "Anyone having held the office of Councillor and Mayor for as long as T have, becomes deeply interested in everything that affects the taxpayers. "Extensive public works have been undertaken, including a new Town "When a reputable citizen comes forward in whom the citizens can enâ€" trust the continuation of the work for a better Timmins, I shall be pleased to see him occupying the position of Chief Magistrate." might be justifiably placed at the counâ€" cil table at Ottawa, such a man would be entirely out of place in municipal affairs. For administration of muniâ€" cipal affairs requires sincerity of purâ€" pose, a willingness to look after the needs of the town as a whole rather than to further some personal ambition or further the interest of some special group or organization. "The very oath of office makes perjurer of a man who conducts the town‘s business in a manner other than impartial. It would seem judging by those who have qualified as candidates that a mayor and council could be elected that would conduct the town‘s affairs in an open, business~like manâ€" ner, rather than giving the appearante of only ratifying in public what a few had contrived and decided in private." another election. This year, said Mr. Lalonde, the issue is very clear cut insofar as the Mayorâ€" alty fight is concerned and similarly clear cut with regard to the three Councillors Armstrong, McCabe and McNeil. The public will have the opâ€" portunity to express itself again and decide what type of man its wants in public office. I shall have the satistaction of knowâ€" ing that I have conducted my camâ€" paign on a gentlemanly basis, and I can leave the decision in your hands." "I am quite confident that Mr. Brunette will be the Mayor for 1940 and I am also confident that Mr. Barâ€" tleman will take his three henchmen with him when he leaves the town hall," said Mr. Lalonde. Conducting His Campaign on a Gentlemanly Basis Concluding the last of his addresses over the air, Mr. Emile Brunette, canâ€" didate for the mayoralty said: "Let me assure you that whether T win or lose, ‘he Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine. Established 1912 Election Special