A MINISTER'S MORALS.
RESIGNATION FOLLOWS NEWSPAPER INSINUATIONS. Ottawa, April 2. Charges against the morals of the members of the Canadian Cabinet reached their culminating point this afternoon, when Sir Wilfrid Laurier announced that he had received and accepted the resignation of the Hon. 11. R. Emraerson, Minister for Railways and Canals, accused by the Opposition Press of having been ejected from an hotel in Montreal "when in disreputable company.
Mr Emmerson has sued three papei'3 for libel, and if he establishes his innocence will probably re-enter the Cabinet. In an impassioned address to the House Mr Emmerson declared himself innocent of the charges. He would be able to clear his name in the courts of justice, but he considered that in justice to Sir Wilfrid Laurier he should retire from the Cabinet and establish his innocence. He did not want his leader to go to the Colonial Conference with the stigma of unchallenged charges hanging over the head of one of his associates.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 1 June 1907, Page 3
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163A MINISTER'S MORALS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 1 June 1907, Page 3
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