y had for their country.
They had been promised great things when they had left their homes,
their families, their business and their jobs. How had they found things
upon their return? He illustrated his argument from the cases of men
present. It was a sore spot with many of them and he pressed hard upon
it. They were suffering to-day; worse, their wives and children were
suffering. Had anyone heard of their employers suffering? Here again he
offered illustrations of men who had made a good thing out of the war.
True, there were many examples of the other kind of employer, but they
must deal with classes and not individuals in a case like this. This was
part of a much bigger thing than any mere local issue. He drew upon his
experience in the homeland with overwhelming effect. His voice rose and
rolled in his richest Doric as he passionately denounced the tyranny of
the masters in the coal and iron industries in the homeland. He was not
an extremist; he had never been one. Indeed, all who knew him would bear
him out when he said that he had been an opponent of Brother Simmons and
those who thought with him on economic questions. This sudden change in
attitude would doubtless surprise his brothers. He had been forced to
change by the stern logic of facts. There was nothing in this resolution
which any reasonable worker might object to. There was nothing in the
resolution that every worker with any sympathy with his fellow workers
should not support. Moreover, he warned them that if they presented
a united front, there would be little fear of trouble. If they were
divided in their ranks, or if they were halfhearted in their demands,
they would invite opposition and, therefore, trouble. He asked them all
to stand together in supporting a reasonable demand, which he felt sure
reasonable men would consider favorably.

The effect of his speech was overwhelming. The administration supporters
were exuberant in their enthusiastic applause and in their vociferous
demands for a vote. The opposition were paralysed by the desertion of
one whom they had regarded and trusted as a leader against the radical
element and were left without answer to the masterly array of facts and
arguments which he had presented.

At this point, the door opened and Maitland walked in. A few moments of
tense silence, and then something seemed to snap. The opposition, led
by the hockey men and their supporters, burst into a demonstration
of welcome. The vi