MR. BALDWIN'S CANADIAN VISIT
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The following is an unofficial incident in Premier Bald. win's Canadian tour : Near a lonely country siding, thirty miles west of Calgary, two Englishmen (of whom the writer was one) and a Scotchman stood waiting for a train to pass : it was the special, carrying Premier Baldwin, and we had waited over an hour to wave our good wishes to him. As the train went past we saw him talking to someone in the last coach : he saw us through the window as we waved, and hurried out on to the end of the coach, where he waved back to us as long as we were in his sight.
- Sir, a man who can leave his chair and conversation (no doubt with some important man) to acknowledge the greetings of three farmers by the side of the track, is, to my mind, a great democrat and a great man, and I trust you will find room to publish this incident, as a tribute to him, and as my personal thanks to him for giving us a very proud moment.—
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