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BETWEEN TWO STOOLS. Mr. Borden thinks he can venture to Halifax, the conserva- tives having made vietories in the late municipal elections. He is anxious to keep his seat for Carleton county, however, and this can be taken as an jodication that he does expect to redeem Halifax. In truth he is expected to look around and find a new location, When de feated in the east he was glad to find an asylum in Carleton. The old mem- ber gladly made way for him, but Mr. Kidd has political ambitions and they cannot be gratified so long as My. Borden bars the way. He may be pacified with the reflection that Hali- fax is longing for a change in its re- presentation, and that Mr. Borden, if elected in two places will choose that farthest from the capital. But the fact that the leader of the opposi- tion wants to bold on to Carleton is suggestive of misgivings about Hali- fax that Mr, Kidd will probably share and to his great regret, * again run in not Were the liberals chloroformed when the measure to guarantee the Cana- dian Northern railvay was up in the Yes, they the legislature for digeussion ? were given, those present, that provivce, for a consideration, was get. ting a better security and presenting of toe case the government "Chloroformed™ this view doped the people. is a milder word. THE RAILWAY GUARANTEE. The conservative press has been giv- statement that con- ing credence to a Messrs. McKay and Pense had.a ference at the Rossin House near the close of the recent session of the le- agreed, together, in RR. in this statement, to silence the liberal leader.. It was giv- en forth in the absence of Mr. Pense in the far cast, and was not known to Saturday Jast, when he made an unequivocal denial. That the charge is a campaigner pure and simple is seen in conspicuous lack of the two members did of the house not gislatyre and had not to oppose the guarantee act favor of the Canadian Northern There is not a weintilla of truth obviously . spread him untd circumstances; not confer in upon this subject; Mr. Pense was inside the doors of the Rossin House He felt that as the I had proposed the liberal or out last 'Session. beral government first guarantee he was, as a member who voted for it, handicapped as to opposition to the second guar. antee, and that this handicap extend. ed to his leader. But this does not apply to the bad act of bringing down the proposal in the dying days of the session, nor to the evident nsleading of the house as to the conditions of the original mortgage in regard to ter On both these points Mr. made protest at the presenta- mini. Peonse tion of the measure, ------------------ The liberal motto is ¥ Everything on fnrid- for the settlers." Me. Me- moved a motion to that effect when he became of Crown Lands in the Ross government and a year ago a similar motion was put in the legislature and referred to hy the promier as "balderdash." The does not seem to re the Kay Commissioner Toronto News member this. THE COUNCIL IN A FUNK, This evening the council will meet, at the call of the mayor, to reconsid- er the paving question. 'A¥ One Views the heaps of muck, upon the streets-- after a year's TI the muck being largely pul: limestone -- the conviction upon kim, that some- in the way of scraped up traflic, verized forces itself thing must be done permanent roadways. Nr. Kirby, of Ottawa, has made an attractive proposition. 'He is a con- tractor, and so acquainted with seve ral important details, He knows how to otganife men so that they will do construction work 10 the best advan tage; he knows where und how to get the materials, that are required for paving; he knows how to interest the property-owners in a new depar- ture, and' he must have been a very much surprised man when the council rejected his offer in a somewhat un- artificial stone {the so-called granolithic walks. .sumers since Mr. Campbell called off THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1908. let a contractor with the necessary en- terprise lead the way, if he can, om street making, as he led the way in walk building some He the pioneer in years was ago. The second or alternative way is to have the city do its own road mak- ing. Granted that it has a competent engineer to direct and advise it, that it bas a treasury department that can finance for it, if the thing can be financed at all, that it can secure some one who can lead the education- al campaign intelligently, though, per- haps, not as forcefully as Mr. Kirby, why shoukl the council not do its own work and save the people the profits of the middleman ? In other words there are some peo- ple who hold that to accept the Kir- by offer is (1) to shirk a civic re sponsibility, and (2) to abroad that the council is unable, far some reason, to undertake a work that properly belongs to it. ------ advertise A western paper says the conserva- tive party of to-day repudiate the government of conspiracy and mutiny rule the country "without graft and corruption." Foster, Fowler, Hag gart, et al, are on the firing line, and wounded, then, as the Montreal Star suggested, are they to be removed ? A SURPRISE MAY OCCUR. It is hoped that the wumber df gas consumers will increase during the summer months and that tha profits on the larger consumption will save the aepartment from a deficit in its returns, This ig the consolation that is held out in view of the fact that the illuminant is being sold at 26c per thousand feet. less then it really costs. What is being ment to increase the number of done by the depart con his canvasser ? One knows what the private consumer will attempt in the way of introducing and advertis ng his goods. The experience of a west ern gas maker was given to the Whig some days ago. This man owns the plant. He said he was studying the interests of the consumers all the time. He had an inspector whose duty it was to visit stores, houses, factories and see that the gas appliances were doing the best service. It was the function of this agent to suggest changes when they were negessary, and make these changes at the cost of the gas maker ogcasionally, rather than that the consumer should be left discontented. This representa- tive was talking gas gll the time, and #0 belpiully that the us rs of it had reached the limit in his town. There is a difference: between the private and public owner in another respect, Conciliation is sought when differences arise over accounts or meter readings. The gas man referred to did not permit of any complaint to ling- he discovered that to er. As soon as something was amiss he set in to ad- just it, and he usually succeeded. The progressive gas man is giving his per- sonal ~ attention to details all the while, ,and it pays. Public ownership is a grand thing-- It implies, however, the of a soulless corporation, sometimes. existence whose affairs are in the hands of These officials have no lati: | no permission o depart from | of- | ficials tude, fixed regulations, which were like the lawe of the Medes and Persians, flexible, unalterable. The man who is behind them, who is ghided by them, | is helpless in certain emergencies. He cannot go out and cultivate business Ha may be suited for it, and he may not, | aldermen who have to go to the polls | annually or triennially, and it ia their | He may, too, run againet the special right to cultivate any favour | that' is going, It ishardy then, to see how the number of gas consumers is to be materially increased in Kinuston dur) ig the summer, but some astonishing | things have happened in the licht do partment, and the era of surprises is| not over. | EDITORIAL NOTES. The receipts from succession dues so far this year amounts to $38,487.57. So the robbery of the dead, as Col. Matheson put it, goes on apace. -- The Witness referred lately to the Lords as the House of Beers. It has) no occasion to withdraw the remark seeing that so many brewers hold sway in the upper chamber, -- Mr. Foster is still worrying over the insurance commissioner's report. Mr, Shepley must have left some awful wounds. - His was the probe that went to the bottom of things. Appeals from Gananoque to the pro- vincial secretary to interfere in the administration of the license law! And Mr. Hanna wants all and sandry to understand that polities, do not count in. the license department ! Toronto | ran rer-- " bam, the stone of real war, would re juvenate them, ---- The Montreal Star, independent con- servative, says no government, should hold back jwportant measures until the dying days of the session. . When this is dome, as in Toronto, the government "need" not be surprised if the people deduce the inference that there is something to hide." The story of the Toronto News, that Mr. MeKay passed out the word that the C. N. BR. guarantee wis not to be. opposed, tarns out to be a fiction. The dear contemporary is fast quali fying for the position the Mail at present occupies. 10SS OF LIFE. # St. Petersburg, May 4. A ferry boat on the river Dneiper capsized, yesterday, near Riknoff. One hundred and twenty persons were drowned, FEE BEE CRE EK -------- A Gallant Defender. Star. John Smith, M.P.P., will mot run again for Peel county. Seventy-seven years old and a bachelor, John Smith was vet the gallantest defender of wo- man suffrage in the legislatdre. Good To His Own. Tororto Globe. Hon. Mr. Cochrane seems to think the province got off easy with $130. 000° for Kis brother-in-law. In that case we should take no more chances. One On Cochrane. Toronto Telegram. If the Whitney government went out of ewer to-morrow the same New Un. tario which Mr. Gamey describes as a worshipper of the minister of mines would leave the minister of nines at home, " Right You Are. Guelph Mercury. "The world owes cach man a liv: ing," says the social reformer. True, and it is equally 'true that it 'is up to each man to do something himself to collect the hill. -- Another View Of It. Montreal Gazette. The statement that the Canadian civil service is "rotten" is being fre- quently made on the strength of the recent report of the roval commission. The commissioners' statements hardly justify so sweeping a change. They show, indeed, that there are in the de- partments "capable and efficient men who do good work, and deserve better treatment than they receive, AT THE POLICE COURT. 'Against 'Alfred Bernier Was Dismissed. There was no evidence produced in the police eourt-this morning - to sub: stantiate the charge against Alfred Bernier, Queen street, --that of having assaulted his wife, and that charge was dismisted, On a charge of drunk- enness Hernier was fined ¥2 and costs. The case ¢amhé helore the court on Sa- turday morning, and was adjourned until this morning. When placed strongly denied against him. He ing taken bn few glasses of beer, did not strike hs wife. His told about him : knocking down the curtain poles and pulling the stove pipes down, and the magistrate asked him to explaip: « The accused said that thi: was all an accident. It had not been done intentionally. Inspector Clark Wright said that Mra. Bernier hat asked to have her husband placed on the ludian list, but his conduct would not warrant such action. He was a steady worker, and he had no right to take papers out against him. The circumstances were explained to Mrs. Berniér by the ma gistrate. Bernier has no and several prominent citizens well of him, When hear Kelitey's jewelry Princess street, about eleven o'clock on Satumiay night, Constable "Harry" Filson heard a crashing of glass; and noticed George Amell, a young man ron out of the door. He investigated and found that a pane of glass in the jewelry store had heen broken, Amwell into a mearby pool. room, and Constable Filson went after him and placed him under arrest; Amell admitted heing drunk said that he didn't know whether he smashed the window or not, 1 he had broken the glass he was quite willing to pay the damages. He was fined $7 and costs, and will also pay the cost of g mew pane of glass. Charge the box Bernier the charge lodged acknowledged have but wife police court vécord, speak store, but Filling The Plate. A negro preacher whose supply of food was running dow decided to take radical steps to impress upon his flock the necessity for contributing li berally to the church exchequer. Ac cordingly, at the close of the sermon be made an fim ive pause and then pwH : vd PROVINCIAL POLITICS Make the Opposition Strong Whitney's Embarrassment. Toronto Globe. The best interests of Ontario will BOE 'be served unless at the pron cial eleotions the legislature is made and forceful. A majority of forty-two for Ron. J. P. Whitney was, in some resgests as dangerous to Pe ment as was Hon. George W. Ross' majority of three. The confident as surance of a large majority bred reek lessness and a disregard for principle and public interest. Mr. Whitney entered on his premier ship with high promises nnd. as the Globe believes, with excelieht inten- tions. He meant to give an honest impartial, progressive administration. But the henchmen and heelers of the party beset him and his government, the more insistent and unreasonable because of the security of the party's majority in the legislature, and little by little the defences of the premier were broken down until he landed in the dishonor of the gerrymander and the fompromising entanglements with William Mackenzie. Had Premier Whit- ney a maiority of less tham twenty in- stead of mom than forty he would have mastered for himself every im- portant measure, kept the favor-hun ters at arm's. length, and would not have allowed public rights in Niagara power to be. betrayed or: sacrificed through the indifference or antagon- ism of members of his cabinet. What the Globe said the day after the elec tions in 1905 has bern proved trye-- his majority has been his embarrass. ment. opposition in "The strong, aggressive, -------- Best Left Alone. Washington Star. Andrew Carvegie, at a dinner that Vas recently given in his honor in New York, told an amusing story at his own expense. : "1 was travelling on an Englishy railway Londonward, last year," he said, "and had chosen n seat in a non smoking carviage. Ata wayside sta tion a man boarded the train, sat down in my compartment and lighted a vile clay pipe " 'This is not a said I. " 'All right, governor said the man, 'I'll just (nish this pipe here.' "He finished it, then refilled it again, { ** 'See here, I said; '1 told vou this} wasn't a smoking carriage. If vou | persist with that pipe | shall report | you at the next station the | guard.' "I handed him my card. He looked at it, pocketed it, but lighted his pipe | nevertheless. © At the next station. | however, he changed to another com- partment. » "Calling a guard I told him what hagl' occurred, and demanded that the smoker's name and address be taken " 'Yes, sir," said the guard, and hur vied away. In a little while he re turned. He seemed rather awed. He bent' over me and said apologetical ly: " Do you know, sir, if 1 were youl I would not prosecute that gent. He has just given me his card. Here it is, He is Andrew Carnegie." " smoking carriage,' to A Guaranteed Contract. In order to meet the demand for guaranteed contracts, The North Am erican Life proposes to offer one en tirely unique in the history of life in surance. 'I bis contract contains uar antes reducing the cost of ivsurance to a point below the rates charged by assessment societies or even existing non-participating plans, and in addi tion provides for the return of all ex cess sarplus earned by the company through favorable mortality, and mar ginul interest earnings. Members of assessment who have had their ass ssments creased on old certificates, will money by ap} ving at once. For fur- ther Informatiom regarding this at. | tractive plan of insurane:, apply to W. J. Fair, district manager, King ston, Ont. All correspondence will be cohsidered strictly confidential focieties, in sate Wedding Music. It happened at the Littl Across the Street A wedding was in progress Chureh The organist had played "Lohengrin Coming In'" and was pre "Mendelssohn Going Out." i During the ceremony the strains of "Call Me Thine Own" were blent with | the prayer book service Suddenly the sexton whispegpd the ear of the organist, "Rokk them's been married three times !" Instantly the the key-| board modalated into the kev of Geel flat: and through the low-vaulted | aisles rippled that beautiful Opus 20th | street, "Just For To-day." ! ---------- Too many men crowd into an uphol | stered elevator: rather than make attempt to climb the ladder of suc cess. Top many of us are afraid to pet in the way and hinder the man going down hill. Rt A stout widow has to be awfully rich in order to avoid being called int RUN-DOWN PEOPLE OF KING- STON NEED VINOL. 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