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Up in Petcrboro a commotion bas been caused by the refusal of Mr. Bradburn, the conservative candidate for the legislature, to apcept of the proposition of Mr. Gillespie, liberal candidate, and agree upon a covenant which means "a straight, clean fight." The plan was to put up $100 each and undertake to pay $600 for each offence proven against their suppor- ters under the Election Act, Though the matter had been discussed by the candidates casually. when it was re duesd to writing Mr, Bradburn pro- tested. He took the proposition to menn some reflection upon the manner against settles' rights the Lear fale: withess, We went further then favor ing the giving of minerals and timber to settlers whose patents are now Le ing issued. We thought the old pat- ents should be called in, and amended 80 as to give the timber and minerals to the settlers already at work." Incidentally Mr. MacKay compared this liberal policy with the attempted imitation of it at the last session of parliament, when Hon, Mr. Cochrane fathered a 'measure which gave the settler "afl the 'timber and minerals when there were none there," a mea- sure the most wonderful that ever passed through the legislature, and failing to get from Mr. Whitney its deserts, for surely it is '"'balderdash.' mms In 1893 the conservative government of Canada undertook to pass a civil service reform bill. It did not em- body the recommendations of the civil service commission. It was read] once. It was to get its second read- ing the next day, but "to-morrow" never came, ; T---------- A CHANGE IN FRONTENAC, . Spankie is credited with a de sire to run as a local independent conservative in Frontenac, \ he is in which his elections bad been run in the pest. He knew of no such arrange, ment having been made elsewhere (he forgot about Kingston), snd thought it would stullify those who became the parties to it. Mr, Gillespie's re- joinder is manly, He accepts the no- mination with the desite for a clean election, and is willing to bind him- self that this will be had if possible. 1 his plan of campaign is not accep tible he will be glad to consider an alternative or a better. But Mr. Brad- burn is silent. Why ? Before the pro- position took definite shape he was willing to consider it. Now his digni- ty is touched ! His hopor hus been reflected upon ! The average conserva- tive candidate can put on some mighty airs at times. Of course he is a purist, and anything that would in- dicate that he cannot trust himself in an election is a serious aspersion up: on his charact», At the same time he would be safer unger bonds. Ontario was supposed to have an ef- ficient attorney-general and a big po- liceman as his mentor. And yet a murderer has been at large in Western Ontario for a couple of weeks, and no determined effort has been made to captpre him. What is the matter with Mr. Foy? - FELL FROM HIS PEDESTAL. It is not complimentary to Mr. Whitney to say that he did something in imitation of his predecessor in of- fice. Mr. Ross was, in the last cam- paign, represgnted by the tories as bad through and through, as a leader. of 'a4 government which could not be defended on any account, as surely abandoned and deserving of any fate. Mr. Whitney was heralded as a new type of politician, as pure and undefiled and righteous gltogeth- er, as the embodiment of a life that was not fashioned after anyone that had gone before.' In him no one ex- pected to find the sins of the common herd. And yet he breaks his promis es, slips from his pedestal to dabble in ditt, condones the spoils system, glories in thé gerrymander which he condemned, and even deceived . his most confiding followers. And his jus. tification is that he has a precedent for his wrong-doing in something which 'is credited to the Ross govern- ment. The Whitney government then is looking for an excuse for its wick- edness. It admits that it has goue astray, that evil has overcome it. What a fall is here, my eountrymen ! The motto of the party, supposed to be emblazoned on every banmer-- The Great and Only Whitney; Bold Enough to be Honest, and HonestEnough to is gome, or it ought to be. It is sud to contemplate that the man who was has fallen from his high- estate, and is after all made up of common day. It is the fact nevertheless. ---- : The Ambitious city thinks it will now get an assurance from Mr. Whit- ney "of a technical college which will cost $300,000. Péchaps it will. 'Even so, what will Promise amount to ? p16 was given me fhe byelection, and people disowned the government Wy candidate. fy -------------------------- COMING JO THEIR OWN. Mr. NeKay, the Toronto News, "had not much to in phe legisla tire in favour of the setter." His re' cord speaks for itself, In New i he had occasion to- criticise ithe his present views. He referred to the ideas he enunciated with regard to ' rights dt the liberal conven- certainly hefng greatly encouraged to seek the fulfillment of this ambition, The doctor has been a faithful sup porter of his party for many years, At the last election he stepped aside in the interesf® of Mr. Gallagher, who wanted the position, and did not know what to do with it when he was elected. The member announced, at the conservative convention, that he was very busy in the legislature, but po one has heen able to discover just what he was doing. According to Dr. Spankie there was an opportunity for him to do something when the school act was undergoing revision. Dr. Pyne, it will be remembered, took great credit for his work upon this measure, but it was unpopular that the best or most radical features of it had to be repealed. Mr. Gallagher, when reproached his inactivity, pleaded he could nothing, that as a machine man it was simply his to do as he was told and ask no questions. Why? Dr. Spankie has intimated that he is not a passive supporter of thejgovernment and that if he were in the house he would make his influence felt. Perhaps he would,, He is certainly one who could say what he thought with cre- dit, and the conservative party is be- ginning to think that it has been re- presented by wooden men long enough. In the days of Mr. Calvin there was some evidence that Frontenac had a member with ideas of his own, When Mr. Haycock represented the patron movement there was a flow of talk that caught the popular fancy. When Mr. Gallagher went to Toronto Froui- tenac was heard of no more. "Is it time to change the programme ? Dr. Spankie thinks it is, and he may be correct in his conclusions. -------- The premier of Ontario fittingly opened his provincial campaign in Hamilton, where the party is tom with dissensions and defeat is threaten- ed to its candidates. 80 for do MATHESON SLIPS A COG, Mr. Matheson, the provincial treas- urer, defends the Canada Northern deal in a most remarkable way. The guar- antee was authorized by an act in 1904. ' "The security," said the provincial treasurer, - 'was to be a mortgage on the lige with the stations.' Mr. Ross, however, signed an agreement with the railway company in 1904, and at the same time a plan was filed with the public works department which show: ed nothing but the railway live and the stations on the route. Some of the newspapers have been talk' ing as if the Whitney government had done the first thing in taking the mortgage of 1906, but that mortgage was exactly in accordance with the agreement signed by Mr. Ress. play filed showed no terminals at To- ronto, yards or shops." Play fair, Mr. Matheson, play fair, and as the man who had the lget of legislation passed ia 'that last awful week," tell the facts. Section 2 of the old act provided that the mortgage should bes a first charge upon the line of 'railway, the right of way, the sta tions, grounds and real estate, the buildings and other structures, the rolling stock, equipment, plant, ma- chinery, tools, supplies, materials and other personal properties, present and future, together with all tolls, in- comes and revenues of the company arising from the operation of the Mogeover, that mortgage was issued 3 tney ment, on the ol : govern of the act of 1904, as lateas The [omen that 1906, 'and should "have been complete] - fk, ee ------ THE APPEAL IN QUEBEC. The elections in Quebee are to run concurrently with the elections in On- tario, and 'so 'the politicians of each province will have all they can do to mind their pwn business. The record of the conservative party is the same everywhere. "Tt is a record of lavish and 'tabrokey promises. The elder Tupper, in the glden days, thought ro- thing (of pledging the credit" of Can- ada fo an expenditure of millions of dolldts as he talked of great public enterprises on the eve of an election. The 'Flynn dynasty, * in Quebec, in 1897; just, an appeal, pledged the 'credit, of Quebec, by secret orders in commcil, to an expenditure of twelve millions, of dollars and the gift of hundreds of thousands of acres "of The public damain this reckless gov- ernment was prepared to pgreel out for the good of the party and the financial 'resources it was willing to mortgage for the sake of any corpor- ation. What would have happened liad 'the Flynn government been sus- tained goodness only knows, but it went ont of office; or rather it was turned 'out, in disgrace, dnd Caiehec has since gone steadily forwand, with legislation wery muck to ifs advan tage! The' point « is, that the dis. credited crew-~the men ware making a wreck of things' when they had a dhance--are now vey much ia © evi- dence. They saw the nedessity of go- ing inte' retreat for a season, for the per: purification which they need- ed. They asswme that they have atoned for their misconduct, or that the pdople 'hawe forgotten about their isd, i and they are again emer- ging into view. M the people want a repetition of the old orgy they will smile' on the ragged combination. If they want decent government they will stand by Mr. Gouin, the present premier, who has aimed to give them an hotest, advanced and efficient man- agement of provincial affairs. EDITORIAL NOTES. The dominion government ratited in pushing the new election law in view of Manitoba's open attempt to disfranchise the liberals. The $500 which Mr. Scott, of Ham- ilton, left with | the party before be went abroad, has been regarded as a bribe. Jt is 'one way of buying a nomination. Things have changed since Mr. Whit- ney. last appeared before the public. He is now on the defensive, dnd the events of "that last awful week' dis- turh him like a hideous nightmare. + ------------ is war- Ome can lead a horse to the water but comok: makes bi drink. The ilton conservative executive oan foree a candidate gn the 'party, but cannot force the members of that par ty to eleet him. The remnant of the money collected for the last London election is in the bank, but it wont be long there. By the way, Mr. Gray did not use it, and yet the account has strangely dwin- dled from $1,800 to $300. -- There is trouble in the Hamilton conservative camp. Mr. Scott, defeat- ed 'by Mr. Studholme in the bye-elec- tion, is the choice of the exeentive, but the party is not strongly for him, and it is announced that he will be properly trimmed. . SPIRIT OF THE PRESS -- Winston's Restlessaess: Toronto Star. Winston Churchill is to be given a safe seat. The trouble with the safest seat ie that a fidgetty young person like Winston Churchill soon wears holes in it. + Successful Kickers. Campbellton Oraphic. Engineer Rust, of Toronto, says the newly-arrived Englishmen are a grum- bling lot. Bless 'his heart, they've for centuries. That's way they got the Magna Charta, the Room For The Fit. Toronto Globe. The deporting of undesirables should be advertised extensively in Britain and in Furopean countries. Canada must not be regarded as a dumping- ground for surplus A humanity. We have room for the fit, but not for the unfit, Missed The Mark, Canadian Courier. 4 Most other papers in Canada are striving to be as "ideal" as the peo- ple will let them, and, if the Tofonto News had this limitation in its mind to begin with, it should have been frank enough 3 Men who as- sume to lead have no right to re They can die, but they are fortBiden by their obligations 10 the ~ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1908 i -- land, towards various enterprises.' dressing br. Roome, [ Mr. Dargavel cause, with which they have identified their A A -------- LATE POLITICAL NOTES. a Provincial Pot Boiling--~Conserva- tive Troubles Numerous. J. W. Curry, 'K.U., who so vigorous ly prosecated the combines while he was crown-attorney of Toronto, asks why the actidvs were dropped by the Ontario government after he resigned office. The attorney-general's depart ment can reply, but will it? Stormont was so closely divided in the last' election that hed the forty- four votes of the independent candi- date gone to the liberal he would have been elected. 1be conservative candidate in succeghion to Mr. Nerr, who won in that contest, is John C. Milligan of Cornwall. Mr. Kerr was a candidate for re-nomination, but t only sixty-two votes against Mr. Milligan's - 133, H. B. Ames, N.V., of Mofftreal, has gone into the show business and ap- peared in Toronto with a bunch of lantern slides. It does not gppear he included in his list a picture of that Pou, 000 tetminal which Mr. Whit ney has presented to the Canadian Northern railway, nor yet did he il lustrate Hon. Frank Cochrane's hand- ing over ¥130,000 to his brother-in- aw. George Biggs has retired from the political contest in North Renfrew. A few days alter the conservative con- vention, recently held in Pembroke, when Alexander Morris was nominat- ed, Biggs announced himself gs a can- didate. He said the convention had been packed, that numbers of his friends had heen excluded, that num- bers .were refused ballots, 'and that switching of ballots was openly prac- ticed. Just what pressure was brought to bear on Beggs which has induced him to retire, no one can say. ¥ Already suggestions are being made as to the possible successors to Hon. Dr. Willoughby, as minister without portiolio - in the Whitney cabinet. There should be no successor. * When the present government came into of fie: it found seven ministers with port folio and one minister without port folio. "To-day there are eight minis ters with portfolio and thrée ministers without portfolio, and in addition a considerable quantity of work which the late government did is now dong by commission. 'Fhe position in con sequence of the unfortunate death of Dr, Willoughby, might well he done away with, » -- # Hon. Adam Beck was duly nomina ted by a conservative convention in London. William Gray attended the gathering. When he rose to speak it was plain that he had the support of a fairly strong element among the delegates. "At the last election here the party did not put up one cent for my expenses," said Mr. Gray, *'} paid them myself, with the assistance of my friends." To which statement A. I. McMahen, the president, took some exception, declaring that the party had paid Mr. Gray's expenses "1 say that the party did not," said Mr. Gray. 'I'he money subscribed by the party ix in a bank in this city and has not been touched. . You col jeetéd the money," said Mr. Gray, od ex-M.P. "Where is ate --- An extraordinary state of affairs developed at the Leeds conservative convention at Delta on Friday. George 8. Johuiton, of Forfar, was out to wrest the nomination from the sitting member, J. R. Dargavel, of Elgin "Fhe second and concluding ballot gave 167 votes against Mr Johnston's "162 and the convention made the choice unanimous. 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