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Daily British Whig (1850), 23 Jun 1914, p. 4

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VEE BW UREA a SRG RRR "* They have refused to allow them 50 00 1.0 1.50 1.50 a. i» of the best Job in Canada: : IVE reh St. h Ave. er, . rbune Bldg. k R. Northrup, Manager. EARNING THEIR SACARIES. The parliomentary session at Otta- wa is over and the represepiatives of the people have drawn their salaries and are on their way home. What bave they done to earn thase salaries? They kive piven aid Lo the promoters of the C.N.R. snd G.T.P. railways smonnting to 360,000,000° they have given additional protection to the steal industry and other manufactur ers; they have voted several millions oi the people's money for useless mili- tary display;yand they have squander- ol and misaeed the public funds ' in , many other ways. What have they * "Gome for the farmers of the west? to Sell their grain and buy their imple- _ ents where they can da so to the " "best advamtage; they bave refused to TORONTO REPRESENTA HE 2 C Chi "stop unfair discrimination in freight SRT eR = " rates, and they have not had time to deal with a co-operative credit bill. In brief, they have given more privi- leges to the 'privileged and have laid more burdens on those already heavily laden. la: that what they are paid for Y--Grain Growers' Guide. In August Sir Robert Borden will make a tour of the western provinces. He will look them over prior to, a now election: Incidentally the electors will 150k him over and cell some things to his remembrance. It has been remarked that mo clergy- mien signedt Ald. Harrison's oe tion paper. They were Tot asked te do se. Not so anxious' as some others to advertise themselves. SUPERANNUATION NOT WANTED. The teachers' superannuation scheme in Tofoato is likely to be revised or abaudonéd, and because in. certain easel it bas been found inexpedient. When he reached his sixty-fifth year, Dr. Embree, ome of the best high . school principals, was retired on the prescribed allowance. Dr. Embree was able and willing to serve the Deard of Education and did not de- sire superannuation. He realized, as many do, that enforced idleness was bad for his health--men rust out more than they work out--and resisted the proposal that he should give up his profession. He was dropped from the staff of teachers, however, not to fall 4uto oblivion as too many do. He kept his case before the people, and aroused so much interest that the School is now ready and will- ing to reinstate him in its service if it can. Superannuation is a good thing, * but it should mot be forced on any one. When it is injustice is done. The man who is willing to work, and has the physical and mental capacity, should be allowed to do so. 'loo many are pushed aside upon pretence, to become burdens upon tie people, and some of them to reflect upon tha government 'or the board that caused this experience. The Ottawa Joumal is very anxious that the Whitney government shall be sustuioed. in the elevfion. But it ® rot so long sinte it said that if Sir James Whitney was going to "maintsin his attitude against tax re- form the province could. afford. to re- tie him jrom power, ~- WHAT OF THE FUTURE ? The abolish-thesbur ~compaign has been a revelation to the 'comserva- tives. They' expect some revulsion of feeling against their attitude oun uestion, but not such an upris- ovourred. And yet some the government have not surprised. When Mr. Rowell took his aggressive attitude against the liquor traffic in ¢ thé legisiature 'the government had the appeals of its supporters for ad- vanced action. Sir James Whitney « responded in a detlaration that the $n or ovil of the times was the treating, and he proposed to abolish it. He said that representative liquor government, and calling it a temper ance government, who are willing to admit that the party must go for ward if not quite as far as the lib- To-day condervatives .were saying that the Whitney government will win, but it will go "back to power weak- ened in its following, and chastemed, and one result of the election will be progress towards total prohibition. "Yhe sonsexvative party scems to be thoroughly scared. ln Britain it is proposed that the stale undertake a control of immi- gration. It should have been done long ago. "Even now," says the London Chronicle, 'every effort should be made to keep British citizens who emigrate within the pale of the em- pire." FIGHTING WITHOUT HOPE. With the resumptiem of the imper- ial parliamint arises the irritating, and in a sense tite peremial question, What is: to be done with the sul- fragettes ? They are insufferably an- noying. They are incorrigible. They cannot be suppressed. And they can- not be allowed to go om, destroyiRg property in a ruthless, reckless way, with criminal istent, and without consequences. Mr. McKenna, the home secretary, is willing to admit that he cannot class them as ordin- ary oriminals since they 'are without the motives ef criminals generally, ' and yet are more vicious and un- {i nageelle than the criminals as a | class. + Four suggestions were made: with regard to their 'treatment, thus: To let them dis, to deport or exile them, to regard them as, lunatics, and to give them the franchise. Mr. McKenna regretted that he could mot accept any. of these prescriptions. There were some women who were really willing to die for the cause, and it was not expedient to accept their martyrdom. It was not prac ticable to deport them to an island, and keep them abroad. unless the is- land were constituted a prisen, and the women would then, as in Eng- land, go om hunger strikes. They could not be treated as lunatics and not be certified as insane. The voice of. the people protested against the granting of votes to them. The home secretary had an alterna. tive which he thought would be the end of militancy. It was to prose cute the subscribers to the militants' funds, criminally, because il was the rich, the proud, who contributed to the trouble with their money. While they lived in ease and luxwry and avoided presec@lion, they were keep- ing the agitation alive. It was thought that Mr. Asquith had wur rendered when he consented to hear the latest plens of the militants. But the answer 'which he made to_ them was direct .and decisive. There would be no concessions to the suffragettes at this stage of the case and there was no assurance from the premier that he wwuld their champion. ever become EDITORIAL NOTES. Hon. Mr. Crothers find places, for 10000 men on the farms. Well, why doesn't he find them in place of going iste hiding in some quiet summer reson, ? says he could A department of town planning is now suggested in connection with the colleges. How would jt do to es tablish at the same time "a depart- ment of social and moral reform ? The Hamilton Herald and the lo ronto News, conservative, demand the re-election of Allen Studbolme, thy 'labour candidate in East Hamil ton. But the conservative opposition remains, by order of the government. The premier of Ontario has been ad- vised that the government officials in Windsor are actively engaged in ihe clection, and he has been asked io call them of. Let them alone. Mi. Howell, a little later, will attend to them. 3 2 "There is Ho excuse apology for jthe three-fifths clause in the Liquor Act, The majority should rule in any case. That ie the British idea of fair play. How would it do to vote that no law could be enacted unless it had the support of three-fifths of the electors. The conservative party has entered information thev cam with regard to the Rowell campaign. The people ance men's revolt against the govern- weil. ; No use. The truth cannot be suppressed. . Mr. Stevens, M.P., is authority tot into a conspiracy to suppress all the Bhi must not know about the temper: |¢ admit a certain number of Hindus to Canada each year, following the plan of admission from Japan. But the Hindus must be prospective settlers. They cannot come in, make a little money, . and then clear out for *lo- dia. ' PUBLIC OPINION Fully Equal To It. Vancouver Province In thay i a land of corn and oil is in ne way ialerior to # milk and honey proposition. Cheap Work. .. Montreal Herald The city has, had nearly a hundyed millions to spend in five years and yoL we must depend upon the rain to do most of our street cleaning. Glorious Charge. London Advertiser. A defender of Mr. Hanaa says that to" abolish the bar will throw thou loa of rescue mission workers out of work. Sure it will and they will be happy over it. In Ury Outario. Hamilion Times _ Under Mr. Rowell there will be no mcrense of shop licenses. In nine tenths of Ontario to-day there is not a single shop license. Where there are asy they can be wiped out by local option. Abolish the Barrel. " Montreal Star Provincial' politics are taking a turn in the limelight. An election in On. tario; an election pending in Mani toba; and 'a scandal in New Bruns. wick. The liberal cry in Ontario and Manitoba is "abolish the bar," and ia New Brumswick "abolish the bar'l." Rowell Winning. Toronto Saturday Night Of ceurse, there is nothing more uncertain than the outcome of an felection or a horse race, but if cur- rent indications are to be trusted, N. W. Rowell, the leader of the opposi- tion in the Ontario legislature, ~ will bave a considerably larger following im the next house than he has been privileged to lead in the.past. -------- A Queer Choice. Ottawa Free Press It is declared that ome of the can- didates for Cochrane was fined for "blind pigging"' some years ago and fined $600. The Hon. Frank will feel no disgrace in having the riding re- presented byisuch a man though he would be much hurt if the people were to choose a liberal Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. Work at the dry dock ing rapidly. Steam started to work, on the job. The doctors defeated the merchants at baseball in a hotly-contested game. The teams lined up as follows : Merchante-- Elliott, c.; Dick, p.; Bib by, 1b.; Dolan, 2b.; Abernethy, 3b; Sherlock, s.s.; Strachan, c.f; Roney, r.l; Hardy, 11. Doctors--Allen, ¢.; 'Garrett, p.; John son, lb.; Mavety, 2b.; Mundell, 3b; W. G. Anglin, es; R. Anglin, ri; Cochrane, c.f.; Phelan, li. is progress drills have Sevenly men are WHO HAS GONE FARTHEST ? What Mr. Rowell Says Regarding Temperance Pluns. Mr. Rowell made a convincing state ment with reference to shop licenses, saying he and his followers would make local option county wide, so that any or every county could clean up by a majority vote any of these stray shop lisenses that might con: tinue. "Some say," proceeded Mr. Rowell, "why don't you go farther ? why don't you wipe out. shops at once ? While one conservative iriend says that Mr. Hanna and all his col leagues in the government go round the country and say that themselves go as fast as public opinion would justify them in going" And yet,while all these leaders are proclaiming that gospel from one end of the country to to the other, you criticize me, when | have gone many times abead of them, for not going farther. There are meu in this province who are opposed to the continuance of the open ba: There are men in the Church of Eny- land in Canada opposed to the con tinuance of the open bar, as evidenced by resolution, who would not support total prohibition. I'here are men mn 'other churches, who share that view. There are men outside the churches who share that view. We might not agree with them. All I say to such men is, if you agree with me that the bar is a curse, and you will go with me to the ballot box and help me to wipe these' two out, I will go with you just as far as you will go, aud we will secure that, being to igh I'hen, having dome that, we Ve got a clear, fair field, and we 'will tackle the remainder as the cir- cumstances might require and the {needs of the situation demand." Mr. Rowell "further asserted thai, having aroused local option county wide and municipal voting to marricd women, it did not lie in the mouth of any man, when he had gone as far as he had been asked to go by the or: anized temperance forces, to say that did not merit the support of tem: perance med in every riding. ---- Where There is No Barroom. Toronto Globe. In a thousand localities throughout Ontario there is no barroom net any alized sale of intoxicating liquor. : ple "There are no bars : the conservative candi * should' Peel bother | why,' then, and load over fa cliff un who TUESDAY, JUNE TWENTY. THIRD Today M.RH, Edward Albert Chris- tan George Andrew Patrick David, les an $.G., Prince of Waite ad or J proud possessor of many other titles, eclebrates hie twentieth birthday. The Prince, who Is the eldest child of His Majesty was born at White Lodge. Richmond Park fn 1804. He has been educated io accordance with the traditions of British movar. chy, with a view to ™ling the throne acceptab- Jy when the time comes for him 4 to succeed his father. This has Involved training in the army and navy, & course at Ox- ford, extensive travel and a study of the continental languages and customs at first hand, Also born today :~-- A. C. Macdonald, born 1861, "A. Champagne, born 1867. WIPING OUT THE BARS. M.P., Toronto, M.P., Battleford The Christian Guardian Makes An- other Appeal. The Christian Guardian, the organ of the Methodist Church of Canada, makes another strong appeal to tem- perance men to vote for the abolitl- on of the bar, It says: In the present Ontarfo election there can be no legitimate doubt as to which way the liquor trade will vote. It is generally recognized, we think, that the liquor trade will vote solidly against Mr. Rowell. There may be a few exceptions, al- though we confess we have heard of none, but we are reasonably certain, unless all signs fail, that Mr Row- ell will get few liquor votes. The Toronto World declares that "Mr. Rowell loses at least as many liberal votes over this issue as he gains conservative," and probably most politicians will agree with this statement, and some liberals are joining with conservatives in declar- ing that Mr. Rowell has made a mis- take. But if there is any mistake the churches, and not Mr. Rowell, have made it. We long ago voted out the bar, so far as great temperance gatherings and sirong resolutions from all kinds of church assemblies could do it, and the question is whether, now when our votes will count, we are prepared to say at the polls what we have been saying for years in our churches and prayers. The chief issue in this campaign is not the hydro-electric, not wark- men's compensation, nor the de- velopment of New Ontario: ngither is it Sir James Whitney mor Mr. Rowell: it is simply the issue to which the temperance forces in On- tario committed themselves years ago----the abolition of the bar. It is useless, worse than useless, to ar- gue that the shops will still be left, for we know and the lquor men know, that the vote which puts out the bar will not long aWbw the shops to remain We can afford possibly to forget parties and to forget men, hut we cannot afford to forget this one supreme issue," and if any temper- ance voter is in doubt as to his duty we would suggest that he ask himself on which side of the bar- room and its babitues, and the whole Manor trade in general, are ranging themselves. Wa venture to say that it is not on the side of the abolition of the bar. Can we afford to vote on the same side as the dis tillers, the brewers. and the liquor sellers? We do not think we can Mr. Rowell, in adopting the policy of the aholition of the. bar, and risking his political life unonh<4t has followed not only the dictates. of conscience but what he has consid- ered to he almost unanimous senti- ment of the advocates of temperance in this province. He: thas done his duty in an open and manly wav; the extent to which the church and temperance forces of the pro- vince will rally to his support re mains to be seen. The Crisis in Hamilton. Hamilton Herald It would be little short of disas- trous to the liquor traffic in Hamil- ton if organized labour were to turn against it.. And there is mo small probability that this will happen. Probably there will be no formal dec- laration of war and no officially re- nized hostilities; but this is cer- tain, if it is made clear that the liquor interests put forth any organ ized éffort in Fast Hamilton to de feat Mr. Studholme, all that can be done by the local labor leaders to influence trade unionists to support the temperance people in their cam- paign to secure a large measure of license reduction next January will be . The Suicide Club. London Advertiser. The bar-room is sometimes defended as the poor man's club. For that matter, Mr. Rowell is out against the bar in clubs, both rich and poor. He will have that Ontario club straight- ened up like all others when he gets the power. It is not the leader of the opposition, but the leader of- the {government, the man in power, that is responsible for the bar of the On- tario and other clubs. But the com- mon barroom is a poor sort of jelub for the poor man. It is a ui cide Club. . Regular $1.00 and Sos Sh for 69c. Every shirt guaranteed first quality. The pro- duction of Canada's best shirt 'makers. Coat shirts in neat stripes, checks and cross bars. Sizes 14 to 17 1-2. * See our window display of these shirts. Sale of Men's Oxfords Tansand blacks, sizes 4% to 9% *¢ regular $4.00 and $4.50 shoes for $2.50 Yr determined to sell all our low; shoes and now is the time you get a genuine bargain. See window display of these shoes. Panama Hat Sale-35 Values for $3.45 Correct shapes, all new goods, all sizes. 7 Headquarters for Men's Underwear and Bathing Suits ) i Onion Sets, Geranlum bedding, ws, ete, ete, Wedding Bou quets, Funeral Designs a Spec- talty. F. J. JOHNSON THE LEADING FLORIST 8234 King St Phones: Residences 1212 285, In Dongola Kid Regular $3 for $2.49 All spring goods on up-to- date lasts _H. JENNINGS, Tr vn Store 239 For Sale . Two general stores _(with dwelling attached in each case) in thriving: villages; one at $4500; the other at $2550. Let, us give you particulars. i A large list of farm and city properties for' sale. Fire and Life Insurance Money toLoan T. 1. LOCKHART, (Over Bank of Montreal) Clarence & King Sts., Kingston The "AD." Club convention at To- ronto, ide ta the name of the anization to * Associated Ad U of the World." ~

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