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iWRImself.~ Now there is neither in-- -- (telligence for pradent silence. _/ _ »Mr, Hanna has swung down the ladder several rot nds since the facts in the compromising Tay-- n case were su'ppreued. His determined effort "@o.lfipprou the equally suspicious Snider evi-- «dence suggests equal guilt to be concealed. The (whitewashing of Mr. Howard Ferguson was tit for--tat. Mr. Hanna's star is on the wane, for «which he has himself to blame. _As for Dr. Reaume and Mr. Duff, from them nothing was ever expected. With an autocratic Premier in control they could at least mark time, but left to themselves they face backwards. For years The Globe gave to Premier Whit-- ney and his Government all reasonable consider-- ation.© Had they continued even to seem devoted _ to the public interest that considerateness might have continued despite manifest incompetence. It .may be that Sir James Whitney deserved en-- couragement u' to the end of his active leader-- ship. The collapse which followed hard upon his ithdrawal tells how heavy and deadening his burden was. Now that the strength of his mas--i tership is gone, and the break--up of the Govern-- ment irreparable, the sooner the worst is over the , better alike for the Conservative party and for the Province. | =mmmunmmummnprommmmneunsnmnstmmmmemmmmme 1