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"Now that the liberals have a ma- jority, in the upper chamber," says the Mail, "and can practically do as they please, the party press tells the country that the work of reform is complete." Oh no it does not. It tells the country that the machine has been smashed, and so its work is about complete, The conservative leader in the senate is not yet prepared to ac cept defeat. He figures up that if all his political friends and allies were in their places be would have a ma- jority of two, and he expected to have them on hand and niake a kick against the liberalizing of the senate committees. He was disappointed in this, but he does not yet consider that he iy vanquished. There has to be a further leavening of the upper chamber with liberal sentiment before the reforms the Mail is pager for will come to pass, But they will come--all too soon for the conservative party. It ased the senate as a registering machine in its days of power, and as an obstructive machine in its days of adversity. * Any change from this will be unwelcome to it. ------------ GLASGOW AND ITS POOR. The city of Glasgow ix about to make another public experiment. It proposes the erection of suitable houses for the working classes. In great cities building cites are very expen- sive, and working men cannot afford to buy them nor rent the houses that are built upon them--within a certain radius of the business centres. Thus in some cities the labour ele ment, for comfort, is driven into the suburbs of the city, and so far from the points of occupation as to require one to spend the time that should be his for rest or recreation in travelling to and from his work. If he live in the city proper it is in alleys and cel lars and garrets, amid surroundings of the most wretched sort, 4 Glasgow proposes to do for the thrifty working men what they cannot do for themselves. In the spirit of pa- ternalism which js becoming a charac teristic of the Scotch people the Glas- a | cow corporation proposes to house its ie i et & $2 folly Ww Eis industrious poor on & scale or plan that is peculiarly its own. Jt desires to borrow £750,000, and with the money build four hundred tenements, massive things, three stories high, well constructed and well ventilated, and possessing all the modern sani- tary arrangements. This will at once provide. accommodation for about two thousand families, and il the ideals aimed nt be reached they can be du- plicated in the near future. The scheme is capable of unlimited expansion. The venture might make some cor porations hesitate, but Glasgow has heen very progressing. It hag led in Scotland in municipal ownership, it has made handsomely out of its light- ing plants, and when a city supplies a man with his gas and water it is only another step to supply him with a decent house in which to live. PLEA FOR INDEPENDENCE. "Blind adherence to any ligule ina mistake; o bigoted accept of cer- tain shibboleths instead of principles is mere folly. Social reforms gt home, based on justice, and a true concep tion of liberty, a peaceful and loving empire, based on self-govern- ment, should be written, not on a slate, but the more enduring material of a nation's heart." From the Lon- don, Eng., Echo. Unquestionably no sentiment could be more timely or patriotic. The whole tendency of party is to abwo- Jute despotism of lenders. This spirit had ite Birth in rash and extrava- gant government measures to carry which in England as in Canada it was necessary to use the government THE CONSERVATIVE NOMINEE. The conservative convention last night offered the nomination for the local house to .J. Morgan Shaw. Others were suggested, but they all withdrew in Mr. Shaw's favour, so that be became the unanimous choice. The parties here gre now in shape for the conflict when it comes, and from this time till its close the campaign- ing will be lively enough. Of one thing Mr. Shaw can rest as sured--that the cause he espouses can and will, as it should, be discussed on its merits. He represents the con- wervative view om pmblic questions, end presumably Mr. Whitney's view of them. I the convention endorses the leader it endorses all he says and does in conmection with public affairs. 'The lines of demarcation between the parties will be clear enough, and the electors will have no occasion to hesi- tate as to what they will or should do under the circumstances. The date of the election has not wet k set. It may be soon, and the sooner the better. This city is libe- vel, and will remain likeral if the party is as united as ysual, and of that there is the fullest assurances. The Rows govrnment is entitled to its most enthusiastic support, and when the toesin of war is sounded the liberal party will he prepared to en ter the battle and add to its record of victories. A TRIBUTE TO WORTH. The death of James Scott, in To- ronto, revives the fact that he began life in Kingston, that his beginning was modest enough, that here he laid the foundation for future usefulness. His is another case in illustration of the truth that a man of energy and industry will eventually reach the plain or field wherein be can do the best service for himself and others. Mr. Scott was essentially a business wan, with a mind for details, with a spirit of mastery which made for sue- cess in every avoeption of life. He oc cupied various places of trust, but it was not until he became identified with the Georgian Bay lumber com- pany that he displayed that grasp of intellect, that sagacily, insight or intuition, that marked him out as a manager of large capacity. He pros pered because he put his soul into his engagements. He deserved the success that came his way. A man of varied attainments, of quiet dignity and deportment, he was qualified for many tasks he did not seek. For four years he was in the city council, and made his influence felt there, but he was not an ardent politician. Rather the place he liked was in the church, or the charitable institutions, in the ser- vice that sprang from pure benevo- lence and had its rewara in the con. sciousness of duty well done. "We see little of the crushing poverty of the unfortunate in Toronto," says the Globe, "and we are apt to think that it i» because conditions are somchow different here from those obtaining elsewhere. The truth is that the la- bors of devoted men like James Scott are very largely instrumental in brightening the homeward road of those who under less happy circum stances would wear the garb of the workhouse and éat the bread of sor row." That quiet tribute to unosten- tation and to worth is better than colunme of faint praise. The man who gives of his means, of his spirit, and of himself, towards a good cause, has a satisfaction and a reward that cannot be expressed in words. HOLDING WHAT WE HAVE. . F. C. Wadé, who has been a gov: ernment office in the Yukon district, complained in' a speech, given in To- ronto, that Canada is not taking care of the wealth that lies within her bor- ders. The Klondyke craze is over. That is the people are no longer rush- ing in withobl preparation for the conditions they must face. The valve of the field for emigration as as great as ever. The wealth taken out of the country bas been enormous--$16,000,000 in gold in 1599, $22,000,000 in 1900, aml $24,000,000 in 1901--and yet but fifty miles of the seven thousand of creeks have bern explored. In that far cause it had been destroyed through He blamed the makers of ham. They did not cure their product so that it would keep. The manufacturers of can- ned goods made their tins too heavy. The makers of picks made their picks too heavy. while the shovels were either too short or too long. Canada, he said, was hunting for trade the world over, ransacking the antipodes, but neglecting the trade within her own doors. He would suggest as a reasonable solution that thg government appoint an experienced man to go out there, find the needs, and then come back and tell the manufacturers his ex- perience. If this did not carry he would have the Canadian manufactur ers' association take it up. The advice is good. Canada is send | ing men abroad for' information that | will be of value, conmuercially, to its people. Tt ought to know about the hoine trade, and especially about that which the shrewd Yankee is meanwhile exploiting to his advan- tage. Mr. Wade, as Crown officer, may not he familiar with the details of trade. else he would be the one, with his ex- perience, to engage in the work he re gards as so important. "EDITORIAL VIEWS. Now then. liberals, get on your war paint. Col. Hughes wants to organize an- other force of Canadians for service in South Alrica, if :the war goes on. His aid may not be needed, but it is gene: rously offered. The conservatives have Mr. Marter on the brain. They think he blighted all their hopes in the closing hours of the last legislature. Did he? Were not they doomed anyway ? Mr. Tarte's absence from a pihlic meeting in Beauharncis at which he was to speak was the occasion of con- siderable remark. « But that absence is accounted for. Mr. Tarte was ill. Were the tories sorry he was away? Not much. The tory machine in the senate has not Been completely wrecked. In the absence of the liberals the other day Senator Landry got in his work, and gloried in it. Whoever is leading the party in the senate had better see that the humiliation is 'not repeated. The voting in the Beauharnois elec- tion takes place to-morrow. It wit be the end of a very bitter racial war. Mr. Bergeron, the conservative can- didate, has appealed to the French to prefer him because of his nucionality. Now it is reported that Gen. Miles has presidential ambitions. He has denied it, and in vain. The republi- can press wiil have it so, god pro- ceeds to make a mean attack upon hima. He must be 5 democrat, gnd se (in the opinion of the republican) he is not any good. Dr. Talmage is very ill. Why is it so many feel a tinge of pain as they read the annomncement ! Dr. Tal mage's sermons in the press, for many years, have made him 4 household fa- vourite, and his case has a personal side to it that is peculiarly its own. He is lying in a semi-comatose condi- tion. HANGED AT EDMONTON. Guilty of The Murder of a Michi- gan Youth, Edmonton, NW.T., March 26. -- At Fort Saskatchewan, to-day, Charles Bullock is to be hanged for the mur- der of Leon Stainton in the Battle river country in April last. The dead youth, Leon Stainton; had left his »me in Kalamaroo, Mich, to take a position with the Union Pacific rail- way at Aspen, Wyo. There met Charles Bullock and a young man from his state of Michigan. Bullock's parents lived on 5 farm in the Battle river district of Alberta, NNT and they had written to their son %o come there and get lend. HoBlock asked Stainton, i gether, but Bullock reached his home alone. He had plenty of money when he arrived, and gave his family 855 move than be had when he left Aspen. He stayed only three days, going away to British Columbia a* he said. Instead he went to Montana and his name. Two months later a was found hall buried in a bluff near the Bullock farm. The body was identified ax that of Stainton and after weeks of hard work, the police unravelled the whole story. A long search located Bullock at Great Falls, Montana, where he was arrested and brought back to Edmonton. A speedy TELEGRAMS FROM THE FOUB QUARTERS OF THE EARTH, Matters That Interest Everybody ~Notes From All Over--Little C. H. Royal was elected mayor of St. Boniface by acclamation. Cecil Hhodes was weaker last night thau at any time during his illness. 'Ibe imperial authorities have asked (for another mounted force of 2,000 men from Canada. The will of Rev. Dr. John Laing, of Knox church, Dundas, leaves his wid ow an estate of $10,560. Australia is suffering from a terri: ble drought, and in New Zealand, the bubonic plague has hroken out. The Freeman fertilizing works, Ham ilton, were badly mjured by fire on Monday morning. Loss about $14,000. The railway 'tracksnan committer will ask for $45 per month as a mini- mum wage on both Canadian roads. It is estimated that 3,000 settlers from the United States have alceady entered the west by way of Portal, Man. At the Toronto civil assizes, Irving Carley, Darrie, was condemnea to pay Miss Jennie Abram $2,000 for breach of promise, J. Pierpont Morgan has loaned his "Colonna Raphael" to the British public for exhibition at the nations) gallery, for six months. Charles Hunt, Hamilton, has lost an eve through injury inflicted by the shot received. from Charles Jolley's gun on Saturday night. The liberals of Mount Forest and vicinity intend shoruly to tender a banquet to Hon. James McMullen, in recognition of his appointment to the senate, . Senator Kirchhoffer introduced a bill in the senate asking for power to increase the capital stock of Bell tele phone company, which received a first reading. In a departmental store, Toronto. on Saturday, over $35 in counterfeit quarters and dimes were taken over the counters. No one detected the money. Toronto university will shortly in- stitute a science course for women, either under the name of domestic science or some other name with a broader significance. Right on. James Lowther, pre- sented petitions ih the British house of commons from Liverpool and Car diff, containing 5.000 signatures, praying for duties on foreign goods. ALMSHOUSE TO FORTUNE. A Baltimore Pauper Falls Heir to $100,000. Baltimore, March 26.--Toseph Zane, a pauper, has left the almshouse for Boston to secure his share in the es tate of bis uncle, whose name was al- so Joseph Zane. The estate is valued at 8500000, and the Baltimore pau per's shawe is estimated at $100,000, of which 820.000 is cash and the rest well-paying realty here. Mrs. Ellen Claridge, who keeps a small grocery shop here, and Mrs. Georgiana Kelly, both in very humble circumstances, nieces of the testator, received bequests of nearly the same value. Joseph Zane, the testator, was eighty-five years «ld when he died a month ago in Boston. He was born in Baltimore, but ran away when voung, got a job as plumber's boy in Philadelphia, and subsequently set up a% a dealer in plumbers' supplies and made a fortune, continuing the busi: ness in Boston, GOAT WITH BRAIN POWER. Summons Aid When Dog Falls Into a Well. p Susquehanna, Pa., March 26.--Far mer Wainright, of Cascade, bas 4 pot goat and 5 pet puppy that are great friends. Together they ramble though the neighborheod during the goat's spare moments, when t are no oyster cans, door scrapers, or other edibles for it to nibble. The singular behaviour of the goat Sun iay afternoon attracted the at- tention of the farmers. It ran to gnd fro, bleating pitéously, and seemed ball distracted. Some une suggest- ed that the animal should be follow ed. The t seemed to appreciate the fact that it was understood, and led the way to the rear of the yard, where the puppy was found in a pit ten feet deep, almost in its last strog- Jes. The puppy was rescued and restored to the goat, which greeted it with fond caresses and bleated its thanks to the rescuers. For Toronto Police Court. T 0 Telegram. Abraham Adil, alinged pe have suggested matrimony to Mary Brown stein, and to have got 8200 of ber on that understanding, was - parently gt a loss how i od, o was aceordi remanded. Detective Burrows brought the man back from Kingston, but so far no confession bas been made. A Valuable Collection. London, March 26.-The Duven brothers have purchased, in Madrid h the Gerleox collection -------- EE -- THE NEWS OF THE WORLD. 9 Zane sor: | #E8EE® @ Why Waste Time Rebinding SKirts? Use S. H. &« M. Bias Velveteen Skirt Binding and avoid all necessity for re- binding. Next time you need a skirt binding buy woH eM S. H. & M. Redfern--a on the back of Bias Velveteen or Brush bias corded velvet. Bigrmimbtng iyi THE TIME HAS COME When you should hustle in the dollars if you want to take advantage of our offer of 20% DISCOUNT. 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