i ' ar Svan, a Williams STOVE PIPE ENAMEL gives a high gloss to stove pipes. It works easily tinder the brush and if properly "applied doesn't smoke or blister, It stands a high degree of heat and wears long. Use it on your !soLo my ~~ Corbett's HARDWARE FIREWOOD ! 1, Good Sound Hard Wood, Birch and Maple. 4. Hardwood Slabs, our own suwing, real good value. 3 Kindling, Dry Pine Slabs, and Factory Cutlings, kept under cover, Sawn or Split, in lengths to suit any stove. Frompt delivery, obliging teamsters. Write, phone, call or give order to any of our carters, and it will receive careful attention. S. ANGLIN & C0. Foot of Wellington St. Good Spring Suits Ll Tacs quality H made. Black and Blues an or 'double-breasted fully equal to $11, $12 and $13.50 We (invite lnspection of these Suits. Spring Hats and Caps Big variety, but small prices. Working Boots, Men's $1.40, $1.65, $1.90, $2.15. Also Zid Hime fine Boots, from $2.76 to ISAAC ZACKS, 271 Princess street. F. W. BOSCHEN Member Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York. STOCKS, BONDS and GRAIN Bought and Sold for Cask or pil Margin, DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE TO N.Y W. HECTOR H. HUME, Mor. Olargnce Chambers: Phigne, 838, | J pn gpimmmmee gon CRESCENT 'WIRE WORKS a------ PARTRIDGE & SONS, Owing to increase in business we re- quire more work. Too and have Factory (formerly Spenc- er's Lock Works), King St. West and will remove there about May 1st. oN Jo) COAL COAL a3 N-- WHIG, 75th YEAR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, published at 506 810 King street, Ki inguon, at year, Editions at 2.30 and 4 o'clock pom. _ WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 pages, pub lished in parts on apd Thursday morn. ing at $1 a year. To United Charge yi fi Pastage Bn to be made 0c. for or as chet 2 Tat of the bust Job Printing one ot and, still, end ches Co., Ltd. W. J. B. PENSE, ing Director. Daily Whig. TRAINED CONSULAR SERVICE, "I'he' need of special training for trade and consular appointees is being recognized in the United States, sind a new department will be added to the University of Washington's course 'of studies to meet the requirement. The idea is being strongly supported by -buginess men generally." This one reads in Industrial ada and it becomes very suggestive, Queen's College aims at leading in the education that meets the demand of the times. Why should it not find out what is required for consular service, add competent teachers to the faculty, 'and begin at onee a consular department, . No other college has taken up the subject because the nebd of a training the consul desires has not been made apparent. Since Mr. Sifton has spoken, however, the subject has loomed up larger, and the Koglish as well as Ca- npdian press has reverted to it with special emphasis, According to some minds the mar- vel is that the idea, so reasonable, has been so long ia taking practical THE Can- \ i THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1008, ER ---- some sng politic inns amd Jearns that a man must be selected for public office on the ground of fitness alone. He is told that in accepting appointment, he should let go his partizanship, and that the "future should have for him only usefulness and promotion. The sentiment is grand and inspiring. It i# not, however, respected in practice. The men who enter the city's ser vice should case to be politicians. The firemen are not the s'rvants of one party, pnd have no business with party politics. The captain of a fire station has all he n attend to without presuming toil the presi- dency of a ward club. and direct it destinies, Similarly the clerk Jn a putlic office, the policeman, the tax- gatherer, or the park commissioner, has no time for political service, and when he plays the politician he is re- creant to his trust. And what is suid of Toronto can be said of any city. Its officials, in any grade or capacity, should be neutral in politics, and when they ar: not they do a public wrong, if they do not neglect to per- form a public duty The rebellion in Toronto is timely It will have its results, Perhaps the brakesmen on the machine, the al- leged leaders of the party, the men who presume to dictate to their fel- lows, will have a care. A crisis ison, and before it has passed some people will have found their place or bear- ings. WHITNEY'S INIQUITOUS ACT. Some conservative papers, notably The Toronto Telegram and World, are very angry because the Canadian Northern railway was given large fa- shape. I -------------- MORAL SENTIMENT VERY KEEN. The senate of New York, by an even vote, hung up the bill which the gov- ernor backed and having for its obicet the prohibition of gambling on the race track and elsewhere, For a while the forces of evil seemed to triumph but the governor is not discouraged. He har geeapted invitations to address public meeting: on the sabject, and has cheerfully responded. One great gathering occurred at Utica, the home of a senator who had antagonized the the proposed legislation, and the re- sult was an outburst of indignation, that startled the people. The heather is being wet on fire, and if the senate of the state does not recede from its unpopular position there will be an upheaval politically at the next elec tion, The division in the senate was largely on political lines, the républi- cans voting for the measure, and the democrats against it. Outside the leg- islature there is an obliteration of party lines, and republicans and de- mocrats join in demanditg a Taw that will remove one of the rankest scan. dals of the times. Jt is gratifying to- find the moral sense of the people so keen at a time when the public im- pression of itis so important. BRICK BATS IN PARLIAMENT. Mr. Bennett, M.P., is the terrorist of the conservative party in the com- mons. As a rule he given to abuse, and occasionally he exceeds the limit of what his allies are willing to stand, On Thursday he referred to a mat- ter which was not properly before the house, but he did not care about that. He had the opportunity to become of- fensive, and he insinuated that there was something wrong with the dredg- ing contracts. "'Mr. Pugsley was in the limelight," said a tory print, whereas it was the member for East Simooe of whom this should be said. There was nothing amiss, however, with the contracts. They were let to the lowest tenderers and under such rules that no man could get the pub- lic money be could not earn. The singular feature of the discussion was that while an attempt was made by some members of the party to help Mr. Bennett, Mr. Henderson de- clined to second his resolution, and Dr. Chisholm, of Huron, offered his apologies for the unseemly proceed: ings of the day. The climax was reached when Mr. Taylor, that other representative. of rough house, claimed the protection of the chair when Mr. Conmee was calling Mr. Bennett to - account and citing his confession of slander and bribery in the local election. It is a significent sign when the chief offen ders against the proprieties. throw up their hands and ery, "Enough." ---------------------- SHAN CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. Something like dismay has followed the revolt of the independent comserv- atives against the machine rule of the Toronto conservative party. The evil of running politics into. everything, of a man's political leanings the is vours In the last hours of the recent session. Mr. Whitney is called sharp. ly to account, as he ought to be, be. cause his action ix a complete reverse of what he promised. When in 1904 the Ross government gave 'aid to the main fine, from Toronto to Sud- bury, he thundered and scolded. He was a political voleano, whose erup- tion was regarded ds very alarming. Again, when the liberal government | was g proposing to grant 1,200,000 acres to the Port Arthur branch of the Transcontinental, Mr, Whitney der clared the proposition a case of reck- lessness gone mad. At a later date, alter he had become premier, in reply to - a deputation from the Farmers Association, he declared that under no circumstances his govern- ment give any public lands, to any private railway. the face of this explicit declara- tion the government voted 575,..4 acres to, one corporation. Not only has Mr. Whitney done violence to his own record, but he has also gone contrary to sound public policy The voting of public money to a rail- 'way is bad enough, but to tie up large blocks lof public lands in the hands of these corporations, lands to which jrospective settlers should have 'the freest possible access, is ah infinitely more seripus offence. The cohservative papers, while seari- fying Mr. Whitney, feel that they must do something to the injury of Mr. MacKay so they censure him because he did not in some way hold up the government and prevent it from carry ing out its nefarious plans. The ma- jority is supposed to rule, rightly or wrongly, and Mr. Whitney, in the late legislature, had been supported hy forty more 'Wwembers than the opposi- tion numbered. would In has now p-------- FAILURES IN SOCIAL REFORM, Now it is the Cash Register man who is disappointed in his attempt to produce a species of paradise on earth. The great Pullman, of sleeping car fame, was his predecessor in the same line. My. Pullman, a man of genius, and eventually a man of wealth, sought to make the little town which took his name, in Illinois, idealistic in its government. He owned the land, and parcelled it out so that each cottager would have a little of it for the cultivation of lawn and flowers. The houses were architectupally attractive. They em- braced the modern improvements. The public resorts, the public amusements, the churches, the schools, and all else 'that a live and up-to-date place re- quired, were provided. Pullman was the head and force of every local in- terest. All went well for a time. Then troubles occurred between the employ- er and the employees. Depression caused a crisis. Presently the para- contentment went with him. Patterson, of Dayton, Ohio, workmen's homes, pretty ones, his parks, his drives, his great "Welfare to sad works, which give employment nearly 3.000 men. It will be a loss to Dayton, and it can ill-aflord the shock, but the man who has the control is offended and he cannot appeased. It is unfortunate that the attempts of capitalists liking have not been a success be the social problem is better under. stood or more practicable, and the Sunlight soap people, and Menier, of chocolate fame, have not expended their strength and means to no ac count, There is evidently something amiss in the American demonstration of social reform. It has, apparently, too much of the personality of , one man, and tasty though he may he he tannot force his ideas on thousands ol others. The clash comes when he rules in everything with the hand of a martinet. EDITORIAL NOTES. How long are the people to suffer from the dust nuisance ? Where. oh where, gre the water carts? -- Is there to be a repetition of the Pacific scandal ? Send me another ten thousand, Last time of calling ete, ete, ? . -- The last week acts of the Whitney government are being blinked at in some quarters and because these acts are calculated to swell the campaign funds, -- The president of the United States says that four more battleships are recessary for the United States nave, The senate says tw will he enough Who is the boss ? ---- The liberals of Toronto, if united, as they appear to be, should carry two or three seats. The popularity of two of the ministers has suffered, and their defeat seems certain. Governor Hughes is referred to hy a -- New York aml proposes to yemeve DARG WERT DUM we OARGAVEL KEPT BUSY, 5oooc-- | | to build cities of their in | Americs. Tu England and in France | -- - | |SEEKING THE LEEDS TORY | | NOMINATION. ------ | He Has, Two or | Opponents--The Convention | Will Be Held at Delta on | Saturday, May 2nd. | Gananoque, April 15.-The first gen eral session of the conmrvative | club for the Front of Leeds Town. | ship, was held in the club rooms of | the Gananoque Hille Assocogticn last | evening. Joseph Ih Wolfe, president | occupied the chair, Addresses wi re giv- en by George Taylor, MF. of Gana-| noque, and J. R. Dargavel, M.P.P., of | Elgin. Mr. Dargavel is kept busy try- | hg to keep his followers in lime, i | i i i } i Three Strong | { i { young as to gain-the convention, which will bikely be contested by George § Johnson, of Bastard township, Walter | Beatty, ex-M.P.P., and possibly Samu- el Donevan, of Lansdowne. The eon servative convention will be held at Delta, on Saturday, May 2nd. i The Busy Bee Mission Band held | their annual business meeting in the parlors of Grace church, Thursday af ternoon. The election of officers re- sulted : President, Miss Blythe Bat- tam; vior-president, Miss Myre | Wright: recording secretary, Miss Nina | Rogers; corresponding secretary, Miss Ruth McLean: treasurer, Miss Mildred | Brown. John Kenney, Garden street, has sold his residence thers to Freeman | Moore, who will take possession at | once, | Capt. D. J. Kenny, Garden stre t. | goes back to the Rideau this week, | where he will take charge of one of | the Rideau hoats for the coming sea- | son. The captain has sailed in those waters since his youth, and returns with pleasure to such a familiar lo- cality. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Wilson, of Brock. vitle, spent the past week with rola Sives in town, John Davis, of Chaniry, was ths guest of his sister, Mrs, A, D, Howe, Oak street, for a short time this] week. Miss Maud McLellan, First street, spending the past two months dn angry critic in the American press fool. Yes? He will politicians enjoy what as a demented not let the Cleveland once called Mwuetude. innocuous des- If a raid is to be made upon the waterworks' funds, as it would appear by recent intimations, it is to . be hoped the people will be consulted. A referendum would settle the question for all time. -- The council must airs at the expense of the people. The man who plants shade trees and finds them an injury in of benefit, should have something to say about their removal. not put on any place : ---- The government eould not go to the people without the promise of law re- form. But law, to thase who must have it, will not be any cheaper until Mr. McKay's ideas are adopted or he has the fashioning of proceedure. Collier's Weekly forbids its contem- poraries from copying Kipling's let- ters. These letters are about Canada and Canadian affairs. Perhaps it is not intended that they should be read in Canada. Isn't Rudyard becoming a little stunted in his loyalty ? SPIRIT OF THE PRES Sq They Do? -7 ? Toronto Star Premier Whitney should remember that last minute graits of a million and a hall to railways often lead to eleventh hour repentances. The Smart Set, Hamilton Herald. Mrs. Howard Could affirms that no woman can dress decently on less thay $20,000 a year. Gracious! What a host of women there are who don't come up to the standard of sartorial decency |! What'll It Be ? Hamilton Times. Under the new liquor law of Al berta, saloon men are going to raise the price of drinks. The thirsty one mast now put twenty-five cents in- stead of ffteen cents for mixed drinks, while liquor, mixed with mineral watlr, will cost him forty cents. Shorter drinks, of longer purses, will come into fashion. Place For Judges. Montreal Star. It is all very well to talk about the iniquity of dragging judges away from their ular duties, but the truth is that the bench offers us the only class of men in this country who can command public confidench in the transaction of certain forms of public duty, We must have men beyond the reach of party and not susceptible to influences, ~ and such men -- though they doubtless exist off Schenectady, New York city and bany, with friends and relatives, returned H. Winstanley, risburg, spent a few days in town| thi€ week. Mr. and Mrs. Buell Dickey, | who have resided here since their mar riage a few weeks ago, have taken up residence at Rockport home, Another Grist Of News. Gananoque, April 17.--The choir of Christ 'cliurch held the musical event! of the season in the Anglican "church | last evening when they gave an ex- cellent rendition of Stainer's "Cruel fixion,"" The leading parts were taken by Frederick .J. Skinner, Clarence Skinner and Ralph Britton, assisted by' the entire choir and several out-| side voices, I The home of Mr. and Mrs. John! Dormer was the scene of a very in teresting social event last evening, it being. the occasion of the marriage of | their daughter, Sadie E. Dormer tol W. W. Dool, of Ottawa. Rev, Thomas | Meredith performed the ceremony be fore a large number of guests. The| bride was attended bv her sister, Eva, and the groom by R. Dool, of Bis hop's Mills. The popularity of the bride was attested by the large! number of handsome and costly to-] kens of esteem. After the ceremony al wedding supper was served and the) happy couple leit for Bufialo, NY, and other eastern parts to spend their | honeymoon. On their return they! will reside in Ottawa | The Rathbun company have made a] great improvement in the appearance] of the railway station, offices and] freight sheds by a copious mse of! paint, = | The Leeds and Pittfftrg or made fs Rural Telephone company have made arrangements with the Dell Telephone company to handle the work of central office here. ' 0. F. Telgmann, of Kingston, spent] a short time this week with fricnds| in town. W. I.. Howden, V.S., ford, Unt., has located for the practice of his profession, Mrs. | J. A. Thomson, wife of the popular | Journal editor, is visiting in Oshawa, | in attendance at the marriage of her] sister, Miss Edith May, to Charles F.| Serviss, of the Williams Piano com-| pany staff, which occurred Wednesday. 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