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Led. v NO SIGN OF REPENTANCE, The severest thing that can be said of the late member for Kingston, and the liberal candidate, by the voung gentleman who is so anxious to sue- loeed him, in the legislature, is that Mr. Pense and Mr. McKay are the last, or almost the last, of the men who supported the liberal government that "brought discredit on Omtario." This language recalls the campaign of slander which preceded the last general election. The Ross govery- ment was attacked venomously. Noth- THE END LOOKED FOR. Dr. Spankie says his candidature in Frontenac was in the first place "urged by conservatives," so that he could not have been used as "a tool to split the conservative party." Now that he is out of the way it may not be amiss to say that some liberals in the county were expecting what has happened. They thus favoured an out. and out party man rather then one whodwas simply disgruntled for the time and disposed to censure the Whitney government in several parti- culars. As an inspector of schools, and therefore amenable to the influence of a minister who is nothing. if not a party hack, it was inconceivable how Dr. Spankie could conduct a vigorous political campaign against the gov- ernment nominee. He was sure, soon- er or later, to invite the hostility of Dr. Pyhe. The screws may not have bend applied, but they would have been and the doctor would have been foreed to either give up his indepen- dence or his public position. The Whitney government has no use for anyone who stands between it and party success, and it would mot have tolerated any eriticism from Dr. Spankie that reflected upon it or its management -of any department. The independent proceedings of Dr. Spankie had, in consequence, the ' ef- fect of showing how ineffectual is the attempt of any man, no matter how clean, energetic, popular and deserv- ing he may be, who is not exhibiting the marks of the party's branding ron. The Toronto World is very anxious that 'a number of independents should be elected to the legislature... Inde pendents of the Maclean kind do account for much. He is newsy in his instincts, but never pursues any scheme long enough to see it through. not TIME FOR THE CLOSURE. The Montreal Witness has a very timely article on the blockade of busi. ness at Ottawa, and for partizan pur poses. Our contemporary shows that there is something out in the argu ment of the conservatives that they are resisting progress on principle, it cyntinues : "As the premier has offered to amend the but, it is really very hard wo see what tue opposition huuls in this whole matter w justily its howl mg and its dislocation of public business. 'lhe only explanation that strikes anyone not inluenced by party motives 1» that the opposition does not like to lose the advantage that would acerue to it by using the pre- sent partizan lists prepared by the loval government. li is true that br. Koche and the other Mamitoba con- servatives who have been leading the oght against the government bii' do not put their case in that way. They assert that the Manitoba lists as they stand are fair to both sides, and that the whole question at issue is one of principle. but if it is a question of principle, it is a very tuany thing that such lights occur on 'party' ques- tions alone. There are a dozen impor- tant government bills on the order paper, yet, if the government gave in in the matter of these Manitoba elec- tion lists, its opponents give assur- ance that the session could be.brought to a close by the lst of July! 'Lhat is to say, the 'public' business which parliament was brought together to consider would receive scant atten. tion, so long as the opposition got id* way-on the party question pow at issue. If it does ngt get its way on the latter, it announces its intention to hold up the public business by pure obstruction until December ! This is not government by parliament, it is government by holdup The right of hold-up. by minorities is called in some immunity to be revered as long as it is not abused. We find it dificult to see how this principle can be harmonized at all with ration- 'al rule. To insist on debate till a matter is fully ventilated is a good thing. To obstruct for mere -obstruc- tion is nothing but despotic use of brute force." There is something peculiar about the Manitoba voters' lists, when Pre- mier Roblin and Hon. Mr. Rogers are summotied to the capital to direct the the war and preach the doctrine of "no surrender." The lists have to be adapted to the federal constituencies, and the suggestion of Sir Wilirid Laurier is that the work be remitted to the judges in the impartiality of whose service there ought to be com- plete confidence. That everything else should suffer or go with scant atten tion is a pretty poor tribute to the ing Whs too bad to say about it. It was added that the records of the de- partments were blotted with the de- tails of many misdeeds. Nay, more, it was whispered that when oppor- tunity offered the evidence would be forthcoming of political crimes which could pot be defended. Almost four years have passed, and thus far not a single charge has been made good.' Has search been made for evidence? Yea, verily, and in vain, and nothing stands to the great discredit of the Whitney government so much as the fact that it has failed most signally to convict the old gov- ernment of any dreadful wrong. In effect the Whitney government must plead guilty to the charge of having deliberately and maliciously maligned the men who were immeasureably its superiors, "Mr. Whitney," says Dr. Hossack, "has, with the pigeon-holes in his poss any . session for years, not discovered scandal relating to the departments.' And it is a declaration that stands out in bold relief with the small talk of certain. tory traducers. H the Whitney governtient has not succeeded in unearthing anything which reflects upon the Ross government or its sup- porters, its little voice in. Kingston is not likely to make much of a commo- tion. The plea' of a polished 'rascal in a illustrates a point. He state- western town had indicted a ments were read in court against him, they were lies, all lies, letter whose and he said but that he believed them at the time Just as same people believed in their lied the Ross government, uncon- dreams. So the men who have about scionably, may have been 'misled, but so far they have not repented of their they have good reason to do so. The victims of pipe dreams are not always entitled to sins, and serious consideration. EDITORIAL NOTES. The World is hot for the election of independents, but somehow it does not endorse Dr, Hossack, Why? The Outario Municipal Commission must pass on all municipal money bhy- laws. Good thing. The purchmsers of the municipal securities will be better satisfied. -- The Albany Club is resorting to all sorts of expedients to shut out the independents ang liberals in Toronto, and will not succeed. Dr. Hossack's candidature is very popular. It was announced that Mr. Whitney would not do any stumping im the local election. Bat he is chasing mad- ly about the provinge and begging the people for one more chance, ' press of Kingston for The cot ervative does not seem to be aware that many years prison contract labour was abolished in Ontario. Mr. Hanna has not explained why he revived it. Mr. Borden cuts a great figure as the implement of obstruction at Ot- tawa. Any leader of a party which is at the beck amd call of Hon. Bob. Rogers deserves to be humiliated. -- There does not seem to be any ground for the talk of a dissolution at Ottawa. There is a lot of impor- tant business to trgnsact, and the Eooner "the opposition gets at it the better. S---- Mr. Gladstone disliked the closure and fook time to reflect upon its use before adopting it. But it had come in the imperial commons, snd it is time that something were done about it in Ottawa. to Hon. Mr. Brodeur is making reforms gradually in the marine department. The appointment of a purchasing agent is his latest move, It guaran- tees the payment of lowest prices con sistent with quality for departmental supplies, : It is intimated that Mr. Whitney did not refer to the college governors and park commissioners when he referred to the hirelings of the government, Well, Nr. Whitney has offered no explana- tion and the hirlings must take him at his word, Gouda m is said to . She Certainly Would. Guelph Mercury Oh, yes !' Give Mise Martin 5 She could hardly fail to be an provement department, trial. . Bill Of The Session. 'anadian Courier, There can be no doubt that the civ- il serviee bill will mark one of greatest administrative advanges which Canada has ever made. + n Think Of This. rantford Expositor. The conservatikes boast of having done away with the numbered hallot. There would have been no ballot of any kind but for the liberal party. T Guestion In Doubt. Ottawa Free Press. they are taking their politics se riously in Winpipeg just now. And, Judging from the newspaper despatchs, one wonders whether "Bob" Rogers or the Galicigns are getting the worst of the game, Want Of The Hour, Toronto Sear. Cobalt men complain that what they need is more railways. And when the railways are built they will look away and away to where the rails meet against the sky-line, and wonder why the trains don't bring more suckers from Toronto. THE DEAD STOCK Will Be in Hands of People, Not Booksellers, London Advertiser. Une. of his preselection promises which Mr. Whitney has the assurance government is that of cheaper school books. In his Hamilton speech the pre- mier was so hold as to declare that in bringing down the price of a set of school books from $1.30 to 49 cents. No one knew better than Mr. Whitney himself that the reduction applies | only to a lot of booké which in a short time will be obsolete. p Were the premier as straightforward as he is bold he would have told his auditors that the publishers, whose contract expires at the end of the | present year, in view of the fact that paration of a new met of hooks cr: hand at cut prices in order to clear | them out and avoid the greater loss | which would be entailed dead stock left on their hands, and | that in a few months, when the new n books appear, it will be the public that will have on its hands the dead |w stock. More than that, if he wers can did he would, have explained that the cost of the new books, which the pu- |p pils will 'be required to have, will helu a8 great as, if not greater than, thew ariginal price of the old ones. So fark a8 the 'public. is concerned, the overn- | w ment's juggling with the school Leoks instead of effecting a saving of money ean only: resylt in extra expense. d ------------------ TRUST THE PEOPLE. v Slogan of Liberal Party--MacKay Toronto Globe. 8 We can't even afford to trust old |! tory Toronto this time, ways the gov- ernment. One man, one vote; one eon- stituency, one representative may be all right for the rest of the provinee, | © but jin Toronto we must so manipu- | © late the constituencies as to make cor- tain that we defeat, if possible, labor candidates, all independents, and all liberals, and give the Albany Club the sole right to elect eight re presentatives for Toronto. Thus, with the members of the cabinet living in|? Toronto and eight nominees of the Al- |! bany Club with them on the floor of |! the bouse, the club of the Albany |} Club will reach the remotest corner of the province. Whether the people of the towns and of the townships will #it quiet to be whacked by this club remains to be seen. It is encouraging, however, to find the independent con- servatives of Toronto refusing to be thus gagged; and they are, therefore, placing 'independent candidates in the field. "Trust the People" should ever be the slogan of the great liberal party. v ) A Sudden Somersault. Hamilton Times. What is the matter with the Toron- to World? It is now wholesouledly apologizing for every political action of Whitney. He is simply an angel, sans wings, and perhaps the Maclean may still discover these rudimentary organs beginning to sprout with this improving weather. What magic has effected this change since the Wark, in condemning the infamous La Rose deal, declared : "The payment of $130,000 to the La Rose Mining company is regarded 'in many quarters as too had to explain to the country and sufficient to sully the virtue of the most upright poli tician even had it not been left till the eleventh hour." Scoring The Opposition. Ottawa Journal, The opposition, if it were able to show that it has Extugunted all mb ofl agreement with t governmen upon & basis for fair fighting, might be excused for jog all the busi ness of parlizment, but the country would have better ground for gratife cation if. the deadlock had followed difference on a matter of large na- tional policy rather than upon caleu- lation of party chances in some twen- ty odd ridings. im- on Pyne in the education |of argument made by the present pro- to claim has been carried out hy the | the government had been inSiramental } ent is it made that Mr. Matheson has reaped where he has not sown. the government has ordered the pre | Liberal Party's Policy Respecting | selling off the stock of readers on | yr in having | angually vote down and passed, stitutions. through the press the people of increasing publie interest begets strange that our great provincial uni port, be placed upon the will of intelligent represen on Gerrymander. tatives of the people, but upon "No," not. he hope to build up a great national all | university, broadrbased upon the will of a people who are not allowed to weeks, Sunday, after a brief illness taken to the hospital, where she passed away, Mre enty-four THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1908. SPIRIT OF THE PIE = soe | WHAT OF THE SURPLUS ? Government, { Brantford Spectator. | "The Whitney government claimed for { 1007 a surplus of $605,173. | Let us apply to this claim the line jvincial treasurer when in opposition. In raising the question of whether certain revenues ought to be placed {under capital or current account, the | Mail and Empire of February 10th, the { 1904, quotes Mr. Matheson as follows 000, and the 'expenditure, $4,500,000. Deducting the proceeds of the timber return of the drainage re- "The receipts for 1904 were $5,466, | sales and the debentures an ordinary revenue mained of only $4,100,000." If Mr. Matheson were to apply his {own style of book-keeping to the pub- fie accounts gf last vear he would be compelled to announce not a surplus, {but a deficit of upwards of $500,000. The following items are, according to | his former argument \capital receipts: Sales of crown lands, $1,254,303; tim- ber bonuses, $152,223: drainage deben- tures, $18,225; in all, $1,424,751. De- duet these from total receipts of $5, 320,419, and we have a current re venue of $6,905,668, and a current ex- penditure of $7,714,245, or an abso- lute deficit for the year 1907 of $808. {877. Then deduct from the revenues the sources of income, the introduc tion of which the conservatives opposed while sitting to the left of the speaker and we increase the deficit by more than a | milion and a half of dollars, the! items being as follows : * - Succession duties ... ., ..8821,692 Taxés on corporations ., 672,241 Brewers' and distillers' Ji- CENBES ... (ni i wow wee 75,000 $1,765,933 Then, again, in 1904, the total re ceipts from mining were but $27,000 Last vear the total mining were 31,690,340. This is due to the opening of the. Cobalt region, for which the present government deserves no credit, and which, in all fairness, along with an increased grant of $400, 000, should be left out of account in considering the financial achieveme nts f the men now in power. In short, the more the boasted sur- lus is investigated the more receipts appar- -- TORONTO UNIVERSITY, It--Budget Needed. MacKay in Globe. Liberals maintain that the people's spresentatives should be trusted to sufficient supply for ur provincial 'university: that esti wates should» annually brought as is the practice ith reference to all other public in- Thus the legislature, and the the be rovince, who own and support niversity, could and would get a wre intelligent understanding and nowledge of the work done, and thus ith increaking knowledge would come Fonowledge confidence; ignorance bresds istrust and suspicion. It is passing ersity should, as to its financial sup 20 as to depend not the ize of the estates of the dead, Trust he living people, say the liberals, says Mr. Whitney, "we will We will not allow an annual ote to be taken, and he who advo- ates this we openly denounce as an nemy of the university !"' Thus does xercise their will ! A familiar figure in Brockville nany years was Poter Lewis, # SEEN no more. for who will Sunday morning he assed away at his residence, after extending over the caused by an aliection of He was aged seventy Jobn McAdam, Belleville, died, tn Fri taken ill and was an five the Hness last wart Mrs lay deceased was rain trouble was the cause McAdam was born in Ireland sev years ago This is the Maid of beautiful face ; With wealth of hair and matchless Brace § Complexion clear and without a fault 3 She's a regular userof ABBREY'SSALT. 'S TOGGERY! 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