THE DAILY BRITISH WHI G, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1908. ------ Stool Rakes | "110 Whig. For' removing dandelions. Price 75¢, Dandelion Weeders 10c. to 75c. THE SPECTACLE AT OTTAWA. The obstruction at-Ottawa is hav, ing its effects in many ways, but principally because it is demaralizing to the civic service. The inland re- venue officials have received part of their pay for the last month's ser- vice, but the customs' officials have not received any money. Mark the cause of friction. The opposition is not willing that the Election Bill shall be passed as it is, or even as it may be amended. The premier, on behalf of the government, has given the assurance that the adjustment of the voters' lists in Manitoba shall be done by the county judges, and in the fairest and most rational way, Bat the opposition will have no arrange ment or concession short of a with drawal of the debatable clauses. It is a case of the minority assuming to dictate to the majority, and the ma- jority ought to rule, but, of course, | reasonably and righteously. That there is uothing wrong with the estimates has been confessed by the opposition or by its whip, speak- ing on its name and behalf." With- draw the clauses of the Election Bill dealing with voters' lists, said he at a recent allnight session, and in two minutes the supplies will be passed ! Relieved of the stress, or given the opportunity to say that the govern- ment had been defeated, and the opposi- tion would permit of almost any- thing. The estimates of the customs, public works, railway and other de- partments, involving an expenditure of many millions of dollars, would be taken at a gulp. Meanwhile public enterprise suffers. Orders for street rails, keeping open the shops at Sault Ste. Marie during its dullest peried, cannot be given, no matter how needy the Intercolonial railway is. The public contracts everywhere must be suspended. The military camps, and even the tercen- tenary exhibition at Quebec, must be cancelled, 'The civil servants can go hungry, or beg or boftow, for their needs, And all this to gratily the spirit of obstruction as it is exempli- fied by Foster, Fowler, Taylor, Ben- nett, ot al. It is a great spectacle, bat not an edifying one. Hand Trowels Forks, Weeders, 10c. and up, Corbett's "WHARF TIMBER We have a good supply of logs in our Pond, from which we can supply various sizes of round or square Wharf Timber, on short notice. &. ANGLIN & C0. Foot of Wellington St. KINGSTON AND YARKER. + 'We received on Saturday, a ty fine lot of Feather founts, in White (as well as olors) we have the Orange lossomps ~ also, and all are very suggestive too---Well the | "Badies' kpow (THE JUNE BRIDE) and of course the hat suitable for the occasion, we fan easily supply. The Toronto News is pleading with the people to re-elect the Whitney gov- ernment. It may have made mis takes, but it deserves another chanee, A scare is on. That says the News. is dertain, . A. KILPATRICK A a Granite and Marble Works New shop, new stock, newest de- ET SLANDERER OF "KING BEN." The Brgan of Mr. Nickie-the paper which: he helped to establish so that it might advance his personal and political interests--has charged that of. ORT oS injury has been done the business and + a4 . sins, best material. good name of the Folgérs and the Pp Brocks, These were enterprising men, 9 SYDENHAM ST. andl if some of their eritios had put, as + Near Princess St. they did, all! their money into busi- nesses that meant so much for the city, they would not to-day be be- moaning or lamenting its dullness. It is ' a remarkable circumstance, however, that at the time a false friend was expressing his sympathy for the Folgere, one of them, Ben- jamin W. (or "King Ben," as he is familiarly called), was being libelled by the literature of the conservative party. This literature has been freely circulated among the people. It is supposed to have the imprimator of the government itself. In it there is a chapter on the Temiscaming rail: way (which the conservative party originally tried to kill), and the com- isi s are boldly accused of grafting. It is intimated--insidiously yet vjciously--that the men who were entrusted by the Ross government with the construction of the railway, Reasonable Wm. Murray, Auctioneer 1 27 BROCK ST. Now Carriages, Cutters, Harness gto, fot sale. Sale of Horses every Saturday. Cook's Cotton Root Compound Y its unfair liquor THE CANDIDATES MEET. The nomination speeches in the City Hall, last evening, were attentively listened to by a very large audience. There were no exciting scenes, and the three speakers were given an excellent hearing, until the closing reply of the liberal candidate, who as usual, at that stage, was freely interrupted. Mr. Pense arraigned the Whitney. governmeny for the non-fulfilment of its many promises of 1905, and its ex- travagance in spending large sums of money needlessly, Hp criticized it for license policy, and advocated an independent board of Jicense commissioners, removipg the liquor question from politics. He ex- plained fully his attitude on the Can- adian Northern railway matter, and get at rest the ridiculous statements made concerning his action on the question. After Mr." Nickle had essay- ed to tear to pieces some of Mr. Pense's statements, the member for Kingston scored. Mr, Nickle had in- timated that the figures Mr, Pense had quoted had all passed from his mind, and he had no doubt the audience had forgotten all about them too. Refer ring to this, Mr. Pense retorted that Mr. Nickle was scarcely qualified to represent Kingston in the legislature, andl certainly he could not be a bril- fiant lawyer, when his memory was so ort as that. He also "'outpointed" i Nickle in the argument upon the ettypiece bill and the unnumbered ballot. The latter wag hastened by Mr, Pense's protest after the number- ed ballot had been used by the Whit- ney government in the Kingston bye- election, in January 1906, Mr. Nickle admitted that he was op- posed to the action of the Whitney government in rushing through the Canadian Northegn Railway bill and any other important bill during the dying moments of the legislature. He also declared his opposition to the spoils system, but tried to show that Kingston had not Suffered thereby, forgetting that Mr. /Whitney had cut off over 600 heads in other places in the province. The recent gerrymander, Mr. Nickle thought was quite fair. The presence of Mr. Metcalfe, the third candidate, linked the old days with the new. The old conservative warhorse, who was elected on five dif- ferent occasicns in Kingston, proved himself as clever and witty 5 plat- form speaker as ever. He calkd a spade a spade when he paid his com- pliments to Mr. Nickle, for securing his nomination outside a convention muzzle upon him at the executive, and giving him no chanee to explain his position, Altogether the liberal cause was sus- tained and will no doubt have the en- dorsement of the electorate on June 8th. bis -------- EDITORIAL NOTES. Don™t judge the until the architect them and specifications. school fire escapes has pronounced correct according to his -- The Whitney government will not affirm or deny Mr. Crothers' state- ment re free school books. +The in- ference is plain. -- ir Wilirid Laurier proposes to work the members of the commons a little more, and in that way cure them their crankiness. Hon. Mr. Graham, while leader of the opposition, advocated free school books, and could not got a response from the government, of ---- The Montreal" Gazetie believes the closure must come sooner or later in the commons, but not under liberal rule. That is consistent, The liberals held out the olive branch to the conservatives at Otta- wa, and it was not accepted. Now they repent of their action. The Whig stall, pleads guilty to the charge that every member of it is Ca: nadian born and bred, and every one has remained loyal to king and coun- try, The Christian Guardian has been ap- pealing to the Methodists of Canada to come to its support. What claim has it upon the liberals when it be comes a conservative party hack ? The evidence accumulates that the people of the county do not want Mr. their member. Dr. and to Pr. A, E. Ross for placing the : last thirty years, but it has survived all attacks and has pursued its course without any perceptible diminution in power, Mr. MacKay was of so little ac count that the government did not care where he went or what he said. But he has fired the heather, and there js a general stampede among the "enemy." The alarm that has seized the con- servative camp is indicated by the ex- citement thai prevails. The premier who was not to do any campaigning' --is on the road, and will not rest now until the battle is over, The Hamilton "touncil has shelved the power question until after the lo- cal election., The Spectator says "Sane counsel prevails." Our con temporary knows what will happen when the political air has been SPIRIT OF THE PRESS A Very Bad Fall. Dr. Hossack, "The close ol the session witnessed a rapid degeneration in the govern- Lvent. Their acts have been suspicious and the province should be on' the watch." : Place For Foster, Toronto Star. ™ Cold storage, by the way, ought to be a congenial topic for George KE. Foster, who has a natural endow- ment of ice in his manner which is quite remar -- "Soc et Tuum.' Lindsay Post, Judging by the way the railways are bleeding the farmers to pay Whitney's railway tax, it seems as if they had adopted as their motto the phrase, "Soc et tuum," The Great Question. Toronto Globe. It would add indefinitely to the interest aroused by A. W. Wright's re-, velations of the secret history of the Gamey scandal if he could only tell "where the money came from," Frauds Of Education. Montreal Herald. Considering that some of the con- servative candidates are going about denouncing the establishment of tech- nical and commercial schools, vou can't blame some other conservative candidates for preferring to call them- selves independents. Not Hard Up. Ottawa Free Press. The Textile trust made profits of $44,493 last year after paying divi dends upon its watered stock. That 8 not a showing which qualifies it to put on a poor face and declare that it cannot pay. living wages to its opetglives. ---------- MR. BLAKE IS BLIND, Does Not See Imperfection in Whitney Government, Hamilton Timely When he says, "1 am unable to see any act for which you or your gov- ernment is responsible that has been devised or carried out from any sinis- fer or impropbr " motive," he speaks more like an extreme partizean than a discriminating supporter. Praise- worthy as the record of the Whitney government, on the whole, has been, it is not without its stains. The gov- ernment has weakly yielded to pres sure from local partizans and dis- missed liberals from office without just tause, merely to make room for con- servatives who wanted office, In its partial redistribution of sthe consti tuencies it has stooped to the trick of the partizan gerrymander. It has failed to give effect to the premier's pre-election promise to remove the ad- ministration of the liguor license law from the atmosphere of politieal in. fluence. These may be regarded as minor sins, but they are blemishes on the record of the government, and make the government unworthy of such a sweeping endorsation as Mr. Blake has given it. Another House Episode. Debate in Parliament, Col. Hughes repeated that Mr. Ber- geron had informed him that he was accused of grafting, with the Ross Rifle company, and Col. Worthington was named as the author of the story. Mr. Bergerom--l have nothing to take back at all. My honorable friena. is entirely mistaken, so far as I am concerned. I pever heard that he had any money in any shape or form in these seandals. Nobodv told me about it, and I never told him. Col. Hughes--Again | insist that the words were uttered, not once, but two or three huss. r. geron--I rise to a point of omler. I say that the honorable gen- tleman is obliged to take my word. Col. Hughes--My word is as good as yours. (Launghter.) Mr. Bergeron--I li : think, according to the rules of the house, he is obliged Ely ams a matters person al: disputes it is a difficult thing for ol in desis, ish to add v 8 w my absolute denial. I never at any time, POWER CONTROVERSY IN REGARD TO THE STREET RAILWAY. What Should Be Dome in Revising the Agreement--The Actual Cost of Production Should Be Decided By Experts. Kingston; May 29.--The power ques- tion 1s now a very active oul, mumi- cipally, tor it is an issue that ar se in the council, and as a result of the (protest im which Ald. Nickle led, against the sale of gas below cost. It was a concession [to the people that they could use gas as a fuel, and an inducement which added consumers to the gas department. These new con- sumers and others, regardless of poli- tics, felt that Ald. Nickle bas no right to find so much fault because he is a beneficiary to a very large ex- tent. He has been drawing a herring across the trail, has been telling how much money hay been lost on the street railway and how much good it is to the city. All this is wholly aside from the question. When this street railway agreement was made in 1903, certain caleulativbns were made approximately. They could not be accurate because the disic power plant was then undergoing reconstruction. The expert estimated that power could be supplied to the railway at 1.66 cents a kilo-watt and that this rate would cover the cost of production, Certain things were taken into account--oil, grease, waste, fuel and labor. The idea was the rate was not to be lower than 1.66 cents a kilo- watt hour, or more than $2.50 fora car a day for continued service of fif- teen hours, That the estimate was too low har been shown by the pub- lished records of the department. Power cost last year 194 cents a kilo-watt at the switchboard, or, in- cluding the loss in distribution, 2.36 a kilowatt, Mr. Nickle submits a statement from Prof. Gill that the fact that the rail- way company is a patron of the city contributes to the lowness of the cost of production. 'Ihers is another way of looking at it, and this view is sup- plied by the published statement. The net power produced last year after deducting the loss was 773,447 kilo watls. Lhe street railway took 267, 305 kilo-watts, or over one-third of the entire production. The city's re venue from the electric department was $11,072.56, and the street rail- way paid in $4,465.65. Take it anoth- er way. The city consented as an en- couragement to the railway to give the company the power it wanted--for a limited time of one of four years-- at actual cost. The financial state- ment shows that the expenditure on waste, fuel, oily and grease, wages and sundrics, was $21,994.03, As the railway consumed one-third the pow- er, it ought to be liable for at least one-third of what it cost to actually produce the electricity at the switch. board, which sum would be $7,331.34, The cost of the power might be more without the railway's patronage, but apparently "the city would be in pocket. There are three lessons to be learn- ed irom this controversy : 1.~That before there is a renewal of the contract there should be an examination, technically, into the ac- tual cost of power. Granted that the city will be disposed to grant the railway company aid tantamount to a bonus--or the keeping of the devil strip in repair, or removing the snow from the side of the rails, where it has been thrown by the sweeper, or exemption from taxes, eto, there should, on the question of power be no more guess work. 'lhe rate under present conditions should be ascertain- eded beyond doubt. 2-#Ahe people should be consulted with regard to the agreement. It is claimed in behali of the present ar rangement that there was not the time for a plebiscite. The bondholders it was claimed, asked a settlement within fifteen days. No resson pow exists for not referring the question to the people. If the property owners endorse concessions all well and good. 3--One thing more. The loss of pow- ers This appeats to Le very large. Has it been investigated ? What was the lose before the new wiring was done at a cost of many thousand dol- lars ? It is a question that no lay- man can settle. It can only be ans wered by the experts, and the com- pany has fallen back on one whose opinions about the power plant have not been much in evidence heretofore. 4--Finally, the company's represen tative in the coincil will realize that if something should be smid about raising the price of gas, that "some- thing" can be better said by anoth- ef. As a beneficiary of the city to a very large extent, he can only advo cate as a square deal that which will effcet every consumer of electric light, power or gas in the same way CITIZEN. Brown Derbies. All the popular shapes, $2 and $2.50, at Campbell Bros'. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR RE-ELECTION EDW. J. B. PENSE. Provincial Election. SIGNS OF SUMMER ABOUND EVERYWHERE. Big fish stories will soon be in order. Sumber Suits will be in order, too. 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