ETT ---- YEAR 76-NO. SINGLE TASK Lald on British Liberal Parly.. IT HAS 10 VINDICATE PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTA TIVE GOVERNMENT. Premier Asquith La Down Policy of the Liberal ment--Advocates Full Self-Government on Affairs. Loudon, the the | Govern of System Irigh} De i prime minster Athert b N which the Hon quith, vid fihwra tor Win the poli on ernment s to the We have Asquith, dominates appbaling laid upon wu and tra embraces, and in tel beneticent change upon w That task hash upon unsh ih upon principh Hit fe avernment principle e of Lon franchise law encumbered w netion and impedime 1 here On LY Views ware wi Kr had uicidal was no justificatic woman sufirage, M no reason to FXCOSS C ates for hi ite Asquith repeat he advo Fuarning Mr «st vear before hi premiership leagues and his party, tha olved o of full =el purely Irish ind ction,' ¢ ons which ite the bled wh cannot pre in advance olution, hut liberal government beral majority will be in ely free." Normal W.\n hoard Of rey xirl Hazed Ihe i h rl x } wied vestigation the haz Mattie mont into Favior, mont, hath bes hall brushes, cups N hing having mirrors, shaving Leod ner and Prog corner Montreal and Prine Divssing gowns, Livingston -------------------------- DAILY MEMORANDA tores, of H. F CASHIER'S SUICIDE Heenan Was Short in His Accounts A Harry i wel cash of fosurance HEPA tted sn . aris m Lhe fs GRAVELY K Ma FOR PASTEUR INSTITUTE Government ablish One F--bBr. Vardon, ( ff the committee of and Su wn calling or to establish HRY to thn ork 1 he HUT trom itatin stment ROAST TURKEY SETS says the Durkey on other hol: served on Fashjon Christmas lays i and be spec To Goluen ove Toy This ye Ton Smill's Christmas Stockings TOCKINGS, STOCKINGS STOCKINGS STOCKINGS, / STOCKINGS, STOCKINGS STOCKINGS, STOCKINGS, AT 8 AT AT $1 $1.2 Jas, Redden & Co Fine Groreri ters Of Saxons equired, mprisonny n f Saxony ind ready-made | Oo in 1 ns SOCK is weil wssorted | Danced Themselves Into" "MARATHON WALIZ' THE MAYOR FINALLY HAD TO | After snd of several hb "A CHRISTMAS MEDITATION. KINGSTON, LY WOME sight during the last hours of the dancing, with eves bloodshot and hod- swaying. Their male companions were barely able 16 keep their feet. Nearly 50 spectators crowded the hall, where the contest took place. ies AGAIN IN TROUBLE. {Man Who Boasts of Being Twenty-Four Jails. Spokane, Wash, Dec. 1 Clark W. Warren, who calls himseli a "boomer cook," and boasts he has been in twenty-four jails, in as many towns, we the beginning of the vear, was arrested for violating the - street speaking ordinance less than an heur after "His arrival in Spokane from Galveston, Texas, which distance he covered in three weeks by walking and Dancers Had Gone Fourteen [stealing rides on freight trains He Forty-One Minutes gave he samped in She, jungles" es of : iverside, Cal, where three hundred Nourishment. * Imembers of the Industrial Workers of Batte. Mont., Dec. 11.~After dane- | the World, are waiting for orders to ng continuously for fourteen hours {trek northward. Warren was arrested forty-one minutes without nour | while exhorting his hearers to haul thive of the fifty-three couples 'down "Old Glory" and throw it into 'Marathon waltz 'the Spokane river and raise "Old pair waltz | Mother Red" 10 the top of Pike's stopped by Mavor | Peak wlyvice of physi "1 this the Hospital. in STOP IT. Hours, Without and <hinent, started in a see which ould wer Nevin treason," he shrieked, "I'll stand for it." The police say they have the situation well in hand, declaping also that a score of mem- bers of the LW.W. have deserted the ranks in! the last week and going to the city vock pile. The will workers receive three meals daly while the drones ave and water. One hun men are prisoners in on 18 contestants at the taken bine suffering from a ruptured ot muscular other female sted physically, had ceased the ~ix of the women Urs wel to a essel and another Several con- | work on exhe pairs ing of prison fare, kept on bread dred and Lifty Franklin hool officers interfer ented on fearful Christmas falls on Saturday this year, and will be observed or hallowed n that da There are some anniversaries which can be made subject to i ommercial spirit, but not the happiest and holiest one in all the vear some centuries, there were differences 'al opinion as to the h Christmas should be ke "fr the earliest periods of which ord." savs one writer, "some Christians celebrated the fest d 6th of January: others on the 29th of March, the time while others observed it on the 2uth of September, the sh passover I'abernacles. Before the reign of Lonstantine the season of the Nativity, and hold there been adopted as the period for celebrating and Western Churches agreed the anniver dav, » NOW Eastern to same Detember 25th From this will not, or Saturday will have all the sweetness and the chan and unique event when tumult of preparation-has spent before old British the Harleian it is unfortunaté when Christmas falls \n song. which has heen preserved in the It fail: the tempests will be severe and disastrous; the freaks of museum turday is then said to be the precursor of evil contingencies. erops will tare will be remarkable; the experiences of men and women will be par rly depressing. The old song is referred to now, not as a means of pausing apprehension, but to show w hat curious ideas wera carried into the erature of the times. Christmas has occurred on many a Saturday since the crude versification was written, without. the experiences which it pre. liered Some of 'the ancient customs--especially those which were copied irom ihe Romans. the rough, unchristian merrymaking which constituted their Saturnalia never to be Christian people, reali- and adapting themselves to is o occupations of a most exalting na- have gone, revived, and a meaning .of the anniversary, refinements, have devoted themselves t I'he one thing of the past that made Christmas so cheerful was its Wivent. with carols sung by trained choirs, and with great sweetness and effect It music, breaking the stillpess of midnight, on the clear and had the most charming effects. lL is so appropriate, too, in View anthem by with this Earth, morning angelic Io Men is losing it sung g¢hoir, Will anniversary as the keynote, Good ww the hold upon the masses. Is it ¥ One ravel abroad these days, at hour, see how this halls here is the look of expectancy on every face, any to state ied. There is a decoration of "stoves, and houses that be- univer interest friendly conversation, the spirit that animates and lightens and the occasional the books all ? had in one of He had wind he had to remember them, very Ade, idiotic Did we say There is A whom it. touches. hes at everything, mind's eve My was sour Fro Leo rge one In en he portraved Pavson's Christmas his Mr. Payson «F him some years with the world relatives and iriends reluctantly, Christmas went with vi ling, designing "and be heen SAVs lous to purchase ws cheaply as the other wretched mortals with whom hurrving a He ict like hanging crape on every Christ ny tle aimed to buy the things his brothers and sis andl woke to find that Providence had his {i led * 3 : $ sense, of the experience of Scrooge, ol whom Dickens ike, up guided him mail was with their letters of gratitude mn the old skinflint who was making a god of his money, and who, in dreams. was taken by the spirit of Christmas Past and Christmas Pre- through such an exper that he astonished his business associates, law clerk. Dob Cratchet, Tiny Tim and all the rest of them, Were Dickens would find the material for stories as good as any he ever They of lessons quite as pertinent and pathetic as any that have day he stmas would be vivid sketches oi touching events, and the seasons there is none like this for shopping. Suppose it 8 ex- that the task is wne that tries the patience and physical capacity. The the so davs and studies the people as they jostie each other and laugh Phink of the exhilaration of it all Who would eat it out ii he could ? practice dying out ? No one can think that if he makes the round of } the stores hatter. and race home eventually with arms filled with goods. Sue pictured a woman returning from her rush through the bazaars, filled w Beside man. who engaged in conversation, and concluded it with of- ith the purchases she had made for a dollar. her - 85 000 for her bargain. She thought him mad, but as he pressed was completed, and both were satisfied. He had spent two two vears sed them. The widow gents upon his family and had not pl he of the gift him a lesson and in turn essaved to teach it to others. So » : not the size or the value of it, that counts It is the that as Ther + lonel were are lonely ompanies hearts at Christmastide--the hearts oi parents, separa apart, the the hearts of men and women cast down by misfor- from their children, the hearts of relatives estranged and ts of bereaved ones, Ther nt be comforted, by a little missionary work, 'judiciously per- Sants Claus is the representative of all that is glorious in human expected to brighten every home in some way, and in many His He may disappoint disappoint any child the other forlorn and will undergo emotions that are simply impressible. the one day when &i asperitiesyshould be forgotrem, the steps have been taken to welcome him right rovally visit bring sunshine to ever home.and 10 evervone Ji. but it is to be hoped that he will not may mee! 'he untoward incident steically wed, when Brother- the ould give evidence oi the Fatherhood of God and i Mar hould A Merny when unkindness should be put away, when but one dominate Merry he Mas~es~ passed trom ap to Lp and house 10 Christmas Trp bo ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1909, Sessional Orders of Biltain in Force, 50 SOUGHT MEMBER BUT THE HOUSE DID NOT CON. CUR IN VIEW. Sir! Wilirids Proposed That the Question Be Sent to the Com- mittee on Privileges and Elec- tions--Various Bills Iatro- duced. to the Whig. Ottawa, Dec. 11. --The question of permitting members of the House of Commons to sit for an indefinite period for -more than one constituency, was raised in the house, yesterday, by Mr. Meighan, on the motion to go into supply Mr. Meighan recalled that when he had taken exception to Sir Wil- irid Laurier's delay in choosing between Ottawa and Quebec East' the speaker had ruled that no regulation existed to compel 1 prime nunmster to announce his decision. The speaker had declared that the sessional order of the British parliament, fixing a period in which members elected for two seats must make their choice, could not apply to the Canadian parliament although it was in forge on July 1st, 186%. The standing orders and sessional .orders of the British House 'formed a concise statement of the rules of procedure and many of the latter regulations were now upon hy the Canadian house Ap from the of an important sessional order, the house found itself as a result of the speaker's ruling, in the absurd position of saying that a man sit for an indefinite period for one or for twenty coustituencies Mr Mr. Meighan, therefore, moved "that in the judgment of this house orders of the House of Commons Great 'Brigain and Ireland, in force July 1st, 1867, are within the meaning of the words, 'rules, usages and forms of proceeding' found in rule one of the rules and regulations of the House of Commons of Canada." Mr Aylesworth reproached Mr Meighan for having failed appeal against the ruling of the speaker in re ference Sir Wilirid Laurier's case minister claimed that this would have been the regular course unless a member preferred to postpone the dis cussion until the house took up the bill dealing with the question, introduced by Mr. Campbell. He said that the house should uphold the decision of the speak- er that the sessional order of the Im- perial parliament could not apply to the Canadian House of Commans. The ses- sional order was essentially of a tem- porary character. Unless the imperial house was in session on July 1st, 1867, there were no sessional orders of that body in force 2 R. I. Borden said that Mr. Ayles wotth had in fact declared that the dura- tion of an @rder and not its character must decide whether or not it was ap- plicable to the Canadian house Sir Wilirid Laurier, was of the opin- jon that the suggestion of the speak- er should be adopted and the question Special loss might sessiopal of or to I'he and elections Mr. Meighan's amendment was feated on division by 90 votes to 61 Mr. Lewis (West Huron) introduced a hill to amend the railway act. It pro vides for the appointment of inspectors who shall report upon sanitary condi tions of passenger cars and stations. It also calls for the appointment by the railway commission of a solicitor who shall investigate and prosecute breaches of the railway act where the persons ag- grieved are unable to prosecute. An. other section of the bill requires that after July, 1910, all railway companies doing business in Canada shall furnish the government with a monthly report of all employees who work more than eight hours a day er forty-eight hours a week. The amendment would apply to train despatchers, telegraph operators engineers and other persons in charge sf the running of trains, Mr. Brodeur's bill respecting the water carriage of goods was read a sec- ond time and referred to the committee on marine and fisheries. Mr, Brodeur said that the bill was similar to the law in force in the United States. It aimed protect the shipper by declaring in valid bills of lading containing clanses absolving ship owners of lability for loss or injury to goods in transit. Some hills of lading went so far as to pro tect the ship owner from lability for damage caused by improper stowage oi goods or bv their delivery to the wrong persons. The provisions of the hill were in conformity with the clauses of the railway act enacting that' transportation mpanies should not be relieved of ha- hility for actions to rec ver compensa tion for loss or damage <u: to the negli gence on the part of the company or its agents. The bill had be: passed by the senate last session but tad not reached the 'House of Comuic¥: m time be disposed of The House spent the renfainder of the fav in supply A LITTLE LAD RUN OVER de- t to to By a Waggon andl Sustained Severe Injuties. A voung lad named Stanley Cairns, who lives at the comer of Princess and Clergy streets, . 'overs Prouse's drug stare, was seriously injiired on Friday afternoon at the corner of Brock and Montreal streets. The boy, only about five or six years old, started to rum across the road, when he was struck by a butcher's wagon and knocked to the ground, the wheels passiog over his face. The victim of the accident was carried into Dr. McCarthy's, when it was fornd that severe injuries-had re aliad to the little jellow's head. His sar was hadly torn and the face severely wratched. After dressing the wounds, Dr. McCarthy drove the child home. | CARRS, submitted to the committee on privileges -------- Frontenac's Member Likes to Ask * Kingston, Dec. 10.--( To the Editor): Dr. Edwards, the member for Frontenac, is asking a whole dot. of questions in the House of Commons that could be answered off-hand right on the streets of Kingston, without the ad of any min- ister_of the crown. The question of Dr. Edwards are "pernickety." His last one was with reference to the Royal Canadian Horse Artillerymen of Kings- ton posing for moving pictures. 'The Doctog found that his Yriend Col Gor don, "commanding Eastern Omntarion, had authorized the Dbhatterymen to do "as they did, long before he leit Kingston. A year ago Dr Edwards raised Hail Columbia about alleged drunkenness in the military camp at Barriefield, and received a severe shock when, he found that he was up against Col. Gordon, and he had to explain that he didn't mean just what he haa said. Lately, the doctor asked a question about Sir Richard Cartwright's lease of what is known as Cartwright's Point, to try and worry the aged knight, but it had as much effect as a fly crawling on a stone wall. The doctor should ask some real weighty questions. Let him get back to not very ancient history and query the Ministef of Public Works as to the cost of the government dry dock at Kingston, and as to how much should have been built for. He might also ask who discovered America, and whether the premier thinks Cook or Perry discovered the North Pole -- READER A Question As To License Fee. Kingston, Dec. 11.--(To the Editor): Would you please tell mie if the From- tenac Club ys the same amount of money for a or Jicense as an hotel. -- TEMPERANCE No, the Frontenac Club pays only $30 a year for a license, Hotels pav $500 The license was granted in the charter of the old 14th Club which amalgamated with the Frontenac. Only members of the club can buy liquor in the building CHRISTMAS STAMP ISSUED In Aid of the Mowat Hospital. [lie Christmas stamp issued by the La Salle Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire, is now ready for sale. The design of the stamp, which was pre- pared by Professor Lanos, of the Royal Military College, is unique and artistic, and contains several features of local interest. The proceeds; as already stated, are to go towards anti-tuber- culosis work in connection with the Mowat Memorial Hospital to be. built here. The orice of the stamp, one cent, makes it possible for everyone to comn- tribute at least a mite, and the Daught- ers of the Empire hope for the hearty co-operation of all the citizens of Kings- ton towards this most worthy ebject. The stamps will be on sale at Steacy & Steacy's, Laidlaw's, Uglow's and Nash Bros' book stores, and also. at the College Post-office for the convenience of students. They may also be obtained from the Daughters of the Empire and the King's Daughters. Memorial THE GUARDS PETITION For Tnereased Pay and Re-gpening of Barber Shop. The penitentiary guards will forward a petition to the Justice Department at Ottawa, asking for salary increfse and for the re-opening of the prison barber shop, and have good grounds for both requests. The request for increased salaries is natural and reasonable. All other branches of the government ser yice are getting increases, and why not the guards? The penitentiary barber shop was closed twa years ago, and 'at a great inconvenience to officers' as well as guards. Everybody doesn't want to grow whiskers, and everybody can't get to the city barber shops when necessary Hence the re-opening of the prison ton sorial parlor is something guards and officers alike would appreciate SEEK TO PURCHASE Hotel Dien Property on Union Street For Athletic Field. Queen's University authorities are i communication with the Hotel Dien corporation regarding the sale of its large field og Union street. between Al fred and Albert streets, which the um versity would like to buy for athletic purposes. The property is assessed f about $11,000, but as it belongs hotel corporation and yields no revenue, it does not pay taxes. It 's known what Queen's offer for the g ound or what the Hotel Dieu wants jor it. The place would make an ideal athletic field, as it is close to the w versity ground and can be reached eas, the street cars DIED IN CHICAGO. Mrs. G. B. Sarvent Passed . on Tuesday. The death occured on Tuesday morn ing. Dec. Tth, 1909, of Mrs. GI B. Sar vent, Chicago. Ml, well-known in girlhood davs te musical and circles in Kingston and Portsmoutl She was a sister of ex-Ald. John Mc Leod, formerly of this fity, now of Toronto, Miss Fannie Mcleod. also of Toronto, and Mrs. W. J. Blacklock, Glenburnie. Mr. Mcleod and sister Miss Fannee, left for Chicago. to attend the funeral, which took place Thursda; afternoon, Dec. mth. Two children are left to mourn the loss of a devoted mother. Walter E. and Mrs. A John son, both of Chicago Away SOK Hard On The Police. Speaking in regard to the case George Masoud, who was charged with erecung 'a sign io front of his store without secormg the necessary permis sion, the magistrate points out that it was not much encowragement fer the police' to" try and enforce the by-law when a perton summoned was able to over-ride such a by-law by making an application to ecomncil. Such by-laws he says should be repealed, if it was not desirable to enforce them, as it had a wndency to weaken other by-laws that must be observed, : cals THA From now on 'Xmas shop ping will begin in earnest as only 12 days remain in which to complete your purchases, It will be to your advantage to shop early. You'ean make selections at a time when holiday their best. lines are at Here are a few hints of things that men will appreei- ate as gifts. FINE KID GLOVES, MOCHA GLOVES, LINED GLOVES, NEW TIES, COLLARS AND CUFFS, : HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLAR BAGS, FINE SOCKS, MUFFLERS, FINE UNDERWEAR, ETC. "Xmas gifts like these will be delightful for the Ladies, Material for Dress SILKS, NINONS, FLANNELS, ETC. SMART WAISTS. NECKWEAR, GLOVES, HOSIERY, FANCY BELTS, HANDBAGS, PURSES, Ete. NETS, FOR Special Notice We issue GLOVE CERTIFI. CATES which make and pleasant and gives the privilege of making her selection size, color, ete. 7) { yo it easy giver the or re the recipient for his own as to my (72 IT'S A GOOD SCHEME SWEET Mrs years -- At Frnesttows Martin Sweet ten months COLLIER. --At Keitha Bell, gnd Mrs. D months SARVENT.--At her residence, - 3.985 Wilton Ave, Chicago, 11, Dee. Th, 19086. Clara Mcleod, relict of the Inte G. B. Sarvent, Esq.. Chicago, eldest daughter of the late Alexander , lead, Portsmouth, Ont, aged nine years ANDERSON. --In Kingston Pec. 10th, 1909, Daniel funeral private. will Monday, at 9.30 am residence, 200 Joh#ison Mary's Cathedral, where guiem mass Will be susg for the Fee pose of his soul. Friends and 8 quaintances are invited to attend the ASS. Iieeermee Dec. Tih {went y-nihe on aged Napanee, on infant on Friday, Anderson. take place on from his late SBt., to BL. a solemn pe ihe ROBERT J. REID, The Leading Undertaker, "Phone, 577. 227 Princess strect. TO GET RID OF. Our big stock of Beaters, Cookstoves, Box and Pug Ste 1 will sell ad » URK'S, "Phones font sacrifice price. us. The German chancellor, speaking in the reichatag, declared Ciormany ; no sims dangerous to the workly peace. ! Sort