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The Present Scurry of C ..net Mem- bers Back to Their Ridings to Have Their Elections Re-affirmed by Their Constituents Is an Observ. ance Demanded by Law In Order to Preserve the Independence of Parliament, Like himseld, the majority of Mr. Borden's colleagues in the Cabinet: were elected to the House of Commons and now, having taken office, they have been forced to go back to their constituencies and be again elected to the House. Without giving the matter much thought, and especially in this case, when the proclamations announcing the late eiections have not yet been pulled from walls aud fences to which they were aiftixed, and when the new Government have #0 large » majority of the members of the Louse, freshly elected to sup- port them, it might seem unnecessary and almost frivolous to compel the pew Ministers to go back to their constituencies and ask for a renewal of the public confidence so unequivo- cally expressed so recently. However, such is the rule, and it must be obeyed. And it is a rule, too, that is based on reason, is in the interest of popular government and of the independence of Parliament, was established long ago, and has been ap- proved by experience of more than two centuries of British Parliamentary history. A member of the House oi Com- mons is elected for one purpose--in esent the inhabitants of a cer. tain district, known as his constitu- ency, and, usually in Canada a coun. ty, or part of a county. He is first foremost, and always the people's wan--at least that is what he should be and that js what he is in the eyes of the law. If he is not that he be- trays the trust gonfided to him, but of which he has proved unworthy. He is to go to Parliament and sit in judg. ment upon the Ministers of the erown; to inquire into their doings, and to censure or approve as he sees fit. tHe is to reject or sanction measures of taxation, to decide in what manner the funds raised by taxation are to be spent, and to assist in making laws Jor the good government of the coun- ry. But how can the member be the people's man first and always if he is not absolutely independent of the Government, upon which he is to sit in judgment? if he is in the pay of the Government, if he holds an office under them, or it he is doing work for them or supplying them with goods--for a considerattion--his inde. pendence is destroyed, his seat is tor- feited, and he has also incurred the liability of a heavy pecuniary penalty. He has violated the independence of 4 Parliament. However, the crown must have Ministers, and under our system of responsible government these Minis. ters must not only be supported by a mujority of the members of the elee- tive branch of Parliament, which, of course, is the House of Commons-- possess the confidence of Parliament, it is ealled--but the Ministers must alo hold seats in Parliament, and most of them in the House of Com- mons. As members of the House they represent the people, but as members of the Government they are both Min. isters of the crown and servants of the people; but jor their service they are paid salaries out of. the public treasury, and they cannot be wholly the people's men when they are sery. ing the crown. And so an exception had to be made to the rules respecting the independ- ence of Parliament in favér of mem- bers of Parliament and who also bee come members gf the Government The members of Parliament called to the Government, but these mem- bers only, are allowed to sit in the House and at the same time fil posi tions "of emolument under the erown" the positions being those of the re- sponsible heads of the Departments oi the publie service. A member of the House of Commons having become a Minister, has ceased to be entirely the peoples man and he must return to his constituency and by means of an election give the people, whom he was ehiosen to repre. seq, an opporiunity of saying whe. ther they are willing or not that he should continue to represent them while, af the same time, he is a Min- ister of the crown. And so a mem- ber of the House of Commons, upon becoming a Cabinet Minister, must be re-elected tothe House. In the old Legislatures of Canada there was no such thing as "the in- depend of Parliament" in the modern acceptance of the term. For many years judges and other public ofticers were allowed to sit in both Housed. In referring to the large number of placemen in the old House of Assembly of Lower Canada, the his. "torian, Garnesu, says that 'the elec. tions of 1800 returned as members of the Assembly ten Government place- men (one-fifth of the entire member. ship), namely four executive council- lors, three judges, and three other state officials." However, some steps towards re- form weré taken, and judges [emad from sitting in the Legis- ve Assemblies of Upper and of Lower Canada, but all attempts to EARL GREY AND RACING. Last Governor-General Was a Great Patron of the Tif, His Royal Highness and His Excel. leney the Duke of Connaught is bound t¢ be one of the most popular uf Gov- ernors-Genersl Canada has ever had, but uncle to the King as he is, he will . yet have a hara time getting ahead of his predecessor in the hearts of the peo) of Canada. Prior 0 coming to not especially known as an admirer of horse.racing, but once installed in Rideau Hall he lost little time in letting it be known that properly con. ducted the sport had his sympathies. He. cheerfully the invitation | attend the spring meeting in his first | year, when he also attended and for- mally opened the borse show. Except when he has been afar off he has at- tended not only every race-meeting i in Tofonto, but he has also several ing of the Montreal Jockey Club. Nor did His ex-Excellency stop at | lending his presence, both in state {and privately; he interested himself ! in securing cups for the promotion of | the sport. It was through the kind | and personal interést of Earl Gioy that the O. J. C. secured both the beautiful and massive Durham Cup at the fall meeting and won by Wm. Walker's five-year-old Michael Angelo. It was also through his lordship that the Montreal Jockey Club obtained the Derby Cup. His late Exceliency was dining with Earl Derby in Lon- don when he mentioned his 'interest in Canadian horse-racing and suggest. ed that haps the he~1 of the Stan. ley family might like ¢ present a cup to be raced for. Going to the side- board, Earl Derby took up an ornate gold cup won a hundred years ago by nis greatgrandiather and saying, "How would this do," gave it to Earl Grey a suggestion from the earl, said he would like to send some horses to Canada to race, but unfortunately sickness had possession of his stable and he had nothing fit to make the voyage. In lieu thereof he presented the cup that bears his name and that is a particularly handsome trophy of the Georgian period. These three cups are what is known as challenge cups. Seo, too, is the Hendrie Memorial Cup, which Col. William bought at Christie, Mauson's in England and gave to the 0. .J. C in honor of his father, for years }president of the O, J. C., and one | of the noblest sportsmen any country has ever known. What with the Stan- ley Barracks, the Seagram, the Queen's Hotel, which has been won out and renewed, the O. J. C., the Liverpool, originally given by Mr. Thomas Oakshet, mayor of Liverpool, but won out and renewed by the club, 'the King Edward Hotel, also ; and the trophies previously referred to, the O. J.C. is becoming particu- larly rich in plate. The 0. J. C. Cup is renewed yearly, while the Toronto Cup, the most valuable race of the spring meeting, is only a name. Re piicas in silver are given to each win- ner of the challenge cups and in addition a piece of plate goes with the King's Plate. Bo that loeal silver and goldsmiths make something out of racing like a great many other of their fehlow-citizens. --Pop, in Toronte Sunvey World. Reindeer Carriers. A rather peculiar eargo arrived in Edmonton the other day when the { Canadian Northern train rolled in from the east. This was a shipment of forty-three Newloundland reindeer Let no unsophi: ueated eastgmer think that this shipment was the nucleus of a zoological museum for Edmanton. The reindeer were not in- tended for educative or ornamental purposes, nor to be shot by gamesters in the city which has made fur fly. The Government is bringing them to the great Mackenzie land as sub- stitutes for northland dogs, which have hitherto been used as carriers in the north country. Is the trails- man and his husky dogs, theme of all northland writers, passing from our frontier life? The trapper behind the fleet limbs of a reindeer speeding through the wildérness would indeed be picturesque. It would be roman- tic, too; for are not the steeds' of Santa Claus. the only fairy prince left to us moderns, reindeer? The Government purposes stocking the north country with these reindeer because it is felt that they are bet ter adapted to northern conditions than dogs. An Experiment In St. John. The Board of Trade in St. John, N.B., believes in Lady Nicotine as a method of stimulating the interest of members in the board's business. There are four hundred men who comprise the Bt, John Board of Trade. That is a large assembly to get to- seflier at the regular meetings. use many members are absent at roll call, it is thought that a new scheme of turning the monthly meet- ings into smokers with a prominent man addressing the smoking Board on some live givie or comunercial smb. jot, will be effective in increasing the working capacity of the Board. ---------------- Sold production of - ¥ . cticn triet this year will be Wbout or hot is 000 in ery of at 0, aeeqrding I of the Auditor-General's ment at Ottawa, who has from Dawson. Mr. Stockton a slow but ' production inthe is country, Earl Grey was | nocepted extended to him by the 0. J. C. to ! times favored the Blue Bonnets meet and the exceedingly pretty Rothsehiid | { Cup, raced for the first time this year ' Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, on | won out and renewed by the hotel, | | ensier to prevent than cure | Lord Haldane Frames a Taw For Britain's Protection. Lord Haldane of Cloan is s man of { wany sotiyities, and his lstest role is that of spy-taker. In other words | his lordchip has drafted s bill design- {ed to enable us more effectively to pe salt on the spy's tail shan has itherto been possible. : ! It is "Official Secrets {| Bill," and its subtitle is "an Act to | re-enact the Offiial Secrets Act, 1889, with Amendments." i { Ht is under the old 1889 Act that | the alleged German Shultz is now | awaiting trial. | Perhaps the most important pro- | wil in the bill i= 'that which de- in ender a conviction to prove any ach of spying against an ac- Beneral principle of Enghsis aw print n io be found y & spec offence must be alleged against i accused and he must be pov : guilty of tnis particular act or © . i } spies may have been | known to the authorities as such, but the difficulty has been the necessity a proving in actual act of espionage against them. Lord Haldane proposes to alter this. : Section 2, clause 1, of the bill reads as follows: f "On a precsution under this section §t shall not be necessary to show that the accused person was guilty of any particular act tending to show a pur prejudicial to the safety or in- Cress the state, and notwithstand- ing that no such aot is proved i him, he may be convicted if, the circumstances of the case, | or his conduct, it ap) s that his' purpose was prejudicl or interests of the state." The same <li that Mf an thorized son ob- tains poesegfon of an al secret it ; is not negéssary io prove that he in- tended #6 use it against the state. It is Jed that hus purpose was evil. Air Blleged spy, therefore, may be convicted on suspicion, and if. con victed he is liable to from three to seven years' penal servitude. A person snowingly receiving an official secret is liable to two years imprisonment with or without hard labor and with or without the addi- tion of a fine. What is an "official secret"? Rough- ly it is information relating to a ""pro- hibited place" or the contents of a "prohibited place," the definition of which filis nearly a page of the biil. Works of a naval or military nature are obviously "prulibited places," but the term also includes railways, gas, water and electricity works. General offices, telegraph stations, factories, roads, aud channels are "prohibited places." In fact, sbout the only things not mentioned in the definition are aeroplanes and 8ero- plane sheds. But then it is well known | that the War Office does not greatly | believe in the practicability or possi- bility of aviation. thee spy "sit up!' is that which dis- penses with the necessity for a search warfant when it is proposed to enter a suspected spy's house. The bill authorizes a superintendent of police in urgent cases to arm any constable with a written order, which gives him the same powers as if he had the warrani of a justice. Hitherto a foreign spy detailed for duty in England has heaved a 'sigh of relief and congratulated himseld on a soft job. This for two reasons--first, the slack way in which English official secrets by the heels, bill becomes law, the foreign spy may not feel so cheerful when ordered to Britain's shores. Provided, that is, that the authori- ties take steps to guard our secrets much more etficiently than has hither. to been the case. Love-Making at § A.M. A remarkable charge wes brought at a London Police Court by Miss Ethel Merriman, of Cowley road, Wansted, against Henry William Hin- der, aged 45, an engineer living at Erlam road, Sout: Bermondsey. Miss Merriman goes to business at 5 a.m. For four months, it was stat ed, Hinder has stopped her morning, using endearing expre At length she became so fright that she informed the police, and he was arrested. "He stood in my path so that 1 could not pass," said Miss Mérriman "He handed me letters, and 1 had w take them to get rid of him." "It is one of those cases of annoy- ances that must be stopped," remark- ed the chairman in binding Hinder over to keep the peace, London First--Rest Nowhere, London, the largest city in the world, has a population, ss the last census shows, of 7252963, as against 6518402 'n 1901. The population of New York is 4,766,883, and is growing faster than any other city wn the world. The third city in point of size is Paris, whose population is about 3.000,000. Berlin comes somewhere about fourth in the scale. The popu- lation of Berlin is well over 2,000,000. Chicago and Tokio, strange to say, sre about equal cs regards popuistion. The returns for bot these cities show a litte under 2,500,000 dt. Petersburg, Vienna, Moscow, Puiladelphia, reking, and Caaton have all a population below the 2,000, 000 mark, Sparing the Red. The Bishop of Carlisle, England, is no believer In aapating the rod" and "spoiling the child." In a recent ad- dress he deplored "the soft notions now being preached by people ealling themselves humanitarians." "It is said to be degrading to flog a bey," ssid the bisho "Well, | am truly thackiul that was often degraded in thas sense in my boyhood. If i sided eliminate these enervating foolish, soft and therefore cruel no. tions from our educational system. This is & matter not only for teachers, bei for parents." 1, is better to form than. relorm; The bee that gots ihe hones i A clause in the bill which will make | were guarded; and next, the difficulty | under the existing law of laying him | Now assuming that Lord Haldane's omen to the safety | se further provides | ba ---------------------- OUR CRYSTAL BRAND 01 Swmadard Granulated Has been tried and found excelient i | preservin Price | always ght. 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