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Big reduec- tion on all my stock to make room for new goods, "Furniture bought Highon prices: paid. 1 LESSES and sold | Clair THE WHIG, DAILY BRITISH WHI ipublished a at ae King Street, Ontario, at $6 per year. ons at WEEKLY BRITISH wae. 16 pa Thureda merning at $1 to ed, making price. of "Dally 4 De ish, and cheap work; nine improved' pr hed is one of the best Job Printing Offices » 3 ------ EIGHTIETH YEAR Kingston, 2.3 es,' publighed In parts on Monday and nited States: $hirge for postage h and Weekly $1.50 per year. in Canada; rapid, styl. resses. 'THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO OFFICE~Suite 19 and Street, Toronto. H. E. Smallplece, J. --~ J. G. EN Leman A, President. id, SeoniTrens: 20 Queen Ci Chambers, 32 Church B representative. Y: CROTHERS IN OFFICE This big, good-natured man (TF. A. Crothers) is said to be lacking in moral eourage and afraid to do things 'he ought to do. Last year he put up a strong fight against the Grand Trupk Railway and threatened to block all = their . legislation because they had allegedly failed to fulfii a certain labor agreement. That one stand is described as having taken the starch out of him. The Grand Trunk did not so much as blink, but men said that Tom Crothers, became the most nervous man in Oftawa and wa3 always looking behind -him. It is said snow that he is Yoo timid tg do any- , thing. --Collier's Weekly. SIR JAMES IS CALMER If Sir James Whitney now approves of the Galt practice, which he clearly did not on the day when he nearly scared the five senses out of the spe- cinl legislative commitbes, it merely means that he has at last begun to sez that he cannot make good his "Big Boss"- tude. As nearly as we can make out his Present position--if he approves the Gat practice--he will oppose the amending of the law be cause he always said he would, but he will not oppose the reform if muni- cipalities will go ahead and adopt it unlawfully and shut up about it.--7To- ronto Star. The council is apparently of mind with the mayor, who, in his addresses before the election, and in his inaugural . on Monday, intimated that the Public Utilities of the eity bad grown to proportions, and car- ried with them grave responsibilities, which made managemeiit by a chang- ng committee very difficult. A Uti- lities committee has been named, to direct affairs for the time, to legislate for it particularly since the adminis- trative side of it is largely by the officials. During the year there can be an educational campaign carried on. This campaign is absolutely necessary. There are somé¢' members of the coun- cil who may know what commission governmen! means, but there are some who have not had the oppor- tunity for reading and reflection, and these should make themselves famil- iar wv ith the facts. Eventually there one borne | s SEEKING SPECIAL LEGISLATION. will have to be some public dis- cussions, and of am educational char- acter, to the end that when the people are asked to vote upon the question they may do it intelligent- hy.' » For the present the way is open for the appointment of a com- mission to manage 'the power and water departments. There is legisla tion under which a water commission may be appointed, and commissions uch' as these are 'now ig severai cities, There is legislation, loo, for power commissions, and they 'are a necessity, - indeed, when the cit une dertakes to 'make a contract wi the Hydro-Electric Commission. But for a combination, which is very de- sirable, since it would never do to increase the number of managing boards, the special legislation must be sough?, and, of course, it can be obtained. not * Ottawa is objecting to the cutting of ice from a part of the Ottawa river where the water is supposed or said to be polluted: "The theory is, however, that the impurities in the ice have been rendered harmless by the freezing. process; and the ive is not used for domestic. but cooling Purposes. The same argament has been used in Kingston where ice has been cut below Cataraqui bridge for cold storage, while the ice that is used in the home is cut far out in the harbour, and beyond a line that is fixed by (ho local board of health. The plan of keeping these ice supplies separate, 'and of preventing the use of the article cut for a specific pur- pose , for any other, is good enough, 'but can the members of the Board of Health here, in their offices, vouch for the complete auarrying of it ont? THE CUTTING OF ICE. The Provincial Board of Health has been giving the water supply of the city special attention. It is al- together likely that the provincial officials will have something import- ant to commudivate with the mew Board of Health when it is convened, and it will be surprising this vear if precautions. are? not taken to guard against the cutting of ice where it can possibly be tainted in any way. The danger is of ice intended for one purpose being used for another, mistake. The two kinds may be to the home of the shop and only the greatest care can guard against the misdirection of them by careless em- The only precaution against which was prescribed ago, and not followed, namaly, that all the ice shall be cut beyond the danger line. hy delivered or the place of business, ployees. this is that some years In" all our experiences it is doubt- ful if a more scathing. criticism has ever been passed upon the jury tem than that of Judge Middleton, in Toronto, in -passing upon the theatre scandals, They were the outcome of the exposure hy Mr. St. Clair, the lo- cal secretary of the moral alliance, an institution whose Yery existence is a protest against the immoralities ot the Times. Six or seven hundred reo: ple attended the show which Mr. St. denounced, but they do hot seem to have seen 'anything repugnant in the dances' or anything very re volting in the language used. All ol which shows that the audiences gener ally were composed of persons who countenanced the coarseness of the programme. The point is that after Boing evi dence with regard to the show in | question, including that of the pre (sentation of the old censor depart: ment, who saw nothing objectionable, the case went to the jury. It was in- clined to disagree, but eventually the | twelve a verdigt of "not guilty," but added a rider, that the Sys | |propeistten and managers of the thea- | | | i [1 Hin' ths' vouneil 'could not be too strongly censur ed for allowing such plays, which were suggestive of that which is immoral, | indecent and obscene." The judge ac | cepted the verdict, but 'he wanted it 'to be distinctly understood that' he [entirely disagreed with it, and be qites- JUSTICE HAS BEEN DEMEANED. similar view when a play of the kind was agihin produced. "lI do not think that we can be proud of the censure that permits the production of a play so vile and un- clean as this play," said Judge Mid- dleton. ""The department of justice has been brought into disrepute by this trial. The man who drew the at- téntion. of the public to this, and who deseribed what took place in the thea- tre in a way that seems to be sub- Staatially undisputed, has been con- victed of publishing obscene literature, while those who produced the play have been, by the opinion of this jury, acquitted." - The jury system has beer on {Fial. It is all very well 40 ery out that men are entitled to be tried by juries of thir peers, but these juries are not entitled to the high regard in which they are held in the face of this ex- perience. The Whig remembers a case in connection with which its editor served as a juryman many years ago. The evidence of guilt appeared to be idir.ei, but there were mitigating cir- cumstances, and these had a tendency lo affect the verdict.' The remark of the judge will never be forgotten. He said the jury had 3 duty to perform, and it was to declare for the guilt or innocence of the offender, without re- dard to any personal views of the jury. The Toronto theatre case is a repetilion of the experience, and the condemnation of the judge is very } tioned if it another jury would take a timely, i 2 " EDITORIAL NOTES. 'course. thers will be no smoking this year. Itiis a of Here is a town of six thousand people in England which is not the Ipossessor of a single bath tub. What spring, when, with the young ducks, Shox Sake their, fst plunge in. the mill pond ! Now it is the e Brockville ° Times that has been called to acount by he en" a coupued. Now has that [of the state on a time the people must have, in. the {di THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUBRSDAY, JANUARY 14, editor does mot belong to any per son or party perhaps it will be leit alone. ab The Toronto News is very much annoyed over the idea that the liber ale would obstruct business at Ot- tawa. Horrible ! But the News only sees the shocking feature of if when the tories are' in power, When they * obstruct, in opposition, they are always in the right, Dr. Gilmore, of the Central prison, says only fifteen per cent. of the pri- soners are criminals, the rest) bwing unfovtunates, whose fall, not | com- plete ruin, is caused by drink. cohol, says Dr. Gilmore, plays greater part in sending men to son. Is it any wonder some fight it so hard? Is it any ihat weak men cry out t'on from it? \ the pri- men wonder for protec de- canal Kingston is interested in the cision against Chicago's scheme. Anything which would lower the waters of the lakes, canals and rivers, would hurt our harbour. Chi- cago should be forced to dispose of its sewage in a scientific way. It has no right to adopt cheap methods at a ruination of Canada's and Am- erica's shipping in which many mil lions are invested. A Bad Reputation. Hamilton Spectator. » Philadelphia, '"'the city of brotherly love," had 95,248 arrests and seven- ty-two murders lagt vear.. The com- munity once dominated bv Quakers is evidently trading 'on its long past reputation. It Surely Does. Hamilton Herald : Arnold Bennett, the English novel- ist, says it doesn't require much ability to amass a great fortune. But that depends upon the way in which v great fortune is amassed, a -------- A Coming Change. ott: wa Journal. Before very long the liquor interests will be demanding the repeal of the three-fifths clause aad the temperance neople will be in favor of its reten- tion as a defensive measure, A Matter of Guess, Toronto Star. But perhaps Hon. have the ladies present at the military conference so that he can »alance them against the colonels and najors when the canteen question omes up. Talk about strategy ! Sam wants to Running a Great Risk. Hamilton Herald. Hon. Col. Sam Hughes proposes to call Canadian women to his military councils--perhaps a subtle device on ais part for combatting the spirit or anti-militarism. But how would it be if the ladies were to convert the doughty elope], 10 anti4militar- ism? | MILLIONS Arbitration Results. in Original De. mand Reduced. London, Jan. 14.--Phe British gov- crament is to pay the National Tele phone company of the United King siom the sum of $62,576,320 in re- spect ol the transfer of the company's system .to the state, according to a decision reached by the Railway and Canal commission, sitting as a court of arbitration. The whole of the telephones in the British Isles passed into the hands Jan. 1st, 1912. The National * Telephone company 'original. ly claimed 8$105,000,000 for its in- terests, but during the tal, which lasted seventy-three days, the claim was reduced by many f agreement. RAILWAY WRECK tN ENGLAND "LOPPED OFF CLAIM. Two Passengers Killed and Forty Injured. Birmingham, Eng., Jan. passengers were killed and forty in- jured, many of them seriously, in a collision on thé Midland railway ves- terday, when an express train' crashed into an accommodation train at Bram- iord Bridge, near herve, The express was proweding to ei: cester, and the accommodation train from Birmingham te Walsall. Nearly all the victims of the | collision were travelling in the slow train. A HM.~Fwo AUTOMATIC RIFLE WANTED. | Government Will Call Attention ot Inventors to 'Sabject. Washington, D.C. Jan. The automatic revolver, after many years trial, haying finally found favor the United States army, the nants bureau has now taken steps to body the same principle in army rifle. ' Circulars aré to be nt out, inviting - the attention ' of in- ventors lo this is subject. v Queen Alomnpe's Tact. In the bright davs of her reign at Buckingham Palace it came to the knowledge of 'Jueen Alexandra thai one of the housemaids, who had for same years been in the royal service, had suffered severely over an affair of the heart. Queen Alexandra sent for the girl, and after learning all about the mat- ter comsoled her and sent her off to He was elected unanimously. Sandringham for'a change. Then her majesty summoned the ertant lover, who also held a domestic position in the palace. After a kindly and tactful homily, Queen Alexandre with humorous j tact sent the young man also to Sandringham. Very shortly thereafter (he couple returned to town, and there was a wed- that millions by way ! 1913. Help Wanted. A Clothi Siena 'BIBBYS, LIMITED) tb. Vas. 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