ada which has an official who is call od by this name. He is appointed by the City Council whose members, in committees, decide on all public ques tions and - recommend the necessary legislation. The manager = simply takes up their work where they lay it down and earries it to completion. There are several grounds for es dorsing the proposition and the com- mittee recommended them. The man: ager, who appointed his subordinates, | secured greater harmony in the city's service; he was more successful in his work of supervision; he was not in- "lependent of the Council and could be ranoved at any time he resented its authority; and he distributed and G | carried through the duties devglving on Coo Bia' ioigiig Birens ~Treas. nest Teiepheo Bifiness ofes sags sian eens sens 343 FOOTE ...v cova seve sess 329 Job ofc ..... ... ere sees 393 SUBsCKIPHION RATE. Jan gsltvarsd in, inc no asens ii ies ake ance .... $5.00 a to adial offices, 3.50 5 10 United Btates {bree months, pro rata. 4 -Weekly Edition.) mal 1.00 gous" to United States 1.60 and three months, . pro rata. 3 = g th b Pring oMoes tn Croada: ot 1 REPRESENTATIVE: ss +++» 33 Church St. Mew York Office 225 Fifth Ave Frank R. Northrup, Manager. sss vue sss «os Iribune Bldg. Frank R. Northrup, Manager. ADVANCES IN QUEBEC, A comgmisgion, appointed a ago by the Quebec legislature, has reported. Tts recommendations are not known becanse fits report has not yet been printed. There are ru mours that the hotél bar is to be * abolished, apd that the consumption FEY liquor, of an approved brand, will Ton place in the dining room or , Malls of a hotel which is licensed to = sell spirits. Year ! Moreover it is intima: ted that the government will re St the sale.of liquor in large tities to the stations which it establish, so guaranteeing the . regulation of the trade and the pro- (dita that are to be made from it. fhe government has foreshadowed leo {gislation, of a most radipal charac g%, and one isthe more surprised at heewnse Quebec has not been look- Yo a9 a leader in temperance re- i Truth to say, however, the has besn more pronounced on this question than in Ontario, and the men who administer the publio aflairs i seem to be more aggressive thau the (party in the. state. public en of Ontario. Sir Lomar Gown is far' in advance of Sir James Whitney, but of course he is a young- a i more energetic, and more in with public opinion. The postmaster-general talks of giv- ing the people of Canada a pagcel post fypaftor the new year. Why not hefore it? Wouldn't it be the nicest Christ mas Box Mr. Pelletier could give the * dlectors--at thelr own expense. NO LIMIT TO RESTRAINT. sry The Asith government has under consideration--it is the big push be hind them--a series of measures that have for their oljject the social im .. provement of the people. These in + clude free medical attendance, sanitar- "fins for the sick and the helpless, dental treatment, feeding of children, - against sickness and non ww tmployment, freedom. from oppression " on the land, regulation of temure and , farmers' wages, protection of tenants, i for the improve fag rented property. 'The farmer lt the tenant are to be cared for by spe cial legislation. Practically the com: missioners and the courts will com- mand and control rural and urban ST ar, as the land and its Huild- concerned, Ope needs only tea! and reguldte the wages in cities and : and Wandle the great corpora: when they and their employees vernment 'at home" to great undertak- will fall short of com- wl they cover the di tions, and exercise a t of the labour 1 mar At a meeting of the National sipal League, in Toronto, the trade was discussed. Some fa- the return of supervision to ity. None of that, Whig \ was the period when the city too many shebeens. Re J ------------------ * YING OUT A MANAGER. - The National Municipal League dis ousted a. very live subject when, at the meeting in Toronto, a special com. oonsideration for two years, reported on Ihave to admit. the officials better than any commit- tee. The city manager is a new creation. Many years ago, in one of the south- ern states, a Council trie a mana- ger. He was the outcome of a pe culiar situation. In the last two '| years other places in South Carolina, North: Carelina, Ohio, Oregon, Ari- zona and Minnesota, have appointed managers, and the 'desire is to see more of them and their work before paesing emphatically upon it. ~~ When Kingston is ready to esperi- ment--when our local legiStature is persuaded that it will be a safe pro- cedure, and that may he some time vet--the success of it will have been worked out by other cities, and to their complete satisfaction. FEx-Ald. Hales, of Toronto, a con- servative, is in Fast Middlesex, as a temperance worker who is dissatisfied with Sir James Whitney's perform- retired. The independent voters are the 'hope of the country and the ter- ror of the local governmeot. DRAGGED INTO THE LIMELIGHT. Theemen who go into a political fight must be prepared for anything, and this lesson or fact is being im- pressed upon the minds of all obser- ving persons. There are illustrations which. can be appreciated. George Maguire, of Syracuse, is a dempcrat who worked his way into the inner circle of Ms party. He reached the place where he enjoyed the confidence of his leaders, and earmmed it: by the personal sacrifices he was willing to make in their 'behalf. He knew Sulzer, who was made governor of the state, and sympathized with him in his fall. He was willing to "ldeed" for him, and so gave to his hench- man, Heunessy, confidential informa. tion regarding the grafting of the Maguire had been the one who had touched of the comtragtors and knew they had done in the way of for the party. \ The ecumpaign was at its height. Sensations were the order of the day. These were following each other so fast that only the experts cold trace their meaning and measure their significance. Maguire was one of these. © Anmtoug the last minute mes- sages which he sent to Hennessy, and to act as a destructive shell in the attack on Tammany's citadel, was 'one he wrote himself and telegraphed to New York. It gave the proof of Tammany's iniquity in the raiding of state contractors and the collecting of party toll. Of cowrse he did not expect to be confronted with its authorship, and through it to be made a wilness against corruption in Igh places. Hennessy was called to account by the disfirict attorney. He had to give details or swallow some of the things he had heen saying in the elec- tion campaign. He dragged Maguire into the limelight. He was forced to use the'telegram ip defence of certain statements. Maguire demied that he sent it. Detectives visited Syracuse, hunifed up the original telegram, one of / Maguire's 'staff, and his own type: writer, and then threatened with pro- wecution for perjury, the man went back into court and confessed his guilt. He mentally and physically collapsed. He had been eager to ex- pose Tammany Hall. He had not the courage to come out im the open avd face the: foe. And there are others of his kind. Some of them in Canada, and even in Kingston. The penitentiary enquiry is « sovelating Vu this respect. There hag been a fot of tattle about a great institution and its management, and what gifts Ia lot that has not been verified. What. iy wanted, apparently, is a Whitman who will. make the people who have been saying so much privately, of a damaging character, come out into the open' and 'tell what they know. The pity is that they cannot be ser- ved as Maguire, of Syracuse bas - (been, wi a 'production of evidenes the a: icity of which they would "Men who uniertake great tasks, affecting the life and character and usefulness of officials, shoukl be equal to the responsibility of staying by their decision. Moral reformers, who succeed, muat be cour: agwous men. Linn, The 'progressive party, which Roose: velt sought to found, has gone to smash. a fof Twidy, is satisfied that the "Bull Moose party has breathed its last." J Aver auwiuniel to. Much when it ances and willing that he should be | Mr. LaFolette, a Barter. Jaen ™HE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, EDITORIAL NOTES, They must be ghouls who would rob the bodies of those who perished fn the lake storms and, drifted ashore. The men engaged im this despicable way are surely without souls. The Newfoundland government has 'a majority of six in a house of thir- 'ty-six. The Morris party may be inte to get along with this marge of safety, but it will need to to have an hourly roll call when the house is in session. More trouble for the unionist party. Joynson Hicks, M.P., and a conserva. tive," comes out strongly in the press in favour of Lloyd{George's land | scheme. His party must agree that ithe chancellor's statements are 1irue, !and tory and liberal should unite in giving them effect. The' tory party, it is said, had no land policy. pe---- Yes, Bonar Law 1s depressed. In the last forty years he says the conserva- tives have only ruled a few years, on safferance, and he believes that it is possible. for Lloyd-Georgeism to _suc- ceed indefinitely. "If it does," he 'adds, "we eanmot kelp it. All we can do is fight against it as well as we can." What is this if not the wail of ae pronounced Sour Dough? PUBLIC OPINION Yes, Funny Indeed. Ottawa Free Press. The hilarious cheers of the tories when Alexander Morrison took his seat in the House of Commons as the member for Macdonald sound funny to-day. Apparently Not. Montreal Star. A New York 'youth has been sent to jail for twenty days for winking-at a young woman. Is romance to have no place in modern life ? Halsbury" s Hodge Podge. London Advertiser. "Must the king do as he is bid ?""' eries Lord Halsbury, aged eighty- three. The king's veto is as dead as Queen Anne, and so is the veteran Halsbury's political philosophy. Burying Their Gold. Ottawa Journal. The natives of India are said to be burying gold in great quantities, banking having no attractions for them. And here, when we get it, we usually sink it in something. Cobalt to wit. Oysters Going To Waste. ~ Montreal Mail While Montrealers are paying more dearly than ever for oysters this year, the oyster farmers of Prince Edward YotanT are complaining that they can- not Bot. find. a market for their oygters, t over an hundred barrelg had and 'be destroyed ten days ago, be- cause it did not pay to ship them to f uarket. Who's getting sthe rake-off ? ob pismo Favor Reforms. Ottawa Citizen, In the borough council electiohs in England and Wales the socialists and laborists made a net gain of about twenty seats, showing the tendemey to demand drastic measures in the secur- ing of reform, It shows also that the rudical Lloyd-George land programme is in line with popular demand and political need. Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. There is quite a blockade of grain in the harbor, and the elevators are running overtime to relieve the situa- tion. Wholesale men say they can control the trade of Eastern Ontario if. the railways are built. They do not fear the competition of Montreal or other places. J. Hazlett will be a candidate for aldermanic honors in Rideau ward. Harry Gildersleeve has heen remov- ed to the Hamilton branch of the Montreal bank. Schooner William I." Preston, grain laden, was wrecked off the Galloup Is- lands. SELECTED GEMS. He is the eloquent man who ;ean treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressive- ty and moderate things temper ately ~Cicero. Man's help comes not from the earth nor from daily experi- ences, but from sources that are unseen and eterual.--Q. Capen. ' Revollection i= the only para- dise from which we cannot be turned ont.-- Richter. Too much love there can never be.-- Rrowning. How can it be known you are In earnest if the act follows not upon the word !--Coleridge. May we be satisfied with noth ing which shall not have In It something of Immortality ~H. W. Heecher. ' Reading Woman Dies of Laughter. Reading, Pa., Nov. 15.-Remarking just a few moments prior, "Ti die a es dev Mrs. Charles K. Arndy, con the shoulder of a "neighbor, Mrs. Charles Berger; whom she vas visiting sud in » St of laugh away. Not a word was ut- by the dying woman and it was a few moments beiore the real condi- I miral RECURRING SCANDALS DEMAND THAT CAM CAMPAIGN COR- RUPTION SHALL BE EXPOSED Call Premier Borden--Urge Him To Fulfil Promjpes and Put Civic Ser vice Under Commission. Montreal Daily Mail Ottawa, Nov. 13.--i the govern: ment listens to the counsels of the {better element of its own party there will be legislation at the approach- {ing session, not only to compel the publication of "All contributions to election funds, but also to appoint special officers to see that elyction scandals anil corvuption, are fully ex- posed in the courts rather than cov- ered up, and to end the wretched pa |tronage system by placing the ol jof the civil service, outside as well as inside, tunder the civil service com- mission. Staunch supporters of the govern- ment who are, however, not absolute 'slaves to party, are rapidly confess: ing their 'disgust' with present _con- ditions ig regard to these matters, 'and ave openly calling on Premier Borden and his government to carry out the programme for' ensuring, as far as possible, clean government and honest elections. Even from *; ;Yory Toronto" comes a strong expression of impatience on the part of some who are in sympathy with the government, at the smother- ing-up of the eleotion crookedness in 'Macdonald bye-election which bly involved both sides. "The whole system is unsatisiac- tory," we are told. "The courts are too ready to adjuiesce in agreements lwetween rival politicians. We need to enforce publeity for electoral sub scriptions. We should stop legisla- ting. for the sources from which the heaviest contributions proceed. We re quire public officers to ensure that when wholesale corruption is practioed it will be exposed." Another voice from Eastern Ontar- io, largely in sympathy with the government, refers to the voiding of the Macdonald bye-election and adds : "Until the country demands public ity of campaign funds there is little to be gained by _Protesting against sotrupt elections." } A short time ago, when the evi dence regarding past management of Kingston penitentiary was publish- od, there was also a demand from an important section of the conservative party that Mr. Borden should carry out that part of his Halifax plat- form calling for placing the whole "civil service under the civil commission and thus abolishing t manifest evils ol the patronage sys tem which was such a serious handi- cap to efficient government. And mow, in commection with the dismissal of the Seaforth postmaster, this confession is heard from a con- servative source: "Without passing on the merits of this particular case iwe do not believe public officials should be dismissed for party rea- sons. No doubt there have been un- jjust dismissals. at. whole patronage system fs vicious. let us unite by continuous appeal and argument to secure a permanent, non-partisan service." 1 It rests with the government to say whether this '"'continuous appeal" must be kept up' indefinitely or whe- ther party Ey shall give place to principle and the fulfillment of deliberate pledges to the people of Canada. proba- IN ALIMONY SUIT Mr. Skeaff Was Formerly Manager of Bank of aromo, Cobourg, Ont. Nov. 5.--Mus. ) Edith A. P. Skeaff has ------ an action against her husband, J. S. Skeaff, Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, for permanent alimony at the rate of $300 per month, and of $10 per week interim alimony until .the trial of her action. She fur- ther asks, on behalf of herself and four children, fer an order for 'the execution of a pre-nuptial agree- ment, made {in 1895, under which jall the furniture and effects in the { family residence are her property, the repayment of $1,000 advanced to her husband, and the immediate payment of $20,000 in accordance p with the pre-nuptial covenant. She requests the court to grant an in- ! junction restraining 'her thusban? 'from annoying. or interfering with her in any way, or from disposing of the property in dispute,--Mail-Em- pire. Mr. Skeaff was manager of the Bank of Toronto here prior to the appointment of Mr. Hgrgraft, and lived here with his family for sev- eral years. Chieago Co-ed On Warpath. Chica, 0, Nov. 15.--Women studente at the University of Chicago, went on the warpath yestérday; when the price of hash at the Lexington Commons was boosted to seven cents.a plate. Protests, at first mild in tone, and then beeoming more threatening, were hurled at the management of the Com- mons by the fair co-eds, even to the gxtent of the girls inaugurating a hunger strike to force the management to lop offi the added cent. The in- creasing cost of meats was given by the management as the reason for the price boost. Finds Son After Fifty Years, .» Nov. 15.--Through an advertisement James Waters, aged 76, of Summit,N .J., found hie fifty- four-year-old som, whom he had been | seeking for fifteen years, and was re united to him at his farm a few miles east of here. Waters served under Ad- t in the civil war. When he entered the navy he placed his one: year-old son in the care of Mrs. Fitz patrick. Before the war wae over the was brought west with a car: load gf orphans and adopted by Char. lea. Jennings, where he lived until Be. was $venty-one. . Pam Hollow Personas. "ie Plum = Hcllow, Nov. 14.--Mts. Charles Mills left to-day for a three months' visit with friends in London, England. D. M. Kilborn and family spent Saturday and Sunday with El- gin friends. - The Ladies' Aid mecis at the home of Mrs. W. H. Hause on Thursday text. The rural mail deliv- ery started last week with P. ba "| lok @s carrier. servigg We agree that the | SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1018. BIBBYS Saturday & Monday Doings OVERCOAT TIME We've particularly Good Overcoats Overcoats $15.00 Nobby Grosvenor over- coats, two way collars, satin shield lining, reversible cloth. Hand padded collars lap seams. Very artistic garments. Sizes 34 to 40. Winchester Overcoats $15.00 Fabrics are English Mel- tons, Beavers; plain or silk velvet collars; single breast- ed; fly fronts, 44 to 50 inch in length. Exceptionally well tailored. Sizes 34 to 40. Overcoats $12.50 Heavy gray Freeze cloth' Seotch tweeds in rich shad.s of brown, bronze and grey. Storm collars, Expert Tail- oring. Sizes 34 to 44. Overcoats $18.00 The University Overcoat. Shawl collar in a very nobby, blueish grey Vicuna cloth; hand tailored. This coat was made to sell for $22.50 . We have only eight of these coats. Sizes are 35, 36, 37, 'The College Overcoats $8.50 New, two-way collar, long double breasted style. 'Good pattern in grey Herringbone STED i Jo eeds. Sizes 34 to 42. Chinchilla Overcoats $18, $20, $22 Shawl collars, new browns, greys and blue. Perfect tail- oring. ~ New. models. Sizes 34 to 42. Hosiery Special 35c, 40c Values for 25c A pure wool cashmere hosiery; fa st black. Spliced heel and toes. This line cannot be replaced for Joss Ahan 35c. or 40c. per pair. BIBBYS 78, 80, 82 PRINCESS STREET F. J. JOHNSON The Leading Florist 324 King St. All seasonable cut flowers in stock. Wedding bouquets; floral designs of all descrip- tion a specialty. The following is a partial list of "farms we have for sale in Kingston district: Acres IIB (ovens ian ins sustnne 180 ... cnt ci Nasi nenne 150 170 coven 180 ... «.niuen i 192 ... Foes quo Bas sun Taae BOO... . fee. vases $10,000 250 .. For further information apply to T. J. LOCKHART Over Bank of J MOST MEN USE COFFEE for BREAKFAST and are mterested in the kind of Coffee they get. Eternal vigilance is exercised in the blending and roasting of our coffee. 1t is freshly ground on the premises ev- ery morning and is the best value on the market. Price 40c per 1b. Henderson' s Grocery PHORE 279 50-61 BROCK ST. "os sawn Cen, nn assesses hscve, as es Taan cee +. $12,700 + asses =e $18,000 ve Aes Phone 1035, or 1020. KINGSTON, ONT. 5 RAWEFORDS ls YW