eke i onessq President Ma t dnieoe Rr Telephones: Ne Le Pree tion) city vance . One year, by mail to rural offi One tout, to United States and three months pro rata. (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One-year, by mail, cash One year, if not paid in advance. One year, to United States 1.5 and three months pro rata. One year, { di aditeared iy One year, in a Attached Js one of the best printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H. EB. Soa! ce 32 Church St. U. 8. VES New York Office 225 Fifth Ave. Frank R. Northrup, Manager. Vin wun aususns ribune Bldg. rank R. Northrup, Manager. > MR. ROWELL IN POLITICS. It may be that some of the men in this province who have in the past oo-operated with the liberal party on all' measures may not find it possible to co-operate with us on this meas- are. If this is #0, 1 shall regret it, but we believe the resolution to be right, we believe it to be in the in- terests of tlie country, and believing that, we can do nought else than " Press it upon the attention of the house and the country will adopt it. Mr. Speaker, I did not seek or cov- et the position I now hold. I did not seek the position of leader of the op- position in this House, nor do 1 seek the position of prime minister of this province. To these I have never as- pired; not because I did not appre- ciate the honour and the importance of these positions, but other walks of life appealed to me more than these. The only inducement I had to ac i cept the position, the only reason why in this House 1 enter upon this con- test, the only. reason why 1 enter up- FEA on it in the country is this : 1 hope in some small 'way, and in some ~ small measure, to be 'able to con tribute to 'the betterment of the mor- al, social and industrial condition of the people' of this my native pro- vince. I can think of no better way to contribute to these ends than by putting into effect the policy 1 now submit to this House.--(The lead- er of the oppesition in the legislature on the question of the hour.) About 1,500 pupils of Toronto were promoted without an examination. Why should there be these vexatious and fearsome tests anywhere? So few ; of the soholara do their best under i the strain. de MR. TARTE AND PRAYER. The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Toronto called upon its members to pray for the success of the cause in this election. Rev. John McNeill, the great Scotch evangelist, now a central power in Toronto, as the pastor of one of the evangelical churches, remarks : "Prayer should be- made for definite persons, definite things, definite movements. "Pray for the abolition of the bar. With God all things are possible. Make it a definite prayer. Don't, be afraid; Don't be ashamed." Which recalls the remark of the late Mr. Tarts, a practical politician, and to the effi that "elections could not be won by prayers." It is just ~ possible, of conrse,. that Mr. Tarte ~ fs was not much on prayer and he bank- on something with which he was more familiar. Mr. Best, for many years the sec- retary of the' Y.M.C.A. in Hamilton, Rowell pol- and and and the Mr. Best puts personality above party interests + votes for the liberal candidate policy. Best 0 Larrives, officers and men, loyal, de self-gacrificing, have laboured year after year, and with results, in the upbuilding of our young man hood, which have been highly com- mended. ; Vi Jt may be inconvenient to spare some of the non-commissioned officers and men from their offices, the stores and the shops in which they areen- gaged, but the employers generally will realize that the cause is one which appeals most strongly te their favour, In view of all that is going on Sir James Whitney may be sorry that he did not take the advice of the liquor men and by law prohibit treating. Too late now. The die is cast. THE BIL NGUAL SCHOOLS. fears the French- on account of its The government Canadian electors, 2 1 trimming on the bi-linqual school ques- tion. Its friends in the press also expect serious results when polling day And not without a cause. When Mr. Rowell made inquiries in the legislature Mr. Foy sajd bi-lingual sthools were illegal, and Sir James Whitney said that there weren't any bi-lingual sybools. But when Dr. Merchant was appointed he found them, and his report, though received before the last election, was kept back until the election was over. The Orange Sentinel is completely dissatistied with the policy of the gov- ernment, and with Dr. Pyne"s tamper- ing and dickering with Regulation No. 17. The Hamilton Herald and the Toronto News admit. that the French- Canadians are after the government, but what, they ask, about Mr. Row- ell 7 Oh, he has been straight on the subject. He has not wobbled or twisted since the controversy began. Away back in 1911, at a great meet- ing in Massey Hall, he presented this resolution as the embodiment in brief of his views with regard to bi-lingual schools : "To provide, thorough Sdequate | training schools, a sufficient supply of | competent teachers, and thus ensure, iunder proper nlations, that the pu- pils in every school in the province shall receive a thorough English edu- cation." Mr. Rowell said there were about 250,000 French-Canadians in Ontdrio-- a tenth of the population. The teach- ing of these children in the hi-lingu- al schools was not satisfactory. There were too divergent views--one that only Knglish should be taught and the other that. only French should be taught. English is the lange of the continent, and the official guage of the province, "It is the duty of the state," said Mr. Rowell] "$0 see that in every school in the province every child receives a' thorough English educa- tion. But we should not seek to pre- vent the children of our French-Cana- dians retaining the use of their own mother tongue: What we are con- cerned about is that they should mas- ter English and not be ignorant of the French. The problem, in its working out, is largely one of teach- ers and administration" That was the stand taken by. Mr. Rowell in 1U11. . It is his stand to- day, and if the minister of education had been equally frank there wold have been no amendment to Regula- tion No. 17, and no resignation of one of the inspectors of bi-lingual schools, Henri Saint Jacques, because he did not know what the government expected him to do. lan- Foolish and Scotch distillers send- ing money to Canada for use in the election ! An evidence, by the way, of -the general scare which is on the liquor party everywhere, Aye, the leeberty o' the subject an' his whus- key's in danger ! THE CHURCH MILITANT. The Uhristian church is being cen- sured, yea cursed, by the politicigns because it is dabbling in politics. The Christian church which, through its administrative or governing hodies, has favoured the abolition of the bar, is calling upon its members to be up and doing now that they have un op- portunity to 'strike an effective blow at the giant evil, the liquor traflic. The Roman Catholic church, through the First Canadian Plenary Council, in 1909, denounced alcohol as a poi- son which attacked body and soul, and declared that the traflic in it should be suppressed. The Church of Fngland, in its general synod in 190%, insisted that the bar was a public menace and should be abolished. 'Ihe Methodist church snid "its leaders stand for the abolition of the har." the Presbyterian church, through its general assembly, has demanded the abolition of hoth the bar and the treating system. The Congregational and Baptist churches have called for total prohibition and favour every movement that leads to that result. And when the churches, through its clerical representatives, reflect the mind of, the governing bodies, and sug- gest. that the time is ripe for an ex pression of men's faith and sincerity, er signs of arrant hypoorisy. preachers are proclaiming themselves as followers of Mr. Rowell. They have a reason for it. Sir James' Whitney, whom they served politically, has dis- there is ing and wailing, and {her 'Weeping ailing, and oth- a Granted that some eonservative the. frat, abolition of treating in place! of the abolition of the bar, the premier ia 1912 announced a new policy. "To- day," said he, speaking in the legis- lature, on April 26th, "I say without fear of successful contradiction, if a poll were taken, there would surely be a practically unanimous vote in favour of destroying the treating sys- tem. If the two questions were put up, abolish the har, and abolish the treating habit, an infinitely larger number would choose abolition of the ting habit." nd Sir James moved, seconded by Hon. Mr. Foy, that legislation should be passed to stop the treating. Had he gone on with his scheme the clergy- men would have had less reason to desert him, He failed them, however, and his representatives on the plat- form and in the press have no occa- sion to abuse them or the churches .to which they belong. EDITORIAL NOTES. The independent men--the genuinely independenti--are active in this elec- tion. And there's a good many them. of A' regrettable feature of the pre- sent political campaign is the dis- position .of correspondents and critics ] IT WOULD DO. And How Has it Carried Out its Pro- mises ?--Let the Voice of the Peo- ple Give the Story. The Hon. Mr. Hanna also makes great claims that the government has carried out its pledges to the temper- ance people, If there was one pledge more emphasizéd than another by the members of the present govern- ment before they came into power, it was that would remove poli- tical hufveace Fram the administra- tion of the law. They started in by removing not only the existing licen- se commissioners all over the pro- vince but all the license inspectors as well, no matter how efficient they were, and appointing conservative partisans in their stead, Within a year after the govern- ment came into power the license in- spector of the city of Toronto, one of the most impartial and efficient in this province, was dismissed, because he would not serve the interests of the conservative party in the city of Toronto in administering the license law. The hoard of commissioners composed of J. W, avelle, chair- man, John I. Davidson, and J. A. Murray, all strong supporters of the government, sentative and responsible men, resi- gned as a protest against the action of the government in dismissing this to misrepresent the attitude and views of others. Interviews are dangerous things--in an election. Did you notice that all the alleged independent papers--the papers that go off at a tangent and say brave things when nothing is at stake - manage to get behind the govern- ment and excuse and defend it when an election is on? "How many apples or oranges are you willing to bet or pledge on the success of the Shamrock 1V with which Sir Thomas Lipton hopes this time, sure, to lift the America's cup? The Shamrock appears to be a beau- ty, and and she is very fast. Canon Holland, of London, ad- dressing a church school meeting, ad- vised : "Let the children play, dance and shout, .and let the teachers play and dance with fheém." All our Sun- day schools would be well attended if they were reorganized as «dancing aca- demies. The dance is always popu- lar, even in school. . Rene Viviani is once more trying what he can do at cabinet making in France. He can form a government but without the popular support how oan he run jt? Socialism is at the bottom of all the troubles in Franfe, and socialism will lead to the down- fall of the president unless he changes his views on militarism. The 65th Regiment of Montreal, its members armed as usual, turned out in connection with the Corpus Chris ti procession. Col. Hughes ordered that the arms should he left in the armouries. Who is in command of the militia ? The question is asked because the minister of militia had so much to say upon the subject. Lloyd-George--about whom not much has been heard lately--announces that all the legislation on which the gov- ernment has been engaged, will passed before there will be an tion, The liberals had to demon: strate that having undertaken to do things, and got the chance, they had to act. But there were rocks ahead, in the shape of party dis- sensions, and they had to disappear. ------------------------ PUBLIC OPINION Is That It? x Tatonto Globe. Not one cent for Farmers' bank positors--millions for Mackenzie Mann, he elec- de- and ------ Admit it. 4 Toronto Star. Js it now about time for opponents of Mr. Rowell's policy to admit that club licenses are to be abolished along with bars ? Place for Style .... London Advertiser, A million dollar government house for society to play in. Last session the rural "school grants were cut a quarter million. Great ! Shows up Good. : Ottawa Journal. Public ownership has more jiossi- mistic prophecies made about it and' shows on the whole less loss than most kinds of private business. A Toronto Mail Col. Henry Watterson is a southern gentleman of the old school. le re fers to Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst as "Old Hell's Delight." ---- Must Wait and See. Montreal Star. or liamaut time this session; but--to the immortal Tarte--"wait till see us next year." Her aa Deserts, lton Spectator. Sylvia Pankhunt Tan heen arrested for the eighth time. If she had got she would have heen or the graveyard since license inspector. The following is am extract from the letter of the board to the Hon. Mr. Hanna, forwarding their resig- nations: The comissioners accepted of- fige reluctantly as a public duty on the personal assurance of the prem- jer and the written statement of the provincial secretary that the govern- ment desired a fair, fearless and non- partisan administration of the licen- se act: and the after reviewing the cause which led to their resignation they state.-- "The course . followed seems to have been designed by men inflamed with passion for office or for dispen- sing patronage, who determined to get rid of commissioners who refus- ed to play thé part of hired men, subject to the dictation of party fol- lowers. The government by its ac- tions has approved of this course, hence the usefulness of the present commissioners is at an end. They ac- cepted at full value the statements made by the premier and his respon- sible minister, the provincial secre- tary, that they desired an honest, non-partisan enforcement of the li- cense act, dnd as no other adminis- tration was possible while the office was held by the present board they step aside to mit the government to secure a board in accordance with its present policy." What did the Toronto News, one of the strongest and most influential journalistic supporters of the govern- ment, say with reference to this ac- tion on the part of 'the government? "We veatuie' to think that these proceedings ¢hange the whole rela- tion of the government tothe liquor trade in Torofito and throughout the province. THére could be no clearer intimation 'that the enforcement of the law is held to be secondary to the interests of the Conservative party, and that the, spoils faction, which, noisy as it is, does not constitute two per cent. of any political party, exer ecised 'a controlling influence over Mr. Whitney and his associates." Congtitions (in Toronto have not improved, but .have grown worse since the resignation of this board of license commissioners. And what is true of Toronto is undoubtedly -true of other important centres of the province. TUESDAY, JUNE SIXTEENTH This is the natal day of the Hon. Arthur Meighen, Canada's solicitor general, who is just thirty-eight years ' of age. His na- tive place was St. Mary's Ont, where he obtain. ed his prelimin. ary education, 'When only fit teen he matricu. inted, obtaining his B.A. degree at Toronto be- fore he was twenty. Then he went In for teach- ing and later for T law and starting ¥ to practise at Portage la Prairie in 1903. He was first elected to the House of Com- mons in 1908 and last year was ap- pointed solicitor-general. He is a young man of a remarkably keen mind and fs looked upon as one of the leading men is his party--a pros pective premier in the days to come. Also born tee A. A Allan," Montreal, born 1880. W. W. Cory; Ottawa, born Strath- roy, 1865. ke Judge Patterson, NB, born 1864. I. Saunders, Ottawa, born New Glasgow, appointed them. 'Taking his cue from WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SAID | but thoroughly repre-) PEABODY'S ibb : OVERALLS. Bi ys Rew car. Lame yo 39 $10.00 Suit Sale Two-piece 'Suits, Three-picce Suits, browns, greys, 'bronzes and kharki, chviots, neatly made, good style, good patterns. In this lot we have several sample Suits that were worth reg- ularly $15.00 and $16.50, Sizes 34 to 44. 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