gE "On 8 ¥ or W Paign, for an exalted § public service, for efficiency and econ- omy of government, for a protection 4 ® E % " § i 5 Published TRE p ---------------------------------- i --tt + G. Billott ....... +... President fir Ho c+. Managing Director . and Sec.-Treas. 'Dafly and Semi-Weekly by ' PUBLISHING res mon rt A i= Weekly year, mail, cas! year, | not id in ig 10 Unifed States 1 and three months pro rata. Attached In one of the best job noting offices in Canada. nb TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H. FE. Smal} 32 Church St. anager. age .aidnays seeciasss Tribune Bldg. nk R. Northrup, Manager. NO ALTERNATIVE. The conservative party is making strong objection to the policy of N. W. Rowell on the liquor question. They object to him proposing to abol- ish all licenses, and to leave the shops 1 be cared for by local option with a straight majority. 'must be maintained. This is an il logical - position if they believe Mr. Rowell's, proposal. If the con- servative . party were sincere they would offer a platform for the wiping out of all liquor selling. 1f they did this there would he thousands of liber- ~ als and conservatives, now supporting Mr. Rowell's policy, who would be with them; in fact, Mr. Rowell him- self would 'likely be one of the strong: est supporters of such a platform. -------------- The Whi government claima cre- dit for or Rite number of li quor licenses .in. Ontario. It added the thrée-filths clause to the act, a Hi distinet handicdp, and it hascheen the "means of continuing | 900 licenses which the majority voted to cancel. Electors, areyon grateful for that? THE CALL TO HARRISON. Ald. Harrisoh is in: this campaign as a 'chamipion of certain principles. Circumstances marked him out for honour and responsibility. He is a successful business man, public spir- ited, zealous aod capable; he has giv- en evidened 'of Iris progressiveness every position he has occupied; he is in the closeat foush with the people, "and is willing 'to, derve, them; and, fin- ally, a4% an alderman he has heen qual: ilying in one office for service in a higher. The: call to political activity came siddenly, and accepted he stands for a clean cam- and honorable of local labour and local trade, and for any reform which is calculated to make the condition of the people het- oe - Nothing can be gained by misrepre- sentation. Ald. Harrison's record pretty well known. There is nothing hidden or mysterious about it. limelight, as "one of high intelligence and integrity, and with a desire to make himseli - ugeful, if elected, as a "ember. of the legislature. "Read the "number of labour re _ forms, tax | reforms, and * temperance reforms which the Whitney govern: ment rejected, and then decide wheth- or it is entitled 'to, your vote. © TALK ON THE TAXES. The dissatislaction over the taxes continues. ' It is growing from day to day. Business men, bankers, working- rating, and feeling it - very 'keenly. Now it is apparent that while the ad- Watice in 'the assessment was justified, /in consequence of the sharp advance in real estate Values and rentals, the sit- nation has 'been embarrassing through 'the dullness that set in immediately snd still continues, Property values have been falling. his is the inevitable consequence of the collapse of the boom. Rentals are falling. They could not be kept up _Wuder the circumstances. Will the as: wensments also fall? That is the However, the conservatives offer no alternative, but insist that both the bars and shops the shops should go with the bars, under in with a demonstration i favour he could not resist. Having 18 He stands out before the electors, in the 1 'The competency aud the fairness of Mr. Gordon are mot questioned. It may be, however, that if he had somé one whom he could consult, as the work occasioned, some one of sound judgment and 'knowledge as to house and land values, it would be better. A financier suggests, as an alterna- tive, the publication of the assess- ment, and to the end that the rate payers may have an opportunity to compare values. This was tried once, many years ago, during the regime of the "Big Four," and with doubtful results. Which is pot saying, of course, that it is not a good scheme, and may not have its results. A sight of the day, and a pitiable one, was that of the man who was very tipsy, on Princess street, plead- ing with a friend that it would be a mistake to!bave partial and not total hibition. So he was against the 1 {abolition of the bar. 9 SIR JAMES AROUSED The aged premier, though still weak from his long and severe illness; is being forced into the election" cam- paign, and not withbut some reason. The defections for the party are alarm, ing. They exceed all expectations. To be sure there are liberal defections, as there were in the reciprocity eam- paign, but they are not to be com- pared with the movement of conserva: tives who are out in support of Row- ©ll's temperance polioy. Sir James Whitney will address & meeting in Toronto, and say some- thing which will be quoted in the oth- er constituencies. It is. intended to stem the tide of political desertions. The situation is desperate--even in To- ronto. Some evidence of this is seen in the political meetings and in the press. J. T. Thompson, a conservative, said that he was supporting Mr. Row- ell because he believed in the aboli- tion of the bar. He said a prominent conservative lawyer told him a few days ago that the Whitney adminis- tration had done all they intended to do along the lines of advanced tem- perance legislation, and that the peo- ple need not expect any more assist. ance along such lines. That must he answered. Over in the Riverdale division of To- ronto, Mr. Doughty, a civic official, was forced to give up the nomination because he had come out against the bar. But an independent conservative candidate, Ald, Hiltz, has been put in the field. - In accepting of the nomina- tion he said he was an admirer of the premier, but he had not gone far en- ough. The bar had to go. On top of all this, and a great deal more--each day bringing its 'news of conservative. defections--Mr. Flayelle, the millionaire financier, the man 'who once owned the 'loronto News, and a leading conservative, contributes sov- eral thousand dollars to the expenses of the campaign against the bar. Something has to be done to stay this wholesale slump of conservative votes to the Rowell side. Can Sip James Whitney say or do anything to effect it? Time will tell. AMERICANS VERSUS BRITISHERS In sporting events nothing has giv- en such profound satisfaction as the success of the British polo team. ft came to New York and lifted the In- ternational Polo Cup. This was not expected. The Whig read the com- ments of the English press at the time Lord Wimborne underfook the task of organizing for the matches. He was encouraged and applauded in his 'work, and came the United States with the good wishes of the British polo players, but with really very little idea that the team would win. The New York Herald pays tri- bute to the British team and in a kindly, friendly, and>happy spirit. "I'he Britons," it remarks, "had ev- erything against them, even the senti- ment of their own countrymen, wha felt they come on a wild goose chase The victory, therefore, should be dow bly sweet, especially to Lord Wim- borne, through whose efforts the team was gotten together." And it added, to a touching farewell : "England may well be proud of the men who came as a forlorn hope, 'with only a sporting chance,' as Lord Wimborne said when hé¥arrived. They took the chance, and they won. They %éfe good Sportsmen all the way through, and America feels glad that it had the pleasure of meeting them." England is getting its lessons from America, in sporting events. Hs re presentative men have heen moved to make many sacrifices for the canse they espoused, but they will see how Necessary it is to work together in the carrying out and accomplishment of great plans. Ihe Americans, many years ago, crossed the ocean and picked up (he yachting challenge cup. They have retained it, because they have com. bined 'their wealth and wisdom in producing boats that have won out in succeeding contests. : Sir Thomas Lipton has done' his best and striven to revive and restore the supremacy of Britain in aching, and So far i vain. Unce more he makes the attempt to recover 'the éhallenge cup with a boat. that in gn- to It is a case, how. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUNE 2 have been producing three defenders, and the best of these will sail against the Shamrock IV. ' EDITORIAL NOTES. The Montreal Methodists think it indelicate to discuss whether a mil lionaire can be a Christian. The aver- age man cannot know and express the millionaire"s point of view. ------ Hon. Nr. Beck will appear in To- rofito nest week with Sir James Whitney. But, although nominated in London 'he has not yet gccepted. Must make up his mind before Mon- day. Some friction in the party. Rev, J. R. Bell, a life-long conser- vative, has been nominated in Dui- ferin against Mr. McKeown, the sit- ting member. Mr. Bell is prepared to "fight the tory machine, the brewers and the influence of the gambling dens." Mark Irish, Toronto, who jockeved Mr. McNaught into political oblivion, suggests that if the conservatives are returned to power they may shorten the hours of selling liquor and close the bars om Saturday afternoons and on all holidays. The Vidtoria-Vancouver papers con- demn the stealthy and incomplete manner in which the two government officials undertook to investigate the high cost of living at the coast. They acted, says the Victoria Times, like fugitivea from justice. The Toronto Mail is exercised - he cause Mr. Rowell does not say what he is going to do with Regulation 17 and the bilingual schools. What Whitney and Pyne going to do ? They | passed the, regulation and they know they deceived the people. is The income from customs and in- land revenue is falling away by mil- lions.' If this keeps on for the bal- ance of he year--and the dépression is lifting so slowly as to be imper- ceptable--e L will be a glorious de- ficit. Mr. White's two hundred odd million budget is already terrifying. The Mexican conference at Niagara Falls may be a failure. If it is the cause will be known. It is that Huerta's representatives are contend- ing that the head of the provisional government shall be a "neutral." The government of the day decides the elections practically. That is the great issue, The § ilton Herald says a good word for the federal government when it ean. But it cannot apologize for the minister of militia's work in the 65th Regiment. "Alas," it remarks, "for Col. Sam Hughes, "that thai warrior-hero should be obliged to re sort to such a pitiful trick to 'save his face" ** Dr. Forbes Godfrey, conservative candidate, is hot over bilingualism, k is, he thinks, a worse blot than li- quor. If elected--and he is willing to admit that there is something in the "if"'--he ia going to see that the blot ia removed ! And in the house he was the most subservient sup porter of the government and all it proposed. The Montreal Mail catches the re mark of a contributor to the Flem ming, (New Brunswick), reptile. fund of $100,000, that he had been taxed in this way for many years to mitibate the heinousness of the busi- ness. The Mail is exhibiting its poli- tical bias since its publishers made martrys of themselves in purifying the Quebec legislature. Only liberal iquities need exposure, The Hamilton Herald will not ad- mit that Mr. Studholme isihaving op- position because he has not heen a good man and satisfactory to labour. The conservatives of Fast Hamilton "wanted an election because they knew there is a big campaign fund to he distributed, and they want the [spending 'of their share of it. That 1= the ugly, sordid truth." Now, what do you know about that? UBLIC OPINION Latest Fad. Calgary Herald The latest feminine fad, we are told, is to make pets of babiey instead of animals. What next ? Not a New. Thing. London Advertiser. Tango foot is a new and widespread complaint. Tanglefoot is not new, but it is much more widespread, te Right to Date. Montreal Herald. Mr. Rowell is the most up-to-date politician in Canada. His policy is *'Nalety : First---from- Liquor." Always Generous. i woes TOTONtO Mail. Whether times are good or bad in England, we. believe that any public iption 10 help the victims of a ter is always generous. ' 5 Rev. Fr: Minehan. in Er Rowell will be productive of reformers fike Lloyd-George, ¥ uy Recovered This Smile, Montreal Mail Sir Donald Mann bas recovered his equanimity and wears once more his Mona Kisa smile. That isn't worth over $40,000,000, but it's worth a lot. Armd an aii e-- : A Needed Reform. Montreal Star. Une measure of senate reform which could be enacted at once, would be to relieve that chamber of the task of trying to look like a court of justice every time anybody wants a 'divoree. The Hon. Adam Beck, father of the Hydro-Electric system in Ontario, was born at Baden, Ont., fifty-seven years ago to-day. His career has been one of unusual interest. It i said that owes his success as a manufac. turer to an ex- ceptional skill in sharpening saws which he de- developed as a young mean and which enabled him to manufac- ture exceedingly thin veneers. 7 Pofically he came to the front rapidly, though at first he was a most unlikely candidate for public honors. There is a story to the effect that when he was first tendered the nomination for London and was on his feet in the conven- tion to accept, he completely lost his tongue and could not say a word. The silence was becoming painful when a man at the back of the hall called out, "Sprechen in Deutsch, Adam, sprechen in Deutsch." The future minister of power took the ad- vice of the prompter and using his native tongue was soon at his ease. He entered the government of Sir James Whitney in 1906 and by reason of the unselffish service he has given in the cause of cheap power is reckon- ed as one of the best men in the government. Also born to-day: -- Hon. James Duff, minister of agri. culture for Ontario, born near Cooks town, 1856. His Honor Judge Murphy, judge of the Supreme Court of British Colum- bia, born 1870, Hon," W. E. Perdue, judge of the Court of Appeal, Manitoba, born Peel County Oude 1850, ; Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO.- Commissioner Gordon was to-day inspecting the sanitary conditions of cellars in the eastern part of the city. He was examining one cel- lar which was half full of water: Suddenly the stairs on which he was st¢nding gave way and he was dash- ed into water up to his neck. He was rescued from his unpleasant position by a couple of ladies. Twenty young men joined ithe Y.M.CIA. to-day. The school board will appoint teachers for the creche and kinder- garten to be established here for poor people. 'The brass moulders at the loco- motive works, George Henderson and Richard Taylor cast two bronze bearings for the Ottawa waterworks which weighed seven huhdred pounds each. ; DRUNKS FOR ABOLITION. Toronyy, June 20.---"1 will never come back; no, I'll never come back until they abolish the har." In this lyrical - strain did = William Caree, whose career is al- leged to be -one consisting most frequently of holding up lamp-posts and polishing bars, declare his intention to Magistrate Ellis in the police Court of leaving Toronto un- til all the black was off the map. Caree was charged about the hundregth time with drunkenness" The of- fender, whose father has paid over $700 into the court at various times in the way of fines, according .to the evi- dence of his son, was allowed to depart after he had prom- ised to walk to Hamilton and never be seen in the city again. PREP ER PREP PRR OEP Err eb re A bh RRS ERR RR SE RAY | Unbiased Tory Opinion. On May 1st, 1913, the Ottawa Citi Zen (conservative) and a Southam or- gan, said : : "Last Thursday was child labor day in the provincial legislature, "and when the debate was finished, Ontario, un- der the direct lead of her ier, took her place at the hottom of the list of those sommunities and coun- ries that are trying to make the pro- its of ' commerce seconary to the rights of the child. In Ontario com- merce is still first, aan that day there was withessed solidity o ttempt to Pp the helpless child from the grasp the competitive system which virtually into chi labor. 'made <r fone barroom is mot the club of" the MEN'S FINE: SHOES | Bibbys Sale Auto and Boating Caps : $1.00 Values for 50c. Waterproof Parametta eloth silk and linen, with hard peaks. "grevs, tans and blacks, sizes 6 3-4 to 73-8, i Panama Hat Sale . A $5.00 value for / $3.45 each. {| Sizes 65-8 to 71-8. New creased erowns, ete. 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