i ------------------------ A EE 3 UT EAN ROH AIAN AW 2 The abolition of the open bar and "4 selves, for all over the province bar hat. Whig] = candidate won. hn ques- and Lower, Canada. A day of ive is paid in advance a and three mon pro of th b ons in Canadu., pst J "THE VOICE OF ONTARIO. The people of Ontario have pro- nounced strongly in favor of the open bar, for by the vote at the polls on Monday, the Whitney government was sustained by about the same large majority it had in the legislature £ when it dissolved the house and went to the province. #7 of club licenses was the groat issue in =¥ the campaign of the past few weeks, It was wade so by the people them- abolition was the only question men' end women desired to be addressed upon. So Mr. Rowell, the liberal loader, presented it as the leading Platik 'in his: platiorm, and was con- tent to stand or fall on this great moral i ' Bue what, has happened ? By an overwhelming majority of, ballots, the people have said that they want the barroom and" the club license to con- i tinue _shroughout 'the length and i breadth of the province: And thou- re rginds upon thousands of these ballots + were matked by, church members and + Gmpecancosiatking people. The con- tives lined up at the battle cry { and Sas S18 ty titkot, while the 'rand loving liberals, who | Hous Lo disaliree * with their party , 'eaders temperance platform, joined fo Nith their tory brethrer. and support- 4 - the liquor cause. Now that the have spoken so forcibly, = the bars i licenses will remain, ah X Bi tion clause, Shite Sith losal >» Tr. Rowell 'showed himself to be a man of great personal courage. He as_the only lender in sight for many & vear who was. willing to 'stake his fale on the bi-bar policy. Ever an gident. temperance man and church- + fmun, he had reason to expect 'the sup- '= oct of the teniperance people and the { 1dr but, Appavently, "he did not 1°get it. He has lost this battle, but he has gone 'down in a righteous "Sir James Whitney's fast appeal had a great influence on the result of Monday's vote. There is no doubt of There had been a feeling in the public mind that the premier, who ! was so near to death last winter, was t= dropping out, 'The fact that he still could face an audience and make such 8 speech as he did in the city of lo- ronto just one week ago, showed the people that he still had the vigor to wend. : , ' Then. the liquor interests were fight- 'for their very life, and put their into this provincial contest. A 4 amount of 'money was spent on 8 : phali of the conservative and liquor se, and this had a tremendous m- «+ fluence in bringing about the result at ie polls on' the 29th. © /; There were few lotses of former § members who : stood for re-election. J /The chief men to go down was Hon. #1 3. Resume, ob vy emcrndatiec--n _'. KINGSTON AND FRONTENAC. The dgieat of Mr. Harrison, the it candidate' in Kingston; was a Ee" as Kags 4 sor unexpected, although' the majority | leads, and which has been Joyal to eX t him 'was rather disappointing. an 'the local liberal party he issue... The vote cast Dr. Roes shows that a goodly umber of liberals must have marked oir ballots for the Whitney candi- late, with whom the people generally i Seem to be satisfied. When every- | hing is taken 'into consideraticn, in- tions were not discussed al any time. The only thing Dr. Spankie took up that would appeal to the liberals was the reformation of the educational de- partment. Mr. Rankin has done good service for Frontenac in the way of securing road and agricultural grants, and no doubt the people recognized this 'in re-electing him. GAINS AND LOSSES. The conservatives ii 'Ontario have apparently stood still, notwithstand- ing their gerrymander and the addi- tion of new seats in Ontario. In the last parlisment they had eighty-six members; this time they are credited with eighty-four, and ip a house with five more members than heretofore. The. liberals have made all the gains. Every liberal of the last parliament who offered himself--~with the excep- tion of Dr. McQueen in North Went- worth, and this event is to be sincere- ly regretted, as he was an able par liamentarian--were returned with good majorities. The liberal side has been strengthened by the addition of J. H. Ham from South Brant, M. Lang of Cochrane, I.. P. Wigle of South Essex, Ducharme of Essex North (Reaume's old constituency), all gains. J. C. El liott of Middlesex, W. Proudfoot of Centre Huron, T. Marshall of Lincola, T. R. Atkinson -oi North Norfolk, Samuel Clark of West Nprthumber- land, T. R. Mayberry of South' Ox- ford, and Racine, Mageau and Rich- ardson - from Russell, Sturgeon Falls and East Wellington are all old mem- bers who line up with Rowell. It was somewhat of a surprise to find the Ottawas both returning liber- als, "Col. Hurdman winning out splen- didly from ex-Mayor Ellis, and Pinard putting Champagoe to sleep. Gilles- pie, in Peterboro West, Parliament in Prince Edward, Tolmie in Windsor, re- deemed their seats and will add vigor to the liberal party. At present:ad- vices William McDonald--whd' declared that the conservatives in the house had spoken fair words but committed foul deeds in their gerrymander--is de- feated by a small majority by Van- dusen, a conservative. The conservative party, in looking over their results, did not do serious damage to the liberal members. Their wihnings were in Haldimand and On- tario South, the rest of their gains being in pew constituencies. Hon. Dr. Reaume is the chief man to fail in re- election. 'The answer of labor to the conservative party was the return of Alan Studholme, in Fast Hamilton, by over 'a thonsand majority, the greatest that this sflvart liberal lu- bor. ver secured. AE the al party feels Some] what chagrined at the showing that has been fade in this election, m view 'of the very important issues be- fore the 'people, iti. is not dismayed, and will likely fight vigorously for the principles it has ever stood for, and will make further advancement under a leader whose reputation ss a social sefvice worker, stands high in the pro- vince. 3 A PRESIDENT WHO ACTS. Mr. Wilson, the president of the Un- ited States, has been talking to the pressmen, the Virginian editors who visited the White House, and through them he has been, talking to the na- tion. Some of these editors seemed to have been under the impression that the government | was responsible for the disturbed conditions of trade, and Mr. Wilson hastened to relieve them of their anxieties. He said there had been fever and apprehension lor at least ten years, and they continued because the government of the day had not dealt courageously and candidly with the issues that were forced upon them. Then a business administration came into office and it proceeded to act. It tackled the tarifi and men shivered. But the recadjustments were made without serious effects and a sigh of relief went up from the peo ple. When the currency reform was approached the bankers protested. But the bill was passed "upon sensible and solid lines." Now the trust legisla tion is under review, and some peo- ple would' be glad if it were post poned. It is going through, said the president, and then "'the interrogation points being rubbed in," business can be carried on without agibation. The programme of constructive correction will be completed. Mr. Wilson speaks forthe democra- tic party, or that wing of it which he him - throughout. Mr. | Roosevelt thinks the administration of the day is a joke. Mr. Roosevelt at. his best, in the heyday of his power, however, was not more successful than Mr, Wil- son 'in carrying through the reforma on which he set his mind. DOMINION DAY. "The election excitement has sal most puti Dominion + Day out of mind and yet this ards. the conservative govern- ment was defeated, Mr. Brown en- tered into negotiations with his op- ponents for the purpose of carrying out a plan of federation. Those an- cient enemies. Brown and John - A. Macdonald, formed a coalition gov- ernment. the governor-general and the British government® heartily support- od the movement. Three years elap- sod befors it was carried out, and of the history of these three years we shall have more to say. Partisans may dispute over the claims of Brown, Macdonald and other fathers of confederation. but D-Arey McGee was. vight when: be said that events were strobger than men. , Deadlock, if not the real fath- er of confederation, was ome -of its causes. The armiof government was paralyzed just when it needed to be strong. Canada had been depending largely on Great Britain for defence and on the United States for trade. She had received notice that she must assume a [larger share of the burden of defence, and find mew' channels of trade to compensate for the ing abrogation of the reciprocity treaty with the United States. It must. be remembered that Canada was then only a fringe of settlement extending along the lower lakes and the St. Lawxetice, having no "independent ac- cess to the Atlantic except during the summer. Confederation ' imme- diately connected it with New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia,vand eventual ly with the Prairie Provinces and Bri- tish Columbia. : : In the early days of confederation, men might be pardoned for doubting whether it would work. We had tried several plans. The system es- tablished in 1791 ended - in" rebellion. The system established - in' 1841 end- ed in deadlock. ernment, conceded about 1848, plac- ed the relations of Canada and the empire on 'a satisfactory basis. Con- federation established the principle of provincial self-government. The rigid bond of a legislative union was re placed by'a federal system, elastic enbugh to permit of expansion--easi- ward to the Atlantic, and westward to the: Pacific. . After forty-seven years the success of the federal un- iop seems to be assured. A diver- gence has appeared between east and west, but the difficulty will yield «to wise and patient 'statesmanship. EDITORIAL NOTES. 1f money could only talk !; | | Well, there will be another day ! SFU Eb y g Harrison is still smiling. Heknoits what did it. The results of Monday's splendid rain will be a - sight more beneficial to the country than the 'election. Politics and temperance apparently will not mix. The dyed-in-the-wool tory takes his politics first and all other things after. And so do some liberals. Tolmie,. of Windsor, a Presbyterian minister, surprised the country: by winning by a clean thousand. He is a fine speaker, a clever debater: and a man of superior knowledge on edu- cational matters. Ald. 'T._F. Harrison quite the poli tical arena with more. friends. than he had before. He was plucky, en- ergetic and . agreeable and worked with an enthusiasm born of belief in the cause he advocated. He is a real temperance man. There will be no referendum by Sir James Whitney on the liquor question. Those temperance people who voted: party on Monday, dream- ing of a referendum, will wake up to the fact that they will not have another chance for a long time to cast a ballot on the temperance question. Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. The following cricketers will play the Brockville club in the cricket field: T. Y. Greet, A. Jones, P. C. Ireland, G. E. Hague, G. E. Merritt, C. J. Croskall, C. F. Smith. F. Dobbs, P. C. McNisen, C. Williams. C. R, Paine. A rather novel, wedding occurred on Gordon street, The gown is 72 years of age, and the bride 52 yeurs of age. Mr, Toye purchased a quantity of garden raspberries this morning from Mr. Young, of Bloomfield. = This is the first appearance of garden rasp- berries this season. Se amusi story Canadian self-gov- ? :|the idea ?"" he sail to the recruiting Ed Re x . . --n If you 'would discourage trusts, neither borrow por lend-. © ------ But few. people can tell what awe man means by what she says. : 'Lots of fool' men" exchange single bliss for matrimonial blisters. a Figures may not le, but statistic. isns frequently get their dates mixed, ' A 'woman in love is more or 'less foolisb--but a man im love is always more. . * Different Matter. Matilda Jane possessed a: disposition very bad. AL Her father called. her 'sassy' and she made her mother sad, She called herself "Mathilda" into opera she went, And now her "nawsty temper" is A ibed as t ; + ~Washington "Star. Land J Jones--How's your garden comiag along? Brown--I've leased it to a neighbor of mine as a chicken run, all his chick- ens were always there anyway. With or Without. Old Lady (irritably)--Here, boy I've been waiting some time to be waited on. oa Druggist's Boy=-Yes, ma'am., What can 1 do for you? Old Lady--I want a stamp. Druggist's Boy---=Yes, ma'am. you have it licked or unlicked ? lt ep -- Summer Heiress. 'That heiress seemed muck . agita- ted when she met you. Is it pos- sible .that you. have entered her life before dn some: 'némantic way ¥* "Nothing parti¢ularly = romantic," said the newcomer' at the swnmer resort. "I collect the payments on that heiress' piano." Too Slow. Speeder--Think of .it !| Here's this old earth making one rotation in twenty-four Hours, the same as it did 6,000 years ago. * : Jinks--Well, what, of it ? Speeder--Great Scott, man! Can't we devise some way to speed her up a little ?--Liie. Ll Sorry He Spoke. "I suppose you: are - thinking up new things to tell the people out home." "No," . replied Senator Sorghum. "I'm trying to 'find some way to take back what I told them when I was there = before." Washington Star. two-cent Will ---- - An Exasperating Fellow. "Bliggins is a dreadful man to argue with." "Does he lose his tewper I" "No. He's so heartless that he laughs when the other fellow loses his temper." Washington Star. The Answer. Father, teaching his six-year-old son erithmetic by giving a problem to his wife, begs his gon to lis ten : Father--Mother, if you had a dol lar and I gave you five more, what would you have? X other (replying. absently)--Hyster- ce Would be Tough Chewing. A man who desired to go to Mex- ico as a soldier was reiested on' ac- count of having poor teeth.. "What's officer. "Have we got to eat the Greasers after 'we kill em?" The Game of Progressive Spelling. Progressive spélling affords an easy way to entertain company. Any number can play the game. 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