w===fered in the Kelly case. a TE WHIG PUBLISHING 00, LIMITED, RE cs esis wie se 3 os PROSIGOD Gulla Manag! Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by BRITISH Gh t ng. Director and Bec.-Treas. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Dally Edition) One year, delivered by mail to rural offices to United States «32.50 cash 1.00 One year, if not paid in advance fise One Year, te United States 1.60 Six and : the best job printing offices in Canada. i REPRESENTATIVE P. Re 235 Fifth Ave. Northrup, Manager. J are crowded with them. win distinction. Ripley, in his bis- tory, tells how several regiments of volunteers had to be discharged and transported = back States from an army that was actu- ally in contact with the enemy. Gen. Meade, in his letters dealing with the same subject, sald: "Already have the volunteers commenced to excite the indignation and hatred in the bosom of the people by their out- rages on land." In another place he said: "Eight thousand men were call- ed out by Gen. Gaines for six months, We shall have to transport our eight men out of the country." Gen. Meade added: 'They cannot take care of themselves. The hospitals They die like sheep." Experiences like these do not tally with the experiences of the Canadian soldiers in France. No better men, and fighters, have been found. in the war. They became a part of the British army, which has been true to its traditions, The Canadians who have been credited with serving the nation can be depended upon to do their whole duty at any time; and the Americans, of the National Guard, have Only to be tried today in order to redeem themselves and the great name of the nation which they serve, There is some suspense in Ottawa with regard to -the report. of the Meredith-Duff Commission. It is not going to be & whitewash. That much is certain. Whether it will force a cabinet reconstruction is an- other question. THE PUBLIC BE HANGED An incident, "before the Davidson One year, If paid Ye va (Bem - Weekly Edidon) One year, by mail, hree months pro rata. Attached is one of the b H ad 32 Church 8t u. RE ENTATIVES Tribune Bug Manager. PEOPLE ADMIRE HONESTY. The enquiry into the Saskatchewan affairs is now undefstood, and there- fore the evidence which has been of- Horwood, the Winnipeg architect, declares that while the parliament buildings in Winnipeg were under construction he was led astray by the politicians. They pointed to the manner in which public contracts were alleged to be manipulated in another province to the party's advantage, and at once it was decided that the Manitoba gOvV- ernment should have its opportuni- ties. Horwood's evidence is to the ef- fect that thereafter he was a mere figure-head and an official without alm or purpose, that he let things drift, with the result that when the scandal burst he saw nothing ahead but prison and confinement long en- ough to condone his offences. One of those who countenanced the graft, and on a colossal scale, made light of the matter, and scoffingly remark- ed that "the Lord would take care of them all." Long continuance in political im- morality dulls the conscience and makes it unimpressionable to pass- ing events, It is inconceivable that even reckless men could make them- selves believe that they could escape the consequences of their work. But 50 it. is, and In their defiance one sees " the danger of keeping some men too long in public office. A contemporary, commenting upon the result of the Nova Scotia elec- Commission, shows the temperament and the temper of Sir Sam Hughes. | He was called to give evidence with| regard to the sale of ammunition. | It was condemned in Canada and yet to the United} | puBLIc opinion | DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916 © the Germans what they wanted. | That is why the Chicago Convention adopted a platform that meets the! unqualified approval of the German HH leaders. CONSERVATIVE PRESS. Trouble in Sight. Montreal Gazette, In 1882 a short-lived Conservative administration went out of power. Since that year three premiers, W. T. Pipes, W. 8. Fielding, and George H. Murray, have held office as Liberals. By July 20th next Mr. Murray will have been head of the administration for twenty years, He is evidently giving the people the sort of govern- ment they appreciate. If it is bor- dertaken this year. The proper sur- face cannot be laid upon a street that] has been torn up from end to end.. -- The British cabinet is said to be again in an unsettled condition. The Irish question may force resignations, to be followed hy a reconstruction. Some ministers are opposed to the new form of government for Ireland Can Lloyd-George handle them as he handled other strikers? -- Sir George Foster has appealed to the busines men to reflect, consult, and counsels as to what should be done after the war. Sir George will call a conference of representative men in the fall to deal with the ques- tions of the hour. What have the business men of Kingston to say upon the subject? more than may yet be found comfort- able, it is doing what most of the provincial ministers are doing, and will have lots of company in distress when the public finally appreciates that big expenditures have to be met by big taxes and that the people and not the spenders must pay them. * Sir Robert Borden is in New York and for the purpose of consulting with the great railway men as to the commission his government will ap- point. This commission will consid- er the value of the Canadian rail- ways, the wisdom of absorbing them as a public enterprise, Public own- ership is a great and deubtful issue. 0100-0 ttt tt ptety KINGSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS AGO The Bicycle Club had a run around the down town streets to-day, The club has fifty-four members, Rev. Dr, Ryckman reached the to-day, He was pastor of Sydenham Street Church nineteen years ago. Police Constable James Craig was appointed to assit W, 8 Gordon in the inspection of yards. -------------- The General Discontent. Toronto World The discontent in the country is even more pronounced in the rank and file of the members of the House of Commons; but. so far, his parlia- mentary supporters have not shown either appreciation of the actual con- ditions, or been possessed of force sufficient to compel a change in them, Indécision and inaction where there ought to be both outspoken policy and power behind it, seem to be the pre- vailing weakness all round. To get by the day should not be"the chief end of an administration in times like these. As for Sir Robert's colleagues, they are equally at gea, sav® Sir Sam Hughes, who gets credit for treating his leader and his colleagues as he treated Sir Charles Davidson and Hartley Dewart, one of the counsel in the small arms munition investiga- tion. Sir. Sam seems to be the one dominating factor in the cabinet, The country might even prefer Sir Sam Hughes and hig swashbuckling to weakness prevalent in other quar ters. { | AMERICAN PRESS. city Sees the End. (London Advertiser) was found good enough to be used by the British Admiralty. The Can- adian government got $20 per thou- saad rounds of it, and Canada's pop- | ular middleman--the man who mani- | pulated many government con- tracts to personal advantage-- | resold it for $25 per thousand | rounds. The profit on two or three | million rounds can be easily Bgured, | The examination proceeded thus: | "How many applications did you | make to Council? AVas it only the| 2,000,000 for which you asked the order in Council at first?" asked Mr. | Dewart. "I haven't figured it up," | replied Sir Sam. "The public, are interested in it," remarked Mr. Dewart. | "l don't care a hang about what the public thinks," retorted Sir Sam "It's all piffiling as compared. with | 80 many other things which I have| had to do." "Have you ever ascertained whe- | ther an order in Council was | sued?" "I have mot. I don't know anything about it. I never paid any attention to the details at all." "Will you produce a copy of the application to Council?" asked Mr. Dewart. "I won't. I deny that any- thing has ever been done without au- thority," answered the major-gen- | eral. The language of great man, but one who is not the | master of the people. Thank good- ness there is a supreme court before which all public men to ap 50 his is- a presumably | have tions, said Hon. Mr. Murray, the pre- mier, was "giving the people the sort of government which they appreciat- ed." The people want honest and capable government at all times. They like the leader who is, as the late Sir James Whitney put it, "bold enough to be honest and honest en- ough to be bold," and Sir James had | the consciousness that he enjoyed public confidénce to a remarkable ex- tent. A deflant disregard of the proprie- ties in Manitoba brought the Roblin government to ruin, and now, with-| out the people's confidence or sympa- thy, the ex-ministers are waking up to the enormity of their offences. ---------- Mr. Bryan is said to have wept as he spoke of the recent democratic convention in St. Louis. That must have been a sight for the gods. | -- _. VOLUNTEERS ON TRIAL The National Guard of the United pear, namely, the court of publie| opinion, and it sometimes hands out | verdicts that cannot be challenged. | The public be hanged! the master of the Borden govern- ment, the man who does as he likes, | says what he likes, orders what hel likes, and spends what he likes. All} this may go on for a season, but it will not go on forever. | A great public offender, the New York pelitical boss, was found out after many years of infamous work and exposed. When indicted, he asked, coolly, What are you going work exposed. When indicted he {to do about it? Another great man, the head of a rallway corporation, when brought to book for some im- position to which he was commit- ted, and warned that the publie would not stand for it, weplifid, "The public be * It is the arro- gant language of all men who lose their heads. Sir Sam Hughes will States was called out by the Wilson government, and for the purpose of assisting the regular troops in' the war with Mexico. The Carranza gov- ernment is reflecting the feelings of | the natives, especially the Spaniards and Indians, and they want, nay, they demand, the withdrawal of the Americans from Mexican soil. Villa bas not been taken dead or alive, ° which was the order, and the Mex- ieans are opposed to the invasion of their territory by others, even when engaged in a puntive expedition. The position of the National Guard is a matter of deep concern. It is intended for home or state de- fence. It is not expected to leave the country. The proposal to endow the National Guard with new funec- tions, and to enable it to follow the federal forces anywhere, has been abandoned, and for reasons that have not been made public. The guards- men can imitate the Canadian vol- unteers, and enlist for the federal service,>and by the change the U . ted States is at once put in po: have to face the people later on, and so will his colleagues, the men whom he treats as his serfs, and they will not dare to say, "The public be hang- ed!" They will then be deferential, conciliatory, and very humble, but insults wil be remembéred, ------ EDITORIAL NOTES. The city is inviting tenders from the financial houses for the sale of $60,000 of Patriotic Fund deb tures. It is well to get these into the market and into the hands of the people before another Canadian loan of $60,000,000 has ben launched. The Montreal Gazette is credited with the opinion that the House of Commones has lost its vigor or useful- ness . When a conservative paper of the Gazette's standing makes this remark there must be a serious per- turbation of the editorial mind. The property owners on University avenue have been asked to make all Decessary street connections with their houses ak there will be a recon- war Bot . of some very good troops. It is recalled that in the last uction of the street surface begin- Ming with July 1st. This must be a Joke. Paving cannot be wisely un- | summer of Thus speaks| Von Moltke is dead. The Kai- ser's tools are all being broken, and the directing hand is becoming pal- sied. More Daylight in Life. New York Herald Beginning with this week, the bel- ligerent nations of Europe are now agreed in turning their clocks ahead one hour and beginning the day by that much earlier. The movement is meant to be one of economy in the saving of artificial light, economy be- ing necessarily the watchword of the hour in the countries at war; but there are other ideas connected with this daylight saving which deserve the attention of people all over the | | No Summer At All (Brantford Courier) The statement is made that the 1816 in Ontario was so summary that it wasn't any summer at all, Batt sos ---- Hard Question. (Toronto Mail) It is said that 98 per cent. of the population of India is loyal. What | world. about the percentage in Ireland and Human nature is like the plants to Canada? a certain degree, inasmuch as light stimulates to wakefulness and activ- ity. There is a physiological cycle in the daily life of man which. has its lowest ebb of vitality in the early morning hours just before the dawn. Temperature is then lowest, pulse rate is slowest, and function is least efficient. There is a gradual rise in functional activity corresponding to the increase of light until the late afternoon hours, when it Begins to de- cline again. Modern habits of getting up late and then staying awake until well on into the hours eof darkness require not a little of human work to be done at moments that are unsuitable so Is That So? far as the daily variation of vitality (New York Herald) i is concerned. The final reason why Mr. Hughes ---------- was nominated fer President was A girl likes a young man who is that the Germans demanded his no- ! different from the one who is indif- mination, and the Republican party |ferent i i A -------------- Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing 'Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." Cutting Him Out. (Montreal Mail) France is cutting out the Colonel Allison type of dealer in purchasing war supplies. They have also re- placed a lot of generals over there. cn. cet Not a Success, | (Toronto Globe) The alliance of Provineial Conser- | vatism with the Borden Government! has proven disastrous in every recent election. British Columbia and; New Brunswick are not likely to prove exceptions. r 4 ternoon and buy five or six wives with good teeth for $2.49. How painful it must have been to become | the bride of some alcoholic, red-| necked Roman to whom one had| never been introduced! It is said | that Rameses the Great had 9,400 wives no two of whom were alike, | which probably accounts for the! sad, drawn expression which travel-| ers have observed protruding from | his mummy. | There has been a great and melan-| choly change since Rameses' time, | Nowadays a man who has one wife| WIVES: Wives are useful and members of society who are allowed to do housework for a living. They are also allowed to bask in new clothes every spring and fall, at so much per bask Some wives do more basking than baking, but the majority work harder than a sec- tion foreman after a cloudburst. Wives are secured by means of the marriage contract, which ties them hand and foot, but leaves their vo- cabulary free to roam at-will. Ty- respected Automobile Tires bby Straw Hats NEW PANAMA See Bibby's New Roll Rim, Creased Crown Panama, $5.00 tn, i cin MEN'S STRAW HATS Cc. 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See Bibby's 40c Silk Lisle Hos- All colors, double toes, soles and -_ 4 A pt A Nin iery. heels. J) Bibbys Men's and Boys' Departmen We Have tal Stor "Your Size In Stock = ' TUBES REPAIRED ON THE QUICKEST NOTICE {rant man has never found a success- {ful means of quelling the turbulent | vocabulary of a wife who looks back { upon the men she might have had {and then begins to compare them out | loud with what she got. This is {one of the most painful experiences i in married life, and causes the proud, { Castilian spirit of a self-respecting husband to droop and wither like a frosted cucumber vine. | For hundreds of years prior to the | Christian era wives were counted as | household goods and could be mort- {gaged for about the same sum as a second-hand cook stove. There was very little social etiquette in those days, and the ancient Roman could go down town auy Saturday af- { im perfectly satisfied to let things | stand as they are. All about us, in| the busy mart of life, we hear men} clamoring for this or that, for more | maple syrup on their pancakes never for more wives, This is beautiful lesson in self-denial which | shows how rapidly the world is ad-| vancing to a nobler and loftier plane. | Wives have been the making of | thousands of men who otherwise | would be dodging their poll tax. The average wife has more courage, dis-| cretion, horse sense and piety than! her husband, and if she ever gets | hold of the purse strings there will} be less blue sky tucked away in the safe, | i * Rippling will come here tale of burglars and toiled, and munition by the night, while I w my pillow slip, night I heard a he will find his J N T's exercised PREPAREDNESS "Some night," I said, "I'll bet a leg, a ye my bed. "At last," shape. "My friend," Rhymes | | ggman | to yegg. The papers daily spring al who have swiped men's kale. I don't! poiled of coin for which I've slaved | I shall buy mryselt a"gun, and am-| ton." I bought the weapon, and each as sleeping, snug and tight, it beneath in easy reach for instant grip. ° One cautious tread somewhere adjacent to I thought, "a hurglar's come, and luck is bum." Then @imly I beheld a +» "'there"s no escape." d fired, and then everyone, "Say, don't yop want a first rate gun?" Sem... [4.5 i Masog, i or more shortening in the biscuits, but Auto Tire & Vulcanizing Co " Soap Boxes MIRRORS RAZORS RAZOR STROPS SHAVING SOAPS SHAVING CR SHAVING POWDER McLeod's Drug Store Brock Street 206 Wellington St. vevew TABLE WATERS Poland (qts. and 1-2 gals.) Perrier (splits and pints). Radnor (pints) Caledonia (pints) Tally-Ho (gallons) Vichy Celestins. Imported Ginger Ale Gurd's Ginger Ale Gurd's Soda Water. Jas. Redden & Co. Phone 20 and 990, rR ee --~----n. SPECIALS FGR TEN DAYS Black and Green Tea, 30c Jb. Choice Mixed Buscuits Phe dod ..2'1bs. 25¢, Large oda Biscuits 25¢ 3 Pkgs Best Corn Starch 25¢ C. H. PICKER = IN -- John Henderson, G.T.R. roadmas- ter, Brockville, who siiffered a stroke ir mn A HEATED DISCUSSION! : Smith insisted that "Coal is Coal." Jones is explaining the differ- ence bétween ordinary coal and our coal. THE PROOF THAT OUR COAL IS BEST and that Jones won his argument, is yours for the asking. CRAWFORD Foot of Queen Street Phone 9 490 of paralysis several weeks ago, is re- covering nicely, : %