__PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, 7 hr. ¢ SEPTEMBER 16, 1916. - --z-- HE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING 00... LIMITED, 4G Bljott .. . Lo veooo oo President femans A. Guild ... Managing Director : : and Sec.- y SUBSCRIPTION RATES: . {Dally BEéition) One yeas, delivered in city POLITICAL CRISIS IMPENDING | ee | The most determined effort is be-| {ing made to encourage the conserva-| [tive voters in the next elections. The | {Toronto News, which is supposed to | reflect the mind of the federal and provincial governments, comments upon the difficulties which attend all cabinets during the first yéars they are in office. There is some friction. | or their places, easily. There is a spirit of independence which is not, reconcilable with the duties of the hour. It takes time to get the ma- chine into perfect working order. Then all is peace, and smooth run- ning, and success. Our contempor- ary claims to have found evidence of all this in the record of the Laurier government. But he is the only one that seems to have found it. Ii will require a great deal of dope like "this to deceive the people, -to make them feel that the federal and provincial governments are all right, that they are-simply passing through the experience which is common to all govgrnments, and that sooner or later--and the sooner 'the better-- there will be an end to the friction, and the promise of happier, if not more successful, service. But will assurances of this kind 'dissipate the | Kingston. The ministers do not find themselves, lost from fifteen to twenty per cent. f | XINCSTON EVENTS! 26 YEARS ACO. | Kingston's death rate for August was was 1.97. The potato rot is greatly felt in ow sections of the country north of Some of the farmers have of their crop. A petition is in circulation asking for the establishment in Kingston of a public library. : | Letters To The Editor | Assisted to Build Forth Bridge. Kingston, Sept. 14.-- (To the Editor): 'We have redd your paper for over twenty-eight years, and see- ing last night, a paragraph asking any one living who "assisted in the building of the bridge of Forth, Scot- land, I am proud to say a nephew of mine, who is a civil engineer, was there seven years of the time it took to build that bridge. iis ly uncle, 8 . 2 {questionably brother, father, were all in turn in the same office, his father for fifty years. I! have heard him say not one of their | EARLY ELECTION MUST BE AVERTED Montreal Gazette. (Con). a fie two parties :n Parliament 'are responsible for the situation that will prevail after the present month. Re- presentatives in each thought that with the war on their minds the people could not do their duty as voters in the serious situation that has existed for over two years. Their action may have made it impracti- cable to observe the spirit of the con- stitutional law and.at the regular time choose a new body of repre- sentatives to take the place of that whose proper term is soan jo expire. The conditions are not desirable, however; and the sooner the House of Commons is dissolved and a new one elected the better will it be for parliamentary institutions in Can- ada. The coming session of what re- mains of the House of Commons should do only what is required' to carry on the great business of the country, and then, as speedily as possible, be dissolved. The serious things that may have to be done by Parliament before another twelve months 'lapses require that the men who constitute the membership of of Commons shall un- and fairly represent all the people. The present House of Commons, chosen by constituencies based on the census of 1901, and liv- unas. Fancy cheviots, cuffed sleeve. Bibbys New Fall Overcoats z FOUR NEW MODELS / |" The Joffre, $15.00 New fancy tweeds, full backs; sewn in sleeve, stitched cuffs. Sizes 33to 38. © The Asquith, $18.00 Genteel grey or black, chéviots and vic- Spléndidly made. style. Sizes 34 to 46. The Belmont, $15.00 : three quarter length, Full back. Self collar; new English sleeve. Size 33 to 38. THE GLOSER AT $12.50 " Conservative One yeaz, if pald in advance ....36 (ue year, by mall to rural offices 5 i% year, to United States 36 (Bem -Weekly Edition) Ome year, by mall, cash ....... i 00 nce enterprises ever failed, a record to be proud of. I have several photographs of the bridge in the various stages of | construction and completion. My| nephew resides at 23 Thirst Road, REV. DR. CHOWN Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction, fears that have crept over the con- ing beyond its term, does not do that. servative party, and relieve it of the sense of impending disaster? Will any pleasant diversion} such as that in Three quarter length coat. Very popular and safe model. Grey, blacks, One year, If not paid in adva Ce Tear, to United States -.. BE 4 #ix and three months pro radia Attached le ome of the Hews 4 offices in Canada fon {ire circulation of THE HRITISH Vi MIG Is suthentiented by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations a EE OUR MILITARY CRNAMENTS Some criticism has been offered by the acceptance by Rev. Dr." Chown, the head of the Methodist Church in Canada, of an honorary coloneley, and his appearance at times in uni- form. The idea or design of it is not apparent, The militia department has been distributing a lot of fivors without any reason except to tickle the vanity of the recipients. . That cannot have been the plan or purpose in this case since Dr. Chown is a modest nian, standing high in the counsels of his church and carrying himself usually with a quiet and be- coming dignity. The military title, like so many college and other titles, may have been intended as a recognition of the doctor's interest in recruiting, and jit may have been felt--he may have felt this way himself--that he could exercise more influence in a given direction by more closely identifying himself with the jmilitary service. There are men, however, who can- not imagine the pcace-loving super- intendent of the Methodist Church as at home in a colonel's uniform, exhibiting his rotund figure con- spicuously on state occasions. He -is sald to look well in uniform, It is hoped that hb feels well. Bishop Thornloe, of Hamilton, has had a vision of a dominion church, "made up of all sorts and conditions of people, knit and welded into. one by spiritual ties." People are con- tinually looking for a sign. What does the Thornloe vision portend? EARLY ELECTION NECESSARY. There 45 a difference of opinion with regard to the next federal elec- tion. Hon, Mr. Graham has intimat- ed that, in all probability, there will not be an extension of the time dur- ing which the dominion parliament shall do the business of the people, and without it their cannot be a con- tinuance of present conditions beyond October, 1917. The period for which the members were elected expires next month. The legality of extending the term without an election has been chal- t lenged by Mr. Lamarche. He has an- nounced that he will not sit for Nico- let, which he was elected four years ago to represent, and because he does not think he is constitutionally en- titled to do so. This suggests that 'an election may be forced upon the government. The Brantford Expositor questions 'the wisdom or the expediency of an appeal to the electors, during the war, and the Montreal Gazette does not see how it can be avoided. Our Mont- real contemporary does not challenge as illegal the proceedings of the next session of parliament, as the power which created the parliament of Can- ada can extend the term of its mem- bers. - But "the soener the Commons is dissolved and a new one elected the better shall it be for parliament- ary regularity in Canada." The point is that "the membership of the Commons shall unquestionably and fairly represent all the people," and the Gazette says that a house "chosen by constituencies, based on the census of 1901, and being beyond 'its term, does not do that." * Even the church reproaches the government for its inability to cope .with the organization of the men and resources of the country for service during the war, and afterwards. Is the. government going to fall down| = pletely fail in its recruiting! ns? -~ which the Toronto News is engaged, dispel the convictions that both ad- ministrations are in danger, and that it only remains for them to face the people, in a general election, in order to incur a complete wreckage of the party. Nothing will save both govern- ments, with public opinion running as it is to-day. The Ontario govern- ment has merited the fate that is in store for it. Composed of men who have forgotten 'the traditions of the Whitney government, or deliberately abandoned them, and led by one who is the best of them all, though he was not the choice of the party, they have antagonized the electors most serious- ly, and the bye-elections have gone the way the general elections will go as soon as they have been ordered. The federal government is in an even more perilous position . It has not measured up to the anticipations of the people. A great war has led to the grossest mismanagement of public affairs, and largely because the wrong men have been in charge of certain departments. The sorrows of the premier have been, intensified by the very apparent fact that he is not the master of the administration, and the conservative papers, in certain very notable instances, have counsel- led changes or 'reforms,' They have advised the premier to lay to heart the lessons of the bye-elections, and he has been either unwilling or unable to act. While this is the case there can be no assurance of salva- tion when the. day of reckoning comes. : : EDITORIAL NOTES. > All the ministers in British Colum- bia"s local election went down to de- feat. A more complete repudiation, or banishment from office, cannot be imagined. ¢ The New York Times says the en- gineers of the St. Lawrence Bridge Company will suffer in reputation by the recent accident. There is no doubt of that. Hamilton is troubled with many taddists, and some of them are in the council. They want to establish municipal bakeries, and coal yards, and milk stations. Why not run all business in the name and on behalf of thé people? And make a mess of them as the council has made a mess of so many other things during the lagt few years. Carter, the Winnipeg contractor, was not losing money on the Agricul- tural College contract. He had not thought of asking for a change in plans or estimates. But he was will- ing to accept the $8,700 which the government. offered him. Having to subscribe $8,600 to the conservative campaign fund he did not make much out of the deal. One who is going out of the liquor business, with the close of this day, is quoted as saying that in time there will be a revival of the trade. He is quite sure that the grits will cast Mr. Rowell aside, that they will have no more of him or his abolish- the-bar programme, and that with a new leader they will sweep the prov, ince. Where did he get all this 1 spiration? The Toronto World advocates that all tenders for public works be open- ed, ahd the contracts awarded, in public. Had this policy prevailed in | Manitoba, during the reign of the 'under the reign of the Norris avariy ment. Hon. Mr. Rogers would not be so much distressed in explaining how nection with the Agriet ' Ottawa Council has taken $750 of the war loan; ment has invested trust funds. : Lord i Tenth 'Roblin government, as it does now he came to change contracts in con- | L helped London, England. The photos are] NOW UNDER FIRE valuable and interesting. The photo-| grapher took them daily for seven | years I thought this information| would prove interesting' reading. | Yours-truly, Mrs. James Wade, 173 Nelson street, | i -- : | A Brilliant Genius. On one occasion, another man Thomas Edison to erect a miniature electric light plant, and when the work was finished he was| so delighted that he said to the great | inventor "Mr. Edison, after work- ing with vou like this, I believe I could put up an electric light plart myself." "Could you indeed?" said Edison "Yes, I believe [ could," replied the amateur, but suddenly his face cloud- ed. "There's only one thing that beats me," he added doubtfully. "What's that?" enquired Edison. "Well, I don't quite see," answer- ed the budding electrical engineer, looking at the glowing bulb, 'how | you get the oil along the wires!" | War Loan at Brockville. Brockville, Sept. 16.--Locally the second Canadian war loan is being liberally subscribed. The first sub- scription received was for $10,000 from a Brockville hotelkeeper, whol moved here from Alsace-Lorraine following the war of 1870 to escape the German yoke. | | | list of honorary colonels. | that any reason why the head of the | rumored, > : Brantford Expositor. Rev. Dr. Chown, the general super- intendent of the Methodist Church of Canada, is the latest addition to the The Min- ster of Militia is a Methodist but is Methodist Church should be decorat- ed with military honors and the heads of all other churclfes ignored? The case of Allison ought to have been sufficient illustration of the sil- liness of most of the appointments to the office of honorary colonel, and the country was beginning to hope it had heard -the last of them. War Tidings. The capture of. Martinpuch by the British and Peronne by the French is More, war demonstrations by the people in Greece King Constantine is still looking for a suitable premier. Three thousand prisoners and eight guns were taken: by the Rus- sians in the advance in Galacia on Friday. German reinforcements fail- ed to stem the advance. The Sun Life Company has sub- scribed five million dollars to the Canadian war loan. The King has-awarded high honors to Admiral Beatty and other naval heroes in the Jutland battle. i Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax ,of Cahbages and Kings." THE RAILROAD CROSSING IH The railroad crossing is a Ne substitute for sudden death which file who thinks he can beat the af- kills more people every year than| overwork. A When the railroads of this coun- try were laid out, civil engineers] were harder to find than a painless chiropodist. Great care was taken to locate the crossings at some point, where nobody could see five fdet on either side of the right of way with- out clifibing a telegraph pole. After this had been accomplished a few, laws were written which prevented, anybody from collecting damages as a result of being split into nine sec- tions by a freight engine, thus mak- ing one of the most pleasing com- binations in the history of Canadian jurisprudence, The public was then turned loose on.the highways of our land in touring cars with loose brake bands and stuttering carbure- tors, and the undertaking business began to look up. There are a few more harrowing experiences in life than to approach a railroad crossing at night in a rain storm, with the curtains up and the engine missing. This is par- ticularly the case if the crossing is located in a low gully flanked om either side by reverse curves and bluffs thirty feet high. The law says that a man thus situated should stop his car, climb out into eighteen inches of clay mud and walk three- quarters of a mile down the track in each djrection before proceeding. If he fails to do this and is accidentally shredded by a wild freight, all he: can recover is the price of a rear fender and a new tail light. A pYolific cause of railrodd cross- a od ing accident is the speed maniac with a head shaped like a rat tail {ternoon Almited to the crossing in a 1909 touring car. When one thinks jof the number of innocent people i | id cravenette. 46.. See Our New KING HATS Very Classy Styles Price $2.50. . Bibbys 78, 80, 82 Princess Street. olive, tweed, cheviot and Sizes 34 to mon Limited Kingston, Ont. ---- Astoria Shoes forFall There is always something new™in ASTORIA SHOES for the young man. For the man who wante' the more con- servative style we have the old reliable shapes that have always proven so satis- factory. ake your next pair ASTORIAS, and $6.00. $5.00 3 © 2 4 Nobody could see five feet on either side of the right of way 'without climbing a telegraph pole whose lives are jeopardized every day by these road insects, he yearns for a law which will require a brain test with every license number. The drivef who is in such a hurry that he can't wait for seven steel coaches te pull by at eighty-two miles per hour is likely to have all eternity in which to reduce speed. Some day there will be no rail) road crossings running into. bli alleys, but until that day comes it is better to slow' up anid make sure thag to dive ahead and pass away in a hurried and fragmentary manner. - "It's hard to know who are your friends, so many men have selfish and feed him pie and damson tart, and give him lgve that's pure and sleep. Then he + lend. him twenty 'bones. "I'd gladly lend you all need," I say in answer, "but ihdeed, H. C. stripped me bare -- I haven't twenty bucks 'to spare. * that much, old scout; eteen kids, who all are needing shoes ang lids, and it's as much as I can do to dig up for that foving crew." And then my friend comes ends. I take a comrade to my heart, deep, and let him in my w ed requests, in dulcet tones, that I a of L. has ill help you oui, you're welcome to but I've a wife and nin round no more to hang his bon- talk J. H.Sutherland &Bro. The Home of Good Shoes S v, - 282 NIGHT. OLD MAID NEW CLOVER HONEY Strained: McLeod's | Drug Store Virgin Oliv Bottles, 25¢, 40c, 75c. ¥ RU I FRUIT JARS r---- We Have the Best. Spices and Vinegar + Pare and Fresh. Jar Rings, Corks and Parawax, at PICKERING'S 490 and 492 Princess St. Phone 580. er - JOHN M. PATRICK Sewing Machines, Um brellas, Suit Cases, Trunks, repaired and refitted, Baws filed, Knives and Scissors Sharpened, Razors honed. Al makes of fire- arms repaired promptly. 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