. ARR Am rm 6 THE BRITISH WHIG 88TH YEAR. Pani Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH Wire PUB Ting ; CO., LIMITED J. G. Biitotg Lema . i TELEFHONES usiness Office .....: cvs, ivi aa. 1243 Editor: $ "ie. 220) Editorial Rooms Job Oftice .. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) ne year, delivered in city «56.00 ne. year, if pald in advance ....$5.00 fia year, by mall to rural offices $2.50 One year, to United States singe ne 8.00 F (Semi-Weekly Edition) ~ One year, by mall, cash .... One year, If not pald in a One year, to United States OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES F. Calder, St, Montreal FF. Ww. 0 King St. BE. 1 Toronto. Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer. A Attached is one of the best job printing offices "in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. * % One of the signs of normalcy is "For Rent." be . 3 Tm -------------- ©, One half the why the other half lives. ------am---- A plebiseite is not without henor unless the weaker nation wins it. Too many people begin at the 5.t- tom by throwing rocks at the men who is on top. ; -- The destruction of pedestrians wouldn't seem so wanton "if their _ hides were worth anytning. pe An enthusiast suggests that Rus- sla"s leaders should be knighted, hey are already benighted, Perhaps man's most pitable failure i8 his effort to pretend tha: he doesn't mind being bald, ------------. ead Business may be dull, but desiga- ers of women's gowns are apparently 8 fair way t0 make ends meet. i If you don't get what is coming to S¥ou in this world, don't be uneasy. Hell was provided for that plitpose. ' We can't remember that the senti- mentalfsts ever petitioned the govern- ment 0 do anything for the crimin- al's victim. r ------------ There is gold in sea water, but the €Ost of extracting it is profifbitive. So the case of Germany isn't the only one. : -------------------- Adam had one disadvantage. He couldn't tell Cain and Abel what a god little boy he had been at thetr age. Bre _ Men's styles are funny, too. But the men don't feel under obligation "to (ake off anything "dor a party. Peace treaties are usually faulty, 'But it doesn't matter. They are soon strapped to make room for new mo- dels, anyway, J 3 ------ The man who can't borrow fifty vents in his home town can always Bet enthusiastic recommendations for ; overnment job. You may not know the name of the anonymous lettdr writer, but if ou hl any knowledge of rodents you know his species, The knight didn't ' associate with mon folks, you will remember. you can't really blame Sir Loin ing exclusive. When a great nation feels under #n obligation to be its brother's kéep- ®F, it seldom lets the brother keep his fatural resources. The mental bankrupt who calls a wn boy "sonny" is the same one he pats the important citizen's shoulder and calls him * old man." ' Some insects use their legs to Ch prey, and the cynic observes 'modern styles and reflects that the iSects have no monopoly of the I a The only freedom which deserves name is that of pursuing our own in our own way, so long as we not attempt to deprive others of 5, OF impede their efforts to ob- it.--John Stuart Mill + mus ---- KEEP VIOTORIA DAY. ~The general opinions seems to he in favor of keeping the 24th of May a holiday in preference to the 3rd 'of June, The days are too close to- world doesn't know | = ik [ether for both to be observed, and the larger centres appear to have kept te Victoria day Our : grand i fathers, our fathers and most of third generation religiously kept 24th of May, the queen's birthday, | and the fourth generation has n taught much about the good Queen | Vietorial who reigned sixty-four years and was gathered to her rest honor- led as the most beloved sovereign | world has ever known. .It is no won- {der that memory carries us back to | those May days of the glorious past and that we wish to keep: Victoria's | memory green In honoring Queen | Vietoria, we honor the throne of | Great Britain and everything it | stands for.' King George himself | prefers that Victoria day be kept in- stead of his own birthday, and there- fore it would appear to be the pro- | per thing for Kingston to do to fall | into line with Toronto and the other eities in 'observing the 24th of May st. the the ---- SAFE SUMMER SPORTS. What one paper refers to cheerily as the "drowning season" is at hand. [It is pleasanter, if less pointed, siys the Oswego Palladium, to say that { the season for enjoyment of water { precaution should be used to render Such amusements safe. Most deaths by drowning come under the head of avoidable aceci- dents, They are the result of ignor- ance, carelessness or panic. All that is necessary to prevent them is pro- Per training and common sense. Pro- per Surveillance of small children, swimming _ instruction, lessons in handling boats and due observance of .weather conditions will go far to | reduce water casualties in any com- | munity, Neither children nor grown- ups should be frightened from the water by tales of its dangers. Rather, they should be encouraged to enjoy fundamental idea that knowledge | and common sense will be their safe- | guards. The giving of medals to those who save others from drowning is a fine thing, It would also besa | fine thing to install a series of tro- { phies to be given to communities where no water casualties occur dur- ing the swimming season. WOMEN IN POLITICS FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL y LEGISLATURES. Their Powers and Their Limitations, The British North America Act of 1867 was a formal compact the terms of which had Been considered and agreed 'upon by the several provinces to be federated and approved by the Imperfal authorities before it was finally approved. "The Imperfal char- ter," as Bouriot calls it, conferred upon the Federal Government the ex- matters respecting the public debt, regulation of trade and: commerce, postal service, navigation and ship- ping, Indians, census and statistics and all other matters of Dominion Import and significance. In Section 91 of the B.N.A_ those matters are fully and explicitly set forth, while In Section 92, there is a schedule of matters which come within the juris- when _ dressing } diction of the Provincial Parliaments. This latter section provides that the local Legislatures may exclusively make laws in relation to, municipal institutions, management and sale of public lands belonging to provinces, incorporation of companies with pro- vincial objects, property and civil rights in the province, and generally "all matters of a merely local or pri- vate nature in the province." Provincial Powers. provincial legislatures have exclusive powers 'of legislation in educational matters subject only to the right of the Dominion Parliament to pass re- medial law® under certain circum- stancéds. These special.conditions are fully set forth in Section 92 of the | Act. The object of this provision is to secure as fir as practicable, by statuté, to the religious minority in any province the same rights, privi¢ leges and protection which they en- Joyed at the time of the union. The local Legislatures are given power to make Jaws regarding schools, - providing such / legislation does not prejudicially affect any rights hitherto enjoyed by any sec- tion of the community. The British' North Ameriea Act further provides that both the Fed- eral. and Provincial Governments have concurrent powers in the mat- ter of legislation for agriculture and Immigration, 'always providing that such Je tion dees not comfidet with, and is not repugnant to, any act of the Parliament of Canada. _ The Dominion Govi#nment exer- - legislation Since the passing of the British North America Act the con- trol of the Crown over the provinces of the Canadian Dominion has been exercised not directly by Imperial authority, but indirectly through the instrumentality of the Dominion Gov- ernment, and it is incumbent on the Governor-General-in-council . to' re~ spect the rights of the provinces in matters of local legislation as far as the same are defined by the British North America Act: 5\ -------- Famous Controversies. There have been some famous con- clusive legiglative authority over all' In addition to these powers, the | separate elses lawful control over provincial t ee ee am | the scope of the jurisdiction of the | Federal and Provincial Parliaments | 4 and the extent of their powers. It} must necessarily happen that in the operation of a constitution doubts ' will arise as to the limits of jurisdic- |; tion jof .the Federal and Provincial | legislatures. In 1875 a Supreme Court of Cdnada was created. This court has appellate powers and the governor in council may refer to"this | court for an opinion on any subject. + | In certifying their, opinion this court | does not give any reasons, following in t respect the practise of the Judifial Committee of the Privy Council when appealed to for an opinion by the Crown. Many import- lant questions of federal and provin- cial jurisdiction have been referred to the Privy Counell and the Supreme Court of Canada for decision. | able cases are the New Brunswick | School case which began in 1871, the | question similar in principle raised | In Prince Edward Island in 1877, the | famous Manitoba School case, the { dispute. over the Presbyterian Col- lege at Kingston, the Orange Society of New Brunswick, the Jesuits Estates Act and others, ae Many Acts Disallowed. The power of disallowance of pro- vincial acts as well as the refusal to | sanction reserved bills has"been free" i ly exercised by the Governor-General- | in-Council from the time of Confeder- | ation until the present day, For the | most part this power has been ex- | ercised only ip cases in which the provincial legislatures have passed acts which were unconstitutional or beyond their legal powers to enact. But it has sometimes been invoked in | respect to legislation which was con- trary to sound legal principles and | | therefore likely to prove injurious to | the welfare of the Dominion, | On the other hand the Dominion every sort of aquaticlsport, with the Minister of Justice has many times declined to advise the actual disal- those acts contained provisions that | he regarded as ultra vires. He has sometimes recommended the passing of an_gnabling act by the Dominion Parliament in order to make the provinelal act effective or has called | attention to the objectionable clauses and urged their deletion, In no case to disallow ever been seriously chal lenged. As & result of the passing of the British North America Act the provincial legislatures possess powers of legislation as complete and abso- lute within 'their exclusive Jurisdie- tion as those énjoyed by the Domin- on Parliament or even by the parlia- ment of the Mother country. No Interference. The British North America Act which sets forth so clearly and dis- tinctly the powers of the federal and provincial governments has been call- ed the "great charter of our constitu- tion." It recognizes and guarantees the right of local self government to every province in the Dominion and it does not contemplate or justify any interference with "the exclusive powers which it entrusts to the sey- eral legislatures except in so far as such powers transgress the bounds of provincial jurisdiction or assert a principle which is injurious to the in- terests of any part of the Dominion or which diminish the rights of min- orities in relation to education which the respective provinces held prior to Confederation. It is this clear dis- tinction of spheres that has solidified the bond between the various prov- inces and completed the work which was begun at Confederation. There is no inferiority in provin- cial law as compared with Dominion law. All laws whetner passed by the provincial parliaments or by the Par- liament of Canada are equally bind- ing when they have recetved the sanc- tion of the Lieutenant-Governor or' the Governor General and are not disallowed for the causes above specified. (To bMcontinued ) PROUD OF BRITISH EMPIRE. Greatest Force Making for Liberty and . Toronto, May' 28,--In an'editorial on "The British' Enipire" the Christ- fan Guardian, organ of the Methodist Church in Canada, says: ~ "There are foolish theorists who think that Canada would be wige to sever all connections with the Old Land, and set up housekeeping upon her own account. But there are vas. ly more who prefer to develop self- government in close connection with the greatest empire the world ever knew. 'We are Canadians, and we are justly proud of the fact; but we are also proud of the great empire to which we belong, which, despite all its blunders, has still been the greatest national force in the world making for liberty and democracy." i -------- After Cape Vincent Hero: One of the seven new dormitories 'being duilt by the Carnegie Institute, of Technology, at Pittsburg, . Pa., will be called "Scobell hall," in men ory of Henry J. Scobell, Cape Vin- cent" N.Y., who was a student of the university when he enlisted for ser- vice in the world war. The announce- ment will be made and a memorial tablet unveiled at the commencement exercises on Juné 6th. » Lo ------------------ . Deposit of Pickérel Fry. Cobourg, May 28 -- 4 large num- ber of yellbw pickerel fry from the government hatcheries have been de posited in the Trent River, Rice THE DA | troversies in the past with regard'to | ' Not- | | | | lowance of provineial acts although | ! | | | | | BITS OF BY-PLAY Copyright, 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer. Perllx Simple! hen Miss Peacheg was ill, She called in Dr, Walls; { Then she settled his bill By returning his calls. i , ----e | Then It Happened! 'lI wonder if you could?' mused the { Cheerful Idiot. { "You wonder if you | asked the Wise Guy. "Why, if you woke up in the morn- ing with fuzz on your tongue, I won- der If you could say that you feel down | in 'the Jpoutpe" replied the (Cheerful | zatot. could what?" | The World Do Move! | It wasn't so long ago that shirts were so 'expensive that only laboring men could afford to wear them. But things are different now. -- Advice, "Think twice," said old man Kemper, "Be careful what you say; If you don't keep your temper, It may give you away." silk e------ Paw Knows Everything. Willle--Paw, why is money called ust? g Paw---Because so many people blinded by i, my son. Bang! We know you are tired of naval en- | gagements, bombardments, shell shock and other big gun stuff, but we simply can't help informing you that Bombom Shotwell liveg in Memphis, Tenn. are Revised Version. Dollars we ghould be pursuing, Brothers! Let us then be up and doing Others! -- Oh! The American who had just returned from Spain was relating his experi- | ences. "Isn't a bull fight rather ous?" asked one of his hearers. "It sure is--for the bull." replied the Traveler. \ danger- stralge: Cortrary fellows some men are, "Ps trath, I will admit Taey will select a black ciga-, Then want a light for it -- A Cumnce To Get Rich Quick. (Dalton (Ga.) Citizen) Some of these days, says Luke Mc- Luke, a genius is going to invent a skirt that can be pulled around and warn the other way when it gets shiny in the rear. But, Luke, that docs net interest us. The genfus we are luokirg for is the one wn is go- Ing.to 'invent "a pair of trousers that will v'crk the same way, Aw, Cheer Up! Seme of our reformers fear that the cld-fashioned girl is in danger of becoming extinct and they 2 have sounded a blast against paint, ' pow- der, har puffs, see-everything waists and see-more skirts. Why, bless thelr souls, Luke has been doing this for ten years, and they keep putting on more paint and taking off ' more clothes eacn year. And, at that, we believe With Frof. PF. H. Giddings, who holds down the chair of sociology at Colum- bia University, that our, moral tone is no lower than it was in the days of our mothers, grandmothers. and great grandmbthers. A dozen states are considering legislation enforcing lower skirts and higher waists. But You cannot legislate dress reform. What is neelled is legislation that will regulate the public dance, as if is shimmied, toddled and wobble to-day. Our girls will continue to dress as they please, and 'the free-and-easy styles of recent years have not affected their morals. The Amercian girl of to- day is more clean-mindbd and édlean- lived. than her Piedecessors." And she is healthier and more independent Don't worry*about her. Favorite Qgotations. T. 8. McCamy was asked to name h's favorite quotation. And he re- plied that his favorite quotation is: "What'll You Have? ---- » Why? 4 Why is it that when I ask for "Dowuble-five-nine" the cheerful phone girl will correct me and say. "Five- five-nine?" And why is it that when 1 ask for "Five-five-nine," the patient | operator will correct me apd say: "Double-five-nine Notice, We'd like to tip Pat Moran off the fact that Ivery Peak lives hb Memphis, Tenn to in Our Dally Special. There Are A Thousand Good -Start- ers To Each Good Finisher, -- ILY BRITISH WHIG Fi SATURDAY, MAY 28, 19921. I eet ttre ef eanil Orv ac ved See our Great $40.00 Fine Grey Worsted cess, " We believe Suits in Town | We believe we have the best Suits in. Town | See Suits Blue BIBBY an ab Special Inducements ! We believe we have the best $24.75 Suits in Town ! we have the best $28.50 $35.00 our $32.50 die igo Serge Sits See our Men's Underwear Athletic style $1.50 per suit See our Fine Shirts for $1.98 S| For Extra Special Values i ; --in-- MEN"S, YOUNG MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING Come Here For Safety ! There is a dash and style about our gar- ments that appeals to every man who enjoye the appearance of success, and the appearance of success leads to suc- v See our Genuine Nanama .Hats at $2.75 and $3.75 See our Silk Shirts $5.00 each RS ------------ and gentlemen. scalpand hair, or Gentlemen: in a Natural Toup tion given. dat W. T. Pembers' reprgsentative, W. J. White, will be at the Randolph Hotel, Thursday, June 2nd, with stock of human hair goods for ladles For Ladies: Wigs, Pompadours, Switches ha'r needs. Special treatment for the the closest imitation ee ar Wig sonable price and the best of Call cp Mr. Waite aad remeinber the e ? If you only think so, there's lots to be thankful for. Paint, Varnish and Clean-up Palat quality counts, Une £ "LOWE BROS" HIGH STANDARD LIQUID PAINT No better Paint made or sold in Canada ! the finest Transformations, and all other Phone 520. Lake Ontario Trout and Whitefish, Fresh Sea n, dock, . Halibut and : Cod BOOTH FISHERIES Canadian Co. Had- 68 Brock Ste No. 93240. satisfac- OBTAINABLE ONCE MORE A shipment of Peek Frean's Celebrated Biscuits has just ar- rived, includthg:-- Short Cake, Digestive, Pat-a- Cake, Cream Crackers, Punch and Judy, Bourbon, Clotted Cream, Lemon Puffs. Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phone 20 and 990, The House of Satisfaction FOR SALE OR TO LET - FRAME DWELLING, ALBERT STREET--5 bedrooms; 'furnace; B. and C. separate; electric light; gas; , Verandah; good concrete cellar, Pos- | Session at once. Price $3,300. We have some bargains in gen- eral country stores. Can sell you a stock, implements ard crop. Fire Insurance; conveyancing; | money to loan; bonds bbught; seid or exchanged. y T. J. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE N.B.--We have removed our office: to 58 Brock street, Kingston. Phone 3220 or 17977. good farm with sit Any old stick wiil not answer for a crutch--there's too much risk. .Crutches should be made of the best wood with a close and straight grain. There is too much depending on them to be careless about their qual- ity. Our crutches are made of hard maple split. All the regu- lar sizes. Canes We carry a line of Canes for gengral use and Pr tation purposes -- Plain Sticks and others with neat silver or gold mountings. A RUBBER TIPS for Crutches and Canes : f o¢cupations, In the old China of empire days soldiering was considered the basest Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHEL Sane LOOKING FOR IT. The man who always looks for grief is sure to find the goods he seeks; his search is, peradventure, brief, or it may last for seven weeks. But when he finds his grief he's prone to wish he'd sought for other things, and he puts up a bitter groan, the while the Wise fan smiles and sings. The man who doesn't pay his bills hunts grief, and he will run it | down; the course hé follows always kills a fellow's standing in the town. And when he runs for county clerk, or tries to follow other plans, his ¢reditors get in their work; and he is with thé also rans. The scandal monger's hunting woe, and he is close upon its heels; some ugly tale he whispers low will reach the man with whom it deals. Then there will be a frightful scene of violence, t man beneath; and Mr, A will lean against a fence and spit out teeth. If grief's invited to your home, it's sure to come, with its va- le, and it will furrow your old ome, and never give you any peace. It's better far hunt for joy, and ask it to your abode; say kind- ly things and don't annoy the other the Be honest as & and earn thé kopecks Tse; then life will be a Sweet song, a chorus after Lake and at the Kawartha Lakes. F every verse. i --WALT MASON, '38 KING STREET EAST INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS SEEKING NEW CAPITAL Industrial concerns of merit need pot lack capital, if the owners will get In touch with us. Personal investors of large means, as well as financial houses are connect- 'ed 'with us, who are constantly look- ing for 8ood opportunities to lend a hand in financing big undertakings. \ A conference with us may point the way for handling that "Big Proposi- tion" of yours. Our strong financial connection may be helpfu! to you. At any rate you are invited to cal! and talk over your _ interests and plans with us. Corporation & General 3 Investments, Ltd. INVESTMENT SECURITIES i: . it TORONTO 1 br. Chow's Drug Sire 185 Princess 8. Phone 84s. Coal That Sais The Delaware, Lackawanngand Western Railroad's 'Celebrated Scranton Coal The Standard Anthracite The only Coal handled by Crawford Phone 9. Foot of Queen St. "It's a black business, but we you pt Nea rr erre---- Bridge Street Methodist church, Belleville, raised $25,000 in the past year for church and connexional pus- poses, » rea] a wy