in. BAY IT AGAIN" YEAR 98; No, 212. Predict a Majority of Over 500 For Halliday Confident of Winning Kingston This ~~ Time--VYotes Swinging to Halliday Every Day--Workers Urged to Do Every- thing Possible fo Roll Up Majority. Another large erowd of workers uppeared 'at the Liberal committee rooms Idvt night to Help In. perfect- ing the oi {sation. In the group 'wers several commercial men, Whe have been away all week. They wears poking for news of Kingston and hey had'some from other places. "Well, how did you. find things?" one young man was asked who has Just refurned from the Ottawa Val ley district. 4 "One thing fs sure," he replied, "the Liberals are going to win both North and South Renfrew. At least," he continued, "that's the talk I heard up there." "What about Ottawa?" he was k & "The Liberals are confident of two ~~" there," he replied. "WII both Edwards and Chevrier be elected?" "That is what T am told by men * who should know." "It was a bit doubtful," he sald, "till Nicholson tuned in from Sudbury. That finish- ed it, The civil servants are going for Hdwards and Chevrler in a body." hag : ok at About Quebec. Another traveler came along about time, and after listening a min-~ #0, volunteered the informa- he been down | Que- ; but Liberalism," he re- Chey are all talking King in there. The liberals are better inized than ever, and some of the 84 'Will be very. large. [here any truth in this yarn 8 Slump to the Tories, and they will get eighteen seats?" "I neither saw nor heard anything that would indicate such a change," he & /. "The fact of the mat- er 18," he continued, "everybody sees to be convinced that Meighen an't win, and {his impression which 18 spreading 18 turning votes to King every day. Everywhere you go you hear the same thing, and no one ex- Pocts, Meighen to get. a hundred y pT rz The Situation in Kingston. The Liberals are confident of win- ing Rinssion this time. Talk to hom Fou will you hear the same story. « Votes are swinging to Halli- > day every day, fd | from most aux pected sources. @ fact that = £hen can't win seems to be having & tremendous effect on the Kingston + wants a governme - aa re Hv pam ib ve, member this time, and the people are going to take no chances. Times are good, work is plentiful, and the Robb budget is popular. Add to all these trump cards in the hands of the Liberals the personal popular- ity of Jim Halliday and you have a combination that it is impossible to beat. Another thing that is helping the Liberal candidate, too, is the depres- sion that seems to have struck the Conservative camp. A number of workers (here are said to be frankly dissatisfied that they were not given a Job in connection with the election. There were not enough deputy-re- turning officers' jobs to go around, and those who failed to get in on the first batch are sore. One Conserva- tive worker candidly admitted that they were having a great deal of trouble putting any enthusiasm into the workers. There's no pep. And those in charge are frankly and openly 'apprehensive of what may happen on Tuesday. Liberals' Well Organized. The Liberal organization is in first-class shape. Every polling place is well organized, and in some cases more workers are offering their ser- vices than can be used. A week ago the Whig predicted 250 of a major ity for Halliday. We want 10 re- all we hear is and 3 the Halliday - majority will be between 500 and 1,000. Thar there will be a turnover of at least 2,000 votes is now practically assured. Dr. Ross is 'losing ground every day partly due to the conviction that Meighen can't win; and partly due to the desire on ihe part of the peopls for o change: They realize that Dr. Ross has done nothing for Kingston. They know he voted against reducing taxes, and they know that the Tory Senators killed the Old Age Pension Bill They are going to vote Halliday this time and see if he will do something for this city, 3 Sti The Only A There is only one danger that the Liberals have to face. That is over- confidence. THe reports coming In from all over the city are so good that there is a danger of becoming too sure, and loafing on the Job. Liberal workers are advised to guard against that. Let's see how big a majority we\can roll up for Halliday. Do everything between wow and poll- ing day that you oan to assure a real bang-up good vote for Jim Halliday and you will be doing Kingston a Teal good turn. Rt Nour Snrd xp Tors bo Le ln ur Halliday Is the Man to Elect If You ~ Want Kingston to Be the T Of the Great Lakes Shipping Al tie ziomination meeting on Tuesday night, Dr. Ross that for some reason or other Mr. Mackenzie King and bis associates were commithed to Prescott as the Great Lakes Terminal and thet it would be dangerous to elect Jim Halliday from Kingston, as it would, senlously jedpardize Kingston's chances of being chosen for this important port. In the local Conservative paper on Thursday, this ides was elaborated fo an extent of a couple of columns, and the vague hints of dootor Were staded 40 be "'facts--aot politics." When one states 80 which Is designated as "facts" it is always well to be sure of what one is talking about. This precludes the taking it all back the next day. ary hed to do. _Had it sought have givem it some confidential for it. But it ddin't and eo the our advice on the matter we. would" gladly information and thus saved the sidmation result was the unhappy contortionist feat {of swallowing. itself. THE TORY YARN ABOUT PRESCOTT, The story that appeared in our contemponary was not & mew one. It bas been whispered around Kingston for political purposes by promin- ent Tordes for several momths. It is to the effegt that Dr. Wiltedd L. Me- Dougaid, the chairman of the Montreal Harbor Commission, and a close Personal friend of Mr. Mackenzie King's, was deeply interésted in Ogdens- burg and Prescott, and for that reason wanted Prescott to be themerminal. It was stated in the press on Thureday and glaborated #0 @ patnfal ex- tent, that Dr. McDougald was the financial ker of Mr. King, and for that reason he 'was the men who would determine wheme the. terminal should be located df the Liberals were returned to power. It further stated that it was common gossip that Dr. McDougald and iris associates had several options on large tracts of land at Prescott, looking to the day when Prescott would be the terminal. It said many other things --all "facts," mind you, not politics--which were supposed to convince the electors that Mr, King wes in some way under the thumb of Dr. Mc- Dougald, and that the only way to get the terminal tor Kingston: Wes to elect Dr. Ross and Arthur Meighen. And all this "guft," it you please, was handed out to the people and labelled "plain, unvarnished facts" Don't miss that. It's mich. All these statements and guesses about Dr, Mc- Dougald and his options at Prescott, were "plain, unvarnished facts," £ DR. McDOUGALD DENIES THE STORY. § Now this story might have gone over hig if it had Hot Been that both Dr. McDougald and Mr. King were available, and immediately gave the "plain, unvarnished facts" a knockout blow. 'A wire was sent to Dr, and experts, and real had no interest for or against WHAT MR. KING SAYS. + That was all right, but it did not completely satisfy The British Whig. The Wihig has s peputation built up ovér nearly 100 years of giving the peaple accurate information on matters pertaining to this city. It always tries to deal in "cold facts." We prefer 'em to the "plain, unvarnished" Kind. So we dispatched 4 special messenger to Mr. King at Napanee last ight, with = copy of the paper containing the story, and asked him to tel) 1s how much of, it was '"'unvamished" and how of C. C. Ballantyne"s best. Mr. King, ak 1.30 after two rousing and enthusiastic meetings, fully and later banded the following letter to The Whig messenger: possibility of the humiliating performance of | And that is exactly what our oantempor- |: Willen McCammon 1s at Ao Mr. William McCammon is peeved at « The British Whig. Mr. Wiliam McCammon has declar- ed that he will not give any mors information to British Whig re- porters. Mr. William McOammon is license in- spector for the city of Kingston and county of Frontenac. Mr. William McCammon is a pald official of the Government of On- tario, and is directly under the « Jjjitornes-General, the member for ingston, ie Mr. William McCammon is peeved because The British Whig publish- ed a story regarding liquor being cleared from the port of King: ston. % . . Mr. William McCammon told a Brit ish Whig reporter that if he pub- lished anything about it he would refuse to give the paper any more information. Mr. William McCammon did not tell The British Whig reporter why he was so anxious that nothing should get into print about the C. N.R. car that was on the siding here filled with beer to be shipped ostensibly to United States ports. Mr. William McCammon is assuming a very high and mighty attitude with The British Whig. He has made a big mistake if he thinks he can tell this paper what it shall Me. publish and what it shall not pub- » lish in connection with liquor smuggling, "liquor seizures and the failure of officials both Dominion and Provincial to enforce the law. Mr. William McCammon must: re- member that he is a paid official of the people with specific duties to pexform. Just how well or how poorly he is performing them is not a part of this particular story but it will no doubt make most in- teresting reading wien the in- vestigation begins. Mr. William McCammon must re- /'. member that newspapers have a "duty to perform to the public jasy as a License Inspector has, and one of those duties is to keep the publie posted on how its paid officials are performing" their duties. If these officials refuse to co-operate with the newspaper in exposing law-breaking, andlthreat- én newspapers because they pub- lish a liquor story in' which Mr. McCammon says the law 1s not be- ing broken, it makes one wonder Why Mr. William McCamnion is so interested in keeping the matter a deep, dark secret. - Mr. William McCammon should re- alize that newspapers exist for the purpose of giving people the facts, and in this way correcting idla rumors that get about without any apparent foundation.: The British Whig would like fo be able to give ~~ the beople the correct version of the story that is floating about d Kingston Just now about Mr. Wil liam MeCammon's attempt to catch a bootlegger at Sharbot Lake, and missing the bootlegger and the man who was given the money to get the evidence, because the lat- nN slipped ont the back door. But lve luformation to British 'Whiz reporters these days so we are un- able to tell-the people whether it . Is true or not. Mr. William * McCammon can take | this as notice that whether he co- operates with The British Whig or not, or whether he refuses to give The British Whig any information when he should happen to make a "seizure or not, The British Whig will be ever on the fob and will be more watchful than ever in the interests of the peoples who pay Mr. McCammon's salary and who | expect to know what Mr. McCam- mon is doing to earn ft. : Canada's Wheat William McCammon - won: | Ch "Meighen Can't Win" seems to be the story that is being told all over the Dominion. Following a genuine, unsolicited telegram from Mr. Wil- liam Harty, Jr., president of the Canadian Locomotive Works, to the editor of The British Whig, which appeared in last Saturday's paper, in which Mr. Harty, Kingston and as a prominent Lib- eral told of the sweep Liberals and Progressives were going to make in the west, telegrams started to ap- pear elsewhere, including oné from the Hon. Robert Rogers, of Winni- peg. The Manitoba Free Press dealt with it in an editorial yesterday as follows: Situation Throughout Canada. In order to get for our readers an accurate idea of the political situa- tion throughout Canada, The Brit- "ish Whig sent out 'a number of queries and below prints some of the replies received to date. They indi- cate very clearly that "Meighen Can't Win," and should leave no doubt in the minds of the people of Kingston 48 to who they should vote for if they want to have a represen- tative on fhe government side: Vancouver, Sept. 10.~That there will be substantial Liberal gains in British Columbia may be tiken as a according to reports re. ceived at Liberal Liberals Sur as a citizen of} e fo Gain In Various Provinces Have 6 to 8 in British Colombia--No' | Tories Will Be Elected in Saskatchewan, Says Dunning--Outario Will Elect More Liberals. | ber of Liberals elected from four western provinces than in last liament. No Tories will be elected : in Saskatchewan. & ~=Chas. A. Dunning. | Edmonton, Alta., Sept. Oth, W. Rupert Davies, * Kingston, Ont. one seat, Bennett, their only hope, and he is reduced to holding Wi meetings. Province divided betwees Liberals, Progressives and Labor. . ==Chas. Stewart. GS Ontario Gains for Liberals. So much for the four western . [\Rrovinces. In Ouotario we ask inion from the western, the tral and the northern parts of ¢ province. - Below we give replies from Hon. J. C. Elliott, former Mine Ister of Labor, who is closely | touch with Western Ontario; 1 J. J. Hunter, a well-known n paperman of Kincardine, and fr W. G. Raymond, of Brantford. has been speaking al] over the ince: