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The vote polled on Thursday in la- the Liquor Act. of 1902, was not large enough to bring thfit mea- sure into force. That it was not, is the fault of the temperance people themselvw. The attacks of their leading. speakers and neWSpapers up- on the referendum when it Was first proposed, were so bitter as to pro- duce a distrust. of the whole pro- most earneet ap-~ champion of temperance reform, ao- tually repudiated the referendum for some weeks and only got back to its defence by an awkward manoe- un-e. Never was a. movement worse wounded in the house of its friends. That, but. for the suspicion, distrust. and hostility created by the temper- ance people concerning the referen- dum, the required number of favor- able votes would have been polled,- is a, reasonably certainty. lithe leaders of a political» rty heralded and baulked at the;~ ects arm;- cause the way the temperancepeople did at theirs, that party would not likely make any better showing inure polls than did the advocates of the Liquor Act the other day. ,It' ran puma nf a bad start. PubW né'ery nut-ads! ancuunm. 7"7 ' the Act. does not indicate the real strength of the liquor party. There was no necessity put upon them to vote, and little use of their voting : for they could win no victory but'a sentimental one. All that they might accomplish, even to, outâ€"voting their opponents, Would not save them; 'it those opponents mustered to. a given number. And so it maybe assumed that since voting was of little use, they did not vote ; but it must be said. {or them that they did not set up such a. clamor against the injus- tice of their position as the temperâ€" ance people did over the difficulties of a much fairer position. ‘ The temperance people complained that the terms upon which the meaâ€" sure would become law were unfair. They said the referendum was load- ed ; that it required an uniail‘ly‘ large vote in favor of the Act. ;We think it reqiired a ridiculoust small one and that tto bring such a. We into force on a, vote of the sine re- quired would be the height 6i, folly; What important law could be enlorc» ed if only half thepeople 03M voters’ List were in favor of axiom" ing it ‘2’ Could that against theft or assault ? Our experience with these laws, even with the present public sentiment; makes the question ridiculous. At least four-fifths otithe people should favor a measure before it becomes law, and it was lack of judgment on the part of the tem- perance people that allowed them. to condemn it as unreasonably high. But there is another phase of this question. Mr. Ross believes in the terms of the referendum; he believes that if half the people 'who voted at the 1898 election had voted in favor of the Liquor Act, it would have been a proper thing to bring it into force. Believing that, he ought . ‘ if he holds oflii'oeâ€"make the measure law under the‘ present circumstances. Mr. Ross submitted the referendum to see if public sentiment up tolthe point of 212,723 votes: was in favor of the Liquor Act; Hb'has found that a vote taken when the roads in; the country were .. . ' ‘ er cold, brought out probably 170,- 000 favorable m. If not in exact figures, yet in principle, the Act, was adopfied under Mr. M’ scheme; whether 212,733 favorable Noted or 40,000 less than that are pulled; enn- not greatly aflect the interpretation of the people’s wish in this matter. 7‘ AMâ€" nf onnrm give him a. chance Liquor Act the o1 Came of a bad at! It is likely that the Act» 60% 30‘ strength of the li 1H8 REFERENDUM vote against THOSE ALDERIIEN who insisted that the tax collector should give guarantee company bonds are‘ing‘ood compapy. In Monday’ a Globe it was announced that the Ontario govern- ment Would require all its bonded employee to furnish company bonds. The members of council who opposed that policy tor this town represent a. class who are always ready to san- rifice the town's money to sloppy sentiment. that it did not. was the best proof that it could not, and Mr. Chalm’ most potent vindication. And yet after hit igubminous silence under tke judge’s challenge in the courtâ€" lieved he still could prove the charg- es. But neither that hardwood, nor. the unprmcipled support of the Post, can mislead the public with regard to the skim-man’s oflence. dernnn towandmnr We of. ,- tho town, there ugh to-bo home'pen- alty other than the condemnationfll the public ; for that can do his vic- tim little good. _ Thére is force in the popular opin- ion that in justice to‘ the accused. SAID - IN FEW WORDS 110M? EDITORIAL NOTES Even Some Cities Went Strongly For the Act-Liquor Got I Hard Blowâ€"Local 7 Results The vote for the Liquor Act or 1902 on Thur-thy we: not sufficient to. bring it into 0 on ; it ap- pears that when the return- ere all in, it will (all ebont 40.000 short of doing so. Km dh‘l not vote at all for the total vote cast equal only about 60 per cent. of that cut in the elecuon 01 1898.3?- ’«i As it was the temperance people out- voted their opponents nearly two to one. and, it Notifies had been am! one, would have won o great and decisive victory. The figures {or and against, eboie are thoee published yesterday by the Globe, which says that returns yet 'to name will likely increase the taVoruvle vote by 10,000. The leeture of the vote that aur- prised everybody and nobody more than the liquor men was the heavy temperance vote polled in the towns and cities. Even Toronto gave _a temperance majority of over-"1500 in Tom vote against. ... ... 89,974 Total vote for .................. 162,180 Total vote needed ................ 212.723 LIQUOR ACT. NOT ADOPI‘ED WHATlmBOSSSAYS Prémier R05- sdd in sandy stitanenthandgdtoflxépm: S. 8. N0. '2 ELDON School report {or month of Novâ€" ember. Nam arranged in order of merit : 4thâ€"classâ€"Ijlli? Cameron, Johnnie McEachem. Pearl Jordan. Newton Reed. 3rd class, an, - Fred Reed, Pearl HeK'Gue. Peter Camp- bell, May Campbell, Jim Spencer, Maibel Tomblin. 8rd class, k.â€" ‘Maggie Gilchrist, May Reed, 2nd class, titâ€"Susie Rosa, Lily HcKag-ne, Martha. Ross, Roy Staples, 8am Eer- guson, Anna Jordan. 2nd class, itâ€" Sadie Gilchrist, Johnnie Gilchrist, Rachel McCuajg, Stanley Jordan‘ 2nd partâ€"Dan Wig Hubert Smith. Part 1 .â€"-Roy Bead, Archie The Vote 0: Thank! Fell Short at the 212.723 Requir- ed to Make the Measure a total vote of 28,000. ~Bamilton did even better in proportion to the ballots cast. Guelph went atmnger still, Brandord was very strong {or the measure ; and the large towns very smelly gave heavy mojcutities and Rainy River. In the plebigcite of 189! the vote exclusive of die 10, 000 women Voters was 180. 087 for prohibition. ’ and 108,494 against; in 1898 those figurfs “From the vote ne'hr a known, I would not like to any that On- tario is ready krplnhi'bi‘tim. If we had the full full vote it would‘ furh nish a, more mute basis {or draw- ing conclusion. One significant in- cidentofthemmmignwnsthe abâ€" tack made upon the be: room are the most obnoxious feature 0! the liquortrnmc, nuditoneweretobe guided 5y that. note of the aahpdgn it would _se_em as if that phase th'equestimwastheonemostto considered in dealing with the tion in the future.” 3” and 130 aid-13L III-l In the fin“? new oopgtituencies‘ of Fort. Wfllhm. and like of the Woods, and Port Arthur ‘YVI‘V‘ -a--â€"- , -â€" â€"-~ ~ u were changed to 154,499 and 115,â€" 215. Hence the refmdum shows ‘a smaller vote for both sides than that of 1894 and a. larger one‘xtor prohibi- tion but a. mullet" one/against it. than that of 1398; Both sides worked halfd in this con- test. The tempm people did not have as many meetings 3’ usual but mid more ‘atteltion to organization for getting we‘vote potted. The n. quor men scattered literature and; looked after their vpters. , LOCAL RESULTS Intownbothdidagooddea} of work onuvotinglday. "ch havb 13 rigs engaged to drive voters in the east weird," 'said‘Rev. Harvey Strike secretary of the local temperance or- ganization. Host of theseavere vol- unteer copveyanoee for Aliquot man said the available. livery rigs had been secured by that party. A' few noticeable rigs for both-Ma were The counties went solidly against liquor. The act was given a. xmjorâ€" ity in all the consumes except. North W aterloo, Welland, West Kent. where only 58 vote were polled {or £12". 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