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the Weekly post .rtions of the day may stamp him as "honest enough to be bold," but they Very oleafly establinh the fact that: he is not "bold enough to be honest" with the people whose confidence he isagainaeahipz. : ;.: His whole addrem Tuesday night was permeated with half-stated truths. and tease deductions. and. though they were gliny utbe‘ned. it is extmmer unlikely that anyone {Was misled by the extraordinary vfituperm- diet! which he heaped upon his opu ponents and the unfair manner Tn ,. which he stated the how. And the utterances of Mr. Whitney 'Iaxriy teemcd with such inaccuracies, and the .whole superstructure of his address based as it was on such in- .cme foundations. Méd exceedingly flimsy to the wgifsrread listener. V‘AOur Tory friends muét be sadly lacking fig humor or they Would laugh heartily among (themselves every time they tI'iQd to PM lfihe wool over ,th eyes of Lindsay eleotF ms in the mum: ’o‘t the Native vestigating the fad: {relating ‘n. to the matter. Now. Mr. Whitney “is ful'Jy cognizant of the fact that Mr. MacKay had had a commisfion ant mining the evidence for weeks, ‘just a; Mr. Whitney had when ’he sought evidence with which to decapitate Li- beral office:hb|ders â€" with this ex- Caption. that the former went: mor- oughdy into the subject 3nd examined it in all its bearings. The chief of this commission was Mr. ’Aubrey ‘W'hite, the deputy minister of Crown Lands, whom Mr. Whitney baa char» axfterized as one of Ithb; most valued officials in the province; IAtten they had thoroughly investigated the mat- ter they made ”their report and it was upon that report that. Mr. MacKay acted, just as} Mr. Cochrane acts to- day upon the same man’s reports. Mr. MacKay had said that he had no ‘persona” knpwfledge of the facts but that he had had the maitt'er that‘- oughly investigated. But Mr. IWhAf- Lcy was not fair enough to ataxia the +rnth as it was. Indeed, the whole worth ten Normal Schools that m can say it how without winking the off eye. , ‘ Let us See how it works out. It Is Said that them were not more than {out or five students in the CIaSSH. c3 aL-f winter; but let us be generous and say there Were fifteen. What did .1.imi.~ay get out of it? We furnished a room. warmed nad fiighted it, and. went to other expense in connection “ith the experiment wizflh £116 undefi- szanding that if, aflb'etr we had gone .to-theaxpgnseafbeqfipsfibfeasifl tility, we Should‘ba in nobetterpq- sition than any other county Lawn in the proving». {1W3 Wvd in Mun Id: It!!! Wm lib'q price of the hard at I w. handful u: ,m only that and‘ nothing As a mafia of Mr. W‘hitnqy’s en- tire want of candor let us look fair a moment at his assertion that Hon. Mr. Macn‘ay had signed away an em- vceedingly valuable mine without inv value 'to the town of the W School and the Agricugtural Classes. The; havfe actuaflly got so used to ieng the fable thatfihe Classes alre Nearly OPP WORTH TEN NORMAL 8950015? to mks whenever There is practically nothing in the way of farm drugs and stock prepsmti-ns we cannot supply. Our stock has to be complete, be- cause we are favored with an ex- tremely 13.120 farm frade whichwe have won by keeping what is ask- .ed for, by ceurteons. appreciative service, and by hi: prices. MR. WHITNEY'S UNFAIRNESS mum: 1 muon, Pronflcm BSA 1' . We innto 0111' HIGINBOTHAM DRUG-GIST your). the Post omce, Lindsay. . invite our county friends an our store hudqu’m" ever in town. Leave pack- meet Manda, mske us useful. FRIDA Y. MAY 29- the tonne: wait that- with which MI. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€""I ***â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" , more. Had 'ou'r ”mountain been '11, is not W mum“ at hing. endowed with sufficient capacity to "I" . I - “-4 . ‘: . '.I interest the government .34: our be- That 3113.000. 1 w .Fox hem tire! half, we shouud have had erected in of putting himnalt ‘1me wk for our town a 620.000 or $30.000 building having secured Sonic “3.000 101'. this almost every cent of which \vpuld fconsfituency. The Whitney BOW-m. have been spent among our citizens ment have by taxes of various kind: {or material and wages, and, in addiâ€" incleased the “mile home ”’50” tion to that, 'we should have had a 000. The shame of this constituency structure to which “ we could have should be in't'he neighborhood of $26; pointed with pnidae. We §hiould have 000_ but Mr- Fox’s "untixina Energy? rrofited by the staying in our midst could my secure as $13_000â€"about of some 200 moo young min and wet- half 0: what befimaed to us. . k . mu Pmmr men who would liavia spent at“ leaéit ‘ $25,000 yearly for board. diot_hng and other necessariee. We should aifso | : 2 have had resident among us about To, the peopge of Ontario.â€" fifteen or twenty «beachers who 1 A. fair specimen of [he unreliabte , ' ‘ ' ' d in the Can w ufd ave a d 'n 'ia'r‘ ah u :rformatian coutame o h Mace l 8‘ 163 o t senatn‘e campaign pamphlet recur. $2000 each. which In turn would agi- - ly issued is found in connection wul 81053“ some $36,000.90! year. [The the explai'.ation_giVen of a._gift o circii i313?- (AID-'of- the people'sâ€"money. t: 1p to the wealthy La Rose' Mining Uompm: build up the town. fhon there would - This wonderful document “9’5 m“ I ”on December 20, 1004, in the mil qt ‘1 1 . air .4 . ’ . L W. tzejexiglse at m ntau'nng jdle of the general electwn campaz'l heatmg an ‘18 my; the bufifidxy 3’ ' Hon A. G. MacKay. then Commission about which would have been at the‘ - erg olt Cgown pends, an?i now. Lent; . 0 he pposition, rule agams: l general expense of the province and glaimants." (the La. Rose Co.) ”a" not of Lindsa . . i a . ~'passeu tnc property oven [.0 Mr.0‘ y ‘ i-nmnr ...... that Mr. Machax she-u Contrast than advantages and the“ consequent benefits arising therefrom with the doubtful profits mm tom the Claims an‘d then imaginq any sane man asserting that the latter are worth ten of the former. Surely the Foxites hre hard put to it. to lind an excuse for the gross negâ€" g'xgenoe by reaso‘n of which Mr. Fox missed the school. L ‘ One of the amusing features of the campaign is the attempt made by Mr. Fox to induce the electors to believ that he has done wonderful things for West Victoria. and we are told that. he had actually secured $15002) What an Awful boon. when the Whit- ney government had some two mil- lions of money to distribute among the people! Indeed the question which naturally: Wises to the aircr- age mind is, Why, don’t we get our fair share of the government's mon- eys? Some of Whitney's choice plum; Slandeners, be'devillens. Moundrels. etc., etc. Quite bhoioe in his lam- gange, xent’hel'? Judging by the way the railways a'e Needing the famgrs to may Whitnqy’s railway. rtax, Ext seems is if they had adopted als their motto the phrase, ,"Soc at tuum.” v’ « ¢.- 'I'hat $13,000! Why 'does Mr. ’Fox ~5mg prams unite himself uboufl Ith'att. paltry $113, 000. It is why and-mm as much ax; {Mir Udchrane gut for m; Brother-in-Iaw. and fins {mdfi- lAznd The premier was excruciatingly ”funny” in his lidsitmle of the Rev. J. A. Macdonald had the Hon. Robt. J oflray, but somehow {than flwgh went astray. [2" - V ' , ( Simcoe division\ ..... ‘ ...... 5,000.00 \‘ew Dam and lock at Lindsay. ...”... ...... ‘ ...... 68,.00000 \ew Swing Bridge, Welling- ton-st. Lindsay ..... U ...... 7,000.00 Repairs to Booms, Slides and Dams ;‘ ,Gull River ..- 3,000.00 Burnt River .................. 3,000.00 Missisaaugau River ......... 2,000.00 Planking Bridges ............ 4,000.00 New ’Dam at Bobcaygcon... 10,000.00 New Dam and Locks at Rosedale ... ......... 200,000.00 . Contrast the paltry $12.0000rcdit- ed to Mr. Fox and the Tory govern- ment at Toronto, with the liberal gram: handed out to Victoria Coun- ry by the Liberal gowrnmcnt at 0L- tawa this year alone. Dredging Sturgeon Lake .. .S3..00000 Dredging Lindsay River ...... 2,000.00 Dredging Cameron Lake ...... ‘ 3000.00 Removing bogs in Pigeon 1 Lockhouse at BobcaS'geon 1,250.00 1 Lockhouse at Fencion 1,250.00 Riprapping Balsam Lakeâ€"Lake Mr. Whitney’s “Jokes” are so heavy that among nespectable people in. To- ronto bthey are taken as int-nab, and he cannot understand why. Mr. Whitney admitted last mighfi that an Opposition ha necesamy. If it is new to have oné; than it should be 3. Strains one, formgd oh. strong men of glue Stewart oaflibre. [and 50 James P. Whitney almost burst with indignation whey he read. the report of Mr. MacKay's meats" mm Dan. dw! What a. oaJazni-ty rive: at Omcmee 2,000.00 ‘TNVO lock-houses at Kirk- field; Hydraulic Lift 3(4le 9W, 0W! "mat a. mu, that would {have been had it even- tuatédl But then J. Pliny has been bursting so long and; so often. that folks haye become ulge‘d (to it, and. they. don’t mind it now? [‘ a. [[5 Bubble No. 2â€"punctured. Lock .. .. THAT PALTRY $12,000 EDITORIAL NOTES. the railways $317,000.00 . 5.000.00 AU tut: Levy-v vâ€" -7, l A. fair specimen 0! [he unreliabte iriormation contained in the Can- serutivc campaign pamphlet racem- - 137 issued is foand in connection “'1”! the explanation 8iVen ot a. gift of 7 5131‘- 000-3!" the people'sâ€"fine}. to ' the wealthy La Rose' Mining 0011191113 'This wondertul document any: tint. ”on, December 20, 1004. in the mil- : die of the general election campaim. ‘ Hon A. G. MacKay, then Commisaion- ~ er. of Crown Lands, and now Lexi-T of the'Opposition, ruled against. th: plaimants." (the La. Rose Co.) "and 'passeu tnc property ant to Mr.0'- 'Snen........Ihat Mr. MaoKa; she-1d :have secretly decided the dispute as to the ownership. when an cle‘SLL'J-l was “I plogress. in labor of atrizod- I131 politician who wns at the tuna-in let-urge of the 'i'emckzlming Rtiiwq i is anathet pomt woxtLy of coustdcm- hon.‘ The Hon. Mr. Mataemu. speaking at Newmarket, is report”! 'as making substantially the same statement. That 813.000. ! M; .‘Fox hem tires of putting hialnselt upon‘eba back for having securod Some $13,000 tor. this constituency. The Whitney minim. ment have by taxes of various kinds incleased the imvgnna Dome $2.50!» 000. The shame of this constitubncy should be in‘t'he neighborhood of $26;- 000_ but Mr. Fox’s "untixina energy." could my secure as $13_000â€"about half 03 what beconged to us. . k , u‘u.‘ __._ Now as to the truth. It appears‘ Item the records in the department that in or about November. 1903 each of two parties claimed 7.0 l.-: the original discoverer of the same nmung location. Ihe O'Brien p-ir- cr-as-u the title ‘or claim of the one the no. Rose that of the other. i was Lands on the 22nd. day of hovemmr gum Prior to that the dispqu claim of these two companies was sttmitted to a Board of Commas-on- crs or Arbitrators to inquire into a“ sworn in as Commissioner of Crown the facts and report thereon. Thu. hoard consisted of Mr. ‘1‘. W. Gib-ion. no“: Deputy Minister of Mines. Mr. Anbmy White. now Deputy Minister of Lands and Dr. Kennedy.pudihyv Clerk 01 the Departmeth. This by” publicily and openly sat as a court, and heard evidence for about tun-.- wu-ks. Both Sides to the disput: were represented by eminnnt con-- st-=° (1'. I}. Watson. K. 2.. and Mr, 'HoLitn, acting on the one sid:. an Mr. .1. B. O’Brien on the other. Air..- the evidence. was fully heard. tit-2;! argued the case at length before tne boazd and on the 20th’ DCCemucr, 190-}. the board gave its deciaua'. Company and the hdiance in iiwntu awarding 40 acres to the La 1:)“ to the O'Briens. If this report, or award “as to be carried out it was thin necessary to order the buses to mum; in accordance with lhe re- port. land so. marking the report. ‘Concured in." Pronncial Premier, glory in the iact that he had floated certain loans among the people of this [air pror- incq in contrast to seeking fair and square terms of credit abroad. Your space at present is at a. premium 90 without elaborating my own opinions I de"xe to submit an extract froma report of the McMaztcr Literary So ciety Banquet. held February 7th..'08 Mr. J, W. Flavelle, a prominent Cm- servauvc and one. of Canada's pri was of finance. repiied to the toast "Can- adian Industries” He discussed the great financial stringency that is yet felt, and referreo to the decrease in swings deposits. The Iollowiogts an eatract from the banquet report. "Mr. Flavrlle discussed the indtiszriai and; financial situation in a. most interesting manner. He criticisud the practice of floating government loans no our own lands when our credit 18 good abroad. Such a practice. nc al- leged drains. the surplus capital that might be used in further private dc- .velopmcnt or as a reserve in times of stringency.” Yours truly. - J. E. ANDERSON. lpusonally did not then known? dd 1 yet know, anything of the .ncr- its at the dispute. i had non heard the rudence. I had confidence m the n xegiity and abiiity Of the Comm:s- sinners. I still have. The records. I understand. show that the lease to the La Rose. Co. was issued by the old Govunment; that to the O‘Uriens by the preswt Government. vn Fm- ruaiy. 1905. Still, in the face of these {acts the Government issueu campaign document. in which (my say. that I ”secretiy'dccided the dis- pate" This is the explanation air-.3 g'n'e in order to base an excuse lo' interfering and making the grant or $J30J300 to the La Rose Compin; because. as it alleged, they fum'tsh- ed the Government With evidence wherewuh to fight the. 0_'B”riens. How are the mlghty fallen !'l'his Is the same Government whose lead- er appealed 1n January. 1905. to "the good people. the christian :0 pin." to support. him. If there :ssny how-s: defence of the Government's acfion in handing $130,000 to the. La Rose Company. it is certainly not coa- taned in the Conservative campazgzz pamphlet. or in the speech of In» Hon Provincial Treasurer at Nex- ma : ket. . \ A. G. MacKAY. CO MM UNICATIONS (To The Editor of The Post.) 90:11 Sin-Last evening I was very much amuéed to hear the Hon., the On Saturday last, a number of girls, including Miss Hazel, Florence. and: "'Glady" Mitchell, Miss Neta and Gertrude V'ickerY.'Miss Ethel Staph- ens, Viola Merril, and Ina Puffer, walked out the Q.P.R. track to Mr. ‘Perkins' woods to spend a happy day They almost lost their dinner but at- ter'gather'mg a. burdensom‘e load of the pretty May treasures of the wood,- they returned their homeward my. tired but ham. ‘ ; ..4 t ; Ma y... "1903 A May-day Party Directors lain vVisit to Look Over the Ground. . 009009..0.0900990990990090...«.0...03069096960990.9099. ‘I The mm of Bivemifie cemetery visited the grounds Wednesday. with anewoimnay.m¢w andinmrovomta-irz'y (. Cemetery Improvements Seasonable “Wear Egg.” Our ppocial values comm-in untenable merchandise or m. r".-. ‘-r.- dance of thl: fact could not be offend than that which we print belowâ€"worn wm of the better kind at lower prices than appml of equally high charactol for about town. Comparisons of our values with thou of othor st INVITE COMPARISONS. om will quickly verify ‘10 Pimp the water for the oemotery and have sat out over fifty addifihug a! shade use: this mains.1'hey are 3‘50 him out a number of 07mm tal'flowu‘ beds. “Shay hive~ u'ndar out; side‘n‘tion the mm in of a. nun dock at the rim and an ornamenrbal: shelter (or m man; the cams our! in wet W. Lindsay ban 1‘0"- M91! .131: bolt but mien mummuudmydmmm Infmts’ white canon Reuben Vests, all sizes up to 2 yous, euch......... 2M Children’s emu: Canon Vests long sleeves tad sleeveless. Brg. l21-2c to 18¢, spociul ........................... 100 Ladieo’ fine white wool Vests, trim- med with wide silk lace and ribbon, sleeveless. Esch............. 1.00 Indioa' fino white Bdbrigsn Combi. union Undenkim, neck and srmhole edged with mmw edging, alcoveleu. Flu-h __-_.._.-...................... 1.5. Lsdies’ fine white Knit Vests, neck sud sleeves trimmed, sleeveless or short sleeves. Esch .................. 15¢ Ladies’ and Hieeu’ White Dotted Mus- lin Dreeeea, Princess style, with rows of V31. lace nnd insertion down (non: nnd beck, lece 3nd insertion joining flint nnd ’kirt. The skirt hu clusurs of fine tuck: mdndeephem finish, mh ...... In on ..........--...u...-... nu..." I Lndies’ very fine All-over Embroidexy Dresses, the blouse bu s fine Swiss tuck- ed yoke with embroidery coming up to meet it back nnd front, in beby wniet style. The skirt he. nine gore: with: row of insertion down etch gore nniuhpd may: ‘ff‘f..°."""°‘d°” 15. on Lediee’ White Len Blame. fronts ere trimmed with 3 small yoke of fine V51. intertion, finished with e row of shadow embroidery on mh side, three-mutter lengch eleevee end open in the I) fill We’re justly proud of our Spring and Summe: \Vaistsâ€"for they are certainly a DISTINCFIV garments, possessing little touches of style which are very uncommon except in the highest-priced To stimulate selling in this Department we have marked these smart Waists at special prices as ladle. White Luvn Blouses, tucks sud bevy Yd inaction op- en intho hook, Vith throo- qurtor oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo in our Spring Knit Unt'er- nher Store in town. These The woman who 1: “ ovex- -particular " about her dress is not easy to satisfy in 1 Millineryâ€"but she 13 the type of woman we believe WE CAN satisfy when she co her new Hat. Ghiuborolgh Strut Shspol, with ext: bporing clowns, arrow bring. colors burnt tn 3nd brown. ach...... For never before have we been so well prepared to please a " good style ” in every graceful line of their shaping and trimming: Lsdioo’ and Mind Rustic Strut flsflom, with lug. wide crowns, medium sized rims. 75 colon tan, bunt as! white, each ............... c leiu' md Miues’ Straw salon, with lugs crowns, medium sized rims, in color- oteoponhngon blue, uvy, m, burnt, black And white I 00 «ch ...................................................... n Shirt Waist Suitsâ€"only this year's models easily eclipse those of last year. ; every evidence of the genius which inspires the best stylesâ€"and every mes the highest class of artistic tailoring from ordinary kinds. Special Showing of Women’s Spring Waists IIITBIIIED STIAI mm: and ”captlvatlngn-Theso Pretty Hats Wfifizm charmlng Shlrt Waist Suits-«Low Priced "“3“” 3‘??? 1.50 Lsdles’fine white Cotton Drovers, nude with hematitchod or lace trimmed styles, :11 sizes in open and cloud nukes, per pm: 250 Lediee’ fine white Cotton Drawers, atn’ll of fine lewn edged wi h wide cotton, tomhon bee. These come in open and closed per pair ............ 25¢ improvements at; bgins made which are keeping it up to the requirements of this important Mn. There in, howovur. one new; addition which the dimmrs ibpnld make huts to nipply which MW 111 athr‘ u- dulhngh and that is a proper null: mmhm‘flrzlt ism” Fine, soft qualitiesâ€"each garment cut genemusly funâ€"are off: ;.; is 0 here at lower prices than Muslin Underww of such quakes associated with. For example. note these values : Mee’ fine white Cotton Duvets, i Iadiee’ fine white Cotton tum made with hematitched or lace trimmed 1 deep flounce, edged with wide Tomi! stylu, .11 sizes in open end cloeed ; lece end trimmed with two tone”- nukes. nernur............_. 250 I union. dust trill. Each... m...â€" ti bodied fine white Cotton Night Gowns, three-gm: length sleeves, no opening in trout ox back each 380 Ladiu’ fine white Corset Covers. ; trimmed with one row of Swiss inser- , tion sud two of 0'31” neck edged with i lace and bedding, oxtn full....... 1.00 i am will be considerable. but the diroctun fllhmtefimdinune exâ€" m _;‘L._ g L ‘._v.._. ‘ :t Ladia’ extrn fine Linen Blouses. Gibuon shoddu. long sleeve- Ind front of fine Swine e-broidery, tucked to yoke depth, opens in the but, three-quarter sleeves l on linen contra". .. . ....I. indies' White Dotted Swiss Muslin Dresses, with broad kimons sleeves, pin tucks down boat, and trimmed with four rows of fillet insertion down back and front end over shoulders, lsrge modsllions tomtch on blouse end seem The skirthss a. very full fine, with inch tucks stonnd, trimmed" with medsi- 22 5" bone, each... ... .. .. Lubes’ Silk Shirt Wm: Suits in black 3nd whim pin stripes and checks. the silk: no Mom and Louisiana“, the glans: hu chattels of tucks down each side wi'h all fronts and with knife pleating ‘or trimming- ,the skirt is side planted 3‘1 mud and” nude tall and mdep, 22 5" oxtn hizh 0 of the FIRST QUALITY. Better m. w. prlnt belowâ€"woman's and my“... anally hlgh character can be Mm . policy of this storeâ€"and a. m“, time to tlmo pom” something M Dainty Muslin Wear 1‘" Bbmv :1:::::::: 3.00 Kind Est- ot Rustic an“, new “not up trimmed with. hadotwhite duchom um, "i mnopmuotxmdwmuudms... trimodwith m colocod silk ribbonandm flowers, 3 very dainty summer style. Pncenu m â€"/ 0.00" 90990.9 6 00000' please all tastesâ€"our Sprin rimmingâ€"despite our very Io Ilium STYLE. TRIHIEI lined the white Cotton L'nw skim, some trimmed with a financef wide embroidery, others edged '1“ Tomhon bee and insertion. etch 13 Lsdiec’ fine white Cotton 1 with a tonne. of deep eyele ery, finished trill, sizes 38 t Lndias’ Mmlm Dressing Sacques. pm WM” and colored; most of ti; hue embroidery of insertion mum ud mad: with square necks ...... t. Adam: Bros. (our tin- «.61 elon Falls. Pr ‘5‘“ w cut m..p(cnharger 5W3: eighty‘fi" 11085 t". P ‘ nab Graham 8W9“ 50;. to Montreal- _ >1h‘ p.35“, fine white 101 moms, with front! of ‘ bmidgry, open inthe b‘ qmr lo 8100"“ sud cnfil ed 'ith French Vd hoe, 93“ W Bllck Tamas nude of 3 vary more “in mail st 81 per yud P1 cluster of fine tucks. 1° with counts sud cuffs fin‘ tucked, spooinl offering-- our claim. Cattle W prices ’ndenkh'l W185 Putts Fm Md ‘he nu (sued 91!: sxbu' Ne in l 1.25 Ul