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OUR OTTAWA LEITER
BY H. F. GADSBY
Otttwa,'Jnne 10.-fkmocracy, as im
works out under the Burden adini
tratiou, is a great addle. In Canada,
as in °thee d.•rnocratic countries
we elect a Parliament which in tut n
etio0se* • but/ committee called th
Cabinet. Counting Commons and
Senate. Canada would have, under the
latest Redisttibuton Act, some three
hundred and thirty-two kings. Bu Oust at would be altogether too many
kings for • young country like Canada
we simplify matters by agreeing to •
Cabinet of fifteen members, which is
con.idered plenty, if they are all hard
workers and keen on their job.
This hes been the practice for years.
The people delegate their authority to
three hondred and thirty-two repre-
sentatives, the three hundred and
thirty-two reptesen tat i yes handpick an
executive committee of fifteen, and
thus we have- representative govern-
ment in • highly condensed and effec-
tive form. To bring about this con-
densation costa money, but it is con-
ceded to be woe th the price. The pay
of Parliameut amounts anr.uallyt0 a
million dollars, but Dnbody woud be-
grudge the money if it stopped at
that.
The Borden Government, however,
has made changes. It believes that
the country is not paying enough for
iia ruling cusses and to make the bill
larger it shite a lot of detail to royal
e mm
omisesoos. These eomissiocera
are not answerable to the people, but
answerable to the party in power,
They give us what Mrs. Partington
would call the b stn of free and trr•e-
eponsible government Ip its most ex- I
pensive shape.
Doting its first year of office the
Borden Government appointed some
two hundred and fifty-five .pedal com-
missioners et an approximate charge
upon the country of two hundred
thousand dollars a year. That is 10
say. they added twenty per cent -to
the cost of civil gov.rnm.ot in ord.rpt'
to give us a supplementary *potent
which only balls up the wheels of 'wog -
rose. Not content with spreading
o s
the load to this extent. the Oovern-
ent has lately appointed a comm..•
Ilion of three to relieve it of the ta.k (p
of ending one hundred million dol.
Ilan on war supplies and is complain-
ing moreover that Ike burden is too
great to bear and that the people of
Canada ought to help some by con-
senting to • general election. In
.otter words, the Government is not
strong enough to work, but plenty`
strong *Dough to undergo the turmoil
of a gener.l election, with the ultimatesp
prospect that it would get five years
longer to do its loafing in.
st
To increase the coof civil govern-
ment by one-fifth ata time when Cana-
dians In general have to pinch peonies
is bad enough, but e
to increase it l -
cause the Government of the day is too
lazy to do its own work snakes it that
much worse. home of these COMMIS -
Mona set as hod -carriers for the Gov-
ernment and are to that extent h.lp
fol, but meet of them have two main
objects -to drew pay and to say things
the Government would like, to mis-
state the activities of the Government s
Liberal predecessors and w smell a ut
"offensive partisan.' among the ot-
fioebolders in the party out of pow r.
They are a sort of cross bet wren a
Greek chorus and a committee of
witch -finders, and they are twice e
t I blessed -tbat Is to sly, they edge the
r- Grits out acd w.ke room for the
er
; hungry Tories to conk in. They are
good , band■ at tbe.r work, they can
always maks twit jabs grow where
e only one grew before. Incidentally
while helping others they help them-
*elvea-to what they can lay their
hands co. Also they help the Gov-
t comment by giving it • chance to spend
the peoples money on the party work-
-. Some of the commissions are
composed of big men, but most of
them are made up of "heelers" who
would tura sore if they didn't get their
feet into the trough ►owe way or
.other. Some of "the boy," would not
look well In the civil service, but al-
most any one of them is good enough
to he s special commissioner.
So far as pay is concerned the cossw m -
minions may be divided broadly in
two claes-chowhich are on salary
I and go on for eves, and those Lbw. do
piece -work and are paid by the. job.
The little fellows belong mostly to the
latter class, hut do not demi... them
1 on that account. The pickings are
fairly good and if a man gets several
jobs aid the commission work is
spread over the year io that be gets
the jobs consecutively it's equivalent
to a permanent income. A glance
I over the list of special commissioners
shows that "sorrel defeated Conserva-
tive candidata are waking a tat living
just that was.
The Po*tofllce Departrnoot heads the
• list in the „natter of special commis-
sions to hold ioveetigatione. . The
fornre- Postmaster-Gerier.I, the Lion.
Me. Pelletier, believed.in ;uvestigating
d
everybov but himself. During his
flrst year of office be appointed
,eighty-eigbf'eenesuiesiessen. .ome of
whom are under pay yet. No single
e
commissioner got riat it, but every -
'I hody got • slice Their activities
stood pal in for the first year817,i1t10and
'they did • lot of investigating for the
mousy. They • were so keen on in- r
vestigating that they found dead Grits h
in the graveyard who had teen guilty
of "offensive partisanship" and dug
them up so they could be filed posthu-
mrt
ou.ly by a Postmester•Greral
who hewed to the line and a little be-
yond. Not ooly were dead Liberal
postmasters discharged, but Conserve -
nye postmasters who bad been let out
in ISI1; at the age of seventy were
fo and and restored to their posts after
an interval of fifteen years. This partly
explains the briskness of the postal
set vice iu some puts of Canada.
Among other things the comm
rs i.ioo-
e found was room 'for •bout three
postoffice clerks where one clerk had
been enough it -fore, which indicates
the thrift of tbe Government in these
days of stern retrenchment. Curi-
o's/Ay enough none of tbe eighty-eight
commissioners investigated the ques-
tion of padlocks for rail bags on1�abhe
amazing rise in value of Ste Carel/he
hotel site in Montreal which war re-
cently bought by the Goveruwent for
a postal sub -station.
night do the work of ten thousand
Tne Department of Railways w
aged to appoint twenty comwiasioue
in a year, nineteen of whom divid
87,1010 among thew, while two, Mesar
George Lynch Staunton and Outeliu
got the lion's share of *17,0(1). Al
work of literature the Stautiton-Gut
ius report is hardly worth $87,000, b
as a partisan diatribe studded wi
ingenious misstatements about tl
National Transwntinental Railway
is invaluable. Th* cummiesione
could hardly have said worse for twin
the money.
During the same year loland Re
enue appointed five comwiwlone
Custom. twelve, Marine and Nuheri
twelve. Agriculture five, Trade an
Commence three, -perhaps ten thou
and dollars' worth of comwissiore
altogether. Besides these there was
commission of tbiee to examine th
state records of the various depar
mental, which worked for the honor
it and the usual sustenau:e allowane
of ten dollars a day ; • neat little com
mission on Letter terms for Britis
Columbia which operates at $15,
per day per member and the usual ex
perste hill; aril a Orrin t ouu)isaioo 0
three which costs tits,:err a year
earn its money. se
In addition to all tbeSir Willis.
Ralph Meredith appears on the lot •
special commissioner on certain mat
ter. of bigb import, and as the Chir
Justice of Ottawa is not a cheap mas
0o doubt his ewoluu.ents swell the bil
consider& lily.
Another commission which look
like fifty thousand dollars, if the per
sonnet of the seven distinguished me
who composed it ie con►iderrd, was the
famous fishing expedition of whie
the Hon. L. B. Morine, late of New
foundland and anon of Newfoundlao
again, was chairman. The Govern
went wanted to land somebody or
vometbing, so they got a gond dsher-
mao from Newfoundland. It was ir.
Marine's first experience in the l,ig
swim and he is not likely to forget tr.
His record in the stormy sea of New-
foundland politics was looked up,with
the result that he had to go barthere
again. He "resigned" by request in
June, 1912. Thus it happened that in-
stead of Mr. 3l:orine landing anybody
he was himself landed hyo Frank Car-
vell, who comes frow New Brunswick,
where fishing is also a great industry.
Two other members, of the Morioe
commission re.iignrd in November,
1912, but for any Nue O,ck informa-
tion to the contrary rue other four
may be working vet. Lately the Gov-
ernment bite added to its list a corn -
minion of one to "gi-C Frank Oliver
m
and a cnwitsion of three to spend
one hundred million doll re among the
party patriots, and it now talks of a
commiseion on unemployment which
will dou!,•less employ a rertain num-
ber of party friends who need the
money. H-. F. G.
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Often Indicate Over-work
and a Run-down Nervous
System.
Over -work and worry have an evil
e tfect on the system and often give
ise to nervousness and sleeplessness.
Other signs include a weak back,
eadache and iodige+tion. in time if
Inet:wrs ane neglected . a :ontplete
break -down of the nervous system fol-
lows. On every band one can observe
victims of this state of nervous ex-
haustion who are at a loss to know
what to do with tbeniselvee, their
nervous debilitated state having bat -
fled all ordinary treatment.
If you are a victim of exhausted
n if your symptoms are as de-
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through which the nerves are fed.
Under the tonic influence of Dr. \Vit-
hants' Pink Pill. all traces of nervous
weakness disappear together with the
headaches, the insomnia, the feeling
of intense weaknew and depression of
spirits that mark the vi -tom of nervous
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Henry- Marr, Port Felix, N. 8., says :
"it gives me greatest pleasure to tes-
tify so to the value of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills. When i began their use i
was. a,physical wreck : my penes were
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headaches and hackechee, and was al-
most wholly unfitted for work. 1 had
tried several remedies without suc-
cess, when 1 finally decided to give Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills a trial. 1 took
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an."
What there Pills did for Mr. Marr
they will do for every other weak and
nervous wa., if given a fair trial.
Sold by all predicinv dealers or sent by
mail at aft cents a box or six boxes for
$2.50 by writing The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co , Brockville, Ont.
The Department of Public Works
furnished employment to nineteen
.penial c ammissionere during the fiscal
year 1911-11112. They coat the country
only $4,411K1, but they made a number
of useful reports which showed the
Honorable Bah Rogers the line of least
resistance. That is to say, be got hints
how the civil service con d rte increased
o that tweuty-one thousand men
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By Walter Curran,
ere(ial hate-; or,dont of The iiansr.
London, May 111th -The Locdun
clubs are prover 141 ao the real home
of the vale Lond er of means. It is
there that lie turn when be wants to
be happy. There he meets his close
associates and is as free or reserved as
he tweedy well likes. Although you
may not happen to he aware of the
fact, the fate of our arms in battle is
settled there with the greatest per
cisiod. in the minds of the various
maskers all the details regarding the
duration of the war and the nature of
the peace to he at -ragged ere eon-
elu.ivNy settled. This confusing part
of the whole matter from an outsider's
standpoint is that grave diwmepctrebs
exist hetweea the arraegessebte of the
dlifetwot authorities. Moet of thew
mw, who, by the way. are old enough
to know better, think toss in mase
pantsuilar brat es of this war lewdness
they amid give [Itehener, or the assn
1s charge at this War Office, a libse.l
hsadiep sod hu d him off M the wire
Mirt • atrlmtpe►» tihiblsh/ biro
teem reasete. Me Wiz:
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Don't waste time on Inferi-
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few coats cheaper.
1 have proved Zam-Bryk
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Diseases, sad lajsri.s.
As a mother, you owe It
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the peace we wanted for quite a time
to come. He had been billeted near
the Canadian., and it was in talking
about them that he ventured to re-
press his opiniou.
The flare of the fire in the half -
darkened room played oa him and
tended to stir reminiscences. He
hadn't vet y much to ray, but what iie
did say 1 found interesting and I will
set it down ae I remember it.
"The word ('anedian is the open
door to ever vbodv's heart in France,"
he said. "The an;olutely marvellous
light put up by the chaps from Canada
has won the abiolute adoration of the
French. Your fellows accomplished
the impossible. ` Sheer courage and
valor carried them through- it wee
the hopeless impossibility of their task
and the wonderful buoyancy with
which they weal forward that stamps
their feat with distinctive greatness.
"I met some of your thane and a
fine lot they were. The do -'tor of onedronedof your Highland regiments, McKen-
zie by name, they say he has droned
thousands of men under shell 9re with
perfect disregard NO his own safety."
He had also heard of Col. Currie,
who he said was very highly regarded
by the staff. He said that be Aad
spoken to a Prion e'ss Pat wounded
officer. who told him that only fifty of
the original regiment were now in
action, and that a second lieutenant
who bad joined at Ottawa was now
the colul andrng officer.
"The infamy of the C. „mans is
unbelievable It is atsolut.ly true
that when the Canadians advanced up
to the captured guns -which, by the 1
way, were not Canadian guns -they
tcok hundreds of tiermnn prisoners.
They did not have time to take them
to the rear, and, when they had
pasa.•d, the Huns took up their arms
:rod shot then, in the hart. You can 1
tlelieve tl.e worst you hear about the
terrible Huns.
"I beard of one capta:n, i think his i
name was Geddes, also a Highlander,although mortally wounded. be
crawled along the ground calling on
his men to fuliow
farmers Work Behind the Lines. d
Asked regarding the evastation of
the country, the captain said : "There
is just about a mile behind the first
line of trenches which is not under
cultivation. Behind that the farmers
with all the members of their house-
hold are cultivating as usual. Why,before this last big affair, we could
kronen
do anything. The kronendidn't want us about at a11. 1 have'
seen lots of farmers working with
shells dropping in the same field.
"They keep their pigs and cows and
boner. Their hens are a regular tor -
tune to them. They sell eggs at tup-
pence and thr'pence each. Of eourse,
everyone must have an eg;.
so
"l hey ate thrift pet nified-regular
grafters. is fret. If onrmen cwt down '
a tree for fli ewood they were right
after our 0. C.. and we finally gave
orders to cut no more trees. It we
took straw they would send in • bill
forelola four times the quantity.
"It is wonderful. to see how times
farmers adjust themselves to the war.
You will go along one day, their house
is intact. The next day von go by and
find that a shell hes Mown the roof off,
and turned the interior Inside out. A
few days later you go hv, and there
stands tbe house, new tile on the roof
and everything apparently as usual.
"The fernier' are abrdlutely protec-
ted against thieving. Looting is un-
known. It notate, depth and not even
a chicken is taken -even by tbe Cana-
dian..
"When 1 look •lout at the cbininey
pots in London. I can't help feeling
how the Berman gunners would love
to get • whack at them They wool."take • landmark, say :it. Paul's, and
systematically, flar.en ev,iything all
arena it 1 bey would never touch the
dome itself, a, .hey would want it (or
a mark. Their artillery is god—very
good.'•
Hi. opinion ascot the duration of
the war was that it world take a lot
of fighting yet to finish it. Tire end is
not now in sight.
Rveot.. of tremendous moment are
taking place here these days. he hue
of gar and the fate of the Lusitaeia.
along with the attitude of Biome Labor -
Ke•, have brought the Government
face to face with • sr.oation that it
fears to face. The result. Is the pro-
posal of a rv,alition Government.
Many who ebould know profess to be-
lieve that this for►ahadowe roo•crip-
tos sad the nrgenixatjon of the notion
o. a war h•ai.. The mut dine workers
will he taken Into the army; striking
will Mean death.
A touch of Canada weep oven to the
sale of the world -faunae. Jersey herd
of the late Lord Rot h.rhild et THapt
on the 17th. Ammig the ('anedisss
who pnrehased were W 1' Holl, 1.c.
Ilse the Brampton herd : R. Reids fee
R. J. Ploornag, e.f Toronto, and W. 0
T etbsway. Crest faith in Nngland'.
11_snsu OesINon was reflected la the
w rioted. Two thousd
lks.drd and seventy-five dollars
0.14•01 es es• asthma MISS ips __n Iron dm ails =401
Derby, the Duke of Connaught acd
other British nobility.
Second Contingent at Shorncliffe.
Sborneliffe, May ll. -The constant
arrival of the second contingent ie
creating much interest among the
English officers here. The heanng of
the men and the advanced state of
their training has created a splendid
impression. 'rhe status of the uaas
hood of Catadr is now eetablishetd end
the very. Hour Canadian m3a11s some-
thing wore than it ever did before.
The officers of Kitchener'* army,
surprising as it may seem, hand the
laurels to these new Canadians tor wl-
dierly hearing and deportment.
"1 wish 1 bad a battalion like that,"
the .econd-In-corulnand in the 3rd
Army said to nie when the pith Bat-
talion was toeing reviewed by General
McDougall. "'they are bigger, brighter
and wore intelhgent•lookiog fellows
than mine. I don't know that 1 have
everliseen a thus, -husking
The Twenty-firet from Kingston and
the Twenty-fourth from Montreal are
011 a per wii h the London Battalion.
The arrival of the Victoria Rinse. about
midnight was. impressive.
1'he mono „hone through a slight
haze. As the regiment, led by their
splendid hard playing a martial weeds,
*wino.; past the cheering Eighteenth,
who lined the road attired in scanty
hot sufficient covering to welcome
them, a feeling of eotbusiasm swept
over one. Tne mystic army, the in-
defloite figures along the road, the
cheering, the martial music, all added
to the sense of cautaradie, of ezhilirat-
log pleasure.
The Twenty•hnt came in at tour
a m. Sunday and so were not tbe re-
cipients of such a reception. Lost time
has been made up since, however, mod
they are very enthusiastic about the
camp. which certainly reflects credit
on General Carson and the headquar-
ter. staff.
The Ni e:ern'h and Twentieth will
be here •tout the 24th of May.
Musketry is the work of the hour.
Evei y unit is getting .town to work,
and, according to the official records,
all are doing splendidly.
The following, from the Command
dant Officers' S,•hool of lustriiction,
speak. volumes :
"I should like to mention especially
the Canadian Contingent. who were ex-
ceptionally keen and rather above the
average ability, and with officers of an
exceedingly good type.;'
1'o get special mention of that Port
in a general report by an English Oen-
era', the Canadians must indeed have
done excellently.
Rev. John Pringle, of Yukon
fame, who is chaplain at headquarters
lure, has earned a warm place in the
affections of tits men:. His son, dohs.
Pringle, who walked five hundred
miles to enlist, went to the front two
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weeks ago. Six hours after be left
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The people of Foleestone arg very
keen on the Canadians and' treat the
boys well. On Empire Day the hand
of the 1Rth Battalion will play at the
school children's demonstration. Lt.-
CoI. Wigle will give an address On
*The Empire."
it is my Intention to investigate the
arrangements being carried on for tak-
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Host : Must you leaves, soon, Iles.
Tootles? I thought you were vety
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Burton : Mran men, isn't he ? Rob-
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then getting his hair cot join to keep
other people waiting. -Boston 111ot m
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