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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1920-02-13, Page 14 EBRUARY 6, 1920. meter, ladies are to bring lunch,' Niches and cake., the men 25 . Gemes, contest, social dieting d make an enjoyable evening. - three hundred dollars was con - ted to the rnionian Relief Fund. A. Macfarlane and. Mr. Ross a canvass of the village, Mr. !s collected at the bank, and the :eds of the box social was $48.- e one has yet itaalideJ as council- take the plate of Mr. Delgaty, resigned, another nomination is held at the town hall on Mon - evening next, February 9th, and :cessayy, an election will follow [onday, the 16th. --At the council ing Mond3y evening it was de - 1 to coil a public meeting for next day evening to talk over the ques-. of improvements to our town. For many years the lack of ac- tiodation and convience has been and we sincerely hope something Ste will be done. To enlarge the and make it sufficiently adequate ur needs should not cost so very and, no doubt, a large part' of ork required. would be done by •itizens voluntarily. If all will pull together big things can be fnplished.--The play "A Pair of ztry Kids" is to be given, at the hall on Friday even=ing, the 13th, >cal talent. The proceeds are for benefit of Trinity church Sabbath el.:The box social on Tuesday ing of last week was a success those present had an enjoyable - Mr. George Elliott, the auc- ier, sold the boxes and very kind lade no charge for his services. y -eight dollars was cleared and to the Armenian Fend. -The ti on Friday evening, under the ices of St. Andrew's church es' Aid, was very well attended idering the extremely cold herr. Games and singing follow- ,he lunch, and all had a good. Buy Ready- To-Wear eady To -Wear Apparel Now. !a:rance; trApparel is Lts its rs, Etc. me of the whole seas- ;oat or Set of Furs at ices.. There is yet home. You know at wear, and paces lit. Don't delay- oice of the season's below ordinary. o • -day or to- Can get strict- ments-Our of the tom- o er you come Vicinity knows r Garments we hey are backed gut you cannot ilI buy now till ought what- Tinter hat- Tin er a a1` Tie and see vish 1 1 w FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2722 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920. • cirei,.►i srsialer " Sewnd /0 .None " Co y The Lest Investment You Have Ever Made will be the money you it vest right *now in your . next wint- er's Clothing . and Fur require- ments, We are not exaggerat- ing .the situation when we say that a purchase , now means a gain rof 25 to 50er cent to 50p er purchasers of garments which will be needed next winter. "There's Not to Reason Wby There's But to Do and Buy." Our splendid stock of . Men's and Boys' Clothing offers unequal- • ed opportunity to the man or woman with some ready cash and who are anxious to make the dollar go as far as possible The ig Winter Sale is now going on (rei2 1 # # i ig Co FAFORTli 1 hmemb. Immo. AN ELECTION BEFORE FALL? The latest turn of the political wheel leaves both the old parties floundering in a mire of doubt and indecision. Can we hang on till the Farmer menace has worked itself out, was formerly the vital question. Now the query to which an answer is- a- waited reads: "Can we yet tarry and collect our indemnities till the efflux- ion of time does the rest?" When Sir Robert Borden returned from the Sunny South, grabbed the helm and steered the ship of state into the doldrums the signs on the - political sky told a story of ;Union Government drifting aimlessly and purposelessly towards 1923. But just as an "Act of God" may nullify a contract so it may cut short a voy- age. When they family doctor at Ottawa shook his head and solemnly gave the verdict to Sir Robert Borden: "Quit and quit now or you know what will happen," there was consternation among the Cabinet crew. They ral- lied around the Premier and told him they didn't believe it. But the To- ronto and Montreal specialists con- firmed. the verdict. Then consternation gave way to activity. That old question, "If Sir Robert goes who can fill his place?" was answered with an- "Here am I. Take me," from not one but half a dozen places. Hon. Arthur Mei ghee barked it out in the same legal voice \,with which he introduces closure. Hon. Wesley -Rowell whispered it softly and his whisper found echo in many a Methodist chapel that is seldom defiled by 'worldly thoughts. Hon. James Calder smiled softly behind his wild - west moustache and, with a 'guileless- ness born of the untutored West, made his answer • sound through the lips of the Premier. - Sir Thomas White shouted "I won't have it," so loudly that all and silndry might know just where he could be found should compulsory service become one iof the features of the crisis. Sir 'George Foster dragged one foot out of the political grave. shook his hoary locks and grimly intimated that good Government should not perish from the earth while he was around to do his bit. Dear, . of 1 Charlie Doherty, he of the few periods. and many pensions, girded up , his loins and stood prepared to make the short- est speech of his life in case he had to reply to the crying demand of a Premierless country. For a short "I will" would give a visiting committee no chance to change ,its mind. Yes, even the baby statesman,, Sir Henry ' Drayton, mustered the smile that is' peculiarly his own, and modestly whispered that if the pawing patriots reaching for the "highest honor in a grateful country's gift" had to resort to a compromise candidate he stood ready to shed his coat and take up the work where Sir Robert hadcrop- ped it. In fact, the only two who didn't appear to have been stung by the Premiership bug were Hon. Ar- thur Sifton and Hon, C. C. Ballan- tyrie. They're both more or less' in- valids and on. their return to health will probably be added to a list of eligibles for the Premiership of which any country might well be proud. Those were anxious days at Ot- tawa. The clarion call of country may occasionally reach the wrong man, you know, unless the real statesman's friends see to it that the sound waves are wafted en the right direction. Naturally, too, such a multiplicity of Premiers -to -be created a certain discord in the Union family. In the first place Sir Robert, about whose administration there has always been a trace of the divine right, thought that he should name his successor. This suited just one member of the Cabinet -smooth, smiling James Cal- der. James decided that Sir Robert was absolutely within his rights the moment he ascertained that the heir - apparent to be named by the Premier was a certain Western Statesman who wears a big moustache and a reputa- tion for astuteness rivalled only by that political expert Hon. Bob Rogers. But it ` may have been the smile on the face of the c , beg pardon, the ' smirk of satisfaction on the face of Mr. Calder that woke the Cabinet -up to what was happening. Anyway they filled the Council Chamber with their sobs and cries. "We are the men who have to bear the burden of the fray," they protested. "Surely it is we who should say who shall lead us." This deadlock was broken when sonne necklets correspondents who weren't supposed to know what was going on sent out a report that a temporary leader would be appointed and that a caucus of the members of Parliament and Senators would be called to make the final selection. This made little Arthur Meighen the 1 centre of certain suspicious glances. 1 For the majority of the Unionist Members and Senators, deep down in their hearts, are still Conservatives and two astute gentlemen, named • Rowell and Calder respectively and whose future is tied tip in the continu- R ante of Unionism, could see those Old Tories voting for a little lawyer from Portage Ia Prairie. For young Mr. Meighen is the only Tory on the list, since Sir Thomas White returned to financial life, who is not beyond the age limit for active service, And it just naturally looked to Hone James and Hon. Wesley that a Unionist Party composed largely of Tories and led by a young Tory of rather malign- ant type might drift rather fast to-- wards o=wards the old Tory 'lines. Anyway, that caucus proposal would put a permanent ' crimp in all Rowell or Calder leadership pretensions .and they knew it. So they are said to have got together and ultimated; "A Meth- en leadership means that we quit cold." Now one essential to the continu- ance of Union Government is that none of its important members drop out. It is all right for Hon. Sidney Newburn to pack his kit bag and go. He never ,was a politician and he knew it. He also knew that he was taken in so that when military trou- bles arose he could be made the goat. He won't be mewed, and he's glad to get back hom to Hamilton. But if Calder and Roweell decided to slip away into obscurity, it would, be dif- ferent. They'd take with them about all ' the Unions there is in the Union Government, And none could: be found to replace them. For sending a Liberal -Unionist back to the coun- try for re-election is equivalent So asking him to 'go out and commit political suicide. It is just possible that Hons. Rowell and Calder were running a little }duff when they did them ulti- mating. Far be it from me to sug- gest that. Hon. Wesley knows there is such a game as poker, but it's dif- ferent with Hon. Jim. He comes from the West, you know, where even the Indians know the value of a hand. But, blur or no bluff, that ultimatum sent a cold chill down half a score of Cabinet spines. They decided right then and there that it was time to ' get "together and decide on something, or, rather, on the best way of doing nothing. They got together -and conferred, and out of _that conference came the decision that Sir Robert Bordeas must take the Premiership with him on his hunt for• health, while his colleagues dawdled 'along, hoping against hope that an outraged political god would rise in his might and sinite the farm- ers Hp and thigh. The .manifesto issued by that con- ' ference struck a high patriotic note in the statement, "The health of the Premier is the first' consideration." These few words breathed the Cab- inet sentiment that Borden, . sick or well, was the binding tie of Unionism; and that Unionism, whether it labored or loafed, was the country's salvation. Anyway, Sir Robert has gone. He has °taken the Premiership, 'no one knows where. When he brings it back it will be to deposit it at the feet of his successor. For the one sure thing that sticks up through the mists of the political future is that Sir Robert Borden will never retutn to resume his duties as Premier of Canada. He went away for his own good--beacuse the state of his health made his going imperative. He took the Premiership. along for the Cab- inet's good -because he could see no_ place to leave it ,that would not create turmoil that would wreck the Cabinet. He provided for his own good and for the Cabinet's good, but what of the country? Sir Robert -Borden must be guided by a firm conviction that a Unionist Government that exists and drifts may be good or bad, but . good or bad, it it bet- ter than any other Government that might be chosen by the people of Canada., No, it wasn't Sir Robert Borden whoa uttered those immortal words: "Trust the people." So with Sir Robert gone and things drifting along in the same old way, everyone is peering into the future and trying to figure what the New Year may bring forth. ` Of course, Sir George Foster was chosen) for acting leader. He can do nothing just as industriously, if not so spectacular- ly, as. Sir Robert. Their methods dif- fer a bit. Sir Robert spends half the year in Europe making empires and most of the other half resting up at Yankee health resorts. Sir George spends most of his time slaving at inconsequential details that might be better left to .. a minor civil servant. But in his own way each reaches the same result. Anerw y, in case Sir George fails to fill in enough nothings to keep Parliament busy, he is to have a House Leader as his assistant. Hon. Charles Doherty is the man picked. Mr. Doherty's specialty is explana- tions. He' can explain why twice two is four so lucidly and at such length that when he's through he won't know himself what he's been talking abogt. So, with Sir George Foster doing no- thing and Judge Doherty explaining how and why he did it, the time of the House will be fully occupied. All of which brings us • to the coni ing session. What bill -of -fare will be presented to this Union Parliament that floated in on a patient country on the crest of a wave of patriotic fer- vor ? Honestly, and without any at- tempt at equivocation, I don't know. There are reasons why I don't. One of them is that the Cabinet itself -does not know. Another is that I don't know how to work a ouija board. One usually reliable source of in.- forrnation says: "There will be a franchise act brought down during the corning session, and there will be an election before the end of the pres- ent year. Pm not guessing at this. I know." Now that sounds pretty final, doesn't it? But another authority was just as good, just as emphatic, and 'exact- ly contrary. "There will be no franchise act brought down,". he declared. "And there will • be no election in the im- mediate future. The Cabinet will hang on, and with the Least possible exertion. The programme for , this session will be light and devoid of controversial matters. The tariff will be given a well-earned rest, and every- body will go home happy, carrying his indemnity check with him," Now both these statements can be traced to inside sources. Read into each other, they can only mean that there is a little family jar in. the Union .Cabinet. The scramble for the Premiership did not introduce peace and good will into a circle that has always' been more or less torn, by jealously. The fact that Sir Robert Borden packed that Pr':miership in moth balls and carted it off as part ed his personal baggage kept the lid on but it did not i 'j' esh Loy tyre that smouldered under the lid. The blow-up must coma sooner or` later, and, to one up a tree, it begins to look as if it might be sooner. To be sure there are ways in which the, extension might be delayed. Sir Robert Borden might regain his health.' Then! Sir Thomas ' White might be induced to forego his.pursuit of the elusive dollar to give his coun- try two or three more years of Union- ism. Sir Thomas is so popular with the mere members of' the party that they, if given a -"chance, would vote him into the leadership almost un- animously. Then if he could hold enough of the Cabinet to make a quoroum at Council meetings, he could wiggle along till 1923. Of course, Sir eight Provinces and the prospective Premier of the ninth came early and stayed till the last retur{ls were in, It also caused one to reflect that Thomas would not make a good lead- those eight Premiers boosted early er to go to the country with. When and late for Fielding for Liberal he was in the Government there were leader. They had to accept the boy statesman, Hon. W. L Mackenzie King iii Fielding's place and stead: They did it, but they liked it none too well. The fact remains that the Liberal Party is as badly torn and! warped as its enemies, the Unionists.'In Que- bec it is split up the back, and, though no open rupture is looked for till after the .. next election, it :seems as- sured that there 'will be Lapointe, and Gouin factions in the next Quebec delegation at Ottawa.. In Ontario King id looked upon with suspicion by even hardened Grits. He is sus- pected of having tied up to Hon. Charles Murphy and others whose policy is said to be to carry Quebec, the French constituencies df Eastern Ontario, and the Maritime. Provinces; and let the rest of Ontario and the West go hang. On the prairies the Provincial Premiers are standing a- loof, hoping • for some arrangement that will allow them to hang on, provided they don't interefere with the Grain Growers' .Federal plans. At the outside edges of the Dominion, in B. C. and the Maritimes, there are still Liberal organizations that show signs of life, but with so much trout ole nearer home, "The . Grand Old," Party" hardly has time to notice' them. • How about the Farmers, then? Have they cornered . the political sunshine and left their opponents in monopoly of the gloom? Thith to tell, the men behind the newest political party have troubles all their own. When the Ontario yeomen swept Sir William Hearst into the discard; swooped 'down and took possession of Queen's Park, they did it on a plat- form of protests. Now that they've got the Government they find that platform a pretty poor sort of lumber to carry on with. Moreover, they wiped out patronage and politics eloquently and often before they re- alized that they had three Ministers who as yet had not been provided with seats in the Legislature. What they, in, their innoncence, failed to realize is that politics is the ma-, chinery by which policies are put into force. As to patronage, everybody yells that itis bad and what everybody yells must be right. But the curse of business is the man who tries to get something for nothing, and, after unkindly suspicions that he was from, and of, the Big Interests. When he stepped out of the Government and in- to directorships of two or three big corporation that seemed to open to receive him, these suspicions were strengthened. Then there's those tax free Victory Bonds. He claimed that no others could be floated. Sir Henry Drayton floated a taxable issue. Un- kindly people like the Farmers might rise up and declare that Sir Thomas' greatest work, while Minister of Fin- ance, had been to. provide a safe and sane abiding place for War Profits. With Sir Thomas as leader, the Union- ist Party would have to start explain- in'g the moment it hit the stump. And in political campaigns he who starts to 'explain it is lost. But a leader ` to go to the country is not what the Unionists are looking for just now. They're looking for the man who will keep them from going to the country. And as Sir Thomas White is the only man in sight who can fill the bill, there is VO reason why he shouldn't top off a rather in- teresting career by adding "Ex -Prem- ier" to his list of tithe: ' As to the Unionist arty, whether it remains in its present rather chaotic state or adopts a platform and blos- soms out as a full sister to the vari- ous other parties which infest this flower among the sister, Dominions, it will hardly weather through to a ripe old age. Eyen Union Ministers admit that its end will be a bit sud- den when the country takes an axe in hand and prepares to whittle out a Parliament to its peace -time taste, Some of these Union Ministers sadly predict that, whether the election comes this year or next, or the year after, 'it won't bring back enough Unionists to make a respectable group. In the strictest . - confidence, these Ministers will whisper that the next Parliament will have to find seats for about a hundred Farmers; that the Liberals from east of the Ottawa River will figure up to about ninety or more. This leaves sixty-five seats to be divided up among Conservatives, Labor, Returned Soldiers and Union- ists. Rather a dreary view from the Seats of the Mighty, isn't it? Of course a lot of good Tories insist that by some hook or crook, the Government should hold' on till a census is taken and a redistribution of constituencies . made. Representa- tion by population would give the cities more members and the cities can be depended on not to go Farmer. - But right here another snag arises. More. city seats mean more Labor members. And among the corpora- tions, who are wont to furnish the campaign funds, Labor is looked on with more apprehension than the agrarian movement. "Farmers' up- risings come and go," is the way one maxi puts it. "But the Labor move- ment grinds slowly ahead, keeping every inch of ground it gains and constantly reaching out for more. We might get the Farmers back in line, but a seat lost to Labor stays lost." So you can venture a guess that if a redistribution of seats does come, with the present Government doing the distributing, the cities won't be treated any more 'generously than they have been in the past. 1 While the Gloom God reigns over the counsels of the Cabinet, there is little of the merry sunshine where the Grandy Old Liberal Party meets to plan for the future. There was an organization meeting at Ottawa in the early days of December. Sixty- five delegates were entitled to be pres- ent and about twenty-five put in an appearance. Three or four of them came from British Columbia, three or four more from the Prairies. There was only one from that hive .of party- ism, Nova Scotia. Ontario sent most of its quota and Quebec did the rest. Not one Premier of a Province put in an ' appearance. Even that near - Premier, H. Hartley Dewart of On- tario, overlooked the conference, though he happened along next day to do his bit at an oyster supper that had been prepared in his honor. The whole thing lacked ginger and there was no trace of enthusiasm in its make-up. It stood out in shocking contrast to gatherings of other and better days, when the white plumes of a Laurier led the van and every trumpet call brought an army of war- horses and hangers-on to the c*pital. It brought memories of the August convention when the Premiers of For Sale ,1 Red Cedar Shingies - The present cash price of 5 X Shingles -$2.50 per bunch hold - will only good until the 15th of this month, Anyone re- quiring shingles should secure their supply with- out delay. N. Cluff Sc Sons SEAFORTH. eight Provinces and the prospective Premier of the ninth came early and stayed till the last retur{ls were in, It also caused one to reflect that Thomas would not make a good lead- those eight Premiers boosted early er to go to the country with. When and late for Fielding for Liberal he was in the Government there were leader. They had to accept the boy statesman, Hon. W. L Mackenzie King iii Fielding's place and stead: They did it, but they liked it none too well. The fact remains that the Liberal Party is as badly torn and! warped as its enemies, the Unionists.'In Que- bec it is split up the back, and, though no open rupture is looked for till after the .. next election, it :seems as- sured that there 'will be Lapointe, and Gouin factions in the next Quebec delegation at Ottawa.. In Ontario King id looked upon with suspicion by even hardened Grits. He is sus- pected of having tied up to Hon. Charles Murphy and others whose policy is said to be to carry Quebec, the French constituencies df Eastern Ontario, and the Maritime. Provinces; and let the rest of Ontario and the West go hang. On the prairies the Provincial Premiers are standing a- loof, hoping • for some arrangement that will allow them to hang on, provided they don't interefere with the Grain Growers' .Federal plans. At the outside edges of the Dominion, in B. C. and the Maritimes, there are still Liberal organizations that show signs of life, but with so much trout ole nearer home, "The . Grand Old," Party" hardly has time to notice' them. • How about the Farmers, then? Have they cornered . the political sunshine and left their opponents in monopoly of the gloom? Thith to tell, the men behind the newest political party have troubles all their own. When the Ontario yeomen swept Sir William Hearst into the discard; swooped 'down and took possession of Queen's Park, they did it on a plat- form of protests. Now that they've got the Government they find that platform a pretty poor sort of lumber to carry on with. Moreover, they wiped out patronage and politics eloquently and often before they re- alized that they had three Ministers who as yet had not been provided with seats in the Legislature. What they, in, their innoncence, failed to realize is that politics is the ma-, chinery by which policies are put into force. As to patronage, everybody yells that itis bad and what everybody yells must be right. But the curse of business is the man who tries to get something for nothing, and, after unkindly suspicions that he was from, and of, the Big Interests. When he stepped out of the Government and in- to directorships of two or three big corporation that seemed to open to receive him, these suspicions were strengthened. Then there's those tax free Victory Bonds. He claimed that no others could be floated. Sir Henry Drayton floated a taxable issue. Un- kindly people like the Farmers might rise up and declare that Sir Thomas' greatest work, while Minister of Fin- ance, had been to. provide a safe and sane abiding place for War Profits. With Sir Thomas as leader, the Union- ist Party would have to start explain- in'g the moment it hit the stump. And in political campaigns he who starts to 'explain it is lost. But a leader ` to go to the country is not what the Unionists are looking for just now. They're looking for the man who will keep them from going to the country. And as Sir Thomas White is the only man in sight who can fill the bill, there is VO reason why he shouldn't top off a rather in- teresting career by adding "Ex -Prem- ier" to his list of tithe: ' As to the Unionist arty, whether it remains in its present rather chaotic state or adopts a platform and blos- soms out as a full sister to the vari- ous other parties which infest this flower among the sister, Dominions, it will hardly weather through to a ripe old age. Eyen Union Ministers admit that its end will be a bit sud- den when the country takes an axe in hand and prepares to whittle out a Parliament to its peace -time taste, Some of these Union Ministers sadly predict that, whether the election comes this year or next, or the year after, 'it won't bring back enough Unionists to make a respectable group. In the strictest . - confidence, these Ministers will whisper that the next Parliament will have to find seats for about a hundred Farmers; that the Liberals from east of the Ottawa River will figure up to about ninety or more. This leaves sixty-five seats to be divided up among Conservatives, Labor, Returned Soldiers and Union- ists. Rather a dreary view from the Seats of the Mighty, isn't it? Of course a lot of good Tories insist that by some hook or crook, the Government should hold' on till a census is taken and a redistribution of constituencies . made. Representa- tion by population would give the cities more members and the cities can be depended on not to go Farmer. - But right here another snag arises. More. city seats mean more Labor members. And among the corpora- tions, who are wont to furnish the campaign funds, Labor is looked on with more apprehension than the agrarian movement. "Farmers' up- risings come and go," is the way one maxi puts it. "But the Labor move- ment grinds slowly ahead, keeping every inch of ground it gains and constantly reaching out for more. We might get the Farmers back in line, but a seat lost to Labor stays lost." So you can venture a guess that if a redistribution of seats does come, with the present Government doing the distributing, the cities won't be treated any more 'generously than they have been in the past. 1 While the Gloom God reigns over the counsels of the Cabinet, there is little of the merry sunshine where the Grandy Old Liberal Party meets to plan for the future. There was an organization meeting at Ottawa in the early days of December. Sixty- five delegates were entitled to be pres- ent and about twenty-five put in an appearance. Three or four of them came from British Columbia, three or four more from the Prairies. There was only one from that hive .of party- ism, Nova Scotia. Ontario sent most of its quota and Quebec did the rest. Not one Premier of a Province put in an ' appearance. Even that near - Premier, H. Hartley Dewart of On- tario, overlooked the conference, though he happened along next day to do his bit at an oyster supper that had been prepared in his honor. The whole thing lacked ginger and there was no trace of enthusiasm in its make-up. It stood out in shocking contrast to gatherings of other and better days, when the white plumes of a Laurier led the van and every trumpet call brought an army of war- horses and hangers-on to the c*pital. It brought memories of the August convention when the Premiers of 1 i 11111111111111111111111111 t 11111111111111 Seaforth ?rticultural Society IgJL Members wishing extra bruit • or .Ornamental Trees, Berry y Bushes, Shrubs, Plants, etc., will please -hand their" orders = in as soon as possible. The • great scarcity of nursery stock in the Province makes early = ordering necessary. • The Premium List is being - prepared and will be out next - ! week. -_ W W siw▪ o mom W W OW WW OE▪ M W NW W W OW GIEW a aw▪ n mir 111▪ 11 MIN OW • A. D. SUTHERLAND, Secy. • JOHN GRIEVE, o V.S., Pres. SW) AMP 1111. gl1111I111i11111111IIIM11111I111IN111I1111111u throb. 5 McLean Brea., Publishers $1.50 a Year in Advance all, government is only another form of business. So how can you expect Mr. Drury and his Ministers to get seats for nothing? To put it another way, how can you expect members who have given their time and some of their money to get elected to the Legislature, to give up their seats without getting something in return? . But if they get `something" the Gov- ernment is playing politics and prac- ' Using patronage! Of course, the Union Government ; revolt is abroad. Yet the chief inquisitor of the Sanhedrin at Ottawa told his Consti- tuents at Port Hope the other day, that there was no foundation in fact for the people's hatred of the govern- ment. It was largely due, he said, to eminent is finishing? a lack of appreciation of the govern - It is worth noting, however, that merit's virtues. But there is nothing i Hon. T. A. Crerar has been dbwn to to suggest that the people mistook Nova Scotia, where the foundation of the: government's vices for its vir- e Farmer movement has been laid., tues. When, therefore, the conduct Hedropped off at Toronto on the way of the government provokes public back West for a 'word with the On- hostility it is bad logic on the part. tario Farmers. It is a good guess of the Hon. Mr., Rowell: to introduce that what he said was: "For Heaven's a remote andfanciful motive. He sake, quit talking." To some extent; assumes a conclusion that is alto - they've taken his advice. gether false. In admittingthat the And from a Farmer standpoint it government had lost its popularity, was the best advice that could be given. For, with the Unionship breaking up and the Olds Liberals torn with doubts, jealousies and fears, all the Farmers have to do to come -into their reward is to sit still and say nothing. When, will the reward, come? You always come bath to that same old ,question. And the only answer is that if Sir Thomas White takes up the leadership, the end of Unionism may be postponed. If he doesn't, look out for a franchise actat the coining session, and a franchise aet means an election before fall. -By J. K. Munro In MacLean's. waistcoat _has taken the place of the constitution, and orders-hi-Cotmcil have supplanted acts of Parliament. The whole administration of the tountry has been conducte& with such a high- handed autocrac3t that the nerves of the nation have become unstrung. The people have lost their elasticity of temperament and have yielded VS the spirit of dissatisfaction. and un- rest . Tbe pulse of the nation beats with a fever abolished patronage -or at least part of it. Also the Union Government, by so doing, abolished any organization it ever had. Neither has it any sur- plus of popularity., Do the Farmers want to finish even as the Union Gov - FROM AN OLD McKILLOP CORRESPONDENT Toronto, February 9th, 1920. Dear Expositor: -A number of prominent people have been paying the city a visit lately, among the number being Sir Harry Lauder, the veteran comedian. He is still quite. sporty and carries his years lightly. On Wednesday of this week a number of clergymen/ and. an M. P. from the north of Ireland will come to To- ronto for a couple of days. They will have nothieg 'good to. say about Sin Fein„ it is supposed. The Presiden of. the Baby Republic in Ireland is expected here before a great while. His rnission will be to raise money to run the show over there. I have heard the Ron. Mr. Drury for a third time. He still maintains there is a' big slump timing and I fully agree,withitim in that. _it will be interesting here when Parliamint meets, the Government may last a session, or perhaps a term; it is hard to saje I think the' greatest difficulty veith which he will have to contend will be some of the farmers. I Imove there are a large' number of broad- minded and generous farmers whose motto is "Live and let live." But there are also a number of narrow and selfish beggars -who will lopk for special privileges. Mr. Drury says his -Government will grant no special privileges to any class, and he is a resolute looking little man, with a firm mouth, who will not be easily pulled. It is easy to see that he will have opposition from many quarters during the session, and I think I am perfectly safe in saying that H. difficult opponent. The leaders of the old parties say they will place no obstacles in the way, but I don't be- lieve them, in fact shey are doing it already. It is said that there are a, lot of wet goode coming in from Montreal and that distillers cannot keep up with the demand from Toronto.' The lake water doesn't- go very well. May- be if they had good spzing water, like what the people have up in Huron County, there would not be so much whiskey drinking. There is quite a lot of intoxication visible; but it is not of the crazy kind which was man- liest before New Years, when the moon -shine stuff was on the go. Quite a number of very fine people take a taste now or at any rate have it handy in case of "flu hitting them. It is said that as many as four thou- sand telephone messages have been sent from Toronto to Montreal for liquor in one day. It is a great pitY that there are so- many fools and weaklings who habitually abuse it if they get a chance. There is some- times humor in the way it works. One Pat Coneon met one 1VicGregor, be the cause what it may, the Hon. Mr. Rowell concedes that it has for- feited the confidence of the people, and that it rules without their eon - sent - This places the government' in a plight of a general who has lost his army. When a government no longer re- presents the will of the people, it ipso facto surrenders its treat and leaves the electorate free to withdraw its allegianck People are not obliged in conscience to sustain_ a despotism that works against their, tommoir good. When a government neglects or violates the trust given it, it its.no longer a legal government It is, the, contrary, a menace to the Italian.. It is Canada's duty, theiefore, to speak out in public contest against fur- ther tenure of office by the pretient govermnent; silence at this juncture would be tantamount to co-operation in the crime ef promoting the life of a government that' is untrue to the people and disloyal to Canada. It will be incumbent on the Opposition„ at the opening ef the Howie, to ask for an immediath dissolution. of Par- liament, before the Union parasites eat too far into the tissue and wholly absorb the juice of the national tree, A government -that 13ersonates no idea, and that -commands no following, office and power. Were the Opposi- - tion to supinely remain in the House, ai it did last year, while the mem- bers of the Cabinet assirmed double portfolios and battened on double emolument, woUld let itself become • accoraplice in. the betriyal of the nation's rights -a crime that, sooner or later, leads to i.evolution. It be- hooves the Opposition to realize that, while origination and accomplish- ment are the more Serious elements in crime, coMpliance is not without its share of guilt. Though the -writer abhors violenceeand. deplores the very _thought of revolution, he -cannot on that account withhold from himself the fear that goveininent against the will of the people must inevitably lead to insurrectipm bloodshed and an - BRUCEFIELD Kelly Circle. -Two very pleasing features beside the regular work, marked_ 'the February meeting of t4 lCelly Circle. One was the very eonei prehensive account by the President, Miss Jeseie Aikenhead, of the great Forward Movement meeting held Clinton last week, The other was an address read by Mre. John Watson, and a presentation made by Mrs. Wm. to Miss Kate Thompson for her faith- ful performance of dales for the last two years, while holding the position of secretary. The next regular meet- ing on March 4th, will be taken by Miss Grace McGowan and Mrs, LaWr- ence Forrest. We again extend an invitation to the young women of our congregation to help "carry on" the work of missions. Good Bull Sold. -Mr. Peter McKay, the well-known breeder of Shorthorns, last week disposed of the very super- ior bull Roan Conqueror ---e-3.33574e- to Mr. Adam Sholdice, of Walton, who -will use him to head his herd of Dnr- hams. This bull is from Mr. McKay's imported stock bull Conqueror(135874) and he is a fine type of the Shorthorn, with breeding second to none. The price paid was a long one. near the monument on University West End l"lotes.-Miss Mitchell, of Avenue. "Put up your hands," cried Seaforth, visited her aunt Mrs. j. Pat. Instead Mac. threw out one of his hands and sent Pat sprawling. A policeman came along and inquired what was the trouble. "Och," said Pat, "I got a drap from Montreal an I was feelin' 'good, a' was houldin' him up just for sport, an' that divil beyant hit me." The McGregor couldn't see the joke. In my next letter with your per- mission I will have something ta say about the wave grime which has been. manifeet in the city for some time, - est CANADA NEEDS TO BE SAVED Canada has no longer a captain a- board the ship of State. Manned by a selfish crew, that plays captain by turns, one need tot wonder that the Leonard Met:tight '76, HaZel Haugh ship is steering straight upon reefs 68, George Munroe 5$, Freddie.= and shoals. In the history of consti- 51, Kathleen Elliott 45, Clifford tutional government in Canada, there feet 40.. sr. 11 Broadfoot is no record of any party in power 65, Helen Davidson 57, kiarold „A„rm-4 who ever led the country so far into strong 57, Ella Papple Wilson unconstitutional ways. Radical to the - Broadfoot 47, Alice Munroe 39, point of revolution, Union Government Scott 8E.4 John, Fotheringham has ruled from the outset with the Amato:Mg 74, *Gordon - harshness of a Chinese mandarin. It Papple 25, 'Harold Taylor 24, *.Annit has deprived the electors of their civil Taylor 9, Lester Labean 36. Sr. I - rights, and the constitutional means Fiore Soutar 75, Thome marked with of 'making themselves heard, by ignore an asterink were absent from some of ing parliamentary procedure, For the oraminations. Nunmber on roll more than two years it .has placed for ,January, 39; aver daily the country under (Bawls. The straight tendance, Mellis, Tot Terryberry on Sunday. -Miss 'Whit- lock epent Saturday last at her home Stratford. -Mrs. Fred Cook, who, has been on the sick list ?or, the past few weeks is not improving as fait as her friends would like. -The west end school is closed this week owing to sickness of the teacher, MissGrant. School Report -The following. is the report of school section no.. 3, Tuckersinith, for January: Sr. IV -- Leonard Beyee 85, Willie Simpson 74, *Roy Walker 66, Willie Fothering- harn. 58, Wile Souter 55. Jr. IV - Carman }laugh 79, Jean Pothering - ham 631 Gordon Elliott 52, Bessie Breadfoot 23*. Jr. III-Lyla Chap- man 6f3, Waon McCartney 66, Ina Scott 58, Mae Simimon 54. f, Sr. IT A- For Sale ______ Car of Red CedarShingles XXXXX at the Walton Saw dill. Phone 13 on 232 J. McDONALD 2722-2 1 i 11111111111111111111111111 t 11111111111111 Seaforth ?rticultural Society IgJL Members wishing extra bruit • or .Ornamental Trees, Berry y Bushes, Shrubs, Plants, etc., will please -hand their" orders = in as soon as possible. The • great scarcity of nursery stock in the Province makes early = ordering necessary. • The Premium List is being - prepared and will be out next - ! week. -_ W W siw▪ o mom W W OW WW OE▪ M W NW W W OW GIEW a aw▪ n mir 111▪ 11 MIN OW • A. D. SUTHERLAND, Secy. • JOHN GRIEVE, o V.S., Pres. SW) AMP 1111. gl1111I111i11111111IIIM11111I111IN111I1111111u throb. 5 McLean Brea., Publishers $1.50 a Year in Advance all, government is only another form of business. So how can you expect Mr. Drury and his Ministers to get seats for nothing? To put it another way, how can you expect members who have given their time and some of their money to get elected to the Legislature, to give up their seats without getting something in return? . But if they get `something" the Gov- ernment is playing politics and prac- ' Using patronage! Of course, the Union Government ; revolt is abroad. Yet the chief inquisitor of the Sanhedrin at Ottawa told his Consti- tuents at Port Hope the other day, that there was no foundation in fact for the people's hatred of the govern- ment. It was largely due, he said, to eminent is finishing? a lack of appreciation of the govern - It is worth noting, however, that merit's virtues. But there is nothing i Hon. T. A. Crerar has been dbwn to to suggest that the people mistook Nova Scotia, where the foundation of the: government's vices for its vir- e Farmer movement has been laid., tues. When, therefore, the conduct Hedropped off at Toronto on the way of the government provokes public back West for a 'word with the On- hostility it is bad logic on the part. tario Farmers. It is a good guess of the Hon. Mr., Rowell: to introduce that what he said was: "For Heaven's a remote andfanciful motive. He sake, quit talking." To some extent; assumes a conclusion that is alto - they've taken his advice. gether false. In admittingthat the And from a Farmer standpoint it government had lost its popularity, was the best advice that could be given. For, with the Unionship breaking up and the Olds Liberals torn with doubts, jealousies and fears, all the Farmers have to do to come -into their reward is to sit still and say nothing. When, will the reward, come? You always come bath to that same old ,question. And the only answer is that if Sir Thomas White takes up the leadership, the end of Unionism may be postponed. If he doesn't, look out for a franchise actat the coining session, and a franchise aet means an election before fall. -By J. K. Munro In MacLean's. waistcoat _has taken the place of the constitution, and orders-hi-Cotmcil have supplanted acts of Parliament. The whole administration of the tountry has been conducte& with such a high- handed autocrac3t that the nerves of the nation have become unstrung. The people have lost their elasticity of temperament and have yielded VS the spirit of dissatisfaction. and un- rest . Tbe pulse of the nation beats with a fever abolished patronage -or at least part of it. Also the Union Government, by so doing, abolished any organization it ever had. Neither has it any sur- plus of popularity., Do the Farmers want to finish even as the Union Gov - FROM AN OLD McKILLOP CORRESPONDENT Toronto, February 9th, 1920. Dear Expositor: -A number of prominent people have been paying the city a visit lately, among the number being Sir Harry Lauder, the veteran comedian. He is still quite. sporty and carries his years lightly. On Wednesday of this week a number of clergymen/ and. an M. P. from the north of Ireland will come to To- ronto for a couple of days. They will have nothieg 'good to. say about Sin Fein„ it is supposed. The Presiden of. the Baby Republic in Ireland is expected here before a great while. His rnission will be to raise money to run the show over there. I have heard the Ron. Mr. Drury for a third time. He still maintains there is a' big slump timing and I fully agree,withitim in that. _it will be interesting here when Parliamint meets, the Government may last a session, or perhaps a term; it is hard to saje I think the' greatest difficulty veith which he will have to contend will be some of the farmers. I Imove there are a large' number of broad- minded and generous farmers whose motto is "Live and let live." But there are also a number of narrow and selfish beggars -who will lopk for special privileges. Mr. Drury says his -Government will grant no special privileges to any class, and he is a resolute looking little man, with a firm mouth, who will not be easily pulled. It is easy to see that he will have opposition from many quarters during the session, and I think I am perfectly safe in saying that H. difficult opponent. The leaders of the old parties say they will place no obstacles in the way, but I don't be- lieve them, in fact shey are doing it already. It is said that there are a, lot of wet goode coming in from Montreal and that distillers cannot keep up with the demand from Toronto.' The lake water doesn't- go very well. May- be if they had good spzing water, like what the people have up in Huron County, there would not be so much whiskey drinking. There is quite a lot of intoxication visible; but it is not of the crazy kind which was man- liest before New Years, when the moon -shine stuff was on the go. Quite a number of very fine people take a taste now or at any rate have it handy in case of "flu hitting them. It is said that as many as four thou- sand telephone messages have been sent from Toronto to Montreal for liquor in one day. It is a great pitY that there are so- many fools and weaklings who habitually abuse it if they get a chance. There is some- times humor in the way it works. One Pat Coneon met one 1VicGregor, be the cause what it may, the Hon. Mr. Rowell concedes that it has for- feited the confidence of the people, and that it rules without their eon - sent - This places the government' in a plight of a general who has lost his army. When a government no longer re- presents the will of the people, it ipso facto surrenders its treat and leaves the electorate free to withdraw its allegianck People are not obliged in conscience to sustain_ a despotism that works against their, tommoir good. When a government neglects or violates the trust given it, it its.no longer a legal government It is, the, contrary, a menace to the Italian.. It is Canada's duty, theiefore, to speak out in public contest against fur- ther tenure of office by the pretient govermnent; silence at this juncture would be tantamount to co-operation in the crime ef promoting the life of a government that' is untrue to the people and disloyal to Canada. It will be incumbent on the Opposition„ at the opening ef the Howie, to ask for an immediath dissolution. of Par- liament, before the Union parasites eat too far into the tissue and wholly absorb the juice of the national tree, A government -that 13ersonates no idea, and that -commands no following, office and power. Were the Opposi- - tion to supinely remain in the House, ai it did last year, while the mem- bers of the Cabinet assirmed double portfolios and battened on double emolument, woUld let itself become • accoraplice in. the betriyal of the nation's rights -a crime that, sooner or later, leads to i.evolution. It be- hooves the Opposition to realize that, while origination and accomplish- ment are the more Serious elements in crime, coMpliance is not without its share of guilt. Though the -writer abhors violenceeand. deplores the very _thought of revolution, he -cannot on that account withhold from himself the fear that goveininent against the will of the people must inevitably lead to insurrectipm bloodshed and an - BRUCEFIELD Kelly Circle. -Two very pleasing features beside the regular work, marked_ 'the February meeting of t4 lCelly Circle. One was the very eonei prehensive account by the President, Miss Jeseie Aikenhead, of the great Forward Movement meeting held Clinton last week, The other was an address read by Mre. John Watson, and a presentation made by Mrs. Wm. to Miss Kate Thompson for her faith- ful performance of dales for the last two years, while holding the position of secretary. The next regular meet- ing on March 4th, will be taken by Miss Grace McGowan and Mrs, LaWr- ence Forrest. We again extend an invitation to the young women of our congregation to help "carry on" the work of missions. Good Bull Sold. -Mr. Peter McKay, the well-known breeder of Shorthorns, last week disposed of the very super- ior bull Roan Conqueror ---e-3.33574e- to Mr. Adam Sholdice, of Walton, who -will use him to head his herd of Dnr- hams. This bull is from Mr. McKay's imported stock bull Conqueror(135874) and he is a fine type of the Shorthorn, with breeding second to none. The price paid was a long one. near the monument on University West End l"lotes.-Miss Mitchell, of Avenue. "Put up your hands," cried Seaforth, visited her aunt Mrs. j. Pat. Instead Mac. threw out one of his hands and sent Pat sprawling. A policeman came along and inquired what was the trouble. "Och," said Pat, "I got a drap from Montreal an I was feelin' 'good, a' was houldin' him up just for sport, an' that divil beyant hit me." The McGregor couldn't see the joke. In my next letter with your per- mission I will have something ta say about the wave grime which has been. manifeet in the city for some time, - est CANADA NEEDS TO BE SAVED Canada has no longer a captain a- board the ship of State. Manned by a selfish crew, that plays captain by turns, one need tot wonder that the Leonard Met:tight '76, HaZel Haugh ship is steering straight upon reefs 68, George Munroe 5$, Freddie.= and shoals. In the history of consti- 51, Kathleen Elliott 45, Clifford tutional government in Canada, there feet 40.. sr. 11 Broadfoot is no record of any party in power 65, Helen Davidson 57, kiarold „A„rm-4 who ever led the country so far into strong 57, Ella Papple Wilson unconstitutional ways. Radical to the - Broadfoot 47, Alice Munroe 39, point of revolution, Union Government Scott 8E.4 John, Fotheringham has ruled from the outset with the Amato:Mg 74, *Gordon - harshness of a Chinese mandarin. It Papple 25, 'Harold Taylor 24, *.Annit has deprived the electors of their civil Taylor 9, Lester Labean 36. Sr. I - rights, and the constitutional means Fiore Soutar 75, Thome marked with of 'making themselves heard, by ignore an asterink were absent from some of ing parliamentary procedure, For the oraminations. Nunmber on roll more than two years it .has placed for ,January, 39; aver daily the country under (Bawls. The straight tendance, Mellis, Tot Terryberry on Sunday. -Miss 'Whit- lock epent Saturday last at her home Stratford. -Mrs. Fred Cook, who, has been on the sick list ?or, the past few weeks is not improving as fait as her friends would like. -The west end school is closed this week owing to sickness of the teacher, MissGrant. School Report -The following. is the report of school section no.. 3, Tuckersinith, for January: Sr. IV -- Leonard Beyee 85, Willie Simpson 74, *Roy Walker 66, Willie Fothering- harn. 58, Wile Souter 55. Jr. IV - Carman }laugh 79, Jean Pothering - ham 631 Gordon Elliott 52, Bessie Breadfoot 23*. Jr. III-Lyla Chap- man 6f3, Waon McCartney 66, Ina Scott 58, Mae Simimon 54. f, Sr. IT A-