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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
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FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR
WHOLE NUMBER 2722
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920.
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FAFORTli
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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
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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
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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-
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?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. -_
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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-