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yihcn wealth is seen pouring into it has had to concodo both orally

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' It has been said that “Sonic iuen ‘are horn great, some achieve

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SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 19214

w‘ mvqmnm-r ,E,._E,,-|-E.,' LlBE-RTY or rue mess

- ~ l ' do“ den” o; ‘h, government m: ltpropos of the attempt of the the‘ legislature yesterday came asj Bali Bovernment to gag the oppos-

n suitprse not only to the Hausa’ "l0" Pr”! “'5' fl-"em" by butto the government itself" Mn- 55""- "Y misrepresent“ Bell after refusing at s-Previous WI- llml "'9" b)’ 'I"'lh"'~‘“

“m”: w “h, t“ advice a; Hwy for its threat to withhold the re- A. E. Arsanaulton ahunconstltutf Dime" 115"“! ““°‘"""~‘° was “S tonal clause in the bill toamend the‘ mud! I "'1'" "-5 a ‘h'°“"'- n L‘ Mnnmgun mcnrmralim A“; tamed; interesting to rccall a discussion the quotation of his own accord on,‘ Whm‘ ‘Wk 913°“ l" m“ Brim"

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greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them." To this we vtouill add yet another, class and designate theiu as of that class ‘who ‘appropriated greatness to themselves without the assistance of any o: those named conditions The hon. member for llustlco. Mr. B. W. LePage. may ‘be reasonably classed amongst this number, and the weight oi’ responsibility in this self-adopted prominence seems to be ‘bearing heavily upon him. Mr.

brooks are ‘tfpknillx.

Then nature whispers maple tree; . ness generous ever.

you and ms.

twinkle.

When skies are beading blue and to each And straight she gives her ‘sweet-

Tlte sap that cheerful runs for

lt trickles in the Nil with merry

lt bubbles in‘ tho tent. Joyous-

i-liggs with much frequency has 1y enlarged upon the wisdom o; hav- ’ ‘ . _. 0h! isn't maple stigar time just. ing an expansive \lSl0l1. and Mr. gladwmc? . yolh

|l.cl"age. his closc sitting noigliboi- ‘in the House, must have contracted

the malady or virtue or whatever it and ma‘

.»\nd April brings ll‘ all‘ to you

i iopmay fbc taken for granted.

ointment could not permit a prl! vata bill to pass through the Ilnitsa containing a clause intru- foritig, with constitutional rights and moved that the ~biil he recom- mttted for the purpose of having the objectionable t-lattse stmick out. Some objection was taken to the ctmrsc pursued by the government at. that part of the procedure and on a vote the government sustain- ed defeat. It is not evident yet what Mr. Bell is prepared to do in face 0t this rebuff. Under ordin» ary circumstances it is his duty to resign and recommend u succi ssor. As Cilr. llcssisn had chrtrgc of tit.-

"Bill and was responsible for tut.- dcfeat o! the government. .\ir. Bcll should advise the Lieutenant Gov~ crnor to cull upon the junior mciii» her for (lcorgctrrwn to form a gov- crnmcm.

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THE ONTARIO REFERENDUM

.Tlterc are many lnlercsllng tea:- ures connected with the prohibit- ion referendum Just taken in On tario. The larger cities voted tvct perhaps not cveiuhcltningli, hut. lit riny case as far as Pic fig-

S0

urcs avallable-slioiv giving a good

majority in fabor of the importat-

ion nnd sale of liquor. Tho cities

that votcd against the referendum

tire. 'l‘oronto. Fort William, Brock" ville. Port Arthur, Kitchener, Ot-i tawa. Jiriiniltan. Kinzston. St. (‘alli- crlntvs. Welland. Windsor, Sault Ste Marla, The question will tiatur

ally lie. asked, Why dld these cit‘ lee vote in favor of ilic. lmportal.

ion and sale of intoxicating liq-

uors? And why did the country so

strongly oppose it? There (IOUIIIIESS; is a clash ‘between tliofqommercial

interests and tho. temperance in

threats. We are not to infer that‘ lJtc cltics are less moral as far nsl temperanca is concerned, titan the cnllnlry ls. but lt. may be lnfcrrcri; that tho commercial interests of tho city were the factors which‘ prompted the votc. The country? in "Ontario, as well as in the other! Provinces throughout Canada, is? strongly temperate. The cities in? the other provinces as well as iné Ontario are doubtless looking as! much to the commercial interests; and probably a liltle more than, to the purely temperate aspect of‘ the question. It would not be 1200' much to assume that the great ma! jority of the people. ui-ban and rue-l al are in favor of the proliibltory‘

' legislation. but when the city is

convinced that its commercial in- terests are threatened .by leg; islatlon in any direction it is prc. pared to vote against that logis- lntion. it bus long: been acuilttetl that, the city of Montreal and other cities in the province of Quebec! reaped o. very bountiful harvest fronr the fact that while all the: rfést of Canada was dry or nctirlvi dry these cities had a: liquor law which served as on inducement, for visitors from other parts ofl Canada and the ‘United States tn spend their week ends there. I "Phat the prohibition law willy mow be enforced throughout Oniiir-l

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thymotkm ‘m. the all“; reading,‘ House cf Commons ln 1915 on Lillflmay he called. for hcynnd question "o wok the Dogma" that [he m“ “hm-Ly or the press, Th;- govcrn- -he is the most visionary man in

mcntt was strongly censured by certain newspapers. The Solicitor ccncrnl took cxccptlon to this and lie isouotcd as having said in the course of l1 speech. “TllPreillfP criticism of the government or 0f particular members of the govern- ment was a thing, he said. which he should never stop, unless the criti- cism was of such a character that it might destroy pitbiic continence in the government. . . . or cause dis tress or alarm to tho people by loading thcm to think that affairs were rcully in a vcry‘ state". 0 ifoiiinit-nting on this the Quarter- ly Review January 1915 say-i: “The full scope of this remark may not

SPPIOIIS

linvc IlOPII realized or fully um sidcrctl by the sticuiktir. but it is obvious that it implies a t-otttrol to which wt- cannot and ouglitnot to submit. \\'l\0 is to draw line between criticism which tit-s-

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ti-oys confidence in ilic uivnt uiid that ivliicli ilccs not? Anti will not the lélldfllc)‘ of a censor who is: u DlQIXlIJQI‘ of tlic govern- ment obviously be to draw the line in his mvu favor’? l-Zvciy criti-

{ZDVUYII-

cism or governmental action or lu-

so far as it. is justifiable, weaken

confidence in the govcrtiment. Coulhllt he was 1110M fiilrlll U001! 1110511 fidpncp h: good H. it is ‘nefiwd‘ “tncrezisntl costs" in reference to not otherwise; and criticism, oven‘

to the extent of destroying confi- dence altogether may sometimes be necessary. Where should we have bccn in the (Triinean War, but for tho outspoken criticisms which eventually ovcrihrew the L'"V"l'Yl' mnnt of ‘Lord Jihcrdocn? And it lll becomes n. member of that party.‘ whose criticisms of the Conservat- ivo gr/vcrnmcnt during tho liner War worn certainly aimed at. ties troylng- its power and reversing its whole policy. to arrogato tho rlghs of suppressing criticisms, fair ‘or unfair now that. his party is in

Mr. Fflonar ‘flaw dcnling with l.lic Question said “l wish to mill-i‘? U114‘ clear that it is the right, not only of cvcry member ‘of this lfousc but of every newspaper in this country and of every speaker mi the platform, if he honestly lliclleves that a member of the J govern- ment is incompetent or is not prop crly doing his work, to try to get rid of that member, even though his trying to do so docs create a

want of confidence in IIIOIQOVGFII-l

ment . . . . .. l thoroughly recognize that exceptional powers that could not be tolerated in other times must "be givcn. But i feel most strongly that the government should not ask for greater powers

than arc necessary and that they v

should be most careful to show

by their speeches. as W011 its by -

their ilCiI-l, that they recognize tho limitation of the powers which are given them and that thcy do not intend to interfcre ln any shape or form with Iegltlmalo criticism."

--{-O-}—————— EDITORIAL NOTES ,_.__

Editor Nash informed the Legis- lature that when be was in 0p- positlon the Patriot never called the Government “fisher-lies" or In! we should think nol.

tile lind to tall: action docs, s0 far its it goes, and imam 3,1,0,“ --

" {Whether tho cities that oppose! The Patriot described tho strong f‘

ifgwiil‘ give lt. whole hearted sup- Conscrvafivs govcrttment ns "auto- untisr the circumstances islcritlc". and tho Prrrmlcr as a shatter ‘liliiitor. it will be admltt- "tutti". it ‘Cdtlld not. have call- qtLthnt the patriotic and selfish ed‘ the memlbors "liars" ihocruuso thymine will the omnewliat miffed‘ it. would be selfcontrntllcuiry. for

the ‘House. ills vision always seems to carry him into the inner clrclc asa its ruling spirit, and he |evcr spcltks with a strong empha- sis-‘uprin tho pronoun "WED". He ‘scnrcr-ly- seems to tinderslnnd what :1 small place either he, or any ‘member of the party outside, has {within the inner clrclo nfici- their ‘usefulness as voting machines has massed. We arc nor disposed lo blame him for his fawning and zidulation of the Premier and lllB other political masters. it is part m‘ the tiarty programme which must be duly carried out, by the “self iiutiortnnt as much as by tlic more humble oi’ the fcllmving. it tlicy do not pa! eu-t-h other on ill" back iii tlii.-i miy, it will never be done. for they know the‘ feeling out- side is much more in the line of brick-hats and harder inzitri-lzil.

.\'r.r will we iilsitie liiiu for rc- iticatlu: the old exploded $230,000 ili-ficlts Ililllt", it ivus intiglit to thr- ivliolc parrot trihti, which, \\'llll- liulr in brain power liciilntl lo IilVPSiif-“ZIIC fur theuist-lvi-s, they can only repeat the fairy tale as it “'11s put into their lips, ivnetlit-i- TlZIJlt-l‘ wrong. It is a something lliui lllcy IlfllI so fixed uputt tilt-hi by oft repeating that they cannot forget it. or think out the real truth, oven if lllPy bad a tit-sire to do so. like tlic 1'95! of increased costs?‘ as an excuse for the larger taxation.

the Conservatives ‘WHO tvcre un- der his and the Liberal tinrly’: unbridled zrbuse when they were

tjunulng the country on ll. reveuc tof n quarter of u. million dollars less, when tirices were ltichor than today, Appar-

oatly without l-vcn looking at lllf.‘ Pitlillc Accounts ha. IIPFIILTPII lllfll “V6TE" did lllCTfl wot-trip, lung flnm that. tho previous your. llo liaii n pathetic story. or more properly 0H0 0f‘ f-lic. familiar fables HbQllI. Wilcnnwood i0 lcll in a pathetic way. in which their favorite thcmc~tbc G-tinrdlan—-was incor- porated. This was later cmpball- cally "contradicted by the Guardian, and at the following session, ris- ing lo a question of privilege, lio rcitfflrmctl his false chnrgd, 1m did not. appear to understand that. llio rules of parliament require lilm to accept n. dcuial, and morn

particularly when m; cannot prove otherwise.

Getting into the taxation ques- tion, deep wnter for him, lic (rlaim. cd that the Arsenault Government referendum provided for zt poll tax for educational purposes ot $4, ‘which he claimed was a dollar more tin-n the Liberal tax. But

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Guardian . Readers

Furnished by W. O. Lougom DON'T BROODI

'I'|ll‘l‘(' is no time for it uoiv-a- duysl “'1: |ll‘8 all too litisy, ilnti. tum-it tifwia have real ivorrics that: ‘give us too much to do to settle satisfactorily l0 Illliigllli‘. other. |Antl If we haven't iiiany rcul wnr- rles of our own, there arc the grlofs and cart-s of our neighbors. Tlicy cry to us for liclt‘ and syrups.- thy.

llroo-tliiig was never any use. now it is u crime. ll. is selfish and silly to sil. and wonder whether this or that. was an intended slight. ‘or to muse nilscrtlliy over what has been or might have lit-cu. Things hroodctl over grow lntn fl-fllllfll llflll- pcnlttiti-i hcforc wo linvo donc with idioms-and enormous too!

iltlvon if wn have liad a crushing lblow. ll. is siiner anti loss selfish, nfior a natural limo of grief has lbcnn ours, m fat-o things bravely. andtry and take tltanltiftilly what of happincsit has born lcfl. us. lFlvcn if we can't sen happiness for ourselves at ihc moment. there

happenings.

I

'dlsh,_.is eldest. son and heIr-appar-

_btind. Captain Mclntosh. was ltll-led ‘in the great. war, is the eldest,

Tiicrc. arc to he three, courts held at Buckingham palace this season. The first one will take place mrly in Juno and lac last one early in July. Cfhcrc is much anguish and disappointment rife among the socially amhitlousrforit has boon intimated that those lad-lea who were "commenting!" to the garden party courts given at the mince two years agowill not he eligible for presenuttlons this season. As it is, there will be it fearful crush, and scramble " iu_ the , lord chum} borlaiu‘; department to get. through! the lists 0t nctvlywed; and debu- routes who havc a right, after the diploiiiatig- and mart‘ circles, to llliikt‘ their murtcsles to their? iuzijesllcs. London will liuvc sev- oral llilDOPUlfll siuterlcan hostess-i cs this season. Among them Mrs (‘oruellus Vanlcrhiit and Miss llaliel Gerry rill be conspicuous.‘ Ziliss Gcrry, it may be_ recalled is cousin to t-hevDuchess of Roxburgh - ziud the (laughter of the late. "Eld- ridae 'l‘. (lorry, 4 n a 0

Till‘ lhikc and out-net.- of Devoti- shire made Utilgary their heads quarters» willie awaiting‘ the ur- rlvul or‘ Lord and Lady iiiirtinrgtoti and Lady. Maud McIntosh. who cuiiic direct from Flpglantl" to Join the governor-general. iii tltc in- IUFVJJ the Dulteuud Duchess and their party visited Druuiheller and Bassoon. Brooks, the liar-U ranch._ uud the 16.1‘. ratio-ii ou1ied by ll.it_ i_ ii. tlic Prince of Wales. Lord Hartington. whoss family namo is Edward lvilliaui Spencer Caveiia‘

prices.

sted cloth in

cut of the Duke of I)('V0!ii§ll‘ll‘8.2 Lady Aland Hclntostli. whose hus-

daughter oi‘ his grace. Lord Charles and Latiy Anus Cavendish urrlvod i-u ‘Calgary Friday morning

Wm, M. pxvpnpnpy Dr. James Warhurton aiid

daughter, ‘Miss Iielau, urc leaving _ in blay on a visit to lilm doctors ol’ Miss Edith son, Nfalor Arthur Wai-hiirion in Fielding. ' youngest daughter of lliltiuo -ill 5'0""!-

lion. w. si. Idiclding and .\lrs.! ' ' '

Fielding, to ifiaplaln George Wll-f Mrs, W. K, ltogeiuaacconipaulcd llam Francis llodglus, Al.‘ (3.. elder by her daughters, Misses Pauline son of Llajor-Gtineral niid Mrs IV and Enid are enjoying n. holiday E llorlglns. Ottawa. ‘took place mp tn New York, ' quietly at tho home of the -bride's pflfNJlS on ‘Vmittcsriay afternoon. April 20th.

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‘Tho marriage

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General regret was eitpimsscd on v ‘the doathot Mrs. tDr.) Antlersou Amnng mm (ifnam hostess “us. which was announced this WBPIf at WM], was Mm "Guam Nicholwnlthe home of her daughter, lllrs. who assisted by herdaugmers, en kingdom its Halifax. and iilIiCPFPal tertaincd at the tea. hour on hlon- “ymnathy '5 extend“ m m” he‘ H“ y rcsved family. ' o o a i ‘ ' ' " c Mrs Stevens of Truro received Mm‘ Haxomdmlontilelthklun: Si; on "Thursday at. the home of her some so“ r on’ w o M, Mother’ “Om F J. NM“ and here for several months owing to ‘Mrs. Nash. when a large number the saris?!‘ iguness,“ herdlawthiz ‘cf-ladies called to extend theirllms’ G ’ ixrsaymi goo >19 .5 congratulations and welcome hernlerfrlendé‘ ,1’, mveie‘ M‘ S 1e t‘ cn her, M11100 brief visit. leav “g 9n, u fly on rep"! 0

, , , her honie in Chaliliam. Out-

ab!

Mrs. A. A. Pomeroy returned ' ' ‘ E. and Mrs.

last evening from a six weeks visit Flemher

Pro f. IV .

I to her daughter. .\irs. llenl in “we as their gués" me latter,“ Hnn-nlmm Ont sister Miss Belle (“hcsliire who ar-

e o a rived dhis week from England to . ' Mr Vincent Blake and bride enjoy a (Zanudian summer.

(formerly Mrs. liaszaidi who at» ' ' ' ' Jv-lvm in Sumlnerdlde m, -w-ednes_ _ Many friends here will 11011!‘ with day are receiving the lieai-liest ‘Yegru “f the ‘h-“m i“ Bermuda 0f congratulations of their ivldc t-lr- M“ Gmdo“ Jones m “nnmx m“, 9],. 0t "ifluw iof the younger commercial travel-

. a s let-g. who yearly visited this Prov- , _ . . Jnce. Mr. Jones went south in lils mfifsglieqigniz?fignsox'greor ‘Lift? usual good health and it is believ-

-t s .

. . . , , ed contracted malaria which cud- Illiighes Wfinnsh srellsetlrlt lyttfinliId Kt“ ‘ed in pneumonia and licforc his a bfahhrygrésfirt 08002;, 3mg?‘ family could reach lils beside lie to be used lathe hospital in which in“! passed “Wis; ‘ she is interested. ‘Ilhis. is‘ (ltd

Ono of the pleasing affairs o! the Queen Mary Mmemuy “m” mnveel: was the Knights of Columbus Hflmlwtelld. and is for the wives‘ '

, dance in the Country Club on Wed- oi! officers in all hr ashes of tholfnesday evanmg attemm by up. service. ‘The members of Char-

wards of two hundred and fifty lotietotvn branch of this order are 519's“, now busily at work on thoir‘con- ' t. . q

trlliutlous which are‘ to be forward- '. 1)!- (im-rutlters lg expected homo cd to headquarters

qttality the b

, " » Combining" good st quality cotton and wool t

the Boy i 05bit ‘at You Have Beenwaiiing Fill‘

One of the leading manufacturers- of boys clothingfinding himself heav- ily overstocked offered up this lot of boys suits at an exceptionally low price which we are passing along to

They are stylish-absolutely cor- rect in every detaiL-The patterns are popular and the colors fast, the styles to the smallest detail are the very lat- est ideas in boys clothing‘ and the est ; at their respective

45 BOYS TWO PIECE SUITS

all the most

SIZES 7 TO l6 YEARS

This lot comprises suits which sold regularly during‘ at from $12.00 to $15.00. They come in 2 and 3 button dou breasted styles with and without belt and buckle patch a Brown, Grey, Green and Blue tweeds and woi-steds in all patterns bloomers are full cut and well lined. Sizes 7 to l6 y

Other exceptional values iii b0 $18.00, $20.00, $22.00.

PATONSMW PA "rows

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Tllli PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open for tho

" cusslon by correspond entn of questions or inter- ‘est. Tho Charipttetwwn

Guardian ‘dues not necées- nrlly endorse the opinions

OQQIAJ-OIQOQL1AAJ-DQAA

expressed by its correl- pendants.

cuiuositits or rats SlfY t wx|niyalrd \|l'

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Sir; Rev;- T. W. Goodwill has gnuc to a needless lot of trouble to elaborate his font: reply to my request. for his authority for the statement that a nebula.“ is the heavenly rccortl of the death of n star, or a 'Sllll' gone to pieces.” .i\ll his ssr iistiis. his tutteuttitcti wilti- cisms. ndlils crude personalities arc uncalled for and nced llO reply. They can hardly be said to allow the spirit of “the Mun oi’ Nazareth" so tiiously (tuoted by this "Mun of God.“ A itoodly tiarl of the letter in question is devoted to n. denial of tho Laplace theory; from which ll. is well known some writers (IIH- scnt. But I have to thunk .\Il‘. Goud- will for his list of ‘writers and lec- turers to he consullcd as lils ‘Zlllliililf

“death 0|‘ a stitr," though I cannot sec any sut-li llil-SPHIIIO quoted there In. l shall indeed be surprised if an unbiased pcrustil ol‘ llic orltrl» tiuls rcvcitl it substantiation 0|‘ lhc rovcrcnd gentle-man's rcuiiti-lt. l flliiilt‘ the iuquii~_v for lnliirniulltiit, not for tlisctissitiii. tzstiec-lulli‘ in rho toiic oi‘ .\ll'. Goodwlllk: reply, to which I decline to ‘stoop. As my in- illals evidently ]>Pl‘llll'|l(‘0 liitu. I sign my uuiiic. I uni, Sir etc.

LAWRENCE W. WATSON

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lloit The Money Goes

Sir. l wish to inform tlic public through your vitliitihlo papcr as to tho wny our iuxcs

it) for ‘IlIl-l sltiiteiuciit regard-dug the,

The

“ Prices.

th

SIZES 2 T0 9 ‘YEARS ‘$3.00

They are itiade of good quality wool and cotton in tweed and wor- poptilar colors and patterns. ‘

80 BOYS TWO PIECE SUITS SIZES 6., TO 1A6 YEARS>$5.00