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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1921

KING'B,COUNTY MYGTERY. eral parliament being fixed at four. Tho general question of redistribu-

The "m" d“ m? Patrim‘ Bur‘ Lion and representation for the prised its readers by announcing provinces concerned wit; be sewed "V" Ml’- J- J “"8919! 115d be" It the first session of the new parlia- ldopteti Liberal candidate “"'

King's (‘our-tip We took immediate,

‘or merit.

Tho-question of proportional rPp- steps to verify the information but rggawiop b). a system o: preum without success. One King's Goun- enthli-vofing i’ loomms up in me u’ ‘elmenmn r°p“ed““Th"‘ is the distance and it is quite possible that first I have heard u! it u We" this system will receive consider- had bee“ we “SW1 convemhn Hes able support. The‘ Ottawa Journal sian would have been our choice.“ commenting upon the Subject says 1i. is now up to the Patriot to tell in part:

us when and where the conven- "it is claimed th_at the system tiun was held at which “r. Hughes was attended with satisfactory re- was svlcrtctl, how the convention stills in the City of Winnipeg at the was called. anti whether the pru- last Provincial General Election. not been at-

ceedings were duly reported. The 8111679119111 i135

tended with like. results in Aus-

miaiQli-ii ‘ THE 9710395675 ‘trulia. The Commonwealth Elec~ _____ ltoral Act 1918-1919 came into force Mrhaiever m9 result U! [he CO1" on the 21st Novermber. 1918. The ing election may br- it i:= vcry evi- dent that tbt- WacKenzie King Lih anals ~will {not bu thit- dominant‘. group. m; giatvti bi" Premier hieigh- en in his London, Ontario speech. "i doubt if they (the Liberalsi will have a single canditiatr- in thc field hetwee" bake superior and me ber 1 in the square opposite the

mountains. The same is true though p name of the candidate for whom They 4 be votes as hi5

havo not carried a single contest _ and by placing

relevant parts of section 123 arc as follows:

in a Senate election a voter shall mark his vote 0n his ballot-paper as followsz-He shall vote for not that: of candidates by placing the num-

less the prescribed number

in less degree, of Ontario. V first preference.

the numbers 2,3,4, on their platform since tbev fulfill!-

ed it in 1919 They have ctirricd two or three in Quebec bv denounc-

(anti so on, as the case requires)

in the squares respectively oppo- of “s0 many other

candidates as will, with the cantil-

site the names ing ccnscrlption and they have car-

ried one. in Ontario on a special

iy struck. I

Current Consent

The whole Liberal camp is disorder.

Happenings 0f The Week a

in They have been severe- 1-‘or more than a year back they have been singing out

The Duke anti Duchess of Devon- shire received a warm welcome to Bolton Abbey by their Yorkshire tenants after their long absence in Canada. The King went to Bolton Abbey for the grouse shooting on "the twelfth." The Duke and Duchess had a l-irgc liousc party including their son, the Marquis of Hartingwu. Lord Lascclles and Lord Richard (fnvendiah.

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The officers and Council of the

that they were WilIIL-lll influence with the Government, as they are in the country, and blissfully be- lieving that the day of their au- nibiiation was yet a full year otf. And now, like a "bolt from the blue‘ ‘.0 them. Premier Meigben‘: announcement of an early election has brought consternation into their ranks. it was one of the blatant boasts 0i their press that the Givernment were "afraid to lace the people,“ and now that the stern reality is up to them they are at sixes and sevens to know what to say or do, One of the things which iti fact troubles tlicni

charmingly arranged rrceptiuii Wednesday evening at the Chateau Lziuricr. fhe guests werc received at the entrance of the foyer by Sir

most i,.- the unalterable courage of Jim?“ “Pd [may ' And“. M“ Canadaé gmnd young Premier. To Artaurhhietglirn, Sir John ind Lady biflltlll and Rt. l-ion. Sir

them this was n0 new discovery. They found it out to their sorrow, when constituency after constituen- cy was opcned up for bye elcctiun; in all but one of which the Mac- kenzie King gang did not have suf- ficient life or moral courage to ev- en nominate a candidate They found it also when theirdludolpn Lemieux ventured to launch some unfounded charge in the House. tvrhich was quickly challenged n; the Premier, and when he appoin". ed a Commission of Investigation they were too cowardly to show up.

Robert and Lady Borden. Lady Aitkins ware a handsome gown of black nanne velvet, hirso Mcighen was in blue satin, Lady Simon in white satin and pearls, and Lady Borden was gowned in robin‘: egg blue panne velvet with blue auti gold brocade. Miss Helen Atkins wore a pretty frock of Whiili satin and carricd a green leather fan and Miss Betty Aikins WLIS in shell pink taffeta. Dancing was enjoy- c-d in the bail-room. where delight- ful music was furnished by an ex- cellent orchestra. At 10510 a buffet slipper was scrvctl in the main din- liig room downstairs

Their predicament is bud now also, in that they cannot follow iiii their old time practice of charging the ministry with "springing an r-ioction on the pt-ople" for thr- piir- pose of getting a snap verdict, a trick they would certainly rcpcat if they could do it with any show oi decency. But after clainmering and babbmig an_ Ow" m“ mumry Tiic Urban Stock ('11., hflVP been in a theatrical tieuiautl for such a

. z" ' .x- ll: t h '. t the contest, their miserable mouths are“ wmg e Le in s m“ a

O O O Sir Louis Davies anti family loft on Thursday morning on rctiirn to

liyndniau who is to be their guest.

THE cnannogrétymwu GUARDIAN-r. ..

f l ' , ‘ - or an e ection knowing full well ‘her conlplele recovery to her usual

iuf England ffirst week in October. in Hamilton. 'Untario, and abt ut September 22nd.

Bar Association 0! Canada held a >

Ottawa accompanied by bliss Verei

, IPrince Edward all this week. with now closed against any tiemonstra tion oi’ that kintl, and so there is

bright tiatchy specialties t-li.1t up-

Peteriioro platform of straight pro- teotitm.

The i-t-ai challenge comes from A nt-w party has lt had its There tlicrc it has

hntithrrr quarter arisen in this country. birth in Western Canada. it flourished anti its stronghold still. By atlroit organiz-

ation, by special periodicals and propaganda, by class rtppeals mis- information has been scattered. prejudice has been imbedded and ‘the ‘harvest is ‘a political party whose set purpose is to reverse the fiscal policy of this country." Sc, iiltpflfffllti)’. the matter stands within

tion.

three months of the" elec-

bet-wrrcn the two historic

who betyvcen them have brought

parties

(‘anaila ti) the position it occupies totiay, there would be no extraor- dinary difficulty, thcro woultijbe no menace. As it is and tinfwrtunate- 'y, the Liberal

mpovcrishetl in man power, with~

pa riy temporarily

out a leader and without loading men. finding itself sinking in the political sea, has grasped at the float offered by the party who “had its lilrth in ‘the West" and is nnw merged into that party without a platform of its own and ready to abandon all the traditions and poli-

cics of iho old historic Liberal

party. “ ‘Vi’? Premier Mciglien frankly ack- uowlctlgotl the menace of this new

party. it has “by adroit organization“ un-

It has grown in tho West,

der the Western Grain Growers. "by propaganda and by misinfor~ matlon." spread its tentacles over lhc titht-i- provinces anti become a rcui mcnticc. it is not a Farmers‘ Party aitlitiugh it has roped many farmers into its fold; it is a devcl~ npment of The Grain Growers of

ii it wcrc a straight contesti

date for whom he votes as his first preference. complete the prescribed number. The voter may, in addi- tion. where there are more candi- dates than the prescribed number. indicate the ortier of his prefer- ence for as many more candidates as he pleases by placing in the squares respectively Oflpflélill- their names other numbers next iii nu- merical order after the numbers already placed by him on the ballot. paper. ' scribed

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ln this paragraph ‘the pre-

lllifllflPf‘ of candidates‘ means twice the number of the cantiitiatcs to he elected, plus one. or. if there are fewer candidates than that number. the iotal num- bcr of candidates;

"in modern Democracies Lori Bryce makes the following com- ment upon the operation of this system: t

i In i919 the application of a plan providing for preferential majority ‘voting resulted in the election of 17 members of the largest of the foiir parties with 860.060 votes, one ‘member of another (Labor anrl So- :uialist) with 820,000 votes, and no ‘member of the two smallest (the Farmers and the independent) par- ties. which together 173.000 votes. This

81"" W“! Pleasure to the advo-

aggregated outcome bus catcs of Proportionatc Reprcsepta. lion.

"Certainly l-he result does not ful- i’-ill the expectations of those, who have strongly advocated this ‘sys- tem. '1! should be explnirietl that the Australian Senate consists, of 36 members but only half of them rt-tirc 911K511 general election except in a contingency which tlid not arisg in 19-19. Sir Courtenay libcrt, G.C. 3-. ii! his introduction to the Re- view of Legislation, 1919 (The

tho West many of them recent ar- Juurm“ or Cmnlwrative IIPBMRUO" fivais from the United States, ln- and lmemai-“mal 113W. Jill)’. 192i, fpresietl only in selling wheat. aritflmge XXXVI-t quotes the comment with no interest whatever in our u’ “m, 3'3“? ‘ind "lad"?! "10 10l- mmm, markom The“. Mm is to lowing obscrvations:—- Proviso the fiscal policy or Can- ‘The prlwm"! "Y lhfii-AC! "Y"! may their working in practice evidently ,Thnrc are yet three months in “fiery” mreml stud)’ h!’ will" W71" ‘ma, u, “My u,“ mum‘: three ;are interested in the subject of Pro- months tin which to demand that Wrmmal "’P"“5°"l5l|°"~ I! would flflllfliflillvfliwhflflflVfl lilnerltbemscl-‘seem W" "1" misfit h“ failed to vcs up with this group. and still call “m” m” defect“ 31mm“ i0 m" "l9 themselves Liberals. explain their “m” °' m” A“9“'“"a" 36'1""- position This will be demanded to,‘ "The rmmons for the mull"! 0' the hilt ibt-fore the election anti "'6 sysmm in Aimiraua “a 410"‘ our electors will do well to thinklmasaglnnttth l“ fislffllilffliiccfivt it over. "K "° m" 95 ; u! w certainly. as Sir Courtenay llbert Rznlsfmguflqfl ‘dbserves. the Australian result iii Bo fnr as this province is con- "fifth? 0f attentive study and de- cerned we shall have no direct in- ma"!!! eltplnnntion if the advocates

pealetl very pleasantly to all, an surlng this popular company of a good patronage for future visits.

nothing left for tiit-ni iiuw but to take the dose, with wliatci't-i~ dis

aster it brings to them, and to grin. and bear it. No doubt some cf o o _ their mess will be foolhartiy Ltiiiy SlllVPri llntl tiit- Misses 911011811 l0 P"! "l? 59""? "Y lmflflstavcrt. (f Montreal who have re- pleas, and will tiiluie, now and lot (“med from u“, Soul“ Brutal‘, the next five years. Over the hi ifinast, 11ft: at present in ita-ly, tit uro to fllrst give redistribution and Carlin“ (rAfnpezzfh TywL an,’ are representation, but in chewing that l-etumifig to Canada in the middio

rag they will be up against the bit~ of Scmenlben ter taste 0f their own olt repei-itcd pro-election demands, To their Mr M “N leader it is a particularly ii’ rtl blow. - ‘ " being pracu-Cany Mme," I: Emmi, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. tucncy for his own political soi|.,‘E~ Bentley have 1°“ on 7mm“ w anti with every wing of his ultl time 3'" John“ Mr‘ Ryan and family m“! party in opt-n secession, and gone "i"? “Scuile “Gurmg Si" ‘Coin’: ove t th Grain Gro ‘crs arty. or“ “'95 l‘ ‘ “W runswc‘ r U e “ s p when they lost. their lovely home

Concurrent with this alarming "n" ‘barely 9393mm Wm? “w” ‘was anflmtncement of a Sonora] clcc- ihflvllla lg "the ‘lgeillgijxllylll will‘??? tion’: ‘the dark cloud of adversity n “Tow oa- l ‘an '5. y“ 9 has also pvcrtakcn tlicrn in Manizo- friends Si"! "1"" l! i-‘Qrdiui W91‘ bu. it ball enough, silrciy bail come. enough to have the Grain Growers‘ openly repudintlng them. and tai: ing their constituencies from them . but t0 have the announcement. pub- know how Quebec will go," it is u licly made. AS 1T HAS APPEAR reasonable question to ask. from ED EVEN iN THEIR OWN PIRESS Where is he going t0 get a follow- that the leaders of THE NORRIS lug? Another bothersome diffi- LIBERAL GOVERNMENT 0F culty is in the Meighen Govern MANITOBA, purpose stumping the? mom's change in the Election Lair. country in support of the Grain‘ tinder which no man can nominate Growers,’ is surely the last straiviin two constituencies. This com to break the already ovor-weaken- peils him to soc-apt defeat in Nortii eti untl exhausted camel's back York, and abandon public life, or And with their own Mr. Lancto’. else to hand it over to the Unlteu MP. declaring that he "docs in. Farmer or Conservative candidate anti to take his slim chances of being elected in his present sent in Prince County. it is iii any case an escaping from “Scy11a" 0n- ly to be dashed to a crucl death on "Charibdas" rockboiind politi- cal coast_

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Daily Selections for Guardian Readers

Furnished by W. 8_ Louson. O4§4

The greatest of rill his troubles is in the fact that his political pm licy shuffling is at at an end. - ilc

Have you over stoppt-ti to think 15 now up “gmnsl Jive cmmmam‘ what the conversation in your, wherein his twisting and wobbling htmm‘ “T12?! 3211"“! like 1° "labout, upon public questions are R FRIIEBT. s W so o g4‘! an out- slric point, oi’ view sometimes. licrcl M an and for any repetition or h“ p, what John “an wmcs on the policy antics of the last yciir will subject of home fulkr- [be fllliflkly T911389"!!! i0 U19 BCY-"D in hen b a people alive to the rt»,- cunversation. Talk of things, Oil-Mantras yo; the énufluon‘ EN.“ 100i“. ihfilliliilt-i. The smalleii d‘ id minds occupy themselves with per |“°w their l" "if newspapers, s ‘e gong no “m npemegaiy report m by aide with those of the Gfitlll of tithcrs. As far as possible tliwell Growers’ party, are ropudiating

gulp” “|‘_’"""‘I:'|';“ ‘t’: ""l""‘"l""i“g~‘~t the Free Trade and Tariff Reduc- ll‘. ll 0'51 y Diififi WlefO fl. ,

Ctgnstan, prom," or ‘leprechmng lion propaganda of the last year assigning motives, and cutting up and 599M“ i“ W" "m!" m” M-‘e clitirncttsr goes forward. They are colors of a tariff for revenue oniy_ m” 9'95"“ Fumes 0'18 W110 13 This can now be seen in nearly

heal-thy does not wish to dine at i- dusecung tabla There h‘ evirall their newspaper organs. not cnongh in mam God know,“ B," n oven excluding that persistent and

is not the mlgslon (if ggvgry ygung‘ wobbllnl; little OPEBII 0f theirs, UV) mnn and woman to detail and lfl-i Patriot, in oitr province. But Pre- pmt n "IL Keepnw“ ‘aimmwhm’? mier Meighen has nailed the colors wotiilugtzniifpnfilfieanfi gwafltyirmgnt of Protection to his mast. From —-¢ cast to west it will be the one

patigugg policy upon which thepenple will

be asked to vote, and from it fhera

is to be no variation. in 1871i, in i891 and in 191i. the only threu occasions upon which lt was sub- mitted fo the people an an exciu inive Issue. it was abundantly sua- talned, and was helped in principle

What Do You Talk About

Kcop clear of persoiiaiitlos

"0 make mr patient, Lorri. Patlcnt in daily cares; K090 mo from thoughtless words That slip out iinuwrirca.

forest in the matter of redistribu- o! Proportional RODTHH-Intation de- tlrin, our representation in the fcd- “i” '0 W"! "W" civic."

And br-ip. me Lord. l pray, Still nt-nrer Tin-o, tn llvr-z Ami as I journey nn.

Moro nf Thy present-c give,"

In every intervening election, fltl It motif surely will be in the ins! at the close of the present your.

i iviiirolieson

..l W. Ryan who.

' Mr. and Mrs. W._L. Cotton. have gone to Halifax and other Nova Scotia towns on a brief holiday.

O O O Mrs. Pomeroys friends will be glad to learn that she i2 much better and are looking forward to

robust health. I O . The General Synod of the Church in Canada opens the

His Grace the Archbishop and Mrs Worrell‘ will leave for Ontario. proposing to visit friends for a few days before the opening of the Synod. O O l

Misses Mary and Frances Scott who have been visiting in Summer- side have returned -to Ottavia. '

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A jolly bunch of athletes left on Thursday by automobiles for St. John where they will ably sustain their reputations as first class pa.- formers at the big Maritime sports being held there today.

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General and Mrs. Charles Mac- Larcn have returned to Ottawa from Brackley Beach, where they spent the summer.

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Mr. H_ R. ‘Hilson left on Thurs- day morning for Vancouver ivhere he will join Mrs. llilson "who is visiting her brother, and enjoy a pleasant holidav with hcr.

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Dr. Netting who returned this week from Halifax is being cordial- ly welcomed.

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Mrs. David Rogers of lives! Rox- b"l’.\',.\iass., formerly of Summer- sirie was i-he guest last week of Mr. and Mrs. Milne Fraser of Halifax. . ‘

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The tea hostesses at the Vicioriu Park Tennis Club this afternoon arc Misses Evangeline lit-ll. Helen liornby, Grate hicincrliey rind Irene Horne.

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hiajor May anti brldti wmrn week

r-nti visitors cordially‘ \\’t!i(‘0l\lf!f| by

. . , , . numerous relatives anti friends.

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From the Governor's Mansion in

‘Olympia on Wctlncsiiny Miss Ella

liart, tlatishter of _nt- governor of Washington, sent out i vitutions ior a tea honoring Mdss Mary of Tacoma. \l\"zisih,_ whose engagement to Lucius L. Shaffncr of Los Angcles was an ririiounceuient several weeks ago of great, interest among Taconr-fs old- erfaniiliea. Miss Murchison is the tiauglitcr of Captain Donald Murchi- son, a master mariner well known in shipping and waterfront circles. anti a former l"_ E. Islander. Slic

This isiquite a notable occasion, for

tailored lady of the past. Sheiis no longer stiff and formal.

irig.

ity. The new collection of W omens Suits

next few day. -

Sec them as soon as you can WOMEN'S COATS OF tGENUlNE Thickfluxtii-ious fabrics; rich silk 01'

licavy ivciglit that makes a burden forth And such stunning styles!

different styles to choose from;

SEPTEMBER 10,1921

Early Advance Arrivals oi

Women’ s Autumn " Suits

it brings the

first peep at the New Tailored Woman for 1921-22. And she is a definitely different woman from the

She has taken a delightful new graciousness that is wonderfully becom- The old bard lines have disappeared, and instead there is a stippleness of effect that diffuses youthfulness and athletic‘ vigor, without any loss 0f alluring feminin-

is not at all ex-

tensive. Quite the contrary. Impossiblc that they should become common; for they a1‘ mostly one or two 0f a model-individual possessions for the next few weeks at least: of those women who shall secure tliciii within the

WARMTH satin linings--

many with ivai-m inter-linings. High, cozy collars, many\ of which roll down over the shoulders. Lodgsc folds that overlap and treble the protection from wind and cold. Glorious, on the shat-p, cold days, yet not having the

B WCHIGI‘.

S0 graccfui—s0 youtliful—so aitistic—-and so many

A Patons Limited

iiaa just returned from ti visit ~of osme iveeks in llritish Columbia with friends on Vancouver Island. a vacation trip on which she ac- companied her mother. Miss Hart's teu in her honor will be the first of a series of delightful bridal affairs which are bcirig planned in honor of her wedding wlicii will be an event of Septem- ber. A large numbcr of itivltatiom- have been received here for the, affair which will be one of tbc smartest entertainments of the tiuminer in Olympia and many of Miss Hart's friends are planning to attend. A number of the girill. have tentative motor parties ar- ranged for a drive to the capital and an early luncheon at the liotel Olympian. Miss Murcflanu is a Univcrsty of Washington girl affiliated with the Alpha Xi Delia sorority. a o