HE MORNING GUARDIAN

i MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1934. Y

DURATION 0F ADM INISTRATIONS.

Since the dale of the formation of the

Dominion there have heen many changes of administration at the head of the Empire of which we form a

part. In thirty-seven years there have been the successivc Pre-

miershlps of Earl Derby, Dlsraeil, Glad- stone, Beaconsfield, Gladstone, |Salisbury, Gladsi'.one,Salisbury.Gladstone, Salisbury, Gladstone, Rosebery, Salisbury and Balfour. This gives one change on an average every three years. ln all that time the longest continuous term cf power was that ofthe present Liberal Unionist party beginning under Lord Salisbury and continued under Mr. Balfour, from July 1895 to the present date, something over eight andahalf years. No other single term of power in the United Kingdom since 1867 has extended to seven years, and three have been less than one year each in dura ion.

in the Dominion during the same time

we have had comparatively few changes of party. First we had the Liberal Con- servative party under Sir JohnMacdonald from 18G'7tc1873,then the Liberal party under Alexander Mackenzie down to near

the close of 1878, then the Conservative

party under Premiers Macdonald, Abbott,

Thompson, Howell and Tupper succes- sively down to lidlii and since that date the Liberal party under Sir Wilfrid Laurier down the present time. The

terms of power have been in years ap- proximately six, tive, eighteen and eighi years, or any average term of nine years as against three years in Great Britain.

If we turn to thc provincial adminstra-

tions the terms of power have been equai~

ly long if not longer. Ontario began*

with the Liberal Conservative party for four years, sinae which time, though with several changes oi leaders, the L.ibera1` pirty has held power continually for thirty-two years.»

Quebec held to thc Liberal Conserva-

tive party from 186710 18’/'H, under Prem- iers Chauveau, Ouimet and De Boucher

ville, then was for less than a year under Mr. Joly‘s Liberal leadership. From October 1879 under Chapleau, Mousseau, Ross and Tailion as successive Premiers

the Conssrvutives again held power until

B37, when the Liberals came in

under Mercier, _who held omce for four years. The Conservatives came bask

` THB GUARDIAN. CHARLO‘.l`TE'1'OWN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, FEBRUARY r 1904. ` '

to power under De Bcuchervilie in 1891 and continued to hold otllce under Tailion and Flynn in succession down to May, M16. Since that time the Liberal party, ilrst under Premier Marchand, and more recently under Premier Parent have held pswer down to the present time.

In both Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick the same policy may be said to have controlled _the Governments since 1888, whnlly Liberal in Nova Scotia under Premiers Pipes, Fielding and Murray,and acomposite Government in New Bruns- wick under Premiers Blair, Mitchel), lmmerson and Tweedie. And hare in Prince Edward Island we have had the Liberal party in power since 1991 under Premiers F. Peters, \Varburton, Farqu- haraon and A. Peters.

These are long terms of power,very long

as compared with British experiences, and long in any case. They clearly indi- cate a Lendeacy not onlyon the part of Governments to retain power, but also a marked tendency on the part of the Cana- dian people to continue in oillce a Govern- ment that shows a fair measure of ability and honesty in the conduct of public affairs. We may argue that as a general rule more frequent changes are desirable,

and The Guardian ixqalinea to this onin- ion, but the fact remains that the people have all along decided otherwise.

The fact is that it is a very difficult

matter to defeat a Government in Canada.

Power and patronage, the control of ap- pointments, promotions and the settle-

ment of claims, give powerful support to the party actually holding the seals cf otllce. And this is especially true when the dominant party has a leader ,of ex- ceptional graces, “sunny ways", which appeal to popular favor, and an over- flowing treasury. Doubtleaa these things ought not to carry the weight they do in lnduencinrr votes, but that they have a very potent influence upon the public mind is beyond question.

The Summerslde Journal announces

thatit will publish this week Mr. Healer- vey`s excellent report as President of the

hard to keep lr. Messervcy out of politics."

KNE\V DIL CHASE IN l86i.

One oi Dr. Chase`s oldest patients in

Canada is Mr. G, WV. Parish of Sturgeon

Bak Simcoe Co., Ont., whom he cured of ldney disease in 1867 bv means of his now celebrated Kidney-Liver Pills. Mr. Parish writes that he does not think there is any medicine half so good and that he always keeps Dr, Chaso's Kidney- Liver Pills in the house as n family medicine.

Board of Trade and thinks it “will bel

lil EIHERSON RE ELECTED

Hon H Q. Emerson was rr. elected by

day 1ast.This is a flattering tribute to the new minister under the circumstances, as it was at one time reported to be the intention of the Opposition to contest all the by-elections. In this case, however,

it was clearly not in the public interest to go to the expense and trouble of a con- test.

Mr. Emmerson is personally popular,

and the one feature of the Government policy which is the subiect of most con- troveay in certain sections of the Dom- inion-the Grand Trunk Pacific-naturally finds favor in Westmorland, as the' eastern terminus of the transcen- tinentai line to be located in that

County.

Westmorland is the most populous

single constituency in New Brunswick. It has within its boundaries the growing City of Moncton, its metropolis and the headquarters of the Interccicnial Rai.l_way`, together with the thriving towns of Sackvlile, f Dorchester, Shediac, Salisbury, Petitcodiac, Memramcook and Bay Verte. There is a large French-speaking element in the county, not unfavorahly disposed toward aGcvernment led by their great com- patriot Sir Wilfred Laurier.

As Minister of Railways Mr. Emmerson l

will have control of the Government Rail- g

way on the Island. Hs has long taken al favorable interest in our Island federal

services,and especially in the Capes Route by which direct ccnnectlonis made be- tween his county and this Province. We

Count confidently ou his good cifices in' all mattersfaifecting the welfare cf Prince Edward Island.

DIAMONDS OF CELESTIAL URIGIN-

Quite recently the discovery was made

of a perfect diamond embedded in a meteor which had fallen in Arizona, and ,

this has given rise to the theory that alll diamonds are ei celestial origin, that* they are visitors to and not natives oi the earth. It has been supposed they were of volcanic creation,bnt this theory has been declared uatenable for several reasons,

among which is the dictum that diamonds could not be formed in the presence of

oxygen whichleverywhere surrounds the earth. It is also generally conceded by scientists that great heat followed by intense cold, enormous pressure and the

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acclamation in Westmorland on Satur-

cf the lost comet. There must have been

to the production of the diamond some tremendous force exerted in the`

d these conditions cannot exist, to dis:-uption,with probably also intense heat etherwlth thsaineneeof oxygen,on earth! and pressure attendant, while the cold of

ain, diamonds are always found in the celestial spaces is intense. Hors IN

isolated places about the earth, and the precise oonditious for the formation of geologists have been unable tc identify ‘diamonds, and the presence of diamonds Ill! stratum of the earth's crust to which ,ln the meteor found ` in Arizona, clinches

they belong. 'the argument with great logical force.

It may be mentioned in this connection I5 ii 0111.7 fill' \-D V-|16 l`°ld°l‘ I0 Sl! "lui" that ` the belief gains ground among thi! i-1100?! hll D0! Yff- 110°” f°°°l'°d by students of astronomy that meteors are 0|!! NHi»\HB\ HISCOU SOCUW- W5 “Mu the fragments of disrupted comets. |10 ll1\l0l\ IDON Certhill 0! °\ll‘ |l'l`°\U\d if Bisla's comet, discovered in 1880 and hav- hereafter we are able to announce H186 ing a period of alittle over six and s half Mr- NGWSOH. MF- D°\lU~ MT- W*i'9°° °'

years, appeared regularly _several times Rev. Addison Browne concur with us.

at the date when due, but afterward di- 1'-i__'”_

vided into two, which travelled side by ASURE CURE FOB CONSTIPATION.

eldest n distance of 160,ilX) miles apart. Sgme remedtiies cure this :itigtlrbeilssgilgl Neither of these has been seen since 1852. §°“;\;l[“lf:;'£“n°":‘l¥' :ai-;°t° cure in B 'few

As the path of Biela‘s corner. approaches minutes. J ost mntiarzpss ofmlgsryliiinpnilp very near to the earth's orbit st one part, f`;§;"°“,':.;g t|:'°°"§;;°nt,.y’ awed B96 ‘may

,mq ||, Ngnmber 1372 .5 um Qu-gh en- cured. Xervillne also cures Oramps, (,ollc,

Pain in he Stomach, and Sick Headache. |

countered a swarm cf meteors, which It has 1|" mme, hh, ||¢,\-“gen zgiiepugté- were again met with in November 1886, it g1°°‘l3gD°h;f'|1?\°‘ev:;‘; °;g“’a"5‘d_ Banner is believed than meteors are hsrmelbs buy a iss. bottle and try it. Nerviiine is

‘all right.

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PRINT GUTTUNS

We are now showing a choice line of new

print cottons for spri/ng. Neat and pretty

patterns in stripes and dots, and dainty little flower and spray patterns at the following

prices I

Bc, llc, Iilc. |2c, |50.

PERKINS & B0..

The Millinery Leaders, Sunnyside.

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STILL- THE BIG SALE G() S 0

\Ve were the last to come into the discounting business, but when we came in all the other fellows that were in

ready, began getting ready to get out. They got out too \cst Saturday, so that now we

ARE THE oNi_v ONE LEFT.

And we’re in it to stay till were good and ready to stop. Every _discount that we have advertise<11_ is still in force, and lots of things that were in the 5 per cent list have been changed into the 33 I-3 and 50 per cent ists.

FOR TWO WEEKS YET ANY WAY

\Ve will cut, slash and slaughter prices, so that we ought o sell every dollar’s worth of Dry Goods and Clothing that’s

sold in Ch’town.

If the weather does not force you our prices _ d 1 Everything in our big stock is in this sale-not a solitary article reserved, except warp an spoo s.

Come along at once too

Prowse Bros., Pl°0WS¢ BFOS-,

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The Wonderful Cheap Men.