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' -- ~ FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1927

‘THE CAMPAIGN.

ALTHOUGH the liquor question THE which some 0i 0111‘ 1111191111 "'1' ill protes: against the flag bill now the old family physician, the gen.

" ls an important one ill the coni-

REAL SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS.

self-righteous scorn with

‘ lzlertzog. which desires a flag from

Notes by the Way

The Union of South Africa has a flag question on which tllere is a sharp division of opiniotl and senti- ment between [he English-speaking and Boer elements, olle favoring the retention of the Union Jack slid the other. led ‘by ‘Premier

whic‘h everything emblematic of British sovereignty or British coll- nection shall he excluded. Natal is strongly British and meetings are ‘being held throughout the province

THE CHARLOTTUTOWN GUARDIAN

‘ Confederation And Willi After Sixty Years Of Progress

IDEA OF OONFEDERATION

-\Vho first conceived the 11188 01 linking together in a stronz 111111 permanent ullioll the scattered col- onies or British North America, it would he difficult to say. Prob- ably, like a good many other inl- portant movement's. this idea 01' iilonlfederation was I K101111111 growth, simmering in the minds 01 a few men or vision until the time was ripe to make it a reality- iMiost people are inclined to assoc-

“- B; Illlll

1mg FUTURE GENERAL panel-mower:

From time to time we read that

LEST WE’ ronenr

g‘ Q THE SPLENBID RECORD 0F t, _ _ THE STEWART GOVERNMENT. . "'“"" , ' This oolllmn is open iortno discussion by oorroqimldlnh or questions of in T110 Charlottetown Gus Ill, doll not nsosasarli; all“!!! 111° opinions of oorrsaiwndonts.

MR8. wnloll-l- mo rue ‘Pnov- INOE or oussim A PR9- . resr

Historians. lll the whirl oi debate and die- putatioll that are now occupyini; more or less engaging the attention iii the country on. the Prohibition bubble, it is necesapry for the elect- ors to keep their minds riveted on the splendid record’ of the Stewart Government on ‘all the planks oi their platform. This Government has made such an admirable ‘show- ing on every question, and they are so well qualified to carry on in like manner, thatit would he nothing

Shy-Mrs. Wright and

‘others '

in}! election, it is by no nleans thc vocates of prohibition P1010311

to pending ill the lFedel-al Parliament". 81111 ‘ilflllfllllillltll’. ls passing away. A Dress despmch mus ma, in m“, and that. there will soon be nothing

late it with the Fathers of $011190‘ oration, but the idea is nttlch earl- ier than their day. T110)’. 110W-

only one ill which our people arc look dowlrupon all who differ 111m‘-

interested. There are questions oi eiilciency, of economic administra- tion, oi stable government. We have hat-l both parties in power at dif- ferent periods, witlliu the memory of the electors oi today. What they

respectively did or did not when ellce of Canadian righteousness alld _

the opportunity was theirs is easily recalled and easily sized up. Tile late Bell Government has passed into history as without n parallel in inefficiency. To tell what it did not do that it should have done would be a useless waste- oi timt‘. ln fact it can all be sunlmctl up lll a single sentence: lt promised ev- erything and did nothing but crease taxation and deplete tllc treasury.

The blame ior this does not rest upon Premier Bell's alone. He halbwith him the pre-

ill-

shoulders

sent leader of the Opposition who now aspires to be premier; he also had with him at least ‘some of the lieutenants oi the present leader the Opposition others who have since been retired political their constituents. as well as upon their premier. large portion of the blame for bar- renness oi the late Liberal regime.

What ground is there for hope that, if returned to power, those

of and several

from active service by Upon these also a

"who failed so dismally when in of- fice, could do any better if giveil We fail to see any cause for such a hope. the leader of the Opposition his lieutenants urc older than WllCll they held office, hilt ill tllc session none of tlleul gave any evi- dence 0i’ having grown wiser. lil- deed, the evidence pointed strongly in the opposite direction. The Stewart administration completed its first term, and is up- pealiug for re-election. ls there any reason why its appeal should not be granted? soil why, because of anything it did or did ‘not, it should be turned down? We do not think so, nor do we belicvc that

another chance ‘.1 True, and

FUCUIIY.

has

is there any rcli-

ally cmlsidtlraillc

\ fraction of our population think so.

Every pro-dictation promise lllil(l(i by -l'i'8lllii!1‘ Stewart was ‘lulplcnlclltod at tllc earliest The ‘Poll Tux, ono oi tllc impositiolls of

opportunity.

tllc lute Liberal Government, was. according to pro-election promise. abolished. Tile scsslonal indemni-

. tics oi’ members, also according to

promise, wcrc rctluccd. Ollr fodcr- al claims, which Premier Bell, when ill Opposition, declared he would get settled if made Premier which his successor, the lion. Mr. Saunders, "cheet- nuts," Premier Stewart went after "in a business-like way and secured an additional subsidy for the pro- vince of $125,000, and an annual grant of $40,000 in lieu oi Railway Taxes. During his regime the roads have been kept in the bcst condi- tiou they were ever in. bridges and other public works have been well looked after, agriculture has been Elven a new start educationally 111111 Dlflfltlfliilly, and the finances oi the province have been economic- ally administered. closiui; the term with a substantial surplus. Premier Stewart now promlggg to do even better than this. He has already made a substantial reduc- tion in taxation. l-le promises to further improve the roads, to malts necessary improvements in our edu- cational system and he promisesto 1111118 in a measure oi' improved Temperance that is hotter than the present law. ls there any reason W11)’ the people should not take him stills word on all of these pro- mises? He has never, either when

and

declared were

“ 111 vpiiositioil. or as Premier, brok- : all a wosllso.

The p00ille- know

them is only exceeded 11)’ 1110 11115‘ representations with which they try to bolster their cause. piously regard the Poilibition Act in sevell of thc nine provinces as evidence of the decad- nlorality! With thenlselvcs. the elect. the political DP0111111l101115n‘. only. is righteousness and morality and wisdom and knowledge! Poor Ontario, once basking in the sun- light 0i tllc Ontario ‘Teulpernucc Act. now seduced by the gold and

into abandoning their only hone of salvation. and adopting that inven- tion of the devil, Government Con- trol! Poor British Columbia, and Alberta, lllailitoba! All lltstiilg bow-wolve-aud that under the guidance of Liberal or Progres- sive Governments. Alld the tragic story of Quebec. to?) tragic to be told ill tllc press and only to bc wept over on a ‘sympathetic plat- form! This also at the hands oi the best government the province has ever had!

Do the sane men and women oi‘ this province take this kind of prop- aganda seriously? Do they believe that the only morality loft ill Call- ada today is that possessed by Lib- eral prollibitionists? Do they? Do they believe that prohibition ill this province has been tllc wonderful blessing illlé)’ now claim it is alld WhlCll not so long ago was (icclur- cd tn have made tllc province the iinlnorlll place

gbilc to the CV91“

most drunken and lll Canada?

They toll us the wonderful ‘things prohibition has dolle for tllc ‘United States. Tile opinion of men who have visited ulld of men who

of

live ill United States cities is on- Prohibition. according to oiilclal statistics, has succeeded in the United States only ill creating all unbeatable army oi

tirely the opposite.

bootleggers and nloonshiuers just as it has succeeded in Prince Ed- ward island and in tllc other pro- vinces, which llllVi‘. given ii fl irlnl and wilicll. as l1riucc Edward island is going io do, have rupcnltld ii. its tllc (auuec oi uulinlittld law-breaking and criminality.

What is llticllcd at this juncture ill our history is sanity, not hys- teria and misrepresentation. Those whom those self-righteous Liberal propagalldists scorllfully call "wcts" and good coni- pany. They have with tllcln tllc leading clergy and

"rummics" al'c ill ilankcrs and industrialists of Canada, the men who know conditions as they exist alld who are interested in the pro- gress and welfare oi’ the country and its people. Let us have sanity, not cant and hypocrisy; truth, not misrepresentation and defamation.

imam. EDITORIAL NOTES.

A rose of any other name would smell as sweet. Prohibition by any other namo would smell just t‘. rank as it does today.

We cannot change the character of an institution by calling it some- 11111-‘18 that we would wish it to be. Prohibition is not the proper label for the present law.

T110 Tfilllperance Alliance is meeting with so little popular eup- port in its campaign meetings, un- '1" MW- Wrlsm, that the brilliant idea has occurred to them to get an audience in Charlottetown by "as. 118 a debate with the popular and M3011" Temperance orator, Mrs, Failis. And, oi course, they mugt select a Holy Day, Ascension my, 01‘ 1110 purpose!

A gentleman who has lived in

ban, the chief seaport oi Natal, on 1°“ but speculum‘ ' Tuesday even-lug last 15.000 people asseullbled around the town hall,

T1103’ and there and the“ CllGVUIIlOH Jack it was his left eye that was affect- rcpeal of the was blessed and re-dedicated “to 911- 119 W"! 191011911 10 111101-1101‘ 11°11‘

the Glory of God." ‘Durllt-g the pro- ceedings the vast assembly sang the hymn “O God Ollr Help ill Ages Past" and tit the conclusion of the rercillle was sounded.

Wednesday last was the 144th anniversary of the landi"q of the vlioyalisis at Saint Johll. lt was on I.\iay 1S that the “Spring fleet" with thousands of loyalists arrived at Saint John and another fleet

tllc rum of brewers ulld dlstillers “"110 1n Ule 11111 01 1119 5111110 Ye”- logy which is the workipBs of the

"It was fertunale," says the Tele- .graph-Journai, “that they came. <Wirat ‘tiley suffered and what they fbCCfilllpliSlllid is the most import- ant chapter in our history. They

and Saskatchewan anti 111111 1110 f01lll<1i1l10l1 01’ 1116 P10111000 more successful in getting helpful

of New Brunslvlck. and lnadempos-

younger generation, whether" of Loyalist descent or not, gllOllltl be luade thoroughly familiar with the story of the Loyalists because of its value as a lesson in true pa‘.- riotisnr" And it is for that reason, although flip number of their (les- cendants is smaller here. that we would like to have their memory cherished by the forluazioll oi a Loyalist Association lll Prince Ed- ward island.

Major Scott and Mr. Gibbs, ep- reeenlting the Air Ministry of ‘ ng- land, and Squadron ‘Leader S carer

sible what we enjoy today. Tile 311111111110

ever, took hold oi it and trimmed and fashioned it into a practical scllclnr.

0i tllc thirty-three Fathers of Confederation, perhaps seven may be regarded as the governing minds. These were the actual Fathers oi Confederatioir- Mac- llonald, lCurtlen. Gait, Tluppcr, Brown, McGee, Tillcy. and it is probable that Gait, although little is heard oi him today, should rallk hi h even among these. With- ougt -the influence and enthusiasm oi‘ Cartier it would have been lin- possiblo to persuade Frellfih C1111- ada to consent to the union; Brown ensured the support oi the influen- tial ltleforulers of Upper lCanada; Tupper and Tllley won the Mari- tinles; McGee by his eloquence swayed the Irish vote; and Macdon- ald's inimitable leadership piloted Confederation through countless difficulties; but it remakinidtrue that without the far-sig -t ness and entllusilllu and cons-tlructive nlilld of Alexander Gait t ls very unlikely if the Dominion won-id llolv bc celebrating its Diamond Jubilee. Gait saw, years before his associ- ates. that a llllioil of all the" prov- inces wzls tllc only solution of, thc However what about thc general prublmm the 0,1,1), way out of me 11111011110110? 01 1110 1111-111“? political tangle which every year 11$ 11 111111101" 01' 1"‘ he 15 111mb’ mi was becoming more hopeless. He become a. bigger man‘ in the profess-Honk the Ne“ 0g Confederation and, slop ill the years 10 001119 101" lwillwiih infinite care, built it up into a reasons. ;colllpletc and practical scheme. in the first place, the time will The practical politicians oi‘ his day collie when every member of thcflvere inclined at ‘first to laugh at community will be given a complete him and to brush his plan aside as physical examination every year. an impossible dream, but in the ‘This will be dolle by the geltcrallend they were forced -to admit that practitioner who is equipped loll! “'11s not 0111)’ 01110110111110 11111 1110 make a complete examination, lll'!°1\1_)_’ P05511110 10110 10 P0800 llllld se- cludmg 03.93, ears. “use. throumulllty. Gait not only dove oped and so for,“ , the scheme of Confederation, but Second. it will rest Willi this. geu- h"- “11111” 111113111111111015113311111: F}?

' l ractitioner just what iurtllelvpared 11° p“ ° m n _ ac p ' em p . i llu season and out of season he talk- step is necessary alter an cxam owed Cnmederation, and. anhough no

Oiir joke columns often comment on this. and tell of the patient who consulted an eye specialist, hut as

tor, as this particular specialist treated the rig-ht eye only.

Now it would be a step backward if we did not have physicians who spellt practically their whole’ time on special pelts of the body.

There is no question but that as they examine and treat the stom- acb, the heart, the lungs. or other special part, that their knowledge must greatly increase.

Particularly is this so, if they have had a good grounding in phy- siology that is the workings of the body in health, and alsolin patho-

body ill ill health.

This is the reason that the gen- eral practitioner who has been meeting all kinds of ailments for years, and who later confines llilll- sell‘ to one special line. is usually

the young immediately

practical results. tllen who goes into special work.

short of a calaruityto let their op- poncnts gain even the semblance of winning on their old swan-song with a few old. old tricks up their

like her are not doing their cause

any good by misrepresentation of

the Province of Quebec._ * Everybody RQOWB that U10’ hill.-

sleeves, which mean nothing but misgovernment and neglect of duty nnd utter incompetence.

Their brazen attempt to defraud

ional pastime of a certain class in - Ontario is abuse of Quebec. Mid Ml-ll, Wright is evidently true to this Province of its inalienable rightlillliflszs otgagieéxilifis y§§o1fl§°“§n§£§ to protected potato warehouses islumt there m. To but“ emu“ 1n asampie oi what ouriarmers wouldllcnnwa- In fag, the Province o‘ have received at their hands lladimlebec‘ is ‘mquemly refined to > lict lion. Senator Hughes turned‘ d ,, h“ so as me “Bahncé the X-rays oi public opinioll on theirlwgeéll at énnadk .. base scheme to side-track ware- ' ‘ ilouses. and put potato-growers on Q"°,"°°h'1 sage and,’ 931156188131: the road to ruin. Then their trench-Emil] at t e 8m o mbeuevé glam 11101181101. to defraud Kings County-m" perm“ may w] n t ,1 is a deed int never should be for-lwrlght‘ the greathiinhor y o o“, gotten. It ,will be no use for illfllibcluzens have 10° g a regard o Quebec and its people to do other-

llow to hide themselves, they are‘ _ Bxposed to the fierce “gm or (my and; wise ‘titan leselit such unjul-ltiiyable c s-

must abide by the COIlS8qilellC‘.8.~"lfl . ' - , The potato-growers of the Pro-i ‘C11”"1°"“e"°“'l' “ad a‘ ‘use d9’

t-im... may we" we] ha at i316...‘ pntation from the Province of Que- lleiivcrancc from the gllilytches 05,1190 1“"° 1'91"“ 115°’ and 1t w“ the their enemies and be prepared w unanimous opinion that .a finer ward o“ any treachery of a nkelclass of people could hardly be gat- nature that may he attempted olli11°1e‘1_1°g°11‘e1- - then1ip|jutu)-c_ ; During the coming summer we The Eiecuon hiamfesto o; preJare to have two like excursions mier Stclvnrt now before tile pub-11'0111 Quebec 1° P111100 M11131“ lit: is also fraught with favors atilll1111111111- $11101)’ 11- W111 1101 110 B11141 ill store for this Province and tllc‘11111l 111 P19l111111l1011 101‘ 111011" V1511 duty of strengthening Mr. stow-urc have sat back nnd listened to art's efforts can only be pel-forlucdfllllllfifi 01 11115 14111‘ 1’1'°1’111°° 1111111‘ by sustaining Mr. Stewart and hlglulll protcstatign.

llllllvrlty of supporters ill the h0g1 lit is u shame and a crime that a isiature. Those supporters czllrlvoluun who represents s. i-espous- get there only by the votes ol‘ tllc ibic body and who lays claim to 919010111 111 1-110 llpproaclling coll-1sollle culture, should stoop to ab- test, ilcnce the importance of kccp- use alld nllslcprcscntntion of her ing the issues ill nlilld alltl rallying great neighboring province.

to the polls when election day tlr-l ' lam, Sir. etcn,

rives to nlaiiliain our rights. 1 ADMIRER OF QUEBEC Tile electors nlust surely liuvc1 observed that Mr. Saunders ulld his few lieutenants appeared ill ll D001‘ 0115M duriilg tllc recent ses- sibil. Never in‘ tllc history of tllc Province has there been such n tri-l bute paid to the Leader of u (luv-y erumcnt alld his fnlloivtlrs as was Daid to Stewart and his followc then and uow. Beyond ll fcw wcllll and vnpid criticislns they (‘Olllll

interests of thc Temperance Aili- allce and the Opposition and states dlat ill respect to Saskatchewan

l

To. supply the demand for m“ c1811’! ‘Coil, IOW in ssh, w; porch‘; ed a cargo ot-Welsil Anthracite. .5

The Steamer “Inc0" will ml‘ here the latter part of this mo“?

we" will be pleased to book" order now for your roquiremen

A. PICKARD h&~ Company, "

This is excellent Coal for fum es or range.

pelsh Anthracite {i Coal

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with 1800 tons.

.7 ~ni+oNe 24o REV. MR. McKINNOWS SILENCE _ 1 I l‘ 'l‘ilc_Plltl-iot has lutervieliv- u ed Mrs. Wright who is llcle_in tie ‘m’ ‘ I

2‘ L. ,-‘ P

ation. Tile pain or disability colu- plallled oi, may mean sending the patient to thc eye specialist, the ear, nose and tllloat specialist, the dentist. or elsewhere.

And thc report fronl one, or evcil two of those specialists, comes back to the general practitioner and he decides tllc ucxt step iii any, \’oll can thus see that tllc general prac- titioner of lilo ‘future is thc genet- al. or general (ifficcr conlniandlng, Tile specialists are like tllc cilgiil- ocrs, the medical tlorps, tllc dental corps. and otllcr branches of tllc services, whose special knowledge he makes use of. but his is the dir~ ccting milld.

of the lltoyal Canadian Air Force, are now ill New Brunswick looking for landing place for air ships and ail; planes in the service between lCavnada and Ell-gland. Tilcy have (lecided tlrat no’ site in the immedi- ate vicilllity of iSain-t John has the necessary qualifications and will have u look at Sussex, and solut- locality on tllc North Shore oi‘ Ncw l-lrllnslvick, said to bu. favored by (Postlnastel- (lcncrttl Vellilll. iii O

It is understood that a plot of level ground about a mile square is required for the landing place. within which the mooring lllas-t for airsllips will be placed. ‘Such a site could easily be found in Prince llfldivtlrd island and it is to be llop- ed that tllc ljeprescutiltlves o! thc ‘Air ‘Service will not omit t0 extend their survey to this ‘Province bo- ‘forc nlakillg a final decision. ll is siutcd that tllc airship wilicll will' eventually be illacctl on tllisfroultl will bu 800 icct lung, with uccoulu- dutiou for 100 pusscilgcrfi; also liiat they will be given all lllc coili- fortg of till, palnciul trans-Atlantic stcll-nlsllips. including, prolncnlltlo decks, stculn butlls and dining room service for 30 persons ilt ll sitting.

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Daiiyg Selections

' FOR

Guardian Readers 9-Q-Ofv May 20, i927

O

lllliililitiil/SliLl':--—Vi'c luck swuci

counsel together. and walked unto

thc iluusc oi God ill compltny. lPflulm

552M.

l"lltAlYl:}i't:-<l)cvolop ill ill-l, Lord.

tllc beautiful spirit oi blotllcrhood. t

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