THE DAILY NEWS : THE DAILY NEWS THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly Guaranteed Largest Circulation if. F. McRAE, EDITOR AND MANAGER HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, 3rd Ave, Prince Rupert, B.C. PRANSTENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch rates on application. DAILY EDITION airy Friday, April 23, 1915. Telephone 98. Contract topic. The whole country 1s to be plunged into the heat and bitterness of a general elec tion in order that Mr. Rogers may have his way about some Western jobs that he wants to EDITORIALS Champions of the govern- ment at Ottawa are saying that its trumpery the government cannot attend | Senate over the Western sena- Berlin, April 22.—The Society to its war duties properly be- tors. It only thought of this|of German Engineers has declin- | cause of polities. That may be excuse a few days ago. But it/ed an invitation to participate in true. But the politics are of its own creation. The govern- tion last October, althougl ment might have enjoyed ab- there had been a special war soluteefreedom from partisan session of Parliament, in whict anxiety and worry by simply absolute unanimity was shown declaring that there would be no election until after the w@r, or at least until the time fixed by law, which is the end of the summer of 1916. position for their co-operatior “in dealing with this and trying situation.” = aa ~ s = = Mr. Asquith and Sir Edward But before and during the Grey, Lloyd George and present session of Parliament Churchill, and the other mem- bers of the British govern- were talking of an early elec-| of town, or can be had ‘ . ver j ; ‘ ni » : : et "s Mark ment have done ¢ verything tion, and thereby doing all in Seite Eoneee aan as possible to cut out party poli- their power to keep party Pure Fulton Cash Market. tics aid concentrate their own spirit alive. It is true that Milk eT ee eee oe energy, and the energy of their they did not succeed in doing a Govt. Inspected Cows opponents, on war measures. great deal of mischief. The The Best Equipped and Most They have declared that there will be no election during the war. They change the law so as to postpone the and without criticism, as the fifty million grant had been in The rew customs taxation went into may even election until after the war. An the special war session. election is due this year, ac- But the Brit- ish giving thought to the election, and will postpone it until after the war, cording to law. finished his and the Minister speech, ministers are no special been forced into an election by quarrel with the was talking of a general elec- and at the close of which Sir Robert Borden thanked the op- dificult the friends of the government hundred million grant for the war was passed without delay effect the moment the Finance budget war taxes have gone into effect at That is, if the latest excuse is accepted. But it is only an ex- cuse.—Toronto Star. GERMANS FEEL PEEVED. the congress of engineers at San Francisco by preparing papers be read there. In taking this ac- ition the that German engineers at present are too busy with the war. It adds that, because of American ship- ment of munitions to Germany's enemies, it will be dificult to get 1 society explains 1 German engineers to contribute papers for the congress. - Delivered to any part Sanitary Dairy is the Prince Rupert Dairy Phone Green 252 “A Dollar InTime, Saves Nine” even if it is necessary to the very hour fixed by the gov- VISIT to The Bank of change the law for that pur- ernment. The opposition did A British North America pose. They want to work with not approve of the principle of for the purpose of their political opponents, not the increased customs taxa- depositing part of your against them. They do not tion, but they were satisfied to earnings, becomes a pleasant want to leave their war duties register a protest which did and make partizan stump not delay for a moment the speeches. They do not want raising of any money which the to see their Conservative op- government required. ponents, too, making stump i speeches. They want to see But the government was con- looking for pretexts for stirring up a party quar- rel and springing a premature And at last it found Liberals and Conservatives on tinually the same platform, asking for for recruits, and for support war measures. election. ae a pretext. The Senate amend- The Borden government has ed a bill for appointing some adopted the exactly opposite new senators. The Senate in- course, It has stirred up party terfered with the patronage bitterness. It has provoked list which Rogers, as a Western minister, controls. Mr. Rogers always thinking about the party hostility. For months it} has been talking about a pre- is mature eleetion, and thereby that the whole county is inter- ested the same 2 ———— keeping alive animosities. It is | that it has _ nonsense to say in patronage list, and he imagines absorbing EEE and profitable habit, when once you have acquired it, The dollar you use to open an account in the Savings Department in turn saves others, as the habit of saving grows. THE BANK OF British Norm America 78 YEARS IN BUSINESS. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 87,864,000, PRINCE RUPERT BRANCH P. MARGETTS, Manager. LAND NOTICES. Skeena Land District—District of Coast, Range Five. TAKE NOTICE that William Watson, of THE UNION STEAMSHIP CO., OF B.C., LIMITED SS, VENTURE SOUTHBOUND TUESDAYS AT 9 P. M. Sailings for GRANBY, SIMPSON AND NAAS SUNDAYS AT MIDNIGHT For Further Particulars Apply to PHONE 568 JOHN BARNSLEY, Agent, SECOND AVE. AGENCY ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS emo, B. 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The following 1s ; mI ME ® Specialty a selection from the speech of the D E N T IST RY Martin Swa Son Se A ehairman, Colonel Hay, and shows the diMfieulty of ordering a : + ’ T » times: publie dinner in war time my _ GILROY @ 8 2 it was a dificult proposition | penriets that I was put up against when 1) offee: smith Block, Third Avenue Phone 454 vas appointed a committee of hear McBride iy - » > > * > ~ > a a . * . 7 * * - . - 3 annual meeting of the Institute. | In ordinary t | would be a hard task enough, but circumstances i | OO ae a ye in war times it became a very se- rious problem indeed. I thought the best l could do was to hold {FOR A TAXI 75-~-PHONE-75 ALF HALLIGAN eee ere ee ee eee ee ee eee nen : : | a couneil of war with the mana-/4 RENENERE CAREER RE $ ger of the King Edward Hotel to| , ae ascertain whether he would be , PRINCE RUPERT A co P ie ; 4 Phome {74 —— epared to give us a dinner suit-|% . 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