power was transferred direct! Kint, ity say they want the right to! to the voters but the electoral- . of these ,t , m ,utw college law remained on the' tw re tot' Prince Rupert Daily News As I See It -vie hooks. member, , !? toi, Under present nractlre i.iiv. 1 rpMi.ii... lne Hou Wednesday. May 28, 1952 Vote Affair Presidential Four-Stage i.tato has a number of electoral 1 531 electoral v ' v J,, vubi-a nuui m uif jiuiuoer or uluaie must members it has in Congress 'lection vou,T,,.Wl An Independent dally newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of. Prince Rupert and Northern end Central British Columbia. ' Member of Canadian Press Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Daily Newspaper Association. Published by The Prim Rupert Daily News Limited J. P. MAGOR, President H. Q. PERRY, VW-President i After it has been determined which states each presidential candidate has carried even by the smallest populat-vcte mar- drink out or glasses In lioU'l bars and cocktail lounges, the law should be changed accordingly. Hut in my 21 years as n worls-inc. newspaperman In Canada 1 have seen change after clump made in the laws of the several provinces in which I have lived and worked. Always the people who were interested in selling more alcoholic beverages staged a campaign in which the people were told that if only they would legalise more and more sales outlets THERE WOUIX) BE X.V.HH LIQUOR CONSUMED! What downright bunk! The people were given I in ore IT PAYS By JOHN TRACY the United States is a four-stage affair and American electors, who will vote this year, are near the Subscription Rates: By carrier Per week, 25c; per month (1.00; per year, $10 00 Bv mall Per month. 75c; per year. $8 00 0 ADVFDTlr. PUpolt I lit Authorized as second class mail by the Post" Office Department, Ottawa. close of the first stage. conventions, or in a few Instances, by state party commit- j The process starts with the primaries or state party con More on No Vote APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIAL tANT AGENT (Section 67. ventions, proceeds to the biff national conventions, and then to the actual voting. The final lofty sounding lectures on in Take nolirc that the official , ... temperance and told that the I stage is the electoral-collegp in it i r- . 4t-UI "r W SMI . Vll IU till H li", . JACK SCOTT and I have ' frequently been on opposite sides of public questions from the editor of the Vancouver Sun. iii iiic n n.... i r-.. . way to promote sobriety was to j vote, a vestige of the early days put in. more barrooms exciise;of the American Republic. me, I mean cocktail lounges. i Purpose of the primaries is to WIILIAM D TAr-r l.iftiorcil LMMUCT, IS tecs. i Both big conventions will be held this year in Chicago, the Republicans meeting; July 6 find the Democrat.", holding theirs J July 21. Kuch party will select its candidates for president and viee-preshliml and lay down its policy. Then the eleetoral citlii-paign stalls lulling. Actual polling will lie held Nov. 4 when more than tiu.iioo,-000 voters are expected to vote allow the voters "Of each party Inrullonl, of Stewart, B.C. WIH ' W. D. SMITH, CgndirJate. to express their preferences for presidential nominees and to select delegates to the national conventions. The idea of the But in my ten years on The j THAT If! WHY I say to BC, .Sun this is the first time I re-1 let us t'et tlds straight. We member when the editor and know wnat we have now in 11 C. . . ... t ikii ft. it certainiv not ton ennd not jack are on our amc u. """-;" r " . . T. U,-i,. i. , th nonnU trill miration Question -vhile n.le 1 j t ii on the woiiiu we ue uener 0:1 10 voie,H"""" " " llttVlr,g tnelr say, thwart the The editor and Jack favor i by the later! off u laf reports, m ; party bosses in the "smoke-filled v ff'in' t rZLeXxl -.addition to the government j rooms" of U.S. political tradi- Turn Out the Vote election day, the figure 75 percent is GOME going to be the subject of some curiosity around these parts, for that was the percentage of registered voters in this electoral district who cast fhw ballots in B.C.'s last general election. That was three years ago. In the interval many important changes have come to the district and political issues have taken on a sharper edge. Accordingly public interest should be greater and the voting turnout better. Since there is no guarantee of this, however, the Junior Chamber of Commerce deserves credit for stirring up the vote with the same enthusiasm as if there were no interest or issues at all. While 75 percent is not a bad showing, it is not in the same class with turnouts at some interior points where scores as high as 88 percent were recorded. Let's make it a real contest so that the man finally elected is, without any doubt, the popular choice. KO L0KIORP their choice; for president find vice-president. In many states they will also vote f.ir U S. senators, governors and members of state legislatures as Weil its for scite on sale of hard liquor in liquor and beer stoves there ai?jtion. But pc.litical experts say it hotels and cocktail bars. doesn't always work that way and it has been found that political 'machines can often work THE POLISHtD GRANITE. LIKE FINISH various municipal laws. j MAI HIM.S FOI'I I.AR in mo:.l states the paper ballot is used, but a growing number list- voting machines. The Liceused hotels 884 Taverns lr.4 ! Public houses 363 j Restaurants licensed .... 17 ! Social clubs 191 Veterans' c!'ibs .... 219 Labor clubs 12 Military messes 115 Divide the above figures by I am on the NO side. I think we are already spending far too much money on alcoholic drinks I in B.C. II we get the Ontario system here in B C. a great deal more money will be spent on I hard liqquor than Is being spent; now. I think this will be bad machines;, de::imd to ;,eetl up voting and count iu; .of returns. their will through primaries as well as through conventirns. Laws In the 16 states thut use presidential primaii"s are confusingly varied and sometimes ambiguous. In some cases, for example, citiaens vote their for business anJ for most fam- three, for (inference in popula are operated iu it curluined ! booth by the voter who puIlM j levers opixisile the name or j party of he; ih uce. More th ta ; 16,0110 U!)0 voted on machines in tes where tfte. fwives anir tioiis. and ask yourself: How presidential preferences while at the same time voting for convention delegates whose intentions they do not know. mothers have, a ' hard enough :many 0f these licenses would tie time, right, mow, paying foriglven jn 0r town, and whit groceries and things they mustjwoili( 0P their effect? have for the kids such as milk i.tt.r j'lwthtn lliiv the All in all, he primary system clUwM kmjW wllu wlll their Ways And Wants ,.,.11... .( for tin' in vt four ILETTERBO.X ly give any crystai-ciear nutica- - years fi JJllt M(. tl)1.llmU,,y - lion oi me naiion s jwipuiui choices of nominees. Tor in- . THE EDITOR of The Run, on May 15, wrote that "Elmore missed the point." Noting that I had reported a 3UU per cent Increase in alcoholic gallonage consumption in Ontadio since 1935, he said: "We can't imagine whv Mr. Philpott chooses to mains oeration of the electti-ral-eolU'ge system, a hangover from the late 18lh ta-ntury. Originally, Americans voted stance, of the 498 delegates chosen by .'presidential primary MTFOKTS lll'NTF.K CITIZENSHIP TROPHY Editor, "1 iro Daily News: It was with much mare than - STORE FRONTS for the Republican convention in 1948, only 53 from five states' members of an electoral coi-were who, by reu.vm of 111. I definitely nhlieatfld to sun- compare 1935 with 1951 when ' passing intere.t 1 read in your port the candidate favored by knowledge and experience, were considered qualified to pick men issue ol May 16 a letter from J. S, the voters in thiir states. he knows that cocktail bars were not introduced until 1947." The reason I picked 1955 was Quite simple. This was the last The remaining 32 states pick ! w "!" -...- their delegates through state ni( nt otiices. i'.veiuuaii; "iei tioi IRE6lrMtDI, Wilson dealing with the untimely and tragic death Of my very old friend Alex Hunter. I was intrigued with a suggestion his The visual appearance of polished rock . . . Choici W are some words of John Temple Graves THERE in his book "The Fighting South" that should be better known for our own good. He says, "We have been so intent on ways that we have forgotten what they are for . . . "Some of us have been fighting bo hard far democracy that we have failed to use democracy. "Some of us have been so bent upon the rights of Jabor that we have not remembered how the rights should be employed for quality in workmanship, character and responsibility in those who work. "Some of us have so feaied for free enterprise -that we have taken away some of the freedom, or been wanting in enterprise." colors in mottled, granite-like finish . . . PLUS ENDUKIM QUALITY. "K0L0RB0RD" h impervtout to fire, witr, rust, nml aye, and rs not affected by1 climate ... it wiptoiM t washing and scrubbing Stf "KOt O HOKu" AT TOW LOCAL IUILDING SUrPLT MAUI year I lived in Ontario. Believe letter contalh.'d v garding a me, I knew people were drink- Good. Citizen trophy, or some ing plenty even then. The sub- such memorial, sequent increase in the con-i I sinceu iy hope that t' ? clti-sumption of alcohol has been?eiis of I-rlnee Rupert wnl give ten times greater than would this suggestion some thought and be warranted by the mere in- al?o let the newspaper fraternity crease in population. of Canada know of their plans. Alex Hunter was a great citizen THE EDITOR of The Run Is not and a great Canadian. No one quite up to date when he;evp' lived who was more Incere writes "beer drinking in Ontario! m everything hv did than Alex is Increasing nt a faster rate Hunter. APPOINTMENT OF OFF'C'AL AGENT t Section tit lake notice that the official arjent for THOMAS S MocKAY. Progressive Conservative Candidate in Atlin Electoral District, is ERNEST LOVE, Electric ian'of Sttwart, B.C. THOMAS S. Mac KAY, Candidate. iuitif DtaUnhipt still optn. i industry languishes and our than hard liquor drinking the I He lnveU being aiive; lovn his East 67th Ai.. VANCOUVER 15,1 122; fisares beins 27 rer cent and 1 "uine, ins worK ann ins com 25 per cent since 1947." j munity. Alex believed In his work ; The latest official report forand nad the most tremendous; j cooks pass up some of the finest j eating ln the world. Somehow, i Canadians are not fish consum-' ers. . They belong anywhere ex-cept in the Dominion. Of course, J there are some in the coastal i cities, but to a large extent they j Ontario showed the following Itilln ln ""nee rtupert and that, i particular section ol Canada. Rj ray ... Reflects and Reminisces Roll hnus in o Mnntrpnl bntol consumption for last year: ! helped lay plenty of sou id ! foundation stones and should 8; I r' f ; t ' X t ! I i 1 if! i i V trhvr, rfi.., v,, t i, lot,' nrmoctin iinn inro always be I ehiem bererl as one of ar skilfully as it is done else-1 Imported beers increase .... 28 9: 10.6 wher' wl estic beers decreased more en oftlus caught a thief who was stealing ... The above trend toward more ; from guests. Trust those boys to t"7"'uu" " f utttI and fewer beefsteaks. Prince Rupert's 'i'ktJE and GREAT citizens. I can only add my sincere tribute to everything that Mr. Wilton has said and I trust something will be started u perpetuate Alex's memory. H. BRUUE liOREHAM . product, protect their tips. hard liquor and imported beers as against the local brews was , carried out in the wines too. Consumption of Imported wines Increased 21.1 per cent while lo It was Good Friday, not so1 roes readi.ig a comic book long ago, and when a Baptist have any .effect on a child? Army chaplain asked a young Nothing, so it Is understood, un-soldier if he could tell him its less 'l 's the prompt desire to meaning. The YS paused for a read another comic book, tew minutes and said he thought cal wine consumption was down 4 4 per cent. Well-Trained Hound PORT AI.BERN1, B.C. CP Three cougar kittens orphaned bv the sun of a hunter Harrv it was a "sort of batman to Alderman Prusky asks colleagues IT SEEMS to me that there is Robinson Crusoe." You may have the cost of doiae awav with sick I an honest and above-board noticed lately that school teach- j dogs and cats, and learns it's five argument Tor the legalized sale Brown have a new mother one ers have been insisting on salary i and three dollars. A few of th of nard liquor in hostels and of the hounds which led him to . t $ " " a . ; ' 'trt .' : - - i i increases. , councillors suggest this is a oa" in B.u. l hat is, that this the kill of a female concur. C 3hadt steep. How could it be ' 's a free country where it is Brown took the kittens home much less? In a town the size of no crime to take a drink of , and one of his trained hounds WE ALL HAVE IT Prince Rupert, a dog cannot be 'ncohol; and that if the major- has adopted them. Saturday evening last, the - whole of Sunday, and part of the la'd away any old place. There's i time since then, any number of 'many an owner who thinks not persons have had that T Need a, t the loss of a five spot, but the Holiday Look" in their tired eye.'.1 absence of an old friend. You know the expression. It was I plam as -anything. One could almost hear the words. They sounded impatient. "I am not, frankly, a lover of the cinema," remarks a candid Californian. "I detest the slick- J ness, the noise, the vulgarity and j superliciality df most all films.") Members of the Royal Family! 'C' 'it VOIR SEAFOOD! Forty kinds of fish that make other nations drool go begging, says Ian Sclanders in Macleans. He' right, of course. A basic not infrequently feel refreshed after enjoying a movie hit. At least, they say so. -. $ ':;'' . Vt--- r - I "X VOTERS LIST Now available at J. D; McRjae's Committee Rooms (Next to Royal Bank) Check to see if your name is on Hear -. , . ...w - J," "... A Special! Lamp Shades Pirem J6inson New Shipment Just Arrived. All new designs all new sizes. TRI-LITES, BRIDGE LAMPS, TABLE AND BOUDOIR SHADES AT SPECIAL PRICES Civic Centre, Saturday 8:00 P "1! Vote ... J. D. McRAE LIBERAL CANDIDATE Prince Rupert Electoral District Sccakina on behalf of the Liberal Parlv and in siinDorl ol D. (Jack) McRaj i - i ii at Rupert Radio & Electric I Vote Liberal-June 12th