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Last week Premier King's Liberal henchmen whooped up voters of their persuasion at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where a vacant seat had been specially created by the resignation of one of Mr. King's friends in order that he might campaign for it. The territory was naturally chosen with an eye to being "safe." The candidate who opposed the Premier was one Captain D. L. Burgess, a sufficiently insignificant Independent. Suddenly, on the eve of the election, the Captain became obstreperous. He used the word "corruption." He pointed to a printed ballot on which appeared the Premier's full style...
...King smiled amusedly at this bombast. After a short visit to Prince Albert, he returned to Ottawa and allowed the Liberal steam roller in Saskatchewan to obliterate doughty Captain Burgess, M. C., six ballots...
...dies without leaving a will and is survived only by relatives more distant than first cousins. This amounts to a reversal of the laws which have forced the State to act as a trustee for intestate estates, in the interests of "lost heirs" who may be starving at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 2) The virtual abolition of the law of primogeniture, as part of a general equalization of the rights of younger sons and females on a par with eldest sons. 3) The abrogation of such quaint but archaic legal curiosities as "gavelkind," "Borough English" and "copyhold." "Grand and petty sergeantry," however...
Hope for Premier King and the Liberals still lies in the West (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta). It depends upon the "third party," the Progressives, who dominate the far prairies. If they combine with Liberals and return Liberal members (or members committed to lull co-operation with the Liberal Party), then it is likely that a majority for Premier King will again be found in the new Parliament...
...History; George Allen Morgan Jr., Emory University, Pulaskn Tenn., Philosophy; John Oddy, Wesleyan University, Conn., Skowhegan, Me., History; John Miller Pratt, Allegheny College, Pittsburgh, Pa., English; Morris Herman Price, Centre College, Paris, Ky., English; Joseph Reese Strayer, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J., History; Tillman Grow Titus, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Physics; Austin Wright, Haverford College, Bedford, Pa., English, Harold Whiting Cary, Williams College, Williamstown, History; Joseph Homer Ford, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C., History and Government; Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa., History...