. Expenses of election to a postage stamp must
be published after election.

The methods of conducting business in Parliament need not be discussed
here, except to say that any member can introduce a bill, any member can
present a petition from the humblest inhabitant of the commonwealth, and
any member can speak on a motion provided he gains the floor first.

Judges are appointed and paid by the Dominion government, not by the
provincial. Decisions by provincial judges--appointed by the Dominion
government--can be appealed to a Supreme Court of Canada. Judges can be
removed only on petition to the Governor-General for misbehavior.

Dominion taxes in Canada are indirect--on imports. As stated elsewhere,
the main power in Canada is vested in federal authorities. Only local
affairs--education, excise, municipal matters, drainage, local railroads,
etc.--are left to the provinces.

Every man in Canada is supposed to be liable for military training if
called on, but the number of men annually drilled is about fifty
thousand. Hitherto a man appointed from the Imperial Forces has been the
commanding general in Canada. It need scarcely be said that if Canada is
to hold her own in Imperial plans, if she is to become a power in the
struggle for ascendency on the Pacific, her equipment both as to land
forces and marine are ridiculously inadequate. They are the equipment of
a member in Imperial plans who is skulking his share.

Provincial courts are, of course, administered by provincial officers;
but these are appointed by the Governor-General advised by the Cabinet of
the federal party in power. The Lieutenant-Governor of the province is
appointed by the Governor-General advised by the party in power. He is
paid by the Dominion. Judges of superior courts must be barristers of
ten years' good standing at the bar of their provinces. All judges and
justices of the peace must have some property qualification. Rascals
with criminal records are not railroaded into judgeships in Canada. I
know of a judge in San Francisco who until the advent of the woman vote
literally held his position by reason of his alliance with the white
slavers. I know of another judge in New York who held his position in
spite of a criminal record by reason of the fact he could get himself
elected by the disreputable gangs. These things are virtually impossible
under the Canadian system. In the future the system may prove too rigid.
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