te power ne woiuu reuuce tne expenuiture by at least $*3,000,000, but instead of a reduction being made the annual expenditure is now over $10,000,000.The Liberals have a grievance against the senate, because that body intervened on two occasions to prevent the money of the people of Canada being stolen by political friends of the government. If they were sincere in their advocacy of senate reform why did they not dissolve the house and appeal to the people. Upon the charge of maladministration of the Sfukon, the government had practically pleaded guilty, and nearly every official had disappeared from office, to be succeeded by new and better men. The government has always treated British Columbia with studied contempt. Last spring they paid a Seattle firm $S0,-aaa : i .rn aaa —