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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1892-03-25, Page 4'777- . - , rhr,t.--:-7; • , - The Lucknow Sentinel, Bruce County, Friday, March 25th '44!.,IPT*,-,1PAT,TrEs.._..a.Nn Tn. awns -11PRXXIff ACotiRDING TO THE DICTATES Os!owisolipies WE PRIZE ABOVE ALL MIER LIBERTIES LcOlinovr, Much 24th, 1802. 'BLAKE FOR WEST BRUCE. • A correspondent sends us a letter in • which he asks the question, among other things, "Could the Hon. Edward Blalie get West Bruce r If th• e( et -liter of the SENTINEL were the only one to consult in the matter, we would `'litihcsita,tintly say yes, but ,as we do pre -fend to speak for the whole ridg, •we would like to hear the opinions of our readers in the matter. The feeling is steadily growing throughout the country that some means should be found to induce Mr. Blake to re-enter public life, and strange as it may seem this feeling not alone confined to Reformers, A'liut-anany independent Conservatives nly take the same ground. It is Mr. Blake does not altogether with the trade policy of the bo'ral party, as set forth in his letter "thePeo ple of West Durham, but e believe he is too patriotic a Canadian deprive the country of his valuable rvices at the present time, and we ".,o* of no better way of inducing egreat statesman to re-enter the litical arena than by making-. him the unanimous choice of the conven-t 'tion in some constituency like West rum, 'where the political majority sufficiently large to insure his iection-without opposition. • • COUNTY COUNCIL. Fhibill to reduce the number of Cloutity Councillors, now before the �ntario Legislature, will make a great :4„ ange not Only in the size, but in the expensesconnected with that body of legislatars. We have now forty-five einhers in the Bruce County Council, but if the new law coines into force only eleven 'members will henceforth elected to serve in this capacity,. - 'far as the work of the county is we believe eleven men could pelt after it just as successfully as the Orgy -five doesat the present time, but lieclifficulty will be in seleeting the so.that the whole county iiII be properly represented at the Board. In electing the County Conn- ' nillors the Reeves and Deputy -Reeves ; :that are annually chosen by the people will each have thepowg to vote for eleven candidates, and the county judge will act, with the county clerk, as returning officers to count the votes thus given. On or before December one of each year nomination papers signed by at least twenty ratepayers are to be de- posited with the county clerk If the *umber nominated equals the riumber to be elected, the county clerk on the expiration of the time shall forthwith declare thein elected. If the number • nominated exceeds those to be elected, the clerk than advertiskn newspapers -the names of those nominated, 'display the names in public places, etc. The connty clerk will then forward voting papers tn the clerk of each local muni- • cipality. The reeves and deputy reeves • shall fill in these voting papers at the first meeting of their respective coun- cils in each year. Each reeve and deputy reeve will have as many votes as there are councillors, to be elected, 7, 9 or 11 as the case may be. He may give all his votes to one person or divide them as he pleases. The voting papers are then depoqited with the clerk of the local municipality who will forward them to the county clerk, who will count them in the presence of the county judge, sheriff or other oft- eiaL If there are any ties, the election is 'to'he decided by lot., This mode of electing the county councillors may seem reagonahle at a- sla-nce, but we are of opinion that it • will not prove satisfactory to the county as a Whole. For instance, if the reeves of .any five or six of the municipalities in the county were to cembine together and giiri) 'all their votes to certain candidates they could undoubtedly elect then; or at least secure the election of enough to control the county board. This, of course, may never take place, but it is just as well to guard against it at the start. If the County of Bruce were divided into three electoral divisions, say North, South and Centre, the same as now ex- ista for the electron of members to the Ontario Legislature, and each of these districts to elect five- county countil- lora, every part of the county would be fairly represented. This would 'completely do away with any possibil- ity of centralizing the members of the county board, and • would place the representatives of smaller municipali- ties on a fairer and more equitable position with the other municipalities in the county. But we believe a still greater reason exists why the reeves and deputy reeves of the whole county should not have a voice in the election of the entire county board, and in favor of the county being divided into separate dis- tricts. We believe it is,—or at least should be,—the desire of all ratepayers that party polities should not enter into municipal affairs, and so far as the county council of Bruce is concerned it is entirely free from political lean- ings, but if the new bill becomes law in its present state, the door is thrown wide open for party politicians and wire -pullers to utterly destray the usefulness of the county board: The proposed new county council will have all the duties of the present county cnuncil to discharge, and will be chosen by the reeves and deputy reeves, who will continue to be elected as a present, but will only sit in the local council and will not be eligible to he elected to the new county coun- cil. This we contend is another weak feature Of the bill and one that should not be allowed to become law. • The county council is nothing more than a municipal council, and the qualifica- tion necessary for a seat at that board, should be as at present, his election by the people to a reeveship ora deputy reeveship in the local municipality in which the candidate resides. This is the only- safe -guard for the people and if this is not done the ratepayers will have no say in the matter, and the new board will only be responsible to the men , who elected them', It would be better to abolish the,county council altogether than place it in the hands of a few men who are not di- rectly responsible to the people. - THg Government have acted wisely in deciding to enforce the same guar- anteen regulation against American cattle entering British Columbia.as are enforced elsewhere in the Dominion. So long as that door was open so long was their danger of disease being in- troduced amongst Oanadian.herds, and which again would involve the with- drawal of the privilege of sending our animals to inland ties in Britain on the hoof. THE charge of unfairnes in the mak- ing up of the Federal Voters' Lists is tot without foundation The officers who. prepare these lists are appointees of • the government and it is most natural that they should favor. the powers which appointed them. If the Reformers were in power the offidials interested with the preparation of the listswonld perhaps be just as anxious to favour their,friends as the present appointees are. The system is bad as well as being a very expensive one The old plan of preparing the Dominion and Provincial lists was much better. Nothing could be, more fair than the manner in which that system was carried out previous to th6 introduc- tion of the Federal Fran6hise Act. The work was then in the -hands of the Municipal officers and it was impossi- ble for the wire pullers of either party to controle it for the same party was not in power in the aifferent municipalities\. 30 A TEAR ! T undertake tn briefly tearh ar.y fa. T.:7 intvl: •r 1•I' n , es. cchr, ren read and write, and erbv, a etcrinstrt,, nr-n. 'till work tnductrivuely, iv vr tr. ,11, Three Thottaand Dollars a 'tear in th,ir,,rn ;,•n:,:iPa n h , rover thvy live.1 vvi:: the situati n ,r.‘rn; rm. rti.ar n .ich , u ran Porn that arn,..r.•. obtainable in Lucknow. levrne'd.e1 dr F,Dt c nr. n ,,rk ...r front, ..a,h dastrir; r r t,nty I have already tauiht and pr ri.P.r1 vrith etny-I,rmvnt a larva . vurnbvr, orb,- are n-ak Inc , rvr *2000 ll ?three, i, 11 t NEW . . . J OHN ELLI0 end 801..11». 11 ;aculart FREE. Adr.•• zr •,r ,•, E. C. ALLEN.' Dux 4,20, Augusta, Moine. k . T., 6 SPRING. • • • There are three lines of goods *hidh have received • special attention this spring --- Millinery, Carpets, Ready -Made Clothing. We are now prepared to give you extra good value in the above goods. Our milliner, Miss Law- son, is now gettj.ng the millinery department in c rder and will be ready to receive customers on Friday of this week. WM. CONNELL, Lucknow. HE LEADING HARDWARE STORE Is the best place in town to purchase your Cross Cut Saws, Buck Saws, Axes and Axe Handles A full stock of the best makes in the market. Also a big supply of STOVES, TINWARE, AND SILVERWARE • All at the Lowest possible Prices. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK BEFORE PURCHASING. THOS.. LAWRENCE, Leading • Hardware, Tinware and Stove Dept. 1110111111•1011rOrsi ',ammo – — ABSTRACT OF AUDITOR'S REPO T FREE FOR THF R I CRAYONTORTRAITSVIRAMEr TOWNSHIP OF IGNLOSS. Amount on 1 -;and at last audit... $1802 03 Receipts frem tax collections_ 9358 31 Receipts from other sources...... 2207 93 Total Receipts $13368, 27 Expenditure on roads & bridges $1658 78 Miscellaneous e-ipenditnre 127 13 Salaries and Commissions668 41 School Sections • 4314 30 County Rate 2649 76 Printing, postage & stationery 59 97 Relief and taxes remitted ..... 247 97 Drainage , 529 12 Total Expenditure__ .... .$10255 44 Bal. in Treasurer's hands • 3112 83 We, the undersigned, have examined the Treasttrer's acc,ounts of the receipts and ex- penditures of the municipality of the Township of Kinloss, and report the same correct accord- ing to the vouchers submitte 1 to us,_ and in accordance with the above statement. • W. WALKER. t AUDITORS • rHomAs February 3rd, 1892 THE .H Leads them all for Family Groceries AND CANNED GOODS. Fruits of A 11 Kinds in Season. FINE TEAS A SPECIALTY. 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