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CLINTON, FRIDAY, ,MAY 1,2eer, 1882.
NORTH ; HURON
At the Conservative Convention at
Winghaumlast week, Mr. Thos. Far-
,
• row, M-. P. was .agaiq. nominated as
the' standard bearer for : North . Huron
at -the approaching elections. Thele
were a . number of other, good men
nominated, but all of them declined in
favor of .Mr. Farrow, whose nomina-
tion was unanimous. A better-repres-
entative could not be sent Ottawa
than Mr. Farrow. Having.had consid-
• enable'; Parliamentary :experience, he is
well fitted -to look after the: -interests
• of his constituency,' He le very;pop-
ular in the House, not only with the
'Government. members but witlr-the•
• Opposition also. He is a sound
reasoner,and his speeches carry much
weight in the= House. Taking these
-facts into 'consideration, we are sure
that the people of North Hgron will
rally to the polls and elect Mr. Farrow
by a larger majority than ever." We
have not yet - heard • who will be his
opponent, or whether he will have one.
However it may be, the electors of
North Huron : are well aware that in'
'supporting Mr. Farrow, they are send
iug a pian to Parliament to support a
• Goverument that is working for the
best interests. of the country, and work-
ing successfully ;,the electors of North•
.Enron will: do. their deity by electing
Mr. Farrow byan increased majority.
.2114 MOTYAT'SGEI>?RYMANDER
I11'G.'
is not at all :surprising --that the
organ feels uneasy about a sore sfs.- L ‘oi1
the party body polities ` To begin with,
trere was not the slightest legal or con
stitutional necessity, for increasing the
representation iii the Ontario Assembly_
at all at the time. The British, North
America .Act requires a redistribution
after every census to secure just repre-
sentation according.,; to .;population,
Within the provinces "themselves ; no
such measure is required, as 111Ir Mowat
'well knew. The Local Assembly' was,",'.
in fact, too large already. His sole:
iuoeive, therefore, was to gerrymander,
and nothing dee
In the next .place, although he carved
out a new seat in Brant,_ with only: 11,-
500,
1,5:00, inhauitants,, the city of 'Toronto,
-with a population of''certainly not un-
der 7:5,000,' was.keptwithout its, rights
to more than •two.-epreseutacives, aim`
rely to gerrymandem. for a Grit'nemner'
au Brant with one-seventh of Toronto's'
',popsilatian. "•In: other :words, if • the;
manipulation -of Brant was justifiable.
solelyt,for,party `purpoeee, what shall
he said',to•the disgracefpl'treatinent of
this eity,,,::in'•I+hich.every;elector, on the
I3rant:,scaile.computation,. only received
one-third'"of• a vote 1. W}ty. vas tiffs;'
gross` iinjustice perpetrated1.Solely to
,punish Toronti for." rejectiaug :Messrs:
Mowat, and:Crooks.
In every' instance: in which he ,at-
?tempted:. to doctor" constituencies it,,.was
•his; deliberate ptitrpoee to injure his ;lap
„ponents;..b subdividing: the' fat Grit,
• preserees, Population did not matter
with him.; what he wanted was seats;
If he:was sometimes :-:deceived in his
calculations, so much the better. He
got his; half loaf, and accepted' it -as bet-
ter,than,no-bread •; for, ;be it obaierved,
bis•stireugth in ;the 'House receiveda
greater ,relative addition than six'to.
fife O,pposttion.,• :To:: be sure, fourteen'
saad six' snake twe 1ty.; but if to a forty
;five ysu add;sixty, tbe; majority gains
snore, ;than..doul3le in momentum:
Plein/y, wbnteMr. ' Mowat should have
;done73,ziafiiruess, was; to saki weight to
',the minority,
The, whole thing was "a -shameless
;fraud,, ,:first, '_because it was ". wantonly'
;and; needlesslys•done, ,secoiidly,lhecause'
111 egtia#izirlglepreseutatioa.lav :ps.
;tion, it,',aggeayeteel ,the inequality-; and
,thirdly r•htagaose it• was eowarcliu` .dodo',
for patty:�',pieeposes 'Not One, of t iape'
1ob,1ectiona• Gari :be
REDISTRIBUTION BILL,:
With their antecedents before tae, it
is more amusing than edifying to, read
the ;'organs of • the Grit party on the
Redistribution Bill. Following their
leaders iet, the House- and:; the "•Great
Mogul in Toronto, they stoop to every.,
kind and; ;manner•;of misrepreeeittation,
for the purpose of misleading: aid ex-
citing .the publie opinion of Ontario;
but as they: will find out and: in fact as
the `best of them well know, it is all -
in vain.'
Their attempt to create excitement
against theministryon the "Streams
Bill"- and the " Boundary;" question
has fallen on a listless public, and their
windy and threatening attacks, are to-
eay of htt e accoulrr, and "so'-.vtiI i
with the question now ander discussion.
In the majority ..of cases, men": now a
days, read; both sides of'a question awl
are not carried away • by `"sound and
fury. signifying nothing," come" fsannn
What side it may.
'Ile Redistribution: Bill- is a sound
acid cc.tstitutioeal enactment; " and
'arries out fair y and equi..ahly two
great: principles of our Governments
"° re; rescntation " by populatioie "' and
as far as may be, "a numerical equal-
ity of. constituencies." The Grits.
would have us believe, that because
a " given township has been. removed
from, or. added to a; given 'constituency
that there has been.; a lesseningof the
franchise. The rani and fp() may be
lead tc believe this, but the leaders
know; better, no ms.n has lost a vote,
the boasted .G'rit majority; if it ever.
existed ia stilt there„ and .:not a vote
'less, and if eo confident of victory °be
fore, ;why so despondent' now. They
know well; they are a beaten party,
with: or without redistribution. The
success of the National Policy, the
states of the Bayonne, the. Pacific and
Ietercolonial' Railways; the fabulous
settlement of the North-West, " and the,
general p; osperity of the country are
all indictments ,against them as a
Darty and they,'krow it, and as a
-drowning man catches a straw, :they
•seize on the Redistribution•Biilas the
reason oftheir certain defeat. Their
brags and threats: about "betraying
the -interests of Ontario.; are simply'
buncombe, expressing the rage,of a de-
feated and vengeful faction.
EDI'TORI.4L
NOTES.•
Ile! ha! ha! Ma Greenaway, late
of Exeter leader of the Grits in the
Manitobian local. -> First important
divieiou "The. South Eastern Railway
Bill Government 17 Grits `7
blit. T. B. Gum; 'of'St. Mary's, Lias
been selected as, the standard bearer of
the Conservatives of South Perth for
the approaching election to the House
of Couinaeiis,` Poor `:Tran, the sitting
member, . might as well tJirenv up the.
sponge at once: His chances of re-'
election,are, iiiieea very slim.
Wlio says tbe_Grits,, are not liberal ?
Why, Mr. Charles Morrow, the
specter of weights and measures under
the late Government' received the nice
little,.: sum of $531,33 as payment' for_
lyingiidle assisting to "elevate the stand-
ard'°ifor 324 days of, they ear. This is
-the time he- was kept without the in-
atrt mientts to•,go -on: with his •work, and
had'tnothiagao do.
Ma. FF.Rrtnw; 1VIt lf,, has been again
nominated ;,for his old constituency.
We venture to offer oukcoagratulatious
both ,to .the.,niember' and the people
who have seleeted him, Mr. Pan ow
is one of the ""•Old Gua •d." • - ii faitli-
fulneeelto his chief. and his Reincipled,
hats been• tried in,rtile .fire of many ees-:
sions and debates. His speeches .have
been models' of brevity, eaeaestnese,
acid intelligence. :His coudoot as: a
member of "Parliament 'has " been, char- •
teri t stn: •-,ts..,:ch er,
ac erized by x du ry,. coir, e p.,, e
fur bearing of all :attacks,; and �!•;;a
readiness in debate ••which" rendered
him a redoutable foe. We should twee
missedd him. niore than we can say ;hail"
'le retired. His re=nomination securing
a good member of .,ParlianseptY tq!^
#1ji411? r terr,4,,. +Ik4
Hon,, Mar, Bowell' in '-`his^speech in
the•House the other day, made -an eg
poeure of at other of the many :acts of
jobbery and corruption perpetrated by
the late Government.' It will be re,
membered that in the latter part of
September 1875, tie order in council
was passed appointing 97 Deputy " in
spectors of Weights and Measures.,
These gentlemen were informed that,
their salaries would ,begin as soon as:
their surety bonus were approved, but,
it tu ns out that these men were left
for mont.l's, and a great number of
the,- nearly a year, drawing their sal!
a-'ies. of ecurse, and doing nothing, 'on
account of not having beenprovided with
the ieetruinents necessary to, pet form
their work by the Government. 42
officersiu, Ontario received over $198004:
for doing nothing, some of them , being
idle over 400 days, Mr.' Chas, 'Mor- `
row, formerly of ;this town is included
in this list He received $533.33- for
doing " nothing for 324 day.,. The 33
officers in Quebec got over $20,000 for"
their idle timn.e, and so -on ss'ith the
other provinces, this idle time "costing
the Dominion at large only $$52,232.32,'
This is purity : and 'economy sure
o lough. The average Grit may truly.
say " Consistency, thou art a jewel.
0 I MPAIGN FrAL,SEHOODS.
We ,strongly "reccommend our; react-
ers attention- to Mr. J-tykerts "speech
in the House on -Thursday last in the`.
falsity of the tone of neu)paign litera-
1 lure which the Grits are...iow spreading
broadcast over the countay. He took
up the subject of the; "extravagant-
estimates with regard +:; " the Pacific,
Railway exemptionfrometaxatiion, and
showed by figures that this precious
cawpaign :,sheet over-estimated those;
by millions of dollars, not only that,
but that the " campaign! calculators,'
were at utter variance with the often;
repeated'.. opinions of the. Grit leaders.;;
This is a fair specimen of the species of
literature with "which they "hope, to
bulldoze. the intelligent electors; of
Ontario.- They are old Lands .at this
style of misreprese itation." " They stick
at nothing,' As we; may ,see below` some
of^.the best among them';have recourses,
to the."most dishonorable "means to
gain their party ;ends.
•
Hon. Mr. Bowell in ;.reply to Mr..
Blake • on the . Redistribution Bill:;.
When " the hon. gentleman- talked of
conspirators,I was forcibly reminded of
the hon. gentleman's political conduct.
during the last ten er t'seelve' years..'
(Hear",-- ' hear.),,; " Conspieetors !" I
should" like toknow" who conspired =to
seize the reins ol; the government from
the late Sandi:eld .Macdonald' Govern -
Merit, when he succeeded: by a majority'
ofone in•oustine Sandfielu from power
with no less than eight seats ur repre:•`
sen'ted. (Hear;, hear, • and ,appleuae.)'
Conspirators .'. I should like to
know" who entered into a :conspira.ey
'With the Speaker of the Ontario House
at that'time,ea-n1 brought him- down
from that position to becomo"a Cabinet
Minister., (Applause.) But' the hon..
gentleman now heals, these epitaphs-:
across , the House. e‘ Conspirators l'`
I 'should ' like to :'know who "tampered,
with, aye, ' bought arid, purchased, the
Treasurer of the thenc,Ontario Govern
went` and sedused hinitfrom his loyalty
to his master,`" (Applause.) And. yet
•tbe hon. gentleman stands up her with
coolness, -I will not say, audacity, 'as, he
.does, and: with apparent honesty at
least this would "•be the impression of
one who never heard; him - e#ore=aa• a .
-paragon of perfection. (Hear, `hear) :
He also poses himself as the leader of
a great party, composed of all the hon-
est and political morality in the world;
but weeill,know how he and his party
obtained power in` 1$73, and we know
that the same ,schemes, the same de-
vices,• the same,'conspiracies, and tirs.
same eavesdropping are taking placxe
to -day, (Hear, hear.) The lion. gene
tleenan did not answer my question thin;:
afternoon when`I asked how he ascete
taineci certain""inforutation, because be
knew he .obteined that'.. information
improperly and --by the violation of a
secret, if -I may use tile' expression,,
that he himself ought .to shrink from.
(Hear, hear.) I-le'got that'infortiiation
because one Of his late colleagues'•broke
a sealed telegram• and obtained Informix-
,tion,
nfornma,tion, if obtained, he should have retained
,in •his own breast. We -knew -that they
,did not.hesitate to: subsidize peoplii to
t obWtheir-employers-'in order -to -gee -in=
fcirniationwhich they afterwards use
eeplitically^(hear,;hear)-find we know.
,+;mow that they do not hesitate to open
td(rcgrame.„gtid .;raters is order to.,, get
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