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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1883-08-31, Page 4Jew gAtirtvtitauttuto. Bargains—J. Jackson: Fall hats—W. Jackson, Farm to rent—J. Naftel. House to relent -G. Bently,; Notice—Stewart & Hurlbert- Notice--A. Callander & Bro Curling rink-ell/3,A', Forrester: Dwelling ,to rent -S- Palliser -&-Co:-•• Furnished rooms—Mrs. Wattergon, Beaver clothing store—W.11, Smith. (tIxutou "v . v Tian. FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1883. -_ The 'Muskoka Election Case. EPITORIAt NOTES. Wdert one reads almost daily of Some per- son being swindled by colltideuoe games, it is hard to resist saying 7' serves them right," after the repeated warnings that have- been given.; MR. iPAIIQUIER IIrt9EATED. When the Conservatives succeedediei win ning Muskoka last January, they were wonder- fully jubilant, but the trial of the protest has revealed so muchrottenness and corruption - 'that every honest man in that party should hang his head with shame at the corrupt means used to carry the election. The evi dence was: only partially gone into, but ' auf- fieienlwas taken to show that money and -liquor were used in the Conservative interest in the most lavieh ' manner, the candidate himself treated 'during, •the 'campaign. As the Globe,' in its comments very . tiuly says, each man who was put upon' the stand had something, to tell that was -relevant to one or other of, the charges selected for proof, and a stream of disgusting disclosures that might easily have been kept flowing for many days was.cut:short by the -judges ,dictating. before the inquest was well begun, that the election had been carried by means Of corrupt practices eiitensively,aud-openly resorted . to. We do not recollect- in the whole history of election trials in Canada, whether -by 'PaiLamentary Committees 'or • Election .Omuta, a state of affaiis so utterly abominable as the one of which the evidence in this -Muskoka trial af- fords but a glimpse. From the evidence, the judges had really no alternative but to unseat Fauquier, which they did, with costs of • the suit. On the question of personally die-- qualifying_ him,` they reserve judgment until' the 3rd of September. The cross -petition against Mr. Bette, the Reform candidate,' the judges dismissed. DANGER AHEAD 'Tire H•nmilton Tribune makes)a boord pint P in oalliog the attenti�n of tlao onser-•vative press to the fact that John Shields, of section B. notoriety, is;a fugitive from justice. Itisa fact, there is, nq 'disputing. ,,Tars is whet most of the Tory newspapers -have said on the WestiLambton and Musko- ka election trials • The Winnipeg:Times (Conservative) in an article upon the subject of the • ,'.. subsidy system y sYstem to the several provinces, ex res-ses its belief that seat dtingel-exists to•abs continuance of confederatione'. in. conse- quence of the probability of a'dem•and be • ing made: by Quebec for an increased sub- sidy, ub sin to be follow d ' likely, y, e_, most 11 e y, built the other provinces. 'The -creation of the"Do minion, was,for the purpose of putting an end to the unequal and unfair influence of the lower over theu perprovince, p and P the use ` f in g e o this �owerin'mi 1 sappro"treater ;/ P b the revenue of the countryfor.: ar iz u partizan `purposes.'.' Before .confederation 'Lower 7anada had obtained from the public liest, for • purely local -purposes, about 41,000,600 more than"Ontario while she' di not pay into that chest more than one- thel as,m`uch as the latter., • 4 the present. moment Quebec is over $15100,000 in debt, and gradually sinking- still'eeper, as revenue does not meet ex-', Pardee were striving to secure the disputed territory in order to cue down the timber and, pelt the proceeds in their own' pockets .there' might he some, sense in the suggestion, But whet they are 'doing, they' are doing for. Onta rio, and it is the ,dntyof:the people ofOnta-' rio' to extend to them their sy rpathy' and: support. Their remarks are very comprehensive. Is Stem was, we must say he is Wild. He gives fellow, not to he ruffled by any means, has the " facts" of the cage as gathered in an inter- tried his hand at all games, itewsbny on the. view with one o£ the. , citizens," His story is cars, etc. eta., even to stMug whips . at a correct, but not quite coxreet after all. here fair, -What he doeen't know, is not worth' ere the facts as oleeand from eye witnesses of Isunwing, the disgraceful scene: A good oarsman was at • Having trade arrangements to sleep in No. work not 10 rods from the scene of their evolu- 89 in third flat, at the rate of $1 a day or $55 per week. I passed quietly •out and a again mixed with the throng, and found my way to the lake. Beautiful cottages) on every aide, some " bearing inscriptions, suet} as :—" The two Orphan, ,' `'Belleview,"'• Lakeside," etc, 'these are the summer residences of the well- to-do . Yonder,ia'the $10,000 hotel built Ude , year for the aocommodytion of the beeper ten who tarry only for a day or two. A. goodly number, like the gypsies, have pitched their tents mi vacant lots and seemingly enjoy their Font the three months ,ending. Aug. 25th the number of failures in Canada was 340, being an increase of 211 for the same time last year. This is an increase of nearly l7• per cent., andshowsclearly that the coun- try ia.far hem 'eujeying that prosperity pre- dicted in the rose-colored speeches' of N:;P- apologists. THE Hamilton Tribune, in an article on the telegraphers strike, points out a- few of the. weak features'! thereof, from the employees' standpoint, but might have given in. less spaceand more easily' understood language the true reason of the lfailure of the strikers, which is that the' law; of supply, and demand controls labor and always will, Tisa decision jo the Wet Simcoe election case, by which Mr. Phelps (Reform) was un- seated because of bribery by agents, is to be appealed against. ; There is good .ground for the belief that if Mr. Phelps goes back for 're- election he will get a larger majority than eat the general election., Even his opponents are forced to make this concession. lutions, whose services they might have secured for the asking, but they took the boat, and after having landed a number of small passengers on the Goderich side pulled off every vestige of their clothing, reeumed their position in the boat, lend.: and rowed to the Colborne side, Not content with racing upon.the shingly shore of the; river, they raped a barbwire fence; (0 that they might have elipped in climbing) and took pos- session of the flats inside. Here, any one wit needing their behavior and listening to, their chattering tongues will forgive us for applying the epithets', "apes, baboons, monkeys, &c." Qnatters, Seeing some'smoke coming from After amusing themselves for a time in this manner, they then forded the river and reaum- I a cbim'ney at the edge of the lake, I made my ed their clothing, and went on their way re='1 way down, and found a very small -engine joining. Now sir, if this is the standard of civilzation fostered in -our sister township, we. have only to say that we are, yet far behind them-inethf5 respect, but we fear they can show neither economy nor .common' sense in such a proceeding. On account of using so much of your space we will say just afew 'words more. Holland gin is our favorite beverage, but we never indulge to such an extept as would make us 'r behave so indecently as oiir 'friend. And. again, if Holland gin causes us to pen such an item, what on earth must they have had in. them that made them furnish such work for our intoxicated pen ? Why, cherries and milk to be sure, eh? ,,We might say more, but,we hope this will containsufficient work for an- other week, and at some further dayave. may; unearth a few facts that would make even your humorously inclined correspondents open their eyes. Yours, &c., CoxuoaaE ScxirE.. Ir THE Conservative' editors; of Ontario had a spark of honesty or, principle about them, they , would cease writing such trash . and falsehood about " Mowat'e invasion of the disputed territory to : stir upl strife and -dis cord." And if they, were not So wedded to party,: and had the true.'tdtersts of this pro- vince at heart, they would throw in their in- fluence with the Ontario government and aid, it in securing the rights of the Province. lite Ottawa c r 1 re ndn: o spo e t of the Globe' intimates Sir John Macdon-a'td is now inking, every effort`to induce;the.Orange' Grand Y Lodge .to renew their application` to the :Pro- vincial Legislature for, an Aol of Incorpora-:: tion•: This is done to avoid the danger` that �woull'ar'se to the Ministry, ;if'the Incorpora- tion ncorpora hon'Pil'hcame-'ii .a stn at the'.next session of P e Dominion nionlParliauieit, The Oran men $e GRIMSBY- CAMP GRO1IIvD To the Editor of the Clinton New Era. Su,—.Grimsby Camp is; to you, such an exhausted subject that I dare' say you would easily forgive my saying nothing about it.' :I think, nevertheless.' that a brief account of a short stay there may prove not unacceptable to many of your readers, she, unlike yone. are not favored with, the reading regularly of. the' goings on'there in one or other: of_our city dailies. ' Situated on Lake Ontario, between Hamil- ton 'and St. Catharines, it is easily recached by the residents of, these cities and the neigh- boring towns and villages while Torontonians andjoiler. oiler. The, engine is need to pomp: water to a large cistern in the centre of the grounds, ,,from whish all the cottages and hotels arel,supplied with water by means of iron pileei Strolling out on the pier, I gazed \for some' time- on the. placid waters of, the smallestof'the great lakes, then retraced my steps to see the auditorium, where, last year, Talmage had held the mighty .,multitude in such solemn stillness. I saw • the -platform where he stood, and) in thebackground' the words'' Praise the Lord" emblazoned in -large letters. Overhead werethe•whispering breez-. es., The sunlight was almost obemired by the. leaves.',:. A curious feeling pervaded my whole frame, as I stood where hundredshad prb- fessed deliverance from' sin, Surely, thought I, this is just such a place as the Lord would choose to show forth His power and might -r' I remained' some five days. Heard Ser-.. Mone, eloquent and most impressive by the leading divides of the Methodist denomina- tion, but the showers of blessing did not come. Some said they were waiting,.for the "Boy Preacher." If so, I am not surprised. k• One was there whom I had heard before the Rev. Dr. Williams. He did not preach but gave us.a most earnest and thrilling, ex- hortation, at the -close of.a very able and elo quept'sermon by the Rev. Mr. Crossley of Brantford. During -the doctor's exhortation, "Praise the Lord }and hallelujah were fre- quently ejaculated by!his hearers.: Of course, • on'Sunday the largest crowd was to be seen, and notwithstanding a sem,. what heavy rain in the morning, it was 'esti after a two -hours boat ride, gain the grounds. mated that there were 3;000 people on the g eround- Just here I might saythat -there is Thus it is accessible. to. all pleasure seekers of- g B three of our most populous cities. - about' 900 of a standing population, including, On payment of the sum of 10 cents you aro be it remarked,'the barber and grocer, I dm ti d to the `sacred recincts 'a most should) have; liked to have enrolled the bntoh- a . i e prey- charming spot. Agay throng, attired in er and baker, but as they do not sleep on holiday garments, as varied as the most im-` the grounds it would be ,unfair, aginative mind cin conceive, wander to apd'• Onthis day, namely,/Sunday,' the hotel fro. in narrow avenues,, while the umbraueous keepers reap their harvest, and.; when you. branches of the stately oak and other --trees'' know that upwards of $1,000 is paid for the reaching overhea. , give to the surroundings a" privilege, it is. ;not difficult to! understand most pictbreeque appearance' •:1 joined the that a good congregation to them is -worth crowd of promenaders, and proeeeded clown' something. Mr. McNeal informed me that what appeared to me the main $ `thorou`hfare., he took in some $265 the: Sunday I was there, There was the ubiquitous ice cream and soda; a good many.eables- were spread that day. onthe' light -<and Chea John's Ding Dong went';t'be bell all the day long ex- water'mau e , P sept• during seresice, not a word was _said store on the left, the beat paying -stand on fSabbath by'the. about fthe: desecration o the The the'ground remarked its proprietor.. . . There' is the postand telegraph office pre- hard worked and almost breathless girls who ., sided ()Ver. by a rather fair and slimly built waited; on the hungry visitors. But perhaps. 'young lad With her hair arted, notsin the they were in the service•of the Lord. , It was Y g S' p ' obvious to uie,that some of these -poor toilers middle by any means, and 'somewhat saucy were almaetfa fagged, but it ea;, lest, obvious if. dame !inner be true, while at the same time passionately fond of a ten cent ice cream. ° . why it was no';harm for' them' to els so and at Next comes'McNeal's hotel Ts he 'old' en the same time a sin for, some four or five _•; to, 000 cent aiscoun ?POSITE THE TOWN HA tleman'himself may be seen at any hour of run -an excursion train to the grounds or else - the day (except when'runnin 'in `some) pota- toes F running :in 1 let n that 11 who r L e cone union,, me s• a i tin .m a -chat at.: toes for the boarders) s t .g h have: a few , days ' at ''their dt sposit for :;re - :doer with his feet ,upon the rail of.the veran} rrm'sb Cam all creation, may hnd in G y p, , �u health that can be 'desired to\;rec,.. Ph gate the , and ;at': the same, time enjoy the- • rivile e of listening to the' full and' free gospel of Jesus Christ, for the smell' sum of, ten cents •per. day, over and above the board. - ' &tee -wire WAS THERE. b must be pliable indeed;. if they allow the duh, enjoying a com or to le smoke, with ' .Pretty Polly"over his head, ever. and anon.':. Premier to trifle with them'as he likes, crying out to some boys' .. query what., s:e.+ 1, ,?a:. .•I do you want Polly?" . Polly wants a cracker.,, EvERsate• p lotrc resident of tentario&illem' Step inside and behind a short connter yod'' dorse the following from the Toronto Tele- shall find -a "man in all respects like the abovea` gram, which paper certainly cannot fie ebarg- only somewhat younger. A sweet tempered, ed with being '.' Giit" :-- "It is the opinion of the chief Tory organ.. that Messrs: Mowat and Pardee should:' -be' compelled by the people of Ontario to pay the. expenses of the Rat Portage ;`expedition out of their own pockets. .If Messrs. Mowat and pendt;ure, and it is in consequence of this •semi-1ankrupt condition of that province that lid caused so touch `discussion upon • the mater, and such strong denunciations • of the stbsidy system. Paternal„govern- , ment, 1i7, countries, in any shape what- . ,ever,ds ':tong, and if continued, evil ef- • feels will flow from' it :sooner or later: The follottng from the Hamilton Tiniest • •on this sublet, as so true. and to the point • that we glaily place it 'before our readers Go ainoagtliose people ' and one finds a constant depend to "do something for us,”• 'They want tlr Dominion..to build their local railway,. . They recognize clearly that money pdd by the Dominion. does not• come out cf their pockets, and they !'like big expendtures on rail,ways,harbors,, lighthouses, canals, etc. ;They. wouldn't, oblect-to the colitruction`of wagon roads at Doininion'exp\pse,'` To take hold and help themselves isquite foreign to their idea of the fitness tf things..• Rather than. do that, they will. here and -die••as•:' their. fathers did,•producilg just enough coarse" food to eat, and just enough coarse cloth ing to wear. ',The descendants of the French ,nobility are ntw the professional class, and when pickings' are scarce every man of them consideis'iimself entitled to • a Government office. - Tae common peo- ple do not try to :rise out. of, the -. rank which they :were born:': At a'' banquet they eat' from the dirty plates • that have been left by "their 'betters;" and • they make no protest against the continuance of the,fede,ral system, When depression overtakes the country, the French' Cana- dian peasant knows nothing of 'it. He produces enough to eat and wear, and that is all that he did in,the best of times:' It is•quite time that Ontario ceased sup plying pap to shiftless Quebec. Left to themselves -compelled to rely upon their ensornes_-.tliemd eseendants-'of--the Trend). i nobi) ity world go to ' work. The Civil list at Quebec would be •Gut' down, the reckless extension.' of the Provincial debt would he stopped, the swells mould come down' a peg, and the habitants would 'come. up. Hardworking citizens of Ontario would then.be permittedto enjoy the whole of their earnings. If it costs each citizen of Ontario '$6 for Dominion expenditure, .and, $2 for Provincial ex- penditure, itis no cheaper to hand the. whole $8 to the Dominion than • to hand `$6 to the Dominion and $2 to tli /hand If Ontario paid: its $2 to the Pro ins y e, and Quebec did the saine, the 'Do- minion would not need $6•but only $3 or $4 from each citizen of Ontario. As 'yet, the foolish portion of Ontario's population is huggingvhe delusion that taxes: paid to the Dominion are not .taxes at all, and 'many like" the idea of high customs duties without. reference to' their revenue -pro - clueing quality. They will -get over that delusion in • time, And the swindling system 01 Provi"racial-subsides "m'ust go." Tne Globe publishes an interview with a man named Milelurty„who professes to have been.firoman of the ” Maid of the Mist,"` which ran_the Whirlpool Rapids,' in the Niagara River' many years since. The rxian may have been what he says, but much of the interview is the purest nonseuse r When, he states that, the centre of the riverall alone. is sixty feet higher than the .outer edges, he just draws 50, feet, 12 inches on has imagination, and we wonder, at a Globe reporter publishing such a statement twice,; at the rapids itis several feet chigher, but only; there. ' He says the vessel jumped clear out of the water, when }t did nothing of the kind, Jones, the engineer,. did .not dip shortly after the affair, as 'the;. editor' of this paper was personally acquainted with him for years, and lib was1'iving in Calf fornia a few .years since: The whole story looks fishy,as thereare several discrepancies in, it from that related to ue shortly afte the trip by Jones, and we;know 'him to be reliable. OUR LETTER}BOX. Tire Nxw ERA does -not, held itself resfionsfble tor ideas expressed wider thls heading. COLBORNE. - To'Ghe Editor of the Clinton 1y -rev Pr SIR,—In your last issue I notice that a con, ple of thecitizens of-Holmesville have com- bined their forces, and are Making a feeble attempt at retaliation,,' because we "wrote em up" in a previous issue. , We are glad to notice their friendly view of Metters, and would like to say that we have no pai•ticn rally eardageniStiesfeeline, and ate only bat- tling for the right. Well, he opens on Mer bad grammar (and grammar was :aiwaysrour Sore point.) It was our intention at first to avoid saying anything 'that might-•'1-ead-any one to suppose who the citizens were, but when we are -thus -drawn- out we 'must clear ourselvet•by making an open confession, We have not Worcester but we put a stiff •mus- tard piaster onWebster last' night 'mai drew as 1ollows :—"Masquerade=a oompany 'Of• people wearing masks, and amusing them.- selves hem-selves with•denein'g, Bre,'' Now our error was not so much on account of our ignorance of the meaning,'. of words, but more because we did' not know the name • of 'that foolish headgear usually worn by your correspondents. We thought they were called masks; but on'diligent enquiry we find helmets' instead of •Mask's. Title accounts forthat error, The others eve think ". were typographed. .But to go on, he says "It is Goderichh township, not Colberno, that is in- fested'with wild animals." Correct brother,ancl' we sirtcerely hope, the Goderich people will en- deavor to keep them home, as thee°are as many tante ones running at large as oue` flats can de. cently support. "Particular -reference is made to the enimal thattin£ests the lith ' con., and if we -tyre correct' as to who the writer of the lat C c�-tTM��-I-rTI—�I �. �. t7.1.V.L.J:.T subscriber' desires to anneninee .to the, people of Clinton -.and vicinity that,lre has need'. w' on rhand a full stock of i, Scotch English ' & :Canadian ° Tweeds, Beavers 7 Meltons Br oadclo lis - Woi steds Fa Pant Patterns, Etc., Etc. , 'he .is PreL red to make oft, the very'shortest.n`otice. Blinn a`prsct•-al' ,Which up, r in, f d style,- `'.. cutter, he feels confident that hecansett e,the' best satisfaction t fit an CAIN ANn WILT, SELL s CHEAP. AS ANY HousI.z. THf CouTNTY, . W11I. 11.SMITH:a o osite the n'Post Office Clinton IP , 1 �o A NE IAMB A lel E'L S l7Ci�' SCOTCH TWEEDS. si ns rice L � BEY IS 11l e e: could se:, S\ ereliant entlema,iz