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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1884-02-22, Page 2ftul ''4,Av eriti.Atiu onto, BDITOItIAL NOTBS. I T>uk failures 1n Canada for s. to rent—'S. 'Palliser � CO, a numbered Q6 21 m Goods, xeceir cd --'1'. 3eacoon fan. in the samo time last year. Tile indicates Boots a tend I , Ir , Beaeain, a very bad state of business. Seed ggr__ain--it.Trwia. ' G. `C.' ii, ogeneye-J.as,. Thotnrsoil. the past Room wool; n being ore than. ° Sylvester plow T. Tiplini2. A smisneEss youth at London, ou Lot for sale --T. Jackson, jr. -Skates, Sts. .d..iiitW/ _ . Mnsie•--•Dl iss Grig• . 1e0ta1--WYilkie & Wolverton. New bakery—T, Dunlop. Tenders wanted—ancing W. 0. Searle. A. Thomas, Parlor copcert_Vareiga Mission. ein#A1t tut • 1+`1i,1DA . F . L. 22; 1884. si.4!%redoe.. 'The following special telegram to the Detroit Free Pea Pew Tioni Winnipeg, ou the 18th hist., speaks for itself, 'and Nve'just add, that from telegrams to .other papers, there is every reason to,bolieve that there is a good deal of 'foundation for the sup- positions put forth. Itis to befeared thal+ something •ser;;,+tis will result from the grievances borne by:the inhabitants ,of that territory, tee illi to the present time nothing has been done to. relieve them:— The farmers' delegates 'lase returned. Their mission to Ottawa was a:failure, no' hopes aroheld out for the grievances of the northwest being redressed, nor for the extention of the houndark to enable the. ' Province through its owl lands and re- sources to construct: the Hudson Bay rail- way. The Executive cofnicilof the Farm- ers' :Union has therefore issued circulars summoning -delegate's fromupwards .of..100. branch unions througho'Iit`the country to . meet at Winnipeg, March 5th, to discuss the situation and take immediate -steps for secession fromthe confederation.: The wardens et ce'unties, the reeves of :niuni- i ipalities and mayors of cities and towns eaten. are summonedto take joint as is . The programmehas iuitbeen fully developed,. • but sesessirnl Imitate Dominion is afore - tone •conclusion, .It is: stated that,` the first step will. he to recall Premier Nor quay from Ottawa, where he is 'battling unsuccessfully in tie interest of the pro. viuee. Senators 'and niembersinthe Fed- eral Parliament will also be asked, to re-: sign their seats. and }stun: home.: Two methods aro suggested for' relief Otter- wards,- ono to forward a merciorial to •the foot of the British throne and demand that the entire northwest be constituted. into an independent crown colony, the other to ask the present Local Govern ment'to take their request for recognition at the hands -of the British Parliament -by the repeal of the British North' America Act. Failing in thief a Government will be formed to undertake the control of the country'and free it from the •: present tr.. rainy' of the Federal authoritiea'at Otta4 wa. • The Ides of March are lusuall'y stor- my, but they are promised an impetus at the approaching•convention. Dr. Fleming, President of tbo Farmers' Union, in a speech Saturday, said the feeling throughoutthe country: was• that. they must get their.guevanees righted, no matter at what cost: While the people in the country wanted to respect the law be law-abiding citizens, it was a giiestion. of bread and butter. We are bound tore- verence the Impperiel Parliament as a nio ther, and our loyalty :was first to it and''', the men of this country mustknow wheth- er they were to be honored sons of a hoary empire or bastared infants;. of the 'Confed- eracy. JUDGMENT in ; the, Both Well election. case hiis tot.yet been given, aud.ete one apparently knows when itwill be. would be the last one tocharge the j.udbes„ with intentional delay, but all the circum- stances of this ease have, apparently,' fe- vered Hawkins, except the vote of the people. - Tuesday, stirred a keg of powder with a Match, by wilt -Or -act of -folly eirr -arid- rt Companion were tilled, the megnificient building of Hobbs, Osborne dt Hobbs, and several others, badly shattered. It takes a long dine l'or some people to learn common sense, and the people of London have had several severe lesson's, which do not appear to have done much good. TUB protest against Mr. Gould, the re- form member in the Local for North On- tario has been dismissed,, while two more have been filed, one against I)r. Dowling,, Logien member for South Renfrew in the Local house and the other against D, M. • CHARITY, To the Editor of the Clinton New Era, SIR.; --In your last issue I notice a cam. niunioation headed " Charity J�iisapptietl," Therein the writer nays that there was a par- ty who had their taxes remitted that had a grown-up sea. This may be true anti yet, may hot be a reason why charity should not be given. The charity committee Bed that there are not only-grown.mpgrown-up- 1"usbaada, too, and more than one, who leave. their Wives and little ones to starve or be kept by neighbors or the town .The cora, •mitteel tfud thgt there are more applicants for charity than moat people are aware of, and I am sorry to say the 14 out of every 85 that is given for charity, is to persons who have suffered by drink in some form or othc r. It does look hard that the sober and emend. should be compelled to assist those who have been brought to want through ;pro - algal living, but I preaame this is ego of the consequence* of society elute') cannot be r toiled under existing circumstances. We hall a case a few days ago where a party who had. :grown up sous able to keep him, was left at the mayor's door on the mercy of the .town. - Yarn•)^, one of the charity committee, r • W. (<'•. SEARLE:. Cameron, Reform member for Vest Mid- I theses iu the Dominion blouse. ,..These , COUNTY elOB CIL. gases trill prori.de fun airy funds for the -To 11o, I icor of the Clinton Neto Era. lawyers, which isaboutall that is likelyStn,'-The following are questions the far- , gg • • mors of Mullett wonlcl ike to have answered _t►.r. and if you will answer t m through the tri• TInn. generosity of the A,ntericans, even LrRe, you will greatly oblige quite a number amici affliction, was shown at' Cincinnati; 1 pt -What salary does the county Treasurer - get? the other day.. By the rise of the Ohio . 2nd -What ie the salary of each member of river immense damage has .been done the. County Council? • there'and elsewhere, and a concert was 3rd—Howmany members aro there in the Connofl naw ? given'in the city nn;behalf of the sufferers. eth•�Could the comity get aloe jos 'ta'el' 'Yours, REAPER. to•teault fromthem. .. N t Nilsson. was one of the singers, and after with a tower number of members? If so why. $7,000 had been (taken at the deer, ahs ANswER-,-Yat--The fired salary . of th sang "Give me a penny," and then carried Treasurer is $1,200, and there area few per- -hat us les ;which may :rake it �s vt tlr;. p aerhaps; '�lat . g through the" audigpce, raising the' . • ', $ magnificient sum of $1,400. $100 more. 2nd�Eaoh member of the County Couneil' b sittingsof. tl e .A.r TTronui the hotel keepers have showed Counci $ and 10 day sra mile goio and ,re - their intention to ignore the ;McCarthy turning from the council. In addition to his .Acct, it is:rite evident that Sir. John -and 'fee. as oouneillor the warden gets -0.00 a year. 8kd-'The oat moil now consists of 50. mein his servile following ,will endeavor to here.` force it on the acceptance of the country, ' 4th—The gouncil could get along with a • fewer number of members for the reason: that as shown by his ajpointment of License "there would be less- talk; and consequently Commissioners. _.What will be- the inti- bueI d a would be more expeditiously dont mate outcome of having two sets of Li- One member from each municipality could look after its interests just as well as two, cense•Commissioners is.hard to say," but and somotimes,three ; this iw.onld then. give this Ie certain: the • Ontario •government. 25 members, which is surely more than suf iieient to tt•ausaat the business of the county: must and will enforce its authority in. the • c..,• Crooks. Act. - The power to regulate li PACHIBtTION. tenses. certainly •rests with the Ontario 70 the Editor of the Neto lint goerand any interference there , •Sin, —I was very glad'to read the letter i vtmen t n. with by the Federal government will:, be •your last issue signed "Prohibitiiiti,"' The Writer is right. The tima'is come for some bitterly resisted . - y....,.._.._ thing to be done. iu this county. of Huron. Tee Conservative party is responsible We havo,.legislated :longenough. in the di- rection of endeavoring•to amelierate `the.•evils for almost every species of election irre- resulting from the liquor .truffle. . We have gularity, from the outrageous gerrynman been looking upon. it tor generations past as: a necessary -evil, as something we allowed der to stuffed ballot boxes, this last spe-'' Iva" an evil, but must be Suffered. this fat- pies of fraud having been developed in 'lacy, thanks' to. the': a gitt►tion • made by our the recent Kent election, where 'many Tris' Warden of this county,: by virtue of his of ice,.is one of the License..Ootnmis- sioners for Huron under the:.Dominion,; License Act, and being a•ine.mber of Ginn- nicipal council, it is' a debatable 'question tvhether.or not he is qualified to hold such( a position if ho acts as a .commissioner. Section 77 of the Consolidated3lunicipal• Act of 1883 says;that "no license eomrnis- sioner. or inspector •of •licenses. shall be' qualified to he a rnember:of the council. of any municipal jarisdictioti."`. This seems explicit enough, but the supporters of the Dominion Act claim that it can . Only re- _____deeetoeelisense tentreiesientri eetirder •,(lie Province' act, and liar no force ..w.liate er regarding the. Dominion, commissioners. The Ontario Government.hoist certainly .can no more prevent a roan from acting as a Dominion commissioner than it Chir prevent the House,of Coti tnons:frotn pass- ing tinuccessary Ilegislatioli, . blit, it 'cal} . prevent a man who 'chooses to • assist enforcing such unnecessary. laws, .'from acting as .a :mu.nicipal .councillor..., . And the existing net apparently .gives it' the power to do so. • In the ii;it .of ousel titll- Temperance Societies .of one kind and au•. other,.' is: now explodd; Tlle'..ltnblie are more ballots were east'than- there were'. .beingrtraduallyeducated to. that' point that electors. , If Eeforme.rs become conta'fni- they riot only eea.itis a fallacy, but they have gated it not to 1;e 14:ond d tit: But reached.that point when the majority cry eat last .week lot the Scott :yet or anything else will deal severely with all offences of this, that will help on the :good --cause : be brought nature Such we lore afraidre will to the front en(i..it will carry.: fly ,principal: b pot however •t' 't t 'tient remains in power, 'Which' ower ,its- 1°hich if they will telco it kindly and riot. trickery and deception of the upen'it will do much good, ' There to u class position fro tri e y p of,people that they have never reached','and I 3'M v worst tortes: hardly think ever will Without they, alter eomewh'at their tactics, I refer to the 'alga Itv -Oar celtttitus this and last week have body;of edncated,,deeently condueted people, who are What they style "moderate drinkers.' appeared ttre11-written. letters on..thesub- 'Now, if Iani not, wrong, the standard ergo, jest of I'rohibition, and as tidy is a (lues- menti;;the stock in -trade, so to speak, amongst ere r�." „ . It must go."So as Prohibition" wrote what is wanted is, an : election. law that , , • '( o loo orvover..iq wrr lie R you is o Rivc never get,. so long as the pres°t? govern= our Temperance Society frfende some advice, titin. of �'l hal interest to every one, we snail temperance advocates and lecturers, ai'e, that. the wine of scripture was a u o. of tin- u int x ca t t5, be pleased to .hear from others on • this beverage, and that alcohol iu any shape is a` subject.. Our columns'' are ecju tti open , po]eoo. Now,' it is. snob. sbecr npusense as P this, that had kept aloof many;• many persons. to those who wish to take a position • op who otherwise would have been enlisted, with posite•to the letters already. published. them, long before this, Ido:not propose.en. There is nothing lost in an .,argument by tering intoe lengthy discussion pp these two giving b©th'sides of a question, and while I. will merely say: that, with regard to. the • first, the N::,e, 1,ine is in favor of • teeiperanee if the wine of. scripture was rton-intoxicating, it made the iJorinthian l.hi-iatiana da un/.. and legislation it is quite .Avilli'1g•togive those Paul, when •correcting them ,did not say,• -! "Ye : of opposite views an opportunity to ex.• aro drinking what is wrong,ye are taking what press their gpinion i temperance wave makes you -Brunk, drink the pure Juice Of the grant';' on. the contrary ho said nothing of the is rolling over the land ;soon itrnay rcacla. kind, but simply said. "What? have ,ye not Huron——what—win. be its force, and .power houses to eat and to drink in ?" (see' 1 Corin: points to proire that they aro sheer -nonsense.• all depend,: upon the efforts put forth by :thians xi, 22.) With regard to the second-ob- Jeotion alcohol is person p p # •r i :, ifh' some people take those whet, directly or: indirectly, favor its .a lot of poisoning'! This is ;false. •ground. rineiples, p . Alcohol in moderation is. no more poison than oysters. Why, one of the kings of England 'i 1IL` LSIIMA'1"'F' died•of eating lampreys; are they,1hen poison 2. •Some have died through drinking iced water, "• '1'6e estitriates of thei expenciittire'of the is it poison? ""Every creature of God is good" ,, ••" and artnAmaketli glad the heart of i»tsn.r, province. for the, current year laid before it is, asWiith'many:'things man takes a' bless. the 1 -rouse on Tuesday.show a total- esti- ing and turns it into an .it?)t»itificrte.i ct+isi•. But our Temperance society friends have an mated -outlay of $2,647,073,of which �- 1 L L 224,726 is for cur 521 o►► capital account, 'ants'$ , ter than all the (looter's opinions, written or other lilt loses,' The .total estimates for; oral about effeets'of alcohol, awl woknew • DISC UNT; last year. were $2,550,283; • of whio1182,104,- doctors differ.. i leu don't meed then*. Any body, can: sere then,, . No Dead to travel a 3x11 were for current expcndittire, the .toile from your,office, lir. Editor.: and. thorn $8 el on the total we see enough of the CC�� I'� 8 ^ each•dofle..VJ. increase, therefore, i5 „ 7,fi 0 , -, LL . �J� eex]i�S • `✓� _...,.,_-,.•. . .. ,, argument wide); in itself is cont incmg. st- ent expenditure, $3S11: ter than all the twlstings and. oontortiona. to 0 826 for • • ,, isi �oaath. Of the most. successful sale ever com.enced,. at • ur stock ll be .� wii to figures wan e make . success more successful we will' And to. •NG OF lri'SISTI CO Millinery, anc..... Woo Winter�: mantles. �. •. .. . .. Dress Goods, a:nce s D ens Flannel. , �! y , lire •• 'ur e 11. a Yarns, Underclothing, d •: gibes �Fursand � k -of fine slot at • promPt Gast an o� ortunity. never before heard • For pro p pp .._ . this es than.. _ •eans' positively l s Yn: thiscount This xr� of Y,. rholesale mea_ ures. Pr what the wine of sc,ipture;was. • estimated outlay, acid• 0 885 oh that f that it is the curse of slit .age. God's 'holy • • or name.blasphente , •e one's• current•ci:penditure, wli & on the. face of blood ran cold. Tile dearest affections •rind - d iii toruas that mal. it does net appear disproportionate.'con- feelings trampled lips:) and -outraged by- .those who aro victims"to.tbis sin, Youthful Itotea, sideririgg the increasing wealth '. pope expectations and success, all blasted, because' rials ineligible as councillors, it includes.,tatioti of the provitree, (%l+t i.cticts:V, forsooth, stand idly by and Cir; i,- g Nene higislale for the 000tinuaneo of this "judges -of any totroteaattlulirdicticir( OM/ and Chei ica-' sweep Tommy into the Now judges are till. Dominion officials,. and if the Ontario Government can (Bs- • qualify them—why not Dominion ',hereto C0mtnissionersalso ? •.,,may..,.-.,- o Pltorr.nhave l ie :troll that the 'money for the Pacifie railway cines froth ' some: unkliown sonree,,tbnt is, when _theeoetn- try pays it; indiviclnal is payers havo,itot thing to do With it. Well this ,is what the railway *ill (.est Clic cotttrtiy i)rlgttini ibsfdaW- ▪ 0,000 rresout loan. ••'15,500,000 ' Land subsidy at $3 per stere 'Y' . 70,000,000 ltailway,ote,, built by Gni eminent 50,000,000' Deposit 00.gunrnntee surrendered 7,180,011 Interest • 10,000,000 'Petal et00,$t10,012 This is $42 a .head for eyelet -mein:- wet - man and child in •Ottndet, of an' ave►'ago of $210 on every family, tend It will comae from. tite=individual too. .lust think of $42 a head for ev ery 1*1'SOu its Canada I • • coffers of the Ch, :slims state treasury,• earned The 'al& .tan sloes net twat itself .responsible. fur ideas exprbssntt under this heading. by giving their citizens pet inission to deal in duel inituu'iacture this curse. The true plat- form of tetnperaueo societies -the real'lover base. in tho grand -work is this—"'If (neat tnairo wy brotharto offend. I will oat no meat while the world stasitloth,, lest T inrike my brother to bffena." Your obedieut.eervant. Sri can r. MI 'i AICEt' 0i1AIII`1'y . 'To the Editor of ('linton;Xtio Era; Sift, -•••A writer in your cotomporary signing himself "Taxpayer' endorses Ivy letter of last week•, but witli.tlits exception, says.,. Milo should also have mentioned the ease of the person who tires. away frotii'toii'n but who tau find K htl l •ca veto t electiontient t tnouay to conic lei and tc.a , who eaatuot nfford' his wife money to pay the smtill nniannt of tares on his property,. but has theta remit: ted."' ' • I presume the Berson above refereed to is Gee Nimmons, if so, I think he should pay his taxes the 8ani0 as other people, and I believe Taxpayer is mistaken about hitn cum• ing hereto vote at election time --ho die not last 'January anyhow, 13ut will Taxpayer give his opinion of another nanie'that appears 'mthe list of those having their taxes rein ndel. I refer to one who is said to have sold' his house and lot for $6110, You're. Cixi: 'WHO mews 'r.lxeta. DIED. Y of w...•ite t;lintoft, 00 • the lath (eargo "Voting, aged 23 yaars nud z Months, • 1101.mN,--In Winton, otl -tie 17th inat., ;brio Itolstolrt aged 10 years. Mctxrn.no mom .—In tloderieli township, Mait" land cru,, on Thursday, tfeb, i4tli, i41ra. ,ii. Me0 ibbeme aged 67 years. A.yer's gaisapai'illit is the beat medicine for everyone its the spring. Emigrants ,and tri• velem will find in Wan effectual cure for the itiotfs' bails im los aozeniai.etc, that tweak out - on the skinthe offeetof disorder iu the blood, eaopctl by st sabot and life on board ship. FOM ' hls•date u ntil e id' o± Fe MBETHE W ' • . To snake room .for ',.-,._.e finest stock • of Neer Spring- r• Goods .'aver brought -to Winton,: .f. t1.J . a �:■•,L AQ • n. .I.n . u� '1