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Pprier. NeTteln:..-o—During the Pitet
fete Weeks tve htiv.e. asked 'those
indebted to TUE NnwS-14EcOnn to
pay up. A sine') percentage hove
eOtuplied. Ws dislike donning,
but theaggregate of a large num-
ber of small emulate -is so larg,e
that we must urge .settlement AT
, ONCE. Subscribers at a distance
...ort4 a number near home—who
°qv for ono or more years, should
not deyey in this matter: The.
amounts are small and easy to pay,
This notice is final. 'Call and
eettle;or send P. 0.'nitiay order
or registered letter at or risk.
Warretl. & TODD, publishers.
The Huron News-Recorp'
Weditesday, Illarch 18th
Wg A s l'HE' MAJORITY ?
Considerable specolation 'in-
dulged in as to what majority the
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Commun. ent Well-hate.i Parlia:r
moot. There is a 'Conservative
' majority from all the Provinces ex-
eept Prince Edward Island - and
Quebec. The only chance fur dis-
pute is regrading the support, the
Government will get from Quebec.
La Pairie, the leading :French
Grit organ, claims an opposition
inajority,of only 6 in Quebec. ' This
would give the Conservatives a par-
liamentary majority of 25 as far as
hoard from and an almost -certainty,
,of 10 yet to hear from. But it is a
question if the Gilts will have
even the 6 Majority in Qnebee
claimed for them by their Freuch
ergan. Our. local readois will un-
derstand what sort some of oppon-
ents Sir John Macdonald will have
soine -of the so-called Opposition
members elect:, when. we explain
that they -are about -as- strongly op-
posecl to iiim as Dr. [Canipbell, who
opposed the regular Grit nominee
in South Huron,, would. have been
oppos'ed to Mr Blake. Many of
--the-so:celled 'Quebec Opposi.tion. are.
Natien al it Coeservati yes:. They
ion egtiost and defeated other Con-
servatives on the Riel question.
They willsepport Sir John Mac-
donald aa surely as Dr.' Campbell
have. supported" Mr. Blake.. •
We :here been so often asked :
Whet 14 nia,Writy golhg
to-
13 bo That we hare given the pre-
eerding statement to eXplain our be -
1 'ef that the -old Chieftain will have
the good working' majority of lettet
4) in the new House. Here is -Sir.
John's own.estimato as given by him
a few ds age:
'.-Fifty-three Mmit:terialists bare
',pen elected in Ontario, 14 in Nova
ecotia, 10 in New Brenswick, 4 in
Manitoba., and 2 in British Columbia,
while of the 65 members from Que.
bee, we are certain to be sopported
by 87 and probably 68. In all, there
are already 120 Ministerialists to 80
Opposition, a majority of 84. There
natty possibly be only 52 from Ontario
altogether. If we carry the remain-
ing seats, the majority will he about
45. Our majoritylrom Quebec will not
be loss thau Q. You can rely on this."
&nee Sir John madothe proceed-
ing statement four out of the remain-
ing eleven coustitnencies have re-
terned Conservativee, and it is alto -
get -her likely the other seven yot
be held will do likewise.
The Women's Se &ago Bill passed
the Senate.of the New. York Legis -
Nair° but was &rented in the
Assembly. It ielikely that the
Dominion PIrliament will yet lead
the Empire State in giving women
the Franchise. It will if Sir John
Macdonald can have his way.
Canada's n-nunal export of wlieat
i about 10,000,000 beehels in wheat
er flour. . Ontario alone -raises about
2),000,000 1)ns-hots-more wheat-tit:in
she consumes,. consequently about
one-half the- Ontario wheat! surplus,
on its product,. is consumed; in: the
provinces, akhich. Would:not het he
cse had we. nie./ duty, on bread.
44143-4k.44.4.7401for
PAPAUf$-;-4(74:4 ,
Tjle old tinte Tut)! Atail 8U00 .it
bat ceased to be an eXponent 0f
pito.** ,c9u!Lervative, yiewti. hits 110,:
nine utterly abandoned, an4 new
sqaiuta more -violently toarr4 0S-
ttettation Olt, its old' op.peuents
ever Whcata blessed thing it
e is
is that newspaper corporatton.
generally limited both as to liability
and power: 'fbe Mai/ would to -
dear Yankeeize Canada had it the
poWer, tut ithas not the power.
lt it her ft t f any real influence it
had. Tho Grits still quoteit as a
Tory organ against the 'Tories. and
the Tories disown it. The mace
lovely Mail is ,
A rose of the wilderness left on RS stalk,
To tell whole the garden had been.
The Mall holds that Imperial
Britain would sacrifice the untionbt-
righte of Canada ttielity rather than
get into difficulties with the United
States over the fishery or any other
business. That is all rot. English
statesman of both leading parties.
have now a stronger interest in pro -
Voting Canada in her rights than
they ever had. Wo have got out of
swaddling clothes and arable to as-
sist her in many wept. Canada,
either as part of the Empire or as a
friendly ally, is a necessity to Bri-
tain. And mun maim _al Canada -
in this year or grace 1887 aro more
thoroughly iinbued with Ib itieh
Canadian sentiment than over be-
fore. We know that if the Ameri-
cans can live without ns, We -cen
live without them. We have all
the " eatural resources that the United
States have': We have started op a
fair way to develops them. We
can develop. our egiieultural" re-
sources more.cheaply than they cin -
owing to our being touch less taxed.
Wo can develop our manufactutes
and extend onr trade to a proportion-
ately greater extent than the United
,Statei„.for n similar reason. Their
public debt is proportionately great-
er than ems and was contracted for
destructive purposes—war. Our
pnblic debt was cuntracted for pro
ductive purposes—railways, canals,
.etc. • Tho material condition of
Canada is imineaemably_superior to
that Of the United States. Why
• then talk of either territorial or corn --
Int -1.0W union. The one would
mean political serfdom and the other
commercial eerftlom.
They abolished the Old Recipro-
city lea y ''t1 Callatt. . 0 Meta,
to work with renewed energy and
by the riesiesi-ance of the Natjonal
Pulley we now:manufacture neerly
everything that Were we were de-
'pendant.npon the Uuited States for.
The Mail, .and same other weak
kneed renegade Canadian, says that
if the United States declare non -
intercourse with Canada we would
be ruined. It might be an incon-
venience to us ter a short time but
it will ultimately be the very best
thing that over happeued to Canada.
Had it not been for its as it' declar-
ation of Awn -intercourse by the
abolition of the old Bee i procity
Treaty, Wo would uow be only hew-
ers of wood alai drawers of water
for the' "clever" Yankees. They
drove Canada -to depend upon her
own resources. W did so aud have
largely. developed" them and: now
sendthe products of our mines,
ferests, -farms and ,factories direct to
every quarter of the 'known globe.
Theabolitien of the Washington
treaty helped Canada more Ilieu it
injured her. , The Retaliatory wee-
-sure Dew, thn tirthery business, be-
cause Canada won't let thein s: ear
her fish, will, if carried out, be an-
other case of the A1)1(4.10118 "bitieq,
off their nose to spito their own face.'
The Americans want the 1180 of
onr canals and our territory to trans
port to tho seaboard at the least cost
the teeming agrienitatral products of
her great West. Non-iutercourse is
a game. at which two can play ; its a
game at which Imo must play if
played at all. Five millions of
Canedians have rights as well as fifty
millions Americans. And to use
the words of the great' Scotch -Irish -
American, General Jackson : "By
the eternal they mast end tihall ho
preserved." Canada will have the
material support of the great head
centre of the British. Empire and if
necessary- that of' other great nations
of thecivilized wOrkl- in "holding
her own." If the Acterienns assume
the position that might is right
Canada will not be fonud% wanting
in the physical complement of right
oven aceording. to this questionbble
&ystom of national ethics.
Norwlll Canada ask any' differ.
aorAmerte in her
w440-telii tra.0.9- tikt
eon setet -*Ala
Wikb, itoblif149ighborTii90.0„.010
Infgh.t agree thettt poitivu„ ofthe 1„111-''
. hod ,StNtpq, equal, io population to
.the OYU millions of ettr Ref?* be.
merited out on thelfty body
corporate of the Vatted Statee
that all the ..injury WO inflict, on
Uncle Sinn outside -of that shall
lourt for nothing, as the fiery Irish-
man offered to do with Charles
Jamas Fox When the two wore about
. to fight a duel. Vox woe- a portly
person, the Irishmanwas of rather
.dimiuutive propertione. Fox argued
that the combat would be unequal;
that Te presented so much o greater
surface to his oPponeut.than his -op-
.ponent did toititn, consequently he
was iirmuch greater,.danger of beine•
be But the Irishtnan with chival-
rous generosity, a marked character-,
istia of the raoe, agreed. to chalk out
his size on the person of his burly
opponent and agreed that any,injury
outside that should. court for noth.'
lug. • Canada would be chivalrous
enough to twee that we would only
capture live millions of the people
of the -boi tier States in case of war,
and if any stray shots dill go beyond
'the charmed circle we would be
quite content that they should count
for naught.
1835-1887.
The first Returning Officer for
Huron .county was Mr. II. Hynd-
man, in 1835, For what then cm-
RONA., the eettleApartAtllereoa, the
most recent Returning Officer-
1887—was Edmund Corbett. The
first member was Captain Dunlop,
the latest Robt. Purley: The de-
feated in 1835 was Col. Van Eg-
mont!, in 1887 M. C. Cameron.
The next mentber, 1841-4, was Dr.
Duulop, hrsoppommt'being Capt.
SCrachau, a son of the late Bisnop
S t rich an . Then carne, 1844-51,
Wm. Cayley,, his opponent beiiig
at his first election John Longworth,
at his second Mr. Gwyn, ilow one of
the Judges of the Supremo. Court
of Canada. Then came Malcolm
Cameron, 1851-4, he having defeat-
ed Mr. Cayley. But Mr Cayley
was tigaiu elected 1854-7 over Mr.
Thos. McQueen., but was defeated
by Mr. Juhu Holmes, 1857-61.
Mr. Crtyley'e last candidature was
in 1861 when he was defeated by
Ni'. -.Lanes Dickson, the present
Registrar, who was again elected in
1863, this time by 'acclamation, and
continued in office until Confedera-
tion in 1867. Mr. Malcolm Colin
Cameron' tha defeated Blr. D. .11:.
MOIR), and -in 187.2 ho defeated
M r. reenway but was uneeated::
In 1874 Mr. Gi.eenway was allowed
to go in withotit oppesition. Al-
though the Cuuservative 'nominee,
he bad evidently- eel(' himself to
the Gritti as. he ever aftemrd sup,
pdrted them. In .1878 and again
in 1882 Mr. Porter unsuccessfully
opposed Mr. M. C. Cameron, but as
the returns we have -recently -given
aliow, Mr, Porter has now defeated
Mr. Cameesen.
As has been stereotypedly re-
marked vtitnee change." . And 'auy
oue who ropembers the earlier elec-
tions in this county can say—that
times have changed in the Mode. of
electing members. It is now by
ballet, Alen open voting. Now in
polling subdivisions in every 'mini -
then all. the voting was
done in the county town. Now all
is coMparatively, quiet on election,
-day which is only on ono day, thee
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every one almost was worked: up to
a fervent political hent and the vot-
ing lasted all week. Then the
country was ann rsely populated and
the electors had to ,go to Goderieli
from:the whole. of what is now the
county of Perth, and Biddnlph and
McGillivray in Middlesex as well
as the whole of the settled portion
of what is. now Huron. Tho Scott
Act did not .then • prevail to any
alarming extent, and it was not an
uneommon. sight to see barrels of
whiskey and. beer on taiin the
!Tolling boath, the gift of the Candi-
dates, to be used ad libitum, with-
out money and- Without price, in the
furtherance of political education.
Then also, the more solid arguments
of fists end shillelaghs were used -to
make -an 4 malt. .,ssson i n Th�t of rettee
didates andlaw: and order. no,
ideabeing.,that ifn roan.didn't,votst
afl he liked.he shopld.beJ foreed,to,
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hear 8,0 inrn 4:104 ,..sOmetjuice, I
4.141 Tet, Wit p oirtbe rouglineet ant
sorinonaging during_the catnpaign
and' on, polling days then, there
was probablra mare honest expres,
arm of the Oleo of the people than
to -day; and we believe:that' after
the elections were over in those
days, the rankling engendered du -
to th contest more quickly disap-
peared than now. Then what there
was of political trickery was so opeu-'
ly performed that it partially as-
sumed the virtue of patriotism, its
very publicity divesting it to' a
great extent of its evil character.
Now secret venality, and a stabbing
in the dark trickery. is the orderof
the cloy which permeatea the elec-
torate to a• fargreater oreater extent and de;
stroys the manliness of the, indi-
vidual far -more than the'opeu-hand-
ed bribery or intimidation ot' the
"good old times."'
We might add that Eon. W.
Cayley is still living in Toronto,
having been superannucitted a few
years ago by Mr. Mowat ..and his
office cenforted upon Mr. Gordon
Brown.
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211? JOHN AND THE GLOBE.
The Globe made a great fus*sab*Out
Lady . Macdonal el- having received- a
present from Sir George Stephen,
waliciously insinuating that the
present was niade from a lively
sense of favors' to come from Sir
John," the lady's husband „It is
well kuown. that Sir John is au
admirable 4acouteur oand very suc-
cessfulin making a bit by_his con-
versational mode_ _of....4.11ustrating.
The following is attributed to him..
Talking with some friends he said
that the talk of his opponents find -
lug. fault with Ludy Macdonald for
accepting a preseut reminded him,
of a inember_oLihe Arkansaw Legis-
lature who- set himself right with
the House about a charge that he
had received the present of a new
hat from the president of a railway
corporation. Said the member :
"Mr. Speaker,1 hope, sir, that you
will let teethe ve a low minutes' time
. in which to, plats() ntyself square ou
the record. Yesterday evening Mr.
Buckley Brown, from Gnu, Bottoms,
said that I had accepted the present
of a new hat from a redrew]. superin-
tendent, and hiuted,in a wayinclined
to sting a sensitive wan, that I had
_practically sold myself. ,should
like to know if there is anything iu
our Constitaition that prevcuts a luau
trete accepting presonts. I say there
As -not, and,. sir, W1161,1,00 -
Lieu arises amd says that 1 shan't
take anything that is given to toe,
Moot 1 will say, 'Mr. Constitution,
amino • to your own affairs.' Mr.
Spaker, I ani a present talkor, and
as au encouragement to those who
may contemplate giving me some-
thiug, lebaue say that toy capacity
for receiving presents, although well
developed, has not -been ovektaxed.
I may also say that tlie. man who
won't take a hat and thereby '--Save
hiwself the expense of buying oue,
is composed of u mixture of fool, liar
and thief. I'd bo afraid to meet
guch,a man ,away oul in the woods.
I would. feel' sure that lie Wotild
kneek use down and rob use. 1 know
of an affair' in my comity that strong.
ly illustrates the dishonesty ot men
who are afraid to aectipt presents.
An Illustrator fellow named Watsou
went to work for old man Clark and
made Itimuclf so MOM that Clark,.
who well knew how to appreciate
merit, went to him and said
"'Watson, I never had a than"firat
I think more of than I do you.'
" 'Much obleeged to you,' replied
Watson.
"'And I have decided,' Clark con-
tinued, 'to give you my dang,litor,
Lorena.'
qviricb oblesged te yon,' said
Watson, 'but 1 haiu't accepting any
presents.'
"Well, Ur. Spkker, that man was
so honrnt that he would not accept
tho daughter as a preaent. bob tho
next day he ran away with Clark's
wife. Since then I Bays been ex-
tremely suspicious a men who are
too high toned to accept preeepte,
and to keep other fair -min -tied men
from ensPeeting toe I have determin
ed to retnio nothing."'
There are several reforms whieh
both the Assembly and the Domin-
ion Home might take op. The
Ns7s-Itisoono, with several other
journals, has for years been advocat-
ing compulsory voting, and the pro-
hibition of personal centreesing.
.We have severer times given on.
reisons in0,1+Proe• for such a mongols.
feat
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Which Goods will arrive the first of Next WEEK. Watch the
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Just to hand at 15c. worth 18c,
GREAT CASD4 STORE, OLINT.144.
, EDITORIAL NOYES.
Its •pliunry, very phunny to
hear to find the Globe saying :—
"There never was so mita intimid-
ation in Canada; never such bold
intitnitlalion; nevorsnoh diagraceful
intimidation ; never such successful
intimidation." But it is true all the
sani. And the, intimidation was
alt doue by the Grits. It is pos-
sible that some of thein who endea-
vored by oil:colas to intimidate
Deputy Retaining officers in
order to prevent them from voting
will have to answer in the courts for
their illegal conduct:
There is a great deal of talk about.
Reciprocity with the United States.
It is a question if,there would he
any good in ReCiprocity with the
Uuited States, because they aro not.
in need of much We can produce.
Whereas they world .floodour mar-
kets with their products, particularly
breadstuffs. Merchants and com-
mission tomb:oats may be anxious
fur it, but the free interchange of
the raw products of the forest, the
mine and the fartn, would ruin our
farmers. And total free trade would
ruin one manufacturers as well,
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Senator Vidal, at the Ontario
Branch of the Dominion Alliance
meeting in Toronto last week, spoke
in Meer of a plebisc*t3tV)f *to
hibitionand compensation. We quite
agree with, him and, if there -is no
mode by taiiich.such a vote can be
taken the Dominion Legislature
should provide the machinery.
Then on , petition of • a cer-
tain proportion of' the electors of the
DomSion have th® question sub-
.
mated to the people. A proviso
could be attached to the granting of
the petition : that -a certain per cent.
of votes ebould be polled for it un-
der penalty of the forfeiture of a
named sum of money to be deposit-
ed before the petition was complied
with. This. would be necessary in
order to prevent the country being
put to unneceessary expense. ,
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The -Mail ab;urdly uses as a rea-
son why Great Britain will not pro-
tect that portion of the Empire
known as Canada : that our fiscal
laws, especially since the protective
system of the present Government
came in force, 'is inimical to the
mother country. On the contrary
our present tariff systetn has con -
(laced to greater trade than former-
ly. Since the National Policy has
been in operation No average annual
importations have increased from
Great Britain aid to a correspond.
ing extent decreased from the
United States. Under it the tariff
has been so arrangedthat the import
duties on goods from Great Britain
decreased • five per cent., while on
goods imported Von! the United
States -the average rate of duty has
increased by twenty per cent. as
eompared with the rate existing
before thee introduction of the Na-
tional Policy;
It. would hes, boon to thiriiiijorlity row wonld it do, when noxt
of.eketorsaanditeucandidatos:. - emending, the Dominion Franchise,
Act, to not only confer upon winaen
the right.to vote upon property held
in their own right, -but also 'kb ex-
tend the franchise to every male
person over over 21 years of 'age,
conditional upon a year's residence
in the Mutt icipality or Riding. Aud
also to (wry out the late James.,
Bethune's proposit iou elf cumulative'
voting, viz: Te give every free-
holder or owner of 'other texable
property vote in proportion lo the
amount he ,is assessed for. Fur in-
stanes : Every man ehoulii. have at
ela(CN' Ot, e,Then say for the
t ooaman Wait assessed for
fIO would hale another vote, for the
next $5,000 another, vote, fur • the
next $10,000 mother Vote; or in •
sone progressive or camclative way
in accordance witli the principles of
constitutional responeible govern -
Ment, representation according to
taxation. Manhood suffrage, woman
euttrage, cumulative suffrt4e, coati
prdsury voting and prohibition of
person -a canvassiitg, should becOme '
fhe law of the land. . -
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LETTERS TO THE ED/Tort,-
We wi.htt bo el totr ?telly !4wit:M.11 that we de.
fp...1..140.1e fur thu vpiutous
expecned tog corropolutoot4.- th. Erma -Its.
1.1%1Erflit.i. •
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:E:2811.),1(r 1‘:.ehte1:.4:1CMITOred.
tli4.4-1-1-1ave •bad
the pleasure 01 reailinp, a reply 3.0 WY ter:
respolukaiee from Alr. Shns. It would'
appear as though the discussing of these
neater.. in lite. press, is as distasteful to' -
Mr. Sims, as a war Ol .WaRiti an a platlot:4
is to me. I diet think, however, that.
apart Item Mr. Sims, there would bate -
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beenhO,fownd olio, who W011til have replied
to my letter of last'. ,rsie-ilitesifay,. Possibly.
their feeliegs were, too deep N.. Otteranee.
I have 11•61.• 11 informed that one of the
Plymouth Brethren, on being Raked what
be, thought of the letter, Said : "Well;.
there is ouiy one word to describe it ; and -•
that is a word 41i.. liansford. -tees, viz-.
"Diabolienl." If this, feeling is genera',
all the more reason,. I should judge, to
give vent to it. I ,wbulti be very.glad. to.
have -sine Ply h Brother take my
letter, clause by ilanse 11 desirable, and
criticise it, and show wherein it is wrong.
I, on my parr, will 'undertake to defend it
to the best or my aliiiity.. 11 this is not -
acme, it wonitl h better not to say any.
inOrirahottt-it-rfoi'-oothing-i
er than abuse without foundation. My
principal accusation
against the plymoulli
Brethren is that their -main work is to
proselytize (some clergymen very riitlY -
call them sheep -stealers), and that In so
doing they sow strife, dissension and dis-
cord all along their. path. Now, 14i; •„.,
Sims lots in print, and I doubt not in
,private, warned people against receiving
uuy sthis ttoa,‘t.enricieoltittisd, ateestt.I .„
ily, if destiel, to the -
truth of what I say. 1 also wrote about
,the divisions among themselves. Now '
people living in Clinton .have not had
much opportunity of 'Seeing any Mastro.:
tion of this. • But to show what can he
(1oe
0snul,rofuigillItIosiel;n1e1,Rc.Sins,,vintolind
tita:itailc;i
ileif;Olarterei
among l'tyisonth Bethien in Brantford t.
What were they a few years ago, how •
meny separate tables are found there to- '
day, what particular part did Mr. Sials take...
in this splitting up, and how many Ply-
• month Brethren hi Brantionl:to-day do not,' '
acknowledge hien 1
• -••''i/3i'
1 °bear
I would have left this matter alone, .be•
ramie it is a sad story of what pride anti
ill will eau effect, had not Mr, Sims taiat'.-4„
shim npon my veracity. Bat when a man
suddenly appears in our midst, pretending
'to preach the Gispoi, rims down Sta.
abuses all °Owr denominations of Chris.. . 4
thins; mid in so many words urges evsry
body to leave their join his ;
perfect little flook,. it would, I say, before -
taking sack a serious step, be as well to ,
• know, what state that litfle flack
where that man comes from, and oleo what0
part did he take in it. 1 oak. tticse (pieta -
fleas beeause I have received Audi informal',
turn as .warrants my asking them. .111.144
, it Mr. Sons can. 1111/V0 that the Ply.4.:--:
month. Brethrler in Brantford tweak ltrelliti:
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