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FRIDAY,. MA11.011 4, i892.
REFORM CONVENTION,
special meeting of the West
Dam Reform. Asseciation will be
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condoleuee from my hlieistere, from
the Provincial Goveroments and from
many other representative bodice.
The negatietions with respect to
seta fishing in Beltrisag eeit have been
continued with a view to the adjust:,
meat by arbitration of the difficulties
which have arisen between her Me.
jeety's Government and that of the
-united Stars on that subject. Come
missioners have been appointed by
both Goveruments to investigate the
ciretzinstauces of seal life in Behriag
• ee treensan oleeretivesiel ,
k tl evil a ossibil.
vet= home without voting at all, for the law that rim, es ie p
the Toties a those daps bed au ugly ity. But when a Goverment is Mit Are slaughtering whiter goods; we wilt
trick of 'keeping guard over the booth simply entitled with the advantage oarry none of them over, if out prices.
with clubs. Sometimes: tote votes which voters' lists made up by its own will 91ear tlaem out; all thet sve gain by
tialsvanithe ur of thewiineiney. andi thie
were made by issuing patents whole- officers give to its Perliamentary can.
the electioa et.. 1830 the number of vantage which the fiaing a election say whether or not such indueements
goodfreshogooritomai coetrii i3s°figyttonsu 4
sale on the eve of eleotion, Thus, at cleda.tee, but usee the additional Ale
patents issued was so great as to ree dart afforde, what chalice is left, for a are sufficient to bring you to the Anchor
them ready by the time they were how the devices succeed. Men who Our Tea trade is constantly inoreasing
CORDON & MoiliTYRE
quire a staff of extra clerks to get free and unbiassed choice 3 We see Rouse.
wanted. Many were issued between have been trained tor years in ming In volume aed growiug publio favor.
The reasons aro—lst, that we have by
the dissolution and the cease of the money and promises of Government
+n 4nto long, years of eareful and thoughtful
dee Teqs by un-
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election—in some instances after the go min e..30
tWL Sea, to report thereon ; and to suggest opening of the pollt--and were deliver. auother, and do their work with the fai ing tests. 2ert by me7ting the waues
the measures, if any, whieli they may ed by Government agents openly at skill and smoothness of a travelling of the trade a daily study. Wo know
deem necessary for its proper prate:3- the palling pinees, in some eases with. dairy. From Kingston to Prince Ede what our Patrous eequire in this line,
tirl so are always in a position to supply
tion and preservation. The commie- out the ueual fees being paid. Soule ward and Lennox, 'thence ,to the
goings are proceethitg with their of these patents were for farm lots, Victories, thence to Elgin, thence
deliberations in Washington and the and others covered only a quarter of to South Ontario and West General groyeries—pure, fresh and
soe __ cheap, are always a leading feature of
results will shortly be conemunicated au acre of wild laud without as much, Huron, therioe to East ilccoo our trade. Special value ia sugars,
to her Majeety's Government, 1 es a shanty upon it., It, was the Tory and London, they move in organised syrups and molasses.
trust that their investigations and the way of making voters' lists fifty-six hands to make the assurance of the We do a largo trade in butter, eggs,
gerrymander and the revising officer lard, cured moats, oatmeals, cornmeal,
doubly sure. These evils must have pure honey, wholesale and retail,potatoes,
an end. A oountry cannot continue ,he. Goods delivered promptly.
to be governed by a eystere of political Carpets and Curtains, Cents' Furnish-
brigealage. If retorm does not come lugs, ready -mode and ordered clothing,
form tea small portion of our trade.
one way it will come another. The
corruption that is so rampant at Otta, Yon know we carry the finest stock of
wa, the industrial depressioa that boots and shoes, rubbers and overshoes.
?noir lioeutitmoeresdknicoit aboutourTri‘c,at
overspreads the Dominion like a pall,
the disheartening loss of population the best and cheapest and wecansupply ,
that goes on from year to year with you.
growing volume — these influences Very Respectfully Yours, •
alone would earlier or later result in-
determination of the arbitrators who
are to be appointed may lead to a just
and equitable settlement of this henge
pending difficulty.
The :meeting which heel been arrang-
ed with the United. States Government
for a day in October last for an in,
held in Clinton on Tnesday,Mareh 8t11, formal discussion ou the extensum of
• trade between the two countries, and
eommencing at II p rut to take action on other international matters requir-
n reference to the rent of the recent ing adjustmentovas postponed at.their
loam) in the constitueucy. A full request. But in compliance with a
eiegatiou a not loss that three more recent intimation from that
proceeded to Washington and conferee
tnembers from each polling sub.. Government, three of my ministers
division requeated. ed ith representatives of the adminie
stration of the United Stares on those
4 subjects. An amicable understanding,
was arrived at respecting the steps to
be taken for the establishment of the
boundary of Alaska; and for reeiproe
city of services in oases of wreck aud
salvage. Arrangements were also
reached for the appointment of an
Tun Conservative papers have been
nclustriously oirculating the report
tat Mr Laurier had resigned the
aderehip of the Liberal party. The
tor y started in the disordered brain
f au Otteeve, correspondent of a Mon-
eatpaper, arid has no foundation in
c . .
Tan election in London, on Friday
st, closed the hottest contest ever
;Lead in that eity, and resulted in the
eotion of Hon John Carling by a
ajority of 109 votee, counting 128
tea cast for him which are in dispute.
hree of thb votes in dispute were
st for Mr Hymati, and taking these
ree and the 109 rnajdrity claimed
r Mr Carling from the 128 disputed
testast for biro, and the majority
the .undisptited by which Mr Hyman
'cleated isfomed-10. The ' return -
g officer declarkai„Mr Coaling elected
Tuesday by a majority of 109, and
w thaquestion of the disputed votes
11 have. to he fought out in the
rts, hut it is hardly likely that Mr
Oriing.hvill be 'allowed to take his
in the eneanthate.
no Ontario Government has inti.,
ted thatit will introduce legislation,
the present session, to inorease the
nee fees,and also to further regulate
liquor traffic. Failing prohibition,
next best thing appears . to be to
up the fees and compel those en,
ed in the business to furnish in -
sed aecommodation to the pubic,
thus •Shut out n11 the glades that
only kept for the. sale of liquor,
Dominion. Alliance has asked to
e the law sap amended that the
payers of any polling division may
whether any lieense in the polling
eion shall be reuewed, Should a
orrty say by petition any year
they do not wiiiji a license to be
i for any house then the Come
adoriets serail not issue o license
tech house. '.
PALI.LIAMENT.
ermien Teton Tile Tinton.
years ago, and Tory art has not melt
improved upon it in our day. No
wonder that the Reformers were hope
lessly beaten in that contest, and no
wonder that many of them were
driven to the harden of .political
&vain But When things come to
the worst they begin to Mend, and the
troubles of ,the following year so open..
ed the eves of the Imperial authorities
that the colonial system of government
underwent a revolution. In the eouree
of years • the elective franchiee was
‚extended, numerous polling places
were provided for, voters' lists came
to be made up in the local municipal-
ities. One bad feature, however, was
continued down to as late as . twenty
years ago, viz, the holding of elections
in the various constituencies at
'dates which best suited the obe
jects of the Governnitmt, a, In 1872,
as . many will remember, the
Dominion elections were dragged out
international cemmission to report on over nearly half a year. The first
the regulations which may be adopted ones were itrought on in constituencies
by the United States and Canada for known to be strong for the Leo vernnient,
the prevention of destructive methods
of fishing anitthe pollution of streems,
and for establishing uniformity of close
seasons, and other means for the pre-
servation and increase of fish. A
valuable and friendly interchange of
views respecting other important mat-
ters also took place.
In accordance with ' the promise
given t the close of the last session, a
commission has been issued to investi.
gate the working of the Civil Service
Act and other matters conneeted with
the Civil Service generally. The re-
port of this commission will be laid
before you during the present session.
The conclusions of the commission
in the hope of creating a good impres-
sion ; but where' the Opposition was
strong the struggle had to be kept up
for several mouths, at great cost of
labor and money. That was the year
of the Pacific scandal, and the Govern.
went was enabled to use Sir Hugh
Allan's money to the best advantage
by fighting their opponents in detail.
At the. elections of two years later the
Reform Government brought on all
the elections upon the seem day,
although the law did not then require
it; simultaneous election's were a later
enactment, as was altio the ballot.
But with the return of tfie Tory
party to power in 1878 the shadow
on the manufacture of beet root sugar onee more went back upon the face of
will also be laid Before you. the dial. The constituencies have
It is desirable that the fishery regu-. been so gerrymandered as to assure
lations in British Columbia should be to the Government a support in Par -
examined and revised, so as to adapt
them better to the requirements of the
fisheries in that Province. A com-
mission has been issued with that
object.
'An important measure respecting
the criminal law'which was laid before
you last session, hos been revised and
improved, as a result of the eXpreseion
of views elicited by its presentation to
Parliament and will be submitted to
you.
Your attention will also be directed
to a measure for the redistribution of
seats consequent upon the census
returns; the establishment of the
boundaries of the territories ; and the
liament out of all proportion to its
strength inthe eountry. The•vOters'
lists have been taken out of the hands
of municipal officers and put into the
hands of officers of the Goverment.
And in these later days we have a
return to the old methods of stringing
out the electrons so as to put au peva-
ble infinerice told power in the hands
of the Government. The system of
making up the voters' lists is no worse
under the Dominion law now than it
was in 1830, under the regime of the
Iternily Oompaot. It is very wait
easier, indeed, 'to pack a list with the
names of your Meads in a back room
than to write out a patent, get the
amalgamation of the departments of Governor's signature and patch . upon
maxilla and fisheries. Bilis will also it the great seal, then to send it by
be presented to you ter the amendment a special messenger over rough country
of the Civil Seryice Act, the acts roads to the polling places a hundred
relating to real property in the terri or two hundred nines away. The
tories and of those respecting the work of the revising officer is fine art
fisheries. by comparieen, and the political party
Gentlemen of the House of Come that can match him so es to hold its
mons : The aecounts for the past year fair strength must fight against great
411 be laid before you, as well as the odds acid at heavy cost of time, labor
estimates for tho ensuing year. These and money. It is a villainous device,
estimates have been prepared with a under which a free and true expression
due regard to- economy and the ee• of public opinion is hardly obtainable
quirernents ot the pablio service. at, all. In the despatch of a Colouial
Honorable Gentlemen of the Seuate ; Secretary to a Canadian Governor 60
Gentlemen of the House of Commons : years ago the latter was instructed
GORDON & McINTYRE, •
evitably in a powerful movement for The Big Brown Anonor,
reform. But when a corrupt and eor- Wingham. February 17th, 1892. •
rupting Government lias got the coun•
try by the throat it is simply impossible
pretence took froin the hand of unsule
that an irresistible movement fur re „ 2
/AU and exalted purity in Borne honors
form ean be delayed if tile country and
which, says the the True Witness, were
its institutions are to survive, The floret claimed
by a Bohemoncl of
lesson of history cannot be misread.
Tarentum, or Riebard Coeur de Lion,
returning to the seinen depths of
A TERRIBLE INDICTMENT. hoodleism azain. This. ie. the num who
There is no public man in Montreal rose to power by the arta of a deettae
held in higher esteem than Rev Dr gone, and with unblushing frout and
Douglas, principal of the 'Wesleyan insolent audacity is seeking to array.
Theologioal College. His voice is not the nationalities of this country ..in.
heard in public more than once a year, hostile camps, that he, by appealing
but when he speaks he commands at- to their baser passions, way regain a
tention and respect. His last public power which he has abused to his own.
dentinciation was he counection • with aggraudisement. This is the man who
the Jesuit Estates Act, and now he forged the sigentic instrument of
has spoken again before the Quebec spoliation by which he sought to crime
branch of the Dominion Alliance. He mend the clergy, the Jesuits and the
said :—No calamity is greater than for Laval forces to his side, tainting even
a people to lose confidence in the char- Protestant honor—the instrument by •
acter and leadership of those who hold which his opponent, Sir John Thoinpe
high political office, since it threatens son, was made his glad defender and
the foundation principles and life of by whicb the 187 of our Federal
the nation. And what Canadian does Parliament fell upon their knees before
not bow his head in humiliation and him 'and endorsed and ratified the
shame when he thinks of the specie stupendous dishonesty, thus breaking
mens of leadership which nur country down the integrity of the national coll-
et this hoar presents Nothing is seieuce. This is the man who infirm°.
more alurmiog in our ontlook than the ed a corrupt majority in Parliament
steady intellectual and moral dem- to vote en additional sio,00g,00p,
danced our public men, As I con- with the bonds of which, to the is
trast the ethical aud mental status of honor of Canada, be went pedOotg.,_ _
Dui leaders in the past with those of around Europe, knocking at the door •
the present, the contrast is sufficient of moneylenders like an impoverished
to fill every citizen who wishes well spendthrift ; coming hack with a few
for his country with blank dismay. millions to (grander in Pacitud style
take that great commoner, George and divide among a band of plunder.
Brown, whose Deonament adorns ers, hastening the finitude' and enevi.
Queen's Park, Toronto, as I trust . it table. ruin of our Province, which
will for centuries, and place it beside already staggers to a fall beneath the
that oflohn Haggett, whose intro- weight of $30,000,000. Never in the
duction into the Cabinet was a shock memory of living man lids our city
to the oountry, whose advance to the suffered in its financial and moral
leadership Of Ontario is an insult ..to interests as at. the hands of this man
that great.Province. 'Tice, for me Mercier. Never was there a. more
stance, Rebert Baldwin, whose. serene righteous act than his dismissal, and
elevation of character and political ap never was there greater demand for a
titude made him the idol of great Ort- Royal Commission than for that
tario, and contrast him with Sir John which let in .the light on the astound..
Thompson, whose unfortunate tratli- villainies which have made the
tions and regretted principles forever country infamous for a generation.
unfit him for winning the confidence Bus in the name of etenal justice, if a
of the people of the Dominion, -Never Royal Commission is right in Quebee
did a statesman utter a more unworthy should not the cold steel of' a like
speech than that gentleman's Alinonte commission have been driven into the
address, when he condoned dishones- corruption of Ottawa ? There is not
ties. We place Nova Scotia's greatest an honest citizen but has asked the
statentan,SenatoeHowe.whosespeeches question: Why was this commission
are the classics 'in our political lit- not granted Why' were, Foster and
erature, against the juvenile and du. Thompson allowed to burk investiga.
Mous utterances of a Tupper, who tion by thiir petty legal techmealities?
as the country knows, is held in place Why did an oppressive majority in,
by the,foster influence of his father. these committees restrain search When
We take Alexander Galt, who.was the it was clear to the country that the
rival of Gladstone in his brilliaano of heads of departments escaped as by
his budget speeches, and the exalted the skin of their teeth t Ray to night
limier of Sir Laniard Tilley and place that if the misfortune should come,
them against the vieeregalty discredit. which God forbid, that Menhir should
ed Foster, who, when lifted from the return to power, the sin ties at the
platform of the temperanoe advocate door of Voters and Thompsoa and the
to Ministerial office practically turns men who have failed to redeem our
National Government from the sus-
picions of a corruption which is hidden
but mast be unveiled. I look for the
coming time When the Merelere apd
political life, and place him against the Thompson% the Iluggiirts aim the
Ohaplean. As a citizen of Montreal Ohapleaue, the Laugevins and the
knew the last named and twee failed to Voters, shall go down into the deep
discover one pulsation of sympathy waters of Oblivion there shall
with high virtue or moral advatme, arise brighter day, when God shall
and whose departmental incompetence give the leadership of this Doininion
has been made manifiest,to all. Wo to mete of pun thoracter, of exalted
tape Bir A A Dorion, who carried the principles, who grail lead the coming
white My of a stainless lift to the nation up to the pique of morality and
se second session of the seventh I commend these important subjects that the King "expects and requires
tament of the Dominion of Canada end all ether matters affecting the _ of you neither to practis' nor to allow
opened on the oeth Februarys by pithlie interests which may be brought on the part of those who are officially
Stanley of Preston in person. before you to your beat consideratiou, stitiordinitte to you any interference
51'qe1l from the throne was as and I feel assured thatyon will address with the rights of hir, eubjects to the
4:...4 yourselves to them with earuestuess free and unbiassed choice of their repro
enorable gentlemen of the Senate, and assiduity, sentatived," The same instructions
*men of the House of COMMOnS : might be expected to bold out yet.but
ettffords me much gratification to The Leeson. of Bietory.. ago it' is fax Mora honored in the
' yoU at OS commencement of the (Toronto Globe, w.tucclay, reb. Nilo breach than in the observance. The
=entry ReidOnt and to he able, In the days of the old Tory none Government of Canada has deliberate.
4agratuiate yeti neon the general in Upper Canada the voter was treated ly conspired by ite laws tnni methods
it?' of the Dominion and lilion :LS a inan.ef no account, or, if be bad to interfere with the rights of the
Isnthint harveitt with whish Pro. any use it was only to keep elieramily QUeen'e subjects to the free and on-
,'" ball bleevetVell tints of the Compact in dem No man mild east biassed choice of theft representatives.
a vote for a member of Piteliament Liberals have been robbed of their
tam/tilted death of his Royal I unlese he had a patent for his land. franchise in the recent bye-eleetions
the peke of Clarence aroused . and, often he had te go forty or fifty by scone aud hundtede, in spite of
4 of piefound eorrow. The mites over a rough road to the only the filet that the most seditious atten-
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his batik upon the reform he formerly
advocated by engineering a policy of
indefinite delay. We take Chief Jas.:
dee Lafoataine, the man of untainted
Ay with bee hiejeety and their! polling booth in the electorttl 'district, tion Was given to the lists by t e sepulchre, ,and contrast him with honor, who shall wipe out the cum
4ghness tire Prince and Priii.1 with his patent in his pocket. as local organni.atione, What took place whom ?—with the inimitable i‘lercier, that has devastated this laud and
in London, in East nigin and else- who like the amphibia crept out of th* make it a sanctuary of that rip,hteottse
sirWales in their bereavement . evidoice of qualification. /t happened
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in the Dominion often, too,that if the oter w
where is well known to everybody, and i amni-
a waters of Quebee boodleism, as nen that exalteth a nation, fulfilling a
Vaileil vas against
who), Wension linfound the Government eiindidate he had against One gross evil there is no sulli• ;.0ended the highlands or religions nobler destiny as a benefactor to the
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peatfal netsages of, either to tight hie way to the poll or hi
Giant remedy to be found at law, it ia 1, sanotity and with the dirt witehery of world,
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