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The Huron Signal, 1882-03-17, Page 44 Tilt HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1$82 tie . • THE HURON SIGNAL le published every Friday Moraing by Mc OrLLICCDDIr Haat., at theit'Oeloe, North St toff the tiquaret GODERICH, ONTARIO. And is despatched to all parts of the surround- ing country by the earliest mails and trains. By general admission it has • lancer oiroaM- oin than any utter newspaper in this part of be Wintry, 4 is one of the raciest, newsiest and must reliable journals in Ontario Possessing, as it does, the torwgo1ngersaatlair, and being in addition to the above, a nrstmlaw faintly and fireside pa -it is therefore • most drainable ad mcdiwsi. Tet as.—$1.50 in advance, postage pre -paid by publishers; $1.75, tf paid before six mouths; 11.00 if not so paid. This rule will be strictly enforced. RATES or ADVCITISINO.—Eight cents pe line for gest insertion; three ciente per line for each subsequent insertion. Yearly, ball -yearly and quarterly contracts M reduced rates. Jett PRI%TING.--- Ale have alsoafirst-cleas jobbing department Incounectlun, and puaae.— ing the moat complete outfit and best facilities for turning out work In (loderich, sre prepared to do business In that line at prices that cannot be beaten, and of a quality that cannot be sarpaued.—Teras Casa. FRIDAY. MARCH 17. 1881, The Local LegislaturewaspronaNedr n the 10th lest., with the usual ceremon- ies. Cut. Real WAS never so strong in West Huron as he is at present. Ad- vices from trustw rtl.y sources lead us to believe that hir glorious majority of over 400 ut the last election will be in- creased by another hundred, should any person be found foolhardy enough to op- pose hits. To force a contest its such a constituency, is to put the country to an unnecessary expense. But the enemies of Provincial rights are bound to "let.uo Grit be returned by acclamation." AcrrAL settlement in Manitoba has been seriously checked by the action of the Government. The resident corres- pondent of the Toronto World says: The governmet-t are doing much to dis- courage actual settlement. The plea is: "There is no cash on hand. If we sell to speculators we get some money, $1 or $2 per acre. If we ]et a homesteader take the land we only get $10 from each, which does not pay for the agent and the expenses" Hence the colonization schemes. Monstrous is it ! Aye, more than monstrous. It is worse than high treason. IT is not generally known that Mr. Plumb, the superloyal member for Niaga s, is an importation from the United States. He was at one time a howling Democrat in New York state, and the British lion has often been Jared and threatened by him in his 4th of Jely orations When Mr. Plumb got through with one of his Independence Day speeches, he had so flaunted the American eagle that the bird of freedom had 'scarcely a pin feather Lett on its poor bones. Leaving his own country hastily, after some business difficulties, Mr. Plumb settled,in Canada, and now has the effrontery to, impugn the loyalty ..f the Reformers cf this Province. Tus Stratford -Beacon flays the London Free Press in the following style: "In an article on the Reform leader the Lon- don Free Press is pleased to say t Mackenzie is "personally uprigyb-" everybody in the Dominion knows and knew for many years, but will the .Free Press nay why it charged this "person- ally upright" man with corruption during the entire five years that he was in pow- er 1 Does the Free Press remember the steel rails and a scorn • f other slanders ? Would our neighbor have the goodness to look over its files from '73 to '78 and see how many of its issues during that • time are without 'dale charge against this "personally upright" man ? Even the Nee Prus might admit that charging a "personally upright" man with cor- ruption for five years simply because he is in power is not it respectable kind of political warfare." IT aAN been stated often that Sir "Onderdonk" Tupper is anxious to run for a constituency in Ontario, so that in the event of Sir John retiring into pri- vate life, he would have a controlling in- fluence of die Western vote, as an offset to Sir Hector Langevin's influence in the East. The opportunity now offers. Dr. Coleman, the glucose candidate in Cen- tre Huron, has just returned from Ot- tawa, and despite the fact that he is the nominee of the Tory convention, he has already expressed his variance with the Government policy on the Boundary Award, on the disallowance of provin- cial legislation, and on the Syndicate bargain, and as being only partly with Sir Leonard Tilley on the N. P. Resolutions endorsing the Dominion Government's policy nn all these ques- tions were unanimously approved of at he Tory convention which Dominated Dr. Coleman, and he at the time was in ancon with the ,pint 1,1 the resolutions. But the new light has broken in upon him, and his periodic attack of (;mise, appears to be coming on. At the time of writing, by his own admission, his or..- ponent parts are: Reform, 7; Tory, 1. This being the case, it is quite pxoeeible the redoubtable doctor will resign hie position, as Tory candidate, and thus leave an opening in Centre Huron for a candidate staunch and true in Tory doc- trine. Here lies the opportunity for Sir "Onderdonk" Tupper, and we respect- fully invite the great stretcher to Centre Heron, to ted the popular feeling on the questions of the day with his rival, Sir Richard Cartwright His candidature wouldn't be good for even •'twn days only • THE REFORM NOMINM The unanimous and enthuai trflc none illation of Sir Richard Cartwright at the Convention held at Sesforth on Fat urday last, will be another thorn in the side of the Tury party. For some tirne lost, the attention of the Tory scrums had been devoted to the task of endeavoring to prove that the member for\ Centre Huron should be relegated to' private life, and the action of the Refottiw • COD. vention in requesting him to be again their standard bearer is a fitting rebuke to their impudent attempts to dictate. When the Reform party of Canada, or the jtneed eforniers of Centre Huron advi e, they will not be constrained to seek it from the editor of the Mail or from the inferior satellites of the Tory party that shape their course from tt.e action of the "great luminary." If Sir Richard Cartwright be the source of weakness to the /teem party, that our Tory friends would have the county believe, why do they not encourage the Reformers to take him to their bosom, so that the evil day of Grit dissolution may be hastened 1 Fortunately the Re- formers are not to be caught with chaff, and the would-be mentors from Tory- dom, have been' notified from Centre Huron that their invitation to "walk into our parlor" has been disregarded once and forever. Even Sir "Onderdonk" Tupper had taken an interest in Centre Huron pre- vious to the nomination, and had gene so far as to prophesy that Sir Richard would not be again renominated in the Riding which he at present represents. The great "high priest of corruption" as usual, spoke without his facts, and the failure of his prediction in this respect, augurs badly for the fulfilment of his utterances regarding the result of the next general election. Sir Richard Cartwright has cause to feel just pride at his selection by the Reform convention of Centre Huron. In few constituencies are there so many able local men as in the Centre Riding; and when it is considered that the yuestionofdeciding who was to be the nom- ineedid not goto the ballot, there isgreat cause for satisfaction on the part of Sir Richard and his friends, as the fact goes far to show the high appreciation the Reformers of Centre Huron have of the ability, parliamentary experience, honor, and integrity of their present member.. With the exception of Messrs. Blake and Mackenzie, no other outrider could have received the nomination which eats so unanimously tendered the ex -Finance Minister. on Saturday Wt, and this fact ought to terry more weight in the discussion of the question of Sir Richard's popularity, than all the blatant assertions on the part of hired Tory orators and scribes. .$O UA'D TO THE CORE. - The Tories hare of Into been laying the flattering unction to their souls that C popularity of Sir Richard Cartwright n'Itre Huron was on the wane, but the action of the Reform Convention at Seaforth on Saturday, and the enthusi- asm manifested when the nomination of the ex -Finance Minister was an accom- plished fact, gave unmistakeable evi- dence that the heart of the Riding still warmed to the sitting member. The Convention was composed of the finest body of teen we have ever seen its con- vention assembled, and comprised old veterans who had for fifty years fought the battles of Reform, as well as young and middle aged mens full of ardor and full of work To look upon the splen- did representation from the municipali- ties was sufficient to satisfy any one pres- ent, that victory was certain for Reform in the Riding, and the only question that could possibly be was with regard to majorities Tuckersmith was led by Walker, glorious old Grey was mar- shalled by Strachan, Hullett boldly fol- lowed McMillan, Colborne was at the back of Young, McKillop had twenty- eight delegates led by Pollard and Kerr, and Goderich, Seaforth and Brussels had full representations. Good men and true were there,—men who had worked hard and well for Reform in the past, and whose past record was an earnest of good work in the future. The Tories have been whistling to keep their cour- age up, end have asserted that Centre Huron would be theirs at the next elec- tion, but had Dr. Coleman had a chance to gaze on the Reform Convention on Sstur lay lad, he would have been not a bad counterpart of the famous flub Acres. Yet, while there is no fear for Centre Hume as • Reform constituency, no effort should lie abated to pile up majorities in every municipality Sir R.thard Cartwright is today a stronger candidate than he was in 1878, for his public character, and pnvats integrity AM Netter understood and appreciated than they were when he was first ten dered the nomination for our Riding. The members of the Governmewt of the day, by their railway policy, their re- fusal to ratify the boundary award, their dusllowanee of provincial legislation, their corruption, their upholding of the Minister of Railways whn "ender - dunked" the Dominion out of over $990,000, and other questionable seta, have blackened their previously be- smirched reputations beyond all chants* of cleansing. and have forfeited the re- spect and oouutenance of all right-minded electors.For these reasons nothing should be Tutt uuduue to raise the Re• forst majority to the highest figure its every polling subdivisi ii its the Riding. Besides, it is believed by slimly that al- ready Dr. Coleman Luls his position to be a hopeless (tile, and that representa- tions have beep made to Sir John to gerrymander the County, by piecing Tuckeruuith in the South Riding, and transferring l:oderich township to the Centre. We are riot certain whether the Chieftain will hearken to the advice in this nutter. Certain it is, that his first gerrymandering of Huron did not turn out as he anticipated, and there is just a possiIility that a second attempt will snake the last state of the Tory party in Huron worse than the first Reform is sure of Centre and South Huron no smatter how SirJohncarves them up, and North Huron can also be redeemed, if proper work be done. A FARMER I-V PARLIAMENT. Mr. Irvine, the Liberal farrier, who recently redeemed Carlutou from the Tories, spoke last week on the Budget, in the House of Commons. His sensi- ble words should be carefully read by his fellow farmers. Mr. Irvine, who was received with applause, regretted that he could not follow hon. gentlemen opposite in some of their arithmetical calculations. As s practical farmer he was one of the num- ber whom the National Policy was sup- posed to have made rich, and on this subject he thought he could give practi- cal testimony of much greater value than much of the theorizing that had been in- dulged in during the debate. He re- ferred to the cry of disloyalty raised lay hon. gentlemen opposite against their opponents who failed to accept all their. ase -coloured pictures of the effect of the National Policy. This disloyalty cry had not been heard in the Maritibte Provinces for many years until the N. P. was brought into existence. When gentlemen. opposite found themselves turned out in disgrace for their wrong- doing they started a scheme which they said would snake everybody rich, and now that that scheme had floated them intc power they ascribed the prosperity which had conte naturally to the country to that so-called policy. The highest prices we as farmers had ever received was in 1864, just after the declaration of war by Britain against Russia. Again when there was war in the United States prices went up, so that farmers had seen prosperous days long before the Nation- al Policy was heard of. At present, he was bound to say that owing to a revival of the lumber industry every man in this country who wished to work was employed at good wages. He,hal never known manufacturers in New Bruns- wick to fail. Two founders in the shire town of his own county who had started with nothing were reputed to be wealthy, but each had told hint (Mr. • Irvine) that they could do better under the old tariff than they could, under the present. The desire of those who supported a revenue tariff was to encourage manu- facturers as much as possible, mainly by allowing; their raw material to come in free. The returns showed that the man- ufacturer had a better showing in 1878 than in 1881, but the manufacturer was even in a better position than the farm- er, who was weighted down with onerous burdens inflicted by the N. P. Not an implement was used by a farmer that did not cost more than the tax placed upon the raw material which entered into its manufacture. Never before was there a duty placed upon raw material entering into the manufacture of farming implements, except a trifling duty on some classes of iron. He contended that it was unfair to select any one industrial class and protect them against all others To the farmer was largely due the pres- ent advanced condition of the country, yet they were not invited to the counsels of the nation when an important change in the fiscal policy was contemplated. He taxed the Goveornment with having largely increased the duties under cover of a readjustment of the tariff, and un- der the promise that the duties would not be increased. The Canadian Gov- ernment said to their citizens that they must take their produce to England for a market, and bring the money hack in their pockets end purchase their neces- saries at home, instead of having the option of purchasing abroad. He de- nounced the Government for the manner in which they had framod the fiscal pol- icy to the prejudice of the farmer. On the question of cottons he had no hesi- tation in saying that since the introduc- tion of the National Policy more cotton was smuggled into this country than was regularly imported In his own county Loo, cotton warp sold 30 per ant. higher than it could be purchased at a distance of four miles across the border in the State of Maine. He thought it would be as well to remit the duty on flour,and permit vessels engaged in the coasting trade to bring return loads from Boston and other American ports, and concluded by charging the Minister of Finance with having been unfaithful to his promises. THE Clinton Record alludes to the members of the (!Marin Government ss a "pr. tenuous cable." Ts it because they are ready to "tackle Kir John A ' Mac.l• Wald on the boundary award t Mason, who attempted to shoot flue tato. has been sentenced by the Court - Meet al to dshonnurable discharge from the army, loss ot all pay and allowances, and eight years' iwmns'nnent in the p.nrtentsery. Petitions are in circula- tion for a pardon Forster, in his speech yesterday, re- proached the Irishmen's want of courage in yielding to intimidation- Hound the Government was determined that neither landlord nor tenant 'herald mar the Land Act No attempt was made to in- sult Forster, and he was everywhere courteously received. The Legulatire Council of Nova Sco- tia, by a rote of 12 to 9, hsa declined to legislate itself out .,f existence CENTRE HURON. Unanimous Notminatiott of Sir Richard Castoerigil.t. As tatbe halls tonreatlo TAO Kenn of Centre tea rem sound ret defogs' Pre. paring (.r ane tray allrrlag Address y aloe \ssaraee *Mint env erotism. Reported fur Tux SION AL. '1'be tweeting of the Reform oonveu- tiun of Centre Huron, fur the purptem of selecting a candidate to contest the constituency at the next election wra held at Seaforth, its Card()u'■ Hell, uu Saturday last. Notwithstanding the bed nada there was a full representation frons the various municipalities compris- ing the Riding, and the greatest wuu- i.uity of feeling and harmony of melon ()revelled frown start to finish. At the appointed hour the meeting was organized by the President, Humphrey Snell, Esq., of Hullett, taking the chair. The tint duty was the election of othoera for the Aaso ciation, and the local chair- man or President for each municipality. The following gentlemen were elected 'officers for the Riding Association, viz.: Humphrey Snell, Hullett, President; George R alker, Tuekersrnith, Vice -Pres, and M. Y. McLean, Seafetth, Secretary. The following gentlemen were elected local Presidents: Seaforth, W. M. Gray; Tuckersmith, Geo. Walker; McKillop, Richard Pollard; Hullett, Geo. Watt, and John Morgan: Grey, Anthony Reymann; Brussels, E. E. Wade; Colborne, John Morris; Goderich, E. Martin. It will be the duty of these local Presidents to at- tend to the organization, in their re- spective municipalities; to call local meetings, and to see that the assessment rolls are properly scrutinized and revis- ed. The . r dentials of the delegates were then handed in and subjected to the scrutiny of a committee appointed for the purpose. After examining the sev- eral lists the delegates for the respective municipalities were called and took their places as follows: Seaforth—Wm. M. Gray, M. Y. Mc- Lean, J. A. Cline, R. Lumsden, D. D. Wilson, S. G. McCaughey, Thos. Cov- entry, Wm. Ballantyne, A. Young, C. Lowrie, W. N. Watson and J. Beattie. Tuckersmith—George Walker, Wm. Sproat, Andrew Archibald, David Man- sur, John Doig, Samuel Smillie, Wm. McMillan, David Walker, John Sproat, Wm. Mc urray, Wm. Ireland, John Hannah, James Broadfoot, N. Coosens, Peter McTavish, and James Forsythe. Grey—J. McMann, F. S. Scott, John Shaw, jr., James Mann, A. McKay, E. Crich, J. Johnston, John Stewart, Alex. Stewart, John McDonald, D. Robertson, Jbhn Shaw, sr., D. McTaggart and T. Strachan. Brussels—E. E. Wade, John Camp- bell, D. Scott, Robert Laidlaw, Colborne—J. Stephenson, R. B. Scott Wm. Young. J. Varcoe, D. McKinnon, A. Sands, Thomas Campbell, James Symington, John Morris,Gordon Young, Robert Debbie, John Linkhtter, J. 0. Stewart, Wm. Green, D. Cummings, Joseph Habkirk. Hullett—John Petrie, Robert Mc- Michael, Angus McDermid, J. Irwin, J. McGregor. Thomas Neilans, John Warwick, John Watt, Robert Scott, J. Cartwright, A. Woodman, Thos. Moore, J. Morgan, J. Sprung, J.. Govier, G. Sprung, Janies Snell; J. Howson, Geo. Stephenson, R. Sprung, Robert Sprung. Goderich—Dr. McLean, B. Malcomsen E. Martin, M. (:. Cameron, D. McGilli- cuddy, L. E. Dancey, F. J. Gissing, R. Walker, Horace Horton, Wm. Horton, D. McKay, Charles E. Humber, John Scohie. McKillop—Jas Davidson, John Rol - lands, John Malone, John Aitcheson, Wm. Aitcheson, Wm. Cash, Wm. Mc- Lauchlin, Alex. Gardner, Wm. McGav- in, James Coates, Wm. Pollard, Alex. Murchie, Alex. Kerr. Robt. Govenlock, Andrew Govenlock, Geo. Macintosh, J. McElroy, Angus McLeod, John McDow- ell, John Heran, Thos. Murray; Mathew Purcell and — Wingle. NOMINATING CANDIDATES. The work of organization concluded, nominations were trade. , Some twelve gentlemen were nominated as candidates, but each in his turn retired in fai'our of Sir Richard Cartwright, the sitting member. Sir Richard's nomination was then made unanimous by a standing vote, which was given amidst cheers. Sir Richard Cartwright, who was present, in accepting, the nomination thanked the Convention for their re- newal of confidence, and while admit- ting he had no claim upon the riding, expressed his determination to starve the Reform party more faithfully if pos- sible in the future than he had in the past. kIMOLCTI('Nu OF CONFIDENCE. The following resolution, were then carried by standing votes and cheers: Moved by Thns.Strachan, Esq., Reeve of Grey, seconded by Geo. Walker, Esq., of Tuckersmith: ',That we, as a Conven- tion. hereby endorse the course pursued by the Hon. Oliver Mowat and his col- leagues in the Local Parliament, and we further pledge ourselves to support them in every legitimate manner in the com- ing election. Moved by Wm. Young, Eel , Reeve of Culb,rne,secone:ed by Thos. Moon Esq of Hullett: That this convention desires to record its hearty sympathy with an appreciation 1.1 the labors of the Oppos- ition in the House of Commons, and to declare its hearty approval of the course pursed by the Hon Edward Bike and the leaden of the Reform party in that House. After parsing a vete of thanks to the Pree«Ient foo- hu able and impartial con- duct in the choir the Convention ale_ sol ved. TWO rt't/Le MIMING was held in Catdno s Hall, at 3 p and although the hall is the largest in Owen., outside of the cities, it was crowned to the ("eon Mr. Humphrey Spell. •4 Hullett, chairman .4 the Cen- tre Huron ltef•irm Association, oseapted the chair, and introduced the speaker to the audience Mr Richard Cartwright, ..n eoming forward, said he was pleased tn see an large a gathering, nc.twith*taud,Ag the inclement weather and het nada. It showed that the people were interested in the political iasnes when they turned out in such numbers on the omission. He then entered st onoe upon the du- eusston of the various public gneetions, and pewee -led to ...timpani the depressed o ,nditior. of commerce all over the world during the Mackenzie rryfnte with toe MOH) adveuuuuus cucuunatauces which attended the preseut Guvertuueut whim it attained ierwer. Mr. Mackenzie had assumed (Ace at a time when *com- mercial cruet. vias iutinent, sod al- though he vas Nandi ipped by the hind times that prevailed 1 C.tna.la and the ueighb•,rutg Republic durrug his tenure of office, this Canadian public credit was neverbetter ,iunug its history than when he left p...w. r lit 1878. (Hear, heeic.) The tiuwicta! cuudit of the c .utiory under the last two Goveru- ntehca wan tlueu1 e. utrustt,d, Arid the speaker e.nclusively skewed that during the incumbency of the ltedorw Guveru- lu.uit the country had leen wisely and eaououtiwlly a.uuuiateied. The pre- sent Glovertlweut claimed grytt credit for the surplus, out iothwuhatanding the fact that it was heaped together• by texatimu, they would not have been in a position 1.. boast of it had the crops in Europe not been a t,.ilure, while the se of Canada yielded an abundance. Such Loring the case, le um nut preparud to give the.() all the credit they claimed, unless they were prepared to assmue not only the credit for the goal crops us Canada, but also to take to themselves the responsibility of having caused the crop failures its Europe. (Hear, heir.) Thur auu could not be made to shine, the nils to fall, nor the earth to bring forth its increase by any act of Parlia- ment Sir John or his Miuisters (soul." devise. (Laughter and cheers) The fiscal policy was then entered upon at some length and a number of its falla- cious parts exposed in a trenchant manner. There were also'other broad fscta that testified in Mackenzie's favor stronger than mere words- When he entered office he succeeded men who had raised our annual expenses in seven years fully $10,000,000. He discharged the heavy liabilities which he inherited from his predecessors, and at the end of five years had only increased the annual expenditure by some $200,000, while the sinking fund of the country had been greately increased. If the ()tatter was carefully looked into mud due allow- ance make for the unproved condition of the sinking fund it would be found that the Mackenzie Government had actually administered the affairs of the country fully $2:,0,000 cheaper than their prede- cessors. The Finance Minister now sek- esd for $27,305,456 fur the annual • ex- penditnre, together with $450,000 for Dominion lauds, which had previously been charged to capital account. Here was an increase from $23, 500,000. But that was not all. The members of the pruritic Government were old Ministers and knew what they were talking about when they attacked Mr. Mackenzie with being extravagant. Sir Leonard Tilley said the (.oderniuent -of Canada could be carried on etb..ently with $22,51'0,- 000 annually, and now he wanted nearly $'28,000,000 to du the work that he wi hed the Reform Government -to car- ry on for the lesser amount. (Ap- plause.) The Government boasted greatly of its surplus, but it was not ob- tained by a fair tariff, for the N. P. dis- crimirtated unfairly against the majority and in favor of the few. At the present moment the great mass ot the people were made to pay very unequal duties. Recently in the House he had called the attention of the Finance Minister to the. unfair specific duties which made not' the cheaper the cottons or woolens the lighter the tax, but rice versa . This was grossly unjust, but although the N. P. advocates were forced to admit the mani fest unfairness of the tariff to the work- ing classes, they tried to put in an offset by boasting of the "tail chimneys" (Laughter.) Sir Leonard Tilley had recently,in an unlucky moment fur him- self, given a Mit of alleged factories which had befen started since the N. P. carie in force, but the hon.. gen- tleman, although he claimed all the credit for starting the institutions enu- merated in his list, took no blame to himself or his N. P. for the establish- ments which had succumbed during the past three years. Hear, hear. In the list there were litany institutions which had removedfrom small towns and vil- lager' to large cities possessed ..f increas- ed railway accommodation. The cities were doubtless helloed, but the smaller places were injured. Nearly a third of the employees given by the Finance Minister's new list were said to be its Montreal,one-fourth in Toronto, and the remainder its other large places where manufactories had exiated long anterior to the introduction of the N. P.; but how many artizans or skilled worktfian had been brought to Seaforth, Gods - rich, Clinton, Brussels, and the 101 other places throughout the country of which his hearers could speak from per- sonal, knowledge 1 The farming com- munity had been greatly injured by the werking of the protective tariff. No good had accrued to the agriculturists. In the years under the revenue tariff the Canadian markets had ruled rather better than the markets across the line. This had been reversed, and now Ameri- can market prices ruled far higher than Canadian. The N. P. orators and jour- nals had promised the farmers better prices, but the promises had not been fulfilled, notwithstanding the fact that the cost of sugar, wearing apparel, glass, and almost everything the farmers cod- sumed was materially dearer than it would be were the old revenue tariff in force. There wan only one way for the Government to aid the farming comma nity, and that was by granting a bounty similar to that which was now held as a bait to the fishermen oftheMaritame Pro- vinces (Hear, hear. Rut even then they would be no better off than if no class was favored, for justice would not be meted out to all, u was the .as when Mr. Mackenzie was in power The Dussinion Land regulations were next referred to, and the incapacity o f &r John as a head of a department thoroughly shown up. Nor John al- though an able politician, was not an able administrates, and had given eve dere* sf that when, in reply to Mr. Roes anent the Moil's premature puHica .ea of extracts from the report of the Minis- ter of the interior, the Premier had the effrontery to stater that he did not know whether the extracts were genuine or not, se he had not read the report his own report of the department whieh M was supposed to lee the head of. (Cheers 1 11 had always been the isms with lair .lohn, and fully bore out the statemewt previously made eoneerning hires, that 'he would never do a day s "thee work if he could help it." (Heir, Lott!.) Tiro true inwarduese of the Synth - tate Iarg.uu and the '•.blery o.uuoeterl a nth the Government conduct in the mat- ter e.1 the tenons e..IoitiLatiun wheuuuee were shown up its is gnephic tawnier by thin speaker, who thea pummeled to deal with the census i a meaner stela as to throw light up.• the motives which prompted Sir Johu a cost its the ipterust of Quebec, all to the detti'neut pf Ontario, by el!at tans known its the d,•vire irnthoa ,•f euumeratio I. Tbeee- tf, n of the.verntnent toward Ur. Casgrahs's l:,ll fer the tetter prevention of fraud and corrupt l.r.u'ntvs in the let- ting of public contracts was then criti- cized et length, and the returns adduced which led to theft action its the premises. It w.s little to he wouderu t at that Sir Hector Lam:v.1u, the hero of the gS2,- 000 scandal, would to' willing 1.. suovu the one 'month's huts• to a bill which was likely to tele frons his party amt him- self one of the merited wits:revs far ruc- cesafully del.auci.i..g the vleetor.tte by nnouey p;.hl 1.y contractors e•ho were un- der ubligatiou to the G.eminneut at present and in piospeetivt.. .Hoar, hear.) A tittieg man and a tittiog deed. The shale -.souk iniquity and the jobburiea per,,ett.ttwt in the Section B. and Canners wont.:" were also exresod at consi lerab'.r length. The sp.e.iker closed an earnest and eloquent address by asking his hearers and the people of Ontario to hold fast the rights and 'pri- vileges they new etujoyed ; to aveid the very appearance of any legislation that woidd teed towards centralization ; and to see that the Proviucial sutonoisy was kept intact. The Reform 'Party had a platform on which they could all agree, lir it embraced equal justice to all classes in its fiscal policy, the guarding of all present rightsin Provincial matters, and a stern opposition to monopolies of all ranks and grades. L..ud and pralong- ea cheers.) A vote of thanks was then moved to Sir Richard Certwri jht for his eloquent address, cheers were given for the Re- form leaders and the Queen, and one of the finest politica! gatherings ever held int &''forth was brought to a suc- cessful clow. . ELf3 & OR GEORGEN THE A('(()MNOSHED ELOCUTIONIST. Victoria Hall, CODER ICH, Iollday, larch 2011i. POPULAR PRICES, RESERVED SEATS Sfou. BODY OCHILDREN 1 NDER irH?EEN . mks Plea of Hall at Sheppard's. NOTICE TO CREDITOR.`. Psrewaat to tee act respectinTrustees andExecutors. creditors and others-inningctaims against the estate of William slyer Arnold late of the town of Godericb In the County of Huron, Gentleman, deceased, are requested to send to Messrs. vtrathy e! Ault. Barrie. Ont., solicpors for the tnatters under the insrtl e settlement at the late fattier of said W. [t, Arnold. deceased, can or before the niter DAT 01 APRIL, deal. full and detailed statements of their claims duly verified by statutory declarations, sad to a notice that immediate) after that date. the said Trustees'. will proceed to distnbute the moneys in their hands to the credit of said estate among the parties entitled thereto. havtngregard onlyto the claims of which said trustees have ten notice. Dated 2Pth Feb. 1882. STRATHY d AULT, Solicitor., Berrie. 15964t. IN THE SURROGATE COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HURON. In the matter of the guardianship of the in- fant children of Thomas Sundercock, de- ceased. 'rake notice, aha'. after the expiration of twenty days from the first publication of this notice application will be made to the Judge of the notice, Court of the County of Huron, by Dorcas Brunsdcn, of the town of Clinton. in the county of Huron, wife of William Brunsden, of the same place. gentleman. for letters of guardianship, appointing her. the said Dorcas Hrunsden, guardian of the Infant children of the said Thomas Rundercock, in his lifetime, of the township of Hullett, in the said county of Huron. yeoman, and husband of the said Dorcas Rrunsden. listed at Guderich the 2nd day of March A. D. 152. t'AMERON, HOLT k CAMERON, Solicitors foread uappellant Dorcas l armories. SHERIFF'S SALE OF LANDS. COONTT or HURON, . Ry virtue of a Writ of TO of Her Majesty's Court of f Facies, County ont Huron. and to me directed against the Land. and Tenements of Hugh McDonald and Mary Jane McDonald at the sult of William Coats. i have seized and taken In equity all the mp- tiontof the abo Intertitle and nes defendants med defendantst and reIn de andto tie north half of lot number ten, In the third cafoesstpa of the township of Morris, In the County of Huron, containing 100 5. res of land, more or lees; which lands and tene ments 1 shall offer tor male at my office lin the Court House, In the Town of (iodertch, on FiRIDAY. THE eth 1)AY OF JUNE. nest, st the hour of twelve of the clock noon. ROBERT GIBBONS, Sheritrs (Mice GodericbSberlRof Huron. March Rib. Is.2. l*22.13t. ALLAN LINE of ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS LIYERi'(N)L, LONDONDERRY GLAS- GOW. SHORTEST SEA itOUTZ. Cabin, Intermediate and Steerage Tickets (7waxrr sATre. 5' r g.• Passe are booked to London. rd Calth Bristol Passengers Queenstown. Derry. 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