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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1883-02-16, Page 4• THE HURON SIGNAL. MAI. FEB I1,, 1883. '1HE HURON SIGNAL Iuehttauat.ary-tuner.i t►„t.tr,e. i+ published every Friday hiasraiwr. by M. I Ttaubta Which would cmvey the iu'preeisiiu that the present method of obtaining a large share of Outnrtu's revenue is not suited W the ta•te •,f the o tpposttiun, and an ef- fort should Le made to se arrange the "euntrul of the timber limits," thl)t valuable belts of timber would be given for a "sung" to political friends of the party in power, on the saute principle as the►cxrlunizatlrru aeww hein the Nurth- tweet .EseasN,Me .a /tenet -tea r.t Ile. 1' •II - lie St tTii . We Nutlike.: this is intended us a bait to the l.ippusiti ,u ,.thee seekers t•, work hind durirlp; the eonteat,seo that a change of Govetnnielt, if brvught shoot, would result in the discharge of 50 ► nr 4,,40 °f- ake holders nt llutari.,, who at present de good work for fair salaries, and that Crete places a uld he tilled by. 1,O0Q e.r 2,000 hunery 'nitric*, at increased sala- ries, to perform the same wort in au in feeler wanner. The action of the Do- minion Government iu inerermin; the number of ci%il setv'auts at Ottawa by 101 inure than tlatesuployed during the Mackenzie r, :nal. gives color to this in- terpretation of the hist plank in the Lib -Con. platform. We base thus given the amities plat- form of the Ontario Opposition, with the interpretation which it warrants. if the past rerer(' of the wire -pullets of the party be taken as a criterion, and we leave the matter in the hands of the else - ' ton of West Huron, and Ontario at large, to decide whether the Opposition pietism be one that any huuest t)nta- run can endorse. • l LICVDDi Bnos., at their °ince, roti tel orf t he de in* re t (;ODIiRICH. ONTARIO %ma Is despatched to all parts of the surround ug cuuutry by the earliest mails and train*. Hy general admisaiun it has a larger cireela ton then any other newspaper int is pari of the country, it It tore of the raciest,yswahlat tad most reliable •uuroale in On • le uossessing as doss, t}te fore•goinsesseu ..ad being m tine totem stove, • ..- .amity and n side paper it is thereto a most desirable lrertirtag medians. Tallies.- 81.30 in advance nonage pre -paid by ppuueshers; $1.75. it paid beton aii mouth; $2.00 if not to ttaid. Tars rule will be strictly , . u f urved. HAras oe LLVERIIMttru. -Fitton cents re ine fur And hotel -lion; three cents per line for r tc•h suhw.qu.•nt Inventor. Yearly, hairy early •ad quarterly euutractss t reduced rates. JOB etINT11116.---.t a hate alsoanrst-visas obbutg deparlwcul in oew'neet ion. and {,.,.ttt•tr- ,ag the must caatplete *titan,' but tactliti.•e t orbit' of week is tieaeltch. ate prepared u do buelaess is that line�a prove. that oohst itt beaten, wad of a i a ty that cermet he nrpaased. Terns C e*i • FRIDAY, RIM 1Gra, 1E833. Tia til- thy lila rata wP LItht..Ordan`,, On- tut/u . • ( ►1 11 TI('E ET. ..ass Isar IM is s. t y's1. -1. M. Rtc; 1 S a.anT�l�lMa, \I 11 .ITtli)MA8 (]IB& )N. MU ...ITN intern. 111;. ARCHIBAL1) BISHOP. THE OPPOSITION PLA TAIRM. The Mail, the London Free Pass, the 'fur and almost every outer Tory jour- nal in Ontario, 8sut to ever their editor- ial headings what pie -ports to be the Op- position platform dating the coming con- . test. It appeared sia•ultaneously ion the • Mail and Fr.•.• I'o sad was inspired Uy Macdonald, Mousw►y, "Angevin & Cu., who are tiehting against the interests ef cIntario. We print elie platform io italic.., awl sandwich in -a remark or two between each plank, for the benefit of the upholders of •nntatao's *Rights in Huron County and elscwt.ere. "Onifedee»tion mast h, r,toiactuiped.,, Even if it is necessary to ;&teal half of Ontano'a territory, and •thereby lessen the infuenceef the premier Province,— the backbone of the Confederacy. "Ontario's xt:yhte fm Lawful and Cu,i- 'titutinnaal uuoa,r." By which we arc to understand that any Board of Arbitreteirs appointed by the Parliament ..f the Dominign end the Ontario Legislatuee to make at: award which "shall be final and conclusive," and which brings in an award in faaorof Ontario'. Rights, is uaconstitutiun&L C"anfisuttitee if Private Propei1,. Which means that the.vtwners of property un two hundred and thirty-five .235) Heatable streams in Ontario, will have the privilege, by building a dam and elide to render vakieloss the privileitea of the owhers of all other property, who .may occupy lands up the stream. Of course, the men up the strreau have no t ighta of property tout must be respect- ed. Vu t edrufi:eitiew . By which we are to infer that ear Pee vincial autonomy is to ],e 'viaofated, that our Provincial Rights the to be taken ::way from us, and that all the p.wers heretofore held I:y the Legislature of Ontario are to be taken t=ee and "cin- trod" at Ottawa. "\'o Eecr.tti,lanteiet ✓A .Meni...paal Right..." But that "Previnci:d Rights" can be ell- croached upon with impuiti'y, and our Local Government be made a denkey- engine. to be worked by the Dominion )nembers from 'Quebec, Nova Scotia, Nev.Brunswick, \►.►niteba, British Col- ambia and Prince Edward Island. "\u hJitir.+iu ta.anai,aidirioy the Li- , ease Lo IC. That is tit say, that control of the liquor traffic "half be taken out of the hands of. . the Government, and once more be placed u the keeping of the local wird-pullers and ward politicians, so that the respect- abletItt1ut Which the hotel -keeping trade has attained under the present syeteul, will cease to be ; and so that drunken- ness will increase and groggeries multi- ply,•tnil hotel -keepers who are at present keeping reap•ectel,le public houses be forced to leave- the business, and !make' way for men of 'eprave l character. "Estensio,i of ►hr Eraur)ti.w," Which is merely :'tempting to steal a 'dank from the plat Leen of the Reform I party,which has already' begun the good work by granting the privilege to farmer's sonn,and which pledged itself at the great Liberal ccnventioe to further n TJIL' "WHITE FEATHER" ' AV- DID.tI TE. The Opposition candidate in West Huron, thanks to the article in the histissue of THE SIGNAL, faced his opponent,a Col. Ru, M. P. P., on the platform on Monday last. During the previous week he had carefully avoided appearing before the public to enunciate his views, and it was only when taken to task by Tete SIGNAL for his temerity, and when egged on by his prominont supporters, that he mustered up courage to endure the ordeal. It has been stated by his friends -that he had other meetitags ap- pointed, and couldnot attend those celled by Col. Ross. The aspirant self says that Col. Ross " stole a march on hint,' and for that reason he did not attend the %meetings when invited. Neither of these reasons is true. The Opposition candidate had called no pub- lic meeting at any point, and Col. Rosa had net taken any undue advantage of hint A new election had been called for, and Col. Ross who had so well and faithfully represented the constituency in the Legislature during the past term, and who had been re -nominated for the position in the next Parliament, was bound to come before his constituents and give an account of his stewardship. " Hole-and-corner " meetings would not suffice in his case—for he was willing that the light of day should shine upou his record, — and public tneetings were called by himso that the electors of Hu - nee, of all shades of politica, should have an opportunity of knowing how their representative hall attended to their in. • terests durine the past four years. An Opposition candidate was in the field, whose duty it was t . face the sitting member and show cause why he should not be again returned. An invitation was extended, through the press and by posters to the Opposition candidate to attend the meetings, and invitations to all meetings were duly sent hire (o appear on the public platform, and show cause why Cul. Rosa should net be again returned. Thc'tppo.ition candi- date failed to appear, until he was finally dragged forth from his seclusion by the criticism on itis shirking action which was published last week in THE SIGNAL. The only excuse that can be advanced was that he WAS making a "still hunt," and attended some orgati- zatien meetings in the interim. The still hunt " may be a very good thing for a candidate who is fearful of facing an honorable upptineet on the plat feria, but we have serious doubts that the honest yeentanry of \Vest Huron will favor the can•lidature of a would-be 1'terliamentartan who lacks the pluck to enter the battle where the, light is likely to he waged warmly, Col, Ross was in duty bound to appear publicly before his constituents, and his oppulent was equally bound to face 111m,— and his failure to do so can be le"ked upon t my s n showing of the " white (either. tztend the franchise. "A Para I'eseti.tro Ederettaa fly which is meant that the centred of our educationalsystc•m which every( )utarien boasts of *a being the beet in the worts I is to be taken out of the hands of the representatives ..f the people, and pl'ac&d under the control of an irresponsible head of the doeatitnal department. "Ames—, to the %ire fir'snt T,'tio • probsWy paeans that the ubnexiotss land regulations which hate pr.•ted such a detriment to settlors in %nun n*, and which have driven so inucy. Canadliaus to Dakota, will be introduced into Musko- ka and .Algoma, if the creatures of Vie 'fan be placed in power in Omar • -( If l'.1.11/.4 f :'df -'.V STORY 11:X - 1'44%111o, Om. the Ater, is a 10.0.1 goofed but as a scrennteur of political hiory . is not u wtxees Th att e wbefut last we tzp•wed a little game that was uiY tlw tapii in the matter of the Ouderich t u totes 'puss., and showed conclusively that there ear a scramble fur the office amongst the wire•pullen of the party. The Sta., as it duty hound, endeavored to come tu,tbe rescue of its (risut's, but "wing t.. the fac's 1i the caw Leine, a. .lust it, the effort to de feud its frienlis was only au eudeay.•r ail 1 mottling more. N.1 attempt wa wale to deny that the conspiracy rapes ed by Tae SpaAL, in regard to valeta Mg the collectorship, was sally un foot but ass effort was wade to show that a far back as 1878, ;i.e Reform 1 rty in this .xoom had designs upon the etlIec Leedop, and, therefore, thep.reseu scheme was a perfectly lc;itimate one 1 As if two bluets winksa white, ur, as i • two wrun is made a tight. The *her at teu.p.% to show that an effort was t Ito' oadra use 3!r. Duty to resi;e,l his posit�iot et dist .lir. Horton, the then wentbe t for ('entre Huron, should Le pl.tctd in a sinecure for the remainder ..f his days and dwells strongly upon tho heanou nature of the tlanutetieu. It also makeassert lulls in t:uuuection v: ith the Iran section witch are entirely unwarraute by the facts in the case, and in the en detuilisltes the baseless Structure whic its imagination had in great part created The Star oonclydes by asking, "Dues Tae SIGNAL like the picture? It is true one." n To which we reply, we don't like th picture as drawn by the Star, because i is false in almost every particular. Th present eclat,' of the Star knows absolute ly nothing of the eircumsteuces upot which the article which appeared in th last issue of the Conservative journal i based, and has been sadly misinfurme by tho party who has undertaken to pi. him iii"political history.' But even all that the Star has said were true, an if the conduct of the then member fu Centra Huron was deserving of censure then surely the present game to capture • the collectorship,—which the Star does not attempt to deny—being the secon . offence, is. it anything, even noire cul pablo tow its alleged predcea osor. W have already stated that the Star is ig uozant of the facts in connection wit the collectorship in 1878, and as we wer cognizant of the t:'h do !tatter at tha time, we shall proceed to enlighten it darkness on the subject. The Sta likes a "true story," we should judg from the wind-up of its article en th collectorship, and here is the true story Early in 1878,the collector of customs Mr. Doty, went to Mr. Horton, wh was then tho member for Centre Herrn and expressed a desire to be placed upon a -superannuation. For many. years h had been a faithful public servant, and having reached the age which allowed of a retiring allowance, he stated that, if possible, he w .uld like to avail himself of the superannuation. The member for Centre Huron, as in duty bound; laid the caae of the -collector before the Pre- mier, but as the customs office at (lode - rich was not in a .particularly flourishing condition, so far as revenue returns were concerned, Mr. Mackenzie deeliued to grant the superannuation, and the more particulars. in view of the fact that Mr Duty was mentally and physically (-T- able of discharging his duties as well as in past years. This ended the matter, so seethe nthe application to the Government,by Mr. Duty, through Mr. Horton, was concerned. On tee 17th of September following, the Mackenzie adti.oinistration was defeated at the pulls, and among the prominent Liberals who lost their seats on that occasion was Mr. (now Sir Rich- ard Cartwright. The defeat ,f the ex- Financc Mihister was looked upon by the Liberal party as a calamity, as his presence was det,nied a necessity in the House to criticise the financial eolicy of the Government. Under the circum- stances Mr. Morton magnanimously of- fered t.. resign, and relinquish his' in- demnity of $1,000 a year as a member of the House of Commons. ao that the in- terests ..f the Liberal party should be served. But there tsar a barrier in the way, By the constitution of Parliament no member can resign unless he places Liberal party would nteelea frena the re- "('.V Pi t(I (BTU ()F TRU.tI' THE JRANGE riguataua of Mr. llwrtwt, au far ea the needed presence of Jnr. t'trtwright in' the House. to face the Finance Mtuirttr, was aaicuruevl S.1;11 beim the vasa, there was only nue say, open to -• Mr. do ton, that 1911rusi;{uaU.ui euuld Lel a Opted eu nd hes suc.. essr at once elect= ed in Ina stead, and that was to nominal- ly accept an appoilttt rut under the Uwe et -rancid. 'filen it trait that ice betleougl.t him of the anxiety previously a attestedby air. D• ty te. obtain a superau doe. He accordingly !Setato that gentle man, and asked hue it hu was still anxious to resign. Tut reply was that cite ilmstances had soinewh.r' clanged, awl a o tl!eralluietti m wail ie at that ,. ion- to conteutplatu,u. And that settled he matter, w, fur as the Goderich a,lluo t• ship was coucerua. T., euablu Mr. Horton to temlur his resignation and have it aocepta, the choice of two .dices whim •'s then given lo : our. the Depety- P.rceiver-(ieuentlehip of Manitoba with a salary of 32,5011 :t year, turd elle ether a , sition in the Auditor-Geuernl'g office apt °tt.tw.t with a salary of .31,600 a year. \Ir, Herten nominally taceeptud the 81,- ritt0 position et Ottawa, so that his mine- r tt:'.n as t ie:irber for Centre Huron alight bip.me:detect, and when he was freed fromI.is seat in Parliament, he veluutarils relinquished the painon at Ottawa which iie had namtinally accepted, and. ahich he had never intended to hold. This is the story which the Star has attempted to galvanize into lite, sed place as au off -set-to the grab game at present in oontewplatiuu by the wire - pullers of this section, and we ask every hones. elector in Huron—be he Reform- er or Conservative—if there is any anal- ogy in the two canes. Would any of the present upirants for the collectorship have refused a $2,600 or a $1,600 a year office 7 The anxious 1110* are well known in Guderich to Grits and Tories, and we will accept of an answer to the question m froany resident of the section. his resignation to the hands of the Speaker of the House, er accepts of a petition of trust or emelutnent tinder the Government. The Third Parliament of C.utade had been dissolved, the Fourth Perlietneet had been elected. The S Fits: strongest claim advanced by the e Star in favor of the opposition candi- date is that " he is second to no matt in w Ms county in personal popularity.' This is s qualification that any man ten buy over * bar at the rate ..f sic for s • n `ttnartrr," But will the St..- asp the I; opposition candidate is second to no man in the county in ability in his d h.•s e, son profession, or otherwise 1 1Vrdott't think it wi' w peakc•r of the Third Parliament had eased to hold that portion, and his.uc- cessur had net been appointed. and ould not lie appointed, until the meet. ng of Parliament in the spring ef 1879. f Mr. Horton waited until the meeting of Parliament. and then placed his mitig- ation 1u the hands ••f the Vpeaker then lectsal. his reeigiati tt would be accept- ', but .t was highly imi•n.bable that the ovorn:netu -- knowing that Mr. Cad - right would be his successor in Centre C. anCt1 an asset- 11111 tion, and we would remark that " per- conal popularity " is like gentility, after in a11, only a negative qualification --and there is an old adage wht:h says "Ren. tility without ability is like a pudding without fat." The electors tot West Hun n want ability in their represents The Star is respectfully invited to "read, study and inwardly digest" the foregoing, and if it requires any further information we will be happy to give it,for its ediExtion. And we might say as a fit c .nelusion to this article, that if it is anxious to have the true inwardness of Tory tactics in the matter of the Gude- rich collectorship- -past and present— thoroughly exposed, we have the facts in vur l,uertesuun wherewith to do it. .7 (C DGE DO YLE' S " FRIEND.'' \\ z understand the Opposition candi- date in \Vest Huron is building greatly upon the fact that the appointment of Judge Doyle by the Conservative Gov- ernment should act in his favor with the Roman Catholics of West Huron. If such be his opinion, ho is doomed to :Iia. appointment. Does he for a moment imagine that the co -religionists of Judge Doyle will believe that Mr. Johnston -- who used his every influence to have his law partner appointed instead of Judge Doyle --was in any way responsible for the appointment of that gentleinans? If he believes such a thing he is sadly out of his reckoning. Why, Mr. Johnston fought Mr. Doyle's appointment tooth and nail. He did everything he possi- bly could to frustrate Mr. Dcyle'a.chan- ces, and the appointment of Judge Doyle was a triumph uo'er the Johnston faction in this town. The facts of the case are notorious, and the satisfaction unanimously expressed by the Liberal tiress and the Reform party throughout the county is a full and free evidence of their hearty sympathy with Judge Doyle in his triumph over Mr. Johnston% tnechinations. .Judge Doyle's appoint- ment watt due to the fact that he was the Ulan best fitted for the position, that his tetra! -abilities were such that they could .t:ot he ignored when compared with: the qualifications of the nominee of the •Tohnston fac- tion. Judge; Doyle was appointed be- cause he stood iu the front rank at the county bar, because he had a reputation aril a itarne in the I'tovince, because he had figured successfully in a number of heavy cases in different parts of Ontario, because he had application and know- ledge in his profession, and not because a sop should be thrown to him on ac- count of his religion—as Mr. Johnston would have the electors believe. Mr. Johust .n w tl;.' like to claim credit fur helping on the appointment of Judge Doyle ellen lie is seeking the suffrages of tho Catholic electors of Ashheld town- ship, but will lie snake the same claim a plank iu his platform in Goderich town- ship t er will he tell the ()ranee Aniline' that iie sided Judge Doyle to get the alludes to the present Ontario Govern- Ile is thirty•feur years of age, and hart been a barrister over ten years. The number of occasions upon which he has worn his barrister's gown, when acting as r:u.k argil file of the Rotuan Catli die elec. counsel before the High Court, is, how - ton as well as the priests t.nd hisheps. ever, unfortunately not stated. This is THE Vti.Ntt• is Mao wrestled with be *mistake. 1f a barrister of over ten cause it is not in favor ..f the (►ppoau years'standutghu been unable to obtain titan candidate, and our high-_olore.l a 1'r••.Inincnt pttsttion in his chosen prn- e intempirary, says one er two things feaswn in all these years, and if he is regarding us which he. wall ue.ret when (equally successful u a municipal legible - he comes to his soler senses, "Hard I` for and politician, what petition would words don't break any lumen, and "soft be occupy in the Legislature, if he were words wont butter parsnips, but we by any possibility elected, Take net may base neeaaion to poke fun at our your slates and pencil*, gentlemen, and whoa) after the 27th in.t when iia pet i figure it out, and you'll find, as we have candidate is buried under an overwhelm- found, "Naught from nanght,andnaught ing tnajunty in good old West Huron ' remains." ' h mar eua to vaso s whe a LLe un* a umeul weer,tttwlat-rd that to+• p.•rtuts wttu w".re the r• turuis,,cC odic. is wo.t.it ts• au,torth)' of their trust that the (1 v. r to at made say selew'tea Ilwu'►tat Iluw•.t1 by law.• I r••t.t I tae ilatry rt•p,url, 1,4111.1I Sir John \facdun:dil in answer to the char trp made ny Mr. 'Slake to the House that a old returning officers had out been appointed at the JWIC &lection in order that places alight be found ft r orea'ures of the Government, replied its .tali.., if ee aro to believe his own organ. \Veil, in \Vest Uun.n Sheriff l;ibbo to had acted es re- turning oT ecr prior t.. the Jutta elee• heli, but Sir John had to go to East Heron to find a successor t.. hint nit that oeeaatum. We leave the qucstioa with the people of Hun,u, front ono end of the county to the ether, if bluff old Robert llit,ht.ns, the 1.1 ,stet of the Huron tract, wed the Ieslected Sheriff of the county n not .te of the moat honest, honorable and opt ieh t men in this section of (hitario. Ir is said the Conservative candi- date it wailing because the ,flections have been •'apeumg" upon the constit!- ency, and that he was not prepared for it. This sounds (dd, coning fit to 0 man who was publicly neuiivated as the patty Hag -bearer neatly a year tree, and who has been feeliti for that nomina- tion for }'ears. The lti44 tatteut date reminds us of the t,au alto tesek a three mile run' to jump 0 hurdle. and hadn't hadn't enough wind left to clear the et,- structiun when he cane to it. Feeo elle end 1f West II un to tete other, go where you wtll, the opinion tit specttug the merits id Col. 'tuts, M. 1'. 1'., in contrast with th ,sold theConservative candidate is unenti toady : " Thera is no comparison between the men : Rewe is iinutasurabl)' flu• sulierbn• luau. Even the Conservative uudidaie stunts the superior abilities of Cel. Russ, and under other circumstances would be constrained to vote for him, as he is reputed to have done when Mr. Kelly contested the riding. - t " 141:aDaa WILL GUT" is a trite say- ing, and it appears as if the murderers of Lord Cavendish acid Hou. T. Burke in Phoenix Park, Dublin. have been aught. T!:.• evidence against the pri- soners is overwhelming, and some of them are sure to swing. The assassina- tion was cruel snit terrible, and retribu- tion stent) -very near at hand. Ireland will never be helped by the dagger of the murderer. The means to be em- ployed in lifting Ireland into her place among the happy countries, are blood- less. We trust she has brighter days he - fore her. TO-NIUHT, (Friday,) Col. Ross, M. P. P., for }fest Huron, will address the electors of Lochalsh on the questions ef the day. Let'our Scotch friends turn out in large numbers to welcome their talented representative. 1 h1 Sat urday evening Col. Ross will meet his constitu- ents at Kingshridge, and aneet his old friends who stood by him in past con- tests, as well as the new ones who ase now gathering to hia standard in such large numbers. Let Kerry and Connaught men give the Colonel a read milt,- /iailtha, on Saturday night. Victories have been want when the Irish and Scotch sttoonl shoulder to shoulder at'\Vaterl.t, at Inkerman aud Tel-el-Kel it:' Let oun friends 'n Athfield juin hand in hand and give the Opposition candidate — who like Arabi Bey seeks to usurp power -- his )I'el-el-Kehir on flit 27th mat .furled ter Ike /•ts*seetas/lo• YaMtiarr Im West Illerow. t►r.uttoutru wlto wish to kebp the cause of religion aloof from politics 11511- 1101 but feel ashamed .4 the following " bid " fur their eitipport from the or o..►. Sr..tin.; for ilio. F. W. .)uhurtor Copies of the paper anitsiutug this un: blushing demand for too supp..tc o1 the " Order" for file Collars uudwlate hive been otrculatet freely, but as luauy of our readers, I'n,testaut and Catholio would tie' er gee It, we reproduce it rot their btHutit. Such tuteiforeuce in eke - tit t:. should iei, :mai wail Lu, properly treated by those elm ate insult° 1 `r.•ael v in the article :— WENT Htta,v. Oaa\elntaday, .''dud MLarclt a Lary, wd repretentettve gathering of the Lib- eral Cotsci selves of the \\est Ridin: 1t Huruu wa.i held at Dutlituutt n, fur the purpose of notninatin: n represetiftetive to contest the -eat in the Legislative As- setubly at the c ruin: elections. We are pleasel to state that Bro. F. W. John- ston, the p.tpuiar Change Couu'y Matter of the ('runty of South Huron, received the nomination. 'Phis is a step in the right direction ; and if, throughout the entire Produce, such mod utetl and true as Bre. .1•t1 aster are returned to the .,cal House, wu ail' out be again humi hated by having our just demand for Orange Incorporation treated with con- tempt. We hope every Orangeman and 'Over of Protestantism to the ltidi•lg will rally to the support ..f County '.Bute• Johnston, and leave nothing undone to secure his triumphant return. His election will be a victory user those weak kneed Protestants who ate privy to ' the shameful bargains of the present On- tario Administration with the priests of Bowe and their henchmen. 'Let every constituency to the Province of Ontario endeavor to follow the good example of West Huron, and the insults which the Mowat Fraser Administration have year arteryeuar heaped upon the Orange Order will apeadily be avenged. We beg to congratulate Bra. Johnston upou the c.,uhdenee reposed to him by the Orangemen and Conservative. of Weet H ur.en. Tata Tory bribers are already at work in Huron. Watch them in every potline snb:divisiun. A TORY scribbler in Clinton carne near getting a kicking in that burg on Wed- nesday- lat. He had lied about Mr. Archie Kennedy, a well-known hotel - keeper, and that gentlemen gave the "splutterer" the alternative of apologiz- ing or being kicked. The "splutterer apologized. THE Belleville Intelligencer cla- ims that the nominees of the Mowat Administra- tion should be opposed because one of the measures carried through by that Government was the abolitirn of the market fees. That may be a good rea- son in Belrevillo, or it may not ; but of one thing we are certain, and that is, that .the. agriculturists of West Huron will not vote against the Reform nomi- nee on that account. The Tory organs have to trim their sails to suit the breeze in the different localities ; the Reform journals stick to the facts of the caee in every seaion. Tee Opposition candidate and his friends are whistling to keep up their courage. They "blow so much that many persons attribute the blizzards to their ed.rts. It's time they quit the bragging style, and began t.. pare the way to "let themselves down easy. " We heard the same b.,asting in West Huron when Mr. Porter was running against Mr. Cameron. The boasters took • back seat ..n the evening of the 20th of June. History will repeat itself on the 27th of February. Si. talk carefully, gentlemen \\'e at sr give the Star credit for one . of the Opposition ;talk carefully. thing in connection with the collector- Bite. ship article in its last issue, and that is Bao. Johnston was busily engaged during the week circulating literature the manly manner in which it seconds I among the Catholics of Ashfield. It ii the opinion of THE SIGNAL in regard to the appointment of the meat deserving man, should Mr. Doty strecfit toatail himself of the superannuation to which he tracts is he circulating in Goderich town- ship ! A synopsis of the Mail'. black- guardly attacks upon his Grace theRight Rev. •Archbishop Lynch will probably be sent down to inspire the "Tips," If the Opposition candidate Hatters himself that any quantity of pamphlets he may Hood Mt.. Ashfield a ill make the Catho- lic electors of that township forget the odium heaped upon their }loitered pre- THt: SiexAL is un the other side of the late by the Tory party during the "Mar - fence from Mr. Radcliffe politically, we niton" centrovcrsy, he is deceiving him - say "Amen" to Ste,, in this instance• self terribly:, really wonderful what an interest the Opposition candidate is now taking in our Catholic electors, What kind of is justly entitled. Tl'e utterance of the Ntar;un this point it a backhander to the sharks who have been after the billet, and was evidently written when the wire -pullers were away from home. It is as follows : -And when he ,Mr. Doty; does retire, has stuccetstr s f richt will be Mr. Rici.ard Radcliffe for many years deputy collector." And although 'file an,n.rj. S.,,fi,ol of Toronto, is THe Opposition can•tidate has writte out in another editatrial article—this an autobiography which sl.peereel in the time a column long --calling oil its read- Mail, on Wednesday last. The author era to support ilei. F. W. Johnston. It puts a lot "f "taffy" on the candidate. appointment simply because that gentle- trent as theMowat-Frazer-Lvnch Ad- m""stratiun, ' and uses some rather un- man was a Roman Catholic ? Gut upon such hypocrisy The people of Gale- `allcd•fo r language with r&{ and to the Gode- rich. ahe know ell the circurtstenoes, are *sari that Mr..lohnshon fought Mr. Doyle to the hitter, end, and that Judge Doyle got n .thing (rem Mr. Johnst..n but a relentless. although fu- tile, opp sition upon would berry along the e'ecti.o the vacant constituency, that the a d interests .1 the Liberal party would be .erred. The c'•nsequence would he, therefore, that ('entre Herm would be uarepresented is Parliament during the session of 11cft. and n•o benefit t the 1►•' . • to (,'hat .n they tell the story of p etitaal aspirant in Weal Huron who, urine the snow -blockade • few Sundays ago whiled away the time by playino etwht. T,. 'he pure all things are pare