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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
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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
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-( 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