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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1883-11-16, Page 41 t THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY NOV. 16, 188:3. THE HURON SIGNAL A siren:so of tate South Huron Re- WEST HURON. Iona Aswcietiou will be held at Brute M published teen. Friday Mol}1, by ass 011.ucuuur Baur., et their 0 crorth ei emu on Friday next, the bird Inst. uta the tiquare► GC►DERMCH, ONTARIO. Aad 1s despatched to all parts of tee surround tax country by the earnest mails and trains. By general admission it has a I1g(tt r circu;a ton than any other newspaper 1 him part of re the country, d la use of the el t, newsiest mos os reliable journals u Ontario possessing. ss It does. the fore-goingeOaks and being In aAditlon to the above, • elas. family and a.-eside paper It Is there • most dea.ruble adrrrtiatay medium. Till's. -.LSO in advance postage pre-paidppiedbm hers::1.75, If paid before six o•,ths (heel( not so paid. This rule will be strictly enforced. RATn or AuveartsJNO.-Eight cents pe las for ere insertion; three oents per lint for each subsequent insertion. Yearly, half-yeuly end quarterly contracts at reduced rates. Jew PRINTS SC.- We have alsoaflrst-class jobbing department in connection, and powwow - ng the meat eoaaplete oat -lit and bestfaenitiva f tr turning out work In Ooderich, are prepared Is du imalneae in that line at prices that cannot Ta■ tp (purl referring to the Hon. A. 11. Rows Mooted by Ao- West ewtk u, lldaaaa ly remarks that clawtio, Mr. Ed. a aid, kne the cotistitueney was "bladed," and for that reason did A Liberal want' trims all (arta attic Kids nut i•kr to take it in hand. ins Tase \ eaaslaallsa aperessr. Able .!areas by vie root lwelailTrea.arer. ALL the Tory papers now admit that Hon. A. M. Rosa, as Provincial Treasur- er, is the right nun m the right place. It is paasint strargd what a chance of opinion a week will bring forth. ALI.. 'IvLE Jo r it o,s, ',Conservative who bought his way into the Local Heine for West Middlesex, at the last election, lss beaten, and of a quality that cannot to hu been unseated fur bribery by agrnta engaged.- Terms Mail • Justice llooyd, in giving judgmeat, said the respondent escaped tics' uaiitication "by the skin of his teeth." FRIDAY, NOV. tern, 1883. THE WEST 11 f'R', S ELECTION. IT doush't always do to get up ton high at the start. Sometimes 1„u have to come down rather suddenly, and the higher pour altitude under such circum- stances, the more precipitants will be the descent. Everybody will admit the truth of the above, but our Tory coo- ly -m..1, in the county and outside of it, didn't hook at the election in West Hu- ron in that light Shout two weeks ago. The -Mil wanted to have a contest in the constituency, even though there should happen to be but two Conservatives in the riding ; other outside journals want- ed a fight., so as to pull down the Grit majority ; and the local Teri organ, the 'Star, wanted to put a candidate ip the field to "redeem” the riding, and wound up a leadedspica editorial by shrieking: Tho eyes of the Province will be upon West Huron, until the 17111 of Novem- ber, and our friends should lose no time Twz M iil'ichiekeosare cumiisg home in striking what will Le a death blow to the Dakota Syndicate who at present to roost. That journal has been inces- bold the reins of our Provincial affairs. sant in its howl against Pseforiners who That was ou or about tho god of No- happened to have real estate iareetments vember, but a change has come o'er ,the in the United States. L•►tely Mr. spirit of the drtntn. As it drew near no- Pruyne has been nominated to mutest minationjd_y, the factionists and their Lennox in the Tory interest, and tho organs began to discover that Hon._ A. plaid held up both hands for him, met- h. Roes possessed the ouuidet_ee of the aphorically, and said : United Liberal party, as well as the re- "They have an excellent candidate, sped and esteem of every liberal -minded and in placing him at the head of the pull they will strike a blow at the anti - Conservative in West Huron. The Canadian party that sees no good in any gathering at Smith's Hill to nominate a country outside Dakota, and is as devot- candidate in the Tory interest, turned ed as it is possible for Americans to be out to bei fizzle, with it streak of Kil- to the interests of Americans as against kenny cat sandwiched in. After bick- _Canadian industry." Bring and buldozing for several hours no It now turns out that Mr. Pruyne, local man could be induced to sacrifice has nearly all his property in the States, himself, and to let the convention down aul owns a hotel -in Minnesota. What in a quiet 'tanner, the name of Mr. Ed. little he has lin Lennox he has been Meredith was.breufiht before the gather- vainly endeavoring to dispose of during is,;, and endorsed for candidature. The the past year. The Reform papers don't convention dissolve.), after appeintin;; a blame Mr. Pruyne for having lands and tenements in the United Stats, but committee to wait upon Mr. Meredith at they are now busily engaged asking the Clinton, to get his consent. Moil how does it come that Mr. Pruyne The coatmitteo met at Clinton, • but is a pure -minded Canadian patriot upder Mr. Ed. Meredith failed to cuuoi,ct with the circumstances, -and all the Reformers it, and didn't consent. A committe of who are possessed.of property in the one -Mr. Pat. Kellp, of Blyth -was States are trators to theiroountey 7 We then appoisseed to wait upon Mr. Mere• Aquae for a reply from the _Pail. ditb, but Olin that important sub-cnm- • . mitten couldn't prevail upon the defeat-' ed of North Middlesex, to lead the for- ruse nosing Mates. bin hope in West Huron. And thesub- The associations of Stanley and Grsde- committee, dejected, tired, weary and rich tr.wnship had a frieudly test ..f skill loaded down with -with -grief, return- on Wednesday of last week on the farm ed home by the evening train eb of John Ketches, con 2, Stanley. The So' ended the riiosco, end the next day teas tine, the atWndence Lr a and the work done excellent. thing to dor wait to bow to the inevita- raizL Ll.r. ble. The Sher, with tetrful wailing, Flttos2 CLAets. - Men in sod.-tl en - threw up the sp,uge, and didn't say any- i tries pat, John Maniple, Goderieh thing 'bent the deathblow that -had been Township : 2nd, Peter McDougall, dealt; and the Mail and the ether out- Goderich Township ; 3rd, A1ext" Thomp- side organs forgot to take any interest in son, •4h E.J. Courtiee, Gtrd Te - rich oanewnshipp. The Miller plow was the one used by each of these. Jt-taiee.-M. Hutchinson, Goderich ; Alex. Monteith. Taskersmitb ; James Young, Clinton. SECOND CLass. -Men in sod. -4 1 tries,-lst, James Lant, Stanley. Millet Drama the recent Iit"av plow : 2nd, Janie, Haar•� arch, Hibbert, y gale a want Mune. plow ; 3rd, John McFarlane, at our harbor was made apparent. For Stanley, Munro plow ; 4th, John Mc - over five daysa large schooner, that had Etym. Stanley, Munro plow. dragged her anchor and drifted from the Hove or Sop. -1 entry. -Isaac her - American shore, was forced to "lie to, -win, (7od•rieh Tewnnloo, Kirki,ride about four miles out, tied fur over three Pious, days no txunwuuication could be hart Jrr►ttles,.--J. W. Ct. rtice, Goderich �mteeeetsip „else. Linos, Onley . with her. The Government has made `McDougell, Seeforth. Goderich a harbor of refuge, and MEN is Srt r.ure.--3 entries.-lst, should new foliose up the work br•locet- 1 •folnn Moffatt. Stanley, Miller plow ; ing :. lif • b •a. and lifeseviug apt/moths 2nd, Ptvtjl Wallis, Stanley, Miller plow: at flee p . Fortnli hely the distressed I P \\ illiam &teflon, Slinky, Verity or On Saturday last, after H .n. A. M. Ross had been elected by acclainatic.u, the mat observable femurs was the goa- tlemanly and decorous manner in which the Liberals intik the result. There was nu display of rowdyism, no drunken brawling, no btackguarding of opponents nu bonfires, and no other objectionable acts. A calm, decent, dignified deport- ment was exhibited by every Liberal and every Conservative who had espoused the cause of Hon. A. M. Roes. Had the fectionnats succeeded in carrying the day, we feel inciined to believe that a far .dif- ferent order of things would have obtain- ed. This doing things decently and in order ne the part of Reformers, is ore of the means which is fast weaning right- thinking Conservatives front Toryism to Liberalism. The nomivation for the representation of West Huron iu the Legislature, trade vacant by the acceptance of the Provin- cial Treasurer's portfolio by Cul. A. M Ross, M.PP., was held on Saturday in the Town Hall by the returning -..nicer, Sheriff Gibbons, at 1 o'clock p Ito It was known that the Conservati ru ),arty hail decided not t briny out a c tudulxte, and as a consequence, few of th of politi- cal stripe attended the nominatio,ii. The numbs of Reformers from all parte of the ridiag was urge, however, and clear- ly proved that the Liberals throughout the constituency were united to a 'nen in support of the new Provincial Treas- urer and Ceminiuioaer of Agriculture. The utmost euthusissm was manifested throughout the entire proceedings. After the reading of the writ and prn- clauation, the ret tinting -officer intimated that he was willing to at once receive the names of candidates for the representa- tion of the riding. Mayor Hurtun, ex -SLP., sail : Mr. returning -officer and gentlemen -In pro- posing the Hon. A. M. Ross today for re-election tar \Vest Huron,it affords mo, as 1 atn sure it roust do every gentleman present who has had any aoquaiutance with Cul. Rots, great satisfaction to know that the member for West Huron is po..- seaed of such ability as to induce the Attorney Genera! to ask hien to occupy so important a position in his Cabinet. The hon. treasurer has, with the excep- tion of his early childhood, spent his life is, the town of Goderich, scd has,during that period, occupied some very impar-; tint positio•es, high civil and military and in every case he has left toothiest to bo desired in the in inner to which he has performed the several duties. .\ud I venture to assert that the hi: ter .and more responsible duties of l'rucinci:il Treasurer, which he has now assumed, will be managed by him with the ,+tate skill and sueoess that has oharacteri,tl his precious efforts. Hear, hear. I am nut disposed to otfer to the hon. gen- tleman any fulsome flsttery, but will say this, that any labor he undertakes to peeform, whether horticulture, in which his is skilled, tnilitary uwvements,county finances, banking, or provincial po.liti:s, if you will, he dues everything well, and what he cannot a, well he will not un- dertake. Now, gentlemen, I am not going to make a long speech. The 'occasion, as it appears here to -day, with- out an opposition, doss not require that I should du so. I am not gains to say anything as to the' pest legislation or of the comingpolicy (of which Lkuow noth- ing of the Mowat Administration. Without desiring to be partial, 1 hare believed the membersof the Government to be capable and honest.. They have doubtless made some mistakes -none are faultless. But, upon the whole,the peo- ple of this Province have reason to con- gratulate themselves on the general abil- ity ..f the Administration and the char- acter of their legislation. Although they gut • shaking up at the last general elec- tion, and a'good many of their support- ers' saddles were emptied, yet I have faith that the measures they will intro- duce at the coming session will so appeal to the calm judgment and good sense of aboth aides of the House, as to claire for them a hearty and generous seaport. ln closing, gentlemen, although not a prophet or the son of a prophet, nor pia - seem: any particular fore_:ut of the fu- ture, I vesture the prediction that our new Prnvirncial treasurer will yet be ask- ed to take a portfolio in a more impor- tant Government than that of .Ontario, to which his present office will have been the stepping stone. (Cheers.) _I desire to thank our Conservative friends for having saved us from a fight which we were not spoiling for. It has saved us front puny a wordy war and many a tuuddy ride, and is another feature of the high respect that all parties appear willing to act ord to the Hon. A. M. Ras. . Loud applause.) • In seconding the nomination, C. Gir- es.,reeveof West \\" w;inosh, briefly re- ferred to the adlli" le persisted qual ties ,tt the Dlii.istet. - o. Lad known him fur forty years. e had dune well in every capacity in which 'Ile had served the people of Huron. He had shown marked ability as a financier by his urap- pling with the municipal loan fund mat- ter end getting full justice for the people of the county in the distribution. (Ap- plause.) -111•••s The Returning -Officer then called upon the President of the (kmnaervative Asso. ciation, but that gentleman refused to address the electors. No Conservative present could be' prevailed upon to speak. Relit. Harrison, treseurerof Ashfield, brief]alluded to the geed wilt which hot en manifested toward the new Treasurer all over the Province. The county, as web se the nne•uber, had boon honored by the appointment. i'-r1p- plause. ) Mr. Gorden, deputy -reeve of Wing - Lam. also addressed tho electors, and spike favorably of the member elect. Hon Mr. Russ, on risinz, was received is,th hearty cheers. He slid he h•r,lly knew ho v to ex rein in fitting tering his grateful seknnwle lement& to the electors of the West Riding of Huron for this renewed expression of their confidence, r, unanimously given. His thanks wore eapecielly due to his staunch Reform friends -,many of whom, (noon the sur- rounding urrounding ,nunieipslities, he saw present -for the zeal and anergy with which they hal thrown themselves into the pr paraterywnik of orgenlsatron,an-1 the d.•tetn1nettin to oarry fhe contest to a ss, .•etaful issue. It was dos also to many I,heral-minded men of the Conservator,' party that its should acknowtelee orate fully the eve lie: ni-nnet in whtc:i they Md ezt•rss.eil their d et)epn.s si of any p; re ssi t iert o o ffi rel no h,. re election, and the Adestine teties se shies they had repressed choir grrhfinati.n at his prwonhneut Ts ey hat frsrikly c••n• i used that thrr th.•nght o.p;,eaifi•ol u..• lege, and wail.( de their beet in prevent e being ••ffeveol glut their s,uaesle had Inot prevailed with She party, fur in con- vention **seabird, they deeeide.l that op- position roust be effete!, and wht,o they ouuid not get a load man to r:rk the ton- tine, they nominated a London lawyer to awry their listener. But he was wiser than they gave Niue avail f•,r,au.l decks ed tee menthe. He (Mr. Rees) was as- sured tlpat bio the ouutest been tura.( he wed.) have beet' tV eteeted by at least double the ueej..rity he had received before. (Cheats.) Ila tie ought that (row is ;.arty point ••1 view these sensible Cousarvatnves hall Acted w isely in.advising that then el.jbuulld be no contest'. Had the position n re- verses, he would have counselled no op- position under the saute circ tangs. It was no advantage to a party to run a °uuteat is, which they knew they would be badly beaten, and although hu we. not indebted to the extreme nen of the party, who at the convention had insist- ed upon opposition, and had tried their best to gut a candidate to oppugn hive, his thanks were still due to these broader minded men of the party who had advs- ed differently ; iud he believed in the sincerity of what many of theist had ex• pressed to him, that they thought it an honor and advantage to the c„nstituuncv that its reprorentativo should fill a posi- tion in the Ministry, end that it Could be wroug under the circumstances to op- puse hint. .e'iuce the proclamation had been iaaued culling upon them to elect a represontativu again to the Legislative Assembly, ho had been frequently irked why was it, that, as their constituency had au recently elected him, a now election was necessary. They were, no doubt, aware that under our constitu- tional system, formed upon the pattern of the mother country -that we all revere and are proud of -the Government of the Province is carried on under the management of what may be termed a select committee of the members of the House. The people are the source or all power, and the business of the Province is supposed to be conducted according to their expressed wishes. But it would he impracticable to bring all the people to- gether to deliberate upon Provincial ' business, and therefore the Province et divided into districts or ridings ; each of these ridings elects a 'mut to speak and alt for them in whom they nate confi- dence : these form the deliberative assembly of the Province. But it would be equally impractioable to keep all these representative men sitting the whole year to attend to all the details of the public bruiness, and therefore a select committee of the representative men are chosen to manage and direct all the d .ails of the different departments in which public business is divided. These men are called Ministers .if the Crown. They , are paid a salary for devoting their time to the service, wad one of the safeguards of our cout,try is that, whenever a member of the House is selected to be one f these Minis- ters,he must go back to the people whom he represents, and ask their approval of his acceptance of the position. The po- sitiou of Provincial Treasurer and Minis- ter of Agriculture had beeu offered to him ; he had accepted it,land he had, therefore, to come back to them (the electors) to ask their approval of the course he had taken. He had accepted the position with great reluctance and at considerable personal sacrifice. Finan- cially, it would be no gain. lie would have to resign the positions he now held as manager of the bank and as trea- surer of the county, and when they took into account the extra expenses entailed upon him in connection with his new p:sition,they would understand that, in a monetary pointof view,it wield be a loss rather than a gain. Many fnenda had urged that it would not be necessary to give up the county treasurership, that there was ne legal nbjectien to his hold- ing both, and that the duties of the one would not clash with those of the other ; but ha felt that his duties as Provincial Treasurer would not permit him to give that personal attention to the other which such an im f.crtent office required, and he would not assume the responsibi- lity of holdin(pit unless he mild He had been treasurer of the county for over 25 years. and was proud to say that ne com- plaint had ever been made against him. No errors had ever been repotted in his accounts, nor had he ever had a difference with the council under whict. he served. And, he could ensure them, it was not one of the least of his regrets in accept- ing this position that he had to sever his connection with the County Council af- ter at, long, so close, and so cordial a re- lationship. (Cheers.) It was urged upon him, however, that he had accept- ed the trusts of a representative of the people, and it was due to the Provicnce 1 and his own conatituteucy,that he should I not refuse to 'jive his services where it was thought they might he most useful ; that it wan a great advantage to the con- stituency to have a representstive in the 1 Government, and when that advantage I was offered it was not right that he should deprive them of it through pot- I sonal objections These imasiderationn had weight with him. He did not wish to lay himself open to the charge that when his personal interests clashed with those of the constituency, he had pre- ferred his own to theirs. The vicis- situdes of political life gave no certainty of permanence to the position he had now accepted, while the offices he re- signed he ennui have held as long ad he 1 was able to discharge the duties. It was thought by many that his eoceptanco of this position would necessitate his re- mrval from Gotierich. Thera was no Ieeessity for thin ; Ito would not have accepted the office if it bail involved that aaerifies. All his life sincehe was five years - of age had been spent in G.odeneh, and, I if they permitted him, he would live and die amongst them. (Cheers. r As hu Conservative friends had finally decided 1 t., let him be elected by ao.:lamati.n, and were not represented aro the pFlatfrwm, hetlw,uQht it would be wit o{ place to' eater into any lengthy discate,' of these many subjects of Pr.vnnral ad- ministration and legislatiem which the two parties divide upon, awe wl.i;..h were , s' fully Burne.«I he(i.rs the electors nay • few months eta Having sesym• ed the p's,tuon ori the h uecial ..I1&r of the .Adminostrati- n, ,t "night Ise 'seed. ed that 5e would, on thus vice woe, a I dews then out the fittarwul.p....t.oe ..f at the Prnvtace. Pastures are, eweeweopen, dry and uninteresting. mud Mr thought ,t would ho hilt a is sir return for their Ienolnesa in eluting him hy arelemati.,n to give them scan a Fall hour • infliction IMO i . West Huron, and devoted their atten- tion to other parts of the province. There is a. moral to the above little sketch, and it is this: Brag is a geed dog, but Ho.ldfaat in a better. ache- , .::hough with demeoe l stet r• ` Bove l( Steams -2 entria.-lit ing u , -a •-e lel in riding out the Wm. Ross-, Stanley, Miller pplow ; 2nd, more. 1.•,1 ht 1 taw.• s.:+tri ; a leak, or had John Hart, Stinky, V.rity 14ow• she t, . ••o .drivel (...• li .r inchnr.tee, Jruur.a -A. Ross, GOUTS* Walker not!,i.,_ a ••a'•1 have i. • i .'...nn t:. revile land J. Patterson, Tuckeramith. the crew, alth .-sg'i ro►ny atone, he -xis A Silver cap belonging to the God* and string arms caul 1 le t. i„'eu wilting I.ric't'1••e•n.hsip Au.oeiation, for the best to lend aid, if a life stein; a tliance was m9Ji on the pnwnd. was awarded to i P. John Mar. •tis. at hand. We wueld,direct the attention • The f ,!Ie•.Ting parties contrihnted of the DominionMorine denartiev;i• to •;x'rinl pores; as fell•rwa : Mews Munro � this matter, as it is one of importance at .0 1i 'Tie, S:,afortis, a plow ; Mr. Miller, all Government harb+ws of refuge Chilton, .t '1 i ; Th•••mas Mallin, Kip. tpe n, a n e. nuke ; Witham Kaiser, - -- - -- - Rrucetield, a set of whiffletreee ; Thug. Tut Toronto Telavra-a has been study ; O'Neill, Brueefeld, a whip; R. J. Teen- ing Mr. Meredith of late. It says : i ee, Hrtio.4.Id, S5. • “People are wondering why nothing is beard from Mn. Meredith these days. 1 . - _- j He is the leader of the Opposition in the I 'ft. Id. Cotvi'n••.t --Ths third anneal Local Legislature. and yet he acmes,. to Sehl,ath School of the Ashfield Circuit i studiously refrain from taking per; ret Methodist church was held in Hackett's 1 ani of the hy-elrcti,mia. ('.tri it Ile that I c ihrch, esus Thani ems nag Day, and was • grant sere„.. he .10.4 tiet n;•pr•o ,.f floe position iw. whin!' .sir John bine l• ., till, in osier tea j(,p�aa>pe�e. please 5114' French Tor. elle. put him. in the m U4.i' of the I.sultd..ry dispute. I Jas. Jr•eell, for :;, seers a rens lens at I this tostesum, deed sei Toots, last at Tisa I►,ruini.,n psa'Us asnt wNl W call• yesrd i1. ws. a n4Nve •d Otrc..nalnva, Hr Ira,es w irmily orf tar .d to4etltnr far t11e tritaaetiendaughtere nn.1 three eon. m..er ..t whom 1 ilk I�ff' ,.fJalr r tori 1r m this u.eii•at uta questions. of finance. He woad but briefly say this, that the financial record of the Mowat Adauinisirt tion w,., .We of which any Government might be motel, ani th., Provisos, of Ontario stun 1 to -dry .s better tinasci.l p eitltsrt thea any other member of our Confederation. We had now been sixteen years in 00n. federation; for twelve of these the Pr. - vine. had been goverued by a psroly Ile form Administration, fur the ether fuser by a coalition Goverument, partly Ito• for•at and Conservative, but strictly o s• tr.Ila l ny its Rodent' head. While other Provinces, governed solely by Conservatives, leans piled up a debt of maty millions, and ars involved in gtavr financial embarrarwettt, the Protium' of Ontario, under Reform manageueut, has no debt one is to -day possessed of a surplus of nearly 35,1103,000. (Cheers.) It is true, our Conservative friends Mane tines dispute the amount of this surplus because some $2.800,000 of it is held b • the Dominion Government, but they hold it in trust for this Previurs,and pay us five par eene interest upon it It is clearly an asset of the Province, and we could realix, upon it if our necessities require1 it. We hall u:t rho 91st of December last, exclusive of thea to list funds, over two millions of cash and saleable securities in the Provincial ex• chequer, and this after Iibarally rueetin,t the public wants. Mr. Mowat's poli has not been a policy of hoarding, but a policy of wisely spending for that people's benefit the people's money that has been entrusted too him. It is said he has increasel the expenditure sauce Mr. Sandtiald %tacJonald's time. That u true, but all the increase has beset Aro relieving the people of local bardeus acid lessening their municipal taxation. They have distributed directly t.. the e•uni- cipalittes in aid of local improvements upwards of $3,000,000,and is aid of rail- ways ever $4,000,000. They have in- creased the grants to our public schools, our mechanics' institutes, slid agricul- tural societies ; they have ussumel a larger expenditure in the care and cus- tody of the deaf and dumb, the blind and the insane, relieving the people and the municipalities of the bnrlen of the s ipport of these uttfurtuustes,and assum- e I for the Province, to the relief of the municipalities, is latter shah: of the cost of the ad titration of juetior. 11 the Government have, out of the surplus revenues of the Province, been nruWed to relieve rho people, in the way, of local taxation, atthcugh nominally in- creasing the Provincial expenditure, has it not been a wise dispsicion of the people's money 1 (Hear, hear.) It was a policy that he trusted would be continu- ed, and he only hoped that at the clew of his administration of the finances of ths•Province he would be able to leave as gond a record of wise expenditure, and the Provincial Treasury in as healthy a state as it is to -day. There was only one other subject that he woe Id touch upon before closing. but that subject was the one above all others that wa o most vital importance to the people of this Province. It was impossible have all men think alike on matters o public policy. Differences would exist and it was natural that men of simtla views weuli act together, and thu parties were formed ; but it was a r.00g nize-? evil that in Canada party spin was becoming too bitter cud carrying many men to openly uphold that whit they really at heart oondgme, to sacrifi the permanent and vital intoresta of thei country fur the temporary and unim portaut advantages of their party. Th subject be was now atx,ut to refer tt. vis, :-Our territorial rights in the north west of our Province, was one he though the people of Ontario ought to have been united upon as one titan ; sod he lied fondly hoped at one time that such was to bo the attitude of all her citizens. In 1880, after the award was made which unanimously adjudged to us the territory that of tight belonged to us, when there appeared some hesitation at Ottawa in confirming the decision of the arbitra- tors, and when Mr. Mowatt introduced resoletions in the House expressing re- eret that the Dominion Government had taken no steps to recognize the award, and pledging the House to support the Government in finnly maintaining it, the attitude of the people of this Pro- vince ria expressed by their representa- tives offered all that a patriot could de- sire. Mr. Meredith and all his followers voted for the resolution, and thereby assuredaured Mr. Mowat that they would support him in assorting and maintain- ing the rights of the Province, as deter- mined by the award. That was as it should be. That position the whole house again took in the following year, when similar resolutions were again lora- posed and again adapted. That is the position that the whole people of this Province ought still to occupy, if party spirit had not carried away her repre- sentatives to betray her interests. Of what con.parative insiguitioance ia it to the future interests of this Province whether it is Mr. Mowat tor Mr. Mere- dith whodeads the Government at To- ronto, or Sir John A. ltfecdonald er Mr. Blake at Ottawa 1 These are but men, who is, the course of a few years will pass away and their places be filled by others, and the business of the country go on as if they had never been. .But it for paltry party ''ends” Ontario's represen- tatives prove traitors' to her interests, and this territory is thereby loot to, us, it cantilever be regained, and a perma- nent injury is inflicted on the Previncs,for the personal considerations of selfish men in whom the great %nue of the people of this Province can have no permanent interest. Mnch evil has already I,cen done through this spirit. Had Mr. Meredith and his followerson continued to give Mn. Mowat that energetic .uppertse which they promised him by thoTeen. anions, we would to -day have Leen in peaceable and undisturbed psasasi.,n of that territory, and tee people of Oiit rio dts would nos have leen grared and tumnluted by Mannt..ha 'aye•nets being nip need tn.ntim,date (intent. electors t the lolls. !Cheers.) In renclusien, • thanked them again most c•,rdially fee his renewed expression of their con- done.. For the past two Parliaments he habut d nerved them to the tt e,( 1s,, aonbfy Ana private member he had teen to Mowat a Government a (soiled f to r h ce r e ecunowiaelly, and a lady ; to do that would (tritet diseee.iit %mu the clime ttr'you Li ..sty t ..'t-t,a th,1 le.t.lsti..n w that tt will e. a ta:u tut 1 t u,••r..lity, the s,bricty, awl the h•appin,u of tow isi.pi.. ; 4, w.siielain tir.01) a i 1 deter oily the teerit.,risl au l legis t- ltvu rights of the Previous. a.ed top o- vert the people of Outtree too u loco ,4 robtwl of ..rte acro •.f territory i t e rightfully. Weise'to them, or ons vale el ,wustituttunal right •.fuertoleed G, them Uy Confedetwtioa ,L ,uJ and prolon.dfl ehwrc�) The tnrs•W04 w u hr ...4.11tt to s el with cheers for lion. A. AL Rolls, tf.•w.it A 1st tatstratlo u, avi the mss •. Iu the *autistic, a uu.0 bet of C .t. • 11.4.' foti tis toot lis esu Refer a trued.. Tae Pn,viueial Trtatsurer rag prose ,t, by tovitatiott, an.1 reoeised tetany warm cwtgretulatiusta from hes supporters. Brief and sou obis address dres were made, soot , sixteen speakers taking part. It .a was ne of the trent enjoyab:e ,litical gathe.iugs we ever attended. floc.. A. et. is os scowl up the meeting with•e 'ti 1,ug, piaatio l address. 1 a h fi support, because their course had been such as he could honestly approve of. Ile had accepted a pIse•. in that (is rare - anent bemuse he !mitered their eon,re in the fours will 5. padded hy the Mone desire In govern the Prot -Ines honestly, G4 sriah Township. S. 8. 8 meet. -Os, Friday evening last a social was tendered the children attending the Union Presbyterian Sun- ,l.y Schierl. Etoelleut refreshrneT.. were provided, and simple and suit. ' eddreeea were delivered by Rev. D.. 1're and T. MoGillicuddy, of Goderich. A cumber of prises were awarded to nebulous, the Dr. presenting them in his linily way. The choir, led by Mr. Greave, Miss McKee at the (neon, re a- dored gout 'service during the eveninc. Mr. James McMatli occupied the chair. SSaesbarl4Fe. SVe regret to learn that Jas. Dalton is suffering from a severe attack of neur.tl eta. Miss Mary Qoiun, of Lanes, was the govt of her friend, Miss :Torah Lenn•.:i, last week. John Griffin his sold his farm contain - leg 50 acres, to Mr.Culberts. of Kiuloas, for 82,50•. Ott la it S.tturlay,wbi'e Murd',ch Mut-- chosen was returning from Lucknow,oue of his horses dropped dead on the roll. rho Kingsbridge Literary Society hell their first meeting on het TueiIay, and arranged a programme to be carried o ret on the folluwiug Tuesday. Mir Annie Hurley. who Las been staying wit& her aunt, Mrs. John Sulli- van, has returned to her home in Min- nesota. She was a general favorite here. The auction ole at Joseph Griffin's was a success. Every article waw sold oil at high prices, and every one was both pleased and surprisedat thesuctioneeriug abilities of R J. DeLong. sae .twetle& sales. All parties getting their sale bilis printe-1 at this selce will get a free notice lnsertet in this list up to the time of sale. Auction sale of farm stock,implemsets mid household furniture, the property 01 Matbliew Levy, on the premises, lot 8, oon. 4, township of Colborne, by Jqh Knox, auctioneer, at 11 o'clock a,m. Thursday, Nov. 22nd,1883. Auction sale of household furniture and farm lands, at the mart, Crabb's block, by Ii W. Ball, auctioneer, at 1:30 o'clock p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 17t5, 1883. Auction ale of valuable farm stoci. the property of J. R. Flynn, on the premises, iot 10, Lake Range, Ashfield, by R J. H. DeL.ng, auctioneer, at I u clexk p.m , on Friday, Nov. 23rd, 1883 AT CASH --- CRSH STOKE G. H.OLD Tho Grocer, has Thousands of Dol- lars Worth of Crockery that must be, tinl.l, and will he sold at BOTTOM PRICES, CONSISTING OF DINNER SETS, Plain St Figured. TOILET SETS, Plain 6 Figs, CHINA SETS, 30 Different terns to C)ioseti frt�nn- $5 tip ; LAMPS. : , GLASS SETS. • ' FANCY P PCHERA. CR SUM 41e., die., These Goods Must l I. Sold Jr • Cash or Farm it lll�, COMM And Get a Bargain. MT STUCK OF GROCERIES le complete, and a1 Che.tp as the ('beapeet in Town. - 1 nave Just itrcelvwj • lSrlfe i.ot of TEA 7 road as Tea Is on t he rite I am bnend to g1v. my (•nstomeve the henret of It. )'all and Inapt to }• (footle—`e Trouhle to Show them, whether you buy or not. G. 0. OLD, the Grocer. 0o4ertch. Nov. ink. 1fNl.