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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1890-5-30, Page 4<� t• � invent of iality. t the dis- ed on the thers, we ments in your pat-: 1 SON. Square. 0. no Works, Arta. VED SYSTEM. 3E POWERS, CUT - Model Mowers -ial and encour- ;f action. rd Plows. Doty 1 ossible prices. ft i. • �� ng .Told always kept on • call !.fore purcbaeiug sells chomp • etre a of i h e amilton-st. IRON LRY Till continue to re- headwear the mar- t have an opening very day. JERON, Mast !Elrod! EARB- ue ill SODS ►rax, Stripe Foule and ,Veh•et+, Ribbon ice TS, Quality, Nearly all ment, and Price+. Pure UR - Niro Spices only kept. irtment nrtation, from 70 to ;on and Buggy (:earn & P? SQUAW' 4 .. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE . -...- ESTAmuSs•SD tae:. HEAD OFFICE. .110NTa SWIM& IiAIB U?) t1E NILLIO11 DOLLASO • NeBM,NA. R L WALKER, Gebsite L p& _i11I. GODERICH BRANCH. 07.00,000. 81i�i'��' 'e9 m16Jo�it:IgMk3 A IlaspM. Sw—s Sumas Tltatraarm FAmssgmr None 0.00uNifil, . Os1AFTS OM= PAVAR[ AT AL, POINTS IN CANADA. AND T1W PIUIQIPAL Iffy IN TNS UNITED STATE, (NWT MiNTA1rs FEND r -1110A. Da *AVMS DAMN DEPARTMENT. oeeoelTs OF 11.00 AND UPWAIOS 110011111SD, AND OtimNSNT NATES Or INTEREST ALLOWED. ADS TD 111E i . AT TNS Ma OF S.Av AND vernmessis M SNOW WW1. Spatial Af1•SNes glass tie 1M NNee/NS of d int sad Fibres.,' tales Notes. HURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1113 WEST HURON REFORI LEETINIS MR. J. T. NARROW, the Reform candidate for ,Vest Huron. will bold meetings as follow from now to the Sad of the (ampalgn: AUBURN, rid•y. May 30. at 7:30 p.m. 19uL ESVILLE, Ooderich Township. iistur• day. May 31st. at 730 p.m. PORT ALBERT. Monday. June 22nd. at 710 Dim. GODERICH. Wednesday. June I. at 8 p.m. The Opposition candidate is Invited to at- tend. OUR TICKET. For Persica—HON. 0. MOWAT. For Wm HrtoN—J. T. OARROW. For Ease HURON—T. GIBSON. FOR SOUTH Hceox—ARCH BISHOP. A PLATFOL U OF PovvR PLANKS. One of the most peculiar manifestos issued during this campaign is the "plat- form- of the Conservative candidate for West Huron, and a consideration of the planks might not be out of order on the present occasion. The first plank reads: "A reversal of the centralizing policy which grasps power and patronage for the Government at the expense of muni- cipal and local authorities This is intended ass protest against the Governments taking out a( the bands of individuals the appointment of certain officials and summing all responsibility in . with the appointments. Formerly bailiffs and division court clerks were chosen by the judges, who were not responsible to the people for the appointments made. Our judges as a rule are mem of probity and integrity, but there have been cases where individ- ual members have acted in a venal mao- 11ar and trafficked in the offices at their disposal. To obviate this the Govern- ment of °toren Mower assumed the re- sponsibility of appointing and dismissing the :,f ici•ls, and since that has been done there has been a decided im provement not only in the metho.i of ap- pointment but in the standing of the ap- pointees. ppointees. The positions of bailiff and divi- sion .,ort clerk are now filled with regard to the ability of the appointees instead of by the ['nerd of a relative or through bribery. What's wr.,ng about that prin- nde the Crooks Act by the McCarthy cipi. 1 Act. and thereby pot back the hands of The next p1au is: the t . . clock. We know that "A secret ballot to put an end to in -under Dominion officials the Scott Act timidation and brabery. ' was made • howling faros, and that chaos presided ootid the F'rorincial au - The Tory stompers all along the line have waxed wrathy on this question, and ,hastier again obtained control. W. !t is little to be wondered at that Matsknow, ton, that ander municipal control PITH s candidate in West Huron has before the introdoMu,n of the Crooks seized upon it se a plank for his plat- Act (here were 0,186 licenses iD lbs form. A little investigation, however, hnvine. iD 1874-5, and that in 1888-9 will prove that it. too, is worm•eateo and the number was reduced to 2,485. W. dozy. The best way to find out the know that in spite of the re -:action in merits or demerits of anything is by number the am,00t realized from lice.• , and if we compare the Pro- see has been increased : that the prohib• visual ballot with that used in either itory hours have been increased that the Dominion or mantciped election it the see -,f "minors has keen placed at will be found to stand the compsrisoa eighteen instead of sixteen years, so that and have points in its favor. The Pro- no one under et/lateen years can be sold ,inial ballot is as secret as that for liquor : and other enactments have been Dominion or municipal elections. No made which have met with hearty condor one has access to the ballot, .scoot the estlon from pulpit. prem and i returning officer and scrutineers at the Pelee. In the light of these facts it time of wanting and they are oath- will las seen that this plank in the Tory bound. No of figures os candidate's platform is very, very thin. ballots and c,onterfotla can be made Here is • basswood plank doting the 000nting of the ballots "A policy nor timber re When the pallets are counted the box is smarms instead n( drawing nn them as an sealed and forwarded to the returning 1 to officer and thence to the clerk of the I This is meant to show that the policy Crown in Chanty -y. The packages ere which in the pest hes brought to the not broken Deleon a seratiny is Balled Provincial treasury an average of P'1 i for, and then only the wrongful ballots per equate mile by way of bonne should are examined by the proper judicial Mb- be abSadnned and • substitute should be Ser. The honest elector need have no forwnd in the policy which under the tear, bot ting.. voters can he refight and ananipelation of that expert Cebia.t• punished by the of the Pro- maker, Bir Jnu. Mat-rx►. a., salted as vista Ballot Act. These is no way an average el $ • mile, and gave .e of staffing the ballot box ender the pt►litieal vampires of the stamp of Jour, revetment AM, and the ra ealieen per C•taiLa RvtsaT. No, 110; thaokea. minted in the Destinies elution to The slesfors of West Heron will not de- lisblimmed and at Mime pluses .wear, pend apes seek a warped gad "Mor- a ulma R. S. WILUAMS. MANAGER be asssesdully carried on. This fact is probably one of the strum, Tory objec- tions to it. Another fester, of the Pro- vincial ballot law is that it is exactly the same style of ballot as used in England This .leo will prove unpalatable to our Tory friende who are eternally howling so loudly about British precedent. Next we have this precious plank : "Removing the liceoeiog system from partisan control and putting an end to the scandals which have arisen under the present system.' Here we Lave advocated a change (rota the present efficient license law, which has gained not only the approbation of the clergy and • people, but is looked upon by even the hutelkeepen ae the best system thus far adopted. McRs- wra until recently advocated the return of the licensing power to the municipalities, as was the case previous to the Crooks Act, but latterly he favors the appoi.tmeat of by counties' council. As there happens to be as much straight rolitid in the coon• ty council—in Huron, at any rate—as there a in the Legislature we fail to see how this action would relieve the eon- . from ''partisan control. "Attention to the improvement and condition of the working man. This is a little one for • cent, and is intended to be used as • sort of scant- ling to keep the other planks In plate. The Opposition candidate an West Hur- on was prcbably not aware when he adopted that little plank that the Mow .r administration bad devoted special at- tention to the amelioration of the con- dition of the working man and had placed on the steam book a number of important Acts, without waiting for in- spiration from Dungannon. Amongst these Acta we might mention the follow• and if any of them can be improved upon we bare no doubt Mr GAiBow will accept any pointers the defeated Oppoei tion candidate can give him after the 5th of June, and embody them in practical legislation : Mechanics Lien Act. Employers' Liability Act. Factory Act. Railway Aocidents Act. Act for the Relief of Co -Operative As- sociations. Creditors Relief Act which applies to wage-earner'. Fr•achiae and Representation Act. And ether legislation specially de- signed to benefit working men. Here is another of the planks : " To sanction by voice and r,de all legislation that has for its object the curtailing of the drink traffic.' It is so extremely thin, an the light of Tory t legislation, that if it wase t specially labelled as • plank in the platform one would be tempted to take it for a shingle. We all know what the Tories did when they undertook to over- THE HURON SIGNAL FRIDAY, MAY 80, 1890. logged Oak ha Utah The Brow Tory esdidsle does Set tsEa� "tioo- arras ear timber ressusess.` to '�ssessrve the iateseets el tri die Brigade sad the .amp IIau are to when Sar Jose attempted to puvel oat the Neetktrestera porticos of oar Preg- ame before the Bessdary Award — the Roaiu*aas, Humans, Batsttae, O'Beies , Teaaius, BAHASA, sad ha•- dnsds of others of that ilk. He is is i.•sr of dealing with our umber re- • serene of Ontario on the hon laid down by Su Joint M. Dowaw Si I'arkdale, easel he said, although the award was in favor of Mow•T,the Preemies of Outeriu would t.ot residua "eme canoe of mine ral or ow abet of timber." The Coa- servstine candidate doaso't agree with the Liberal timber limit policy, whereby the Provisos bas received $761 par square mil* for 3,276 nines ha the pest seventeen yeas, or an aggregate ed 02,- 460,061,as against as aggregate of $14,636 for a itis. ameba' of miles, or an average of $$ per IN mare mile, by the Dominion policy. He evidently doeen t favi r th. of the timber resources" by letting the limit. at public aoctio', but woad prefer that " '—or Co•- e ervtive system—by which Tory gentle- man of the 'Saari and RTIMMT stamp can make "• comfortable provision for their old age. Was there ever a more rotten plank ? "A larger representation of the agri- cultural and mercantile interests in the Leri.l•ture. This as • slap at the legal profession and is evidently intended to show that the Tory party mute • terrible mistake an 1875 and 1883 when they selected Messrs De•isox and Jou:tasmn to be their candidates in West Heron instead of Mr ROBERT-. Tb* objection never was raised before by Mr Roseate, and possibly he would have gone to the grave with hie private opinion on this Nega- tion were it not for the fact that Mr Gi►kItow,the Reform candidat.,also hap- pens appens to be • Iawyer,amd a good Me. Ise. But while Mr Roams raises obiseliss in this plank of his platform to too tmap lawyers being in the House, he d.e the greater part of hie speech to adeo- eating the placing of Lawyer MERIDITH at the head of the affairs of this Prov - Ince, and his voice ha. not rune out loud and clear against the importation into the South Riding of this county cf • piece of legal raw material which bean the name of J. GIBRlst. HootsB This plank is intended only for local use is Went Huron and for only one camFaiga. "Non-partisan of the Edue•tionel Department.' In getting up this plank, the Cones.• naive candidate evidently was not aware that as far back as December 7th, 1868, three years before the fall of the SAxDnri.D M* --'Alan Ministry, Rev Dr Rrsseox, the revered father of the Ontario School System, wrote to Hon. MATTHEW Caooir CAssaore, the then Provincial Secretary, stating that, after •n of twenty-five years as the head of the Edu- cation Department of (intario, he was satisfied that the time had come when the conduct of ao important a branch of public service as the superin- tending of the Education Department should be placed in the hands of a re• sponsible bead—a Minister of the Crown responsible to the people. Hear him : ",lar system of public instruction has acquired such gigantic dimensions, and the network of its operation so per- vades every municipality of the land, said is so interwoven with our municipal and judicial systems of t, that I think its admtnistration sbo-Ild now be vested in a responsible Minister of the Crown, with a seat in Parliament; and that I should not stand in the way of the application to our varied educational interestsof that ministerial respoosibility, which is mind .0 p,;n..p'. and iriJ,i .n poli,-,. During the past year I have presented a report nn school systems in other countries, with a view of improv- ing my own ; and the Lecislative As- sembly has appointed a Select Committee for the same purpose. I have, therefore, thought this was the proper time to sug- gest the modification and extension of the Department of Public Instruction. NI Now OEds opened this weak, 1-111 as follows: A line of Fine... hams, Se per yd., worth l' 12i, warranted fast colors ; Cotton Skirtings 30 inches wide, 12}c. per yd., worth Ise; a' hale of Orey Cotton, 7c per yd., worth 10c.; Silk and Taffeta (doves, 23c. per pair, worn. 33c We mark all our goods at Clone Cash Prices. We don't add 10°, ,, on for the pur- pose of giving 5- off \1"e are always pleased to show goods whether you purchase or not. J. A. REID & BRO. Jordan's Block. Ooderich. liar rote. UN•. L•1l- believe, my friends, cover the whole ground of that grand and glorious prin- ciple, "Equal Rights to every man— special and preferential privileges for none, civil and religious liberty to all. ' This is the rlaok upon which Mr Ros- ser delights to say be "stands with both feet,.. and • very narrow plank it is despite its specifications. This is the appeal to Race and Creed whleb is the antipodes of that which was made by the Conservative party in 1883, when the "Facts for the Irtah Electors" was sprung .poo the country, at the instaoee of Sir JOSS MAt'rONALD, W. R. MxtE- DITI, D. CBEIGHTON and the other Tory leaders of the day. At that time Mower was stigmatized as a narrow-minded bigot, who delighted in . , and trampling under foot the Roman Cathc- lies of rb•Ontario, but today, presto,cbange, helm a tracker to Rome, sod a hireling i%wiii. ihy Air Rosnars and leaders Wow M delights to honor. tthat ti 1111 aagass was referred to step -ti follow. : "This mac emits of a liberal stock. His father b,queatAed COO to the Si.stsrs Yof Mi�sswt:Hope Orn Asylum, Len - on. The am of saea rosin moil Aare breathed an of liberal opinions. ' In the same dccum.nt the following appearil with reforeoc. to Mr MOWAT : "Th. Cathc lid of this Province can De ver have confidence in Ous r0. Mower. He has always been their enemy." This was the opinion held by the Tories and by Mr Rosters le 1A83. Now they aro on the other tack. Then the Separate School legislation was all right The sow obooxiou.:awendmeote had been passed in 1879, with the full . of Mr MBRIDITH and his entire following. The leader of the Opposition in 1883 had spoken on the Separate School question as follow. "He knew nothing of the .tat. of Sep- arate School. it, Toronto, bat so far as London was concerned he believed they were well-000doceed. He did not favor forcing the ballot system upon the Separ- ate School , , ; , � if they did cot want it, but he 'imported the proposi- tion to extend the ballot to the Public School electors. ' That was the opinion of Mr. ROBERT. chief in 1883 when be was mating a record in the House to put himself in touch with "Facts for the Irish Electors. Now he has mounted the Protestant hcree, thrown his record for politica honesty and fair play to the winds, and strives to fan the blaze of bigotry and kindle the dame of religious intolerance. The scheme will not succeed in West Huron it lull net prevail in Ontario. Then are too many school. in Ontario for appeals to ignorance and medieval prejudice to carry the day. The duty of the hour Is to stamp this attempt to trample upon constitutional rights under foot. The hope of the Province is in the return .gain to power of her truest and noblest son—Ouv,R Mowee—and in the t election in Went Huron of his able supporter, J. T. (:APRow. Let every vote be polled. This letter was acknowledged on .Tan. 30th, 1869. In the course of his reply. the Provincial Secretary wrote as fol- lows :— "I am directed by His Excellency the Lieutenant -Governor to thank you for the valuable contained in your letter, and to request that you will onntinue to discharge those important duties. which you have performed for a quarter of a century with so mach credit to yourself and benefit to tht people of this Province. until itis Excellency's •d - visors shall have more fully rr naidered your , end matured • mass - are for plum.; poor department under the direct , of • member of the Eieeotivs Coaaeil." Mr Itosrltr' was not •ware of this phase of the gnmtion when he was sort- ing up planks for his platform, cis he neer would have taken so decayed • piece of lumber, which has Iain in the back -yard of oblivion, where it was rale gated at the instance of Eceamx Rese- so s, for the past fifteen yeah. This plonk is punk. The last plank of Mr ROBERTS' Oat - forte is "A thoroughly vermeil and honest sop - port of the platform of Dir W R More- dit[� as sneneiat.ed by him in the city 01 1 widon and t M Prnvinoe dering the preaeot campaign. TM priest jlss seatsim,A is that pl.Nsen 1 Loox out Um Tory roorbecks this week. Already old But 1M, Cair and others of his ilk are around talking Raw -Head -and -Bloody- Bones. OAatow 4 reply to the so-called Equal Right. Association s questions will repay perusal. The Secretary, a Blyth Tory, named MrT Al r. thought it was too lengthy for publication, bet sse•able people will take • different view. HOW IS it that no Tory speakere can whistle op mange to attend • Reform meeting. and there are always spare nem at every Tory meetine If they have • cause worth advocating why ings+ and advocate it. Ir Mr Rosenve be the Equal Rights esedidete why Is dryeursed this else tine helloing ItT FORTIS. 111 P . voted for the Jaunt Kill, and H. IL ruins*, ot Tomato. elipp is trying, to de- feat the regular nomiate ,nf the Elea Rights party in Termite / • Ma. Rom?* tried te spring • little mine ea tliti electors at the enesSeatien • COIAORNE BROS. NEW SP G & SI GOI The newest things in Dress Goods. Printa, Muslins—plain and embroidered, Oriental Embre Skirtings and Embroideries, All-over Lace, Black, and Cream, Fancy Cord Muslins wit! American CI Mantle Cloths in all the leading colors, and a did assortment in Black, Brocaded and Plain Mer Dress and Summer Jackets. We are making a specialty of Carpets and Furnishing& Carpets, from 12ec. Hemp to $1.3: tons—the largest assortment in town. We can over one hundred sets of Lace Curtains, 3 to 4 yd. from $1.00 to $4,50. Madras, Mysore, lasiri-and Curtains in variety. Curtain Lace, creel white, I2c. up, Our stock is large and complete in all lines. sar-We buy Butter, Eggs, Wool, Oats and Pea pay the highest market price. 111 in regard to the niter°, for the Limnos system not balancing to his satiefactioe, and stated that while the amount claim- ed for Proviocial nevem for the pest year wee $232,511 55 acd the municipal reveeue was 0190,297.79-s total of 6422,709.34—the total amount collected was 1470,855 50. What became of the rest of this mama, 1 tooth Mr R.ossers, and he asked the qessiion with • sort of "Echo answers, 'What style of de- livery. Well, Mr Rogr.are, Tua Sweet can 3611 you. The full sums eollectod are never paid over to the G . bet a certain amount le kept in every district for current expenses, se there is no knowing when d ts may , and a running account in the bank SI a necessity. If Heron was the only county where Mr ROBIRTS would not make the figures counect he might have something to talk about, but the same apparent deficiency exists In every riding, and us caused by the car- . stated Ask us • harder 000. Di Swam, of Blyth, also attended Mr Rosrar's meeting at Kietail on be- half of Mr GallIOR Makin the following statement with reference to the Tory candidate's action st that meeting on the Separate Sdhool question . —"Rosser; said be would rote for their abolition,but as long as they misted weald allow them to have their own inspectors.' In reply. ing to the inspectors clause for the Equal Rights . Mr. hoes:ars pitched his reply in a thametrically dif- ferent key. At Smith's Hill he changed his tuns from that of Kintail What pelt IThe following letter from Mr Garrow I to the secretary of the so-caled Equal Rights Association is self-explana- Frank Metcalf. Esq., Blyth. Dealt SIR,— Your favor enclosing questions on behalf of the Egad Rights Association reached me on Monday last. I am, as you can understand, very much engaged an my canvass and am out every day. I have just retcrned from Winghae , and happening to have • spare moment of leisure will make each answer as I can to your (motion& With reference to your first question my difficulty is this:l am fully persuad- ed that the question of the abolition of Separate Schools in Ontario is one that cannot possibly arise in the Local heels - !slurs. Separate Schools, as you know, were estableihed as pert of the compact • COOfederation. The Confederation Act is an Imperial Act and in my opinion it would be impossible for the Local Leg- Slature.'or even for the Dominion Loges - haulm. to alter in the slightest degree, the statue of these sch solL I, of coarse, speak of the matter as • lawyer, hot what i state is my firm conviction, in which I believe I am supported by the * pinions of the beet lawyers in the Pree- mies, including Mr Meredith. It is im- possible, therefore, in my view, to tegat this as • question of practice/ polities, cr one with which the Lula Legislature will be called upon to deal. Upon the merits and apart from the strictly leral mead. I may remind you that the Liberal party, of which I mese Semi • member all my life. resist ed the establiehneent 1)1 these schools. and I am not •wars that liberal Ma changed. 1 meet candidly tan you, however, that the short period—a period of crest burry and beetle—in which I have had oeseeme to sessider this and similar quantities cf great m.ornent has n ot left me the messiest* leisure to study the gesetion in al Os sepeetA. My own bedivideal rapinien always has hum and still is. that the State should supply an solheral, purely secular, to winch childree might resort, and that having does that its duty is discharged in so far as that elms of Mambo,' is C011 earned. Bet I sin bound to say that, having regard to the legal st which I have arrived. that Separate Rebottle ere finely established horsed the power of meal ; lend deal - leg with matters m lad mom and se I am pommaad they MOO re- main, if the PAssfaileratiera eneepard is In stand, it is now tba they csf th• Loofas - arm nsalc• seeh aeheol• as *Seim. fee the porpoise fer shish they were leteod- ed as possible,i1 Egos! Ri With reference to ques an be mottoes, there are Moos, which, as a lawyer, &ration Act dem ant um tly the Se both of this Province and boring Provisos a Quin tercets al the Protestant 1 but it also declares that tl all the right* and pinwale Confederatioe they *ajar that by law the /Unseat, subject to regulation an the local authoritms, but , that neither a. power tc. inspect referred to gen in tract from the rights end f erred to as they existed at Now here conies, in addit question, one of fact. W rights and'pri villages enjoy ate Schools at the tame of in this reepect I Now I du books were then in ism, ai fore, at • lose to answer go satiafactorily. If it is • the power of the Proem* I me me no objection i of books being used in schools for the porp3110 CHI ly secular instreetion. Be membered that these echo, schools, were intended to schools and as such the so imparted is not purely refereoce to the educatio secular, it appears to me oompetent judges mast se R31111111 Catholics themseli benefit in this Province were established. With reference to sub -s see no objection tn the pr inspection of the Separate are impacted by compel duly qualified, having, in qualifications as Public tors. are appointed by th report to the C . 11 ble by the Goverommt, fore strictly amenable to their representatives in P With reference to gaging to point out to you legal difficulty is dietin The qualification of tem rate Sehools is preposition of the Separate Schools A wetted confirmed by the Act, and that section pereons qualified by la either in Upper or Lower be considered qualified t purpose of thie Act." stand tnat in Lower C1101 tian Brothers and other o lirdera were then duly qui ent. This being the cas that there M no power in islature to change that, there is to abolish or lir the Secsrate Schools then With reference to &wh- am not sure that • korai q involved in this question, be mid that the right to School truetees by open or privilege "ranted them oration Act. If it is not vilege, end if it is • mi lawfully be dealt with by @datum, I can me no option of using the balloi exteoded to the trustees c as well as to those of the bet I decidedly object recently made to fare* opt Schools . the be polenry measure. If 11 offered, a. in the ease schools,the Macon of adop I imagine there woad little objection tn it. I regret that in dealt questions I am obliged to (rota the frees the emasiderstion of portant questions open th, first aed *hied dillIty, the root rof all ethers, is t rate Schools are • fixed fact, the result of • one long strife, wpm the whi appears to me, epee /mends a the integrity matte's, ii bible to imagine any 00,1 tweak er permit to be 1 instance of one party te end that, the party Env benefit the ensitraet wee that I know do that, and Int tar Tease leek spoil thie present egi iss Revers** Reboil* as n bet mieehiewoes. I ant. dear sir. J. "Noss-,,,. . 4..