The Exeter Times, 1879-4-10, Page 44
TTIE TIMES
A nIni 10, 1879
The Molsons Bank,
r:tCQRPOAATEt) BY ACT 0t, PARr/r, anwr, 1855.
hest, $400,000.
capita', $2,000,000.
HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL.
JouN MoLsoN, Esq., - i'resixent.
HThetas et as Won LMA , tce•Prese
rB J CLAxTos, Vice -Pres Sun Itlutu'il Ins Co
Hon D I, Macpherson. Senator.
11 W Shophe rd, Pres Ottawa RiverNavtg Co
Herat a Nelson, 111; P P, Miles Williams,
F. Won1,ER.TAN TBonfAs, Esq., Cashier,
Il[, BEA rot, Esq., . • • - - - In vector.
Exeter Brant -3h.
HENRY C, BREWER w - MANAGER.
FARMERS.
TO FARERS.
Money advanced to farmers on easy torins, on their
awn promissory notes with one or more good en-
dorsers. Nu mortgage requlred as security.
SAVINGS BANK Dt'PABTMENT
5 per cent, Interest allowed on deposits.
Gold and currency drafts bought and sold. Stor
tgExchange bought and sold,
Collections made in all parts of the Dominion
and returns promptly remitted at,lowest rates o
exchange.
Exeter, August 15th 1878. 6-m
r she •e%rj irn$€��.
;THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1879.
THE MOWAT GOVERNMENT.
Acoording to our custom previous to
elections, we shall from week to week
review the record of the it lowat Gov-
ernment, now on trial, in order that
our readers may be enabled to judge
-whether it is deserving of a renewal of
the oonfidenoe they seek from the
people. it is a fact, and will admit of
no dispute, that wheu the Government
of John Sandfield Macdonald was in
power in Outario, the Opposition of
that day, who are the so-called Reform
party of this day, arraigned them be-
fore the public tribuual on the charge
of sinful extravagance in administering'"
theaffairs of the Province. They de-
clared the Government to be held toge-
ther by no other principle and for no
higher purpose than love office, and
that, in order to retain their hold on
the Treasury, they had adopted a sys-
tem of wholesale corruption that was
fast sapping the fouudations of our in-
stitutions, and would, unless checked,
run the Province to rain. Oa every
hustings they poiuted to the increase
which bad taken place in the espeudi
tare of the Government; every candi-
date iu their interest adopted economy
and retrenchment as his battle ery ; in
fiue, the Oj)position promised that, if
they were placed in power, the expen-
ses would be cut down to a minimum.
Let it now be borne la 'hied that this
was the solemn pledge given by the
Reform party when they acceded to
power. If that pledge has been faith-
fully carried out—if the cost of runuing
the Governinent machine has been les-
sened ---they should be sltstaintd by the
electors; if that pledge has been vio-
lated—if the cost of Government has;
been increased—ti}eD the Admiuistra
tion which has been guilty of the viola-
tion should be burled from power by a
deceived and abused people. These
remarks are addressed to Reformers as
well as Conservatives, and we hope
they will be read with equal interest by
men of all shades of politics, and re-
ceived by our opponents with the same
friendly spirit iu which they are offered.
We know that Ret'ormere should be—
and we believe they are—as deeply in-
terested as Conservatives iu the welfare
of this Proviuoe, our common home.
We know, and they know, that the evil,
iusui icient, or costly administration of
any Government, bo it Reform or be it
.Cjusery ative, does not fall alone upon
the opponents of the Government,, but
those who support it are injured a:.
well; the interests of the oomtuunity at
large suffer alike, and opolitieal distinc-
tious and affinities are powerless to
mitigate, much less avert the evile of
feeble and extravagant government.
This being so, it behooves every elector
to guard jealously the interests of his
country, fur in so doing be is protect-
ing his own, and to thore.ughly inform
himself upou ,public affairs, so that he
may render an intelligent and righteous
verdict at the polls.
Wo shall now proceed to examine
the record of the Ontario Government,
as strewn in the public docn,nents, and
see how far their practices are in ac-
cord with the policy of re`renehmt:nt
they promised to.earry out, The mean,
ing ordinarily attached to the word
fi' retreueh" is to lessen, to pare away.
,-it has a peculiar applieutio'n to expetii,
titre, and when used in thatc'onueetion
fneatis .tbat the cost of all t luu s shall
be reduced so that the total expenses
will become less, This, then, was the
pledge that the Reform Government of
Ontario gave the people: eaoh item
in the total expenditure was to. be out
down, so that the total should be less
than that of their predecessors. For
instance, the expenditure of John Sand -
field Macdonaldi's Government in 1871,
their laat year in power, was $1,810,-
867. The items comprising this total
were all to be reduoed by the Reform
party in 1872, so that the total for that
and succeeding years should be lees
than that of 1871. Let us see bow
they carried their fine theories of soon-
omy into practice. For the purpose of
comparison, Mr. Jackson, in his pamph-
let, has taken the last year of John
Macdonald, 1871, and the
year 1877 under Mr. Mowat. For the
present we shall take 1871 and 1874.
In 1871 the Dost of Oivil. Govenment
was $108,145. In 1874 it was $159,-
180.49, made up as follows : (We give
the page of the public accounts on
which the items may be found).
SERVICE. PAGE 1871 1874
Government House
Lieut. -Gov. office
Ex. Council and Atty-
Gen's office
Treasury Department(3I)
See. -Registrar's office(31
East wing . (31)
Registrar -General t32)
Public; Works (33
Agriculture (33)
Immigration (33)
Inspection pub. inst'ns (34)
Crown Lands (35)
Miscellaneous
(30) Sa4,5O3 Q6507'65
30) 1,800 1699 17
(30) 10,240 12855 59
13,795 14734 70
9,495 12302 29
Nil 4093 20
9,680 9490 55
13,861 18008 04
Nil 887 13
Nil 2576 98
5,198 5899 98
38,388 57908 03
(35) 12,720 12068 11
or while the expenditure on Civil Gov-
erument in 1871 was $108,140, under
the so-called Reform Government it
rose to $159,180.40. This, be it re-
membered, is only one branch of the
expenditure. Each el the others shows
n similar alarming increase, until it
has gone so far the expenses every year
during the past four years have beeu
Largely in excess. of the income, leaving
a total deficit in 'that time amounting
to ,$2,086,911. , Let the electors poo•
der these facts, and if they can believe
the Mowat Goverument have been true
to their promises, and have cut down
the expenses, then it is their duty to
support the Reform candidate ; if not,
then Mr. Jacksons.:entitled to their
confidence.
This is an enormous increase iu the
average annual expenditure of a Local
Government,,and shows =whitely the
hollowness of the pretensions of the
so-oalled Reform party in Ontario to
economy.
A SLIGHT ERROR. hat an error,
serious in itself, though comparatively
speaking a small one, should have crept
into our editorial last week in reply to
the Seafurth Is.tposito''s criticism of
\1r, G. E. Jackson's parol filet. The
mistake was in the total expenditure of
i4Ir. Mowat for the year 1876, which
we placed at $3,740,627. It should
have bean $3,140,628, as the public
accounts for that year show. 'We are
very sorry that the mistake' occurred,
as we had no desire to misrepresent the
position of our opponents, but having
uuwittiogly done thein an injustice, we
hasten to make amends. The expendi-
ture of the Mowat Government is large
enough, in all conscience, without hav-
ing it exaggerated. That portion of
our article which referred to this ex-
penditure should llave read; 'Below we
place in juxtaposition the correct fig-
ures, as given in the public accounts,
and in lir. Jackson's pamphlet, and
the incorrect figures of the Expositor,
Leaving our readers to judge which is
j the better authority in this matter, our
contemporary or the public accounts :
EXPOSITOR FIGURES. COIinECT TIOUBES,
tT2,460,212 v2,940,803
2,342,309 3,871,649
2,063,5501 3,604,524
2,15.4,0631 ;3,140,625
2,363,806 3,117,413
916,675,017
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
,611,483,9701
OTTAWACURRESPONDENCE.
THE LETELLIER DIFFICULTY.
The greatest interest is manifested
in this city over the latest phase of the
Letellier affair, It will be remembered
that over a year ago the Governor of
the Province of Quebec, for some ima-
ginary grievauoe, dismissed his consti-
tutional advisers, who possessed the
fullest confidence of both branches of
the Legislature. This extraordinary
STRETCH OF THE GOVERNOR'S PREROGATIVE
was followed by calling upon the leader
of the Opposition to form n Ministry.
The dismissed Minister protested, but
it was of no use. About the first mo-
tion introduced into the present Par-
liament was cue censuring the Lieut.-
Governor for unconstitutional and high-
handed proceeding. The Government,
in order to clear the decision of Parlia-
ment from all suspicion of partizan-
ship, and in order that each member
might exercise the most perfect freedom
in expressing his views, would not
take the responsibility of the motion.
After a heated discussion it was oar-
ried by a majority of 84. In view of
this decided expression of feeling, and
accordance with the import of the
motion, the Government felt it to be
their duty to advise His Excellency,
the Governor-General, to
DISMISS GOVERNOR LETELLIER,
Such a serious step has never been
taken iu any of Her 7`Iajesty's colonies.
It was therefore something new for the
Governor-Geueral. He elid not feel safe
iu taking,upon hitnselft•ho responsibility
that such a step would create, and in-
timated to the Goverunient that as his
authority was vicarious, delegated from
the Crown, and as Lis instructions did
cot contemplate any such grave action,
and as there was no precedent in the
annals of Constitutional Governmeut
in the 13ritish Colonies to guide him,
he would prefer to
SUBMIT THE CASE TO TIME HONE AUTHORI-
TIES,
and ascertain what they would do under
similar cireutnstauees. No doubt exists
in the minds of the best constitutional
authorities here that His Excellency
has an exaggerated idea of his respou•
sibility in tilts affair, but since he takes
this view of the case, there can be no
reason why he should not be allowed to
act upoii it. No harm can result, and
the complete a;ntliority of the 1)omin•
ion Parliament over Li,iut.-Governors
will be established at ouce and for ever.
\Vheu Sir John Macdonald announced
the decisiou of the Goveruneut, there
was
1NTENi.E EXCITEMENT iN THE HOUSE,
Correct total for five years..it16;S75,017
Expositor ,i " .. 11,483,970
Difference between right and
wrong totals... 1,5,191,047
From the above table it will bo seen
thab the Seaforth JiJ;vpoaitur hits Mis-
stated the g.raud total of Mr. Illowab's
expenditure from 1873 to 1877, both
inclusive, to the enormous amouut of
r.ve millions, one handrail awl nine(y•oue
11WUsaltd and ,/'oJ'ty•seta -fl dollars.. This
(strange requires the correction of some
figuroa' further on in the same article,
which were based upon the error. The
averge annual expenditure of -Ur, filo-
was during t140 years above enumerated
sy4,9 ; $3,335,003
,.. ,., ,,,,1,506,15'7
Diffet.cu,ge per year;il,$2J,r f3
the wrath of the Freueh Couservativos.
This string of
ASTOUNDING AND IDIOTIC' FALSEHOODS
also stated that Ills Lxcehleney was 80
shooked at Sir Jolin's cowardice that he
had written a letter to him sharply
reprimanding him, and had sent Capt.
Harvey, A. L. C., as a itpeeiat moet.ou-
ger to England, bearing dispatches
from His Excellency touching the Le.
collier dismissal. Sir John read
A NOTE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY,
stating that the Globe artiole was en-
tirely without foundation. This may
The University Boat Races]
Tho 30th racebetweet the boat crews
representing Cambridge and Oxford
Universities took place on the Thames
at Loudon, on Saturdity, April 5. The
rano, as has been all along anticipated,
betting having been in their favor, re.
salted in a victory for Cambridge, the,
seventeenth time they have been suc-
cessful, Oxford having won eighteen
races, and one, that of two years ago,
resulting in a dead heat. The race
weds rowed over the usual course, from
Putney to liortlelre, a distance of about
not be believed by thoseIidforuierawlio 4 miles 2 furlongs. The morning open -
think it a moral impossibility for the ed warn, with heavy mist and fog, a
lending organ of the party to toll a false- west wind, and rale threatening, but
hoed. But it is only too true that it about 10 o'clock the weather became
has-been,proved upon the highest and brighter, though the wind still blew
most impartial authority in the .Uolniu• from an unfavorable quarter. In the
ion to have told an outrageous false•l betting during the morning 5 to 1 on
hood and to have wantonly assailed and 1 Cambridge was offered, but 0 to 1 wasy
wanted. The tirce of the race was 21
minutes and 18 seconds. Cambridge
led trom the start, and the result was
never doubtful. Oxford won the choice
of positions, and took the Surrey side.
At Hammersmith Brigcle, 1i miles
from the sta•rtiug point, Cambridge was
three lengths ahead, going as they
pleased at 80 strokes to the minute.
The race was virtually over at the top
of Cherwiek Eyeut, about six furlongs
further on, where Canbridgo was five
lengths ahead, There was some surf of
Corney Reach, which slackened the
pace of the boats, and Oxford might
highly beneficial to the eonutry• have came up , but the crew appeared
exhausted. Cambridge, rowing stead-
Lucan. ily, maintained the advantage, and
quickening the stroke to 38 in the last
quarter won by six or seven lengths.
slandered, for political purposes, tbo
right honorable gentleman who leads
the Government.
MR. COUGHLIN,
the gentlemauly representative of N.
Riding of Middlesex, made his maiden
speech in the House on 'Tuesday, when
the tariff was being discussed. It
narked hint as a man of practical,
common sense views, just such a man
as the farmers of the community need
to watch their interests. lie thought
the duty ou wool and pork ought to be
higher, but taken as a complete meas-
ure, he argued that the tariff would
prove 1
No doubt you have had your share of
the heaviest suow storm which has fal-
len in this vicinity in the memory of
the oldest settler. It was fully twelve
inches on the level ou Saturday, but
while I write it is fast disappearing
under the genial infinence of au April
sou.
SOLD.—Two farms ou the 2nd con-
cession of Biddulph, belonging to Mr.
John Morgan, were sold under power
of mortgage at the Ceutral Hotel on
the 2nd inst. They were bought by
Messrs. Geo. Hamilton and Thomas
Morkin, and brought respectively $5,-
450 and $5,200. They aro hundred
acre forme.
A Row,—A few evenings since the
Locale peace officer and Constable
Hodgins met at the Queen's Hotel,
when an altercation took place in ref-
erence to the arrest of some prisoners
by Hodgius., Your cortespoudeut bad
not the pleaanre of being present upon
the occasion, but well substantiated re-
ports say that the language made use
of by the peace officer was edifying in
the extreme. Even the most harden-
ed spectator present trembled at the
many of the French Canadian mem-
bers flatly expressing their disapproval
of the viu,i-regal course of action. Mr.
Ouiwet, formerly Premier of Quebec,
Mr. Monssean, Mr. Cocicburii, Mr.
Vallee, all very able geutlenlen, spoke
iu strong terms against His Excellen-
cy. The French Canadian meu;.bers
can be excused for feeling annoyed at
the turn, the affair had • taken, but no
doubt they regret that iu their clisap-
poiutmeut they made use of hasty ex-
pressions. As the occurrences at
the August session, i11 1.873, and the
COLU;VINS OF sITIJPERA':ION
that wore then hurled at Lord Duffer-
in's devoted head, are still green in the
memory of the country, the Reform
party are in a position to fully sympa.
thize with those who abuse the Gov-
ern or-Geeeral. And that the French
Conservatives receive the disinterested
symyatby of the Oppoeitiou who but a
skeptical Tory would doubt ? For evi-
dence read the Globe, which extends its
sympathy so far as to demand the
RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
because His Excellency hits chosen to
ask the advice of Euglaud. It goes
even further ; it rolls up its sleeves and
pitches Otto it John because he does
not at preeiate the gravity of the situa-
tion he is placed in, stud does not ap-
pear to possess the grace of resigna-
tion. The French Conservatives don't
want Sir Johu to resign, but this don't
damp the ardor of the Globe; the only
thing that disoocirages the great organ
is the way Sir John persists in holding
office in defiance of its wishes, if the
hon. member for Lambto.i were Pre-
mier lie would resign immediately, as
it only took him two months to resign
when the ;country pronounced against
him on the 1.7th of September. lu oon-
uection with the Letellier affair,
AN l:t rERLSTING iNCIPEN
incident occurred in the }louse on Tues.
day eveni,ag. Sir Juba Macdonald
raised it .question of privilege, and read
ori extv's,ot from the (-lobe, which Balled
him coward, ingrate, slanderer, traitor.
felon, JCe„ end accused hurl of betray-
ing the eouf}denoe of the Governor-
; fieueral and saortfioiug him to appease
prospect of divine vengeance overtaking Fancy;Goods, Berlin Wool, Mottoes, etc., stun
the offender then and there. But what, line alwayfilaTt.
do our village fathers say to such con- I Jackets made or cutin thelateet styles.
duct by their paid officer ?
• War has aoaiu broken out iu Lucan. Aoril, 78.
Constable Hodgins, in attempting to
arrest Jim Carroll and Toni Iitefe, was
prevented by Coustable Everett. Hod•
gine took out a warraut for Everett,
and tried to put hila in the lock-up.
Everett resisted, and aufl bt was the
result. Ilodgius played on Everett's
heal with a knotty stick, and he would
have been seveshely handled but for the
interpositiou of a Magistrate from
Craires, who was passing, and who ad-
vised him to surrender. Everett is
uow in jail.
Carroll and Keefe were brought be.
fore Squire McCosh, the other Magis-
trate refusing to act. There was a
fearful row iu the Court Room, loaded
revolvers being drawn. Iblc0osli tele.
graphs for Squire Atkinson at Ailsa
Craig. Before the trial commenced the
parties wbo seemed to have an old
grudge against each other rnet ou the
corder of Main and Alice streets, and
Thomae Keefe and Jarnes Carroll were
presently engaged in a hand-to-hand
conflict. Constable Hodgins appeared
upon the scene fti.d promptly arrested
the oifendiug party, and placed him in
the lockup. After ltaviog carefully se-
cured the prisoner the Constable, hav-
ing it warrant for the arrest of S. L.
Everett, pi oceeded to execute it. He
trot Everest to the door of the luck -up
on the sidewalk, when he refused to go
any further without force being used.
Nothing daeuted at the dimensions of
his antagnnist, after a few gentle taps
on the cranium, he (the constble) was
luaster of the situation, and placed Mr.
Everett in durance vile, to bo further
dealt with according to law.
After the pt'oceedings had come to a
close in the Council Chamber, thelteeve
called a special meeting of the Council,
in consequence of the police offieer refus-
ing to give him tip the keys of the look -
lip. He did not feel justified in allow -
him to remain in charge ofthe same,
while lying Ruder a charge of misoon-
duct himself. After waitiug for a
length of time, nothing befog done by
any member of the Board, he (the
Reeve) prepared a ' motiou demanding,
the resignation of the Constable until
aec1uitted of the charges preferred
against him, Thie no one dared trove,
and the Reeve it consequence has re- 1
I signal, I3os,.tx, (
New York Millinery Store.
i0./f'RS. C.B.WILLIAMS HAS .LUST
113. opened out in
Fanson's i3look,
a large and well selected stook of SPRING MIL
LINERY. including
Hats, Bonnets, and Shapes of t/ie Latest
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA STYLE S
Also a large stock of
RIBBONS, PARASOLS, and FANCY GOODS,.
including MANTLES and LINEN SUITS,
LADIES TIES, Etc.
ILLINERY
..'2pSS GAJILICK'S.
A full line glow in, of
Spring and Summer Hats, and Bonnets,.
all the very latest shapes.
N 6 Flowers Feathers, and Ornaments.
Trimmings in great variety.
GIRLS HATb FROJ1 $1.00 UP,
nicely trimmed. Everything will bo sold as cheap
as possible.
MISS GA.RLIC.Ii,
Main St, E aster.
ati nal Policy.
PLOWS, and SCOTCH DIAMOND
}IAI't1lOWS
constantly on hand ant made to order.
XI:.MILLAN MCBRID +'
haven; now greater facilities than over, aro pre-
pared to supply farmers with lreu Beam Plowed
Steel Mould Jtoa,d, made by orrselves ; Chill
PM ws, linappor ut eke ; Scotch Diamond 0 acrowe
Cultivators, Gang Plows.
Carriages and buggies on hand, end made to or-
der, Horse shoeing attends -7. to on the shortest
notice. Horses shod to prevent interfering.
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