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The Brussels Post, 1888-3-16, Page 1Volume 1B., CO IMUNICATIONS. Fire liuotber Volley. 'r0 the Fritter of !Cut. POST Dees Stier -.1 do not wish to waste tt your space in replying to such bosh as !' appeared over 3..J. Denman's name iu Iasi week's Issue as your readers aro o his lenity and 1 n ',in'. s quite ca able o flnd ti eertnlu theywill conte to the o'iani• mous verdict, that he has made Welsch more ridieulo0R than in his first effusion and that was sullietiout to satisfy anyone. I see he denies interfering in 0o1n00 ion with any application for tier Postmaster ship of Brussels, In reply 1 may state that I have it on the beet of authority that he and W. Ir. waist/me wont to Wingham tho Mon lay alto• the investi• gation and while in the Queen's "nfel J, J. asked a party ther • if he had Tent Poet' or had seen his letter in last weok' issue about Brueeole post office ? 'Tho parts replied be bacl not and asked what teas Oa tro"ble? They replied that there had been an investigation and Hutt ,e Grant was likely to be iismiesed and thou had come up tto..intervioty some parties about the meteor 'of filling the vacs cy. They. saw H. W. C. Moyers, who has influence with the Government, and stated that they wore going out to see Thos. Farrow about it and both got a rig and drove in that direction. If your readers doubt my statement, if in Wing - ham, let them consult rho landlord of the Queen's and, they on by iu a position to judge which'ile trete, I am not a Masao nor do 1 ever'wi-h to be if Mr. Deeman's aation•towarcds Mr. Grant in this affair ;e emblematic of the &eternity. Yours, Beaten, March 11, D488. Foot -Sall vs..Day b01100ls. To abai Editor or Tem Pose • Duna tha.—Foot.ball has run wild and is bound to take the place of reading, tt'ritieg, ttrithmc'tio, &c., unless it change is made. I believe in atblet)e exercise but also believe a common schoo eduo'- tion is•of moro importance. The pupils could get the athletics at the college. How many days in the year aro sot apert by the :,client Law fair foot -ball matehe.? Is it true that some of the ego (fere" from Walton and thie township got too much •Scott Act at Brussels last Satnrdaa eater - noon and wont 'home "tight 1" If se the sooner foot -ball is dropped the bettor for all concerned, Um• beya can learn bed easy enough without congregating togeth- er for foot -bad Inatome, &a. es a par- ent I say lot our teachers ma 8e1hoo1s do their legitimate work and not ape to be. come noted for "kicking shins. YOnra, ANTI FOOT -BALL. Morris, March le, 1888. Washington. Letter, Omen nun neeenau t'onnitapoxmterre Washtugtee, Mar. 8, 1866. The nate Chinese treaty will he signed within a few days by Secretary Bayard for the United States and by tho Chinese minister for the flowery kingdom. This treaty, it is uutlersto d, contains very rigid provisi"us agaiu0t the importation of Chinese laborers into this country. It 18 an itbsolute prohibition against suoh importation. But one question of differ. euce that was not easily settled arose in the demand of the Chinese Minister that Chinamen who had lived in tho United ho States nod had d tn acquired a resido eo hero should be permitted to peas between this country and their native land ad tibitnta, The trouble in regard ,o this tnettereernse from tiro belief that, under tho law re- stricting Chinese inmige ttien the lea of former residence had been utilized to bring in taus of thoueands of new China - mer, It was finally arranged that any Chinaman who had niado the United States his home and had acquired pos- seesaion of property valued at $1,000 shall he permitted to visit China and return. The treaty will be sent to tho Beaute for its action, and it will ptobably meet with strong opposition from the Pauifio Coast Senators, mainly on the ground of the privilege it accords to the "washee- washees" who have accumulated $1,000 worth of property. The Pacific Coast people who have obtained an insight into Chinese ohar,ator by experience, say that any of them would swear to the owner- ship of $1,000 or of any other seen as a moans of importing moro of their race. "nett seems to be a disposition on tho part of members of Congress," said, a De. pertinent official the other day, "to intro - duo bit's proposing changes in tho exist. ing method of carrying on tho public business whioh are trot demanded by tho public or suggested by any abuse. The mein idea seems to be to make personal capita. You have no idoa of the mum bar of sooh measures that beve been in. troduoed in the present Oongrsss, Cer- tain methods and customs have been adopted because experience in the admin- istration of public affair has tested their wisdom. There io no complaint, and the praotioaliworld ub'i0perfectly satisfactory. Soule member wishes to pose as a reform. et in the eyrie of the people of his district. He deo not know oxactlyhow to go about it, and finally he concludes to inteoduoo a hill to do something, Te seems to be of little consequence what that something is es long as it sounds well and appears to give somo advantage which is not se present enjoyed. These bills are, in the course of towhee bneiness, referred to the Dopatrmont for an opinion, whioh is given, and generally that is rho last hoard of these measures. Perhaps, however, thoy are given a favorable reportby the oammletee, .and then they lure decently interred in tha oalondar of the two Iteuscs. s'ho to,,.. ss.. es o: Slim mem. hors, however, aro felly informed thab Obit? member is alive and active in their interests, and so, after all, the main ob- ject of the hill is scouted," Hanging in one corner of n, room in rho Senate libraty committee is Mauve with an interceding history. It ie a por- trait at Henry Letnens, of South Caro- lina, It Watkv6i�nted ire 1781 while Taaur. sits te014 C'tpn1l11811 (a0 0 pri0atlnr in the BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, 'Power of Lundeen. Ile had •teton Rent by the Cotetinsntal Congress as Minister to Holland, with the view of his , fluting a loan of motley from Diet (Momenta to this. Ida route to holland, Laurette was seized upon the )sigh seas by Great Brit. ain fund tato to London. II. was shut up ie the tower ae a prisoner of state. Co ley, to Autorican artist, was in Lon - dee al the tinge, iced ho pentad the per. trait of Mr, Laurette whittle 1105 hangs in the' Capitol, The prison walla form the background, and in cue hand the sturdy Amnion patriot holds a sheet of 1110u10- soripb, on which the following eau be road : "Hume acted the part faith (here the thumb hides a porton of the word) subject. I now go resolved still to labo for peace, at the sante time determined in the last omit to stand or fall with my country. 1 haus the horror to bo, henry Laurette. ''Mee is supposed tot 0 on • f tet, responses lee made to the frequent so- lleltettatl of thane: in power ;u England for hint t„ t,vpenen th • f1ritish' cause. But neuter by severe punishment "o buoyed wade could the lirith;h power move him. On i13o upper margin of the portrait appears the following: "Hon, Henry Laurens, president of the Ameri- can Congress, painted 1781, while in the tower," The portrait was sent to this country for sate, and was placed in the Corcoran Art Gadsry On exhibition, There Senator Butler saw it, and at 0400 detormioed that the (lovsrinneut ought to own it, as it is the only copy of Laur- ent' extant. Senator Butler laid t the matter before the library committee, and the portrait. was pnrehasod for the United States, A 'flip to Alabama. IIUNTsviiLE, ALA., Mar. 0, 1888, DRAM Pose—As I promised let send you au occasional letter from the "Sunny St-uth," it is time I had made some at- tempt to redeem cry promise. T am not yet qualified to give any rotiableinformce tion to regard to the country itself, ROI will confine myself at present to a few notes by the way. P3118n I reached Detroit on' Feb. 16111I found a complete oha',go of climate from that in Huron. There was nn 51101V 1 the sun Mel shining clearly and the air felt waren like the breath of spring. I re. maimed in Detroit till the following Mon- day evening, the guest of our , aunt friend C. W. Leech, late Secretary of the East Huron `Cott Act Areociatiou. C. W. has to -t tame eel his interest in the cause of Prohibition. We fought our old temperance and political battles over again with as much pleasure ae ever. I woe driven all over the city by my kind host, and shown all the great sights. The Sabbath I was there was very wet, so that although I went twice to church I had not the pleasure of hearing a s, r - mon. If I was notsupremel happy dur- ing tha four days of my stay it was not fee lack of kindness on the part of my Bost and his many friends. On Monday, the 20(11, 1 went, via the Michigan Central, to Telotto. '2 jto whole country along the river and lake shore is very flat and uninteresting. The only thing which attremted my attention wag the number of vineyards I saw. Toledo is a city of about 60,000 inhabitants, v' ry good public buildiugs and private rosi- dencos. Ito betels, judging by tho Jeffer- son, are tient-class, and I might say just here that on this side the line hotels are not whiskey shops—foto of the better class that I have seen deal in anythiug of the kind. That is left to th ll h o salon To- ledo ledo has au abundant supply of natural gas, sufficient to run all factories, supply light nm heat for -he entire city, as wolf a fuel ookin• purposes. I• is met a 0 re c t ,f l 1 1 into 1 to house for all thesepurposes for n c met Y 5 tho very moderate sum of 16.0 per am - num, and t.l:e supply is so groat that there is talk of convoying it to other towns. From Toledo to Hamilton, by way of Cincinnatti, Hamilton & Dayton R. It., the country seemed quite new, 'buildiugs poor, land flat, and most of it -appeal ed to be in need of chaining, and in many places that was going on. About mid- way between Toledo and Cincinnati we passed through an extensive oil region. Derricks rose on every side and natural gas was flaming et many of the wells, while the air was filled with the stifling odor of oil and gas. About twenty miles south of Toledo the or in front of the one in whioh I rode jumped the track. Providentially, we were going at a moderate rate, bet, notwithstanding, it macro quite a lively soono for a short time, Most of the pas- sengers jumped to their foot and made is Wild rnsh for the platform, and some jumped off. I thought myself quite as safe to hoop my seat, and followed that coarse. The conductor was in the rear palace oar, and diel not know the danger till ho came forward. In rho meantime we must have run from an eighth to a quarter of a mile, and by the jolting it seemed as if the whole train was toff, but eve were mercifully preserved from any serious injury to the passengers, beyond he shaking and the fright. t g u p 1 ht. g Tho mil from Hamilton tolOineinnatti was made after dark, so that I saw noth. •ing of the o0untry but dim outlines ; but from these I believe Oho country was quite hilly, At Clincimratti the object that most ebb:acted. my attention 181(0 rho splendid bridge which spans the Ohio River. It is 100 foot above the water and 2,200 foot in Iength, The railway track occupies the centro, On each side of that is 00 Pum0080 gas pipe, through whioh is conduotod the gas supply for Newport, situated on tho wort stele of the river, Outside of those pipet, on either side, aro street oar tracks, which am also used by all wheeled vehicles, and outside of a11, on either sides, just imide the parapets, are paths Me toot passengers. I only gave the length of the spate but the total length, witn ape proae;1100, must be 94 least 6,001) font. 1 bate forgotten alto width, but 1 should say it is about forty feet. The rem from Ctnoinnatl.i was through a eonntry Which for grandeur of Wenn- titin scenery, seepa80es anything 1 have neon since I left tho land of the heather, it vote like it panorama for the entire run through I(ontutecy. ITere a pyra mid of the most regular and perfect outline, then 0 cone of faultless form, 'man, a mase of such irregular shape that no name could properly bo applied to it. Some ratt up to the sharpest pocks, while others were orownod with a mnnsive dome as of some stupendous oath. dial, Some were crowned wi'h a stunted growth of pins and other timber, while others displaead the bare limestone rook from base to summit. Io this region we passel though many tunnels, the longest of whichwee a little over a mile. Some places the track is out out of the limestone reak.on the face of an almost perpendicular mountain side. When pueeung along suoh track, always at a high rate of open!, it made some of us hold our'breath to look out of the oar window doge into the chasm some 200 feet below, at, r didit tend much to real oh, srfuluess of feeling to son, as we did at one or two spots, the remains of pa-eonger cars de- stroyed by some araident, lying by the side of the tract or hanging on the pro- jecting rooks, The curves and bridges, too, wore something startling to those of ue accustomed to railway travel only in regions as free from hills as the western part of Ontario. Some imes the engine would be seen out of the oar window, ap- parontly at right Regime to the train, beading for whet seemed to bo a mere spiderwob of a suspension bridge span Hung the bed of some mountain torrent, whose rugged rock stream lay some 200 feet below. The whole run through the state of Kentucky, for nearly 250 miles was,'with a few short intervate of what teemed to be good agricultural land, suoh ae I save described. Of Tennessee I eau say nothing, as we passed through it in the night, but I am told the country throw 'h whioh wepassed in crossing that state r•onalats of very good lend and in a good state of cultiva- tion. My objective point in this rut of some .0p0t miles from Detroit, was the far-famed iuty of Decatur. I call it "far famed," for I found men on the train from Mich- igan, from Blaine, and from many ether northern and tvestsrn states, all bound for this buttons cit . Tho talk of it was quite frequent for hundreds of miles be- fore the reached it, and for the last hun- dr. d mho- it was the all absorbing and constant tepio. We arrived about 1 o'olook a. m. on Feb. 28rd, in a pelting rain storm. I was very impatio0tfor the morning to dawn so that I might see the sonny south in all the refulgent glory of such a wonderful city. Well, I saw it. I founn it a very extensive piece, so ex- temsive that I fa ed to reaoh its boundary in any direction by 1 know not how many miles. Lots are held at the outside bouedarieo at from $50 per front foot up- warcle, and anywhere in sight of the fete houses which constitute the inhabited tau of the city the prima are fabulous. I did uot tak., the trouble to 'entembor the prises I heard mentioned, as I ,,over expected to have enou,lt money to buy a foot of suoh valuable property, and if I had the money I had no oove,ousfeelings regarding it. They claim to have a pop- ulation of 7,000, If they Have half of that number, the negro huts have a capacity far in excess of what one could believe front their ousido demeusiens, But the population consisted prinoipally of land agents, whose offices formed the main betimes attraction of the city. There was also a largo transient population of laud speculators from rho north and Omagh. Our own eouut wa+ not for- t ntten. noticed u the hotel register I e o 0 0 s the names of Smith and MOFadzoam, of heaforth, besides some others. There are a few stores of a very poor description. A few factories ate ;n oourse of erection; but these are nothing to the fao odes anti t other buildings, iti endless uumbeis hat are re be erectcd t iththe exeo - atone. W tiou of a very short pteon, there is not a graded street in the city. It ie one sea of the reddest, etiokiest and slim iestof mud I . ver saw, The hotels are abominable,, and the only r al good thing I found in the city woos the hotel bills, they fat exceeded my hivhost expectations In fact, they were stupendous. But I must conclude, hoping to have something mors interesting for your readers in my next letter, ei: Y, 1-3. Martis Council sICefting, Tho Connell m.t pursuant trr adjourn- Mont in the Council room on Mega). inst.. Members all ere00nt, the Ropvo iu the oltair. elinitbes of last meebing reatt and possed. The Auditors' report wee pre. so• rod and aftsi being oxtmined by the Council was pessecl a0 satisfao'ory.. Moved by S. Catdbiok, seconded fly, 0. A, Howe that tho abstract bo published in Tien Buussnns Pose and Wingham Med once. Carried. Moved by Jae, Proctor, seconded by S. Caldbiolt that the Reeve and Treasurer bo ins•ruotod to deposit $500 along with accrued interest on eltl deposit in the Bank 0f Itamitton; Wing - ham, to the oredit of the oorporatioli of Morris. Carrioe. Moved by Geo, Birk. by, seconded by Jab. Proctor that Janes Nowoombo bo reappointed Tentative?, at et salary of $00 on furnishing 0abisfaotoryy security tv rho anmeut of 810,000. Oar. tied. Accounts were ordoeed tc bo paid as follows --R, Johnston, Auditor's ,0,1- ary 81.0.011 ; Wm, Laidlaw, do, 810,06 ; W. Il, Kerr, nomination , 01ices, 80,20; W. Boat, cnlvort $2.50 ; I'r, we ziolmo•, serv;eoe 011 I3oard elf Ileal ]i, $1; .Misses Exited, electrify, 810 , J. Sollars, (;ravel, 87.081 Jae. Newcombe, :l'rcasuiors sal. trey end expenses, 8100 ; P. Mlti'pby, charity, $6 ; time Mooney, Colldotor's oxpel805, 87.00, Moved by C• A.. Howe, emended by S. Caldbielt, that. By Laws No, 2 et 0, making provision for, .charity and appointing rand commi0510nors tts now read be p,,oed. eteer,'kd. The Council then atlln i nea to elect again on the 2nd day of April. Wm. Cr,'u ie, (Vertu. Tltb 15110000 bo tree under witiele' :Buddha sat and meditated until ho he. 08010 "enlightened and ovorcauto rho last temptation;" is said to bo falling to pinta. it irebelievedto bo 1110 oldest tree In the world, being credited with 2,000 yours, MARCH 16, 1888. Local Legislature A lively debate aroso• rather unexpect. odly on 'Wednesday in the Legislature over the motion for the third reading of the bill to unite two townships an Leeds oounty. Mir. Frew, the promoter of the bill, spoke strongly in its favor be- fore the Private Bills Committee, and WWI suooassful. In the Legislature to- day Mr. Wood, of Hastings, -afcl that matters had matured before the com- mittee which be would not caro to re- peat, and on being asked to explain, re: fervid to the bad rulings of the chairman of elle Private Bills Committe, which he considered unfairly favorable to Mr. From ao against himself. Mr. Gibson and Mr. Fraser denied the Margo of unfairness, and MIr. Meredith did not support his follower in the Margo he had made. Mr. Prost'n moved ao uonon:lment re- ferring the matter book to the Private Bills Committee, This wee defeated by 50 to 20 m1 a atria party vote. The large majority was probably due to some extent to tho incident above mentioned. Debate on the Interprovincial Confer- ence resolutions was remand by Mr. Smith who regretted the partisan tones of the Opposition speeches and defended the position of the conference on the question of the vote and di -allowance. After speeches by Messrs, Ostrom, Murray, Wood (Hastings). Gerson and Hutton, Mfr. Harcourt took the floor and began by remarking upon the exact faithfulness of every statement oont,eined in the eonferenoe resolutions. After dwelling upon the great importance of the interests committed to tho oharge of local legtslat"res ho spoke on the ques- tion of disallowance. He claimed that bhe Dominiop Government , had been partly successful in their attacks emote Provincial rights. Mr. Mowat moved—"That tho House concur in the resolutions." Mr, Creighton moved in amendment —"That the transfer of the 'power of disallowance to an irrespnnsiblo power twos objoationable." Tho amendment was lost 54 to 30. Mr. Wood (Hastings) moved an amend- ment—"That the proposed mode of deal. ing with the Senate did not remove the objections urged against that body," efr. Fraser moved an amendment to the auto demi% asking that rho concur - melee of the Hotso on three resolutions bo communicated to the Goveruor-Genor- al and Se0'otary of State. This had tbo effect of shutting off all further amendments.' 11Ir, Meredith rose sed denounced has a oaworclly device. After speeches by Messrs. Hardy, In• gram and Creighton, Ills. 1'ras'r's amenrimeut carried 54 to 30. Go Thursday the hill respecting the Department of Agrioubture and other in- dustries was considered in Committee of tlfo Whole and reported after being amended by removing the control of the fisheries from the now deem:,ment, The Premier, in replying to Mr. Mere - di It, said that the Government intended to leave the mines under tno control of the Commissicnor of Crown Lands, who had given great attention to the subject. Tho bill respecting ancillary probates was considered in committee and report- ed. Bills relating to the high school in- comes and the property of the Univer- sity of Toronto, ate, and Manitoulin lou n Island were read a second time. There was oonsiderablo disoussion on Mho ntoti.mn for the second, reading of Mfr. Hardy's bill, which enacts that tho Gov - mutant is to pity one•third of tee ex - use f r ' the Scat ez of ou a oto o Sc t Act only Y when the fines are insufficient ,for the purpose. Mr. lt7orodith said the Bill .would tend tomake to act still more unpopular: Mr. Hardy, rep,yiug, said that it was difficult to enforce the not, but the Gov- ernmeut was dente the beet it could, and *h0 Scott 101 had boon bettor enforood since they undertook the work. The House went iuto Oonunittes of Supply and a couple of hours were spent i0 discussing whether the grant to the Provincial Exhibition should bo con- tinued or not. Nearly all Were in favor of giving the grant to Kingston next yew , lett the majority thought that af- ter that the grant should be disoontinu- ed. ' Just osforb gcljournnleut Mr, hoes moved a vote of condolence with the fam- ily of Emperor William and the German Umpire, which was carried nneniuonsty. The Attorney -General has givon notice that hereafter government business shall have preoedeuoe every day. Mr, Creighton's amendment to rho clisollowencc resolution was as follows "That the proposed mode of dealing with tho disallowance of Provincial legislation involves tho trauefer to a body not re- epoueiblo to the people of Canada. If potting now sxermeablo by a, body which is• rosponaiblo to them, and is otherwise objootionable, and ought not to be adopt - .ed." Tho amendment rotas put and lost, Tho Homme sat from 8 o'clock nthtil 0 Friday. Mr, Ilalfour's bill defining a p, t'tioh of the town of Sandwich and the township of feandwioli West was read a third time. The. Attornoy.Gonoral stated in reply t6 Ile. Wltituoy Chet ho did not intend bringing uu tt u ant increasing the severity Of the penalise for corrupt lunation at tbleetione, A long disoussion took pine upon bur. 'Nafrn'e bill respo01ing tho conditional sales of Mettles. The bill requires that all lion notes' shall bo registered and natio shall bo put upon the article Rold, shelving that it is unpaid for. Mr. Hurl - eat , dud,eat, Mt. Wlettteyy told Mr. Demon, up. Dowd the bill; Mr. O'(lontlor flepported at, and Mfr, French gave i1,_ pertial sup. port. Mr. Friesor, Mr. Bishop, Mr. (heighten and Mr. Craig opposed the spirit of the bill, which Was hnally read a acetone( n0 lir and rofotred to a seloot f 0otnntitte0. Mr. Freemen monad the [mooed Meet- ing of rife bill for the peoventietl of the Reed grain frauds, VISt. :5.55:.54, Mr. Waters said thatthe forme: a who were duped it, this matter were really ne moell to b ams as the patios who duped thole. Wears. Mowat, Mleredith, Prager, Hardy, French and Wotan spoke, and a mode ate support was given to the bill, which was rend a second tithe and referred t a special committee, o s1 naal Mire i1JWAudrews' bill to prevent mouse being shot uu it the 15 h of Ootobor, 18:10, cud Mfr. Wools' (Ifeetieted bill to leo vide for the inoorporaton of cheese anti butter associations wore read a second time. After recess et number of private bels were advanced a stage, intending the bill to authorize the city of London to sell the Exhibition grouris. Mr. Waters said he would move an amendment to this bill a a litter stage. The Attoruey-Ueneral's motion giving Government orders precedence after next Monday carried. Tee Govetnment bill to regulate the closing of slops and Metre of work for children was considered iu committee anti amended by the insertion of. a pro. vision requiring employer:1 to furnish seats for female employes, and further shortening the hears of labor for children• The bell of the eli•,ietor of Education relating to Vigil school sites and uui• vorsity property was put through 041A - mitten. bcott Act Campaign Notes. • Huron, Co. Convention iq Clinton on Friday 23rd inst. Scott Aot elections. on April 19, in 'Gledgarry, Dundas, Stormont, Dufferin andEuron. - - Jtidgment wee given by the Queen's Beach Divisional Court on, application in the Scott Aat case of Queen vs. Bush to quash conviotion of the defendant on the ground that local legislatures have no right under the British North American Aa to appoint polioo magistrates. The application was dis,ldasod with costs, tlitts confirming the authority of the Provincial Legislatures, in this matter. The ease will likely be cit ried to a high- er court. ' The inland revenue report shave that during the peat year there has been at sliuhmoroasein the consumption qf' spirits and b or iu' Outario, The con- sumption of tobacco has nearly doubled, and was higher last year than ae any time since Confederation. While On- tario drank .680 of a gallon of spirits per head la,t year, it was satisfied with .510 of a gallon in 1880. Looking book to previous years it will be been that the consumption is mall lower than it was before ,ire adoption of the Soon Act. lu 1885 the people of Ontario oouaumed 1.824 gallons a spirits per head. More beer was used per head last year than is recorded for twenty years, namely, 4,555 gallons per head. The consumption of tobacco rose from 1,5o2 pounds pox head to 2.518 pounds per head. In all. the Provinces except Nova Scotia and Prime Edward Island the,o was a similar in. crease in liquor consumed. British Col- umbia went in extensively for tobacco, ntod acoerding to rho return smoked five tiros as much per head. in 1880 as in 1885. Over all the Dominion there was et slight inot'ease in spirits, beer and to- bacco, while wino fell from .110 of a gall- on per head to .093 of a gallon. f'ho revenue collected from these sources per head, e equalled $ Steno clotistics noently collected by Mfr. Spence, of the Toronto Citizen, dis• pose effectually of rho assertion so fre- quently made that local prohibition does not decrease drinking. Choosing the years 1884 tool 18c 7 as the only fell mare for Scott Ao Gntttrot license and local option respcolievele,there are three tables complied: The first containing 27 counties, whioh had 708 commitments for drunkenness in 1884 under licence and only 194 in 1887 ender the Scott Aot'; the emend contains 14 comities still under license, whioh had 1,982 commitments in 188.1 and 2,999 in 1889; while the third anteing 6 Scott Act countess, including cities still under license, 'in whioh the commitments have fallen .from 079 in 1884 to 870 in 1887. An Ottawa telegram says: The new prohibition party, which has been freely dtooussed in temperance conventions and alliances for some years past, is about to take definite shape. Ibis; learned on reli- able authority that an announcement will be made on Thursday morning in the leading cities of the Dominion of the platform of tho party, and of a oenven- tion to complete its organization. In September last, at a meeting of the tem- perance workers in Toronto, the follow- ing resolution was adopted, on motion of Rev. Dr, Sutherland, seconded by J. R. Dougall, Montreal : "Whereas, the experience of 80 years. in Great Britain, the United States and Canada shows that no advanced temper- ance legislation need be expected from the existing political patios ae. suoh; and Whereas, the public utterances of the party leaders 1n the Dominion afford no ground of hope theft prohibition will be made tho plank in Dither platform in the near future, if at all ; and "Whereas, there is no distinct issue of principle between the existing parties, whioh renters their continued existence either necessary or important; therefore, be ib Resolved, that this convention is et opinion that the present junette° is pe. culiarly favorable for tho organization of a new party with prohibition as the chief plank in its platform." After the adoption of this resolution, its snpportera mot and decided to take initial steps to organize the party. A a0lnrnitten teas eppoIntel toobtoin ex- pre0sionR of opinion from load'ng tem• ieraneo mon of the Dominion and to draft a platform for the proposed party. Since that time most of rho prominent prohibitionists in Canada, have been cont• mnnioated with, a series of platforms have been drafted, changed and ro-modol- eel so as to moot whet appeared to be the consensus of opinion, Acotnmittee, with 1)r. Sutherland as its anorgolff;ilnfla, 1180 ) Number 86. been 101,181 r; to make a platform on which 1ho pentemiett part of the som- inunftyean uwW, and which would form the !twin of it pati mel prohibition party. Therenewtn ee a daft ni the platform finally d .riled upon : 1 Rig1toensness end troth in endue affairs as well as in private business: en n'omise with h 1 and n nr nw wren ai,'. 2 le le,. . tis f." all erode, classes um netioneledes. but exelesive privileges to t: ,'1-_. 3 Nation% ettntiment. natinntl litora- tur :eel te, 11 ato''l's ,af liable policy oar country fir 0. 4 Preen; t end abcotato prohibition of the liquor Maio, nu the objective point of t ntp,•rate a legieletin0, in the mean time 11011801 and vigcrens enferoomont of the Scott Act and of all other law•: for thcr rem -resent of vire and ur'empereence. 5 Rare clunttn• tender,nunny in p expo, diet—lee with the view of reducing nor a stetenmte , t, ,nal debt. 6 Manhood splfr •ae, wi'h educational q,,:tlifieat-inn : that 11, a vete to every free man of inial age who eau read and write 7 An extension of the franchise t. • women, '' 8 An elective ?en88e. - 9 Civil service reform. A eenweetien will be called inunediat.: sly, to beheld in Shaftesbury Hall, To- ronto, on March 21. et 2 p. in., for the completion of the organization of • the party. The gall will bo issued to these favorable to that platform, so tbat the above is enbstantially the basis on wbioh the new party will come into exietonoe. An effort will bo made to get W. H. How• land to take the leadership. Manhood, .-u erage. The Attorney -General introduced his Franchise Bill in the Legislature. Itis e understoodthat it is his inten- tion rat y nt tion to ask the Legislature to pass it into law this session, The bill, as will be seen from the summary wo give below, is a 'thoroughly Liberal measure, granting manhood suffrage, restricted only as re. garde nine/eats, paupers and imbeciles, and regnirina+'nothing of a British sub- ject ub ject aged 21 except ho shall have resided for a few months in a eoustitneuey before he votes there. The preparation of the lists is placed in the hands of tho muni- cipal officers. There is we "infe•usl ma- chine" about this bill in the shape of a revising barrister and clerk, as may bo confidently expected to be attached to the Dominion moasare, which must now soon be pr,•mulga ed. Tn the Ontario measure everything is plain and above board, and tvith tho passage of it finality will be reached, except as regards women taxpayers, who will uot cease to agitate until their right to vote on the same plane with men is recoenieed. The first section provides that the act is to go into force .fan. I, 1889. The see- ond abolishes property and income quali- fication. The third gives a vote to every male person of the full age of '21 years, a subject of Her Majesty by birth or nat- uralization, at- malization, not disqualified by the fourth and fifth sections of the Ontario Election Act, who at the time fixed for the return of the assessment roll to the clerk has re- sided for twelve mouths it, the Province of Ontario, who was at tiro time a resi- dent of the municipality for which lie is entered, and who, from that time until he has tendered his vote, Iota resided within the electoral district. The fourth section provides that a tome ery ab.- r ut,on of oalliu' is canoe in the 1 osec )x 1, not to disqualify et lumberman mariner or fisherman. The same privilege is given to a student in any iustitute Of, learning in Canada ; but by the fifth sec - no a tion a student 1e t to be entered a s voter in the munieipality where duetat in- stitute of learning is uulesa he is not s0 entered in any other municipality. The sixth section disqualifies criminals under sentence, patients in luuatia a0lums, and persons confined in poor -houses, ' houses of industry and charitable insti tutions receiving aid from the P1091008. The sot enth sooth n duds with Indians. 'enfranchised Indieus—that is to say, those who have the full rights and re- sponsibilities of citizens --aro to be placed on exactly the same footing as white: mon. DM -franchised Indian- not re iding On reserves feast have the same property gtralifieatiot as heretofore to enable them to vote ; and unenfranchieed Winne not having the property qualification are not to be entitled to vote. The eighth section provides' that the same qualifications as heretofore shall suffice) in such townships of Algoma East and West, Victoria East, PetorboroEast, Hastings North, Renfrew North enol South, Muskoka and Parry Sound as have no assessment roll or voters' list. The neab two or throe sections show how the voter is to get upon the list. The &sees w is to plane upon the list evert; person who makes an refi'rdavit of qualifi- cation in the form appended to the act ; and he is also 80 make reasonable inquir- ies as to what persons in his elistrtab aro entitled to vote, and is to plane them upon the list without affidavit, Ho must himself motto an affidavit that he has dot planed on the roll of voters any per- sons not qualified ; end that 'he has not intentionally omitted tho name of any qualified person. There will be an appeal to tho Court of Revision and to rho Comity Court Judge. Personation or. attempted personation, is to bo soveroley punished. Beery ,arson who at au election applies for a ballot in the nariio of mutt other'venom living or dead, or who, having already voted, ap- plies for another ballot, is to bot, . imprisonment for it terns not exceeding throe years, in addition to any .pttnish- ment to which ho is note halite, andbvory person who aids or abets hint 111 eucilt 401100 i to bet treated as '1 principal of fonder, in Japan a hnabaud is held responsible for his wifo's gossip. During the lasts 16 years 25,000 sailors • un British ships are said to have boost loot at 005, ' A sooioty hsa beim formed in (1051001 Which hag for its objoot tho propagatirfb of Iiudclhisu throughout the world, 1.