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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1890-2-21, Page 1Volume 17. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEB, 21, 1890. Number 82. cos aaav: eTXCIA.TX011', win DON'T RANT 1T. •1'u the Bettor of Tun Pon. Dean Stn,—In conversation with some persona recently I was informed that an effort would be made this Spring to get the Bad Huron Diann Board to for the cele of in. teshop licenseo grad t g to>,c 1 q •i atin t liquors in B1't la Bels I dont know whether the report is true or not, but it behooves the temperance people to seg: to it that if their Mallen(' mut atop it Loins granted they will not bo fend sea ping at their post, Wo have liconsed place's enough here now and 1 sound this noes of warning in gond time so Ibat the matter will not be sprung upon us. My opinion is that a revival in temperance sentiment is badly needed in this locality. There is no temperance organization in Brussels exaeptiug the Bard of Hope ; very few sermons or addressee aro ever heard on this vital question ; the Chris- tian aesooiatioua steer clear of the sub. jeol and, from what 1 hear, little atten- tion is paid to its teaching in the four Sabbath schools. Are its evils any loss ? Wee it fanaticism only in the past to boom the old Temperance cause? Tbo sentinels should wake up and they will see that the enemy has not retreated an inch. But I have got away from my starting point, which is we dont want any whiskey shops in Brussels. Thank. ing you, Mr. Editor, for your space, I am, yours still, "Tents Bnus," Brussels, Feby. 17, '90. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS. The twenty-second annual convention of the Perth Sabbath Sohool Association was held in the main street Methodist church, Mitchell, on Tuesday and Wed- nesday of last week. This convention hast pen undoubtedly one of the most snooesafel ever held by the Association. Large audiences assembled at each ses- sion, but especially in the evenioge, when the church, although the most commod- ious in the town, was a good deal more than comfortably filled. The number of delegates was unusually large, but ample accommodation was found for them in the house's of the people of the town ; no difficulty whatever being experienced by the leenl oonmittee in bihening. The pnstnr and the oeveral officers of the trltnrch vied with each other in attention and hospitalitt, and the delegates one a,d all expressed themselves highly de- lighted with the kind oud courteous man- ner in which tbey were dented. The program was 0 very interesting aro .a•ied one, dealing with alined every department of Sabbath school work. The !Teethes wore all good and delivered in a manner whirl) inspired not only tine members of the Amoobation, but the rest of the large auctions, with enthusiasm. The music was in charge of S. P. Rob bins, and the anthems sung by the united choirs wore well rendered and much ap- preciated. The proceedings were opened (' on 'Tuesday lit 2 pan. In the abseiroe of 1wI the President, Rev. J. A. Turnbull, of St. Marys, Rev. T. M. Campbell of the same place, Vice -President, occupied rho chair. The busies committee was composed of Revs. R. Hamilton, F. 1;, Nugent, and S. M. Edwarde, Miss illuwat, Miss Mosorip, bir. Wreford and Mr. Harrison. An opening address was then delivered by Rev. Mr. Campbell, hie subject being "Personal Couseera• Rom" This was followed by an address on "The Teacher's Aim" by C. J. Mac. gregor, M.A., of Stratford. After a somewhat lengthy disonesiou on the question as to whether uuaooverted tesubors should be employed in Sabbath 0011001 work, the meeting adjourned until 7:3d p.in. Tho evening session opeutd with devotional exorcises and then the secretary -treasurer, I. Hord, presented his report. Throughout the county there • aro 91 schools, 1,100 teachers and officers and 0,208 sobolars. The amount con- tributed by these schools for Sabbath school work during the hest year was $6,208. After the reading of this report, Rev. John Mills, pastor of the church, gave an address of woloome to the delegates, nob only to the town and to the church, but to the hearts of the people. Tho vice-president on behalf of the visiting members of the aseociation made a fitting reply. Rev. W. II. Hinake, of Stratford, de- livered an address on a very interesting subject, "How to interest parents in Sab- bath !who'll work." The address was very instructive and was listened to with deep attention. The next subject for disouseion was "Bible reading in the a home and eohool--its bearing on the ohuroh of the future." This subject was allotted to Rev. W. J. Taylor, but being unavoided absent, Rev, E, H. Hughes, of Listowel, addressed the meeting In hie stead. W. N. Hostile, of Brantford, brought a few words of greeting from the Brant Association, of which he is presi. dont, and expressed himself much pleas. ed with the proceedings. The meeting then adjourned till Wednesday morning. em's, of Atwood, Dr. Ilippie, of Stratford, Rev. 1). Back, of Listowel, and Mies 1i. Mowat, of Stratford. Earth of the speak- ers has an engaging manner and the ed• dresses seemed to please the children immensely, being liateued to from start to finish with the deepest attention. The elinreli was crowded with children not, however, to the exolnsion of the adults ntsuy of whom seemed to enjoy the Addresses as innah as these to whom they worn more m articu ItitY delivered. The proceedings of I ho last st sesaloll Qom - mends] at 7:80. The rep" b of the beef nese committee was the first to weepy the nteettieo of the meeting, The enc• niittee advised that the next coneentton be hall in Knox (thureh, .Listowel, and that the following be the officers for the enseiug year : President, 1tev, W. J. Taylor, Mitchell ; vice-presidents, Rev. John Mills and Mr. He,rieou ; secretary trimmer, Isaac Hord ; executive com- mittee, W. Sharman, C. J. Mecgrenir, R. Ib. Goulding, Geo. Hunter, M. Yoe. rick, of Stratford ; A. Dent, S. Nether. colt, 0. M. Edwards and It. Stuart, of Mitchell ; J. W. Buteho, S. H. Mitchell, J. W. Bruce, W. Heard, A. J. Collins, G. Y. Donaldson, A. Climie and M. Mo. Kinney. of Listowel, and Wm. Dunn and J. W. MoBain, Atwood. The committee also recommended that Rev. R. Hamil- ton boa delegate to the Brant S S. Asso dation. The report wag uuauimously adopted. The next subject under discussion was "Tho Bible in its relation to human pro- gress." The social aspeot of the subject was taken a0 by Rev. F. E. Nugeut, the moral aspect by Rev. R. Hamilton and the spiritual by Rev. W. J. Taylor. Af- ter the delivery of these addresses sev. oral votes of thanks were tendered to the different officers and others, and one of the most successful convections ever held by the association, a convention rho amount of benefit derived from which it would be impossible to estimate, was then closed with the benediction. 4.4euseteal Ncevv,'*. There are said to be 347 women black- nmiths in England who swing honey hammers, and nearly 10,000 employed in nail -making. The most valuable book in the world is believed •tu bo a Ifebrew Bible possess- ed by the Vatioan ; at len=t the greatest price ever offered for a book was refused for it, when, in 1512, Pope Jules I:1. re- fused to sell it for its weight in gold, which would have amounted t•. $103,00(1. Spurgeon has had printed 2,100 of his sermons since their appearance began it 1855, His 35 vnlnme of them has just been issued. The index alone fills 32 largo pages. They have been circulated not only wherever I•inglish is spoken, but have been tramlatecl into many foreign languages $1.05. Steig, who was buried at Craw. fordeville, Ind., the ether day, bn.s lived without sunshine for a quarter of a cen- tury. Twenty -live years ago she had a quarrel with her husband, and vowed that the sen would never more shins up- on her. She went to bed, and since that time hag never left it. A fete years ago the family moved, and Mrs. Stoig was carried to her new home at night. Sunday afternoon, eight boys entered two small boats at Carrollton, La„ and started out for a ride on the river. Their course lash them between two empty coal barges lying off Ootavia street. The current was running very swift and the boys lost control of their boats, both went crashing against the coal barges and capsizing. All but one of the boys were drowned. The 'victims were all about 10 years of ago. None of the bodies have been recovered. A despatch from Aden says : An awful sone took place on board the Peninsular In Oriental Company's steamship Victoria homeward bound from Australia. When midway between Colombo and Aden a male passenger leaped overboard. The engines were instantly reversed, and a boat was ordered to be lowered. As the crew obeyed the order the forward davit taokle slipped from the hands of the bowman, who was overhauling it, and the crew, numbering thirteen, fell into the sea, A second boat was instantly lowered with a Drew of eleven. This latter was lowered in perfoot safety, and succeeded in rescuing eleven of the un- lucky thirteen. The other two, together with the unforbunate suicide, were de- voured by sharks in full view of the horri- fied passengers. wanNneDAt's rmtoCBllntwna. The morning session wee opened with a prayer and praise eervioe, lad by the viae -president, after whish several en. couraginp reports from schools in refer - i aloe to spiritual result's wore road. An nddresa on "Sunday taboo) helps," by Rev. W. M. b olibbon, IMA., of Mill. bank, followed and formed the subject of o long and interestiuh tlleonssion. S. Botheroobt, of Mituhell, bhsn dolly prod an address on "The art of question' iog." The speaker dealt with tbo sub• pet in a very practical manner and his address was mnoh appreciated. After a short disoueelon an adjournment was made until 2 p.m. The afternoon session was porbape tine most iutorestiug of all. After devotional 'exorcises and the reading of the minates an excellent addrose on "Sabbath euhoel music" wee given by S. 3', Robbins. This was followed by t, Normal lesson, "i'rinclpleeof inetsuetiost ; tbtr Won laws of teaching" by toe. Dr. #orslsntpn At 3:45 there Wes a plass meeting of the oh.tldron addressed by ltd. D, lodg' MoMorrat, ofi Port ummroe. A Port Huron despatch Kays : Three prisoners escaped from the St. Olair county jail at 7 o'clock Sunday evening. They wore allowed in the corridor dnring the day, and when the time Dame for them to return to their dells tho turnkey gave them notice, and then asked before entering if they were in their cells. A prisoner named Goodman said yes, and another prisoner named Joe Hand, stood by the door with a newspaper in his Band, and when the turnkey entered to look the dolls suddenly yelled to Good- man : "Say' Goody, have you aeon what this paper says about you and Hickey 74 With that the three, who by this time had got diose to the uususpooting turn. key, made a rush and forced him through au open door into the oflies. He was able. to draw his revolver, and shot IIand in the side and Hiokoy through the wrist, but they e'iopeeded in lrnosking him down and stamping upon him until ho was heiplese, They then made then escape through the dining hall, and were rowed to Sarnia by a party who was in waiting for them. The escape caned great ex• eitemeot in the oily, and half the popu• lotion wore soon oat looking for them. Tho ehoriff unneeded in locating them Monday al Charley Hand's dive in Sarnia but as their offen0es are not extraditable he officers are non plugged as to what do. Goodman was soon by a oorrespond- ent, and his statement agrees with the above. Ho soya that Hand, who was pkob in the tido, to dying. The before bare toll him be oounob live. Goodman w,as awaiting feeial for, barglarrizing! oho Morrison's rssidonde in Port Buren John Band for breaking into m C. itf G. oar at YioOdolle, and Dan Bioko stealing bed brace and iron from Henry HOW TO AVOiD DRIFTING Into Mere Ferment,' 30 Our Bahbalh Nagged N'orlr.--.► raper menti by 4', shrehler, or Credhln, ILL the '4331). 3,31114 Scheel CouvenUon 11011 In seamed', en January 281h trod 219411, 18011. Man is so constituted Hirt formality k• hence hi toile our ist m hs naible to m td e P mi nutiv• t sea of lien tan it 11 a ng [p wo find t a I Ity. Dr. 'Vo lmiiitge, in his clique uuumer, suns , "A.pples mueb have tiude ; rising walls, soaffuldiug, and Chrisliauity mush have forms." "These forms," Kays Dr. Guthrie, "aro valuable in their own prate and for their purpose ; frames, we they are, to set the On me fn ; caskets for truth's jewels ; dead polos, uo doubt, yet useful to support living elute, and vary beautiful, what the bare 'stem is feetooeed with green leaves, and crutvned with a head of flowers." Formality is ea necessary and useful in Sabbath soheoi work, when used as a :name to an end, as the scaffolding to the rising wall, 0r as the dead pole to tbo living plant. Bub when the S S. teacher drifts into mere formality, when be con vette the mean into un end, when he contents himself by going through the mere forms of SS. work, without accomp• lishinganything ; then his wuilt in use- less, yes, worse than useless. A merely formal Sabbath oohed is like a factory doing nothing, and yet having all its maohiuery in motion, "its water.wheels flashing, banns pulling and machinery drumming," More formality in the Sabbath school accomplishes no good, it fails to implant the truth into the minds of the pupils, it fails to lead them to Christ and build them up to Him. It simply teaches the caricature of religion, oausos the rising generation to trust in the form of religion and deny the power theref. Bence, all S S. worker's ought to avoid drifting into mere formality. There is great danger of drifting into tbie direotion, We ore much more in- clined to drift into mere formality in re- ligious work than in any other work. In fact, mere formality is not known out- side the spbe,e of religion. Farmers, bedtime( mon, and professional men—all mean business when they go through the forme of their work. Stith a spectaoleas a farmer going borough the mere fo, of farming, or abueino•s man the meso forms of business, or the professional man the mere form of his work, has nev• or yet been seen, except in an inslmpe asy• hum. Everybody uses forme us a mean to an and everywh• re else ; but in relig- ious work many convert the means into an end, go through the form .,f the work, fps the form's sake, We are inclined to drift into formality in 80. work, became(' it is easier, in our fallen condition, to do formal religions work, than real work. Archdeacon Farrar, in his life of Christ, very pertinently says, '•It seems to be easy to bo a slave to the letter, and diffi- cult to enter into tho spirit ; easy to obey a number of outward rules, difficult to enter intelligently and aelf.sacrifioingly into the will of God." Human nature, when not on its guard, is apt to drift in. to mere formality in religious work; and in the present state of our SS.work, with an almost complete organization, and well-nigh perfected methods of work, we are in special danger of depending upon our forms, rather than using them es means of doing moro real work for the Master than heretofore. The question, "How to avoid drifting into mere formality in our SS. work," is a timely one, and my solution of it is as follows : work of loading others to rigbbcousnesa. Thus like the soul "Shall tlourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amid the war of elements, The wreak Of matter and the anis of worlds." Hence we should have the glorious ob- ject o£ oar work focussed end blazing before our *Hind's eye, so as never to lose sight of it. Questions like the following ought e r minds time and torvalveinou t d e ec0ero lisle wain ; "What u I mean n to p e ni I a A n I scorn 8ts1 n b in the SS. 1 a } g work desiguod to be done in the SS. Ant I leading my pl*pils to Chrlst, and teaching them to their edifioatien 7" A frequent uonsidsration of goading of this nature will keep us from drifting in- to mere formality, and cause us to use the forms as mons to the accomplishment of the work before us. 3. By a constant realization of the great responsibility resting upon us as SS. workers. A keen sense of our great responsibility will keep us from drifting into mere formality. Personal destinies for Lime and eternity are trembling in oar bands in the SS. The greater our responsibility, and the keener our sense of it, the less inclined are we to drift in- to mere formality. The doctor, who is conscious of the responsibility resting upon him while his patient'slife is trembling in the balance, will not drift into mere formalities in his treatmenb, nor will the lawyer, in whose hands is the fate of a client, if conscious of his responsibility, plead his case in a merely formal manner before the court ; nor will a mother who realizes her responsibility in rearing and training her infant, be merely formal in her work. Nay, verily, all these parties, in their respective (spheres, will make the beat and most ef. feotive use of all formalities necessary to clear their skirts from the blood of oth• ers. Our work is the most responsible in existence. Life and death are, as it wore, placed in our hands, and we may be the means of saving or destroying life. A keen nun of this great responsibility will pause us to be intensely in earnest in our work, and earnestness knows nothing of mere formality. To the con• Crary, it uses, with telling effect, the forms necessary to accomplish its work. 4. Ely a constant cultivation of greater spirituality in the SS. Spirituality is the beat antidote against mere formal- ity, The truly spirited mind can never drift into mere formality. To the con- trary, it will put life into all necessary forms connected with the SS. Spiritual- ity does not only quicken the forms con- nected with the schd.ul, but it uses them most effectively. Tho teacher or SS. worker filled with the spirit will nob ase words simply to tall* with, but to convey thoughts and truths into the minds of the pupils ; will not make use of volae and gesture simply to be hoard and seen, bet to convoy impressions from the heart to the hearts of the pupils ; will not make use of the devotional pacts of the service simply for the form of religion, but to edify and lift up the hearts of the ohild- ren to the true worship of God. Let every teacher and worker strive to be filled with the spirit and all the plenti- buds of God, and he will steer clear of "mere formality" in his work. The prayer of every Sabbath school workers should bo "Come Holy Spirit 1 Zoom above, With thy celestial Ore, Come, and with flames of zeal and love, Our hearts and thoughts inspire." Brussel, til -shoo] Board. A special meeting of this Bosrd was held on Thursday evening of last week. Members present --H. Dennis, A. Hun- ter, T. Fleroher slid W. B. Dickson. Minutes of last tegular meetings (Jan'y 801 and 15th) read and adopted. On motion of W. B. Dickson, seconded by A. Hunter the following accounts were ordered to bo raid W. H. Kerr.. 32 25 W. Bateman 1 60 Stationery, postage and expressage, 3 75 Moved by A. Hunter. seconded by T. Flotoher that the excuses of Rivers, Malloy, Meadows and Frayne, whose children did not attend the number of days required by law, be accepted, and the Inland of list reported for nonat- tendance at school be filed.—Carried. Moved by T. Fletcher, seconded by A. Hunter that H. Dennis, A. Hunter and T. Fletcher be the Visiting Com- mittee for the first half year current, and W. B. Diokeon, E. E. Wade and J. J. Denman be the Property Committee. —Carried, Board then adjourned. We can ovoid it by a froqueut varia- tion of the forms of our S. 8, work. A too eonstenb adherence to a stereotyped form of work is apt to lend into mere formality. The superintendent and teacher, by adhering to stereotyped method's, aro apt to become servants of forms, instead of being their master, and, if the forms aro held to be of a pendo-Persian type, the school is led to think that forms aro of primary impor- tance. A frequent variation of the forms of work will help the S. S. worker to shake off all forms, which begin to chry abalizs about him, and will teach the noholare that forms are but a secondary matter. A S. S. ought not to be made to run like a railroad brain, in a fixed track ; it ought to have latitude in its path, like a living team on a publio roar]. A S. S. having such latitude as to the use of its forms, must resort to a frequent varia- tion of them, in order to avoid gutting into ruts. In Germany the highways are kept clear of ruts, and the roads are kept smooth by causing the teams, through obsbaolss planed in the old track, to keep shifting their track from ono Dido of the road to rho other. Variety in the methods of conducting a wheel and teaching classes will but odd to the in. Wrest and attraotivsness of the eohool. Variety, in fact, is not only the spice of life, but the produob of life, Life is not bond to stereotyped uniformity, and where the Spirit of the Lord is thorn is liberty. 2. By a constant remembrance of the important object of our work, kisre formalism is avoided in secular work by a constant remembrance of tho object for which the formalities are practised. Ahem formality don't snit ns at all in scattier life. The mediae!, military or law 'Auden can barely await the time When he arm step out of rho formality of preparatory work into rho reel contest of praotibol life. Wo cannot bear the idea of pleading or fighting, without pleading or lighting for sumo purpose. We want to a,aoomplish something. Everyone in his worldly avocation keeps tbo objoob of his work constantlybefore hie mind, and i hence no part of t gets to bo merely formal. Our work iu tbo S. S. is the most important in oxisteneo. Spiritual work thrones in importance ovary other wotk in this world, We aro helping bo shape the eternal dostitnies 0f immortal songs. A constant remembrance of this Net ought to keep us from drifting into nmere formality. Carlyle says, "Then is something of divineness in all true week, were it but true !tend labor," but from the biblical standpoint we moat gay no work i0 se divine and ae eternal se Lha Tho Duo D'Orlbans will bo pardoned. The Los Angeles River, in California, has ohnnged its course, and caused $760,- 000 760,000 damage by the consequent inunda. tion. A. Walton, clerk in tem Pacific Ex. press Co's office at Dallas, Texas, is re- ported to have skipped with a $55,000 package of greenbacks. Massanhusetts has sent 240 petitions to Congress praying that the exportation nt intoxicating liquors from the United Status to Africa bo stopped. There is little doubt that thopassougor steamer Dunburg, with her 400 Chinese passougero and crew, foundered in the repent typhoon in the China Sea. Mrs, Patrick Callaghan, of 'Thomas - town, Mich., was given chloroform while a doctor sob a (Repined thumb, and died without regaining coneeionsness. The motion in the Manitoba Logiela• turo to tenure the Government for aeae- ing to print The Gazette in French and Englioh was voted down, Eleven Op• posibiopists supported it. Lord Salisbury, in the Home of Lords Tuesday, defended the Government's treatment of Portugal. 13e said strong meaatree were required to prevene Qom. plioabions and bloodshed. Corbotb, of San Eranoieso, heated Kit. ram in ehx rounds at New Orlon on Monday night. Bahrain agreed th knook Corbett ant in six monde for a purse of nor C500, cc)rrhettt almr.foughb Tilraiu at ethe very panni, THE FRANCHISE ACT, An Mote speech my Dr. eseeneaald on The tt�,1'stlee. Dr. Macdonald (Hur'on.) Before the vote 1e taken, 1 beg leave to engage the attention of the House fora short time to express my opinion on a question that has been handled so ably by old parlia- mentarians, arlia- n i 7 but I feel it myduty to ex. m ntana is o Y andter m sae t0 this House the country prY Y opinion on the workings of this Art. The hon. the Secretory of State, in his very eloquent and tensible address -se, statist at the outset that nothing new was ad duced in the arguments on thin side of the Houso. Ife must know that although there are no now arguments, there are plenty of old ones to be urged and preen- ed home until hon, gentlemen opposite are induced to grunt a repeal of this Act, which I believe the majority of the people of this country are anxious to have. But almost in tiro next sentence the hon. Sooretary on this side was different from the line of argument pur- sued four years ago. If so, something new must have been said. Therefore, I think he hardly considered that point be- fore he expressed himself as he did, The hon. Secretary of State appears to have spoken on thi' question wholly and en. tirely from a Quebec standpoint. It ap- peal to me that he has a orow to pick with two hon, gentlemen, one of whom is present iu this House, and the other in the Legislature of Quebec. He appears to combat the arguments of the hon. leader of the Opposition and the Hon, Honore Mercier in regard to certain views promulgated by them. But those things do not 000050u us who live in the west. We have a right to discuss this measure, front an Ontario standpoint that I present my arguments to -day. I believe an injustice is done to the Pro- vince of Ontario by this Franchise Aot, In the first place, itis unjust to Ontario because it admits au illiberal priooiple. We were told last night by the hon. Minister of Public Works that, in his opinion, this Act was very liberal. He said that from a Quebec standpoint ; and not one single hon. member from the Province of Ontario who sits behind him has the moral courage to stand up and speak on behalf of the people he repre. imolai. You know, Sir, that both parties in the Province of Ontario are in favor of manhood suffrage. Two yang ago the leader of the Conservative party in Mut Ontario Legislature moved a resolu- tion in favor of the Government extend - lug manhood suLrage to the young mer of that Province, and he was supported in doing so by every Conservative mem• her of the Hoose ; and although the Government at that time did not accept the resolution, only two years passed when the Reform party of Ontario en. awed a law giving to every young man of the ago of 21 years and over the right to vote ; and both parties in the Legisla- ture voted unanimously in favor of that Act. Now, Sir, wo have in this House a largo number of members sitting; be- hind the Government, from the Province of Ontario, and not one of them has put forth a plea for the young men who en- gaged so natively in their elections and brought out the voters, or asked for them the franchise. As the Dominion Fran- chise dot does not extend drat privilege to theyoungmon of Ontario, we have a right to demand of the Government that the Act should be repealed, in order that the privilege should be extended to them by the more liberal and more progressive Government of Ontario. Now, hoof do the young men of Ontario argue in re- gard to this matter ? They argue in this way : We are using every year articles upon which duties are imposed, and, therefore, we contribute to the Dominion revenue ; we therefore, should have a voice iu the administration of affairs at Ottawa and in seeing how these moneys are expended ; but this right is denied us by the Dominion Government, and if this Act is repealed, the Ad of the On- tario Legislature will plane us iu a poet. lion to vote for members of the Dominion Parliament to look after our interests at Ottawa. Again they argue in this way : We have an interest in the public domain of this country. Tho older people have entered upon their inheritance, but we have not yet entered upon oars ; wo are standing at the very threshold of our manhood, and should have a voice in the managomeut of that public domain which is being frittered away by the Ottawa Government. Many have point- ed out to me a few foots to show how this great inheritance is being liesipated. One gentleman, for inetanoe, who sibs in Parliament, received sixty square miles for 3260, and realized for it $200,000. Another hon. gentleman, who site on the Treasury banns, received a grant of land for $210, and the parties into whose brands it went realized on it $50,000 or Hmer's Islaud,00, There rwhiohwas solder fora $7,f o 500 to private individuals, who after• wards resold it for $060,000, thus realiz. iog n fortune out of the inheritance that properly belongs to the young men of this country. And the Government at Ottawa, under the Dominion Franchise hat, refuses to grant to on young amen the privilege of voting, refuses them tho right of sending men to Ottawa to look after their interests and protect the pub• liodomain, whish is their inheritance and on which they have rot yet entered. These y oong mon say also : We have a right to vote for Dominion members, be. caus0 if any disturbance mine anywhere in this oountry, it is we who aro expect• ed to'shoulder mine and bear the brunt of battle ; and they poiob to the rebellion of 1886, brought abort by the malad- mieisbration of tilde Government, brought about by the nogleet of their duties to. wattle the Retie of the North -Nest, and they ask : Who were the mon, when that rebellion broke out, who left bteie farm- yard(' and their workehops, and their schools, to fight Canada's babtlee in the North-west, and restore to tbie country the harmOny we tow enjoy ? If the Gov. ernm001, they say, can shake war and fordo us into fighting their battles, we .nmaud the right to have a roma in sending men to .Parliament to et,. ego 11 our intends. They ask also, and with much force, for it is an important mats ter : Give ns a chance, upon the mer}' threshold of manhood, to take our share in the affairs of the country, and you will thereby cultivate arm+ng US a nation• al spirit ; but if you deny us what the United States grant their young men, we will as many have done, go to the United States, where the full privileges of Citi• zonship will be conferred upon us, and we will bo able to tike our art 1 it 1 of in P ofe r whose in the destinies th cones wit st g Y wealth and strength we are buiidiug up Refuse to Canadian young men pt ivi. leges which nthw• conutrfes grout them, and they will cerdainly go Its many have gone. The hn. the Secretary of State says it is n t necessary to revise 'hese li is eve,y year, and he gave ns as in- stance his own Province, where, he said, very few oh,rnges were taking place, and were the lists revised m one year they would do several years without change. Let me mention to him a fact in disproof of that statement, A newspaper fu his Province, called La Justice, stated that during the election in Rimonski, it was found that 850 heads of families, who were on the lists in 1886, had disappear- ed, and they had not disappeared to take op homes in other parts of the Pro- vince, bus they bad gone to the United States, where they can enjoy those privi. leges width Lower Canada ream to grant her young men. In the small pariah of St. Matthew, of 200 names on the list, 48 had gone to the United States since 1888, showing conclusively that the people of Lower Canada aro moving, and as those who take their places are not added to the lists, the lists consequently are very inaccurate. Another reason I would press in favor of the repeal of the Act is its cumbersome- ness. It regaires, as anybody who known anything of its working knows, a great deal of machinery to operate it. It re- quires revising officers, clerks, bailiffs, lawyers, and I do not know how many other ofHciais to revise these lists ; and I appeal in all soberness to every Con- servative member, who has bad any. thing to do with the revision, if it has not been very expensive to rho people, as well as expensive to the Government. We have lawyers' fees to pay and clerks' fees ; appellants' fees and witnesses' fees, summonses to serve, registration, postage and many other sources of ex- penditure, which weigh very heavily up- on those interested in the recitation ; and when you add those expenses to the ex- penses incurred by the Government, you will find that this Act is a most expensive piece of machinery, which is not ter all necessary. We used the other line for seventeen long years. Was there any agitation from toy part of the country in favor of a new method ? No. Did hon. members urge anon the Govern. ment the necessity of establishing a Do. minion Franchise ? Not tor a11. Did he people hold meetings and pass resell tions in favor of any change ? No. \Ver., there any delegations mit to Ottawa t:m interview the Ministers concerning it ? No. There was no move on the part of the people in any direction Every county and every province, Conservative and Reform, was perfectly satisfied with the system followed during those seven. teen years. I hold that the expenditure of 8100,000 or $500,O00 for each revision is absolutely unnecessary, and that the Act therefore should be repealed. An- other good reason for its repeal, and a very importanb one, is the question of expense. There has been some discussion with regard to the amount of the ex. penes. I have go00 carefully over the Auditor General's Report and after add- ing the different items carefully to- gether, I find the expense of the first list amounts to 3402,625. Let me give you a few figures with regard to the expense in my own county and if each hon. member would give the expenses in his own county wo could tell closer the aggregate expenditure. In our county, according to the Government reports, 38,001 for the one revision. If you will add to that $7,000 for the second ravfefon, you will find $15,064 for the two revisions, and if you will add the expenses entitled upon the two parties fighting the lists through the various courts, you will get nearly $20,000 of expenditure in one solitary county, divided into throe ridings. Ac- oording to rho population in my county there woald be uo less than 27 cents per man, woman and child in the county, for the two revisions, and there was only one election under the two revisions ; so that it coat 31.19 for every voter who was pined upon the list, the number of voters being I5,363. It oom08 to a cost of $181 for every voter who polled hie vote at the last election, the number being 11,- 220. If that is not an expensive method for this county to adopt, I should like to boar sumo explanation why it is not. I would ask hon. gentlemen opposite, apart from their own political leanings, apart from their interests here, but in the in- terest of their oountry, in the interest of their constituency, in bbo interest of themselves individually, if that is not boo muoh expense to entail upon the people of this country, and that for a law whioh is absolutely tnmocessap'y for the promotion of the public business. That cosh comes to $2,30 on every farm in the Comity of Huron, and, as that county is largely agrionitnral,, you coy say it: amounts to a Lax of at least 32 on every farmer. I out almost sorry that my friends battled so nobly as they did in 1885, when they fought hero for six or seven weeks, night and day, with a do termination, a vim, and, ehall I say a valor, in the intend of the country, which has never boon garpassed, If tboy had allowed that inonebreoity of a Bill to pass in the shape in which it was first introduced I believe the people of the oonntry would liave risen in their might and would have swept it away from the St:auto book long before this. Rut, aot.ing in the listeroete of the country, they gave to barn eoalibry a Hill which was butter and more acceptable than if they had felled in their apposition. The Secretary of State to -day admitted that the fl"hbing of the Opposition at that time boa verified the Bill and made it hotter, That the revising ofiioers being "0:leatyner 0.2 rat1E 4,.