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Ianifesto
To the Electorsof the Province of
Ontario.-
The Executive. )ommittee of the
Ontario ,Manch "of the Dominion Alli-
ance desires, at this critical juncture
to place 'before you frankly and fairly'
the present position of the temperance
question in relation to the approach-
ing General Election
The principle of prohibition as a rem
edy for the evils of the liquor traffic
has three times been affirmed by large!
u im:ities in this Province, Municipal
prohibition has served a very distinct
and useful place in the .evolution of
the reform, so that 63 per cent. of the
municipalities are now underloral' pro -
Whitton. One hundred and thirteeu
other municipalities, moat of them
incorporated cities, teens and villages
have given majorities in favor of pro.
htbition.' Mit have failed • to register
the necessary 60 per cent vote.
The steady educational work of the
Churches, the discussion and presents-
tion of facte in connection- with local
option campaigns, and the awakening.
of the industrial, commercial, and
scientific weld to the econen>.ic waste
and physical destructiveness of the
liquor; traffic and the drink habit have'
created a body of public sentiment
whim calls for a distinct advance in
the matter of legislation.
The unanimous vote of many large
non-partisan conventions and Church
courts has called
upon the Le fslatare
P g
to lessen these cruel evils byat least
wiping out the barroom. thdrinking I
club, and the whole treating system.
In accordance with this sound
and patriotic policy we urge upon
the friends of our cause the duty
of doing their utmost to secure the
nomination and election of men
who will fairly represent the peo-
ple upon this supreme issue.
We urge all right thinking citi-
zens to put their temperance prin-
cipals before any mere party
preferences in the approaching
contest, and vote only tor candi-
dates who can be relied upon to
support the most advanced meas-
ure brought before the Legisla-
ure,
If, as we believe, this question is the
most important before the electors of
the Province, a question that has long
pressed for solution, if it is true that
wise and enlightened leaders in all
departments of commercial. industrial
and national life are becoming increas-
ingly anxious to destroy the : great
destroyer, we feel justified in asking
all who love their country and care for
the highest interest of their fellowmen
to rise, if necessary, above party
preference and affiliations, and insist
that their representatives shalt be
untrammelled in their relation to this
issue.
Ministers and members of the Chris•
tion churches! The people of this Pro-
vince have read and approved of the
resolutions adopted from time to time
by great ecclesiastical gatherings, and
they look to you for Leadership in this
great canapnign,
Electors of the Province! You have
in vour own hand the remedy for the
conditions you deplore. This is a fight
in which an alliance of the Christian
churches of our land can defeat the
sordid and solidly united feces that
support the liquor traffic.
Will you act as independently fon
the fight as the liquor interests dofor
their own selfish ends? If you do, the
next Legislature will
ABOLISH THE BARROOM
Signed on behalf of the Executive
Canon R. W. L. Greene, President.
Ben H. Spence, Secretary.
PASSED THRO'IU:'GII CLINTON
London division safety first com
mittee of the Grand Trunk paid a
visit to Clinton on 'Wednesday en
route to Goderich. The comer ttee
is on tour of inspection of the
district.
LOST HIS DOG.
Last Sunday Mr. Si Davie lost
his little brown spaniel aftera week-
sickness,
eeksickness, The dog had 'been shot 'a
week ago by someone who had no
manhood about him to destroy a
small dog the one Mr. Davis own-
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ter and Some Replies
The following' ,letter was sent by
Mr. J. A. Irwin, Secretary of the
Huron County Temperance Asso-
ri>lat.on, to Dr. '?ia.cklin and Wm.
Proudfoot, cat' lidatee for Centre
Huron ; A,11 M isgrove, �jringham,
and J. G. Anderson, Lucknow, can-
didates for NOV Huron; and to E.
Zeller, Zurich, abd. 'H. Knee, Credi-
ton, cand,;dates for South Huron,
and the replies rece:!ved are given
belowl—
Clinton, June 2nd, 1914
Dear Sir -Will you he good en-
ough to write niel by 'return ,ma:d,
stating as clearly as ,you (third:
right, your position in regard to
the provincial dspect of the tesm-
perance question In Ontario, alar
partikularly what your position', if
elected to the ' Leg:lila gine, will
be in respect to'the ,enacyment of
legislation in harmony with the
Alliance principles and policy?
May I quote for your guidance
in
framing your reply .the follow-
ing'claases lin,tie constitution of
the Alliance.
The purposes of !the society are
as followa,—Ta call forth and di-
vert
irest an enlightened, public opiniai.i
to procure the total and immeci:ate
suppression of the traffic in all in-
toxi1catbng liquors and beverages.
and to unite alr churches and tem -
!Mance and moral yeform organ-
zat:ons inNidicious effort for the
attainment of this end. t I
With this object in view the Alli
ance shall work for the enactment I
and enforcement of all ava:lable i
prohibitions and, limitations of the
iquor traffic, and the election to
all legislative and executive po
itbcalnpositions of representatives
who are known avowed antitrust -
worthy supporters of the princi-
ples and methods of the Alliance,
May I also quote the political
)latform of the Alliance, as !adopt-
ed at sooceecling convent5o.ns,
which may be su.ninier:zed as fol-
owe,—
The abolition of the public bar
the treating system and drinking
in clubs, and the imposing upon
the liquor traffic of such other
restrictions as shall most effectu-
ally curtail the operation and 'rem-
edy its evils.
remedyits'evils. That the adyocacy of
anything short of the foregoing.
platform cannot be • looked upon as
sufficient to entitle any eaodidate
to the support of temperance elec
tore,
Thenkiing. you in • advance for
coinpl'iance with our request herein
contained, and with best wishes,
I am, -yours sincerely,
J, A; IRWIN,i
MR: PROUDF0OT'S REPLY:'
Godciich, June 8th, '14
J 'A, Irwie,, Esq,,e
Setretary !Alliance,
.C1i!ntoe, Ont„'
Dear Sirs-Owbng tSi'rny absence
from town I did not receive your
letter of the 4th .until , this am,
expla5s delay in;apswering,1
By my votes, speeches and ,actions 1
in ,the Legislature I thought rpy.l
;position on the temperance ques-
tion was so well understood as to
be unnecessary to re -state it', I
am, however, quite wiilling todo so
"I am in favor of the abolition
of the public bar, the trealiing,
system, and drinking -in clubs, and.
the imposing'.upon the liquor
traffic of such ether restrictions as
shall most . effectually curtail the
operation and remedy,lits evils,”
I am also of the opin•lon that
what we should strive for.ie ab-
solute pr,lrih5 ion This can only
be, obtained by electing men to the
House of Commons who will vote
for such legislation,
Yours sincerely,
W. FROIhDFOOT
MR. ZBLLER'S' REPLY..
Auricle; June 5th, 19,14
J. IA. IrwRn, ";Clinton,
Dear Sir.—Yours of' the 4thsinst
to hand and contents Igarefully
noted. When I accepted the nom-
ination at the Lands of my fellow
Liberals, to contest South Huron
in their interests, I pledged my-
self to support the temperance
policy of our leader, and which
policy is ;almost identical with the
one quoted inyour letter, as be-
ing the policy of the temperance
party. I: publicly pledged myself
to the./ :perance committee on
the el .of oui�convereti,on at
Hens..., knowing before hand that
I would lose the support of many
anti -temperance Liberals, especial-
ly in Imy home municipality. I
also reserved the right to support
more advanced temperance legisla-
tion if brought forward, by the
Conservatives, or any other party
and I do not think any of my
temperance Liberal friends have
found any fault for any doing 'so.
You have probably read any reply
to the editor of tlbe News -;Record
of your town, which appears in the
weekly newspapers jlthis week),
and from which you will be able
to judge whether my'stand. on this
great questioqn is manly and
etealght to lithd point, or. not. I
hope I ,have made myr stand clear
to you, and, that on the evening of
the 29th we .may be able to john
hands in celebrating a great vic-
tory for the united temperance
forces of South Huron and of the
Proesinsce,
Yours sin'cerel'y,
E, ZELLIR
MR, ANDERSON'S REPLY
Lucknow, Ont., June Oih, 1014
Mr. J, A. Irwin, Clinton, Ont„
Dear Sir ; -Replying to your favor of
the 4th inse.. permit me to say that my
votes in the Legislature for the past
three sessions epealc for themselves, 1'
hoe e supported every measure or pro-
ptiaal which has been made that had
n
th•� sa reseio.n f the
for its object pp
Liquor Traffic. I night enumerate
some of them -•1 have on three oc-
casions supported Mr. Rowell's resole.
tion }which to me is identical with the.
platform of the Alliance. 1 have vrted
for the closi"g of the Bars and shops
on all public holidays. I have voted
for the closing of all Bars and Liquor
shops from one o'clock on Saturdays
until o'clnrk on Monday morning, 1
have supported an amendment to the
License law extending the LocalOption
principal to include county boundaries.'
11 I aro elected I am, prepared to sup-
port any measure for the suppression
of the traffic no matter from which
side they may some.
My opponent has opposed all the
above attempts to minimize the evils
of, the liquor traffic, and yet many
Conservatives who call themselves ar-
dent temperance men say that he is
ju.t as good or Netter temperance hnan
than I am.
Yours truly.
J. G. ANDERSON.
MR, EILBER'S REPLY.
Crediton, Oat„ Juno lltb, 1014:
Mr. J. A. Irwin,
Secretary of the Dominion Alliance,
Clinton, Ont,
Dear Sir, -1 am in receipt of your
4thinst. In reply thereto
letter of the me . p
I reg to state that since my entry into
public life in 1595, I bavenever pledged
myself to any indieidual or party as to
any action I might take upon matters
of legislation before Parliament, re-
serving to myself the right to vote up-
on questions as they present them-
selves, as I believe in the best interests
of the electors of South Huron. As to
temperance • legislation, I enclose the
policy of my 'Honourable leader, Sir
James P. Whitney, :which is, well ex-'
pressedrin •the manifesto recently pub-
lished, and
ublisbed,'and appeared in the public Rtress'
of the Province( cdlty enclosed) and it
mast be knownto yourself and the
Alliance of the County of Huron.
Believe me, I am,
Yours truly.
HENRY EILBER.
MR{. MACCKLIN'S REPLY,
(Goderich, June Pith, 1914
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Mr. J A. Irwin, Clinton
Dear Sir—Your letter sets forth
the reforms in Temperance Legis-'
lotion of wh5ch the Dominion Alli-
ance appro hes.' 1 Pm ,heartily :nn
sympathy with the reforms enu-
merated. I favor the methods of
the Whitney Government for fur-
thering 'these measures and I Iam.
also in favor of continuing to im-
prove the law until prohibition be-
comes complete.
Yours Truly
A. I11, MACKLIN
Have you lightning rods on your
buildings?
Is tlhe,prote,ttive policy the best'
thing for Cnada?
Dominion Election till likely
'take place next Fall..
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W'ho coaxed McKenzie and Mann
to build tha Canada Northern :Sal -
way ?
Sa 1 -way?
We make no Ictarge for this hot
weather advice ,-Cloths( i`glrtly,
eat sparingly, (and :,drink water.
freely.
Mexician affairs are still tied up
with many old tame theories of Gov
ernment. The fellow who pose as
Patriots arel (t selfish, ,grasping
and tyrannical to play the part)
If the barlgsh'ng the bar is a
good thing, for Huron County why
should it not be better for the
Province v of
Ontar
o?h
T ere is no
patch wore. legislation about that.
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Huron County could take a point-
er from Lam,bton :when the apple
and peach orchards are piling up
the bank aced -tint of hundreds of
farmers who are determined to
make a,thorough test,
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Proudfoot, Anderson and Zeller.
with M,P,P. affixed to their names
would look all right after the 29th.
It would be ,nothing new to the
first and second mentioned, and
Bro. Zeller would soon get used
to it.
Toronto city will increases its
representatives in the 'Dominion
Parliament front 4 to 8 bythe re-
distribution measure. There's room
for corrective legislation in such
oases and somebody should snake
it has business to introduce it.
The people can go crazy out coal
oil as well; as over real estate, is
proven by some of the Calgary
movement Sometimes the de-
scent is just as rapid in the former
as in the latter. Greasing tthe
grade makes it ,all the easier to go
down hill,
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13y the redistribution ;meastire
Ontario loses four. seats 5n the Do-
minion Parliament, !the counties
dropping a member being (Grey,
Huron, Middlesex and Kent. Num-
ber of members will be 'increased
by 13 -and, the House will stand at '
234 instead of '.221, the increases
given to ,the West,
Should a Provincial flection be
held oftener than every four years?
This is a question many electors
are asking just now, The Cone.
stn utiion should curd compel Parlia-
ments to live out their term ..and
Mr, Rowell Coming,
Will Address a Meeting
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Here . at 4 o'clock next
Wednesday Afternoon
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Mr. N. W. 1owell, the Lib-
eral Leader, will address a
public meeting in . the Town
Hall, next Wednesday after-
noon, at 4 o'clock sharp. Mr,
Rowell speaks at Exeter at
8.3o, and motors to Clinton,
and then on to Wingharn for
a ni ht meeting. This will
be Mr. Rowell's first appear-
ance in Clinton, and everyone
interested in his campaign of
"Abolish the Bar" should be
present. l he Liberal Candi
date, Mr. W, Proudfoot, will
also address the meeting,
Mark down the date, Wed
nesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock
See Announcement on page
GOD SAVE THE, KING
atom ents,
tot incur expense to secure'eatc1a
verdilets. "It is needless e,x, ppl nse
and should not be allowed." •
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It is said a Woodstock Board of
'Health Inspector, on his rounds,
discovered in a house -with, a big
family, a ben or two attendiing, tin
business in the indubation ine, out
nests under the bed, We .+have. •
heard of communities where the
ping -and the colo were thomates of.
the home but adding the hen! and .
c1/ck.ens: ?!s lalmost too much? do-
ijneatlir.ity,
C'h'urch Un9on tis run9tinilg' the
gauntlet at various religious As-
semblies of various denominjttions
and piling, up majorities whenever
a vote is called ,for. It lookir to is
as if the opposition were more
fsentimental than (Lrnytfriing ,else.
The cause will not suffer by Ws -
mission if people do not weary ` fn -
hearing the warmed-over objections
to the unions,
Pre
Mier ler Rob` Ln stands a good
chance, o, ,sitting on. the left hand
of the Speaker in (the next. Mani-
toba Legislature, Election ;will
come ,off in July. 'Some • out-
rageous things have (been per-
mitted by the Government( and
many are hoping to turn the ta-
bles. Too free a -rand is' often a
disadvantage to a Government as
they are apt to !think :ilhey own '
the country, ,
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That "skimpy chicken" appears
to be stretching its wings and will
give a good account of itself on
June 29th, There may be some-
thing to +crony over, too. N. W.
Rowell can afford to smile at the
attempts eio beliiitle hire and ;his
work by the Conservative speak-
ers and the press, but he is big
enough for the job of being Pre-
mier of the Province of_ Ontario,
and will fill the position well
Toronto Wo}rld .tConservative),
w hose editor ''+s an 11I.P., says
"Sir James has promised to eoxr
tinue hes present policies, and Mr.
Rowell promises to ,abolish the
bar, and institute "'f,ax reform,"The
Qsitive factor an Mr. Rowell's
platform will, with many people,
outweigh the Premier's honorable
and progressive past," No One
will accuse "Billy" McLean of pre-
judice or any desire to "boost"
Mr, Rowell, but we guess :he is not
far out on his opinion.
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Humane Societies of Ontario are
after people who ship poultry cn
crowded crate3. The new regula-
kilens make sides, ends and tops
of orates of slats, ,ab least 11-2 "
inches apart, protected by wire
netting-, For chickens and ducks
crates must be 12 inches and not
more than 19 inches in height, not
more than 39 inches in width and
48 inches in length. Inspection
may be tnacie pt shipping or
trans -shipping points or at desti-
ration, and violators of the regu-
lations brought to book,
Returnii gr Officer Wesley Bea-
com has a posted up the Proclamat-
ions for the Ontario Elections in '
Centre Huron, Nomination twill
take place in Cardno's Hail, Sea -
forth, on the 22nd inst., between
the hours of 12 to 2. Polling clay
W ill be, Monday, Jane 29t1i. A
week and a half and the deed will
be done for another (term; 1y-
Proudfoot will, no doubt, be the
M. P. P. for this riding and we look
for some doings intheNorth and,
Sough ridings also. Nothing counts
like ballots on the 29th, hence we
urge
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the '+
polling, g, of every 'leg:;•ti~
mate vote. Don't gust to ,the
story of the big majority as it avill
only be big by( a hustle at' the.
polls.
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London Free Press and the 'Strat-
ford Herald deplores the clanger der of
working politics into the , church
Conferences over the Teemperance
question. If, theywere more;aanx-
moll
s forty
the success
of the
Tem-
perance cause and less desirous of
giving a black eye to N. W.RowelL
their advice would be received
with larger favor. This fact was
apparent by the tidy majority at
the recent ,Methodist{ Conference
in carnia, who staid by 'the 'Tem
peilanee Committee's xepox;t; eyed '
gave credit where credit was 'drnc,
despite a des:we to tomahawk tine
leader of the Opposition, for po-
litical pirp ryes The cut and dried
little ruses failed to accomplish the
object of its promoters, and may
teach a lesson of fairness and
brotherliness, to those .who oppos-
ed the resolution frown a committee..
appointed without knowledge of
)'v hat their political 'faith was,