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The best thing we have seen in the
papers lately is that the Navajo.In-
dian Council has expelled from the
tribe ex -Mayor Walker of New York
and several Hollywood actors and
actresses. The big chiefs indicated
that they are "fed up on white men
who get adopted into the tribe and
then go about boasting that they are
Indians." It was just such things
that !brought the granting of titles
in Canada into disrepute at one time.
The Indians, however, must admit'
that they were careless in their se-
lection even as the paleface is at
times careless in his distribution of
honors. They will, we hope; be
more discriminating in future.
Give a man dictatorial power and
he is sure to carry it to extremes,
like Hitler who decrees that to make
jests at him and his government is
verboten. Thus does he remove ane
of the bulwarks of freedom. Demo-
cracy is gone once you take away
from the electors the privilege of
making fun of those they elect.
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There is no doubt, no shadow of
doubt, no possible doubt whatever
that the Greek authorities tried to
prevent Insull from getting out the
way he did but a friend suggests
they should have engaged Dr. 'Ban -
ting to keep Insull in.
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Although he is .being given a free
hand, signs are not wanting that Mr.
Roosevelt does not carry with him
the approval of many sane and saga-
cious Democrats as well as Republi-
cans. We cannot see why he should.
His policy is the very opposite to
that which a prudent but distressed
individual would adopt. That indi-
vidual would not think fora moment
that he could improve his financial
position by issuing more notes of
hand.
By the hocus-pocus of increasing
the value of gold and decreasing the
value of the dollar the President has
of course, a means of "making
money" that the individual does net
possess, but that is only a flea -bite
as compared with the total commit-
ments. His policy, too, is directly
contrary to the national policy pur-
sued by the government of Great
Britain which is the same as that of
the prudent but distressed individual
aforesaid.
Veteran bonus -seekers in the Uni-
ted States argue that if they are giv-
en two billion dollars it will start a
buying campaign that will be irre-
sistible. 1t would be better still if
they stole the money. The buying
power would be greater because there
would be no increase In paper money
and therefore no decrease in its
purchasing power.
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Canadian finances should be in such
liquid state that when bankers say
they will advance sixty millions to
the C. P. R. Co. if the government
will guarantee the loan, the govern-
ment can say "No, but if you will
guarantee the 'ban we'll advance the
money."
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• We are not to have lotteries in
Canada countenanced by government
except those that centre around a
hole or prospective hole in the ground
from which spring several million
shares to be sold and resold to the
public.
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If the N.R.A. was advantageous to
any class it was to labor and it was
rather shabby of the automotive
workers to throw monkey -wrenches
into the gearing by threatening to
strike just when their industry was
getting on its feet again. Mr. Roose-
velt has been criticized for insisting
upon fair hours and wages and it
must have given him a shock to think
that his recovery programme was
menaced by labor leaders demanding
the recognition of their unions. A
strike would have closed the Ford
plants where the minimum wage is
five dollars a day
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John Wilkes, the Radical agitator
who caused riots in England over a
century ago had the audacity after-
wards to tell King George III that
he (Wilkes) had never been a Wilk-
ite. The Wilkites went farther than
Wilkes wanted to go but that was
Wilkes' own fault as well as theirs.
Ramsay McDonald and J. S. Woods -
worth have experienced the same dif-
ficulty as Wilkes, but it is better to
fight it than do what Banton did at
the time of the French revolution,
When he was asked to curb the ex-
cesses of the Parisian mobs, he said
"I ani their leader and I must follow
them."
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It was a wise provision of the
waterways treaty that it should not
be submitted to the parliament of
Canada until after it was ratified by
the U.S. Senate. Whoever inserted
that provision knew his U.S. Senate.
Mr. Roosevelt did his best to carry
the treaty negotiated by his Republi-
can predecessor and approved by
himself, but he failed. He will now
try to carry through an amended
treaty, a more difficult task, for the
treaty as amended must have the
sanction of the Canadian government
and also the approval of a certain
number of Republican Senators, who
may not be so willing to support it
as they were willing to support the
one negotiated by Mr. Hoover.
What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nin a es
DO YOU REMEMBER WILT HAPPENED DURING Tian LAST DE-
CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?
From The News -Record, Mar. 28th,
1894:
Game Warden John Curry of God-
erich township was in town last
Thursday. His visit was of an offP
sial character ... Although the sea-
son will not be in until September,
wild duck shooting has been going
on in Hullett. Those who have been
violating game regulations should
take warning.
There is good sleighing several
miles out of Clinton, more snow on
fact than north or south of here.
At the Young Peoples' Association
convention held in London last week
Mr. A. J. Cooper was elected a mem-
ber of the Junior Work Committee
and Miss Washington a member of
the Missionary Committee. Both
were from Clinton,
Tfolmesville: A large number of
the members of the Methodist church
rmet Friday evening for the purpose
of expressing in some tangible way
their appreciation of the services
rendered by some members of the
choir. To Mr. E. C. Potter, prior to
his removal to Porter's Hill and to
Mies Elsie Pickard who has served
faithfully and well as organist in the
church for many years . An ad-
dress was read by Rev. E. A. Fear,
accompanied (by a handsome gold
watch, presented by Mr. E. Acheson,
to Miss Pickard ... And an address,
accompanied by a comfortable easy
chair, presented to Mr. Potter and
also a chair to Mrs. Potter., Mr. E.
N. Jervis read ,he address to Mr.
Potter and Mr. Lobb made the pre-
sentation,
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From The New Era, Mar. 30th, 1894:
The town safe still remains locked
and all efforts to open it have been
in vain; it is not unlikely that an
expert will have to be sent for in or-
der to get it open.
Referring to the drama, "Trouble-
some Times in Ireland," rendered in
Goderieh on St, Patrick's Day, the
Goderich Star speaks of a well-known
Glintonian as follows: "Capt. Torr
Ranee of Clinton had a somewhat
difficult and rather unpleasant task
to perform in the character of Capt.
Hawkins, the bad .man who makes
all the trouble between the young.
lovers and was an altogether unlikely
specimen of a British officer."
lHolmesvilie: The young people of
the Methodist church formed an
Epworth League on Wednesday night
after the prayer meeting. They
elected F. C. Elford president and'.
arranged for the election of the re-
maining officers at the next weekly
prayer meeting.
Hullett Township:—Elsewhere in
this issue will be found a bylaw re-
lating to the Kinburn Swamp Drain,
the provisions of which relate to
some work that is of great impor-
tanee to some sections of Hullett
Township.
WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY
WAS YOUNG
From The News -Record, Apr, 1st,
1909:'
Mr. John Ransford has been ap-
pointed uptown ticket went for the
C. T. R., succeeding Mr. F. R. Hod -
gene, who resigned sametime ago,
Mr. Vanatter of the Star and Mr.
W. McLean of the Expositor were in
town on Fgiday' evening last attend-
ing the banquet to Messrs. F. R.
Hodgens and Robt. Holmes.
Mr.. James Stevens and Mr. W. S.
R. Holmes will be the representatives
of the Ontario street church at the
big laymen's missionary convention
being held in Toronto this week.
Mr. Robert Holmes left for Toron-
to yesterday morning to take up his
duties there. The first 'two days of
the week he put in on editorial work
on the New Era.
The• North Dakota Magazine, pub-+
lished by the State Department of
Agriculture, has in its February num-
ber a photo and sketch of each mem-
ber of the State Senate and House of
Representatives. Included •among
the representatives is George C.
Laithwoite, son of Mr. James Leith -
wade now of Goderich, and brother,
in-law of Mr. T. T. Murphy .of C'hn.
ton, Mrs. Laithwaite being Mr. Mur-
phy's sister.
Names of the officers of the 33rd
Regiment:
Lieut -Col, Wilson, C.D.
Captains: H. B. Combe, H. T.
Rance, J. R. Vareoe, C. McPhail, W.
McVicar, H. C. Dunlop
'Lieutenants: J. C. Masson, H. K.
Jordan, W. J. Heaman, W. A. Pic-
kard, R. A. Wilson, W. J. R. Whiddon,
J. W. Manning, J. Dennison, F. R.
Rundle, C. E. Sale, A. Rougvie, L.
G. Parsons, C. E. Dowding, C. G.
Vanstone, B. C. Weir, R. H. Creech,
H. 0. .Sturdy, W. H. Robinson, W.
D. Turnbull, H. C. Washington, J. G.
Stanbury.
Adjutant: Capt W. 11 Gundry.
Quartermaster: Major M. D. Mc-
Taggart.
Medical Officers: Dr. J. W. Shaw,
Lieut. A. C. Hunter.
Paymaster: Major R. S. Hays.
Chaplain: Iron. Captain J. W. Hod -
gens.
The farmers in the eastern part of
Colbourne have been very much in-
convenienced by the breakdown of
the HolmesvilIe bridge for in order
to reach the Clinton market they have
been obliged to drive miles out of
their way. But they get here all the
501110.
At Tuesday evening's meeting of
the Oddfellows Mr. R. Holmes was
presented with a handsome society
pin.
On Wednesday of last week Miss
Hattie Rumball, youngest daughter
of Mr. Fred Rumbail of town, was
united in marriage to Mr. Earl A.
Nye, District Attorney of Moorefield,
Minnesota. The happy event took
place in New York City and Mr. and
Mrs. Nye are now honeymooning in
the Eastern States and will visit
Clinton before returning to Moore-
field.
While engaged in bowling on Mon-
day evening Mr. J. Taylor slipped
and in trying to save himself from
falling severely sprained his wrist,
which required the services of a doc-
tor.
On Friday night there passed into
rest one of the few remaining pion-
eers of Goderich township, in the
person of Mrs. John Rudd, the last
survivor of the old stock of the Ford
family, so prominent in the early
days of the township... The funeral
took place on Monday afternoon the
service at the home being conducted
by Revs. Jolliffe, Greene, Newcombe,
and Snowden. Among the relatives
and friends from a distance at the
funeral were Mrs. George Rumball,
Flint, Mich.; Miss Minnie Evans,
Minedosa, Man.; Frank Evans, Tor-
onto; Mrs. Berch, Caledonia; Frank
Rudd, Alma. The pallbearers were
J. 0, Laithwaite, H. Baker, J. A.
Ford, A. 3. Tyndall, W. H. Lobb and
Wm. Nesbitt.
The banquet tendered by the eiti,
zens to F. R. Hodgens and R. HoI
mss at the Hotel Normandie on
Thursday evening last was without
doubt the most sucecssful function of
the kind ever held, in Clinton.
In the big redunda was stationed
the citizens' band and an orchestra
which alternately played while the
menu was being discussed.
The most excellent chairman was
Mr, W. Jackson ... at his right and
Ieft sat the guests of the evening,
Mr. R. Holmes and Mr. F. R. •Hod -
gene.
The vice chair was occupied by Mr.
G. D. McTaggart, who carried
through half the program, his intro-
ductory remarks 'being neat, apt and
terse
Mr. Greame Cameron responded to
the toast to. Canada . . The toast to
Our Guests, coupled with the name
of Mr. Holmes, was proposed by
Mr. John Ransford in a humorous
speech in which he spoke of Mr.
Holmes as a self-madm man, a good
friend and an excellent citizen. Mr.
Holmes in reply made brief reference
to his early days in Clinton and to
the difficulties the family had to
encounter after his father had estab-
lished the paper with which the spea-
ker has now severed his connection.
He said he was leaving Clinton with.
great and •genuine regret but would
never forget the kindness he had ex,
perienced from citizens of the old
town.
Mr. Brydone proposed the toast to
Mr. Hodgens, alluding in neat terms
to their acquaintance of years and.
to the Loss the town would suffer by
his departure.
Mr. Hodgens said that he found it
hard to find words to express his
thanks for what had been done for
him . . . He did not know that he
could do better than to join in the
sentiments so well expressed by his
friend Mr; Holmes, and asked that
they accept as corning' from hini, also,
all that had been said in this regard.
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He parted from his many friends
with great regret,: and wished them
all happiness and prosperity.
The Learned Professions was cou-
pled with the names of Revs. Jolliffe
and Ken., Principals Gundry and
Hartley and Dr. Gunn.
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Canadian Polities was :proposed by
Dr. Shaw and responded' to by And-
row Porter and Wm.. Proudfoot, M.
L.A.,,Goderich;'and Thomas Fraser,
Stanley.
Ex -Mayor Hoover and Apple-Ring-
Cantelon responded to Our Business
Interests and'Mr, W. D. McLean et
Seaforth to The Press.
From The New Era, Apr. 1st, 1909:
Fred Chant is learning telegraph4
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