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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-03-18, Page 4' THE HURON EXPOSITOR- - March 18 1870. ?bticro0 The Official Paper of the gounty. FRIDAY MARCH, 18th 1870. OzT account of the heavy storms,. which have delayed the arrival of the trains_ and mails, from, every direction, our general, news is not up to so late a date as usual. It will, however, be Understood, of course,that we have no control. of the elements. •THE POSTAL SYSTEM. Of the various individual parts of ou public machinery, no one of them present more favorable features for a display o Iegielative ability, in reforming, than th Postal System. Apparently,lt is a matte e-hich hag engaged but a very inconsiderabl amount of attention from the powers that be, but its endless defeets cannot,; ibut be apparent to the most supetficial thinker on the subject For our . part, it has often been al matter of surprise, that the functions of such an ill -constructed and unnecessary etunbersome' concern, and wrought by such unjustly recompensed servants, are as well performed as they are. Beyond question, the reduction -of letter postage, two cents, was. a popular move • and, had it not been accompanied with a infest unrighteous compensation for that much abused part of the icomtaunity, post. masters, it would, likewise, be universally coneseded a move in advance; provided, all could have been done,' and left the Post Office Department nearly, or quite, a self- sustaining institution. Whether or not all those requisites were dwithin range, are r not teceseary considera tions for our present purpose. It is:sufficient, for us to know, that postage rates 'were very materially reduced, as were also post mast- erscompensations; and now Ab ill paid are those functionaries, that many are threw- ing up their positions, which are difficult to 'refill, with competent persons. And the number that have already resigned are • no comparison to those that will, if the Gov- ernment does not speedily redeem its, L al- ready broken, promise, made to post mast- ers, when they received their instructions regarding the aforementioned reductio in postage rates. This promise . was to jthe - - effect, that though, for the time being, their commission was to be the same proportion of the receipts as hitherto, arrangerx+ts would be completed, forthwith; which wdtild fully recompense .them for the, otherwise, loss, consequent upon the new postage rates. With:a measure of faith in the fidelity of . the promise, the majority, if not all. of them held on, notwithstanding the -fact that, those tellto heretofore had realized $500 'per year, now, only.realized $300; and positions, which up to the time ie question, hae. been 1 i \V 0 rth forty-five cents, were now only worth twenty-seven cents. But post masters,as well as other men, know that patience May eease to be a virtue ; and no mean bumber have concluded, that practiced to the length that it has been in the present ,case, it is a vice, indeed. • , During' the first Session', succeeding the reduetion in postal rates, Mr. Masson 1.en- quired, of the Governthent, in what 1 ay the promise, already alluded to, was to be redeemed, and in reply, he was inforn ed that, "it was under consideration,' and no more was heard of it during that Sessisn. At the next, to a similar enquiry, a I ke reply Was made. Another six months r 11 - ed around, and the matter was then un er the consideration of the Civil Service Com- mittee, so, at least, the interrigatoc was told. .Time passed, until te-o . have the Session of 1870, when, Sit John A. Mac- donald's attention being again called to this matter, he discovered, that a memorandum, on the subject,- handed hint by the P st Raster General, had been left in his poc er, at home. Alas ! "In his pocket at hom 1) -7 where, judging from present indications it is to remain the length of another term. It is a fact, that forces itself upon ev ry person, at all acquainted with the question, that the present Postel System is one, which only produces- ordinary results with the - maximttm amount of don ble,and so further arranged; that those, upon whom this trouble falls are, as a rule, remunerated in. a most inadequate manner. The system by which post masters are now paid, is. one. thi- at results in such injustic, that we do ot believe, one man could, ie all conscien -e, have the face to practice- it upon anoth r, in an undisguised manner. Without doubt the dilatory conduct. of the Government, in dealing with this mat- ter, is most reprehensible, no matter ofiupw little value might be what they shoiild have to offer ;- but to render the prese1nt Postal System anything like what it shoi4ld be, we are under -the impression, that it quires more radical treatment, than it would be apt to receive from the presetut administration. In the first place, pOst masters should be remunerated in a man- ner, far more equitable than that, which at present obtains. And, with such inequality, in the kinds of work to be performed in different Post Offices, on account of the peculiarities of our mail routes,it is beyond. tt question, that the only thing: which can come anywhere near securing this is, to Salery Post _Masters. It is manifestly ab - Hard that any man should have to make up, and receive, mails of a country, covered by a radius of from fifteen to forty miles, with- out reward of any kind, save- the responi- bility. And it is equally -unreasonable, that any pecson should be obligated to 1e. within call front daylight till dark, for the annual sum of forty cents, which is the _ -case with more than one rural post master. The Postal System also requires to be simplified. An important step in this di- rection would be the making of PreTarrtent by Stamps Imperative, in all cases, save in periodical productions, from the office of publication, which should be free of post- age altogether. Registration of 'letters, should also be effected by stamp payment. In the carrying out of these =suggestions, instead of the complicated reports, now necessary, involving miles of columns of figures, relating to paisf, unpaid, and regis- tered letters, weekly and monthly periodi- cals, cash and stamp accounts, et, the re- ports would be reduced to a minimum, the labor in all sections of the Department cul - tailed to a mere tithe of what it now is, and being less complicated, the Service would tend to be much more efficient.. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Henri Rochefort is now treated more strictly then at first. He is no longer permitted to receive the visits of tie friends. We are happy to learn that the health of Mr. Bright is improving. The /light Hon. gentleman is rusticating dmong the Welsh mountains. An accident happened to a young man named John Betzner, of Bort Elgin. He was working in the grist mill, when Lis clothes caught by a shaft and twisted th4in up and bruised him considerably: There are some hopes of his recovery. The Canadian Engine and Machinery Compit4 of Kingston are building, ati their works, 300 box freight cars for the Canada Rolling Stock Company, the whole of which are -to be delivered on the track of the Grand Trunk Railway during the year. But very little intelligence, of any im- portance, from the Red River, has reached us since our last issue. It was then stated that the attompt at a counter revolution, by the English and•their sympathizers, had fallen through: , • Mr. Samuel Parr, of Enniskillen, met' a severe accidept on the 4th inst., which end- ed in his death on the 7th inst. He was riding on a load of telegraph poles be- tween Cartwright and Bowmanville, and the sleigh upsetting on a snow bank, crush- ed Mr. Parr between the load and the fence. A man named Michael Fitzpatrick, of Medonte, was struck by a railway car on the 7.th inst., while standing on the plat- form at Allendale station, and thiown under the train. One of his legs was bad- ly injured, but he refused to allow the necessary amputation and died during the afternocn of the same day. On the Othinst., the friends of Mr. John Bayney, an old man, who died in Windham township, met to convey the re- . mains to the grave. The bearers were just about. to cart y the coffin from the house, when the widow also died, from aria it was thought. The funeral was con-equent- ly postponed, and the following da, both husband and wife were interred in one grave. Some fears for the safety of the prisoners in St. Pelagie7--the'place of confinement of the prisoners .charged with conspiracy against the life of the Emperor --appear to have been entertained by the French authorities. The result was the transfer of 74 of the number to Mazas prison. It was, however, according to M. Oilivier, to avoid the dauger of infection from small pox, not from any apprehended outbreak the -Pre- cautions were taken. A man named Eli Hughes, a carpenter residing at Collingwood coliemitted suicide' by hanging himself on Friday. The nn - happy man Seems to have been led to this fatal act by pecuniary troubles. His diffi- culties preyed upon his mind, and having pfevailed upon his family to attend the fun- eral of a neighbor, the deceased hunt, him- :" self in their absence. The coroner's jury returned a verdict, "suicide while in a state of unsound mind." The debate on the Irish Land Bill in the. House of Commons was continued on Thursday evening '.)t, Mr. :Monsen, the lJnder Sacretary for the Colonies, and an Irish Liberal member supported the Bill which was assailed by Mr. ,Gathorne (Conservative), Horne Secretary in Mr. Disraeli's late Administration. The telegraph muddle resulting from recent changes was again the subject of question :1-A and, explana.tion last evening. Mr.- Henry Arkle's store, of Port Stan t ley, was destroyed by fire on Sunllay, :it f oontained a lerge stock of dry . gdods and groceries valued at $900 and insui.ed for $4.200. The shelf goods were mostly raved, but in a damaged condition. The heavy goods and contents of the cellar were I destroyed: The building was owned by Mr. Weir, and insured. By gi•eat exertions the c fire was confined to the one building. Had s it occurred at night a great part of the vil- lage would probably ha-ve been destroyed. 1 We (Belleville intelligeneer) were shown on Saturday. last, a gold button of the value of $200, the result of the last -clearing up at Pr. William's Mine, on lot 7, in the 9th concession of. Marnaora. 'The amount of ore crushed to produce this button was about 20 tons, showing a yield of about $10 per ten. The mill at this reine has been running nearly constantly since November last, and a conFiderable amount of the precious mettil has been obtained. The yield has varied from about $8 to $14 per ton. The shaft is about 60 feet in depth, and from this point a drift extends north, about 59 feet. The vein is about 6 feet -wide, and looks exceedingly rich. Indeed, the prospects of success at this mine are in the highest respeet encouraging, 'which every one, who knows the patient, plodding energy. of Dr. Williams, will be glad to PARLIAMENTARY. / 'WEDNESDAY. A number of petitions were presente for the repeal of the excise duty on petr leum. . Mr. Jones introduced a bill change the managament of the Intercolo ial Railway, and place it under th o contr of the -four heads of the Public Depai ment He referred to the manageme of this road, which caused deep disconte in Ontario7 and thought the change propose would save at least $100,000 a year. M Harrison introduced a Bill to amend ti Act relating to the duties of Justices of th peace out of session. Mr. Workman i troduced a Bill to confirm the agreeme between the .grand Trunk and Buffalo Lake Huron Railways. Sir John A. Ma donald laid on the table a ipaper respectin 1 the financial astrangementg between Nov 1 Scotia and the Isitercolonial Railway. M • Blalte introduced a Bill to. further . amen the Act securing the independence of Pa hitt-tient. Hon. Mr. Carling introduced Bill to amend the Act incorporating th Great Western Railway. Mr. Coffin mo ed for correspondence relating to depr dations ' committed by A nerican fisherme on Canadian waters Mi. Robitaille com Plained of -depredations c lar American fisherthen. donald said the responsi the local authorities, and sufficient power to sustai apply to the Dominion G eistance. The British fle would not be diminished, perhaps increased Mr. Anglin said the fisheries were entirel unprotected and the Americans did Wha they pleased, and fished Where they pleased Hon. Mr. Tupper considered the policy an nounced by the Government, and receive( so much satisfaction by the House, woult have satisfactory resuits. He held that th Canadian Government could administer th laws of' the Dominion respecting fisheries and was just as able to protect the rights o British American fishermen within thre marine miles of shore.as of any one on land Mr. Fortin hoped that the Governmen would stick to the policy announced, an carry it out, for We were only rnaintainin our rights. We know 'what would becom of Canadian -vessels going to fish on Am erican coasts. He hoped the Canadian Government would stop the fishing on Sun days by American fishermen. Hon. Mr Howe said the. question should be discusse( in a patriotic spirit, for idle words would only strengthen parties opposed to us in the rutted States. Sir A. T. Galt said it wa essential that on this question the Canadiai end Imperial Governments should act in s harmony. The motion passed. _Mr. Mill then moved the second reading of Lhe Bil to abolish Dual *epresentation. In the course of hie speech; which was a very abl one, he dwelt at length ten the anonadou position members of the government o Ontario and- Quebec occupied under the present system, and declared that the prin- ciple of dual representation was opposed t the sentiments of the people. Mr. Hairis- on moved the six months' hoist, and Sai the effect of the Bill would be to limit thMe people's choice of representatives. r. Gray seconded the amendment, and thought the Local Legislature the best judges, in the matter.- Hon. Mr. Wood replied to some personal allusions to himself and em- phatically denied, so far as he was concern- ed, the existence of any bargain or obli- gation, implying that the Ontatio Govern- ment should support the Dominion Govern- ment and vice versa. The hon. gentleman spoke at great length and as followed by Mr. Blanched, Mr. Beatty and Mr. Chain- , lin, who also spoke against the Bill. Sir A. T. Galt would vote for the becond reading, but thong,ht that only inembereed the Local Government should be excluded. Several other nembers hating spoken, Ni. :Mink re- plied. While speaking be was subjected to some,interruptions which wee rebuked by Mr. Mackenzie, and when Mr. Mills had concluded a division was called, and the amendment was corried by 'eighty-two to sixty-nine. THURSDAY. Hon. Mr. Tupper n presented a petitio which has been sent by telegraph from the bankers of HalifaN respecting the currency. Mr. .Maeltenzie -objected to the reception of the petition.. Mr. Workman presented a ietition -from the Afontreal Board of Trade, gainst the change in the currency. Mr. Ryan presented a petition from 1 he Mon - real ni;tnufacturing inventors and abet's, ora more liberal patent law. Hon. Mr. Tupper presented the report of the Com- mittee on reporting and printing the. der - bates of the House. M. 'Blonde' presented e he r. port of the Committee on the library, trging it necessary, for '.the salty of the books, that the library building should be onipleted.. -Adopted, aftet• some discus - ion. Mr. Scrivier introduced an Act to ncorporate the Montreal and Champlain lailway Co, The Committee onl' Public Accounts presented their • report, stating that the delay in presenting the public ac- counts was not caused by the printer, but by the delay in the departments in fur- niahing the returns. My. Pope in roduced a bill to incorporate the St Francis & itYantic Intercolonial Railway Co. Mr. Mackenzie called attention to the publi- cation of the North West papers by certain newspapers before they hadebeen submitted to the House. It was a breach of the prit vileges of the House. Sir John A. Mac- donald moved that the Committee on the Noth-West papers be revived, and inquire into the improper pnblication of said papers. Carried. The House went into Committee on the Bill to amend the Act respecting the treatment of sick and distressed mariners.' After the Distressed Mariners' Bill had passed through Committee, Sir John A.n Macdoald tntroduced the New Election o- to n- ol •c - n t nt r. 11- t.1 t C- a r. 1'- av- e- n nueitted on shore Sir John A. M, ac- ility rested with if, they had not them they must vernment for as - t in our waters 1 1 d 1 6 1 e s o d Bill. It was an obvious necessity that the laws should be assimilated; and the object of the present Bill was to effect this. Al- though the old system had worked very well,they would no longer adopt the As- sessment Act as the basis of the suffrage, as the Dominion Parliament did not regulate the kssessment Law, and that law varied in tho different Provinces. Sir John then „referred to the several clauses in detail, calling attention to the $400 income fran- chise as an extension of the privilege in On- tario and Quebec, althongh it already ex- isted, and he was told worked Well, in the Maritime Provinces. He ohatild insert words in Committee which would prevent the application of this clause to mere la- bourers who had happened to earn $400 in any one year. As he was describing the diffrence between the city and town franchise. Mr. Mills wanted to know how the voters would be affected if a town des- troyed its chatter of incorporation. Sir J. A. Macdonald had never beard of such a case, but said of cou.)•se it would destroy the. voters' rights along with the charter. He admitted in reply to a further remark of Mr. Mills, that the alteration of the •inzor- poration of a town by the Local Legisla- ture would alter the qualification. Mr. Harrison presumed the Bill intended to give both owner and termant a vote for the same!property ; and Sir John replied it was so. Mr. Harrison then pointed out that in Toronto there were cases where the pro- perty was worth only $400 for which the tenant paid $30 rent, the latter would have a vote and the landlord none. He suggest- ed it would be more simple to say that in such a case both should have a vote. Sir John A. Macdonald went on to refer to the abolition of the disqualification of Revenue and other Government officials to vote. He admitted the same argument would apply to the Judges (Mr. Mills here interjected, "and to women"), butas theJudges some- times had to decide political cases in the Courts, they ought to prevent any irapjt-- tation of unfairness, it was better that they (the Judges) should be excluded. He said the Government intended to _give ample time for the discussion Of the Bill, and called attention to the Sheriffs, who were the returning officers, as now no longer be- ing amenable to the central authority. He advocated, under the present circ.. mistances of the country. the retention of nominations, and alluded to the limitation of the voting to one day as an experiment. In reply to Hon. Me. Wood, Sir John said the Bill did not provide for - all the elections to come off on the one day, and in answer to Mr. Mac- kenzie,t,decla red that he bad the greatest ob- jections to such an arrangement. If it were - adopted, his hon. friend (Mr. Meckeniie) could not, as before, deliver a number of able speeches to the electors' beam I, be el- lections came off. Mr. Mackenzie offered amid cheers, to stay at home if Sir John would let all the elections come off'. simul- taneously. After a little cross -firing be- tween the two hom gentlemen which am- used the the House: Sir John A. Macdonald went on to say the Bill was intended to put down bribery and corruption ; but no law could -be affective to this unless the mot al sense of the country -went against such practices. Hon. Mr. Anglin, interrupting, remarked on the need of a proper tribunal. Sir John A. Macdonald, having admitted that the point was worthy of consideration, concluded his speech by moving the second reading ; and was followed by Mr. Blake who congratulated the House on the full statement made by the House, and the in- vitation to make suggestions for the ,im- provement of the Measure: He said although he might object to some of the details, he should not oppose the second reading. He pointed out several clauses that seemed to him (Mr.- Blake) unsatisfactory. He par- ticularly alluded to the distinctioe made be- tween the right to vote of pet -sons holding land, subject to a conveyance by the Crown, and those 'who occupied the same position towards private- ,individuals, and claimed they should be placed on the same footing. So, too, he thcught, the holders of free grants should enjoy the same franchise, as an encortragement to them to settle in the country. Ni. Blake also strongly ob- jeeted to the lists- being in•epared by the men who were the employees of the Gov- ernment of the day. He spoke at length on the absolute necessity Of a different sys- tem than the one adopted in the Bill ; and said that: by his ieference to the asses- sors, the hon. gentleman had coudemned Itis own ptop0sal7 He was favorable. to the appointment of revising hamiters, selected by the Judges as in England, or to use those persona Who, for the time being filled the county offices. The, cost of the . plan suggested would when made up, astonish the House. He declared that The Bill would centralize power iu thehands of the Governmelit, and diTntDlsh the. represen- tation. Mr. Blake insisted that the con- cession of the vote to officials was a mere mockery of representation, and argued, ee- ferrirg to Great Britain and the :United States, against the theory, and uniformity throughout the Dominion was necessary. He pointed out what wouid ne the whole futue conditions of 'the country when t scheme. of Confederatioi-i was carried out from the Atlantic to the Pacific; and when he said, uniformity would be found to be impossible.- He claimed to have the sup- port af one member of the Cabinet (Hon. Mr. Dunkin) in- this view. Ire then went on to censurethe proposed mode of obtain- ing a register and recommended that they. should simply use those of the Local Houses and base there suffrage thereon. The propri- ety of having the elections all on one day was insisted on as well as an increase of the number of polling places aud the creation of a proper electoral tribunal instead of the present unsatisfactory system. As to quali- fication of members, if retained at an, Mr. Blake thought it was sufficient to require the same from a member as from an elector. He advised the administration of a declara- tory oath to irembers to the effect that they had expended nothing beyond necessary and legal expenses, and also_ the appointment of an independent auditor to examine election accounts After urging that the Bill must be extensively amended, the hongentle- man concluded amidst hearty cheers. Mr.. Harriion, who followed, although be had some doubt about the income clause, on the - whole thought) the measure was a good one. Hon. Mr. Abbot found fault with the dis- quaiifying tendencies of the Bill: Hon. Mr. Doi ion gave three causes of objection to the Bill—the limitation of the franchise in certain directions; the vicious mode of as- certaining who were electors, and the !node of carrying out the scheme. - The system proposed was cumbrous and expensive, Hon. Mr. Howe said that there were al- readyy municipal officers in NovaScotia who could make out the lists without any „ trouble. Hon. Mr. Dorion resumed, speak- ing at some length. He advocated the bal- lot, which was already used in New Bruns- wick to. the public satisfactson, and also in municipal elections itt some parts of Lower Canada. The hon. gentleman gave other illustrations of the working of the ballot, and remarked that if public officers had votes, it would be more than ever necessary to protect them in this way. Re also al- luded to clerical influences in Lower Cana- da, as showing the' need for the ballot. Mr.. Coloy geneially agreed with the previous speakers Hon. Mr. Anglin complained that in New Brunswick the Act would work grievious injustice. After some further re- marks he alluded to the ballot, and said if it were proposed in the Dominion Parlia- ment he would vote for it. Mr. Mackenzie objecting to the secend reading being taken that night, the debateon the motion of Mr_ Mills, was adjoutned. .After several re- turns had been moved for by Mr. Mao- kenzie, the House rosas FRIDAY. After much business of -minor -interest had been transacted, Sir F. Hincke moved that the House should go into Committee on the Banking resolutions. He was pressed by Mr. Blake to give some explanations as - the change of policy involved in the amend- ments he proposes to introduce •and, show- ing some reluctance, Messrs. kolton and Mackenzie oppcsed the motion. A long discussion followed on the point of order. Sir F. Hincks wanted to a-meud the 4th resolution which was already passed, and on this ground the amendment was resited by Hon. Mr. Holton and Messrs. Mackenzie and Blake. Members complained they bacl not received copies of proposed a- mend- - menta, and it transpired that those distri- buted to a few favored persons were issuedr not by the Government; but by gentlemen who had been interested in obtaining the consent of the Finance Minister to certain alterations. After some pressure Sir HiLcks explained that the Bankers had • wanted him to reduce theamount of reserve to be held in Dominion,notes from 50 to 331 per cent He had declined to do this; but had agreed to an arrangement which would, so far as practicable, make the re- serve 50 per cent,-'aut fixed 33- as a mini imam. After a rather brisk controversy;; in which Mr. Jones declared himself in a defiant tone to be an "independent mem- ber'," Mr. Crawford moved the re -consider- ation of the 4th clause, which was carried, and then proposed to introduce an amend- ment substituting for "six months," as the date within which, in the event of su6pens- ion, a call should be made, the words- " thic ty days." - Mr. Blake suggested " forth with,"' and Sir John A. Macdonald suggesting " ten days" a a compromise,it was agreed to_ Alterations in relation to proxy -holders and the period qualifying to vote at meetings and a clause excluding the officers of the Bank from voting were pro- posed, and also that the.votimt should be according to the mode laid down by ,the "charters, unless changed by the sharehold- ers in general meeting. Hon, Mr. Holton denounced the amendments as reactionary and objectionable, and the old system of voting vicious. Sir A. T. Galt, in the in- terest of shareholders, opposed the alter- ation, and Mr. Blake declared it was made in the interest of the Bankers exclusively. After Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Gibbs, and Hon.. Mr. Abbot had spoken, Hon. Mr. Hunting- ton declared the Finance Minister had been "making unte himself friends of the mam- mon of unrighteouaness." Sir. F. Mucks defended himself, and Mr. Huntington re- torted. Mr., Gibbs declared he spoke there itot as a banker, but as an Indepenchnt member of the House, and Mr. Workman, proteated against attacks on the Bank- 1. of Montreal. Mr. Mackenzie did not think the Rank of Montreal ought to be placed in a position to be defended against the attaeks of the Finance Minister, and claimed that his opinion, already expressed as to the in- terests of the Banks and the public con-. flicting in the measure, was about to be verified. He protested against thc House mere: y acceptixig. tluA dictation of the Bank - els, and said those members who were Bankers too often seemed to forget the leg- islator in the Banker. Mr. _Crawford pro- tested against this charge. Mr. Mackenzie replying, Hon. Mr. Howe hoped he was not referred to. After a fuct1r diseusaion in which Ifon. Mr. Holton'Mr. Crawferd, Hon. Mr. Huntington, and Hon Mr. Howe took part; the House rose foi recess, and on its re -assembling Sir F. Hincks announced that influenced by the course of the debate that afternoon, he should consent to leave the question of voting as it stood in the original resolution. Hon. Mr. Holton ex: - pressed his satisfaction, and also his gen- eral concurrence, with some slight reser- vation, in the other amendments proposed. (Continued en eighth page.) ST MR. 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