The Huron Expositor, 1874-01-23, Page 4e,
NEW ADVERTISEMEN
TS.
To the Farmers of Huron Forsyth & Co.
Valuable Falrtn for Sale—D. MeIntesh.
Huron Plan g & Gray.
. Notice to D btors.
Notice—Tr steeg School Section No. 7.
House to nt—Wm. Campbell.. -
Public Noti e—O. C. Willson.
Dog Lost— Strong.
House and ot ior Sale—D. MeFarlame.
Huron Mar le Works—Menet% & Bro.
Servant €+iiii Wanted—Mrs. Armitage.
House for ale—McCaughey aiid. Holme-
stecl.
itron xpo$1ter.
•SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, JAN' 23, 1874.
M.Mackeni.
Hon. Alexander Mackenzi , Premier
of Canada, will address the electors of
Huron. at Varna, on Saturday next,
Jan. 24, at 1 o'olock P. M.
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The Question at Issue.
,
In a few days, the electors of Huron, in
merlon with . their fellow electors
t roughout the.Dominion,1 will be called
upon to say by their votes whether they
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;desire the at overnment of Mr. Mackenzie
ito continue in power, or 'wh ther they
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!wish to have the Gn ?overnme t f Sir John
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Macdonald again restored to the posi-
tions0 I I
from which they were ejected a few
weeks ago. Never was there so serious
and impel ant a quea'sionil presented to
the people for their decision't the polls
as that vtli eh now forms the subject of
issue betw en the two politica, pertiee of
the Dominion. Do the peppl of Canada
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desire holiest and impartiaL Gevernment,
or are they willing to have as their rulers
• men who have conlessedeuponl oath that
they obtained money from a Public con-
tractor with which to purchase the con-
stituencies of the Dominion and debauch
public sent -anent t Sir John Macdonald ,
-thas for thereat fifteen yeas determined-
ly resisted the passage of a stringent
-
Election law 'etaich would pr vent brib-
ery and cosruption at the eleetions ; he
has resisted the exteiasioa of the.frin-
ohise, and he has. opposed the system -of
_
voting by ballot. gr. eMackenzie, on
the other hand, has Pledged. himself to
introduce hu Election la* which will
make the giviiig or receiving of a bribe
a penal offeuce ; he pledges to
franchise. so that intelligence
,
rity, and not merely mono
qualifications sufficient for an elector,
and he has pledged himself to introduce
the system of voting by ballot, and thus
i t .
prevent the poor man being oppeessed by
the rich, because he may ace fit to exer-
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else his franchise in accordance with the
dictates of his conscience • Now, every
elector who votes for •an ppolestion can -
f: . .
didate votes to restore Sir jtain A. Mac-
donald to power.- Every man who thus,
votes says by his vote that it is right,
proper and honest for the Prime Minis --
ter of this Dominion to sell the contract
for the construction of a great public one,
terprize to a public contractor, and use
the monesilso obtained in bribing men to
vote to keep him in office. Every ma
who votes ;for an Opposition candida e
records a vote of. censure 'sin those repr4
sentatives Tho said by their conduct
Parliament during the last session that
it was wrong for Sir John Macdonald to
sell. the Paeific RaalwaY' Charter to Sir ,
Hugh Allan for money with which to
bribe and buy the peopte of .Canada.
We ask now,in all earnestness, are the
holiest electors of this noble 'County of
Huron prepared to sty that She John
Macdonald did right ,when he ° sold. the
Pacific Charter' to Sir Hugh Allan? Are
they prepared to say that he acted hon-
orably in using the money he got for this
charter in corrupting the people? Or,
a e they' prepared toe:ensure those repre-
ntatives who lead the courage and man-
liness, to -oppose Sir John for doing so?
If they are not prepared to dothis, they
cannot conscientiously or .6:insistently
I vote for the Opposition candidate at the,
I approaching electionmeee
Do the electoris of Huron desire a
stritngent Election law-, which will ensure
pure elections, scud prevent the disgrace-
ful money -spending and bribery so prom-
inent during the past four or five elec-
tione?'" • Do they desire that intelligence
and integrity shall be the test qualifica-
tion for an elector? Do they desire to
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have intimidation and oppreesion at
elections -made impossible by ballot? If
they desire these reform e they cannot
consistently vote against those who are
pleddeci to grant them, and. in favor of
those, who have „ persistently opposed
thein; Mrletacteenzie stands pledged to
grant these reforms, and, if retained in
power, will give them to es. Sir John
Macdonald hits always opposed these re-
forms, and, if metered to power, will
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prevent their beinmcarried out.
Of the candidates p.ow seeking election
in Enron, Messrs. Greenway, Crabb and
Farrow, if elected, will vote to restore
Sir John Macdonald to power, and will
thus say to the world that the electors
of Huron believe that Sir Sohn did right
in selling the Pacific charter, and that he
actecl honestly in bribing the consituents
of the country. Are the electors of
Huron prepared to render such a ver-
-,
diet ? If they are not, let them lay aside
all personal considerations', rally to the
polls, and in one solid and united pha-
lanx, vote against these candidates who
hate the hardihood to publicly condone
and justify the crimes and immoralities
of which their leader ha e been Proved
guilty. OrAhe other hand, Meesra,
extend the
and integ-
, will be
Came n, Hort.n and Leckie, if elected,
.will v te to su tain Mr. Mackenzie, who
disap roves of these acts of corruption,
and ho is pled ed to grant 118 reforms
whie* will pre ent their pe -petratioe
again no matter what Goern1rnent may
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be in
lov
power. T ose elect s, therefore,
who ish to ebow their dis pproval of
Sir j ihn Matcdo iald's conduc , and who
wish, to have s ch measure passed as
will prevent others from failing into like
, .
guilt shoulcl r lly to the support of
Messrs Leckie, Hortomand Cameron-
., .
Mr.Bi;kein011nton.
The audience which met Mr. Blake at
Clinton on Tues ley last w. 6 one of the
largest and rn • st respec eble that has
ever , gathered in that Comity, to
hear the disc- ssion of 1olitical ques-
tions. The w ether, good • roads
and the - sea on of th._. year were
alike favorable to a largo representa-
tation of the rmers of the different
Ridings, and th manner i which they
availed theme Ives of t esecircum-
sties showed, not only f ie popularity
of it r. Blake, b t tae deep tnterest taken
in t e politica issues n w j before the
Clinton T w Hall, the
t e County,
ven stand -
The plat-
e jnumber of
p mhaps, ae--
foF the corn:
m decorum
nce.
ie cartoonists
siogriorny so
t a, pen-por-
ely have the
people rare -
we will-, at-
earance and
words as pos-
ig man, but
ad, stooping
e of a strong -
part 'of his
tomed to see
cardinals, or
com try. The
larg st audien e room in
was rammed -0 suffocatioi ,
.
mg oona being una,vailab e.
forr4 was graced by a lax
ladi s, whose presence,
con4ted, in so e dcgreee,
mei4labie orde , and extr
-whi h charecte ized the au
The photog tilers and t
have made Mr Blake's ph
familiar to the, public, th
traiture of hi will scar
merit of fresh i ss. But, a
' ly tire of pers nal details
tempt to dege ibe his ap
style of spea g, in as few
silble. To begi a, he is a
not corpulent, with br
shoulderseand countenan
ly clerical,cast. The lowe
face is such as e are accu
in portraits o bishops,
Other dignitari s of the Ch irch, and this
likenees is ren ered more arked by the
absence. of hrsute ado nment. His
eyes are smell nd dark, a d. a,hnost con-
cealed by the pectaelIes Inch he con-
stantly wears. His forehe d. is full and
slightly retr t a g, while a s well
head is coverels rather -Pi' ly with hair
of a lightish rown. Hi dark com-
plexion, firm -set face, tooping form
and sable attir , give Mr'lake a some
-
waist sombre a d gloomy aspect, whioh
is only rem ved 'hehis face
lights up inl, onvereati • is, or when
addressing public a udience. • In
his style of ' eaking, ha is. the very
antipodes of i e "spree -eagle" Ora-
tor.. His ad 1 ess is co cli a in fa,
"oilier languag , he tells' a anecdotes,
and, though is compari Oise are apt,
they ere scatte ied few an f r between.
He .1 the ar innentativ tyle of a
speaker,. His whole disc lose is con-
nected and lin ed. togethe li •-e the solu-
tion of a ge metrical ro lem. His
voice is clear a d distinct, bu not pow-
erfule ainct, in e enness of itc , is almost
monotonous. is gesture are few, and
consist only of a ovements • f he aems,—
raising them al thately 1 a horizontal
position, or sti. cing the r1» t tigers into
the paht of the eft handn the whole,
we would consi er Mr. Bl ie' s style of
oratory more ei • etive in ti e halls of Par-
liament, orin a court roo , than before
a miscellaneousi audience of electors.
Hon. .George Br* evil, when in sis palmy
days, .the late r. Foley, or even Mr.
Mackenzie and othersthat ve might
name, we woalcl place high a, ove Mr.
131a,ke, as politica speakers on llhe stump.
It neqt be , remembered, ho.sv ver, that
Mr. ' lake's reputation as a public
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speak1r does not rest on his speeches
delivered thraighout the county, bet on
his brilliant efforts on the fieer of the
House, 'w -here a much higher nu more
intellectual standard of oratoly is de-
manded.
. In opening his . speech, Mr.
ferred to the -causes whieh le
resignation of the late Min. stry,
acceptance of officeby the pi es
He gave a history of the negotia,
tWeen the late Govermaient and 8
Allan r lative to the Pa ific
charter, and, althtiegh .he brou
ward no hew facts, the cle
manner ii which he place
1'
lake re -
to the
and the
nt one.
ions be -
Hugh
lallway
t fore
✓ and. oncise'
the taiatter,
befote the audience must have given.
ng them neev lig t on a subject
been somewhat befogged by
nelea,r y the
manyam
which ha
many wo i s. Having shm
nefarious nature of the tr sactio
that Sir Jt!shn Macclonald's own c
sion directly implicated hi he .
Will you, I by your votes in hie election,
put these aen, still suirepe tont, lough
confessed, back in power, o will yltu en-
trust the kovernnient of th country to
us, against whom no one on venture to
bring an. aecusation of wrong-doin ? He
then spoke of the defects in the Ei ction
law, whic were chargeabl to th late
Governmea t, and said that s far a pos-
sible the 'resent Goverrerae t had 4ought
to overco e e thege defects b making the
elections .1 nearly as pos ible on the
seine dal. Any variatioes froir this
. were au to ciecemstance over jwhich
the - Go -v rnment. had no contras. He
then refe reci to the polieof t e new
17id.do1 in Mr. Mackeie's dress ve
nt, reviewing the ; arious planks
at some 1ength. In revisin the 1lIection
law, w ch he regarded s sone of the
most important points, ther had deter -
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and
nfee-
eked,
mined, as far as possible, to follow in
each Previnee the system adopted by the
,
Local Legis atures, thus a,-voidiog the
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£ompboat1or and inconvenience of hav-
ing twci, sysi, ms for different elections.
They had determine 1 to adopt the Bal-
lot, believing it wou d afford protection
to naany who were ia,ble to ' be coerced.
by employers or cre litors, and also that
it would li ve a t ndency to prevent
electoral corruption. Mr. Blake ex-
plained at eonsiderable length, and with
much ability, the pelicy: of the Govern-
ment with regard to the Pacific Rail-
way. The had not abandoned, that
work, as their opponents claimed, but
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were ptepared to prosecute it with all the
speed- consistent with good. work and
- the ability of the country to meet the
expenditure. When ltritish Columbia
entered the union, she was -willing to do
so upon condition that a coach , road
should be befit to •the Rocky Mountains,
the surveyinimediately begun the road
commenced withiu three -yeaes and -prose-
]
cuted. at anjexpenditure of a million dol-
lars a year Intil completed, but the then
Governme i. were so generous they (4-
fered to be 'isi the road in two years and
complete it in ten, an impossibility which
could not ibe accomplished, and which
the Britishdoliunbians had not asked.
The intenti!on of the 'present Government
t
was to hate the surveys completed as
quickly as possible., It was necessa,ry to
, , .
have the surveys eompleted before the
,
cheapest route cou1l be kno-wn., a differ-
ence of fifty mi1e i4i the length of the
route would inaolv millions of dollars
in its cost. - Then they would begin its
construction in sections, building first
those sections where water communica-
tion was not available. They would
push forward the read. with all possible
haste, but they cosild not be tied to a
day or an hour for its completion. They
would not claim to ', accomplieh impossi-
bilities, anid they would not be found
disappointipg the; country. Mr. Blake
concluded .his speech by a reference to
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the Reform candidates iu Huron, appeal-
ing to the electors' to come forward to
their suppoit, and thus show their dis-
approval of the 64irse of the Govern-
ment that had passed, and their confi-
dence in the one -wf ich now appealed for ,
their support.
Centre Huron
Before 'another issue of THE EXPOSI-
,
TOR, the mintest in Centre Huron will
have, been decided. There is little oi n
doubt as to the result, but the friends o
Mr. Ilortori should put forth every exer-
tion to make hie majority as large as pos-
sible. If Mr. Horton is elected by
majority of 1,000 it will be as great
victory as if he had a narrovt raajorit
in a closely contegted eleetion. It will
show to the electors of the neighborin
constithencies -what the people of Centr
think of the Pacific Scandal, and wil
have a most salutary effect in influencin
the elections in other conetituencies.
Eleetors of Cehtte Huron, be up an
doing. We do not 'ask this for the sak
of the causeit this Riding alone, but fo
the sake of the bau,se in other constituen
cies in this and other Counties which ar
closely cont'ested.
_se es 1
NEWS OF THE WEEE.
; GREAT BRITAIN.
GODWIN SMITIC.--Professor Gold
Smith made a speech before the Con-
gress of Trades' Unions, at Sheffield, o
Jan. 14, in the course of which he ex
plained the system of Cornell Universit
and advised emigration to America. -
Ceimete DisseasioNsa---A special des-
patch from London saeAs the dismissal
by the Heine Secretary of Dr. Hem -
Bell, Sheriff of Lanarkshire, has cause(
serious difference, of opinion betwee
Gladstone and Lowe, which will probabl
result in the, retirement of the latter fro
the Crovernea ent.
PRANCE.
Poerrmitee-e-In the Assembly, on Jan.
20, the bill conferring upon the Govern-
ment the power of nominating Mayors
finally Passed by a majority of 43 votes.
The Duke de Cass, urging the postpone-
ment of an interpellation of foreign af-
fairs, sub itted • y an Ultramontan
Deputy, declared that the apprehensions
that peace Might be disturbed which had
recently manifested themselves were Un-
founded. ,• The Goternment was solicit-
ous for the welfare and spiritual inde-
pend.ence a the l'eme, but at the same
time they sincerely desired to maintain
relations of haxmooy and friendship with
Italy. The Government would labor in-
cessantly to p event any misunderstand-
ings with an Power, for peace was
necessary to the prosperity of France. ,
The Duke 'said. heimiade the aboate state-
ment with the full concurrence of Presi-
clent Maf7\-IahoZl The motion to postet
pone the interp llation was carried.
HONOR TO r 1015. -Mr. Washburn,
the American Aliiiiister, on Jan. 19, on
behalf of the F ench residents of Phila-
delphia, presen ed. ex -President Thiers
with a gold medal. Itt his 81)eech. on the
occasion, Mr. ashburn alluded ii terms
of warin praise o the friendship shown
by France to t e 'United States during
the American Revolution. He also
eulogized the F ench people who have
taken up their •esidence in the United
States. M. T iers feelingly *plied.
After expressini his thanks to his coun-
trymen in the ted States for their re-
emeated menifes ations of confidence in
'mhirn, he declare( that a Republic was the
only Governm • t possible in France,
consequently ti e bond of friendship be-
tween the two ations will be strength-
ened.
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S URREN DERE
Barcelona hav
authority of th
stored in that c
OASTELAR...
deputies ccinsti
late Cortes, a
Castelar was
quested to pre
tion. The iro
delivered to a
surgent chiefs
$PAIN.
. The insurgents at
surrendered, and the
Government is fully re-,
ty.
At a meeting ; of the
ting a majority irs the
ote of confidence in Senor
opted, and he ;was re -
are a manifesto tO the na,-
-clad Nunaancia has been
panish frigate. ; The in-
Centreras, Ferraz and
1 •
1._.,eita.
tee__
Galvez have been sent to the dapital of
Algeria, and the other Carthageinan
refugees have been placed in the forts
and barracks Oven and Mersel Kebite
UNITED
STATES.
dMEE-JUSTICE HIP. -- The appoint -
eat of Caleb • Cushing to the Chief-
usticeshia having failed to obtain th.e
approval of the Senate, the President
as nominated- forrison R. Waite, of
Ohio, for the position. Mr. Waite will
obtain the required senatorial sanction
without difficulty. *
— Mr. Cushing will go to Spain, he
never having withdrawn from that
Mission.. _
SIAMESE TWINS Dmen.—A despatch
from Greensboro, N. C. announces the
death of the Siamese Ta;ins on Saturday
morning last. • Chang was partially
paraly „ed last fall, since Which time he
haa.be n fretful and strongly addicted to
drinki ig livers as a means of alleviating
his suffering. At soon as it was dis-
covered that Chang was dead, Eng be-
came terribly shocked, and raved. wildly
for a while, at times exhibiting signof
great; mental aberration. This attack,
was followed by a deadly stupor, In
two hours from the death of Chang, Eng
died. The deaf mute children of the
deceased express their sorrow and
bereavement in a most pitiful manner.
RAILWAY ST IEERs.—A Philadelphia,
despatch says the strikers on the New
Jersey Southern Railroad besides tearing
up the track and disabling engines, have
cut the telegraph wires so that communi-
cation is prevented from all prominent
points to Philadelphia. No trains are
passing from Pemberton Junction, and.
all conneetionsiare interrupteds Passen-
ger and freight trafliq is completely sus-
- pended. The back jpay of the -hands
amounts, to $40,000.IAll selalies will
80011 be paid, ' the officers giving their
salaries, and the stockholders their divi-
dends, for that purpose.
NINE , WOMEN Baxtem.---The knitting
mill of H. 13. Bra,c1ford, of Bennington,
Vt.," wee burned on Jan. 20. The fire
was caused by the leakage of a gasoline
pipe. The gas ignited from the boiler,
and, exploding, demolished the adjoin-
ing sewing room. Nine women were at
work. They were instantly killed, or
were burned to death in the fire which
followed, aud Many others were injured,
some shockingly.
Steenees OESERVAN CE. —All the pro-
prietors of places of amusement in New
York were 'notified. on Friday last by
the police that hereafter no sacred con-
certs will be permitted on Sunday nights.
This order creates some excitement
sunong the Germans.
. GENERAL.
ELECTIONS IN GER:MANY. --n Returns
from all parts of the Fanpire show defi-
nitely that 100 Ultramontanes and 230 -
Ministerial Liberals have been elected to
the 'Reichstag. The number of candi-
dates elected by other parties is re-
spectively insignificant.
THREATENING.—The North German
Gazette says, if the policy of France is
made subservient to -the temporal aims
of the Papacy, the peace of Europe will
be compromised.
*J.
N. 23, 1874.
toxica.ted; intoxication being produced by
liquor procured at Warren Polish's hotel,
Whippleville.'t ' A suit, it it; reported,
will be instituted under the Civil Dam-
age act, aieillLtheoproprietor. ! '
Centre Riding ReformCOnven
l t
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Ac:corciing topreicin. tirious amminicei ment,
the Reform Convention for the Centre
Riding of Huron met at Sea*th,--on.
Monday last. The convention was one
.of the largest and niOst filly represented
ever held itt the riding, • ancl bes des the
authorised delegates there wer present
-a laige number of prominent and influ-
ential members of the party front Various
parts of the I constituency. In the ab-
sence of the. President of the Conven-
tion, Mr. J. ' S. Sinclair, aslr.W
t . A.
Scalier was OpPointed chairman, 'I he
following gmitlemen represented the
several manicipalities in the convention :
Hallett. —Charle,9 Lowrie, Wm. Arm --
strong, John Petrie, Thos. Moon, Hugh
Wallace, eArther Woodman, John Mc-
Millan, anddrete Sloan. '
Gret.--Jo
Ts
Strechan, Js McTaggart,
Wm. Bishop, J. N. Knechtel, -Jas. Fer-
guson'James Douglas, , Adam Turnbull,
TW
hos.. Johneton end George Brown.
Mcitallop. —Jolio Gpvenlock,' Alex.
Murchie, D. I Campbell, Robert 'Goven- •
lock, James McDowell, Wm. Cash, and
John Elliott. 1 e ,
Tuckersinlith,.--George Walker, !fames
Dallas, F. Arivler, Jas. Mahaffy, Jan
Doig, and David. Sproat. .
Colborne.
L. James Syrningt9n, John
Morris; Wm. Greene Robert t-'
.._ awnes,,
John Breckenridge, aud Wm. Young. -
Goderich.--,R. Runerman R„ W. Mc-
Kenzie, Geo. Swanson, W. R. - Squier,
Robert McKay, J. J. Sell, Thos. Hood;
T. N. Dancey, and J. T. Duncan. '
agectfortle-eSolue Murray, Wm. Bal-
lantYne, and S. G. McCaughey,.
Mr. M. C. Cameron, late t I. P. for
South Huron, being in. the Hall, was
called upon by the chairman to address
the meeting, Mr. Cameron explained
that he attended ' the convetition ill
place of - the President, Me.. J. S.
Sinclair, who, he said, had gone
to the South. Riding- to fill: an ap--
pointment for him, Mr. Cameron. He
spoke in the highest praise of the ser-
vice which Mr,- Sinclair had rendered
him in his canvass in his former contest,
and the valuable' service he was now
rendering, and explained the grounds
upon which Mr. Sinclair had withdrawn
from the contest in Centre Huron. In
speaking of his Own prospects in the
South, he said that, notwithataliding
his inability on account of the state of
his health, to make as vigorous e person-
al canvass of th e riding as he would like
to, he had every, hope of being as suc-
cessful as he had. -been in the previous
contest. He spoke of the manner in
which the ossessatent of - several town-
ships in the south had been manipulated
to serve the interest of the Conservative
candidate. . Over one hundred illegal
votes - had, within the pad year, been
added in this way. One instance he
would cite which had come, ender his
notice : In Goderich township he knew
one farm on :which there were eight
votes. As was well known, this. oppon-
ent had entered a protest against his re-
turn the last time,:theyhoped to be able
to unseat hiin on that protest, and had
Uses doctored their assessment rolls in
order, if possible, to prevent his again
being returned if unseated. Were it not
for bogus votes,' he would. have; no dif-
ficulty in d_efeating.his opponent on the
present occasion, ', by at least 150 votes;
but even as it is, and with all these odds
against him, he felt certain of, lasing re-
ined by at least as large a majority as
lie had. the- last time, if this friends
/would. but exert themselves and Work as
! energetically as they had. done on that
I occasion. He said that Reformers were
too lax.in looking after the tricks of their
opponents. They should closely scru-
tinise the asseesnient roll in -time, in
order to preventthis wholesale fraud be-
ing preetised, of adding to the list of
voters the names of hundreds of men who
had. no 4re right than the man in the
moon. As there was not likely to be'
"nisch of a contest in the Centre Riding,'
he Wont& ask the friends who lived near
the borders, and all others who could
exert any Influence. either in the South
or North iRidings, to gotowork in tl ose
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ridings and assist hi s elf and r:
Leckie, who, -with their friends, ere
struggling to carry the banner of Ref rm,
triumpha,ntltovictory. He thought
g
that when candidates were willing' to exs
pend their time and energies in lighting
the battles of the people, the people who
were in sympathy with them might well
turn in and give them a helping hand.
He believed that if 'the friends in Huron
of the principles which Mr. Leckie and
himself professed, would. give them the
warm, cordial :assistance they were en-
titled to, that they would both come out
of the battle victoriously. Mr., Cameron,
in concluding, made eloquent reference
to the conduct of the late Government,
and the causes which led. to the present
election, and resumed his seat amidst
applause.
RESOLUVON TO MR. SINCLAIR,
Mr. George Walker, of Tuckersmith,
then moved, seconded by ,William
Young'of Colborne : - ''That, ;whereas
J. S. sinclair, Esq., one of the Reform
candidates for Centre Huron has, in the
interest of the Liberal party, and that
he ma,y strengthen and consolidate the
interests of the party, and in order that
he may more effectually and thoroughly
devote his tined to the contest in. South
Huron, withdraws from the contest in
Centre Huron, this Convention fully ap-
preciate the services heretofore rendered.
by Mr. Sinclair to the Reform party,
and thoroughly recognise the value of
such. services ; that this Convention, cor-
dially approve of the course he has thus
pursued, and further express their thenks
to hini for his :Manly line of conduct.
This Convention, is further convin ed
that Mr. Sinclair has claims on the
form party which should on a future oc-
oasion be moie fully recognised." This
resolution was carried imardinously. t ,
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES. ;
Mr. S. G. McCaughey- said he had.
much pleasure in propoasing Mr. Horace
Hortoii as the ..norarne of the co 'ven-
tion. In doing so he did not de ns. it
necessary -under theeircumstances t ea,y
anything in Mr. Horton's favor. :He
had. been the onanimous choice o the
convention and Of the partmat the last
election, and, so far as he could see, he
had done nothing to foileit the orifi. -
deuce evhich had then been reposed in
him. . I
Mr. James Dallas, of Teases -Smith,
in seconding . the nomination of
Mr. Horton, said there was not
in the riding - a more '. ardent ad-
mirer of Mr. Sinclair than he, and none
would be more anxious and. -willing, at
the proper time, to acknowledge and
Political.
The Tories of Toronto have succeeded
in getting three Tories in the field to op-
ose the three Reform candidates. - J.
verly Robinson opposes Mr. Moss in
West Toronto; Mr. Aiagus Morrison,
driven out of Niagara, opposes Mr.
Wilkes in Totonto Central Division; and
Mr. Coatsworth opposes Mr. ()Towhee
in Toronto East.
—Mr. Kerr, ex Mayor of Cobourg, ha
been nameinated to contest West Nor-
thuraberlapd in the Reform interest, itt
opposition to Mr. Cockburn, the late
Speaker.
—The Temperance Societies of Lower
-Canada, it is said, are going to exercise
their influence in the coming election.
The Montreal Witness says that efforts
are being made! to bring out staunch
temperance men, or at all events -to se-
cure pledges from candidates offering as
will seeutt their support to such tem-
perance Measures as may be brought be-
fore Parliament. Temperance influence
in electoral contests has not hitherto
been very much. felt. Beer will be
found a much more potent influence than
cold water.
—Mr. John Stuart, of Hamilton, has
been brought out to oppose Mr. Lawson,
in South Wentworth.
—At theLiberal Conservative Con-
Vention held. at Newry on the 16th
D. D. Campbell, Reeve of Listowel, was
unanimously chosen a candidate for the
!Local Legislature, in place of Mr. Mon-
teith, who is now a candidate for the Do-
minion Parliament. Mr. Corcoran is
the Reform candidate.
—The Montreal Star, a supporter of
the late Ministry, admits that the pi es
• Gevertuneint will be sustained at the
polls by an overwhelming majority, ana
advocates the formation of a new party,
leaving John A out in the cold.
—Dr. Brown being indisposed to run
for the Commons in North Brant, the
Conservatives have nominated Mr. Alex.
McRoberts, of St. George, and he has
aecepted. Mr. Fleming is again the
Reform candidate.
— James Fahey, an unscrupulous
young Irishman, editor of the Guelph
Herald, and a deserter from the Grit
cainp, is now seeking the suffrages of the
electors of North Wellington in the
Local House, vacant by the resignation
of Mr. McKim, who, is runnieg for the
Commons. Mr. Fahey has "the gift of
the gab werry gallopint" but no other
qualificaticn for the positi4
-a-The Stratford Bend( has the -dia-
bolical Malevolence to sa that the fire
at Otte a, which destroy d the records
of the Pacific Railway surveys, was
caused 1y the Grits, in or er to afford a
pretext Ifor delaying the P ific Railway.
It had 1etter explain why the late Gov-
ernment left such valuah e documents,
worth ore than a million of dollars, in
a place , so exposed to fite Why were
they no kept in fire -proof' sults?
Am I
Frozen to Death.
Emer on J. Parker, a f rrner aged 50
years, esiding near Maio e, N. Ys, left
home oi Thursday, Jan. 15, at noon,
, with. 1n horse and cutter, for Whipple -
vine, hree miles distan On Friday
mornin , not returning, s rch was com-
menced, resulting in the discovery at 2
P. M., Jof his frozen bode near the side
of an infrequented. winte or wood road,
in a pa on of Malone . ia own as Mace-
donia. t It seems he star ea from Whip-
plevill
41
about dark for omm in a state
of in xica.tion, took t s wrong road,
and w , 'le wandering also t, fell or was
throwt from his sleigh near where he
was found. Coroner.Gay held an inquest
over the remains. Th jury found a
verdict of "death b freezing while itt-
recognize his abl and generous services
i n the interests ()fthe orteehLareacouellatineees:
not only in this lit
but he considerel that it would be un-
manlY and mifai to honor Mr. Sinclair
at the expense o Mr. Herton. He ad-
mired Mr. Smc air's ability and his
patriotism to hisIparty, and he belie-ved
that the time Was coming when these
services could be recognized_ and re-
warded without doing injustice to any
,
person.
The nornina,tim of Mr. ! Horton was
then put to the conventitne and. carried
1
vaianmiously.
Mr. Horton, ni thaekiug- the eOnVen- ..
tion for again obminating hini as their
candidate, said ie did not anticipatt any
-eat difficulty ia securing his elegtion.
He was glad th Soigsringagn
eerelyaajeesset,eh
eitasecle
as two Reforme s rt
other in the sane constituency had. been
ayoided. From the commencemeAt he
had stated his etillingne,ss to place him-
self in the hands of the eonventiOn, as
he felt convincedthat when they met
they would dol nothing but what -was
honorable. Had the convention seen fit
to do othei wise! than nominate him, he
would have retired without a murmur.
But he did feet that he had a strong -
claim for re-noniination. Be had been
pressed. into tbsi positiou of their repre-
sentative in the first place very mu&
-a,gamst his own feelings, and -since the
I -
occupied the pdsition he felt that he had
not done anything to forfeit their confa
deuce. He had in -the past served them
faithfully, and if again elected their rep-
resentative, as he had no cloebt he would
be, he would. et. deavor to serve them 48
faithfully in ths future. The course the
convention ha ai taken proved that they
were prepared Ito do what was fair and
just and he week" say that it would ever
be his ami to eondstet himself, so as to
continue to mei-at their confidence and -es-
teem. Mr. HOrton then in a neat speeeh
referred to the various questions of pub-
lic interest wh
liament since
showed just ar
the course tak
dissolving Par
ch had come before Par-
t's connection with it, and
d conclusive reasons for
n by the Govenuaimat in
'molt. He a-lso alluded
to the scenes en. the House during the
late crisis, and to the tremendous temp-
tatioo to whiclll some members were sub-
jected by t te Government and its
friends, -who fweve willing to grant al-
most anythin to secure a vote. But to
the credit of riany of those - representa-
tives who had.1 formerly voted_ with the
Government, hey firmly withstood the
temptation, ai1id refused all bribes.
R_ ORGANIZATION.
At the cone usion of Mr.- Hol ton's ad-
dress, the asjsociation was reorgani Ted
by appoiutin Mr. W.. R. Spier Presi-
dent, and Mr.1 McLean Secretary. _
The follow ng gentlemen were ap-
pointed to act as chairmen of local COM- _
MitteeS in their respeetive manicipalie
ties, and to
a . .gh
ailarame.atines for organi-
zation, &c. :
• .
Iluilett.— •
. phrey Snell, Geo. Watt,
and GeoC
McKinep. Robert G-oventock, Mt.
Murchie, I and James McDowell.
Tucker andti . --George Walker, James
McDonald, aid Sohn Doig.
Gs-ea.—Tim as Strachen, Archibald
McDonald, aid John McTaggart.
Co/borne.---Alex. Milloy, Wm. Young.
and Wm. Green.
This concluded. the business of the
convention, when it was adjourned to
meet again at! the call of the President,
the proceedings throughout having been
conducted in the most pleasant and har-
monious manlier.
es,• SP
South Huron Reform Con-
vention.
A Reform. convention assembled .at
Zuricham Friday last for the purpose of
nominating a standard bearer foe -the Re-
form parte at the ensuing election for .
South Huron. The meeting was more
properly one for orgaeization, as Mr.
Cameron, whe no one doubted would be
the nominee,I was already in the field,
and. the convention would be simply
called upon to ratify his candidature.
Robert Brown, Esq., President of the
Reform Asso ititime occupied the chair,
and M. Zeilaij, Esq., acted as Secretary.
The followin -delegates were present:
STANLEY—Geo. Anderson, Jas. Wan-
-less, Alex. Mitchell, .Thos. Wells.
liseemesa-eltobte Monteith, H. Hor-.
ney, IL Month, ith, Jr., Jas. Elder, Jas.
McTaggart, Alex. Stewart, William
Bawden. -
I
HAY—John Deichart, R. Brown, J.
B. - Geigher, Robt. Fergestom Robt. Mc-
Allister, M. Zeller. . •
Hogarth, G. Eberhardt,
Murray Walker, John Regan, Jacob
Efaist, Louis Kroft, Geo, Mawhinney,
John Parsons, R. Moat; John
Josiah Pedlar.
EXETER —Patrick MePhillips, Dr.
Moore, John Gould.
On account of the storm and the state
of the roadathe delegates from_ Goderich
townshiP and -Clinton were not present.
Moved by Mr. Ferguson, seconded by
Mr. Buchanen, thatMr. M. Zeller be
the Secretary of the Reform Association
for the South'. Riding of the County of
Huron. earned unanimously.
Moved by Jas. Elder, seconded by
Thos. Wells; that M. C. Camerou be the
nominee of the Reform party to conteat
this constituency in the interest of the
Liberal party.' Carried unanimously.
Mr. Cameron who was on his way from
G.oderich not having yet arrived, J. S.
Sinclair addressed the convention, urging
upon these present to exert themselves
to the utmost to secure tlie return of
their candidate He -urged each one to
work As if success depended upon his in-
dividual efforts. If each one did his
duty there could be no doubt as to the
result.
Mr. Cameron, who arrived white Mr.
Sinclair was speaking, and whose en-
trance was greeted with enthusiasm,
spoke briefly, thanking the convention
for the honor (lone ham They knew he
-would much rather have retired from
public life, but under the circumstances
he felt he would not be doing his duty
were he to decline to serve them on the
present occasion. He therefore accepted
the nomination and trusted they would
all work to ensure success, not so much
for him as for the principles they up-
held.
There was a large attendance at the
convention and much enthusia,sin mani-
fested, which augers well for the success
of the Reform party when the day of
polling copies.
MISMONS.— The Animal Missionary
Meeting of the Church Society, will be
held in. Walton, on Jan. 28, and. at St.
John's Church, Brussels, on Jan. 29.
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