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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1875-01-15, Page 4NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dog Lost—john Kerr. Horse for Sale—James Kerr. Estray Steere-John Jaekeen, . Sparling'eMill- -P. Sparling. Excelsior Mills K. Charlesworth &th. Notice—Peter Adamson. Notice to Debtors—McIntyre & Willis. Situation Wanted—Box 200, Seaforth. Board Wanted—Apply at this office. Business Chaegc—Callander, Scott & Co, Clearing Sale—Callender, Scott & Co. - Montreal House—Fisher & Barton. List of Letters—S. Dickson. in which they desire to place him.. We would again- say to the Reformers of South Huron, that ifthey desire to show to the world that they approve of Ite course pursued by Mr."Mowat'seGoverri=" ment, they must vote for the Govern- ment candidate. That .candidate is Mr. Bishop. He bac represented their views faithfully duri'neis the two‘years he occu- pied a seat in Parliament, and we have every confidence that he will continue to .do so should he -be elected. Whether or ameemmem, not he will be elected remains entirely — •1 with the Reformers themselves. If they te- 111.011 II/01401s , come forward manfully and. vote for hint he will •be elected, . but if SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 1875. South Huron, Contrary to general expectation, and at the very last moment,. the Conserva- tives of South Huron have brought for- ward a candidate in opposition to Mr. Bishop. At a meeting 'of the Conserva- tives held. last week, it was resolved that as Mr. Cresswell had declined to become a candidate it was deemed advisable not to contest the constituency. This reso- lution was published in the Torooto papers and in the • local Cohservative press. Yet, notwithstanding this action, • on nomination day Mr. George Case was nominated as the Opposition candidate, . and accepted the nomination. Of course we have no cause to. complain of this contradictory proceeding on the part of our Conservative friends, and merely mention it to show the endecided. and fielele disposition which has possessed our bpponentt. lt may be, however, that the Oppositionists in South Huron, knowing that, in: an even race with Mr. Bishop. their candidate would not have the slightest chance of success, they have adopted this course for the purpose of deluding their Opponents and throw- ing them off their guaid. That; while pretending it was not their intention to offer opposition, they were, all along, secretly working. If this is the game they have been playing, we are glad to know that it ,will signally fail, as the Reforiners of South Huron are not so foolish as to be misled by so thin a (ledge. What Mr. Case's views on the public etuestions of the day are, we do not know, nor do we think that any other personin the constituency is better informed.. He. was not at the nomination, he has issued no addresseeand he has not held any meetings that we have heard of. The public are, therefore, completely itt the dark as to.what his Views are, 'if he has any. We can only judge of his future action by the professions of those who have again bronght him forward as a candidate for Parliamentary honors. On this ground, then, we are juethed m classing Mr. Case as a bitter, unreason- ing opponent of the present Govern- ment, one who take thtt- first and every opportunity to endeavor tdedefeat -'the Government and replace them by the present leaders of the -Opposition. We ask the electors of South Huron if they: e willing to be represented m Parliament by a man who. a,id: placing the Government of this Province in the. hands of Messrs. Lauder and Itykert ? If they are, then they should vote for Mr. Case, or refrain from voting for Mr. Bishop. If, however,- they are desirous of having the preseut Government con- , tine° in power, they Must signify their approval of that Government by voting " for Mr. Bishop. Thereiis another point we would desire to impress upon the • electors of South Heron, and that is, that every man who has. a vote, and does not vote, says in effect that he considers the Goveteement unworthy of 'support, and that he ts. willing that South Huron, by returning Mr. Case, 'should he con- sidered as a constituency that is opposed to the Government.. -Every Reformer in South Huron, who is not willing that the Government of Mr. Mowat shoeld be defeated, should vote for Mr. Bishop, and if .he fail3 to vote for Mr. Bishop he assents his willingness that that Govern- ment should be swept out of -existence, and, a Goveremeut composed of Messrs. Lander, Rykert, and men of this stemp Sheuld come into power. It isnot a per- eonal matter between Mr: Bishop and Case that will be decided. by- electors of South Huron on Monday next. The - question to be decided is, is the precut Ontario Government deeervieg of the confidence of the 'people or not ? We therefore -again repeat, that every elector who wishes to see the Government sus- tained, should vote for Mr. ,Bishop; and every elector who does not wish to see the Government sustained should 'vote for Mr. Case, or should stay at home and not vote at all. A large majority- of the electors of South Huron beloug to the Reform party, and we believe that every Reformer has confidence in the present Ontario Government, and desires it to be continued in power. Let, then, every Reformer. in South Huron turn out and vote for Mr. Bishop on Monday next, and thus prove by his acts that his pro- fessions are honest. So far as the candidatea are concerned everything is in Mr. Bishop'e'favof. He - is a man of long municipal experience, he is thoroughly versed in the public affairs of the county and the country, and he has proven, himself to be a useful and efficient rep' esentative. Mr. Case is man of no munieipal or Parliamentary • experience. He does not pi-ofess to have. any knowledge of public affairs, and even his best friends do not pretend • that he is in any way qualified kr the position • they alkw a feeling of over -security and indifference to pessess them. and some from these causes refrain from Voting, he may defeated. We have thus plainly pieced the issue - . before the Reformers of South Huron, and we leave the result in their hands, confidently exrectifig and believing that they will do their duty. • • East Huron. • We would again renaind the electors of East Huron that the credit and honor of their constitUency is at stake. We maintain that should *Mr. VanNorman be elected on Monday ,next the repre- sentative of the constituency, that a greater disgrace could not befal it. His election would be tantamount to a. pub - admission that within the constitu- ency there is not a local man competent to represent it in the Local Legislature, and that a man of the most ordinary ability had to be prochred ,from Brant- ford.. This as every person within the constituency knows, is 'not the fact. Theretare hundreds of men in. the Rid- . mg in every respect better qualified to . . represent it than Mr. VanNorman. This being the case, would it not be a shame to place the constituency in the false position we have indicated by electing an outsider, who, in addition to being in outsider, is an incapable. But Mr. VanNorman is either ignorant or. dis- honest. In his addresses throughout the constituency, he has been in the habit of -making the most reckless and baseless assertions imaginable, presum- ing, no doubt, that he could trade on the credulity Of the people. He has found, however, that the people are more intelligent than he evidently took them to be, for at each of. his meetings where he has spoken he has met with electors who were able- to refete his • statements an • d. prove their falsity. Ye' netwithstaading Ott, he still keeps on repeating the Same_ old, worn-out arid oft -refuted charges. For instance he states in his .speech that the present Government took the contract for the erection of the Central Prison buildings froni his father-imlaw, - Mr. John Elliott, becatise he was a political opPoneut, and gave it to .Mr. Nathan Dickey at his own price anct without a tender; Now • every:person who knows anything about Ontario affairs knows that Mr. Elliott ; had the coutractefor the stone and. brick work of the Central Prison buildings, aad that after the work was taken from him it was, finished:under the direc- tion of the Government architect, . • and -mainlyby the - sub -contractors who had worked under Mr. El- liott, and tliat .`. Mr. Dickey • never had anything to do with this part of the works ; that his centred was ior the supplying of the engiues and boilers re- quired, and for other iron work and ma- chinery. We. might continue in like manner to enumerate misstatements such as this, but it is unnecessary, as the above is a fair specimen ef all the charges he prefers against the Govern- ment. Now Mr. VanNorn‘n must know that by making these mis-state- merits he•is endeavoring to mislead the public, or ,else he is ignorant of the facts. ...if ignorant of the facts, rtheri he is not sufficiently intelligent to represent trey constituency in Parliament.. If not ignorant of the facts he is endeavoring to mislead the people, and is, consequently, dishonest. Let him take whichever position he chosses.. Either is alike dis- creditable to him, and shows him to be notoriously unfit for the position to which he aspires. -.His opponent, on the ether hand. in his addresses to the peel*, makes no attempt to h. hie or con- ceal anything. He tells a plain, straight- forward story, and every assertion he makes, he has the proof at hand to sub- stantiate it. This is the kind of person that the peAple yant as their representa- tive in Parliament, and we are sure the electors of East Huron will not be fool- ish enough, to cast him aside for an ad- venturer, whose sole interest is to get their votes, and gain the position he seeks that be may use it to his ewn ad- vantage. • The Reason Why. Considerable speculation has been in- dulged in as to the reasons • which could have induced Mr. VanNormau to seek- a seat in Parliameut. One • very good reason why he should desire toobtain such a position has leelsed_ont during the caevas. It seems that Mr, John Elliott, the original contractor for the Central Prison buildings at Toronto, is father-in-law of Mr.' VanNormao. Elliott, itt coojunction with Mr. Van - Norman's father, have now an action pending in the Courts against the Ontario Goternment for damages ni connection with the Central:. Prison contract; for 70,000. Should Mr. VanNorman se - etre a seat in Parliament he would be in a inueh more favorable position to tirosecute the claim which his father and father-in-law say they hold against the Government. ,It is also well known that Governments are at times so situ- ated that a voce is of very great import- ance to them. Should, therefore, the Ontario'Government be so situated, the guarantee or promise from Mr. VanNor- num of his vote onight induce the Gov- ernment to grant to his relatives this claim whether it be just or not. We do not believe that the present Government would do this, but the members of the Opposition might, and no doubt would agree tosatisfy his claim providing they got into offiee, and through -such a prom- • ise secure his vote. Thet it is Mr. Van - Norman's intention to use his el."arlia- mental y position, should he be elected, • to secure to his relatives this claim, we do not say, but the circumstances are at least suspicious, and these suspicions are strengthened by the fact that he per - 1 sista in holding himself free to support whichever party he may see fit. • We give the electors of East. Heron this hint in time, and it would be well for them to think twice before they vote to send a stranger and a speculatorto Parliament as their representative in place of a man whose -eharacter is above suspicion. Mr. Bishop. - In speaking of Mr. Bishop's candida- ture in. South Huron, the Globe of Wed- nesday says: "It was generally under- stood that South Huron was to be uncoil - Itested by the " qeartette " interest, and . that Mr. Bishop would have a quiet -walk over.. At the last moment, however, an ,Opposition candidate was started. rhe Reformers of South Huron must better themselves. • Mr. Case's icancliclature may be simply vexatious, but 114 must be beaten handsomely, nevertheless. Mr. - Bishop has done well whilst a niember of the Assembly,- and if not a very frequent speaker, is what is better, a very shrewd, sensible, and practical- one. He is a sound Reformer too, and well 'up in all that concerns the local affairs of his con- stitnents. 'They would have to go far to find a better man, or one that better de- served, at • their hands, a good. week's work' to secure his re-election." 114. Gibson and the North Riding Re'gccistry Office. The following paragraph, which we copy from a Winghato Conservative paper, will show the kind of argument that is being used against Mr. Thomas Gibson : • "Thos. Gibson was the means of hav- ing the Registry. Office at Blyth done away with, and, says he "acted accord- ing to his conscience," thus _making it necessary for the farmers and others of this vicinity to go to Goderich to have their deeds, kc., registered. Elect Van - Norman and you will have a man- who will look after your interests." • M re Gibson was not the means of having the Registry Office removed from Myth. The County Council of Huron passed e resolution unanimously, instructing Mr. Gibson, as the representative' of the Rid- ing, to introduce a measure for the aboli- tion of the North Riding Registry Of, lice, and. Mr. Gibson obeyed the instruc- tions he had received from. his constitu- ents through their- teptesentative in the County Connell. . f, therefore, wrong was done in abolishing- that_ office it is the Council that is responsible and. not • Mr. Gibson.. We contend, • however, that in the abolition of that office a great service has been done the County as a whole, and we are only sorry that we cannot accord to Mr. Gibson the credit of being ,the nastigator of the leg- islation which accomplished the The organ seems to insinuate that had Mr. VanNorman been in Parliament he would not have -obeyed the nnanimous and. peremptory instructions of the Coun- ty Council. In refuting to do so would he be looking.af ter the interests of the people . Political. tfe. W. Barber, the late .member, has received the Reform nomination for Halton. He will be opposed by Mr. W. C. Beattie in the Conservative interest. —Mr. -J. C. ltykert has been re-elect- ed Reeve of St. Catharines. Most people evIitild, under the circumstances, have tamed up their noses at such a candi- date, bet you see -there is no accounting f().1--ragee'North Wellington electioir trial • comes off on the 1st of February. Bribery by agents has been admitted. . —During the last session of thc minion Parliament, the Premier an- nounced, in answer to a question, that the Commons would assemble, for the session of 1875, on or about the -first of • February. The official Goeette announces that . Perliament will meet for the de§patch of business on Thursday, Feb- ruary 4th. An .important setsion may be anticipated. —The following Reformers were elect- ed by 'acclamation on Monday last: Hardy, South Brant ; Williams, Ham- ilton ; Mowat, North Oxford; Clarke, Centre Wellington; Gow, South Wel- lington ; Patterson, West York; Bon- field; South Reirfrew ; Fleming, South Waterloo. Only one Opposition candi- date, Mr. Monk, of Carleton, has been • returned by acclamation, which goes to show how much the country is suffering from the .boasted • Conservative " re- a,ction. —Mr. Boulthee, one of the Onimsition leadMs, has retired from the Legislature, and, it iseunderstokid, will be employed on the'fillitoriall staff of the Mail. - • --Mr.Devlin, the Reform. candidate for Montreal Centre, has been elected. by a majority of 78 over Mr. Ryan, the late member. —Four Conservatives and one _Reform- er-oeMr. D. D. Hay—are .contesting Perth- for the Local House. The plot Aiding Nomination.' " The nomination of eandid,tes ifor the East Riding. ef Huron' took place Brussels on Monday.last.. The day, wao very cold, but a large .nuMber of the ratepayers of the Riding were in attend - educe. Suitable hustings had been erect- ed on the vacant lot on the sOuth side of Parkee's-Hotel. At the proper hour the Returning Officer, Mr. Peter Thomson, took his place on the hustings and asked for nominations. Mr, John Leckie, • Reeve of .Brussels, nominated, and. Mr. Thomas Strachan, Reeve. of Grey. sec- onded, Mr. Thomas Gibson. , Mr. liriah, McFadden nominated, and Mr. -Perkins, of Howick, seconded, Mr. VanNorman. A number of other- gentlemen Were nominated, but those mentioned were the bona fide nominations. After the • nominations were made the erowd with- drew from the hustings until, 1 o'clock,. the time appointed for the Speaking to take place." • Upon reassembling - at 1 o'clock it Was found to be so intensely cold outside that it was decided to ad- journ to the halt adjoining Parke?* Hotel. Upon assembling in the • hall the Returning Officer, atter reading the various polling >places, announced that he would allow the movers and. seconders each ten minutes time for. Speeking, the candidates proper one hour, and the " bogus" candidates half au! home He then called upon Mr. •Leckie, Mr. son's mover.: Mr. Leckie said he was proud to have the hon -or of nominating Mr. Thomas Gibson, and -he intended :to use every fair and lawful meats within, hie power -to secure his election. and .he thought -that every elector who wished " East Huron well should do' the same. He supported Mr. Gibson for two reasons. The first was, that he was a- tried . man. He had represented the conStituency for four years, and he had. represented it -well: He had not given a vote that he could not substantiate and l'justify, and whether these votes were m: accordance . with the vieWs of the electors, as a whole : or not, he believed. that they had. been given honestly and conscientiously, and that a large majority of the electors or the constituency would agree that they I were given for the best intetests of. the ' Province. • He also believed that for the . Local Legislature, where Wel matters were dealt with, a local candidate should be chosen. Mr. 7Gib.son. it, in every sense, such a man. He is one of those who came into this County when it was , e forest, and by his toil and. industry had helped to make it what it now is. •,Mr. ' Gibson had also taken a prominent part in the municipal taffairs of the ( county. He had long served ill the township and County Councils; and when 80 serving I had distiuguished-himself for his I gence and his integrity. He therefore 1 askecl every man before him if it would I not be a s1iarne to select, in preference ; to such a man, a :stranger who had : n� I interest in the County, who.. had nothing I in commonwith the people of this Coun- ty, and who cared • nothing for thein further than to get their votes to send ! him to Parliament where he desired to . go, not to serve them, botte further hie own ends. In Mr. Gibrion they had. man upon whoni, at a representative, they could rely, and agam§t whose in- ; tegrity and honesty not even his. most 1 bitter enemies dare • say one • word. With regerd. to •Mr. GilYSOTIS et/flatlet Parliament When affairs affecting the in terests of his constituency eame up for t consideration, he could say that, after I having closely watched his conduct i in , thesematters,he had acted fairly and hon- orably between rival sections and; 'rival interests ; he had acted as would result r most beneficially to the -whole constitu- • ency., With regard to the Southeru Ex- tension, he was proud to be able to state, ; and he defied any mtn to ; refute the statement. that Mr. Gibsoo tied gieen it ! all the assietance in his power, and had ! nobly fought for the intereeta of the road ! in the House. His secoedi teasoti for supporting Mr. Gibson is that his oppo- nent is a non-resident He is emknown in the Riding -e-a- man without 'allelic ; reputation. He is a lawyer from Brant- ford, who has not a dollee of, interest in this constituency.- If he has any sub- stantial interest anywhere, that interest is iu the town of Brantford where he comes from, Mr. Gibson, on the .other hand, is a large property holder in the, constituency, and he has accuolulated ; that property by steady toil 'and industry - in their midst. 'In serving' the interests et the County, therefore, in Padiament, he would be serving his own interetts, and he could. not even serve his own in- terests without serving the interests ot the County. • He believed that a repre- sentative should be chosen whose inter- ests were identical with the interests of the County, and in Mr. iGibsen they had such a- ?nave- If the Opposition party had, bronght forward a local man he could have home respect for him, no Matter fioiv humblc his pretensions might b,e, but when they selected as then- noMinee a foreigner . who had no interest in the lonstithency further than to speculate in the votes of its electors: and who:was atthe very best a fourth rate man. and inferior in ability, experi- ence and intelligenceto the one they de- sired to.. displace, the coesidered they ' shouldnot be assisted by the electors to do so. He did. not say bet that it was sometimes necessary to select a fore:inner to represent a conetitueneY in the Leal Letislature, but he: did say that • when such o -necessity arose the -person selected should be °lie noted either as a profeseional Man or as a, politician. .To such distilletion Mr. VanNorman could lay no claim. He had hieSsee been heard of beyond the precincts of his own town until he, was brought to East Huron, and. he was much mistaken if the intell • gent electors of East Huron woulti pre- fer as their representatiee this unknetell Man to their old and tried representative, Air: Thos. Gibson. Mr. Gibson is not a lawyer, but he is an honest man, and he, Mr. Leckie, called upon the electors of East Huron to rally round him, and on Monday next to retern 'llun as their Perliammitery repreeentative liy an overethelming majority—by such a, ma- jority as would show to the world that East Heron valued and WaS prepared to reward. honesty, integritf. and ability, when displayetl by one of her own citi- zees. The hall became so crowded. while :Nth Leckie was speaking, that it was dosi t- ele& unsafe to remain in itdonger, as the IloOr commenced to giee way. The rooni; had, consequently, to he cleared, and the speakers, followed by the audience, were forced once more to repair to thebustings outside J hiring the interval the cold had become even more intoise, 80 that when the speaking again resumed it was almost impossible to report. The Re- turning officer called upon :the seconder of Mr. Gibson, Mr. Thomas Strachan, evlso said he vas , -•.-.--- prowl of the honor of secondieg the -nomination of Mr. Gibson. During. the whole of Mr. Gibson's public career, either as a municipal councilor or as a Parliamentary representative, no Man lead ever dared say one word against his character. As a private citizen and as a public mhn he was above suspicion. Ev- ery person knew him to be an honest, honorable man' even his political oppon- ents respectedhim for these qualities. These were the kind of men to send to Parliambnt. If we had not as our Legis- lators men of known integrity, we could not expect honest legislation, The legisla- tion we received depended entirely upon the. eharticter of the repreeentatives we sent to Parliament. My. G11)801118 oppon- ent might be as honest as he, but the people did not know it „He was a stran- ger to them. Of Mr. Gibson's character, however., there was no doubt every per- son in the Riding knew him, and knew • that -what he, Mr. Strachan, said about him was correct. Mr. Gibeon had been in the Legislature for four years, and he had been a consistent supporter of the Government during that time, and he, Mr. Strecker), believed that had he done otherwise than support the Government, he would not have done his duty. Mr. Strachan then referred to the question • upon which the Government of Mr. Sand - field Macdonald had been defeated. and • to maay of the useful and beneficial meas- ures which the present Government had carried into law, and concluded by urging upon the electors that it was their duty to support Mr. Gibson, who was one of themselves and who had • ably as- sisted the Government in carrying out the many good measures he had referred to, in preference to a stranger of whom they knew nothing,. and who desired to get into Paid -jawed merely to advance his own ends. -- - Mr. McFadden, as mover of Mr: Van - Norman, gave Mr. Strahhan credit for the fair and impersonal speech he had de- livered, and censured Mr. Leckie for having spoken lightly of Mr. VanNor- man. He said that whatever Mr. Van - Norman was he had been chosen as the Otposition candidate by a large nuniber of the representatives of that party in Convention astembled, and that this should not only be a guarantee ef his good character and fitness for the posi- tion of representative, but should entitle him to the hearty support of the Conser- vative porty. Mr. Perkins. as seconder -of Mr. Van - Norman, said. that it had. been cast up to Mr. VanNorman by his opponents that he was an outsider. • But such an argu- ment dicl not come with good: grace from the Reform party, as in the adjoining County of Bruce that party had tie° non- resident representatives in the persons of Mr. Edward Blake and Mr. Wells. He trusted that the electorswould leave out of consideration the fact of AIr. ViinN6r- man being an outsider, and support him as the unanimous noiffinee of the Conser- vative Convention, and ate oppo nent of the present Government, which he con- sidered. was sufficient to entitle him to the confidence and support of the people. He then referred to some statements which he said Mr. Mowat had made on one occasion at Harriston, and concluded by aeking his friends to turn out and heartily support Mr. VanNorman. Mr. John McCrea and Mr. Thomas Kelly, of Morris, as nominators of other gentleman also made a few remarks. • Mr. Thomas Gibsomon appearing, was greeted with cheers from his friends. He said that he regretted that he had to speak outside where it was so cold, as there were a few statements which his opponent was in -the habit of making at his meetings, and he supposed he mould reiterate them on the present occasion, which required refutation hy documents and by the journals of the House, and it would be almost impossible under pres- ent circumstances to turn up these proofs as they would be required_ He evas not ashamed. to come back and ask them for re election, e.s he stood before them as the unanimous nominee of one of the largest Reform conventions ever held in the County, and that was a pretty rood guarantee that he had dene his duty honestly in the past. He came before them as the etandord bearer of the party in the ranks of which be had ever lived and as an htunble member of which he had hoped to dio. He had no two faces either to his friends or his enemies. He was hewer aftaid or ashamed to avow his honest principles and con viet4ais, and if those principlee coincided. with the principles of a majority of the ratepayers of East Harm), he hoped they would re- turn him as th ei r represeittatiive, and. if not, then t:ey ‘eould elect his opponent. He felt well convinced, however, that the sentiments of a very large majority of the electors were in -accord with his, and that the reeult on -Monday uight next would show this to be the case. • He was one of themselves. Whatever he pos- sessed had been made honestly and by hard work amongst them. The first night he had spent in the County of Huron was in an old log house eviler° Brussels now etande, and which was about the only tenement in the place. He had walked from _Harpurhey over logs and thrtnigh woods the entire way. The people ef to -day couldnowiok back on those dark days, 1 41 .roo am., sri.c. A pride what -they had. overcome by toil and industry. He believed that the among itirl sthose(0u rept esen Offices shntv ibort,011,111.dial:li;se,..Ettt,1,{iI(t.'iti jel:rifs.iriol gin!: ur those dais to what it is to -day., He would ask ousev iiiet11.1,0111,..vt -itzleaieltei or m an, up and that the 'e Cloutilre people should do bim honor ? t)yile? otor 1'11 ltd h C. 1 he done True, he he was a lawyer, and a Brantfor-d lawyer at that, and not by any means a fore- most man itt. his profession. Lord wB-laTiaglimania nhad o()1 Icreesaid escuied Toaitir al p roa;ea'3:teel; from you and teek it to himeelf. Thie Brantford. lawyer- was wet- ClideaVOrilLI! to rescue the repeesentation of FaA lf nom from the people to pcin Melti ee' f f had been said that the stituency of South Bruce wa aileji?cipriii-neegmert°enti by outsidere, and on that account ob- jection shoul1l not be taken tioan out- sider far East Huron. 1 fe admitted th• at South Bruce was repreeented by the Hon. Edward Blake in the Dominion Parliament, and by Mr. Sireaker Wells in the Local Legielaturebut m -ho would ever think of instituting a comparison hete-een them and his opponent, Mr. Vans.N.orman. He need ilot tell them that both Mr. f-',1-ike and Mr. Wont baa attained to eminence both as professional men and as politiciaue. but whatposition did Me. VaoNormao occupy either as a professional man or as a politieian» lie was only an _Attorney, and had never been beard of as a politician- nista te came to East Huron, anti he might safely j _ 1 JAN, 15, 1875. predict that he would never again be heard of after he left it: - Had the Con- servative convention chosen for his opponent either Er.- Holmes, Alp, Willson, or any other of their leading local Men, be wmild have considered him an opponent worthy of respect, but tbig Brantford lawyer, who is -alike unknown to the constituents of East Huron and. to fame, be -could not look npou him with respect. 11S3 would now refer to eome of the statements his opponent had made at his meetings, as be had no doubt he would again repeat them. Mr. VanNor- man had stated that he had in his pos. session affidavits made by two respect- able residents of Brantford, to the effect that Mr, McKellar had instructed them to select six boxes of the worst earth that could be found on the Mimic() F,ATIO, and mix with it Canada thistles, to ,send it to Professor Miles to have it analyzed. Mr. Gibson showed this statement to he incorrect, and read a letter from Mr. McKellar stating that he, McKellar, had in his possession an affidavit from Pro- fessor Miles, stating that he, Miles, bad selected the earth himself. Mr. Gibson also showed from Professor Miles' report, to the Government that the earth hail been selected by himself. He further stated that the Opposition had been er- &flooring. to fasten on Mi 'McKellar aJl manner of charges, and it was strange that they had. never brought, these men before any of the various Committees 3f they could have proven anything of this kind by them. With regard to , chang- ing the site of the Agricultural farm, the Raid that before making the change the Government had, appointed four practual farmers—two ,Reformers and two Con- servatives—to examine the 'Mimic() site. These gentlemen ilia examine it, and re- ported it unfit for thelpurposes for which it was intended, and after a thorough in- vestigation this same Committee selected the farm of Mr. F. W. Scone, where the College is now located. It was evidence such as this that induced _the Govern- ment to change the site, and not, as Mr. VanNorman falsely stated, to gratify s Mr. Peter Goer. Mr. Gibson aleo refer- red to the Central Prison contract, and, showed clearly and conclusively that the • Government had acted properly in. con- nection with this work. He also referred to the various other charges preferreil. • by -Mr. VanNorman and his friend -8 against the Government, and •showed their utter groundlessness and falsity. We are sorry that space forbids our fol. - lowing Mr. Gibson through his excellent • speech, as it contains a full jnatificatioil not only of his own political course, but also of the conduct of the Government On the subject of the removal of the • North Riding Registry Office coming up he showed that his action in that matter was instigated and forced upon him by the County Council, who had passed a resolution unanimously asking hm to in- troduce a bill to reunite the Ridings for registration purposes. He also showed that by the reunion the Comity will reap an annual ,gain of over $2,000. He Con- cluded his able address by stating that if in -thepat he had. a doubt as how he should vote, he had • always given the benefit of the doubt to the Gov- ernment, as he considered he was jasti- fied itt doing>. During the forte years he was in the 'House the Opposition never brought forward one single measure, and their whole policy was a policy of ob- struction. He said that be had voted against the Government eight tunes in one session, but he had voted .conscien- tiously, and. should he be again returned he would act itt the future as he had done in the past He also referred to the finan ci al position of the Government, • and showed the • judicious dispositioe which had been made of the finances of the country, and concluded by asking his supporters to put forth their utermet eoffrtint;sato ps os:ezt-ek.for him. as large a mas j • Mr. \ =Norman went over the same • address, almost word. for word that he had delivered at the various meetings in the Riding, and repeated the set-eral statements which Mr. Gibson had, iu ad- vance, refuted and proved to be incor- rect. Be stated that he appeared as the nominee of the Conservative Convention, which had been composed of 150 dele- -gates. Before he accepted the nomina- tion of that Convention, feeling that any honest representative should support good measures a° matter from what • party they emanated, he made to the Convention a stipulation that he should be htft untrammelled and allowed to a.et independently m accordance with the dictates of his conscience' and the Con- vention agreed to this stipulation. He then proceeded to review the canece which led to Confederation, atul the for- matiou of the Sandtield Abed -timid Oov- ernme.nt, which he held was not a coali- tion. He upheld the conduct and. acts of that Government, and characterized it as one of the best which had ever existed in Canada. He accused Mr. Make of • baying violated his professions when de- effunci irg coalition governments, by tak- ing into his government the Hon. It. W. Scott, and of having violated the seer- stitution when he himself became a :sixth member of the Government witheet ' portfolio and without salary. He ao- ; eased Mr. Aleliellar with having hee- 1 hissed his fatlit,r-in-law, Mr. John Elliott, when engaged on his contract on t1tt enti -al 1 neon Vtoiks, and of having ul- timately taken the contract from Mei and given it to Mr. Nathan Dickey without tender. He accused the Ges-- ern merit with having removed the site. ef the Model Farm from tlimico to Gu el Or • to appease Mr. Peter Gow for haying turned him out of the Cabinet, antl ngain referred to the affidavits he had got from the " respectable mechanics " nt Brant- ford. When asked. to produce the affi- davitsbe said be had them in his - pocket, and when asked. to read them , took a paper from his pocket and read what be pretended was the affidavits. He accused Mr. Scott, when Commis- ! sioner of Crown Lands, with having eohl the Lake Huron Timber Limits for the benefit of Ottawa lumbermen and -re- ' cused the Government of having, given to the Canada Central Railo-ay Company ri ; large tract of land, and a large sum of money. He aho accused the Govern- : ment of having squandered the publie ! money in giving pet fat contracts to „favorite contractors, and so on. All these charges and accusations Mr, Oib- soli, in his speech, satisfactorily answered end explained, yet Mr. VanNorman had to repeat them, as they formed part of his speech, and as he bee only the one speech, which he repeate on every occa- sion, of comse he had to bring them all forward' again. He concluded his re- marks by saying that he was as good a Reformer as any man in Huron ; that he had no confidence in Rykert, Lauder and Boultbee, and that beforehe got through witii Past Huron.he was bound to make it a good Conservative constituency. es- • After Mr. VanNorinan, gentlemen made a Amongst these was M Brow's, County District Orenge Association. This , nounced Mr. Gibsou for his Orange question, and urged es man to vote against Mr, itits It being 110W nearly dark, were given for the -Queen, of the eandielates, and the enee dispersed, The West Thiron No The nomination for Weat plaee at Smith'sFiiIl,in the al Hall on Monday last. large attendance, and cheers, and a few intern speaking was eming on ever off quietly. iMr. A. M. inated by Mr. William Ye Coleborne, and seconded 1 Crawford, of Ashfield. idson was nominated by lough, of West Wawanosh, by Mr. B. L. Doyle, of Go eral otb.ex nominations we s those mentioned were the I. inatione. Air. Young had much pi Mating Mr. Ross, as a ma fitly represent the elect° known him from ehildhow had served the County fait years in hie -capacity f Tre had risen to his position ability, having started an joiner and --carpenter. He farmers to chose Mr. re)se elielate, for they had Area lawyers in the Rouse, Mr. Crawford, as zeco Psoss' nomination, expre.sse quaintance with his nomin feet -confidence lie had itt h Mrs. Mallough, as elom Davidson, said he had ku stlema.n for 20 years.. Th 'tiara that had. been raised present election was that yer, but that objection wo ground.. He predicted s Davidson. MT. B.1 L. Doyle, as see Mr. Davidson's support. A. M. Ross was receive The -present ,;.position wa,s and. he hoped they 'eve failings as an orator. Reformer from his yont east one Tory vote f through respect for thal, was not as bigoted. as to he owed his fritads, said Mr. Ross toOk his pies from the family was an unfortunate re - yowler at the -time of that t7Government, he heard -enough of it to m former. The Reform pri a proaressiveme, and eessfuIly for such imede sponsible Government, t eonnections between eh representation by sTolm Sandfield had ta - the -distribution of a surplus, but the Opp that policy, and when power distiihnted thes voice of the House. Government was defe subject, which was but principles of Reform of the paet four years had suggested no moose fined themselv-es to harp of detail and personal n • cutred without the Itnovi eipals. 11-e had not bona port the Stoverement w served to hinieelf the p objection to all measure deem improper,. He th. sale of the Huron tisn' had been done for the b country and to reat referred, also, to the -which Mr. Crabb iaid of the Province whi a low figure. . These those of municipalities, ly 111 debt, mid times -std. for borrowed moneys ft whichthey could real' selves frotit further tro bankrupt municipaliti not expect to get the such debentures. TIs been wise in extemlin ways. The Deal 11 was an act -creditable, 'ferred. to the Consolitra cipal laws. He woniti solidation of the assess -experience would asei in that -matter. Th brought forth by the leant, thus layiiig purpose that received 3:1r. Ross then referret . Loan. Fund:Act, andld With. The County of ,payieg interest 011 th of 6 per cent., and. ev1. had secured a loan at to meet the (len lse repres as Huron had paid should get the beneli profit. By this meat the Comity auntie $2,000 a mile were vs alitice which aided t uron Railroad, be Government the inji County in giving tl menicipalities -Much amounts ativaneed built, and the c received. $93,000 h - meet bad been ace but he -considered th used when distrib voters to be spent a lying in thu bank fo cumuleting serplie taken a great inter - merit of the COLV14 elect him he \COIlld to still further 2dA:r ill reply to a citt that he had sold. tit Philip Brown, of T Mr. Davison the boys from Go mit for the purpose ing. qualifications, but as to _the qualitleat Ross, but whethe ment should :be was ,a Conservativ go fat to find o party. Be refe field. Macdonald been defeated .o tribution of the air present f‘toverun bloc for drainage the difference and out of it. form principle -