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HUR
N EiPOSITOR.
N''i?Cr- ADVERTISEMENTS. 1
Great Clearing Sale---Durican. dt Du can.
Grocery-Department—Thos. Kidd
Fresh Arrivals—Laidlaw & Fairle
High Sehool By-Law—Wm. Ellie t.
° Cottage for Sale—John McNeil; ;
Live Stock Association.—M. Y. Me ean
For Sale--Harwoodds F1einieg,11 neall.
• Planing Mill for Sale in Seaforth.
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nun expooit
SEAFORTH, A.UGUST 9, L»78. •
All at Sixes and Seven.
A few weeks ago we showed, frorn
tkeir past actions in Parliament and
their utterances both in and cut 9f
Parliament, the hollowness, ine us s-
tency and insineerity of the Oppdsiti n
leaders in their advocacy of a protective
tariff. We further showed. that even
were they restored to power, they could
not, and would not if they could, afford
this country greater protection,. than
can be afforded by a purely revenue
tariff; that they had only taken 'up the
advocacy of Protection as a political
cry when every other cry had failed
them, and that so soon as it had served
their purpose they would cast' it aside
like a worn bet and Worthless garment.
Each succeeding day brings forth new
and stronger evidence tt, sabstantiate
this position. At that time no definite
er distinct declaration had been made
as to the degree of protection which
they inteeded to afford, or the interests
which they intended _to 'protect' in the
event of their receiving the confidence
of the people. When asked for infor-
mation the people were referred to the
,resolution: of Sir John in Parlia put.
As might be expected, the inforix&tion
furnished by this exceedingly ind 'finite
and. vague declaration did not lou sat-
isfy the people. They demanded more
information and a more explicit de-
claration of policy. This definite policy,
or rather a variety of definite policies,
have at length been laid down. Hav-
ing a diversity of interests to serve, and
having no bond of unity based on prin-
ciple, the several leaders of the party
have each propounded a _theory of his
own, and each theoly is directly an-
tagonistic to the other, as we shall
presently show. While this hydra-
headed and many sided policy of the
Opposition leaders may not be very sat-
isfactory to those who are honestly and.
sincerely in favor of Protection, and
who hrave been led to pet faith in the
professions of their leeders, it hows
clearly and convincingly the insin erity
of those putting it forth.
Every person who has rea the
speeches of the Opposition leader noivs
that he has proclaimed lustily in favor
of "Canada for the .Canadians," „hich-
he interpreted as meaning that i the
United States would not 'give us reci-
procity of trade, we should have reci-
procity of tariffs. The American ariff
ranges from 35 to 65 per cent. onse-
qiiently, .reciprocity of tariffs mean that
the Canadian tariff should? be I Eased
to O'qualtthe American tariff. Thi
nertion had been repeated so. freq wetly
and s6 earnestly by Sir John, th tt his
supporters in the Lower Pro inces
commenced. to fear he . it),
earnest. Now, whether or net 0, • reci-
procity of tariffs " would be ben Mai
to the people of Ontarit, seek t olicy
would be most prejudicial to the nter-
eats of the° people of the Lower Pro-
vinces, =eV -they are consequently meet
determinedly opposed to anythi • g of
the kind, Sir John's utterance • bel
Coming known in these Provinces and.
the people beginning to believe td at he
reallymeant what he said; his sup-
porters became 'desperately alsemed,
and one of his Mende a short tim ago
sent him the following telegram:
Bight Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald:
The Government press here, state th it you
propose to raise the tariff generally to 85 pa • edit:
Can 1 contradict this ?-
3701114 B YD.
To this telegram Sir John 'prox ptly
replies-. as follows:
To john Boyd, Si. Min:
" It is an absurd falsehood ; neither at L mama,
or elsewhere, have 1 gone beyond my motion in
Parliament, and have never proposed au in Teat,
but only a readjustment of the"tariff.
Jon>: A. MACDON
He dare -not declare to his owbr
Province friends in, .faver of a reci-
procity of tariffs, because that me ns.
a very large increase, end he nows
well that they will not submit to n in-
crease, and he goes directly iu the face
of his Ontario utterances, and de loxes
that he does not favor an increas but
simply a re-adjustmeet, and here is his
scheme for re-adjuatment : Thule
speaking in Toronto the other nigl t he
was asked be a gentleman in th au-
dience: " How are you goiug to p °tact
"the interests of Canada withou in-
It- email% the tariff ?" He said:
• “Suppos1ng that. the duties Ifefe taken off y mr su-
gar,your tm,your coffee,your tobacco, --our ail ks,aunl.
your_satin—which,espeoiallysugar,Coffee,and ea,are
all necessaries of hfi—yon gam so much; b cause,
by the reduction of the duties upon articles which
from the cireinustanees and xlituate of the e matey
We cannot produce, you get them at a lc:, eost.
Stip-Posing, then, we put a ditty on your e Utons,
woolk-ns, and manufactures in iron, leath T, and
wood, whieh yon can manufacture, you wiii mil, at
the end of the year, that you have saved as much
by the taking of the duties off tea, coffee, sugar,
and so on, as you have paid more by the put Lug of
the dirties on cotton, leather, iron, wood mut
lenihanufactures ;Thant you will see., that luring
the year yon have not paid any increased ta. es."
This is Sir John's scheme for 7e-ad-
justraeut ; for protecting the lincle stries
of the country. There is not one word
here, or in his whole speech a ut a
"reciprocity of tariffs," nor is the e one
word about protection to farmers Sir
Jo was ad
art zaps and
" p or farmei ."
pro etive d te
iro ,&c., an4i.
his idea of it
th
th
no
foi
go
10
bo
ge
pi
tel
en
pr
of ,
14
manufac
artizan,
part itt th
barley, ev
ten, and i
chanic
nty from
s into p
asant to t
them taint
ich the
duets an(
very arti
t the in
essing ai audience of
e had forgotten the
He is going to. put a
o31:. cottons, woollens,
• thereby, according to
oing to give wealth° to
u er and employment to
u the 'farmer is to have
a,nd scheme; protection
e oats and wool is for -
i the manufacturer and
o e who are to receive
Si 'John's hand when he
N er. It would not be
is mechanics of Toronto to
e had also promised to
fa mer by protecting his
• t ereby raising the 'price
l that he produces :and
ec anic consumes. This
wc uld have
ne-s of- the: so
Jo rewas not s
s, and he
of his
th
Jo u is goi g
su fare, teas t
ot
ef
ler luxuries
on cottons,
and other it
oh apen the
htly dimmed the bright-
.,
ure, and of course Sir
hard. hearted. as td do
protection to farmers
and scheme. But Sir
to take the duties off
baccos, silks, satins, and
f life, and place a d.tity
ollens, boots old shoes,
eesearies. He isgoingto
luxuries of the. rich inan
e price of w at. the poor
ave and cau't .do
he is go ng to re
d increase t
m n must
NVjthout.
m ese the d it from TEA aril(' SUGAR
hat about .11 areat'suaar tetiners and
, e
tee.import rs ? How' aae they go-
.
tb lie pro e ted? Has t every Op-
sitio,n ()raft° and . joun aliat been
using Mac te izie because he did not
reaae the dr
we we no 11
driven o t
es, Deed :0,00
yment ; f
being ba ns.
a because M.
cr
itt
ties on sugais and teas?
erd of the R dpeths lie-
f the 'sugar r fining busi-
'rnen throw _out of em -
he Montreal tea import-
ed to New York, and
ekeuzie rota ecl to • in -
ase the d1ibis on these trtioles, and
w Sir John, holy informs us that he
ends to takej the duties them al- -
to ether. ..Tf ojnr readers •do not believe
u elet tbein re cl. the above extract of
hi speech, which we' coPie :from the
re Ott in his own organ, he Toronto
1 ail. ':' Age la, Mr.. TilMa w s Sift John
M ode/mild'. lest Finance Minister. He
is again seeldak • a -seat in ParliaMent.
11, is one of 4e ,prorninee leaders of.
the party, ajndj he would e Finance
MMieter shduiI Sir john be again per -
ratted to for at governe ent. In a
seeech deliver d in New Brunswick, a
fe v- days aote le is repotted by the. Mail
a, having aid : • .
'Ten per eknt. liad 4en imposed en tea coming
ire m.the Unit II State:4j and the ceinoval Of thili
ha 1 destroyed ir directl tea' trade, arid given the
Hi ited :State. a inonopoly. * * 1 * * . * The
De minion is i Vet -rim with tea peddlers from the
Ut ited States, taking ?Tom our trn1ders business
th t IegitimatOy belongs to thein. 4)ur sugar re-
fining interest has been transferred to _the United
St tes,and or slapping engaged -'with the West
In lia taltde 1,41suffered. With proper tariff ream: -
let ions Halifax, St. john, kind Queb/le would refine
sum]: ior the loini lien. Such - diffdrential duties
be your raw and n tined sugars shotild be imposed.
as would fosteh: lun le 'refineries. * " II' * * * *
11 would lia.Vi voted aiminst the flour and coal
ta proposed alit bessi 1. When 1 e taxed them
in 871 it was )deause the Govern -in nt was about
to ask recipkocit3 with the Unit4d States and
w :ANT something to offerin exam' er .”
Here we have Mk. •Tilly, tono of the
le dere of - 'the .party, dedla ing in one
p et of th -country against a duty o
fl ,ur and coal, asidein favorf duties on
t a and siia,ar, and . we h.av •Sir John
A actlonald . another leader o the party.
i oe0 speel M. another part .of the
c u utry,M
• de -e g that, duti e should be
(1
.e tirely ret loved from tea and meter,
ve d ie. anotler speceh. promising to.im-
p se prphipitory -duties - ea dour and
cc al. Ie view- of these fac s, will . any
c udid refit er fray that- the 1Opposition
1 adere axe not at " sixes a.ed sevens
01 their NsttionelsPoliey ? . Is there anYa
ft Aber evideace , required te_ prove that
ti ey are in 1. icere in their professions,
tl
li
at tbcy1l ve no intention of fulfilling
eir pronnsis,jthat they ere trying to
=bug the pople. and that they nal
worthy c f trust or confidence?
• s1.
In anothe
✓ port of th
Of n be ca.11.et
Dr. Sloan a
T ursclaa-
a curate, an
f.ami. the Le
an vs. 'Farrow.
• clumn. will be found
di siert ssion 'if 4iscussiou it
N‘hich took pl sce between
d r. Farrow at Blyth, on
The .lrepor , which is
lutost verbal in, we take
iclsn Ad ',erase? . a special
✓ porter frdm •hich attend d the mea -
1 g. As w&1 be seen, the discuesion.
w s anythihltut a dignifie one, . and
n( report could do it jh tice. Very
fi quently loti the conte. -tants were
! "al caking a the same time, nd not un-
: fr quently the monetony of the ,rneet-
i i g was v ried, by some o ,er zealous
iditer pu tine, in his Oar au 1 giving his
o 4 the whole, however, the
eeting waS fairly orderly. Mr. Far-
! rc w ..,vas well !slipported by .his friends,
•• a f whom' took up their
ely in front of the plat-
: s
large group
ats immedia
krill. Those 'ill& attendedthe 'meet-
s
I i g expectin* tsthear an int lligent
ssion of pcilit-Cal question., must have
E 1 ft it disa.pijoi ted and (beg isted.. For.
ti is result Mr. •'arrow is solely to blame.
ad the sugg estion of Dr Sloan, for
el ell .to speak ithout interreption from
ti e other uatil -he had had his- say,
b en followed, au orderly aed interest -
g discuseion 'would' have been had.
r. Farrow, however; refused to adopt
this course; he had his:way, and the
✓ sult was sort of cat -and -dog contro-
v ,rsy, which disappointed aud disgust -
e every p roxji present. To say that
the object o s raised by Mr. Farrow
h the stt n elite • contained in Dr.
81 oan's cir ulaks were frivoloes, is an
inadequate assertion; they Were posi-
tively childish. Instead' of attacking
the cotrectness of the principles upon
hick the statements were.' based, he
contented himself with nonsensical
quibbling. over i few misprinted figures
and the accuracy of thd conetruction of,
some of the sentences, and the, mean-
ings Which might be derived from cer-
• tain phrases contained in the circulars.
• As a reeult he accomplished nothing;for
even bad he proved the correctness of
every one of his contentionsavhich be did
not do, he would have absolutely failed
to touch the sonndness or the correctness
of the prineiples underlying Ithe whole
of the charges. Being the accuser, lie
made a miserable failure of his atteMpt
to prove his accusations. The truths
which. the circulars i n ten ded' to convey
still remain untouched. He has "not
even attempted to refute them, and he
can not do so successfully.
Nam
MR. MACKENZIE is generaly supposed to be the
owner of an immense tract of land at Fort William.
The terminus of the Canada Pacific Hallway is at
Fort W'llliarn. Mr Mackenzie is Premier of Cana-
da,.n.nd placed the terminus there. The connection
is obvious. Sir John Macdonald and his collea-
gues managed the affiars of the country in prosper-
ous times and. were satisfied with $5,000 a year.
Mr. Alexander Mackenzie afid his colleagues Charge
us :.•.:18,000 enth per annum for running the county
Lo ruin.L-ExT:THit TIMES.
—.;The above quotation.. is perfectly
true, with the following, exceptions:
First, Mi. Mackenzie did notpossess a
foot of land at or near Fort William,
when the railway was located there;
and be did not select the location of
the railway. -.Second, Mr. 'Mackenzie
and his colleagues, did net increase
the salaries of Ministers; the Salaries
which the present Ministers enjoy,.
were'fixed by Act of Parlianient, by Sir
John Macdonald, before he was driven
.from -office: Third, the country is not
going to ruin, and the prosperity of Ex-
eter, and its vicinity, is . the best exem-
plification we can give to prove that it
is not. Since Mackeazie's aecession to
power, that village has nearly doubled
in mutation, and property- in the vi-
cinity has increased in value at least one
third.
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= . Ne*s �f the:treek.
!
PRINCE'S Manntaela-a-Prince Arthur's
marriage is arranged to take place next
1
February. .
JEFF DAVI S.—It i a repOrted that Jeffer-
son Davis wants , to be elected to the
1 .
United States Senate.
LIBERAL DONATION:—DOID: Pedro has
given $2,000 fronahis private -purse to
eid Brazilian music - students in Eur-
ope. . . .
GOIslE TO CYPRUS. — Mr. _ Archibald
Forbes, the war correspondent, has
gone to Cyprus for the London .Daily
. ,
News.
la AUGE - S 1.7S SCRIP T ION.= 'Twelve hun-
dred thousand dollars have - been sub-
scribed to the new Catholic University
at Lille, France. . .
- HARD Ce,r ' THE. CHINEE.—The British.
Columbia Assembly on Saturday adopt-
ed a bill imposing a tax df 60 per an -
mini on Jewry Chinese person in the
. Province •
T)ESTRATIVE Seeetr IN Cene..—On the
night of the 30th of July a heavy. storm
prevailed atBata,baro, in the southwelste
era part of Cuba. Nine vessels. report-
ed lost and six ashore.
RESIGNED ms SEAT.—Right Hon. G.
JeGoschen,has resigned his seat in Par -
lament fertile city of London on ac-
count of . th e• difference ' between himself
and his .coustiluents on the county fran-
chise.
'REarrasaao- . FROM THE .FIELD.— The
• Russian. troops are returning to Russia
to the nomber of 5,000 daily; The Rou-
manian ariny is expectecl. to make a tri-
umphal' anarch into -Bucharest with
Bulgarian trophies. • .
. .
DEATH. or AN AOHD Divixe. —The fath-
er of the !Church of Scotland is dead—
ROI -Alex'. Campbell, of Weem, Perth-
shire-. '• He was in the:90th Year of his
age:was ordained iu 1820; and had been
minister at -Weem for 50 years. . _
'TILE (3:HUMAN' ASSASSIN.-4oede1, the
would-be assassin of the Eniperor Wil-
liam is described as a fragile. waif .of
misery, ragged and unkempt, yet With
some .theasure of intelligence, and with
enough fluency of speech and disregard
of consequences to be dangerous.
. GOUGH IN Exereetre—Jam B. Gough
arrived at Liverpool- on the 20th .-
.where he, Was met by representatives of
the National Temperance League and
the ' United. Kiegdorn Band of Hope
Union. 'Though he went abroad to -get
absoloterest, Mr. Gough has accepted a
few inOtatioha to lecture. * -
- .Siouk:? Mamma •• DANCE,—A letter
from taitibh Major Walsh. says —The
hostile Sioux are gathering in one big
camp; fifteen miles west of Wood
Mountain, for a Medicine clauCe. The
bave but little ammunitioh. •There i-
110 appearance of Sittiug 131111 crossing to
the United States.
i Daticaaa Leaa Toaaa.----In a recent
breach • of -promisl case in England,
brought by a dress -maker against her
cousin, a . widower with five children;
the plaintiff, testified. that &moue the
tokens of affection giVen her by the defen-
dant was a locket containing a lock of
hair taken from his whiskers. Not-
withstauding that peculiarly delicate
pledge, his ardor cooled- and he became
another's. The injured dress -maker
recovered :E50. .
MORTALITY .NMONGsT ilifISsIONARIES.:—
Private letters from Tien Tsin, China,
of July 4th announce the death of the
following missionaries: Rev. J. S. Bor-
rodalie, of London.; P: R. Hunt, of the
American -Board, in Peking; he had
been there 35 years; Miss Diedriokson,
of . the -Church Missions; Miss L. A.
Campbell, of the Methodist Missiou ;
Rev. W. H. Hall, of the Methodist Mis-
sion. - Those at Peking died of fever.
Rev. Albert Whiting also died at Shan-
d.
, . AcCOMPLISRED THE • Iteee:—The little
craft the Nautilus arrived on August
1st in Mounts Bay, off the coast of
Cornwall. The two brothers from Bos-
ton who brought the craft acrdss the
Atlantie, and were the only perS nil} on
board were • greatly fatigued. JAfter
leaving America, they experienced
• pleasant weather for a, few days, but fogs,
wind and ram prevailed for a consider-
able time. Their -bed-clothes got wet,
and for four weeks. they slept in wet
clothee. Man
sleep at all, an
eat and drieak.
gerous prom
whales.
POTATO BLIGH r IN Inanaana—the po-
tato blight has ]jnade its appearance in
Wicklow. So far, the tubers are sound,
iii
but the disease is rapidly descending
through the s alks. The leaves are
withering, and e offensive smell so in-
dieative of disease is quite sensible since
th late thunde storm.
r
BANS A_TLAN IC TRADE,—Six Trans -
At antic steamers left New York, last
Sa urday. Th shipments of grain,
chse, and pro isions, foot up to a lib-.
eri1 aggregate. The exports of grain
amount to ne rly 190,000 bushels.
There were heavy consignments of to-
bacco: Other f atures. are the continu-
• ed shipment of 1oinesbc dry goods to
England, and a so two street cars and
t
a eumber of ho ses, while thefresh beef
export trade' a pears to have had a
slight renewal i activity.
• days they could not
hardly spare time to
They passed in dan-
y to many shoals of
ThetWor y War at Bly h.
Stoat vs. Farrow.
ilu prosecutin his canvass £14a candi-
atle'foa the Nor h Riding of Heron, Dr.
Man issued atil esses in circular form
o he electors s =Wiling statements of
th financial coadition of the Dominiou
un4ler,bhe preserit and late Governments,
an a review of Mr. Faarow's acts as a
legislator. Mr. Farrow took exception
to the statemen,s made itt these circu-
laria andin an
Dr Sloan, ard.
newspapers, he
they contained
iniestatements,
1
he would resign
chtj,llenge, and
Au ust, at Blyt
for 1 Mr. Farrow
tio s ae to the ti
•COT
Ha
en
pen letter directed *to
ublished in the county
undertook to prove that
o less than twenty glass
nd if he failed to do so,
Dr. Sloan accepted the
nominated the 6th of
, as the time and place
to make good his asser-
wenty falsehoods. Ac-
ingly, on T esrday the Agricultural
Li in Blyth N as filled with an audi-
o of not less than 500 persons, from
vs, ious parts o the Riding, the major-
ity however, b ing from Wingharn and
vic laity and 131 th.
r. Wm. Ole g, Reeve of the village
f 31ytih, havink been elected chairman
the meeting waf opened after a short
delay, occasion d by the absende of Mr.
Farrow. On lhis arrival, D. Sloan.
as ed that a jury of six persons—three
Reformers and three—Conservatives—
• be selected to- hom the proofs adduced
on both sides slfodd be submitted.
Mr. Farrow No. I will read out the
charges in t icircular and • call upon
pr. Sloan o prbve them seriatum before
the meeting. (1App1ause.) I will go on
noDwi...
Sloan—ihe meeting is mine.
Mr. Farrow No ; it's mine.
Dr. Sloan— called it and the meeting
is mine.
Mr. Farrow No, I gave- the chal-
lenge, and it's iine. I'll pick out the
charges I say are wrong, and let you
prove them light if you can. (Ap-
plause.) ..
, Dr. Sloan—I, want to go on and prove
the statemenW in my circular. As it
was printed, there may be some yors
i.
in the precise gures, but I can rove
bhalb the generail statements are correct.
(A pleofanse.)
nthe
aUdience here moved the
nomination -of k jury, but a number of
Noices shouted tiheir ,disapproval of the
jury idea.
Dr. Sloan th ught a jury would be the
most convenie t. He could not show
the fighres one by one to every man itt
the room.
Mr. Farrow—J can; I have the proofs
here in the books Mr. Mackenzie him-
self made. (GI:eat applause.)
And after seine further cross -firing,
, Dr. Sloan stsrted to make his address,
when
Mr. Farrow aid. he would not allow
Dr. Sloan to p aceed. He would read
an item from the circular and call upon
Dr. Sloan to enieve it correct.
Dr. Sloan— I am willing that you
should go on aid make your criticism to
I
the close and will reply.
Mr. Farrow ---No; I will not. that
Would muddle ihe whole thing. I want
the charges re lied to one by one.
Dr. Sloan -1, ell, go on, and we'll see
how you get along.
Mr. FAITOW then went on to say that ,
he regretted t meeting had been call-
ed upon suoh short notice. He had
written to Dr.
notice, .and he
a
i
t::al Policy for a year and n's motion, moved while
which stated hat the late Government
ie
then ("email ously" abandoned it.
O n to say was not so. It
w
tried feriN. Hat .
ThisSir 1en went j ( )13 was,
t Washington,' that pro-
duced the re
al of the so-called " Na-
ee •6. It was not repealed
tionaltPohcy,S and it was cae,-eied by a
majoittof
'' unainmously."
Dr: Sloan e id. that if it was not
_unan,imous in the House, etery Minis-
ter ini Ottawa voted to repeal the mo-
tion and Sir John himself afterwards
appreved of t eir aotion and said " it
Was 4 step in he right dirdction." He
claimed that -hen he said: the ".Gov-
ernment un nimoesly abandoned it,
he was strict correct. (Applause.)
Mil. Ferro was going on to address
the . nieetine on general political
questions, when Dr. Sloan asked him
ifhei, had any more serious faults to
find.
Itfe. Fano —Yes, several just as
serioes as th one disposed. of. (Laugh-
ter.) ! He the went on to criticize the
financial stat ment. He took the inter-
est fOr 1876, hich appeared as $5,079,-
000, and said it ought to be $6,079,000.
(Apptause.)
Dr. Sloan idmitted the inaccuracy.
He showed t at there were two editions
of the, circular printed—the figures were
coi-rebt in the first one, but in printing
the second p4 several errors occurred
in the figeeee, which he corrected. as
soon as discovered, the one just referred
to being one Tf. thein.
Me. Farrojv then said another er-
ror occurrdI in the statement that
the interest had. beeu lowered_ from
5.41 to 4.48 it should be 4.86. (Cheese.)
Dr. Sloan Th at also occurred through
an eeror of tiie printer. (Laughter and
cheers.)
,Mr. Ferrety next objected to the
statement that the peblic debt had 31in-
creased thir y millions up to 1873-4.
He said Sir ohn could not be held' re-
sponsible for he increase of 1873-4, as
he was onlylin office, four months of
that year. Of the increase, however,
fourteen or fifteen millions of it was
oceaeioned by the Tilley Act assuming
the ixioieased debts of the Provinces. .
Dr. Sloan .aid he was not going to
discuss how it occurred, but he -would
prove that the increase of debt was
as. he stated. Reading from the Public
Accounts he howed that the debt in
1871 was $78,000,000; in 1874 it was
$108,000,000—making just what he said.
it was, an increase of $30,000,000.
(Applause.) Dr. Sloan did. not find any
particular "feelt with Sir John for
creating thi debt. The people's repre-
sentatives voted the money to build
railways and canals, and the Govern-
ment had , to provide it. The men
who were I sent to Parliament and
voted for the:expenditures were the ones
to blame. 1
Mr. Farrow reterned to the charge,
making a lone explanation. about the
fourteen millions of Provincial debt as-
sumed by the Dominion.
Dr. Sloan—I have made no charge as
to how the debt was incurred.
Mr. Farrow—I know you didn't, doc-
tor. (Laughter.) He th.en pointed out
another typographical error, are idst great
laughter.
At this sage the printer of the cir-
cular wa °' called up, and he cor-
roborated tl e statement that a num-
ber of error had occurred in print-
ing, for which Dr. Sloan was not. re-
sponsible. .
Mr. Farrow's next assa,ult was di-
rected to a statement that the Opposi-
tion proposed to increase the tariff. Mr.
Farrow's complaint was that Dr. Sloan
had not stated that Mr. McKenzie had
twice raised the tariff. •
' Dr. Sloan—You want to raise it more,
and that's whet I said. in my circular.
(Cheers.)
Mr. Farrow next took exception to
all the tables of expenditure in the de-
partineuts—mcluding the office of Gov-
ernor -Genet -rah He quoted figeres show-
ing that ins ead of decreases large in-
creases hadi occurred, amounting to
$61,318 33, betwcen 1873 and 1877. He
did_ not 'blame Dr. Sloe.n for the figures
he hadfgiven. The whole trouble arose
through the production of the return
,inoved for by Mr. Dalton McCarthy,
which, Mr. Farrow said, was not a true
statement. , The Government side of
the House voted clown a proposal
to submit the statement to a fair and
impartial enquiry (Cries of shame,
shame.")
Dr. Sloan stated that in quoting fig-
ures from the sessional papers, he
thought he Could not ,go astray. Here
is a public return, vouched for by the
officers of Ithe House; what More
could be as ed ? I have copied the
figures exactly as they appear. (Ap-
plause.)
Mr. Farrow—Can. you find that re-
turn in the Public Accouets. (Cheers.)
- Pr. Sloan --I can't say that I can.
(Ironical cheers aud laughter.) The
doctor .said. he merely quoted the figures
as one of many proofs that Mr. Mac-
kenzie bad eonducted the affairs of this
&mitre mere economically than Sir
Jobe Macdonald had done. The figures
were literally and accurately copied in-
to this circular, ancl that was all he was
responsible for. It was true, as Ah.
Farroll, said, there was an increase of
expenditure in the aggregate, but was
it not reasoiiabie to expect that there
should. be ait increase as the Dominion
increases. gear, hear.) He referred
to the Mere se in the postal service as a
sanlple.
Mr. Farr w again contendel that the
return frowhich Dr. Sloan quoted
was " bogus " and. that Dr. Sloan ought
to have kno vn enough of public affairs
to see at a lance that the figures were
not correct. (Great Cheering.)
Dr. Sloan read from the retinue
showing that every item he copied
was d.uly c rated to by the officials
of the Ho se. If Vr. Farrow refus-
ed to beli ve them it could. not be
helped.
Mr. Farrow thee went on to say that
the Mackenzie Government had increas-
ed the supetannuation fund from $50,4.
000 to $1000O0; and the pensions from,
550,000 to 5100,000,and it had cosi
them thousan.ds of dollars more in sales(
ries for custonts and excise to collect a
less amount of revenue than Sir Johli
had done. (A.pplause.) i
A ar
tiVoice—Are you done with tht.
e ci
cu
1
Mr. Farr w—No ; Ecareely begun yet
Mr. Farrow then took up the persona,
charges as to his votes in the House;
On the charge that he had voted for the
motion for the increase of judges' salar4
ies, he denied having voted for them4
There was he division on the item and
no vote, aid he defied Dr. Sloan to
show it. IfIe then went back to the
loan to give two week's
has scarcely given two
Dr. Sloan—We'll settle that mistate-
ment at once. Handing a letter to the
chairman, the poctor called, upon him
to read it•. Thle chairman complied. It
was from Mr. i`arrow--to Dr. Sloan, and
called. upon hi to call a meeting "with-
out delay." •
Dr. Sloan • Is that two • weeks?
(Cheers and la, ghter.)
Mr. Farrow Well never mind that;
it's not of muc consequence. I thought
I had menti neti two weeks in it.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Farrow hen took up a, statement
ha Dr. Sloan's circular relating to his
(Farow's) reso ution for a duty on flour
and wheat, inwhich-it was further al-- .
leged that not 1 an agriculturist in the
House voted ft r it. He pointed out that I
he (Farrow) h4d not moved that resolu-
tion. • Mr. B wn moved. it, and Mr.
Lewis Ross se ndecl. it.
Dr. Sloan, iit reply, said Mr. Farrow
had voted fori and supporteti it, and
the motion WEL,$ hiS to all intents and pur-
poses. That yas what was meant by it
being Mr. Fartow's motion. - (Mingled
jeers and. appl use.) •
Mr. Farro —If a letter came to
Winghara addressed to Mr... Brown, •
would the po-tnaaster give it to Mr.
Farrow. - (La ghter.)
Mr. Farrow then took up the state-
ment that no tgricultUrist had voted. for,
the motion, aid said that Mr. Little
(Sirncoe), Mr. iM000lluttl, Mr. McQuade
and Mr. Moniteitb, agriculturists pure
and simple 1u4d votafor it. (Cheers.)
Dr. Sloan read froia a speech of .fr.
Smith, M. P.,reported in the Hansard,
showing thatmo agriculturist had. sup-
ported the motami. 'in the House. A shnilar
statement hag also been publicly made -
in the press, and so far as he knew re-
mained uncontradicted. Further, Mr.
Farrow bac" rot brought forward auy
proof that thel parties he named were
farmers.
Several voi es shouted out that Mr.
Monteith wasmot a farmer, and that -
Mr. McCollunt was not aa farmer.
There was a great confusion , at this
point, aanumler of persons treing to
speak at the Same time. After a de-
sultory discuseion as to what constituted
a farmer this Point was dropped.
Mr. Parrottthen. returned to the
charge. . He picked out a paragraph
g
AbausT 9, is
He . erne Dr. Sloan thee said. that A:v:7
debts came before the electors to ei . ez
-greememeedellog jimeeimeorm
that
stewardship, except 0'1103 h.1 five years,
any information or any account -of ilia
that it had. increased., *eying
at all.
statement of the debt.
, - when be wanted to be re--eleeted. 1/
esvae elected to Parliament and he]nWel,
the asSunlption of the Provincial
was not an increase, it was merely
a transfer of debt, and was not a debt
as miserable quibbling, unwortht ofeee
. Piz/ere-14
made to the statements ha the *enter
Dr. Sloan read from, page 17 of ate regarded the objections Mr
man of chara.cter and standing in jet
Public Accounts in proof of hi* 'as -
(Cheers.) ,
sertion that the debt had increaSed as .commnieuonbit.ayir. man, after a stglit pans.,
still hung to it that
again asked if the controversy es
by thisimpeiial Act.
stated. Earrow ilit d..was that the DOMilliell WaS 00111pclosedBoth MrFrrow
elled
iese each speaker 25 reir etas. Thiedit
to have general political- debate,
isfied to chop it, a suggestion was
was no increase. His next statenien. t
to pay the &over- . . aAlia Dr.
Sloan having expressed themselves sae
nor -General $50,000 a year.
not seem to meet the viewe of the let,
the Imperial Act. -
Dr. Sloan—There is HO SUM fixed in
,Mr. Farrow—I know there is not.
jority, of the meeting, who were evident:
ly wearied ' after their four houresit,
(La,ughter.) But the Imperial authori- and a motion to ad jouni was cardea
ties gave us to distinctly uncle stand
that unless we paid. him a saliiry o .150,;-•
the Queen, the ohairman .and the
increased caw
unanimously. 'Cheers were givae.
General. _at
000, they would send over no Gov rnor-
didates, and the meeting broke Up.
• • ...__INT.........
Mr. -.Farrow then Went n to .
oliarge
lion. Mr. Mackenzie as a Butch -
the Government with having
er of Catholics. -
er now than when Sir John was in pow-
er. (Applause.) - .
the tax on tea and 'sugar.
Dr. Sloan—Tea and sugar are heap-
(tangli- sees the peace of the Dominion, ilia the
e great danger -which
-' men -
Many times we have endeavored. point out th fit
ter.) It is true we get ten pdands of
Mr. Farrow—So they are.
sugar now for as dollar, but we oughintegrity of our free institutions, by tile
get 12 or 14 pounds of sugar for a dolth -
t
the .
UltramontanetConservative peaty aa.
lar. (Laughter,and ironical cheer.) If
,
the Province of Quebec. We desire nosy
the duty was taken off the prlue of to call the attention of the people of
on to deny that he " raised both. hands "
sugar would. come down. He then went Donainionand of the leaden of the
Conservative party iii. particular, to the
for the increase of salaries to the judges.
line of action that is being folloetee
He said : "We don't vote in the House
this Province by those professing to la..
in that way." bor for the advancement of that party*
Mr. Farrow—We stand. uLau
p,
terD.)r. Sloan—How do you vote We refer to the attempt they are ma
?
, means of the -recent grange troubles ,
k.
without lifting both hands. (Uproari-
Dr. Sloan—Well, you can't stand up
- (gh-
Conservative party in ihe -approathing
ing to inflame religious fanaticism .by
and then to'enlist it onithe side of the
ous laughter.)
elections. The Minerro is generally eet
don't even stand. up. The lazy ones
Mr. Farrovt—Well, sometirnes we cepted as the lea
tive organ in the Pi-ovfnee of -Quebft leading Pfeil& Coxiserva-
just sit down like this. (Mr. Farrow
Ever since the last 12th of July it, in i
suiting the action to the word by sit-
COLI1112011 with the - other French Con..
tins, down)—and they ju.st nod. their
servative papers, Itas notceasedto
heads this way (nodding)—(immense
'
make the most violent and insaue sae
laughter.) Further, Mr. Farrow said peals to the fanatieism of its followers
he was in Goderich when'that vote was
to punish the Mackenzie 'Government
taken. ;
for having, as it was obliged to do, -or-
.
. Dr. Sloan showed. by the votes and
dered- troops to Montreal on that day to
proceedings that Mr..Farrow was pies- reserve the peace, in obedience to the
.
eut on the 8th of May when the vote
requisition of the magistrates. We n
Was agreed to -
ut produce some portions of a recent arti- .
Mr. Farrew—Yes, "agreed to, ':'. b
ele of the Minerve, which, representing
no vote taken. You can't Show a di -
as it does, a policy of action, indicates
vision. (Loud cheers.)"-
Dr. Sloan read from the yotes Baia that a most dangerous Class of men -are
at work in this Province: '
Proceedings that the motion was ear-
" Mr. Mackenzie, in a moment of re- ,
ried. "on a division." (Applause.)
ligious enthusiasm, and with ell the ,
tlfr. Farrow—Show us the division ;
energy of which he is capable, cries to ,
I defy you to show a 'single name.
the Mayor of Montreal ; 'Take all the e
-.(Cheers.) .
Dr. Sloan—The names are not here, ssloulduighers there are in my barracks; and ,
ter for me every one who opposes '
the Orange proces-sien.' While Mr. .
Mackenzie was organizing a butchery of
Catholics in the. streets of ' Montreal, .
Mr. Joly was moving heav=ett, and earth (
to give this ,combination a clear field,
* .* * 1 Who but Arr. Mae- :
kenzie offered troops to the Hon. Mr. 1
Beandry, to massacre the 'Catholics ie
the streets of Montreal? A man is :
known. by his works. ' We know Mr..
Mackenzie by .the three thousand bay-
onets lie sent here to ran through -the
Catholics. The ,National an& the
Evenentent will never be able to wipe .
that away, for the outrage is written in , s
the hearts of all Catholics."'
We do not remember ever to have
seen in a'newspaper anyttw more
i
atrociously false and more a mitablee
wicked tha- the above. The matter is,
very serioes indeed. It calls- for a
prompt dieravowal by the Conservatives
of the other Provinces. The party is
generally supposed to be under gooddie-
cipline: If so, there should be 'pine
means of checking.the crazy antis of
our Tiltramontene-Conservativesjellen
they are profeasediy perfornaed in, the
•inteiests of 1 the Conservative party., It
is time for i ir ;Tohn A.. Maedonald,:the
- me if I hadn't had the Journals of the Mail, the G zet-te, to remonetrate With
House to refer to. (Applause.) tern - these peopl , and to endeavor to restrain,
Farrow next took up a, statement that them in th it mad career. If
111 increasing the salaries ofthe clerks -Silence the consent to all that is being,
Sir Jciliu was Paying off old friendships. said and. ne by the Ultrarnontane ;
ed every one of them. 'They came telligeet and patriotic people of the
ley will assuredly
The cireelar says : (‘‘ Sir ,johia would 'wing Of t e paTty,
'
sa.y they are all our friends •• I appoint- be held. reel onsibletalierefor by the in -
i down handsomely to my testimonial other Pi vincest What the party may
-elections." Mr. Farrow said this was a more then untetbatanced by its losses.
ebec by such tactics, willbe
and have helped us well in some hard. gain- in Q
gross untruth. Sir John appointed Mr. elsewhere. , Let it not be supposed that
Blake's brother,. Mr. Sam. Blake, (ha the evil we •have signalized is confined.
lie" come &Wu handsomely ?" (Cheers.) to a solitary newspaper orto a few crazy
clerks. Is 111r. Barn. Blake a clerk? fanatics. It is „the prevailing idea, 4
nearly the Whole French Conservative -
Dr. Sloan—My circular refers to
Mr. Farrow endeavored to stretch Dr. party.. On the very day before the
° (Cheers.)
Sloan's statement so as to include all
appointments, and so bring in Mr.
Blake, but he made a sorry figure of it.
At the conclusion of his assertions, the
objectious to offer. ' entrusted
chairman asked if there were any more
Mr. ltarrow—I have nothing mere to Montreal 11
.
5:1.3' . u Grip " on the Aniphith.e..atre
Dr. Sloan then administered a severe and. its Principal'.43ctor.
able, paltry quibbling. Instead of. find- opaelii-iiinigtaokf tepleNasautiroenianiaAnizhiettig.eattrb:,
censure upon Mr. Farrow for his miser-
ing errors in a manly way liddeseeedest the coolest ilace of anatteement in the
to the most contemptible (Dibbles. If the city. It is eituated on Jaime etreet,
electors Were satisfied with such. explan- and has seating capacity for. several
ations as those,he had no desire to inter- thousands 1 of persons„ _and_ etrau '
fere with them. Dr. Sloan then event on room for thousand's more. The grot-
to say that Mr. Farrow did not represent card. of th.e management for the ensuing
North Huron in Parliament. He rep- season is the engagement of the worlds
resented Sir John Macdonald. North ; renowned :political wizard, Pi ofessor
Huron wanted a man to represent its
interests. and not those of sir John or 1 a series of his wonderful Massive& It
I, John A..,.who is eamounced to appear in
Mr. Mackenzie, or any other person.
(Applause.) He contended. that Mr. " upon the cleverness of thie great artist,
i is not our intention here to expetiate
. Farrow had failed to successfully con- 1 as that is elready well 'known to out
tradict a single statement( in the cir- • readers—and, besides, thie puff is not'
cut -1r%. Farrow followed in an attempt to ,1 he professe,s to be, able to . perforna all -
; paid for. We may, however, say. that
justify his claim that he never voted for 1 the standard tricks of the sleight of
an increase of salaries to judges or : hand business; besides many never he -
others because there had been no divi- ' fore attempted or even thought of by
sion taken. He then went on to point I anybody in the profession of state -craft?
out that in one instance a resolution re- l His progranane embraces (1) the well—
faring to Comity Court Judges was known 'hat -trick, in which - the proles -
made to apply to Superior Court Judges. ! sor takes an empty hat, and by merely
Dr. Sloan admitted that he had. made i giving it a shake, fills it to overflowing es
a mistake there. The substance cf the 1 with n - littla. (1.- - • itt'
metiers was correct, but it had been by ; discriminately throughoutthe audience
. • , e - -
accident applied to the wrong class of ; to .merchants, manufacturers, millers,
Judges. • ' farmers, shipbuilders, coal owners, etc.,
Mr. Farrow then turned back t • the ' etc. These promises are produced with -
McCarthy return, and challengel. Dr. out th.e slightest trouble, and the sup -
Sloan to substantiate it from the Fabric
Account:a and he would pay him three 1 ply can be kept up to an indefinite ex-
.
t i nbi ere. ts111-eoaNn-alsua tent ; e2) the great IlloneV trick, in
which the professor by the el./epic twist
eidofhtelitevasesrlysiacteisaii(eilt that
he had. copied the figures accurately the empty,
' of the writ can Santa' 1HOme.y Ott of
from an official return. He then ex- air, or out of contrattore,
plained his object in issuing the eircu- railways, etc., the only condition. being
lar t was for general information, a cabinet ; (3) on this easy condition he
that he is permitted to occupy a seat in
and. he had endeavored to make it as
accurate as possible, using only official ! mystifyine
also professes to be able to perform the
returns for the purpose. He contended g ilower-trick of the India
that Mr. Farrow_ had failed. to point ! jugglers, i., e., by the word of command
out a misstatement in his circular that 1 country blossom like the rose; to trans-
; to make a barren and broken down
was Worthy of beiug called. a serious
error; (Mingled jeers and applause.1 form a miserable, languishingplant into
, a *beautiful and fruitful tree; et) the be -
but it says there was a division. (Jeers
and laughter.) Dr. Sloan contended
that Mr. Farrow being present must
have voted if he agreed to the vote. Mr.
Farrow voted to increase his own salary
$400 a year. •
Mr. Farrow—I dia not ; I wasn't
there. (Cheers.) Mr. Mackenzie voted
for it though. (Renewed Cheers.)
Dr. Sloan—What has Mr: Macken-
zie's vote got to do with it? Has not
North Huron asmuch right to be heard.
,•in the House- as any other constituency ?
1. (Applause.) The excuses 'offered. by
1 Mr. Farrow are mere quibbles,
of the representative of a constituency
in Parliament. (Hear, hear, and ap-
plause.)
Mr. Farrow then went on to say that
• Dr. Sloan's statements as to the mo-
tion of -Mr. Mackenzie to keep the in-
creases of salaries within- $75,000, was
misleadina. It should. have been ap-
• plied oely.tothe aggregate salaries of
Ministers.
Dr. Sloan—Do you deny that Mr.
Mackenzie moved the •amendment as
stated in my circular?
RIT. Farrow—I deny that he- inoved
it in the way you - say it was moved.
The way you put it would have misled
above article appeared in the Minerve,
a caucus -ofj French Conservative polith
chase was held in its office, including
Mr. Chaple u and -other leaders -of •the
party. Is it safe for such men to be
witli leg,istative power ?----
trald.
&ring 'Ina s!
the inex-had
he profesior po
- Ito suit all test
] oune Nationald
is so truly ren
thought it wort
zartoon. The
miens that NI;
• advisetal who
•'tend every pe
National Am
free; Grits ha.
themselves.
ties with hoteu
gate. -
Nirst],-Class
111.1he followin
•-were successfu
examinations
'Grade
C. Hunt, .,F1
Lottie
nii
Bobtk. S. Tann
Graae
gaS0324 J-0)111
• J01111401.1,
Shepherd,.
Grade C.-1
Cheyne,
• Lalor, Pete!
Neil, Geo -
Mary • B a
Welsh, Jean4
Woodworth. ]
The followii
class eertiftel
• &Boo of havii
perience th
•Grade A.—I
• White. ,
Grade B., -H
Grade
• Jane Brown.
4.
-misinfornaed,
the exareina
s 'sequence fit
of the papers.
• which he
good.
TerriiN
A veryseve
on. Sunday1.0
the
city has
storm- simihrr
Sunday e the!
fultiudiVidual
lathe nbt yet,1
enee to it ; 1)1
“- old inhabit
known the ci
state that. t
Ijike before.
liantlyt aiid
or the sou'ot
posed., priorl
that a storni
that hour,
the size Of a
dicative ti
its appearan
axi111.
der made it
was in the
afternoon
able for a w
view of the
while these(
the eigitS ir
Park or, el
.eeralingly4
1y befere th
-with ell+
ter it hail h
• of foot passJ
of in later
len the 'se'
• were die
leaves, gutt
sider.able
appearance
some place
loosened all
and cellars]
ed, Many
able to vial
two, three
• cellar: 'anj.
worth of .
During th
there was
quite, so 1p'
though ve
flashes of
rapidly;
that tile ;
• have bec).
haif-pasti
chaege4
• pour of hr
its eontin
one to Ten
men 011
can braie
-wisely if
shelter of
indeed da
a heaul on
windows
in all -
in too' m
but plea•-
- Jumps of
splinter
roofli at
for steit
hailstone
•• and they
rebound#
One stop
ed of a
eiremnfe
noticed
SOMO
Some I
eut in.
euliar tO
being
tunate
than te'i.
it eeased_
the etr
very wi
again.
man be
the SU
• have b
kneesLi
exedea
the 'wat
there
-with g
that itt
e2S.Se to
the re.
at six
• ance v
part of
the he
west ;
tantty
Sunday
by fear..
made t
the tun
on the
plea
were se
ring,
The