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Clheme titoodse-Camphell & Co. (5)
Wool Shaeis—Hoffman Bros. (5)
Attention I—Wm. Robertson & Co. (5)
Auction Sale—A. Livingstone. (5) •
Election Notice—Jas. Dickson. (5)
Cheese Notice—Wm. Armstrong. (5)
H.icCartney-. (5)
Card—P. S. Carroll,
Wroxeter Mills—A.
(5)
. Gibson. (5)
Auction Sale—M. torrison. (o)
Boy Wanted—Expoeitor Office. (8)
Important—C. Dui:titan. (8)
Boots and Shoes—G. Good. (8)
-Lost—N. Cita (5)
Fish—latidlaw & Flirley. (8)
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 1883
ErnBOTI6N 'CARD.
To the Electors of Ea -let Huron. ,
,
GusrnR1cFN,—I i*aiin appear before
you as the choEien nominee of the Re-
form party Mt solicit your suffrages at
the forthcoming election to be held on
the 27th inst. I hadie had the honor of 1
serving you in the I capacity of your
representative in the Leitislature of our
Province for twelve'•eites. My public
and political record 1: s before you. You
can judge ray fattire from my pest.
I have striven earnestly and to the best t
of my: abilitylo seatire the passage of 3
such laws aa I thought would be Most
in the interests, of the people generally,
and Ithink the record of the past ten
years- will testify that my labors 'have
not been in vain. Ihave given a fair
and impartial support to the Mowat
.Administration, because I believe that
-mem the whole, they have acted bon-
` estly by the people aid in the best in-
terests of the Proylnce. Should you
,
see fit to again return me as your re'pre-
senta,tive, I shall cokttinue te give to
Mr. Mowat and his calleagues the same •
generous suPport I have i done in the
past, so long as I fee that thee admin-
ister the affairs of. the Province eco-
nomically and efficie tIy, and so long as
the measures they ropose a.re, in my
judgme,nt, just and /beneficial. Should
they, however, depart from this
•
course, no personal] eonsideratione or
,
party ties will prevent me train oppos-
ing them as strenuously. as I have
warmly and medial y supported them.
LI seeking yone uffrages I have no
pereonal ends lin rew and I have no
axes to grindbat I have a laudable
i
ambition tetdo. whet in me lies to ad-
, •
varice the intMest and increase the
plosperity of ny beloved and adopted
Province. I m Inow engaged in per-
sonally placing ray views before the
electors at public eetin.mi, where I can
diecrisspublie matters at much greater
length than d'can possibly do in an ad-
dress of thisit'led,but is it will be impos-
sible for me tt, meet every elector,- I take
this means of sol•iciting a continuance
of the suppoSt which has been so gem
°rowdy accoiided mein past elections.
If, therefore, gen lemon, my past reoord
and present SlewIt
meet with your ap-
proval, I have to ask you inthe in-
terests of tlx principles which we pro-
fess, and the great and important issues
for Which we are contending, to com'e
forward on Tuesday, the 27th of Feb-
ruary, and cast 3,4iir ballots fer rne at
the polls, ar a than secure my return by
a larger majerity than ever before. I
ask this not on my own personalaccount
but on account of the 'principles, - which
. - I haves been Called upon to defend and
uphold. I have the honor to be, gentle-
men.
Your Obedient Servant,
THOMAS cIDISON.
1 WrOXOte;.Febikaiy 32 h, 1883.
4.
. THE rovineial nominations on Tu4--
day iasij resulted in the return of but
five re resentatives, viz: Hen; Oliver
MowatMowat, North Oxford; Mr. O'Connor,
North
,
Mr. Young, Ninth Brant;
Mr. Netplon, Lipcoln, and W. R. Mere-
dith, Lpnclon. All are Reformers ex-
cept Mei Meredith.
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Oeveh pf the '99 eek.
Dente'. — G rtschekoff, ex- - PriMe
Ministen of Ras ia, is dying at Nice.
LivesJ.,oeme t a fire in Radford,
E•ngland, five p rsone were burned to
death.
'
SillilliCi ACRO S FLORIDA.—A steamer
bee suodeeded iii crossing the eninsula
of Flori a throuh the canals and Lake
I
°Resell bee. '
A Seeamea BDRNED.-- The Austrian
ship IID eratrice • Elizabeth, has been
burned i.oar South Paris. It!ie valued
at $150.,00.. The crew escaped.
KILLE BY TRICIIINIE.—A large num-
ber of p sons heve been attatik-ed with
trichiumis at Malaga, Spain, and
several l4ave died. The .disease was
contract d by eating American hams..
Ex -Go Entine Moeosae.—Ex 'Governor
Morgan , ied in New York, on , the 14th
inst. Tlte deceased gentleman was 72
years of age. His fortune is estimated
at from7,000,000 to $12,000,e C$12,000.0O.O.
CHINE E DISTRBAITCES.—Thl
ocials I t Amoy having seized the
D
off
wares of e German firm, a force was
landed feint" the German naval squad-
ron, end.' Abe goods forcibly r helmet on
the grou .d that the seizure w4.s illegal.
SE:oh-I-Dr. H. J. Glenn, th largest
killed Fr day by Mater, 'a. discharged
wheat ra,1
ser in Catifernia,,wits shot and
boo.kkeep r. Miller had to be • shot in
the leg b fore he surrendered.
Smote IN BRITAIN—Terrible floods
and storms are raging throughbut Great
Britain. p,Iu Ireland the railwa,ys are
being dmitroyed end travel -impeded. A
considerable loss of life and property is
eeperted.1
THE Mtrame.—The English Govern-
ment hasCapproved of calling out the
IriSh Minia this year for 'their este"'
tra ning. rrhey have not be -en called out
- for severak years, owing to the disturbed
eta e of I eland.
.1 LNES . —0 ard i n al Mannin g has been
mo t seri( usly ill, for three weeks. He
wa firstilaid up with inflneeza and
neuralgia which which beceme cerepheated
with a vety severe attack of golit. He
-is now ptogressing favorably towards
recomrYi;g1
ARES IN FORMOSA. — The Is-
land of Formosa continues to be shaken
by eartbq akes. Great destraction of
pro erty leas occurred, and may lives
bee lost. 1 The Yellow river burst the
ler es ne4 the city, thei water flooding
a h areclimiles square. Voice io erup-
tio a have taken glace in Yokohama.
EFECTI E CURRENCY ISSUED .+Thirty -
fly thous d dollars in eagles, ; coined
at t e Ne ee Orleans Mint in November
las , are slightly below the proper fine-
,
•
1.3
F.
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_
E KURD EXPOsrrort.
ile,. About 000 these coins w;re
Of
circulated, before the error weediscov r-
20,
ed.' The loss by the mistake is about
.25 cents on each hundred dollars. T13. e
error was caused by the use of fau ty
metal, and will, result in the discha ge
of the assayer. '
Fame FEET Fnom DEATH.—As a Cain -
bridge car -fined. with passengers, 'was
approaching the Boston and "Albany
Railroad messing, the other evening,
the horses became frightened aid dash-
ed through the gates, leaving the Car
across the track in front of the ap-
proaching engine. The men jumped
from- the platforms, and the •tionden
penned inside, the car screamed with
terror. The engineer stopped the en-
gine within four, feet of the car.
A New DISTURBANCH.—A squabble
has arisen between. Eugla,nd and Tur-
key over the passage of the ,Dardanelles,
arising from the use by an English
yacht of the British war -flag. The
yacht Was not allowed to pass. The
British Charge d'Affaires was highly
incensed, and declared the 'detention of
the .yacht was an insult. After repre-
sentation bad been made to the Porte
the yacht was allowed to pass.
FELL AND 'bree IN HIS TRACKS.— On
Monday afteruoon a man was found. on
,,the' ice about four miles from Menom-
inee, Michigan lying on his face and
home] stiff. He was comfortably dress-
ed, but evidently got lost, and in his
bemilderment and exhaustion fell in.
his 1 tracks:. He had $3,850 in money
on is petson, • but no pipers of any
kind. He etas forty-five years of age
and had the appearance of ,a foreigner,
The judge took all the evidence in the
case he could gain and then had him
buried. .
,. •-
. A CASE FOR SCIENTISTS. . A remark-
able case of transfusion of blood oc-
curred at New York last Saturday
aight. Ohelsburg, a Swede thirty
years old-, went to the hotel St. Andre,
onlith street, and when -he retired
blew out the gas. The hate' people
found him in the Morning nearly dead,
but physicians were BIllilmoned7..wbo
took from the arm of a healthy uegro
man enough blood to revive the almost
' asphyxiated 'Swede. The remarkable
feature is that the patient has since
Tailed to reeogiaize his wife and child,
and that be calls the negro his brother.
, THREE HUNDRED SQUARES SUBMERGED.
—Nees from -Louisville, Kentucky, on i
• Saturday, says :—The body oho. drown -
.ed women and the corpse of a child
tightly clasped in the mother's arms,
have been found. The shipping port ia
entirely abandoned, Three men float-
ing by on the roof of a shed were res-.
cited. By actual count over 300 squares
and 2,000 housee ere submerged, 5,000,
workingmen are driven from the ehops,
12,000 people are homeless, and the
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total..loss is estimated at $3,000,000.
The authorities decline ell offers of as-
sistance from outeide the city. The
situation of last night wa-s probably
more dangerous than before ; the beck -
water was coming through the )ewers
in many places, and the river was ;ris-
ing a foot per bur. Ftteen houses
, floated over the falls yesterday.; more
' will follow. Already there is much
' sickness among the sufferers. •
FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.—T139 floods in
the:United States are only slightly
abated, and there is . extreme suffering
in the cities and towns inundated. The
misery, starvation and sickness
amongst thousands of peoele who have
lost their homes, is something dreadful:
A. traveller report: Augusta,Kentucky,
tvto-thirds under Water; -Utopia, Ohio,
, ell under water; Rural, Ohio, all under
water, and the houses upset or moved'
from their fouudations,I; Tietsville,
Kentucky; Chilm-Obio ; Aradford,Keit-
tacky ; and Neville, MO, all under
water; Foster, Kentnck about half
ender water; Moscow and oint Pleas-
ant, Ohio;.California Kentucky;
Blairsville, Calitforpia„ and, New Richt
mond, Ohio, all under w4dr, with a
strong current at New Rie' !ontond up-
setting the houses_ In Columbia the
current is so strong that the houses are
twisted and turned in an 'indescribable
manner. The scene is pitiable in the
extreme. Captain Breeden, member of
the Indiana Legislative Relief Com-
mittee, reports that in the Court Home
in Lawrenceburg, there are 331 people
in the last stages of starvationemisery,
filth, disease and sickness. Tbese,with
- few exceptions, sleep on the bare floor,
• poorly fed and scantily clothed. dThe
atmosphere they Oeathe is so foul that
it stifled and sick tied mein two imin-
utes." Already there have been several
deaths, and now here are 25 critical.
cases of pneummi a and scarlet fever,
1
and five women n premature labor.
The Ohio and Miami rivers unite at
Dawreticeburg and form terrific whirl-
pbols of destruction, that have uprotited
and torn away hundreds of houses.- In
every street tbe cement is 5 to 25 feet
deep, 'tett running 8 to 10 miles en
hour. In every house regarded at ell
safe, the people are huddled together. in
mores. "Out in the Ohio I saw in
an hour one hundred whole houses go
flying by, rolling, turning and pitchipg
like autumn leaves in a mountain brook.
If an ordinary wind storm should come
up? I would not give much for the whole
'town, and if the people are not soo re-
moved nine -tenths of them wiU he
lost."
The NonainAtions.-
BOUM HURON.
The nomination for the South Riding of
Heron, took place in Hodgins' Hall,
Hensel), on Tuesday last. At the ap-
pointed hour the hall was well fined,
and in a very short time thereafter the
place became packed with electors from
the surrounding townships. James
Dickson, Esq., Returning Officer, in
o,pening the proceedings, made mention
of a very importent fact, which it would
be well for the authorities to take into
consideration hereafter. He said that
-there should be at least ten or twelve
days between the day of noriaination
and the day of election, instead of six
day,s as now, so as to give Returning
Officers more time to prepare for the
election, and the depnties a better op-
portunity of becoming potted' as to
what is required of them. ...At a time
like the present, when the roads are
almost impassable, it is _very difficult
for Returning Officers to get their bal-
lots and other necessary documents
printed and delivered to the deputies
throughout the riding in time. If longer
time were allowed he thought •the work
could be more correctly and easily done,
end there would be less litthility of hav-
ing ineorrect returns, and no perzon
wouldlibe inconvenienced. He also read
a list of the polling places in
the several munitipalities, which are
FEBRUARY 23, 1883,
the same aft at e municipal elecitione, of giving - aseistatice for drainage pur-
and then called or nominations. The poles., and many other sate he could
following nominations Were.then made:
Archibald Bi hop enumerate in the interests of the far-
mers which were inaugurated, by •that
MYMcLean,! Seiforth, and second. Government. He centended that
. .-
ed bHh Lo e, Sr., of StanleyRegistrars and other, public officersGeorge Ey, ugJo .
kson wad proposed by slaeuld be paid by salary instead' of by
. -
Dr. Rollins, of '
ell, of Tuckersmith. reditort, and seconded ,fees, and pointed out inaccuracies in
the school law which should be, atnend-
by G. E. Cress
The Returni g Officer stated that if ed, and found fault with the Govern -
the candidates babied to address the ment for the frequent changes in the
,
electors present they could make their text books used in the • public schools
own arrangeme its as to the order of thus 'entailing unneceesary expense and
speaking, and ti it time to be occupied
d , burdens upon the people, and he strong -
by. each speaker anif itwas the wish ly censured MrBishop because he
othe meeting e would continue to never took any actiou to remedy these
f
preeidee It wa then agreed that the grievances.
candidates sbo id be allowed three- Mr. Bishop ' first dealt with the
i .
quarters of an our each, and each charges made against hien by the last
mover and sem i der half an hour, ' and speaker.' He said he had in his posses
thee each speak r should address the sion a letter frtien Mr. Ja.cltion, thank -
meeting in the o dor in which the'nom- Jug him for the stand' he had taken in
inations were in. e - Under this ar- Parliament on the educational ques
. . . -
rangement the fi t speaker called wee don, and acknowledging the services
the nominator o Mr. Bishop, I be had . rendered in this matter,
. Mr. McLean be congratulated the In so far as the frequent changes'
electors on the arge attendance not, in school books is , concerned that
withstanding th inclement weather, is a matter resting entirely with
and thought it a ood omen when the the Trustees and Inspectors as no
people took se Ii ely an interest in the 'teabher has authority to permit a change
public affairs of t e Province. He then
gave the reasons by he thought the of te books in his school until he re_
eeive the assent of the 'trustees. He
people should re urn Mr. Bishop, who, said t ere had only been a trifling in
for the past ten eare had given an un- crease in the controlable expenditure of
wavering and con it:dent support to the the Government since '1871, and al
Mowet Govern.. end: First, because though the general expenditure had in -
that .Goverenteu had, conducted 'the creesed, the people got the benefit of
affairs of the P •vince economically, that increase as the money had. been
second, because t mir legislation wail of disdributad amongst them. Had the
a character bene tcial to .the Province, present Government pursued the same
and thirdly, beea iso they had endeavor- policy as their predecessors, they would
ed manfully to p eserve the territorial have on hand a surplue of over fifteen
and constitutiorm iights of the Province million dollars. But they preferred
from Federal aggi eseion. •He supported giving the people the benefit .of this
each of those po Wens Itt length ' by money instead of hoarding it .in the
figures and facts aken from the public Treasury, and he believed , they were'
documents, and oncluded by a strong right. During the past ten years they
appeal to the electors to conie forward had distributed to the people the im-
on the 27th inst. nd show their appted rnenee sum of twelve millions of daises,
.ciation Of honest Nucl ecolionaidal gov- every cent of which, had gone to lighten
ernment as' well s their determination the local taxation of the people. He
to -maintain the r gbts which the con- endereet the einabee b olicy of the Gov-
, stitution legitima ely allows them by eminent. . Sales of timber limits
voting for Mr. Bihop. su
had only beennade when it was neces-
I
Dr: Rollins, t 0 nominator of Mr. sary, as in many instances the timber
Jackson followed He lauded Mr. Jack- was being burned by. forest fires and
son as being one f the ablest financiers was being blown down, and, he thought
of the Province, nd said that he would it better to sell it and get the money
leave the discussion of these affairs to for it than let it go to waste. He con -
him. He stated hat the revenue of the trusted the modes adopted by the On -
Province is utatio ary, or nearly so, and tario and Dominion Governments in
that, therefore, he reeources of the disposing of this timber. The farmer
Province should be carefully husbanded sold it by public auction to the highest
instead of hi iug t ckleesly ex peuded ELS bidder, the letter disposed of the limits
now. If this were 1 ot done direct taxation under their control to private •Mende.
would speedily fol ow. TheAmericaus in As a regult of this the Ontario limits
order to save the r timber had agreed to realized an eveiage of .1;500 per square
remove the duty ruin Cenadian timber mile, while the Dominion limits aver -
entering that con 'try, and he contended aged15 per square mile. Mr. Jackson
that it the Mo 'at Government are and bis friends could find fault with
permitted to go t.. year after year semi-- Mr. Mowat in this matter, but they had
ficiug our timber limits, that very soon not one word of censure for Sir John,.
the forests of On ado will be stripped, nottvithetaeding the fact that Mr.
our source of r venue -will be wiped Mowat got every cent for the timber it
out, 'and the Am deans will have pro- j was worth, while Sir John absolutely
fitted in so much that they will have gave it away to political favorites for
used our timber t the Fame time they next to nothing. He discussed. the
saved their own. He quoted from the Boundary Award question at consider -
Globe to show th t the policy of the • able lengtle, and by a very apt illustra-
Reform party in he futurelie to perm, Con' he showed the absurdity and cow -
the counties to are for their own poo ardice of the position taken by Mr.
and imbecile in teed of having ' thet Meredith. Both parties to the dispute
• cared for by the roviuce as now. agreed in good faith to abide by the de.'
to the Boundary a week he said it wa'cition of the arbitrators. The Ontario
simply a cry, an the Reform part Geyernment had fulfilled their part of
a ereusing the or to assist in retainin -I the agreement, but the Dominion ' now
themselves in po or, He justified Mr I efeses to fulfil theirs, and Mr. Jackson
MereOith's course in reversing his polio and his friends support them in this
on this question. He said Mr. Meredit dishonorable course and defend them
supported the a ard until he fouln t in their attempts to rob Ontario. The
that the Domini n Parliament wouli whole secret, of the matter le 'that
not ratify it, wh n he found that t Ontario is rich. Owing to the good.
stand by it longer was useless, and he i management of her Government she
now anxious to d the next best thie has a large surplus and lots of money;
in the way of gett'ng justice to &uteri Quebec is poor. Her rulers have been
by havnig t e in tter appealed to tin. extravagant and she is deeply in debt.
Privy Coun iJ, an having it definite' Sir John requires the support of the re-
decidediti hat w y. He condemned th presentatives of Quebec in the Domin-
Streains B II as njust and iniquitou ion Parliament to keep him in power,
as it forf ited frivete property, an and he is thus forced to sacrifice the
justified it disall. wane° on the ground i interests of Ontario in order to gratify
that, a gr Etter 'umber of Provincial 'his Quebec eupporters and. they will not
Bills had b -en di allowed by the -Re- coneent to his ratifying the Award,
form party when n power than by the unless they get an equivalent for their
Conservati a para.. In alluding to the Province. Give Quebec an equivalent
Crooks Act he sail that the fact that so and all the other Provinces will be en -
many mor Refer eels had beenrefused titled to similar treatment, so that if
licenses th n Co serVatives intpropor- Sir d'ohn is permitted to have his way,
tion to theI i limb r of applicants from Ontario must be bled before she is per -
each side, roved only that the Con- mitted to receive that which she is
'class
lotel k epees were a better justly entitled to, and Mr. Jaeltson and
class of,, en t an the Reform hotel- his friends are trying to -excuse this rob-
-keeper.- e con luded a neat speech, bery of Ontario. Mr. Mowat is manfully
from his st ndpoi,t, by urging upon the fighting to keep the despoilers hands off
electors to ally ti the support of Mr. his Province. He, Bishop, had in his
Jackson, w o he 'lammed was a good own humble way, aided him in fighting
man apd wpuld it ake an able represen- this battle, and he knew enough of the
Wive. ' ' patriotism ef the. electors of South
Mr. Hugh I.to e, • seconder of Mr. Huron to say that they would again
Bishop's nomirlat on, discussed the mat- send him to Parliament to 'aid in con
tars, al he said, f om a farmer's stand- tinuing the good work which' had been
point. He ineita ced the many excel- began. He justified the Streams Bill
lent measures par ied through parlia- mem its.merits. McLaren and Caldwell
merit by the pr sent Government for wort ouly,a small factor in the conten-
the special bereft of - the agricultural don There were over two hundred
community, a d t at 'Government had strel,nas besides the one in which they
largely increas d he grants 'to Agricul- are interested to which this Bill applies,
Weal societies, ha improved and rem and if it is net allowed to become law
dared workable t e Drainage Act, and greet less to the Province will be the
had given substa. tial assistance to the resnit. But'even if as bad as his op -
agricultural izite ests in many other ponents say it is, it should not have
ways, and had , by thein legislation been disallowed, Every one admits
earned the grat4rt (mind support of the that it is within the competency of the
farming commimi y. The agricultural Locel Legislature to pass it, and this
commission, whics had done much to bei lig the case the Dominion Govern -
bring the fuming interests Of this Pro- menhave no right to disallow it. The
vince before the , eople of other coun- Members of the Local Legislature, he
tries, as well a fu nished a dad amount belcb, are responsible to the people and
of valuable illifo mutton to our own not to the Dominion Government. Mr.
farmers, was ir4sti uted by the prosent Jaci&on, and his party, however, con -
Government. Ile defended their &mu- tend the reverse. He was willing to
eial managetne t nd showed that while leeve the issue to the goOd sense of the
the public exp n ture had increased peOple. After discussing other gees -
the people had g t the benefit of that tion e he concluded with an eloquent
expenditure, and notwithstanding the appeal to the electors to support the
immense sums th t had been thus re- Mowat Government, who had done so
turned to the peo le, they still had a much for the country, against
liberal surplus i the treasury, and whoin no elauder had ever been charged,
even should it be ecessary , to permit and who are fighting a noble battle for
the municipalities totake care of them- the maintenance of the constitutional
selves hereafter, hey were now in a right a for which our fore -fathers had so
much better posit on 4) do so in view lung land so earnestly contended.
of the aid they h d already received. Mr. Jackson devoted himself. mainly
MreLove made a exeellent, practical
speech, and conch 'de by urging upon to the, finances. He contended that the
, salaries of the ministers and clerks had
his fellow -farmers to -discard all petty, been largely and needlessly increased by
political or part zanleelings and vote
the present Government, and that an
for the party that ad done most for the
Province. If all ould do this be had immense amount of money had been
ear for the malt, as Mr. Mowat
i wasted in this way. He also objected
no f
would be sustai ed by a Much larger to the indemnity to members as being
extrevagantly large, and blamed Mr.
majority, even, th:n he had in the last
Parliament. Bish.epbecause he never made any move-
ment towards securing greater economy
Mr. Cresswell, s conder of Mr. Jack- in these matters. He blamed 'Mr. Nel-
son, contended th t the Conservative hop for importing a false cryinto the
party were as arde t and earnest friends contest, and soliciting the sUffrages of
Of the farmer ae art the Mowat Admin. the people on the ground of his being a
istration. John Sandfield Macdonald farmer. He showed that in other con -
had set apart a million and a half of teats the Reform party in the riding
dollars far the pa pose of constructing had given their support to a lawyer in
Colonization Reil aye in the new tern- preference to0 a farmer, and that four
tory of the Pro ince. This was to out of the five members of the Ontario
aid the farmers. To John Sandfield Government were lawyers. In .view of
also was due the c edit of the scheme these facts he said it did not become
T
GHT BINDING
Mr. Bishop or his friends. sup-
port on the farmer cry. The Boundary
Award and Streams Bill were questions
involving very important constitutional
considerations, wh ch it is difficult kir
ordinary minds to comprehend. Be
felt certain, however, that the Conger -
;naves had just as great a stake
in the Province, and were -just as solici-
tous for its welfare as their opponents,
and he thought • these questions might
safely be left in the hands of their
leaders, whom they trusted, to deal
with. He conclu d by stating that if
the people wished be Province manag-
ed economically,th y should show their
desire by going to* he polls and record-
ing their votes for m. Ithoweventhey
were satisfied wit the way things are
now being run, an felt convinced Mr.
Bishop had done s duty as their re-
presentative, they ould of course vote
for him. He felt 'ratty certain, how-
ever, that the poop e of South Huron
are not setisfied, a d that on the 27th
they would make t eir feelings known.
Mr. Bi hop had en minutes to reply.
He stated in exten ation of the burette-
eddepart entalex enditure complained
of by Mr. Jackson, that the work of the
departments had tersely increased, in
some instances oubled, since the
-present Governme t came into power,
and it was only na ural that the ex-
penditure should also be increased, but
the proportion of i crease in the expen- 1
altar° was not so g eat as the .propor- •
tion of increase in he work. He wished
most emphatically o deny that he had
raised or attempte to raise the Farmer
Cry in this electio ii. He had never
asked any man to vote for him
because he was a f rmer, and he did
not want any man o do it. He recog-
nized fully the fact that the farmers
were as dependent upon the business
men and mechanic as those were de-
pendent upon the larmer. The inter-
ests of both classes were identical, and
he would just as so n support a business
man for any public position as a farmer,
all other things bei g equal.
The speaking be ng concluded, the
meeting closed by gVing a unanimous
vote of thanks to t e Chairman for his
7,
impartial conduct it the chair.
a
EAST I URON.
The nominations
place in the Town
Tuesday, the 20th i
ber of the electors
withstanding the
able weather.
or East Huron took
18,11, Brussels, on
1st. A large num-
vere present, not-
rmy and disagree -
Mr. Thomas G- been, the present
mein ben was nomi 'Med by Mr. Thos.
Strephan, Reeve of rev, and seconded
by Mr. John Lecki , Reeve of Brussels.
Mr. Thomas Hays, the Conservative
candidate, was oreinated by Dr.
Holmes. of Brussel-, and seconded by
Mr. B. O'Connell, o McKillop.
At 1:30 p. in., th
bled in the hall to
political questions
by the candidates
Mr. C. P. Rogers, R
the chair.
Mr. T. Gibson bei g called upon first
to address the mee ing, came forward
amid great applautie He claimed the
Mowat administrat' on had. a faithful
record to show, ant they had never
been charged with corruption of any
kind: Iii the settle ent of the muni-
cipal loan fund iude tednees, by which
Ontario received ab at $3,000,000, and
the County of H ron $300,000, the
Mowat Government was to be praised,
as Mr. Sandfield i cDonald's Gover-
ment would not gra ple with the sub-
ject. After a revie of the financial
record of the Government,
the course of wh oh he said that
while the cost o legislation until
1881 was only 6 cen per head in On-
tario, in Ohio it was 14 cents, Michigan
39 cents and in th Dominion $2.50,
and they still had in Ontario a surplus
of nearly $5,000,00 . That for three
mars the opposition ffered no objection
to the expenditure o the Government,
thus showing that i must have been
judicious and -nec ssary. But . the
financial standing of the Province was
creershadowed by he two burning
questions of the day: viz, the territor-
ial difficulty, and he Streams Biil.
The opposition co tend that these
question' are kept, pen for political
reasons;'but he clad ed the Dominion
Government was no ponsible for their
non settlement. He said that the sov-
ereign of Great Brit in had never ex-
ercised the veto pow r in reference to
Dominion legislation since the time of
Queen Anne and tha if the same stand
would be taken in in ernational matters
as had been done by he -Dominion Gov-
ernment in. referee' to Ontario war
would be the the' table result. He
cited the settlemen of the Alabama
and Fishery diffi.cal ies by arbitration
to show that natios a considered the
principle of arbitrat on as a fair and
just method of settli g disputes. 'The
streams bill was nit designed simply
to settle the -disputes between Me -
1, but it' .cover
streams which
rated to that
n. The whole
if into a struggle
. If the electors
owat in his eon -
it their willing -
privilege of Self
ee themselves at
y of men, which
rio is concern -
responsible. Mr.
hat in all ques-
vincial character,
electors re-assena.
hear the leading
the day discuseed
nd their friends.
eve of Brussels, in
ii
111
Laren and Caldwe
some 234 other
are similarly sit
claimed by MoLar
matter resolved its
for Provincial Right
do not uphold Mr.
tendon they will ad
ness to abandon th
Government and pi
the mercy of a bo
in so far as Out
ed, is entirely i
Mowat contended t
thins of a purely Pr
of which the Streams Bill is an ex:
ample; the DominioniGovernment have
no right to interfere; that the Legisla-
to the people who
to the Donataion
intains that Mr.
he expects all
ewise to vote for
him to Paella-
. Mowat in this
tures are responsible
elect them, and not
Government. He in
Mowat is right, an
those who think Ii]
him and assist to sen
rnent to sur port M
matter.
Mi. Hays arose amii.st applause. In
reply to Mr. Gibson,, he stated that in
the settlement of the -Municipal Loan
Fund indebtedness, I for which the
Mowat Govermatent 'aimed so much
credit, it was very ro gh justice indeed
that the county of uron received, as
in said distribution the county was de-
frauded ef some $30,000, $10.000 of
which we afterwards !obtained through
Mr. Ross, of Goderich. He said he did
not know the basis -on which the settle-
ment of the said fund was effected, and
Mr. Gibson had never attempted to ex-
plain it. In fact, in all the legislation of
the Mowat administretion, assuming it
was good and for the flied interests of
the country, it is not unreasonable to
assume that a Conservative Govern-
resnedntalwooinelnduhys; veinleisegialta, tea dgezt dtir
this so-called good legislation Wali
upon the Government through petitions
gard. With reference to the Bon
inAwenatraw'
tamed in the elections of 1882, although
--
Bent down which they could not dijee,
as
eaqtutehsetionprweztthetnimaes,
hhoerceofnuateneddteod.trhaatitfythitev:termiu
haunrodia4:tittioi°41
had pronounced unmistakably in lane
of their action, Sir John Macdonald
had all along held 'that the only met
to settle the difficulty of the hounder,
was to submit it to the judiciel Coat
mittee of the Privy Council, and whim
Mr. Blake was asked his opinion pleat -
the legality of the award as _fixed by the
arbitrators, he would not 'risk hi
standing as a constitutional lawyer by
afd- ming that the boundary obta.
in that manner would be legal. With
regard to the Streams Bill and thee
politicaldifficnitywoaphiitcahl had led it,
had d been
maatr elitt
out
it. The whole question was, " IS it *
floatable stream ?" The Courts de.
cided otherwise, henee the :justice of
the DOMiDi011 Government in , vetoing
said bill, harmonizing with the decisiee _
of the courts. He claimed that the -
Reform administration had vetoed 18
bills during their term of office, an4-.
cited the Prince Edward Island Laud -
bill, as an example. He closed
yarning the Electors not to be led in
side issues that have long ago tlyeee
exploded to govern them. in their right
of franchise in the 27th but to cast their
v o st epse feeerheshinwLere also made by
Atessts.-
Strachan and Leekie, in Ate
interest and by Dr. Holmes, and Mr.
O'Connell, on the other Bide. We are
sorry that WQ have not room even to
give a summary of these speeches.
They were all good, Mr.Leckie's beinglia
pecially to the point and clear and con-
vincing. The speaking was continued
until after six o'clock, when the meet- _
leg broke up after giving a vote of t
thanks to the chairman. -
Aneraal Dinner.
The 4'„),.h annual dinner, under2the
afiepieeelof the Hallett Township Agn.
culture' Society, took place at Kellyte
hotel, Clinton, on Wedeesday evening
of last week, when an unusually large
cern pante composed principally offarno
ens from the barrounding country, and; t
a more than formerly, large number d
young men, sat down to an exceedingly
well spread tale. After full justice
had been done to the subeteutiais, tho-
el .)th was cleared and Materiel eupplied
for the giving ot toestst The President,
Mr. T. Carbett, who occupied the chair, .
then gave the Queen, followed by the e
Prince of Wales and royal family, the
Governor General,mnd other loyal and
complimentary ones, which were right
loyally responded to. He then gave the t
Agricultural Interests of, ,Canada, map
led with the name of Mr. Weld, of the
London Farmer's Advocate, who was
loudly cheered on rising to respond, in
doing winch he took occasion to speak _
of the peaceable and prosperous state of -
the country, comparing it with many
which, he had vieited, and especially
speaking highly of this section with no
spect to its agriculture. He then brief-
ly complimented a few of our old agr.i.
culturists, who had been prominent ia
pushing farm interests, such as Messrs. i
Andrews, Biggins Love, etc. He also e -
spoke of the benefits that would be de- te
rived from the carrying out of the Tree t
Planting Act, and urging fruit panting
and a few other special interests.
Mr. Hugh Love, of Stanley, also re..
sponcled to the toast, saying he took it
for granted that the majority there
were agrieulturiets. He looked upon
the farm interest as the basis of all
material prosperity. He then gsve a
short comparison of the past history of
agricultural life and pursuits with the
present; the former being one of hard.
ship and scarcity, and the present of
wealth and luxury. fib also recounted
the incidents of his owin settlement in
-the county of Huron, and the labors lie
passed through. He briefly spoke of
the rapid strides made in the improte-
rnent of stook, andtfelt assured that it continue to progress, and hoped • y
that the rising generation woeld prefer
good, useful horses to the 2.40 classes,
which only brought degradation and
raubllion'
about the introduction of new kinds 'of' t
. Weld then spoke a few words;.-
seeds, and in relation to the continu-
ance
desi re toperambulating
foster character,thet o
ence of the Provincial Ewhshhiebipit,txisophnroewisnainisi,t;d7
preTthereeValeice.e President,Mr.John Shipley,
hen gave the Army and Navy, coupling
with it the name of Mr. J. Beaeoin,who
riefiy Iresnonded, giving a short history -
f the militia of Canada, and speakmg,
ighly of the .83rd Battalion. Then:
was given the Mercantile Interests .44.
Canada, coupled with the names :o
Messrs. Corbett and Robb, the first ofe
which stating, that although a manue
facturer, he took great interest in ache
ultdre, especially sheep raising, which;
elated particularly to his businessHe
poke briefly of the necessity of going;
more fatly into the raising of finer wocL
Mr..' Robb also responded, briefly,-
apteiakouisnhigpe sbpeetcwi ae leiny tohf e Itihgreicutnituttiruhal re
ad
he merchant, one depending on -the-
thehre
TPresident then gave Ienporten$
nd Breeders, coupled with -the name
Messrs. John Mason, Alexlanes andt
ugh Love. Mr. Mason, in responding,:
aid he thought great interest was HOW
eing taken in agricultural matters',
articularly noticeable in this comity
-
n the rising of draught horses. As an
mporter, he was glad to be able to say
hat although contributing largely to;
he benefits of the country, he has alio
reatry benefitted hineself.
Mr. A. Innis spoke with particular
eference to thoroughbred stock, and
he cos of procurine first-class males.-
e took occasion tot'express the opinion,
hat the time had come when township-.
hews should cease, and also that the
oney bestowed upon the Provincial
xhibttion should be devided and given
county societies.
Mr. H. Love also responded in a few
ords, and said that the production of
ng weal was, in a great measure, the
salt of the demand for it in theUnited
tates a few Years ago,whereit was great -
used in the manufacture of combing
cods; but this was now utterly at
n end, and fine wool Was now wanted.
e also spoke of the demand in Eu
nd for improved mutton, which be
new from experience,
The President then gave the Press,
,
lo
re
ly
a
la
FEBRUARY: 2
which was responded to
Holmhees,Targivendanm
Weld
Then
wunie
tions, coupled With the nem
T. Cooper and J. Beacom,
spoke a few wordaluPon the
progress of the Htdlett Tow
cultural Societyy. ' and its
effects upon the in rests of
dommunityt
Mr. Beacom ale* respond
few words el praiee to Mum
tutions. 14e thenmave a
Directors pf the t Hallett
Agricultural Society, !whie
sponded to by hirtOarbert,th
who said he was glad to see
that had attendedthe beginr
career as en officer of the
hootilticleocluas11: suw:cuelst.ataMirli. J12:1
ponded briefly.
Mr. M-cMmhael a. direct
Tuckersenith Branch, then *
words with reference to the
Having that a fregnent chang
was a good 'thipg or the 13-iCi
The Ladies and .Host an
-Was given s:na restionded to I
corn for the ladies, and Me
the haUstks'a4Werahehotsteesns.
Thtendere
Weld, Love and others, kr t
ing and prOfitable inform=
tbeltre'esra. .duilirews and
Biggins reeounted! a :little of
on behalf of the seeiety in ye
The speaking Was intersi
songaby Messrs. Bennett,
Fisher andi.o.r.........thers.—New
A Few Questim,
To the Ediior of the H-212Vn E
Sue—At Mr.jackson is
self as the representative
Huron in Abe Local Legielat
it may not/ be out of place
Jackson at;few questions as i
determinations: First, Wire
he propeee to take in r
Boundary Award.; Secone, ,
Licence At, Third, The .8'
and -abet measures of int
this Province' Is he boutg
to his country, is he going
the rights of his fellow -cote
is he going to be a tool xi
If the former, he has a, gee
fight for. If the latter, it
intelhe-n4e of the electors,'
not to he teicrated..„
Tuck rszaith, FAraary 19, 19..8
'What will 'Frappen ii
out the. Mowat
dee
To the Ed4or 2 (the Ii'ircn
BIR,—ID view of the
elections the atswer to the
tion is very importantit:
me, considering the elm.:
Opposteioe upon whose sh
mantle of !Government unt
case fall, that we could
1 e
for the cateful and ecouone
dation of Our public funds t
sent reoeilte-
We kndw what onr as
Crown.Lands, the inrober
to out, 8.114 some trust hunt
her purpoees. Now, I she
inclined to fear if these we.
the hand S of Mr. Meredith
that somd. sweeping numb
-heavy railroad bonuses *
OUT mearil3 in a year or two;
I do not say this from a
reflect onithe political hon
gentlemee, but merely fro
ledge that, in Dominion
in the Province of Quebec
North meat - Prairie terr
where, in. 'feet, where tth
our Loni1Opposition belie
had power, the same res
rapid disposal of assets, li
occurred.. As far 'as the
concerned, this is all very
can make up any deficienc,
to the tariff ; but with the
ernmenti the -hetet is &Ile'
sources mice gone, tither
don or stoppage of legi
must occhn _,
But, itis said, they w
next election. The fact
matters this is not so ee
guard. Very often our lo
not expect another local
mean, peehaps, elsewhere
Dominion Home. I do
they woul,1 carry out an.
publio rolibery or whole
.dishonesty, but Isaythato
that of a lavish disposal
say in aiding railroadit, as
lumber for Some public i3X
new pubic works considet
ed, some new and exp
buildings supposed to be '
manded, politicians, sir,
without any scandal wire
its being even in the powe
prove they meant -wrong.
Making, in the course of ,
tare, very many friends.
work is Over end the met
we can say, ie : "Well,i1 v
what they were going to d
neverthane let them M.” 3
leaps they meant well, b
played .93d Harry" with
of the Prodince.
In the meantime their
friends, of .course, are • t
"sky high," declaring tbi
has saved the country, isai
not put them up for the
they can «carry them for t
Had we better not avoil
tingency ter t mit taking ge,
port strongly the preeen
people who we know ar
who have served us well,
given the Province value
of the fteances of Onterii
advertisement of Mr All
member that every year 1
withoutas now appeari
whatever the Oppe:4:_ion
surplus -was nearly poem;
was a prospect of want ei
exchequer. Had we me
uously duppoet ilm prelim
•, Yours tie
1 A Ms onm 32
Februaiy 21st,11:83.
P. Sea -One word of pil
It is said Ontario is fair
ill the Cabinet. N nisei
our Ontario leaders WOUi
at all lint for Quel,e
sit there, therefore, as I):
i
—The London Advert
days ago same :—“A ma
Brisco,twith his wife an
children, applied at th
at London for lodgings.
is a labOrer, and. while e
ning a torn steelier eeari
suramea, had. his blina