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1E, BUTTERICK
Reliable Paper Patterns for all kinds of
Ladies', Misses', Bo s' and Children's
Garilients, for sale by HOFFMAN BROS.,
Peafortli.-
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
vices say the
office. It is
the estimate co e
stnd the vote,
askedfor, t
`liave another close shave., with. good
prospects for.a defeat. In [view of the
s
present complications, andthe difficul-
ties which must besetany Government,
one would Wilk that the task .of ruling
e present thne is not one
be envied by any, and
NV in power Would only be-
.
t relief.
have decided, to retain - one committee room
eard, however, that when over to the Private Bill
the one comprising the
to be considered, of members while th
•
for the Egyptian. 'service is
at the Government will
• Mr_ The figure between the parenthesis after'
eachiine denotes the page of the paper on which
-the advertisement will be found,
110 tor Manitoba, (8) .
Notice—W. L. Ouimette„ (5)
Oroceries—Thomas Kidd.r,(5)
Spring Foods--A.iTaylor, (8)
Auction Side—j. g. Smith. (5) •
Flinn for Saje--jamesgparks. (5)
Auction Sale—George Storey. (5)
Cheap 14arzains-A. B. Smith. (8)
Auction gaie—H. Snell & Sons. (5)
Oxen for Sale—James Campbell. (5)
Cheese Meeting—J. G....Morrison. (5)
Big Bargains—Laidlaw & Fairley: (8)
Seed Oats for Sale—J. McAllister'. (5)
New Arrivals—Duncan & Duncan, (5)
Custom work—A. W. Ogilvie & Co. (8)
Constance Cheese Factory -2.1. Britton. (5)
Situatirn Wanted—E. W, Box 209, Seaforth. (5)
Seed (Lt,&e., Wanted—Laidlaw & Fairley. (8)
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SEAFORTH, FRP' Y; Mardi 6, 1885.
Wonderful edeoning.
Hon, A. Mt Itoss, Provincial Treas.
•o _ urer, in hiS • budget peeeh, laid down
the principle that hile Ontario was
perfectly satisfied -, ith the terms. of
'Uoion as laid down - y the Act of Con-
. -fecletation, and WjI the I basis upon
whieh the subsidipS. to the different
Provinces were gra ted, yet that these
terms having ,heen violated by increased
subSidiee having been given to the other
Provinces., Ontario, . who pays at least
two-fifths of the increase, has a, right to
_
-a proportionate -amount with the other
I.
Provinces. This, every person mus
admit is a just all..4 fair and-ecteitabI 1
, proposition, and yet the Conservative
press and the Conservative members in
the Local Legislature bitterly oppoSe .
it. The reason of their opposition may
be gleaned from the following extract.
„froth the Belleville Inteliigencer, the
organ of Minister' of-• Customs Bowen;
In discussing Mr.'Ross's contention. it
• says :
There is but one equitatle way of
dealing with this subject and, that the
present Government - have followed,
,
namely, disposing of each case on its
merits. Any .Province -which has a
saffieient income has already received
, . ., „ .
sustiee, and has no elaun for any . equi-
valentf the advocacy of which is unjust
.if not: • absolutely wicked. The Grit
dodge of trying to unduly 'add to the
expenclitare of the Dominion ought not
to be, and will not be successful. '
Iie other Words, Quebec and the
-% ,
smaller Provinces, having squandered
their revenues' in riotous living anti in
enriching the leeches and barnacles of
the Cliapleau-Senecal-Mosseau stamp,
by permitting them free access to the
public
public purse, find their ,subsidy iiistiffi-
eient to keep up this sort of thing, and
_
consequently it is quite proper for aim
to. apply to the Dominion Government
for an increase of i subhidy and it is
equally proper for theebomm: ion to grant
--But, the Provine of t -Ontario, ha,v-
lug husbanded her resources and spent
the public Money Only for legitimate
' public purposes, has an abundance
. for her ° necessities,: it is, therefor,
a : crime for her to apply to the
Dominion Government for an tee
I
creaie equal to that given to the other
.• 1
ProVinces,. The im,pr tident and reek:
lesely extravagant Pr vinces like Que-
bec, are to have their ex:chequers,
,
replenished front the general fluid every
time they run dry, hut the careful and
economical Province of Ontario, who
through the exercise' of that care and
-economy has sufficient for her wants, is
to be taxed to make up for the ektrava,
si ga,nce of her neighbors and is to receive
, no recompense in retarn. This is the
doctrine promulgated, by the organ :of
the Ministet of Customs, but' we re
greatly mistaken in. the patriotism a d
good sense of the people of this Pro
vince, be they Consertrative or Reform,
if they will assent to it. °aerie . as
been the mileh cow for the other P ot
- educes long enongh, and it is high t' ne
she was looking' out. for , her °Wit
1
interests.
-
THE election in South Winnip g,
, which took place on Tuesday, resat ed
in the return of Attorney -Gene al
Hantiltoniby a'niajority of 77. It seeus
ts °
that theteld fogy system of Open vat ng
is atilt io fvogue in Manitoba and it is, -
claimed at had the vote been by ba1-
lot Mr.laixton weuld have been elect al,'
. as many ho are dependent upon ' i?Li
Hamtilton for Government and munici-
• pal flyer sought to propitiate him
-retie, fe him. However, Ise this as
ina.y, Mr Noi-quay once year comes
enetop, a d as -this eleetione -will In
ensider le weight in- the couatry
. _
result, w it in' all probability, ena
thelPirpti eial Governnient to weather.
I thetstOriti for another session.
I aolomeamsese e
THE otion censuring the Engl sh
i
Go- driunnt for their Egyptian pool cy
, was carri d in the Rouse of Lords.b • a
large maj rity, but was defeated in, he
Comnionl. and the Government sustai . ed
by a Mai ' ity of ' 17. Every availed .le
member as present and_ several- ye d
,
'who, on count ,of physical. inabili y,
have not eon in the House for moot s.
The -vote va.s. not very satisfactory to
the Gov nient in -view-- of the, la ge
majority pcbrded in their favor in f r-
imer divis. iiiis on Other onestions. At
-Stit av thought the _ Governm nt
would acct pt of the vote as one of la k
of Confide ce and resign, but ' later aji
bY„
it
ve
he
le
England at t
which woul
that those n
too glad to g
• Me...Greso , M.P.P.:for !East Huron,
writes us, sa ing that our Toronto con
respondent misapprehends .the purPort
of his BiiI as evidenced by the remarks
made upon it last week. •Mr pibso*
inten led. to do away with the
powers at raesent enjoyed by munici-
palities of et -toting bonuses to manufac-
tories, and of ouncils to. diempt from meot buildings, whenever he requires to
This . is given
s Committee, as
largest number
Railway Com-
mittee meets in thelibrary, the Public
Accounts in the priv te room of the
Treasurer, the Plinth g Committee in
the office of the Quee 's printer., and
the other cpmmittees wi.item Providence
generally for their aceoinniodatien. The
public Departmelits themselves are
• SPATTERED IIP AND DOWN
the *whole city. Only threetare. located
in the Parliament buildings, viz., the
Treasurer's, Provineial I Secretary's, and
Crown •Lands Departniena'sand one of
these,' the Treasurer's which also in-
cludes the Department of Agrictilture,is'
.only partially accommodated there. The
Departments of the Attorney -General
and that of the Public rorks are situ-
ated in a small builclin - OD the corner of
Wellington and Simestreets, which
also, by the way, a.fforc s shelter to , the
er
Immigration Department, . under '' the
control - of the - Previncial Secretary.
Hon; G. W. Ross, as Minister of Educa-
tion, has to take a cab to the Normal
&hoed, full two miles from the Paella-
atten 'to the affiiirs of his Department
clurin the session, d,nd, the • deputy-
Mihi ter of Agricultut , as often as his
, must be sum- ,
m his office in,
corner of Queen
' there -are any
Which have the
or 'mote of the
taxation. The cimditiOns upon Which a
!eailway bon1s can be granted, he does
not propose to interfete iwith. • He
considers railway as ' general
benefit but a bons to a irivate com-
pany or indi ddual is' in his 'opinion a
matter not d.
consideratio
tion in jostle
not seen a c( py of : his Bill, but from
erstand its object to be, we
at we Coincide with it. If
..
iajority as twadifths of all.
holders of 4,/ immicipality
will be in the interests of
lity to grant a bonus: to a
- A '
oe to eicempt sueblfrom tax -
not know of any good rea-
should be preirented by
•Serving of such favorable
. We make this explana-
to Mr. Gibson. We have
what we un
can not say
so decided -a
the property
decide that i
the, municip
manufactory
ation, we do
son why the
law from dal
• _Tna old a
Inisfprturtes
exeMplified
England. S
troubles at
from several
diti e to the
antagonist, t
more beconil
and is tr
g so.!
orism that tioubles and
ehlorn come sing!.y is being
ust now-ein- the case of
re -is -.not only beset •
orne, but is t. threatened,
uarters without. In a,c1-
endan difficulty, :her old
e Czar of Russia, is once
g aggressive and impudent,
snasiing upon forbidden
..grounds, • RI. ssian troops Mere been ad-
vancing the disputed 'Iterritory of
Afghanistan,
withdraw ha
Afghanistans
the English
Afghan an '.
- and that Eng and will sustain 4them 'in
their positiou, The . question of peace
, and war bet ieen Russia aid England
at the present time seem to 'depend
upon the•ehaneee Of a sclua ble between
d 11,fissian ciutp stseAs a
easure it is said that the
nment have arranged to
ss 150,000 troops for servioe
in Afghanistan, England
and, when requested to
erefused to do -so.. The
have been' in strticted by
overnment not to recede
.preparatory
English Gove
hold in readin
against Rnssi
to depend for prc•tection upon the re:
serves. ` •
OUR TORONTO LETTER.
(From°Our own ("orre,spondent.).
TOANTO, March 3rd, 1885.
(Jonsidcrable progress was made on
Tuesday. 1ast with- the estimates in
CoMmittee o 'Supply, . any objections
taken by. Mbers of the Opposition
being mainly With regard toeniall items.
Mr. 'Wood (North Hastings) urged upon
the Goveroment the Proptliety of in-
creasing the grant to seh ols in new
and poor c1istricti, in which he was
supportecl by IVIr Dill, of !Muskoka.
-
rJ.hd amount of id now - granted is
$20,,000 a year; and there is little doubt
that a substantial increase Would be
gratefully accepted by the Settlers in
the frontlet dectim s of• the. province,
who even wit i the help of the; poveim-
'ilea grant, often find it difficult to give
their childre the nost elementary sort -
of education. Mr Ross, Minister of
Education, w ilk admitting the orce of
the arguments put forwaitt for t •larger
grant, pointe out that only •1 se year
the amount 1was materially in reased,
and he coul not therefore leek., the .
House to niake t further advance this
session. The Matter of
NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS ;
came up once lndrelon Wednesday, Mr,
Gibson (Hamilton) bringing.iprward his
motion to the leffect that the preseot
buildings:are unfit foi occupation by the',
Legislature and_ in dequateltol the re-
quirements of the public serVicb. That
the•buildings are u fit for ocetriatipn by
the Legislature or anybodyelse,' is a'
statement WhiCll n body who has ever
Needed them will think for a moinept .of
disputing. It Mu t be admitted, in
fact, that instead o being a public orna-
ment, they are a pt blip disgrace. Out-
side, their appee
• the visitor comnig
almost the linonien
Union station, hu
idea that he behoh
or poor -house at 1).
lativetchamber its
room in the
unventilated, and
a sitting at 11 pr
phere within 't bec
and positivel off
• -In this respe t the
being on a hi her 1
than the 110 r of
the unfortun
advantage of
.and retire to
few -minutes'
breeding posi 'ons
,which siz ani
-next to: the ham
free 'from healt
• librarian's. tin is
duties as cus dian
his charge, a d
-the whole 0 the
from the ceili
possible, o
, overhead, fo
patches from
turbing the r
the accomm
committees o
ranee- is such that
directly upon them
he emerges from the
ries past under the
s the comity prison,
st. Ineide the legis -
if, by . far tht best
g, is a,hnest wholly
°wards the close -of
tracted, ctli atinoa•
mei, daniad heavy
nsive to the smell.
reporters' galleries,
vel, are Worse eveil
the House, and often
te se ibes are glad to take
lull in the proceedings
their room behind' for 'a
elief rom their headache- .
ithin. The library,
importance ranks
er, is scarcely 'ever
y -todors,1 while the
ivided- between his
of the books snider
struggle to : prevent
plaster ftont falling
g at one time. • It is id -
g to the_state pf the roof'
him to keep occasional
dropping down an( dis-
aders' by their. fall. For
datioo of. the ; ninn reus
the House, there is only
•
1,
•
attendance is. require
atoned hy telephone fr
Agricultural hall, at th
and Yonge streets. I
other parts Of Toronto
honor of harboring one
publie Departments,' hey -at present
escape my memory. ,t In the West wing
of the Parliament bOilltlings proper, in
which the Crown Uncles .Department is
situated and. 'where re hundteds of
-valuable plaris Audi thousands • of
'
documents and bo ks , of . record
of uutold value, which 'could never. be
.. . _
replaced,there is scarcely the vestige of
a vaulteor strong reorn-ei not as much as
a lawyer. in good practice requires—
while the books and Plans, whose lees
would throw the titles toclinnumerable
lots ' into confusion, and breed endless
litigation, are 'stowed away in unsightly
cupboards which fill up! the corners, pr
W
stand like a double roof gloomy senti-
nels to dark n thelength of the cord:
dor. The constant risk from file is very
tiofl. once begun
sweep. the *hole
of the earth with
ali that if contains,belpte it could be put
an end to. The date 4 which the pres-
ent buildingawere erected is lost in the
mists of antiquity, but 'there is reason to
believe that they were first occupied in
1833. Since then they have been used
as the deat �f i the law courts; they have
given accomniodation to the University
of King's -College ; theY have been the
quartets for,: various regiments of 8017
diers ; and they have furnished the
wards and .corridors for R Ittna#c asy-
,
lum-a-a, use which- soMe 'scoffers might
,sayihas not yet been wholly 'a,bandoried.
But there iaJittle use ineitultiplying
words as to! the -unfitness arid inade-
quacy of the peesent_Parliament build-
ings. The only persOn, so far I am
,
aware, who 1 as contended that they are
ta
' all that is r (inked, id Mr. Sol. White,
merither for. North Essex, and in this
respect he a, lids' alone, Mr. Gibsoh's
motion, had it been voted upon directly,
'would have received perhaps the support.
of every other 'member of the House.
Whyethen, it may be asked, seeing that
all 'admit the necessity for new build-
ings is their erection net gone on with ?
The exigencies of party polities'supply
• the answer. The position taken by the
1
Government is that having once` obtain -
id the -consent of the House to the erec-
tion of new buildings at a cost of ow, -
000; and having subsequently found out
-that a suitable structure could not be
put up for this sum, they are powerless
to proceed further without fresh in-
struction% from the Legislature. As the
,-
matter is one of administration and net
of .public „policy, they disclaim all re-
sponsibility, and decline to use the ma-
jarity at their back to carry At- measure
:through the Rouge unless, there is prac-
tical unanirhity on the subject. The
Opposition on the other hand, claim that
•the (linty of the Government is to say.
he
of
great, and a
would: in all p
barracks from
cenflagr
•obabilty
the face
.1
what. they are peepared to do in
matter, that the latter are masters
the situation and controllers of the I ro-
vincial purse; and that to' shout ler
any of the responsibility whioh propeHy
belongs to them upon the Opposition is
unwarranted and finfair. Me. Mowat
says Mr. Meredith stands in the way; •
Mr. -Meredith says Mr. Mowat could
put up the buildings `' if he wanted to,
and that the fault belongs ito him alone.
The truth seems to be that neither party
is willing, • : . . 1 .
- To ,INCUR THE ODkTM
,. I
which 'Would attach to the expenditure
yf So large a suin of mo -ley as would be
involved in the erection of new build-
s'
mtgs.- The Government fear that if they
went on With thework!against the voice
and.votes of •the Oppokition, the latter
would raise . the cry of extravagance, in
the 'pountry and make political capital
out Of -their action, while the Opposition
are not unwilling that Ithe Government
should be reduced tothe choice of being
lamed- for doing nothing and blamed
fpr : going on. That this is practically
• le positionof the two parties on this
uestion was made apparent during the' ,
1
debate Th Wednesday and Thursday. I
An amendment was moved by Mr.
Meredith to Mr. Gibsn's motion, de=
.elaring that the responSibility lay with
• the Government, and the House 'should
net -be jailed uppn- to pronounce upon
an abstilact -question Such .as was laid
• in the motion tfor the member for Ham-
ilton. Mr. QiiConnor Moved an amend-
ment to the: effect that the House was
prepared to econsider any ,reasonable
scheme for the erection of new buildings.
Mr:Fraser neatly demolished Mt. Mere-
dith's theory . that because the proposi-
tion was an abstract one, the Govern-
ment should declare their policy upon it,
by showing that several members of the
Opposition had "abstract" motions onthe
paper concerning-Which,the Governinent
had taken no decisive stand. The ern-
-berg from the Citi of Torontoe-M srs.
Monde' and Clarke,—Mr. Giay, of West
Ybrk, Mr.. Metcalfe; Of- Kingston 11 and
Mr. Lees, of South Lanark, deset�l the
Oppositien ' when the Vete wa ta en,
whilethe Only member udually suppo 1 ting
the GOvernmeht who falled to cas his •
vote withthem was MrJ Hart, of P nce
Edward. Mr. O'Connor's amend] ent
WS carried' bi 52 to 30. . It is 1 be
hoped that the Government will now
consider their !hands to be suffici ntly
strengthened to enable them to u der-.
ta,ke the work: and that they will ring
down some "reasonable scheme" tech
as -the House has pledged itself to " eim-
Sider." There never was -a time b tter
suited for the erection of new buil • lugs
than the present.; t e� never was a
time when, they we e more urgently
1
needed. ' ,
On Friday Mr. Prton brought for-
ward a motion - of w itch he had given
notice, that iteinture ales . of live stock
at the Model Filen; 0 animals should
be sold to go- outside' of the Province,
contending that as th Farm was intend-
ed for the benefit of 'Ontario farmers, it
was not right that ericans should be
permitted to come oi r here, and. carry
away the best of th stock across 'the
line. A number ef embers expressed
their -views upon ' t question, mainly
in support Of Mr. reston's position,
and -in somm fig up he :discussion, Mr.
Ross (Trease er) ex 1lained • that while
the salts of s ock to inericans were not
so numerous s was s pposed, and While
it w,ould. be .diffic 1 t matter to stop
them, the oven -m -11;a were anxious
that the- farn ers of t ie Province should
be 'benefitted by the ales to -the-, fullest
extent possi b: r wi ! 1 this end in view, 1
he 'approved Of the saggestion which
hlid been Ma, e that he varieus agricol-
t ral societie. throug out the Previlice
. 1
El mild. Send: delega s to 'attend the
s les, sho should ha' e :a preference in
aking purchases, an also was of ophi-
i n that • saeles of t oroughbred stock'
night be hell with ilvaeta,ge at inter-.
v Is in the etern pa t of the Province.
C nsiderabl. : • discussi n' took 'place on
the second eadirig If Mr. Meredith's
b 11,- defidng. the lia,b lity of eniployers
1
for in.juri s tuffered sr -workmen while
in theie mtploye .:rh scope of ' the bill
a as to eatenthe pie ent liability very
largely, and the leade of the Opposition
explained ththis bil ' .was an adapta-
tion• of the 1English act; Mr. Mowat
and Mr. Fra er decla d that the ,Gov--
ernment, whlile fayori g the .principle of
the bill„ were not pre p ared to sanction
it at present owing to the ,fact that it
had not beei asked or, 'and. that the
-various interlests whie it would affect
had not beei notified of theproposed
legislation.te
The gene al feeling of the
•t
House was ith the Government, •and
Mr. Prasees motion fe the six months'
hoist was ca rie.d, tha gentleman pledg-
ing the Gov rnmentte legislate in. this
direction ne. t session. '
-- tsBaete O'MR. A1 '0 ANEY, M. P. P.
There was a metely formal session (en
Monday, th - House Meeting only ,to
adjeurn ,on motien the Attorney -
General, as mark of espect to the late
Mr. McCran y, rnemb r for East !Kent;
who died o Saturd last. , Mr. Mc-
Craneyts •ge ial ,disp, sition- rendered
him a gener favorite with his, fellow -
members, wl ile his taIents secured. him .
a place in th ir admir, tion and .steem.
He reptesented East . ent from 875 to
the time of; his (leai li, and ., a 0 the
Government a • consi tent andl'eteady
support. He was an ;ltuthority in mu-
nicipal matters, and his views .,on ques-
tions Of this nature ah ,ays carried great
,
*eight. ,:lie Wasburl d at PakVille on
Sunday, a number of. tie member k going
down byspecial tra n to attend the
funeral. : Mr. Robilla '-d, . of Rueselleis
lying ill of a low feve'. at the • Walker
House, but his conditi n is improving.
An expectation is e -pressed in -some
quarters that the end af the session will
be reached about th middle of . this
month, but it is no likelY* to prove
well grounded. See al important mat-
ters are Yet to be idiScussed,among
them being the scho1 1 book question.
- -
The Opposition. are, nt _displaying any
reckless desire to for e the diseussion
on this subject, there i ot beiog even • a
notice. orithe order pa 'erreferring te it. •
G.
AFFAIRS AT OTTAWA. 0
(From Our Owi• (Jo1,responden4.)
, OTTAW , March 2nd, 1885.
The agitation in Ont rio in- favour Of
a repayment to the municipalities of the
bonuses paid to rail ays which were
then local-wOrkJ, but tjontrol of which
was assumed'a few ye s ago bythe Do-
minion Parham nt, h s taken an un-
favOrable turn: A nu liber of influential
deputations have waited upon the Gov-
ernment to urgetthe air and just de -
1
mand'ef the municipal ties.- One of the
latest Of these Was from Hastings county,
and it is much Ito.be r‘etted that they
gave the Afinistry 0 e alternative- of
granting a bonuatO th
North ,Hastings road,
for whoso the deputati
i
terested. It would se
when almost any ra
however wild its
flimsy its financial basi
iin Quebec or the Ma
'can get VI. bonus, .Ontart
be overlooked as they
to. Still a fete- bunch
to. at new road should
the peolile interested
thousands sunk by a
some' railway which
absorbed by oneeof the
rendered useless for pu poses of compe-
tition. Even after .having accepted
such a cffenproinise, th people would
find themselves able • Secure barely
what the other Provinc s may,no-w-have
for the asking—a bonuifpia new road.
Ontario's right in this Mat r is clear.
The municipalities b ve e ven about
$7,000,000 to said rail's ays, iever sup-
osing that ,the men who iiiacle our
constitution were such arrant fools as to
)rovide that the control of these rajl-
issys in'ght be - taken_ from the Local
l
Lfgisla ureto serve th .party Purposes
ona TOiy Premier witlh a servile ma-
ority. . That, howeve -, is what has
e,en done. If the Dor inion wants to
control our railways, ti 6 least it can do
c'S to hand back to the people what they
aid out for them. It $ I no answer to
his contention to say that the people
• f Ontario accepted he , constitution
nd that it was one o i the conditions
n whic i the money wa invested. The
act is he constitutio4 does not give
he pow r that is asSumed. It is a well-
nown saying that a Coach and four
lay be driven throu -hL any Act of
arliament. •By a stra ned and unjust
eaning of one passage, 'the Parliament
f Canada has managed ,o haul 'a great
any railroads through phat miracle of
iperfect legislation, th British North
merica Act - If the! Parliament of
anada chooses to strain the law to
ecurethese railroads—'ire get back to
he same •point—Iet t em pay these
roin whom they ha e taken them.
O ther deputations on his subject are
• xpected soon. It is to be hoped that
he men who -form thes will stand up
quarely for the rights •f those they re-
extensionl of the
which those
er spoke 'are in -
in only fair that
iWa,y enterprise,
j
Ian or however
I tvhich is started
rtime ProVinces,
roads shpuld nOt
1 1.
are bee ri hther-
dollars onus
t be taken by
-an off -set to
ipunieipality in
as since been
reat lines and
•
•
itresent and not to ask a bribe. for their
counties as • the Hastings people have
done.
THE COM _ENSATION QUEStN.
The quest on of compensation to
those who su et loss through --prohibi-
tory- laws h, s come before the House
• muter two d'fferent propositions. The
first was a re °lotion by Mr. Kranz; of
declo, ing that when •Pr hibition
is made la , brewers, mtds rs and
distillers be c mpensated. Theoth, eri
a bil) by M . Small, of Tormto
pro-
viding that t i e comity that car les the
Scott Act sl all compensate all who
suffer Ioss. ' he:latter is- only in its
initial stage rid has not been discussed
yet Peril*, therefore, it is unneces-
sary to go nto it beyoud rneotioning
the fact that bout half a dozen of the
largest brew ries in Canada, and what
was at one time, if it is Met now the
largest distill ry in the world,' are rn
Mr. Small's oustituency, East Toronto.
Even thougl Mr. Small can, hardly
.expect thats ich a measure as this will
be accepted." y Parliament, yet it will
tend to make him " solid " with his con-
stitrients to have- introduced it. , Mr.
Kranz'sresql tion was disposed of after
one of the m s1 interesting. debates of
the session. Even the seconder, Mr. R.
M. Wells, o Bruce, remarked on the
fact that it rovided no compensation
for any but t ie three- classes named and
so he would )e glad .to see -its scope ex-
tended. Th se who spoke in favor of
the resolutign, Messrs. 'Kranz, -
Orton, of llington, and Sproule, of
Grey, based he claires of those in the
business to c mpensation on the .general
argument th t when a man's property
was "taken way"tfor the general good
he should be compsated, for his loss.
Mr. Orton, rticuraely, talked a. great
deal of the gulation buncombe about
the rights - p British freemen and the
claims of yen -handed justice. Mr.
Fisher, of Lrome, Quebec, a leading
temperance Are submitted, an 'amend-
ment postp ning consideration of the
questionl unt 1.a Prohibitory law had
cothe before the House- for discussion.
He argued, very reasonably, that to
declare. for c mpensation now would be
to give an ii petus to:the liquor trade.
The great. ech • en the subject, how-
ever, was tht of Mr: Foster, of New
Brunswick, vell-known in temperance
circles as Pr fessor Foster, the lecturer
and agitato e. This gentleman went
into the clues ion at length and handled
it in a mos creditable manner. He
devoted near y all histime to the con-
sideration of he eight to compensation,
land he on idered the question from
every standp Ant. The sum of his argu-
ment was th t a railroad, autlforized by
Parliament, uty ruin one town and
build up a other; factory laws put
manufacture s to expense, almost every
law to promo the publicgood' injures
somebody an I- DO plea for compensation
is raised or w ould be listened to if it
were raised. The public good ,18 -para-
mount and ju tifies the -passing of a law,
even though t injure some individuals.
Further, he -s lid that every teniperance
meeting had )eeo a protest against- the
drink traffic nd a notice to the liquor
dealers to qu t. That notice was emt
bodied by arliam.ent in the.Dunkin
Act and the cott Act and more dirett-
ly in the re olution adopted by Parlia-
ment almost en years ago ad affirmed
several times since that when the people
Were ready f r it, ProhibitiOn would. be
made the 1 .. The people, he said;
were rising against the tyrany and
injury of the • rink system. Were they
to be told th t they could achieVe their
, freedom only • y paying those who .had
fattened on ti is tyrany and injury ? He
glanced briefl at the -expediency argu-
ment in fat r of compensation, saying
that it would. give rise to different con-
siderations than those on which he had
dealt. Mr.- ?isher's amendment was
carried, but ti e Premier voted against
it, leaving- it to be .supposed that he
would have v tad for the original reso-
lution as in rodueed by Mr. Kranz.
One of the -re narkable things about ethe
debate was ti atnot •a_ leading' man on
either side ook part in it. This ques-
tion is evider tly a ticklish one and brie
which the lea lers feel mnst be:handled
with care in ie present attitude of pub -
HO sentiment
6 ULTR VIRES AeclARTHY.
The sugge tion has. been Made that
'the promine t lawyer who represents
South Simco in the House, when his,
business eng gementa are not to opress-
ing, and who was so simple.as, to father
the Dominic) License Bill ender which
the Premier hought torpb that "little
tyrant Mow, " of •the licensing power,
• should be n tmed "Ultra Vireet' Mc -
earthy. Th title weuld be an apt one,
considering t lat•several of the measures
Which he per istently urges,in the House
are strongly 1 ttacked on the ground that
they are ultrc vires, or beyond thepower
of this Parlia ent, and because -he was
ane of the ch Mpions of the disallowance
of the Stre ms Bill. It ie not of this
_gentleman I would speak particularly,
-but of his las " littlebill," one which in
its essential]. ointesis, for a wonder, pro-
bably within the coostitetional power of
this House.. But its provisions also are
sufficient to make it interesting -aside
from any.que tion of its constitutionality.
It -is in the Shape of an amendment to
the Scott -A t. The law at present is
that- liquor nay be bought outside a
Scott Act coi nty and brought into the
county in cer ain quantities, or it may be
bought in ti e county for use outside of
ScottActterr tory. Mr. McCarthy thinks
manifest- absurdity," and
ill agree with: him. But
vould believe 'that as the
this is a - '
most tteopie
most people
whole count er is aroused on the sub-
ject of tempe ance, and as the Scott Act'
is being carri d in so many counties by
such sweeph g majorities, he proper
course for th legislature to take would
be in the 4 rection of more stringent
prohibition." But the great Mr. Mc-
Carthy rises • say that his view. is that
the proper a endment is to -allow- people
to sell liquo • within the county in:the
same quantit es that they mai now bring
it in from ou side. This simply, means
that the vei worst feature of the Dt4i-
kin Act is to be engrafted on the SOU
Act? and all he work ( bne by the tern-
perance men n favor" o the Scott Act is
to be done way withby one vote of
Parliament. Considering that Mr. Mc-
Carthy's cou ty of Simcoe gave one of
the strongest majoritiee in favor of the
Scott Act, th s course would seem,to say
the; least of it, bad. But perhaps Mr.
McCarthy is eary of the effort to push
unconstitutio al measures through Par-
liament, and is afraid, that his reputa-
tion as a hi er will be ruined if he is
compelled remain longer in Parlia-
ment and s pport laws and disallow-
1 ances -of laws which those who know the .
him deci4i.re to be ri culous.
• : THE ES MATES;
The e tianates of xpenditure for the
year ending 30th Ji e, 1885, have been
received by the ouse - of Commons.
The total ananunt . of expenditure tone
account of the ord nary requirements, of
the co imtry a d exclusive of' h
amounts' to be p. d out for investments -
or perm nent ' rovements is •$31,757,-
032.35 n inere e of $1,288,402.23 over
the curr nt yea . There will be supple-
mentary estuna, es 'which will probably
bring th axc s over last year. to at
least th eeint Mons,making the total
expend i e for the year almost thirty-
three 1 . eHODS or over $7.50 for every
ina , w man and child in the Dominion,
untin the average family ,t,t five the
average read -winner pays into the Do-
minion reasury,, simply to keep the
machin y of the country running, no
less a su n than $37.50 a year, or fully a
month's wages for a working man. In
many blanches of the service the ov-
ernmen. is at last beginning to show
some sin of an effort to lecimomize. It
is not t • o early, seeing that a deficit of
betweei one and two millions will pro-
bably b file result of the workings of
the pres nt year. The decrease in other
branche is more than, counterbalanced
by an is crease in interegt on the itu.blic
debt. his -item is now over ten and a
half mil ions of dollars, an tnerease since
last yea of almostea minion and three-
quarter. Considering the lewer rates of
interest which have been and are expec-
ted. to b , secured for a large portion of
the ex' ting - debt,. this shows a most
serious ncrease in the public liabilities.
Inten other general items there are
increass while in twelve there are de-
creases. The principal reduction is that
of aboul three-quarters of a million in
public orks And buildings chargeable
to inco e. This, on the face of it,
seeins n argument in favor of the
view th a we are not to have the general
election next year, otherwise the ap-
propria ion for post offices and other
works If a like character would be
greater. It must not be forgotton, how-
ever, tho t there are the " supplemen-
taries " 4 et to come, in which are seen
the rest Its of the efforts made during 1
the seseion by the Tory M. Ps.,_. to 1
secure •propriations for the benefit of :
their s veral constitueneies. Nobody:
can tell what the "supplementaries "
will sho v. It is satisfactory to notice.
also tha the Hon. J. H. Pope is being
greatly restrained by his colleagues.
This in( ividual is a farmer and tl:schem-
er. It s but just to him to say that he
makes very respectable figure in both
these ca acities. He succeeded in be -
corning Cabinet Minister because the
Premier finds him a comparatively easy
man to se and because his presence in
the Cab net is a good excuse for keeping
. out able , and more independent men,
such as r. Colby and Mr. Hall, each
of who?represents as Mr. Pope does,
one of th eastern township contituencies.
Mr. Po e is Minister of Agriculture
because he is a good farmer, and
because ..he had to be put some
where. He is also acting , Minister
of Railways because be owns a railway
which he wishes to sell to the people of
Canada or to the Canadian Pacific, in
either case, the Dominion treasury to be,
the loser, of course. Mr. Pope gets' an
increase for the main brancleof his own
department of twenty thousand dollars,
but prebablyt more than that will be
spelit hi taking the census in Atanitoba,
which is a good move,in every respect,
except in the fact that Mr. Pope :. is 'to
have something to do with it. • Rea gets
about twelve thousand increase on
account of Quarantine, and., if he leaves
the spending of the money to seine of
the more intelligent of his subordinates,
the increase may save- the peO-pie of
_Canada another experience of cholera.
But in immigration Mr. Poper_is : schel -
duled to spend only $380,025, ar almost
8150,000 less than last year. .Mr.Pope's
colleagues have doubtless learned
that the system ' gof • Raying prem-
iums on pauper . immigrants , who
cut down the prices of labor
here, unless they mercifully . leave
the country and cross the border is not
popular. 'Furthermore the Govetoment
railways, which have 'unfortunately ,
come under the control of Mr. Pope, are
estimated to cost less than they did in
the current year by oyer twenty thous-
and dollars. It may be tthat the Gov-
ernment has decided to enlarge its sys-
tem of charging rolling stock and other
expenses to capital account, and so
sPending large sums that& not appear
except as comparatively small additions
to the public debt. Haalever, on the
face of it, this is a reditetion. The .
Minister of Militia and Defence,—
humorously spoken of in the House 'the
other day as the "Minister of Militia
and Expense," is also having his youth-
ful ardour crushed. This year the esti-
mates for his Department show a very.
slight increase over those of last year.
Mr. Caron—that is his name—knows
more about military affairs than he does
about anything- else, but he' must rest
on his laurels pa. a 'year at any rate and
not hamper the Finance Minister in his
struggles - with the deficit. Talkine
about the Finttoce Minister is a remind-
er that Sir Leonard will make his budget
_speech:on Tuesday next, when he wills
wiefly discuss the estimates and also
probably will tell us whether there is to
be an increased duty on flour.
A. B. J.
61111111111•11111MINIIIMPINII
• News of the Week:
VISITING IRELAND.—The Prince ef
Wales will start on his tour through
Ireland on April 2nd.
FaExcn SYMPATHY.—The newspapers
in Paris -all express sympathy for Mr.
Gladstone in his difficulties.
ORDERED TO INDIA, =The Devonshire
regiment and Seaforth Highlanders have
been ordered to India.
Ti I E ARMY ESTIMATES.—The British
army catimates for 1886 amount to
1;17;920,700. This includes expendi-
tures for the Soudan expedition.
ARREST OF NIHILISTS. —FOrtY NihiliStS
have been arrested in Wesenberg, three
of whom' were armed with revolvers and
daggers.
GERMANY Ow ECTS.—Prince Bismarck
has advised England that , Germany
could never consent to the English an-
nexation of Egypt.
Tema; DEFICIT. deficiency of $'200-
000 has been dikpoc red in the accounts
of (len. Ben Butlkr as President and
Treasurer of theSol -ters'National Home.
The discovery has caused a sensation,
PREIIARING TO TERRIFY ENGLAND.—
Flannery, the secretary of the Dynamite
Committee, says the dynamiters began
preparations three weeks ago for certain
events to take place in England, com-
MARCH 61 V4P4
pared with whiA all previous explosions
were experiments, and ' which he was
confident would • teprify. all England.
He said the Prince of 'Wales would not ,
bamolested during his sojourn in Ire-
land, as he was going _there With good
intentions.
PVDESTRIANISM.—Noreinae, the pedes-
trian, completed the taskof walking
i
5,100 miles, n a hundred days, at New
York lastTriday night. He was in good
condition at the close. -
NEw Wan SHIPS ORDERE0.---The Ad-
miralty' has offered six torpedo cruisers,
and has invited proposals, for seven war
ships from the Clyde shipbuilders. .
Misonso STEAMER.—The steamer Har-
vest, which saikd from Haniburg with a .
cargo of beet sugar on February 1st for
Boston, has not since been'heard from.
RESTRICTING ROLLER SKATING. .÷ -A
Bill of a stringent nature regulating the
attendance of young girls at roller sktit-
nig rinks has been introduced in the New
York Legislature..,
SEnvicEs OFFERED—T110 British fire. 1
brigade has offered the Government the
services of 5,000 firemen to protect the
public buildings against thef designs of
dynaraitards. a i
BANVET TO VICTOR IIUGO.',—A ban-
quet wwgivert_to Victor Hugo in Paris
the other night on the eve of his 83rd
birthday. Many distinguished persons
were. present. . Hugo is hale and
'vigorous. 1.
EW LANDS OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT. —
Great excitement has been occasioned by ,
the repert that the Crow Creek reserva-
tion in Dakota has been thrown open to
settle ent. People are stampeding to
7
the re ervatioia. •
. bille, treiRsmi oazreutan storing
lcoilt:Trmahoui IsTgrr iheEre phdleAirtpi 1 ir a sPPs eEen.dlleylTi elr i 14 °G trtl TWt nia (1 the
' • r
State makes the penalty
new plan for an organized uprisin
vote of 59 to 29. The pre,sentlaw of the
House of the ',11:lichiga, n Legislature by la
that Stephens, the Fenian head centre,
conclave, when he promises to expot
for life.
dynamitards to suspend dynamite opera-
tions until after the meeting of aTt
has successfully labored to induce sever
delegates to the Paris conclave rionf
DYNAMITER& PLANS.—It Is reported
Ews2—The losses suffered
1 -, ,
imprisonment
. :
er
by the British in their desert camPaign i
-since leaving Korti; in killed and. dis-
abled, have been 130 officers atdde! nr4eriOsis- .
men. General Buller has arrived at `
Korti. Wolseley has issued an eci
to the black troops which serv under
Gordon, specially - eulogizing tl eg
i
neer and native officer who comlnanded
the-steainer which took General Wilson
to Khartoum. Two Arab merehants
arrived from Berber in twenty s days.
They, report the rebels crowd' 'to the
right bank of the Nile and are ready to
oppose the English. The inhabitants i of v
Berber were forbidden to read. ' the i
Koran, but were ordered ; to read the I
Mahdi's books. The Mahdi instructed , !
the troops, not to charge the English kit ;
to fight them from a istance, saying if '
his men would do th- God would de-
stroy their enemies. Messengers from'
Omdurman report that the followers of •
• the Mahdi were much` disappointed at •
.the small amount of plunder found at
Kharteum. t The rebels dp not appeae
"anxious to encounter, the English. The
Mahdi is in constant fear , of treachery.
It is reported that the Briti6 troops
will remain in the vicielity of Korti
during the summer and be lodged in
straw huts. The greatest fears° are en ‘
tertained concerning the effects of the
torrid heat., The:mortality, will doubt-
less be large and the troops may be con- -
stantly harra,ssed by the rebels. yVolse- "
ley's eyes are affected by theglare)of the I
sun. The Intense heat has caused about --
break of typhoid fever among the British
troops. A letter ha,s been received from a .
nun taken prisoner when Khartoum feil
now in captivity at Omdurman. She
confirins the statement that the Malith's
troops massacred the soldiers of the
garrison and many peaceful citizens.
he states states bat fully 2,000 people were
slaughter& .
il.....
Iiuron Notes:
,
The Messrs. Stanbuty, of the Lon-
don road, Stanley, are wintering 70 head
of —At
n lea.i;,,tion
A .
sale .in the township
' of Hi -Ellett last week a, horse was sold
for 25 cents..
—Mr. Hi Either, Deputy ReeVe' of .
Stephen, will leave in about alcoupte of
weeks, on- a three months' trip ..i to
Germany. ; , .
—Mr: George Flintoff has rented his i
farm of 50 acres on the 3rd concession t4
Hullett to Ir. Jae. VanEgmond for - 5
. years. t
—A soap]factoi to be started in
the old che se factory, at Londesboro,
by the Swiss Manufacturing Company
-Of Goderich.
'
---Mr. John Durin has ;tsold hisi farm
on the 6t1i-- concession cif West Wawa -
nosh, : Mt, G. Agar, for the sinus of .
—Mr. Jos, Anderson, Of Bella.' ore was .
recently presented with' a handsome
Bible and a, complimentary address by
his friends ,,of the Salem MethOdist
church. r' .
—A pair of young horses belonging to .
Mr. Benjamin Churchill Of Hullett, ,
-.which were weighed on the scales at .
Clinton last' week, brought down the
beam at 3-,120 pounds.
—Messrs. A. 13ishop, `M. P. P., Alex.
Duncan, Jas. Hackney and -•TaS. Mon-
teith have been ordained, Elders of the
Thames Road Presbyterian church, HS-
bor---n:Ne'fr. W. J. . Chapman, proprietor of
the Wingham tannery is about to start
a factory for the manufacture of harvest
gloves and school bags, in the old post
office building, Wirigha-m.
—Mrs. Munn, of the 3rd concession _ •
of Hay,met with a very painful acci-
dent the other day. She was carrying
-
a pail of water into the house when she'.
fell ancl broke her arm. .
—Mr. 11, Snell, of Hullett, has. been
appointed on the executive coMmittee
of the British American Short lfsoli
t i
- tAn se se°tei ni agin°11' Torlovniatioc,honiTieulde'sdiatsy. 41111ual r
—Young McPherson, son of Deputy
Reeve McPherson, of Turnberry, who
'had his feet so badly frozen that it was
thought amputation would beneees,a,ry,
hi' now slowly improving.
—Another '‘,Tacancy occurred in the,
ranks of the aged 'of Hallett last week,
iandythaneepeedrsaogne of
ff 9M7 yree.art.Tsnaackrie,
:res
at the
about 20 years, she removed to this
county, where she hasided_ to the D
9 months
WaS . eceased a native of Scotland, :ran('
emigrated to 'Canada about 41 years
ago. After residing hi New . Brunswick
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