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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1885-03-06, Page 4_ ' e- • ! • . . t 4 \THE kllRC 'EXPOSITOR. 1 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) O• urott:ij3.�XtOr 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 „ tz, tim it4eearsent4siii:e°sdlurlidenttrvhifivill] bidet° her 41 different 'mei the follo- ;:id a sentod'f.an'es4 —The 1Dri e s that cease to • p obability $ —4.bao°11:71 r eida(fiet;ter:: ; i 1 --Ttliasch, (71i4ii1 - i if the ees bag aftel .s. -a • - • A -- ,e lipprpertal sjnIti, ,eut a W 'Nvit.ea a IA to,B- elivill 1‘,ei,uik IL 1 corm ectil yl i ,efi ito:_rTrDsietiii:: \II( --. tessa hic 1:0f--:Mf7rr.:.I11.1 died; The an both of hig tts6 ing much ' to be fe4 hantlsiwil WA Thos. Turu „ it w4 a . co spect'. W-'-'est14dTi Mr7:nf;e to his ' sWPTIterrre4CYONI; e:iirtd:1141: pla;eAZ tteeFt1 ' Alessrs.Thom Tliey wrre to -Sip arsilde. Mr. Bissett 9_ 4 --Some tiffj the 13th 1 0.04, -1thf18elf, sudd LaSt week it • he,ha,s restir0 7e:ir,p'i mtnr i°e:1 aen: tl Winghana. trv : 4141yisecgbPr farther south ' -4,j1;pRoMini'llaltieeil'' el. tWeseigast e,Wi.,011 at St Helens, —One even zf,an*%timeberiwoafS, 1g4: Lautrenc ed.to celebra ter Theresst ----One day '• IN4s41171, rurielll Idefily helPI lysis. I't is n Imal w_ i I reco- 1 ., .,.‘ f --Jur. ueo 'one and one fast, has Sold acres, to WI - -$5,000. Hc ,one. —T. hitex,;13eai .b W ztoanoNsar,, r $4,-§ tres, :all_ I - rare Thelike. ,r, , 4 n:e.I ewe: fe.- iAr:: ; tthoei.ntr oiliplver - ibi)s.. ___r71, ,iio - - ;°f Stathr it a13a& to ieaviliIii 1 slnol: -a chools salaries ' -cSiv;;;s14YrhAfeet-Rj144jel'ele .te ' Bboissideit''tlie Irreab day,--Tb,e APr' . bburn'T aedri-A eth;e IVIi.in 1 Wa heavv,iXIS)XrCad,a,izitp etitre San 212nt 4bont 14uli Camp as swept au .ctive e ca u en o AI meeta lof u- e I1bursokay. p1urpoe of 0 .the - Uriah.McFad. Vice-Presi4e Tress rer. — -erecting a r 114de ea lbt Cr b .k,ivork Wi the w as 211 acres oom. ey6 eMitlhstur:V:f • bhaaragesoewll e3tHt: Jug aro the 0 YZPPresirel -t