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Furnituae & ft ale—Rev.G. B. Taylor. (6)
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China Tea Sts—%% 'son & Young. (8)
Hay Wante —C. Wilson. (a)
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lir xpo,51tor.
SEA.FORTH, F ZIDAY, June 26, 1S85.
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The a ral Tendency.
We are accu tamed. to hear a great
deal about the V. traivagance and corrup-
tion of our Ca a lian rulers. No doubt a
, good deal w is chaxged against them
ii true, bu et e o in this Dominion the
system of Int li plunder has not been
reduced t a s tence as it was in the
United S ate der the , Republican
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party. F r thos who bemoan the Mis-
deeds of ce r Can dian rulers, it may be
some eons lati n to know how things
have been1 co d etecl at Washington.
As every persor aows, there has been
a change of Ge lernment there recently,
and in th cl it irig up process, which
has been unde taken by the new offi-
cials, numerous disclosures have, been
made Tbe Republican party; lied been
hi pewera Icing that they seern to have
become utterly reckless in their rule of
corruptioni Haman nature, hewever,
is the same at Ottawa as it is at 'Wash-
' ington. The flComiriion Government
have ROW been ong in power, and they
have been fait , fully supported. by a
powerful f Hawing, while they have had
i the contiot of immense interests, and
the Oppos tion! have notbeen strong
enough to natthally. check them in any
respect. The Canernmenof the Dom -
'then, like that of the linited*States,
have had thing ' pretty m -a01 their own
'way, and se 1on as they are allowed to
.go on in this way they ;can cover up
theix misdeeds from pablie view as has
,
been done for i years at Washington.
•But when the change does come, there
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may be disclosures which will open the
eyes of evei their best friends, and aston-
.ish. them t4
o, aS has been the case in the
United States. f This is an additional rea-
s
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on why eI
v la Conservatives should oppose
such meas res as the Franchise Bill, now
being discu sed in Parliametit, and which
are caleul d to perpetuate the rule of
any one pa •ty by preventing a -fair and
free expresSion af public opinion at the
polls. No matter what party• may be in
power, it is in the interests of all that
they be watched and opposed by a strong
and vigilaalt opposition. Any party, we
care not what the political shade may
be, is certain to become careless and
corrupt unless opposed* by a vigilant op-
positioa. But with all the advantages
on. the one eide and all thedisadvantages
on the other, et -hen an appeal is beiag
made to the people, as would be the case
were 'the Franehise bill 'passed in its.
, present shape, it would be impossible to
seethe such an opposition, as there, are
always in every country a large number of
personally interested ad ignorant people
who wilt adhere to their party leaders,
no matter what they may do. The
Christian..1. nion of New York, which,
, although ni n -political, has all along had
' stroag Repablican leanings, has at length
had a rude awakening by the revelations
and discoveries 'being made in the clean-
ing up pr cese at Washington. In a
cf
recent issue it: says : "When, a few
, weeks ago, th counting of the money in
the Unite takes Treasury was cora-
pieted, an I i vas reported that the
cash was enter ti -o cents short, there was
same flotilla]. x Itation itthis evidence
of governmental honesty ; and if any
shnplerni
-nde reader supposed. that
the publid p1 uaderers had put their
. hands literally iato the. Treasury and
Carried off its gold and silver, they must
have beeni comforted by the result of
this officio,count. It is not, however,
- by bnrgiars that the Treasery is robbed,
, but by sr ea thieves. The New York
Times gives a account of the results Of
an inveeti iati ni now going on under the
direction of ti e Secretary of the Navy,
which is n t s icomforting. According
to this r peat the Mohican has been.
undergoia re ars for thirteen years, at
a cost of 00 ow, which would have
t built three ner ships of equal size and
character. Anther half million has
been epcided n the Omaha, which has
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been four yea undergoing repairs;
nearly a mi ini has been expended on
repairing tbe S enancloah ; over a mil-
lion in r Pa g the Ossipee; and the
t same amo nt o the Itearsage. 'In each
of these cases e ough has been expended
in repairi g t e old vessel to build two
or three n w On s. The ship, however,
which tak s 10 e premium is the Tennes-
see, on wbn4 the Gevermnent has ex-
pended, in . rein -airs, $2,200,000. Secre-
tary 'Whitney appears to be in earliest,
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in, his ericleavor to ascertain where this
money has go e, and what there is to
show for i. pparently the Navy De- I.
pertinent has i been a' ind of financial
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Chat Moss, swiillowing p all that was
poured into it,: and rein ining as hungry
at the end of its gorge a. at the begin-
ning.." '
We fear that that the Canada Pacific
Railway is the Chat MOis of the Dom-
inion Govermrlent, and 'When' the day of
reckoning cpmes, as conte itmust; it Will
be found that a very Considerable por-
tion of the money- of this country? osten-
sibly paid for the carrying out of that
enterprise, ha A goneto jeurich Members
' of the Government, their friends and sup-
porters. If the Franchise Bill hi passed,
however, and .the Canadian people are
foolish enough to quietly submit to -its
iniquitous provisions, the cloy of!reckon-
ing will be postponed'', a,n1 more Millions
will be taken from t14 Pockets of the
industrial classes, and ill be given to
the always hungrybrinorents alid
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leeches who • hang -aro' d the Govern -
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meat table.
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The Police M&i ,strate.
The Exeter Reflectorithinks that Mr.
John Beattie is not a militate person for
the office of Police MagiStrates and the,' t
his recommendation by the Central Scott
Act Committee' is oneOf the strongest
,
reasons why he shoulde)cit be appointed.
Of course, we diernot 4xpeet anyth.ing
else from oar dontempo arti, and we. do
not suppose any oth.er petson did either.
The Reflector is the rec gnized etgan of
the Anti -Scott Act part in this .county..
It strenuously, opposed' the passage of
the Act from the outset. It denounced it
as an unjust and tyrannieal interference
with the rights and !liberties of the
people; it denied thatit would accom-
plish the good its promo-iers i'41aimed it
would, and piedicted flirt if adopted it
-would not only proVe a miserablelail-
iire; bat would be a curs and a reproach
to the people. Had it stopped • with
this,. no particalar fault would isS found
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with its course. If it believed what it
said it was perfectly justified in placing
its views before the public With the hoe
that they might liave the desired !result,
—the defeat of the Act. In this, how-
ever, -it failed. The elee, rate of Huron,
by an overwhelming majority, decided
that they wished to give the Act ,a• fair
trial, but our friend refuses to accept_
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the verdict of the people. Instead of
loyally trying to make the experiment
a success, and assisting te secure all the
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good possiblefrom•the law now that it
has been accepted by the people and put.
into Oaeration, it does peat even main-
tain a decent and dilitiffied neutrality,
but seemingly delights lip treading and
re -treading its Olcl, worn; outfootprints,
and week after week dishes up to its
readers the wolin, and thread -bare argu-
ments and slaMlers which were made to
do dutysofOitlifully, brit with sd, little
effect, while th 'e Act wal-teing consider-
ed by the people. This is: done by our
contemporary with the evident inten-
tion of. making the Actla failure, that
its omensof evil may be lliteraily fulfill
ed. That its efforts ii • this direction
will be as fruitless as th y were in - pre-
veatingthe passage of t e• Act, We fully
believe, but its course . gives the key-
note to its opposition to the nominee of
the eential committee. It is not likely,
therefore, that any &papa -rte. -rend calcu-
lated to enstire the rigid enforcement of
the Act will meet with the approval of'
our contemporary. .But 1 the peculiar
mode of reasoning by whieh the,. Reflec-
tor reaches. its conclusions. is worthy of .
some notice. It says: i .
"Now, to ris, the very faetiof Mr.
Beattie being ',the unanimous noininee '
of the Scott Act Committee is, in itself,
shfficient reason why he should not re-
ceive the. appointment. i The admitted
weakness of all such legislatimeas the
Canada Temperance Act is the fat that
it leeks the moral support of a very large
proportion of the inhab4nts, and to en-
trust its enforcement to the nominee of
*certain partizans is assuredly not the way
to cause the. measure to qoMmend itself
th the respect and sympathy of the whole
community."
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New, supposing for the take of argu-
ment that "the admitted.' weakness of
the Canada Temperance,Act isethat tt
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lacks the moral support ef a large pro-.
portion of the inhabitant, f' what is the
best means to adept to seeure that sap -
community " ? -.Is it to have it rigidly
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to
port and to " oommend the measuee
tbe respect and sympath ief the ;whole
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enforced so that its benefits may be
made eleaxly manifest to therms" 'rube -
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lieving, or is it to have itemain practi-
cally a dead letter upo . the, Statute
Book, and permit itl:
s- revision's to he
violated at win by every person who
rimy choose to do so? We fonder that
even the Reflector will admit that the
former' would be the better ecurse to pur-
sue. This admitted then, who will be the
most likely to secure this desired result,
the ii.orninee of those whO from Purely
patriotic and philanthropie motives de-
sire to see the. law a mk. cess, the the
"nominee "of those who have in advance
predicted its failure, and Who ar& per-
sonally and pecuniarily intereated in hat*-
, . , I
ing it made a laughing stock and a by-
wOrd. So far as we know or have heard
it is only the latter class who objett to
the appointment of the " nominee" of
the central association. 1-ence, we say
that if the Government desire to see the
law honored and respected,: they should
accept of the recommendation of those
who are only desirous for the ancom-
plishment of this result. Again,. the
. Reflector says:
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"It will not do to say because the
Act was carried in Huron by a large ma-
jority, theeefore, - the . " Committee "
mutt necessarily assume the position. of
prosecutor, jury ind judge- of all alleged
offences against the act, which would
practically be the case,- were the. Local
Government so fart� forget its duties
as to appoint to the highly responsible
position of Police Ha istrate the "unani-
mous nominee of the Scot1 Act Commit-
tee." - . -
Here, our _contemporary " assumes "
entirelY too much. The., Central Com-
mittee do not desire, nor have they ever
manifested any disposition to act in the
arbitrary' manner charged. They repre-
sent a large majority of the people of
this countyi who have entrusted to them
the responsibility of carrying out and
enforcing the law. In order that they
may succeed in their mission they ask
that a Police Magistrate be appoiuted.
Theertmake that requestto the County
Council,the Authority. that has to recom-
mend he appointment to the GOvern-
,
meat before it is made. The County
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Council, recognising their representative
*position, and the reasonableness of tl eir
requesi1, accede to it. To further aid
*them t i accoMplith the °Neat entrusted
to th na by a majority of the people, the
Comiiittee recommend the 'appointment
of alcertain person. If, therefore,
the overnment go counter to that re-
-commendation, then we . say they go
directly in opposition -to the wishes of a
majaity of the people as expressed by
their recognised representatives, a course
whichwe think they would net be
justified in taking. More than this, by
refusing to ,accept the recommendation
of the committee, the government will
make, themselves *directly resk onsible for
the failure of the Act shcruld this result
from their making an improper appoint-
ment, which is a responsibility we 'do
not think they are likely to assunie;
We do notknow,eithenin what Way the
Government can more accurately gauge
the sentiments and desires of the people
than to- act upon the advice of the
chosen representatives of the -major*,
They have this advice, and as we haAre
already indicated, they. i should follow
the _example set. by the county 'council,'
and act upon it. ' 1
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Th,e only objection urged by the R
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,flectOr which bears any weight with it is
the following :
"He (Mr. eattie) never had ani
legal training, d we are fully persuad!.
ed that no ordinary nien, who has not
been layoured 'With such, is capable of
fulfilling satiSfact9rilY the important
judiclia17position of a Police Magistrate."
If this were absolutely true it would
be a tenable objectioh. But it. is aot
true, and if it had been We do not bei
lieve the central Cofmnittee would have
reeommended his . appointment. . Mr.
Beattie has been a magistrate for over
twenty years, and has had a very ex-
tensive practice at such a,nd we venture
to say that there are few Judges who
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have had as many cases', and as few
appeals against their decisions. He
has, naturally, a judicial mind, and -has
devoted a great deal oi time and study
to thie particular branch of law. In
a- ddition to this he is a men of unblem-
ished character ; of th 6 strictest rectitude
and ptissesses the requisite courage and
determination to.do his duty no matter -
what influences Mey be opposed to him.
To out mind he is eminently qualifiec
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for the:position, and .we can assure om
contemporary that should he be a,ppointt
ed, it is only the law -breakers who need
fear his decisions. .
We have.not spaceto 'refer at length
to -that ' portion _of dar contemporary's
article wherein- it acieuses THE Exrost-
Telt of inconsistency. At anyrate, the
consistency of THE EXPOSITOR is a mat-
ter mainly between it and its readers,
and so long as they do not find fault the
Reflector need not complain. The ap-
peintinent of a Police Magistrate is a
qiiestion of paha importance, and as
such we have referred to it. We
may say, however, that the Reflector
,
misapprehends our position in relation
to the Revising Barristers, as we have
always held, and still hold, that it is
unnecessary to appoint either a judge or
barrister to that position, as we consider
the work is now as efficiently and as
honestly performed by laymen as it could
possibly be by either a judge or a barris-
ter, find we hold pretty much the same
view with regard td the -dutiee Of a
Police Magistrate, so that this, in short,
answers the inconsistency charge.
THE war in the Northwest may now
be said to be ended,. Although Big
Bear has not yet been captured, the
McLean family and all the other prison-
_ars held by him have been liberated and
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are now with their friends at Battleford
and othetiipoints. It is gratifying to
sknow, that although the prisoners were
necessarily subjected to many hardships,
none of them had been injured or ill-
treated iniany way, and all, both male
and female are in the enjoyment of the
best, health. It is`the universal verdict
of all, that had they been left entirely
to the tender mercies of the Indians,
they would not have fared so well, but
the half-breeds who were associated with
the Indians, stood ,by the prisoners on
every occasion, and frequently at the
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risk of their own lives shielded the
white prisoners from insult and injury,
and it is to them they'owe their liberty
and their lives. General Middleton and
the entire volunteer force have been
ordered home, and are already on their.
way. The country is to be left in charge
of the Mounted Police and the two or
three companies of regular soldiers in the'i
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field, as it is hoped they will now be•
sufficient to keep the Indians in check,
protect the settlers and maintain order.
Thus has begun the beginning of the
end of a most unfortunate and expensive
affair, which reasonable goed manage-
ment on the, part of the authorities
would have averted. The result of this
rebellion, however, will he felt not only
by individuals, but by the country for
many years to come.
essisseenmsnmimse.
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As water, be seen by letter of our
Ottawacorrespondent the wine and beer
amendments to the Scott Act made by
the Semite have been defeated in the
Comnions by a majority of eight votes
in a tolerably full house. Some other
minor amendments have been adopted,
but these will.not materially impair the
efficiency • of the Act. The Bill will
be again returned to the Senate, and if
they ratify the action of the Commons
the amendments will come into force.
If they fail to do this the law will re-
main as it now is. All the Huron Mem-
bers voted against: the wine and beer.
Mr. Blake', the !cader of the Opposition,
also voted with tbe majority, while Sir
John voted for the wine and beer amend-
ment.
THE Scott Act Was carried in the
counties of Middlesex and Lincoln on
Thursday last by very large majorities,
the former county giving a majority of
ever three thousand in its favor. On
the same day the Act was defeated in
the county of Perth by the rather nar-
row majority of 110. Stratford gave a
majority against the Act of 261. The
defeat of the Act in Perth is due to
vaxious causes, but largely, we believe,
to the lack of energy and good manage-
ment on the part of its promoters.
AFFAIRS' AT 'OTTAWA.
(From Our own CorrespazdeW.)
• • OTrAw.a, Jung 22nd, 1885.
Probably no debate that hap taken
place in the present *Parliament was
looked forward to with morewidespread
interest than that in the:House of CoM-
moniOn the Senate's arnendinentS to the
Scott Act. • The impudence of the. Sen-
ate's action in reversing What the Com-
mons had done, and setting at defiance
the will of the people as expressed by
the large majorities in favor of the Scott
Act, lent but additienal interest to the
question of What the Commons would-be -
likely to do when the action of -the Sen-
ate 'came to be considered by the repre-
sentatives of the peple The intercist
manifested by the .people waemot evenly
reflected - within the Parliament build-
ings.' The temperance "representatives
who had been here during .the greater
part of the eession,left soon after the
Senate butchered the amending Bill,
which had • been passed by swill over-
whelming majorities , in the. Commons.
But those who favored the AO mine
down in force just about that thine, and
ep torth.e very day the discussion Came
on in the House,. there was an active
and, enterprising lobby " at work.
One of the noticeable things about the
.lobbyists was that, whereas • the • princi-
pal amendment made by the -Senate, the
one Which aroused the keenest illiterest,
was the exemption of beer arid light
wines frOrn the operation of the Act, the
distillers were almost as fully represent-
ed as the brewers,and their representa-
tines° were quite as active as were the
brewers' delegatet. The great argument
in favor of the beer and light- wine idea
is that where the less fiery drinks are
freely used, spirituous liquors Will not
be so•much resorted to, and drunkenness
will be largely decreased. This looks
like a very pretty argument, bet
it is quite evident that the distillers
den't-think much of it. • As the -day for
the discussion approached, the result of
the hobbyists' work was seen in the gos-
sip about the place. Those who had
been confident at first that the Senate's
amendment woiald be kicked out Without
ceremony by an overwhelming Majority,
were not so sanguine and when the de-
cisive -time had about arrived, there
j were' not wanting those Who believed
I that the amendments w(iuld be caeried.
DOLITORS AS LIQUOR, SELLERS.
The debate -carne on on Thursday last,
by arrangement between the promoter
of the Bill on which the Senate had
tacked the amendments and the Govern-
ment. -The first question that arose was
as to the right of doctors to dispense
liquor as medicine. -Under the Scott'
Aet, as it was, a doctor who desired to
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give *his patient liquor was obliged to
give a certificate, On the strength of
whicha druggist specially licensed to
'sell liquor would; furnish the liquor,
making a record Of the sale, a copy of
which record he had to furnish to the
Department of Inland Revenue. As the
Senate had amended the Bill, it was
lawful under the Scott Ant for al doctor
to give a patient himself whatever' liquor
he saw tit, having no certificate to Check
hint, and being entirely absolved from
the duty Of making any record:, This
was very strongly objected to, not only
because it would place too great power
in the hands of physicians whir might
-prove .unscrupulons men willing to go
into a surreptitious trade in whisky for
the profit in it, but because it would put
the respectable and honest physician in
an invidious position, and render him
subject to -frequent- requests to violate
the spirit of the law to gratify the appe-
tites of those who wished for whisker but
did not need it. The arguments on the
other sidt were that the physician was
authorized to dispense the Most deadly
peisons as long as he did B6 with good
intentions, and that to. take away alco-
hol from his shelf would be simply to
insult- him. . The letter carried the
day, and the doctor * was, by a vote of
the House; authorized to sell liquor- as
he pleased for medicinal purposes. -
DRUGGISTS AND THE SCOTT ACT.
Acting at the special request, it is
understood, of members of the druggists'
profession, the Senate had inserted: sev-
eral clauses specially authorizing drug7
gists to sell certain articles, Whic-h it had
been alleged, they would be -pretreated•
from selling under a proper interpreta-
tion of the So tt Act.'1 Among these
articles named are recognized pharmai
ceutical proper tions, eau de cologne,
. bay rum, &e., &c., and medical pre-
scriptions con ining alcohol, not more
than eight ounc a at any one . time. An
eight ounce h ttle, it ?ii understood,
holds soinewher • in the legion of half a
pint. The tem • erance men, evidently
Supposing that the same restrictions
would apply to these prescriptions as to
others, viz., th t the medicine should
be such as coil d not be used for bey--
erage purposes, only raised the object
tion that this w mld practically do away
with the rettric ion - now applied by the
law, that no d •uggist shall sell liquor
unless he has a Pecial license to do so.
If every drug ist Were allowed to sell
up to eight oum es there Would really be
no use in havin a license which would
bring with . it he, duty of keeping a
record of a la •ge portion of the sales.
It was pointed at, however, that there
was practically no restriction as to the
character of the in edicine of which liquor
might forn3 a prat, If this were se, of
coarse the law would be practically. of
no use, for a ho el -keeper could employ
a chemist or dr' ggist to rua a drugatore
where his bar ii s before the Scott At
.was carried, an so long as the obliging
young maat sol I n0. more than eight
ounces at a ti i re, and only on a physi-
ciantt prescrip ion, which, as the law
steed, need n( t be genuine, the law
could not react i either JulTi or his em-
ployer. A lon clisussiQn took place on
this clause, but after all, it was carried
in its original fc rm. Fortunately, how-
ever, some chan es were made on mine-
qtient clauses- alculated to make un-
scrupulous men privileged under the law
mere circunisp et in their doings than
they otherwise would be. The next
clause, however was more outrageous
even than that vhich preceded ft. As
the Senate had upended the Bill, it pro-
vided that an chemist or druggist
might sell for eehanical or manufac-
turing purpose as much liquor as he
pleased, there b hg then, absolutely no
guard in the wt of flee or other penalty
against wrong- i oing Or any duty laid
upon the drugg st to keep a record of his
sales. So utter y preposterous was this
proposal that it was voteci down without
a dissenting Iv ice after a couple of
minutes' discus ion. - i
MIME AND BEER. -
' Then came,t1 e wine and beer exemp-
tion clause. It was a sweeping amend-
ment and on.e vhiCh could only have
been made by. n en who either thought
nothing of wha they were doing or !else
deliberately. Pr iferred free trade
liquor to --ther strictions of the Scott
Act: When th Scott Act is adopted in
a county', ail license restrictions. are
done away •with To allow the sale of
wine and beer under the Act would
simply mean tie t any -man who chose
might sell th* se liquors .as freely as
sugar or flour a e sold today. Further,
if •any man pr ferred to sell whisky,
there was • no . s stein of restriction. .or
inspection whicl would- practically pro-
tect the public garret the sale of :the
most fiery -spieit if they were disguised
with some color ng matteil which would
make them loo like wine. If it were
proven against a dealer that he sold
such stuit, Ii t.c uld,, of- course, be pun-
ished, but ande the system . of „inspec-
tion provided b the Scott Act and with
beer and wine s. lope everywhere, the at-
tempt to protcc • the Ipublic against the
sale of whisky i'otild-be a -farce. No-
body in the Con mons had the temerity -
to !favor the Smate': amendment in its
entirety. Mr. ohn Small, of East To-
ronto, whose co istitueney holds Gooder-
ham.' & Worts' dist llery, and six Or
seven of the la -gest breweries in ;On-
tario, moved- ar am ndment providing
that in counties where the Scott /kat is
already passed i should 'stand as it ie,
but that, after tris B11 came into force,
the adoption of he S ott Act would be
the. beginning -0 the ira of free wine and
beer in the c runtr This - amend-
ment had som shrw Of plausibil-
ity and wo great many
supporters. M hn Small cenhot
talk insupport If his view. His chief
characteristic i a ort of ward politi-
cian's cunning, Oriel is Mott effective
in wire -pulling, raid N thieh re pretty -sure
to give itself awry if ts owter ,attempts
to talk: The st ppor to the proposition
so far as speakii g 111 aver (id it is con-
emered, rested prin ipally ' with Mr.
Hector Camero Q C:, a prominent
member of the Ho se, and a Man who
. hates what he calls the "temperance
fanatic" with per feet hatred. The
speeches by Mr. Jam eson, the promoter
of the Bill, Mr. Fish r and -others, were
very effective w apons on the other side.
The vete was ta ten 4 half -past tweive,•
after about six lour' discussion. The
amendment of Mr., Small was -voted
doien by 76 y as t 86 nays, and the
main motion o re ect the Senate't
amendment wa ado ted 'unanimously.
All the member. for. neon voted against
the Senate's am ndm nt.
BLARE . ON 1 HE CANADIAN rats Ifie.
, .
One of the vent- of the session was
Mr. Blake's spe oh o i the resolutions in
. favor of furth r ai to the Canadian
Pacific Railwae Company. His argil.:
merit was a terr ble a :raignatent of ,the
Conservative rty for th4 results of
their policy in r lati n to our great na-
tional highway H showed .that the
company had d votei aigreat part of its
resources to o tsid 'ventures, which,
however .prolita, )1e ti dy might be to the
speculators' wh ha c.ontrol of them,
were a loss to ti e pe pie of Canada, in-
asmuch as the ha had to supply the
deficiencies. H sh wed also, by the
figures fuenishe byhe com-pany itself,
that the stock t. as watered" to a ter-
rible extent, be -fig s ld for 'half its face
value-esometim s oily a quarter—and
yet dividends a six er.aent. were paid
on the face va ue ofi the stock, making
frona twelve to eirenty-four per cent. on
the money inve ted and these dividends
were , not • ut • of the earnings of
the road or of a ryof the mitside ventures
which the company has used the
money of the pe ale for its own benefit,
la* out of th sums granted by the
people of Canedfor the construction of
the road.- I -I proved also, by the
meagre .statem nte presented to the
House by the overnment in response
to his own long- outinued and peesistent
demands that t e road now being built
- by:the company has grades and curves
upon it which rill make it impossible
for traffieto go over it as cheaply as
over other tree) continental lines. The
company now comes asking for more
money, and yet, at this moment it has
over fourteen ur Mons of dollars in the
hands Of the Government which is, held
as :a fund out••of which to pay a three
per cent dividend- on the watered
stock. In consideration of holding -this
I
I amount, the Government guarantees a
dividend at this rats on the face value
of the stock. If, therefore, the stock
was bought at only fifty cents on the
dollar the dividend is six per cent on
the money' actuatlY invested. If the
stock was bought at twenty-five,. cents
on the dollar—one third of that out-
- standing was bought at that rate—the
dividend is twereS per cent. This
'guarantee runs for over eight years yet
and in that time a large number of the
stockholders will have been paid back
every •dollar they invested out of the
Government guarmitee alone, to say
nothing of the additional ' dividtnds—
mfiking up the full six per Cent on the
face value—and after that they will
have their stock clear to draw dividends.
on out of the earnings of the road.
When the company was so - poor
that it could not Ipay to the Govern-
ment the interesti due on the loan
of last session i . when it grew
poorer and could not pay the
contractors who did the work 'upon the
line, leaving laborers to wait for their
money; when they got down into the
depths of poverty and bad to delay for
weeks the payment of the men employed
directly by themselves in working on the
completed lines, they still went on pay-
ing dividends to themselves out of the
money granted by the corifidint people
of Canada. Mr. Blake exaressr'ed every
strong opinion that as the company had
a contract with the people to
finish the Work which they were bound
in honor, as well as in law, to carry out
(a contract of vast importance to the
peoPle) and as they had money enough
in the Government's hands, aircording to
their, own showing, to complete -that
contract, they should ask to have that
money released and go ahead with the
work. The speech must be read to be
appreciated. The above is only the
barest summary of some of the most im-
portant points contained in it. Mr.
Cameron, of Huron, was the next
speaker on the Opposition side. . He
made an excellent speech, short and
pithy, and closed by putting in formal
shape before the House the policy
which Mr. Blake had enunciated. He
moved that in the opinion of the House,
the company, instead. of coming - for
further aid, should utilize its own
Money to carry to completion a road
whieh its members themselves . declared
would be a paying road from the first;
ABSENTEE M'CARTHY'S ItEPLy.
The only attempt to reply to the
reasonalite and straight -forward propo-
sition. of the Liberals was made by Mr.
Dalton McCarthy, Q. C. He used all
his legal ingenuity to provethat as
Canada had guaranteed the payment of
a dividend on this stock, every man
who held a share had a legal right to
that payment, that it evould -be
impossible to get every shareholder
to consent to withdrawal of the
money, and that, therefore, to. withdraw
the guarantee would be a speeies .of ree
pudiation, spoliation, robbery; and set-
eral other things equally naughty. He
abused Mr. Blake in good old Tory style
for trying to " ibiag the fair fame of
Canada, in the mire," and so on, and
called upon him in a grandiloquous-way
to be patriotic for once. Considering that
Mr. Blake. has been in his seat every
day 'during the session, and has worked.
harder than any other man in the House, '
this exhortation to him sounded strange-
ly, corning, as it did, from a man who
has been absent for days and weeks to-
gether, who has taken practically no in-
terest in the legislation of the House,
and who was evidently lugged forward
by the- Government as the only man
with anything like talent enough to mys-
tify and bamboozle the people about a
very plain, straight proposition. To the
ordinary mind it must semistrange that
although it would be perfectly legal and
right for a majority of the shareholders
to sell out the road and all its belongings
for half a dollar, if they thought best, it
wonld be exceedingly unjust for that
same majority to ask the Government to
give the company the company's own
money, to carry out the company's own
contract and complete • the company's
own road, Mr. McCarthy and his friends
evidently think that the duty of the
Government is to see that the coantry's
obligations to the company are observed,
and that the wishet of the company are
in every respect complied with, but
when it comes down to the company's
obligations and the country's whiles the
rule is to be completely reversed.
COMPANY AND GOVERNMENT YS. THE
PEOPLE.
After a vote the House went into
comarittee of the whole upon theiresolu-
tions to consider the :details. This was on
Saturday, and the sight witnessed in the
House that day Was enough to make
an honest man and patriotic Canadian
hot with indignation. , The supporters
of the Government, of course did not
wish to know what they were voting
for. The Ontario men had the word. of
the PreMier that it was all right and the
Quebeckers and Maritime Province Men
had a promise of a vote of $5,000,000:. to
a.ssist various lines in which they and
their constituents are interested. But
the Opposition, naturally desired to -ful-
fil their proper functions of examining
the proposition before the House. They
asked questions as t� the details of the
scheme, but the Government could not
tell. They wanted to know the present
position .of the company and nobody
knew. Sir John Macdonald gave a
unimportant facts after consultation
with Me. Abbott, who is the solicitor of
the Canada Paeifle. This grew weari-
some and then Mr: Abbott answered
some questions himself. When isome
minor change was to be made the I Win -
parry's solicitor stood up with the leader,
of the Government and looked over thel
chairman's shoulder to see that it was!
properly ' done. It was evident that
there was a complete surrender' to the
company. It was known that the Gov-
eroment had. no mg to say, that the
Canada Pacific we "bosses" of the
situation, but to hiye it openly and.
flagrantly shown in thb House of Com -
'mons which is supposed by the people
to be a place for discussion. and. not a
mere 'machine for registering the will of
a soulless corporation, was a fearful
commentary upon the present state of
affairs in Canada. Sir John Macdonald
was asked to explain what was meant
by a certain clause in the resolutions,
and he calmly confessed that it was
somewhat hard to understand, that, in
fact, .he didn't understand it. When .it
was proposed that as the Government
must mean something by it, it shoulki be
changed so as to make the Government's
meaning clear, the reply was that "the
Courts would decide that," just as if
the bushiest of Parliament was to mix
and muddle the laws, so, as to give to
'courts and lawyers plenty to do, The
fact was evident that the clause had
been written by the company's rem.
ientative and the Government ordered to
have it passed as it was, and the Gov-
ernment did not dare to change it so
much as by a letter. This is 'repre-
sentative institutions under a Conser-
vative Government in Canada,
A. B. j.
IM1111,11.1111141MMENIIMMINI
The Teachers' Parliament
rs of the county ae-
on Thursday last for
Ming. Institutes and
onal matters,. Over
and gentlemen froin
ounty were present.
oils, the North and
meetingsand trans -
pertaining -to each en
union convention was
ued on Friday and
the first time the ex-
, a union convention
from the success at-
tice will likely he
llotving is a minute
at the several ses-
The school teac
sembled at Clinto
the purpose of h
discussing educat
two hundred ladie
all parts of the
The two associat
South, held sepera
acted the business
Thursday, when a
formed and cont'
Saturday.' This i
periment of holdin
has been tried, anc
tending it the p
continued. The f
of the proceeding
sions :
NORT}
The regular m
Huron Teachers'
the central schoo
day June 18th, tl
G. Duff, in the 'c
appointed Messrs.
King, McFaul and
tee on nominations
- Mr. W-nir, rep
tonal Weekly, ex
jou rnal, and urge(
members of the pr
Mr. Duff then ga,
taking for his subj
tion of farmers' so
advance of educe,
culturists, but urg
ceptance of the ad
reach, if they wou
tion which their
entitle them to.
A vote of tha
Duff. The secretar
cial report, which
Mr. Linklater, of
took up the subjec
nom," showing wi
of teaching the as
exercise was full o
to end. Mr. Link
ed the -thanks of t
The committee
sented their repo
dent, D. M. It
ton; Vice-Presid
Seaforth ; Secretaa
E. Groves, Wingh
mittee, Messrs.
Shaw, King and L
was appointed de
cial Teachers' Ass
Mr. Duff, upon re
dent's chair was
thanks.
It was also deci
in the inspectorate
ship fee of 50 cent
with the Educati
year.' Any tcache
eery.' ins or her nat
Wingham.
The next meetin
will be held at Wi
WEST
HURON.
eting of the North
sociation was held in
Clinton on Thurs-
e President Mr. W.
mir. The President
Malloch, Henderson,
Harstone a 'commit-
.
esenting the Educe-
lained the aim of his
'its laims upon the
fession.
Te the annual address,
et "The better educe-
s,"ipointing out the
ion anteng the agri-
ng a stillefurther
ac-
antages within their
d occupy that posi-
wealth and numbers
ks was tendered Mr.
then read the finan-
as adopted.
Clinton Model School,
of "Lauguage les- -
b a class his method
of new words. The
point from beginning
ater was also tender -
e Association.
on, nominations pre -
t as follows.: Presi-
alloch, Esq., Cha-
nt, Mr. Harstone,
y -Treasurer, Mr. W.
un. Executive Corn-
et derson,
ugh. Mr. Linklater
egate to the Provin-
ciation, in Toronto.
king from the Presit
tendered a vote of
The ,West Hur
tion met in Clin
June 18-th, at 1.:3
in the 'chair. M
and Cressweller w
ness committee.
. Mr, Brown read
The object of tea
was accorded a
for it.
A circular, with
uteat of the Onta
tion, was read, an
carried, That each
dation be furnishe
last year's minutes
ers' Association fr
on payment of 10
The travelling e.
tive to the bet tiv
were ordered to be
Mr. McIntosh g
and pithy addtess
teachireg," for
the meeting were t
Mr. T. Header
paper on " Practice
the thanks of the
same.
4
ed that any teacher
who paid a member -
should be furnished
nal Weekly for the •
• wishing to join may
ie to Mr. Groves, at
- of the Association
gtham.
liE
n 'TileawChers' Associa-
on Model School, on
p.m., the President
ssra Baird, Gregory
re appointed a busi-
a valuable paper on
hers' institutes," and
earty vote of thanks
reference to the min -
do Teachers' Associa:
the following motion
member of the Asso-
with a copy of the
of the Ontario Teach -
e, and. non-members
exits.
penses of the Execu-
committee meetings
paid.
e a very humorous
n "Practical points
hich the thanks of
ndered him.
on read a valuable
1 hygiene," receiving
Association for the
Mr. Brown wasi elected delegate to
the Provincial As-ociation. The time
and place of next meeting was left in
the hands of the Executive. After a
profitable and agre able session, the' In-
stitute adjourned ill called by the Ex-
ecutive.
GENERAL SsOCIATION.
, A general meeti g of the teachers of
the county was hel in the town hall,
on Friday month-) Mr. Malloch, Presi-
dent of the North uron Teachers' As-
socit,tion, presiding; Mr. Halls, of Gode-
rich, occupied the hair of secretary.
lAfter a few intr ductory remarks, the
Ptesident hatred -11c d Mr. Tilley, Assist-
ant Director of Te chers' Institutes and
Inspector of Modell Schools. Mr. Tilley
opened his address with a few remarks
explanatory of the action of the Minis-
ter of Education, in the appointment of
the Directors of Teachers' Institutions.
He then took up the subject of " Com-
position," in an ad` ress of upwards 01
an hour. Any tea 'her who missed the
address certainly nissed a rare treat.
On motion of Mr. Brown, of Colborne,
seeonded by Mr. ci eves, of Wingbam, a,
vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Tilley,.
forhis s Simpson,dress. 0
duced a class of 11
Kindergarten son
larly creditable to
class.
Mr. Duff, of R
subject of " Unifo
illations," urging
and against their a
This Subject broug it forth may amount=
of discussion, ind -dged. in by Messrs.
Brown, Groves, enderson, iGoderich)
McClung, ) Perrin, (Winthrop)
March, (Holmesvi le) Inspector Miller,
Tilley and Gregor , (Exeter),
Mr. Harstone m ved the adoption of
a resolution provi mo for the introduc-
e
tion of uniform promotion for this
county, commenci g with 1886. Ttis
motion, on a stam mg vote was lost.
Inspector Miller then discussed in a -
very cencise'mann r the changes which
matk recent legis ation on the schotol
law. Mr. Miller es, at the conclusion,
besieged with a h t of questions, pro-
pounded by Messr . T. W.. Sloan, Alp- , -
Faul, McClung, i cIrtiosh' and Groves.
Mr. Turnbull, 1 the Clinton High
School, then discu sed the recent regu-
latione with refere ce to entranee exami-
4.7
Clinton, then intro -
le girls, in a series of
which was particu-
Iiss Simpson and her
xboroa took up the
en promotion exam-_
ifferent reasons for
option in the county. ;
11
,j1INE 26, 1885.
ne7waiwimmilmammilmmamialesitaio,nso.r0vDesisacunssdinonrofyinoll!wed 1
lIasr.s.00nreegnotrry,ofExeter,
tin
entrance
eliterata
class from aiming some of th
Friday
yetvoennhi n gal I Pbbil
tuei
wilrae°e:nue,bew
tmost. Mayor Forrestni
twhaesertird'earend;—n
a theSiiegilienwgIby
itoolirtnilhd.rr;eeliNaid;iissuslerig'3G:)rye3rilgi:asilsiKsdi.,J11,ae:erll
Goderieh, Mr. Groves, Wing]
-Wiens by Prof. Tyndall, and
%yeller, Zurich, and an addre
•
J Tilley, on " The relation o
vial idea and original thought
to the State," asp::: full
Mr- Cressweller, A.11ustrat
.perspective to junior elaeses,
Mr. Strang of Ghderich,
the programme for s_econii!
.class teachers' non-professioni
tions. He complained of t10
amount of work entailed
oscsbes
oodt, tba reeolivz thatthcgereortaunit
p
jects be examined at the clint:
term, and that a second exan
July should inelucle the balm
tionfa:ornsgethttrthdt:inby the tocation, end th
wasintruetedtoaiu:itt
of Education with the wjshe
seelen
ahtienfollowed Mr. Tilley
relatibn of the teacher to
This was one of the finest ac
have, every had the pleature
The great pity lies in the
greater number of parents
outside the teaching prof
eiot have heard it. There
the teacher was clearly on
- the parent was allotted his
reaperisibility. Mr. Tillet
deservedly applauded on cot
A vote of thanks to the II
of Education, for his prov
pointing experienced men to
work of the Association,
Tilley, for the excellent
rendered during the present
DeAnpartotrnheerntit0nogtijovn,e,atrecipoitin
notice of any contemplated -
tallied, and finally the latli
ren who favored the meet
Kindergarden exercises we
- votes of thanks. The nieeti
journed.
News of the
OPEN FOR TRAFFIC.—The
has been reopened to traffic
FATAL EXPLOsIONS. —By
on Saturday in the , Burley
dale, North Staffordshire,
were killed. 140 persoe.s
the explosion in the Pendle
near Manchester.
HERAT BEING REINFO
'WsoilldliseOrOsn; 0enf
,00reio:loilaerettlill
being rapidly forwarded:ft
lieraati
Dken PRIM FL000:4.
railroad property and ero
miles in Southern Illinois
serious injury from flood_
heavy rains and the burst
sPllEeteO
.tTLT OP
RVER EXCIT
WM. O'Brien, M. P., edi
Ireland, is suffering from
his doctors have ordered
prolonged restabroad.
EARTHQUARE IN ENGLAN
visited the other day by a
shock, which lasted set-.
and -caused great alarm ai
ple.
Manotatte. AND PlIALLAN
The well-known horses
Phallas, have been mate&
the grounds of the New
club on July 24th for tt2,.
the gate receipts.
CHINA. BORROWING MON
tuses have been issued for
to the amount of t:11,000
infiEulceGnii
fifl i);1%e(t'4i);ii:r
DEFE
1 -it was decided. Otake im
toform a naval volunteer
at every seaport in the
etiolaesnticef
olreelieThe
ntecIl.t. aihni
DEPRECATING IRISH
Bishop O'Connor, of it
Wyoming, strongly depree
The bis b
for two-tbirds of thepeo
Ireland for the States' the
misfortune and physical
nramasuf tt ei 0 nr kind,0r0abpesde
etmil piail
PIIILATIIIt'Oi'ICQi.'MCEE
Mary M. Johnson, of Pl
member of the Society of
was well known for her
000 to ever0!
s."580 to $1,
linmsmt iiteladtah;s1:157,000
jsim
TERRIBLE EARTIWARE
of the recent earthquake
india,Seventy thousand homes
houses
1111115, :1,0,d8313;15000ers::smaiti.is
IN-
* f RP'rEexiteilliliNn.
o
reaAgarinst;RtAN
Afghanistanmurariedtheseorrma
have
Provirice; NV11.0 was repel -
negotiating with Russian
surrender of the capital„
CHOLERA the citizens is so great tha
giidh iailrN
Se )Iandiri 111 T
Atti 1};e
g-
tary regulations, but the
in a riot irets-hieh sevo
dsawisyil:nne;arEinulia;r7i,aetre33elt.
of earthquake were exp(?
•
someoff IteREcotttile4st* —
being killed by hundred:,
called the dumb locust.
Montiox Conveains.--
and forty' -one Mormon cm
JanaDn0senStu
• ititannirdve,"CY fore'oV
ti)Nt;
t was caused in the State
Kanas, and Southern
cyclonic storm on Satin -di
SthelketZria2F-r{elscekIn*-eitiLtelPLent'i:
Harrington, brother of
Ptia
waaisnlinadeentbefeearlusNe-e0sitLea
t
from National principles.
FACTORY DOINGS. —T
owners at Oldham, Elie
eided Upon short time, a
iof 10 per cent. in wages