The Huron Expositor, 1886-03-12, Page 44
E HURON
EXPOSITOR.
MAncia 12, 1886.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
421r -The figure between the parenthesis after
sachIsine denotes the page of the paper on which
advertSaement will be found.
Fashionable Tailer—C. Stewart. (1) °
Spring, I886—J. L. Smith. (5)
Great Bargain. Rouse—J. McLoughlin. (5)
Hardware —Johnston Bros. (5)
Farmers' take Warning—J. A. Wilson. (5)
The Franchise Acta -b F.Toma (5/
Sale of Farm Stock, face—J. O'Sullivan. (5)
Spring Wheat for T. Dickson, (5)
Mit Lost—J. Morrison. (5)
Monster Gi.ft Willis. (8)
Agents Wanted—Scott Bros. (8) _
Phonogrephy taught—Principal Austin. (8)
Money to Loan—Expo-same OFFICB.-.(6)'
Farms for Sale—J. Reith. (6) ' -
Dog Lost. (5)
Parra for Sale—J. Gorley. (5)
NewDry Goods—a Taylor. (8)
Seeds and Rerring—Laidlaw & Fairley. (8)
Dominion Ice Rink_ (8)
Arrival of New Goods—R. Jamleson.:(8)
Farm for Sale—James Logan. (5) '
Seed Wheat for Sale—J. Daly. (5)
Seed Wheat -J. Eyle. (es
Cheese Factory Meeting—R. McCartney% (5)
Creditors' Notice—Logan &Co. (5) !
that, therefore, it wold be advisable to
pass the sum and say no more about it.
Accordingly an amendment to strike out
the amount was negatived on a vote -of
209 to 66. So -our brave boys will
have their medals and" they will be paid
for out of the English treasury. Had
the medals not been procured, however,
before Parliament was asked for the
money it is veiy doubtful if they would
have been got. Hereafter it would be
just as well if the _Canadian Govern-
ment would furnish and pay for the
emblems with which to bedeck our own
volunteers. The English Government
have about as much as they can do
just now to manage their ondi affairs and
•.
we ought to be able_ to. manage ours
without going to them for assistance; and
. •
ha.ve no doubt bat our boys Would
titan txpooitor -
medal on which 'is inscribed the maple
feel just as much decorated wearing a
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, March 12,- 1886.
The Northwest Indians.
. It is stated that the Government in-
tend sending to the Northwest in the
course of a, few weeks a flying military
column, to be compoed t,liose in at-
tendance at the Toronto and 'Frederick -
ton Infantry Schools. The object of
this expedition is to strike terror into
the hearts of the aborigines and prevent
another Indian uprising in the spring.
It seems to that this will be a very
'useless waste of money. There is now a
large force of Moirated Police in the
Northwest, and if these arefirt, suffi-
cient to keep the Indiaas in a state of
subordination the flying column will not
be any more efficacious. If the Govern-
ment would give the money which they
will expend on this flying column" to
assist the Christian missionaries and
other edocating and civilizing influences
at present operating among the Indians,
they would secure peace and submission
among them much more surely than by
parading before them for a couple of
hours an array of youthfut red -coats.
By the last method they co&ld 'at best
attain only a temporary result, while
by the former they would be sure to
accomplish a permanent and - lasting
good. If in addition to this the Gov-
ernment would adopt such means as
would secure to the Indians humane
and honest treatment instead of 'permit-
ting them to he robbed, starved and de-
bauched by their agents, as is now un-
fortunately the case, the desired result
would be attained and no expensive
military- parade would be neeessary to
inspire them with fear, and thus keep
them in subjection. That the most de-
praved netive tribes of any country are
susceptible to Christianizing and civi-
lizing influences if properly exercised,
has been prayer' by experience in hun-
dreds of instances, and the Indians of
the Northwest are no exception to the
general -tile. Let the GoVerument help
on the work in this direction, which has
already been begun, and they will very
soon have the Indians of the Northwest
not only peaceably suhmistive to the
legally coastituted authority, hat they
will have them self-sustaining. They
will convert them from paupers who hare
to be fed and clothed by the .,41tate, into
industriou.s and useful members.' of socie-
ty, who, instead of being a burden upon
the country, will be a benefit to it.
This, at all events, is the opinion of
those who have had the very best oppor_
tunities of judging of Indinn character,
and who have formed this opinion after
long and intimate intercourse with them.
The correetnee-e of this opinion, also, is
borne out by practical experienCe with
other tribes,. and people of other coun-
tries, much less favorably situated and
much less promising than the Northwest
Indians.
1111:1•
A Drisitsssioss of a somewhat peculiar
and unusual nature took place in the
•Englisla House of Commons a f_esv days
ago. The occasion of this discussion
was an item in the estimates of X1,200 to
pay for medals to be presented to thaw
Canadian volimteers who took part in
the late rebellion. It seems from the
explanations which ensued when the
. vote was challenged, that the Canadian
Government bad made a request to the
Imperial Government to procure these
medals, and in behalf of Her Maje,sty
_ present them to the volunteers. The
late Gevernment acceded to this request
and hadthe medals made and paid for,
and now the present Governmeeit had to
fulfil the engagements of' their prede-
ceseors and secure the assent of Parlia-
ment to the expenditure. It was object-
ed by some membere, and with reason
tot), that Canada has a. Parliament and
a treasury of her own and that if she
wishes her volunteers rewarded for
services rendered tshe shosild dasit at her
own cost and not look to -the mother
country to foot the bill.' In oppoeition
to tisiz,it was etated that medalei of this
character are only considered s-aluable
as coming from Her Majesty, the Queen; --I
and that no eolonial ;overwrite -it has the
authority to bestow them in, her name
and that this is the reason why the re,
quest was nasde to the Imperial aiithor-
ides ancl the expense incurred by them.
It Waa further urged in suftpcmt of the
item that the British Government had
received much "aid and comfort " from
the colonial forces in their enterprise
lately conducted on the Red Sea and
the Canadians might put a serious mis-
construction on the rejection of the vote,
leaf as one bearing. a repre.sentation of
the lion and unicorn.
-
GRIP, our very clever Canadian car-
toonist is an adept at gauging the true
inwardness of most public questions,
and, he very rarely makes a miss, but
strikes right home to the marrow nearly
every time. The following remarks,
whieh are explanatory of a cartoon in
the ',same issue, we take from the last
number, and earnestly commend them to
the serious consideration of every reader.
Their truthfulness cannot be gainsaid :
"Once more the childish tom -foolery
known to snobdom as the Opening of
Parliament ' has been gone through
with. From first to last this ceremony
is as ridiculous as any scene in Gilbert
and Sullivan, though it hat none of the
wit nor music. Illosides beinisilly_, and
unnecessary in thti, country, it is very
costly. The politica work of -our Gov-
ernor-General consists of reading a
speech at the commencement, and sign-
ing a number of bills at the end, of each
session. For these valuable services we
pay some $130,000 per year. This needs
explanation, perhaps. It's this way::
We pay him, say $25 per day for. these
two days' work—$50. The. balance,
$129,950 goes toward keeping up- the
establishment between times. Consid-
ering our present financial position and
outlook, this in atter deserves attention."
sasommassmamsman
THE Hon. Donald A. Smith, one of
the Canada Pacific Railway millionaires,
has recently purchased in New york
Jules Breton's painting, The Commu-
nicants," for $45,500, and " La Sousie,"
by Renner, for $10,100. Mr. Smith has
_completed theerection of a palatial resis
deuce in Montreal, which, for elegance
and grandeur, out -rivals that of his part-
ner and friend, Mr. George Stephen,
and these paintings may be taken as an
index of the manner in which it is to be
furnished. The people of Canada have
a particular interest in these gorg_eous
palaces, as they have contributed about
one hundred and thirty millions of dol-
lars to the Canada Pacific Railway, the
scheme otit of which Messrs. Stephen
and Smith . were enabled to complet9
their fottunes. No doubt every elector
will derive great pleasure from the re-
flection that he has paid for at least one
brick • •' the fine mansions of theie great
million fres.
A -;co eta of weeks .ago a meeting of
those terested in the creamery busi-
ness:w s held in the city of Guelph a.nd
an aeseciation was fornied, having' for
its object the promotion of the arearnery
industry of this Province. 'We may
here remark that Mre John Hannah, of
the Seaforth creamery, has the honor of
being the first President of this asiocia-
tiou. The associatien have applied to
the, Ontario Government for a grant to
aidj them in their work, and we are glad
to learn that the Governmeht have de-
cided to cemply with the request. This
money is to be used, we believe, prin-
cipally in employing a competent and
experienced person to visit the several
creameries aud give instructions in
making butter and. irisparting other use-
ful information pertaining to 'the busi-
,
ness. The association will also hold
periodical meetings or conventiOns for
the'consideration of. matters -of 'general
interest and advantage. In short, it is
intended. that this association will .ulti-
mately be to the butter interest 'what
the! Dairymen's Associations are to the
cheese interest. Whqia first stariedthe
Ontario Dairymen's Association was a
comparatively weak and insignifiCant
organization, but, in a few years; it has
grown into two large important, and in-
fluentid societies. This institution, from
first to last, has had a powerful influence
far good upon the cheese btisiness, and
we 0.re safe in saying that, but for it our
cheese would not take the iank it now
'does in the English market, nor would
the interest be nearly so exteeded. We
do not anticipatathat the Butter Associa-
tion will grow as rapidly as did. its sister
orgauization, but we believe that in its
-particular sphere it will be quite as
useful and it will induce at no distaUt
day a very great improvemeut in the
quality and standing of our butter. We
believe the day is not far distant when
creamery -made butter will be as common
in this Province as factory -made cheese
and that a roll of home-made:butter will
be as great a rarity as a home-made
cheese is new. When that day arrives
the country will be many thousands of
dollars richer annually than it now is.
The association that has just keen
formed will, if proi)erly conducted, be a
very important agpnt in bringing about
this desired result, an4 hence any aid
the Government c+ give, will be well
and profitably invested.
OUR TORONTO LETTER.
- Among other matters of less general
interest, the attention of the Legislature
on Wednesday last was occupied with
two questions of importance. The first
of these was the proposal made by Mr.
1
Gibson, f Hamiltcin, to
--ntinn FliOM TAXATION
all incomes ander $1,000. The honor-
able gentleman placed the support of
the Bill which he had introduced with
this end in view, mainly upon the
grounds that thciie in receipt of incomes
less than $1,000 paid a greater propor7
tion of ' indirect taxation than those
whose incomes exc ed that amount, and•
that while small coines .were almost
invaria,bly taxed the full amount,
large ones were oft tier and -more easily
placed below theist real extent for the
purposes of assessment and taxation.
Mr. Gibson's Bill did not by any means
meet with the un mmous approval of
the House, and it was only at the re-
quest of the Gove ment that it received
a second reading a d was allowed to go
to -Committee. Ir. Gibson's name-
sake from Huron s ke in opposition to
the measure, as di4 Mr. Meredith, -Mr.
Drury aod others, hile Mr. Fraser and
tit
the Attorney -Gene al, though of opinion
that $1,000 was o high a limit,. ad.'
vocated the reference of the Bill to
committee. In the end the House di-
*
vid on the subject, and the result was
a ti vote—the first, it is said, in the
history - of the LegislatUre. Under
these. circumstanceS, and in order, as he
said, to give an otaportunity for a fur-
ther discussion of the measure, the
Speaker cast his deciding.sote in favor
of the Bill, which„ was consequently
read a second time. The general im-
pression is that the member for Hamil-
ton's attempt to increase the area of
exeniptions from taxation will receive
its quietus in committee.
The other matter;of interest was Mr.
-N-aters' measure for conferring the Par-
lia.mentary franchise on
WIDOWS AND UNMARRIED WOMEN,
which came up for -a second reading.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
House showed an -inclination to be
merry on the subjeet, the member for
NOrth :Middlesex ade a forcible and
earnest speech in support of his Bill.
The ground in conn ction with the ques-
tion of wernan s ffrage has -been so
often traversed th t it is not easy to
find aoything new tic. say, but the cause
of the enfranchisement of women lost
nothing. by the advdcacy of Mr. Waters,
who is one of the ablest, as he is one of
the most independent members out-
side of the Government. Mr..Dryden,
of South Ontario, led the opposition
to the Bill,sand when he was backed tip
by such leaders of d,pinion as Mr. Fraser
and Mo. Meredith,; it wat evident that
the chances were &nail if the liouse con,
sentedito a second reading. Mr. Moviat,
while sympathizing with the object of
the premoter of the measure, stated his
belief that the right to vote was
,
NO GENERALLY ASKED FOR
by svoinen. and that in view of this fa,ct,
it wasiunar,,ise to legislate haStily on the
subject. There cad be no donbt that the
Premier's clear-sightedness, ivhich does
not g,erierally desert him, assigns the
real reason 'for the lack of subcess which
attends thf efforts ef those Who wish to
confer the _right tol vote 'up6n women.
Women do not ask for it, and until they
do, they are not likely to get it. - The,
sense of the Houee was so evidently
against Mr. Watersl, that he asked to be
allowed to withdraW the Bill. A similar
fate has befallen like attempth made by
him in former years, but nothing daunt-
ed, he has promised th bring the matter
up and press it to ,a vote in the next
Parliament, if he is returned to it.
Thutsday was a lawyer's :day. Bills
introd.eced by the Attorney -General d eal-
(.
ing with the conveyance of re I property,
deceastal persons' estates, an the quiet-
ing of titles were each read a seCond
time, little or no objection being raised
to any one of them. The -first Bill,that for
impros ing the practice oP conveyancing
and amending the laws of property, goes
a great way towards the
SIMIILIFICATION OF LEGAL METHODS,
and fully sustainsthe reputation of the,
Premi4r as a 'law' reformer. It dOes
away with much of the technical lan-
guage heretofore deemed essential in
deeds, mortgages; leases, &e., provides
for relief from forfeiture under leases in.
certain; cases, and,. reduces the practice'
under Wills, deeds Of trust, and siMilar
documents, to a condition mOre in keep-
ing with common sense.. In the course
of a short discussion on the' IQuieting of
Titles Act, it- was_made apparent that
the La -a Titles Act, or the Torrens sys-
tem, a it is oftener. called, is gaining -in
favor, nd several suggestions were made
that t e Act should be .brought more
genera ly into operation, it being in
force now • only in Toronto and York.
The Attorney -General Was of the opin-
ion that it would be better to proceed
with the light of ihe experiende gained
in theee lo.calities in any further ,:exten-
sion of the Act, but, he held it to be only
a matter of tiine, iii -hen- the whole Pro-
vince :should come Under the operation
of the law. The Muse afterwards went
into Supply, in the ' courte of which Mr.
MeInt -re s motion ,, 'lent the .
. ABO .ITION Of t;01-ERNMENT lInt--40,
which as created Ino .sinall amount of
interest, was brought to a premature end
in a ra her curious Ivay. It appear that
after p acing his motion on the Order
paper, the member for South Victoria
made some inquiries- into' the subject
matter of his propesed resolution, When
he was1 astonished to find that -the Pro -
Nip ce'setitle to th e land on which C;Ov-
erranetit House is erected,has never been
completed, and that as a matter of fact,
the Province does not •pesse.ss the deed
for the, lot. This beiog the case. as the
honorabla. gentlenlan Tennarked, it
was oet . of. place itc proceed further
with Ihis motion. It seems that
an Order -in -Council was passed by. the
Dominion Government in 1871 recom-
mendieg that this property be trans-
ferred to Ontario, but it does not appear
that the order has ever been formally
acted , upon.' The Order -in -Council,
however, cOntains a clause which is more
than likely ,th prove fatal to any move-
ment looking to the , abolition of Gov-
- ernment House, at least for the time
being. As the Attorney -General ex- -
plained on Monday, it is therein pro-
vided that the Government of Ontario
may dispose of the land and, residence
known ati Government House, but only
upon their providing another official
residence for the Lieutenant -Governor
Which should be deemed snitable and
adequate by the Dominiet Gclvernment.
In view of the fact that it ntunored
we are to have a member of the Do-
minion cabinet as our next Lieutenant -
Governor, it can hardly be doubted
what position • the present i Dominion
Government would. take with regard to
the abolition of the Governor's fine resi-
dence and the substitution therefor of
an piece in the new P. arliament buildings.
Mr. McIntyre's motion is thus doubly
doomed.
Mr. French, South Grenville, made an
attempt on Friday to get the House to
consent to second reading of his bill to
EXTEND THE JURISDICTION
of county courts. The honorable gentle-
man • proposed to give county courts'
power to adjudicate in personal actions
to the extent of $500, the present limit
being $200, and to increase their juris-
diction from $400 to $1,000 in actions
where the amount is liquidated, and in
cases of replevin from $200 to $500.
The Attorney -General declared his op-
position and that of the Government as
a whole to the bill. He had at one time
been in favor of increasing the powers
Of county courts, but he believed that
owing to the numerous improvements
made of late years in the system of ad-
ministering the law, such a change was
no longer desirable. He -stated it to be
his opinion, likewise, that the proposed
measure would have the effect of in-
creasing the cost of litigation,. Messrs.
Hardy and Fraser also gave their re,asons
for opposing the bill, and notWithstand-
big the efforts on the othei• side of
Messrs. Meredith, White andCreighton,
the House by a vote of 38 tn 25, de-
clared its willingness to adopt the views
of the Government. The bill was con-
sciquently thrown out. A si nilar fate
befel another bill introduced: by• -Mr. -
French, who has this session posed as a
law reformer, to amend the •ISairrogate
Courts A.ct, the House refusing- o:second
reading on Monday by a vote of 38
to 31.
Business was pushed thrOngh with
dispatch on Tuesday, a number of Gov-
ernment ineasures being read a second
time. Arnopg these were Mi. Pardee's
bill, which increases the pricelof mining
lands from $1 to $2 per acre ; Ross'
Bill respecting the Agricultural Col-
lege, and the latter's Bill relating to Al-
goma taxes. The Provincial Secretary's
liquor license measure was considered in
committee. Several minor amendments
were adopted. On motion of Mr. Con-
mee, the Act was amended so as to al-
low the town of Port Arthur to issue
three licenses over and above the num-
ber permitted by the general law. An
amendment, proposed by Dr. .McLauch-
lin, providing for the closing i)f taverns
and saloons at 7 o'clock on Saturdays
and 11 o'clock on other nights' , was re-
jected, the opinion of the Irouse being
that it was better to leave the regula-
tion of hours during the week to license
comthissioners and municipal councils,
as at present. A section was adopted
making it illegal to sell lig* to per-
sons known to be engaged in nnlicensed
selling. The Government have decided
to increase the license fees for taverns
and shops in townships by only $30, in-
stead of $40, as at first proposed, and in
villages by only $60, instead of $70.
The fee for druggists' licenses' under the
Scott Act will be, in cities $75, in towns
pi), and in other municipalities $30,
instead of $100, $60 and $40) as origin-
ally intended.
Torones, 10th March, 1886. G.
OUR OTTAWA LETTER-7-
OrrAwA, Mirth S, 1886.
The most •prominent _subject of dis-
cussion at present is the I -del matter,
soon to be brought before the House.
Mr. Landry, M. P. for Miontmagny,
Whose record has been made by prac-
tical joking of the her -se -play order and
unquestioning support of the Govern-
'lent,- has given notice that he will
more a resolution expressive' of rcgret
that the sentence of death was carried
out in RiePs case. It is ,! generally'
recognized that the motion is intended,
as a meane._ of enabling the Govern -
ment th snatch a verdict on this
question, aod, at the same time, of en-
abling those - Bleus who de hot oppose
the Goveroment on anything but the
Riel issue to record their dissent and be
completely at peace with their party.
The motion, though it will be put by
Landry is really the motien of the
Government, that is to say, of Sir John
Macdonald, for he is Premier, Govern-
ment and party, all in one. The
Premier sees that he cannot hope to
gain anything by fair, calm discussion
of this or any question. On the ma-
jority of issues he has only to' distribute
judicious favors with one hand, while he
cracks the party whip with the other,
and all the faithful come in ahd vote as
they are directed. But this is not an
ordinary case. There is good, authority
for believing that at least ten who
would formerly have foll wed him
blindly now refuse to follow im at all,
while others are grumbliug and dissatis-
fied. His only hope:is in forcing the
fighting. His organs hate work-
ed_ hard to make the English-
speaking people . believe that the
French-Canadians demanded Biers
pardon because he was a French-Cana-
dian. A full discussion would doubtless
_ show, what is well knoitvh, that their
grievance is that because of his nation-
ality Riel was executed where other
men would have been pardoned. There
is a deep-rooted feeling *fang the
Frenchmen that the rebel leader was
tried for his secoad rebellion and hanged
for the murder of Scott years ago.
Everyliody admits that Riel should have
been tried, if found guilty, Hanged, on
that charge. But he eseaped through
the treachery of Sir John A..M acd onald,
who gave him money to leave the coun-
try. The Premier did not Win the- re-
spect of French-Canadians by truckling
to them then, but, at least, he was on
their side. They feel now that he,
whom they thought they had completely
in their power, has been compelled to
truckle to another of the factions. form-
ing part Of the "great and i" united -
Conservative party, and theiv feel acr-
erieved. Sir Jelin beine thusrunder tee
L
ban of those holding one ot the 'race s
prejudices in which he has traded so i
long, 'thinks it good policy to force
others- into seeming hostility to one or
other section 'while. passion is still hot.
It is a simple thing, but unquestionably
it is good party tactics. The whole
miserable business will tend to arouse
further religious, party and race bitter-
ness. It will distract the public mind
from issues of importance, and will cause
such a strain upon the fabric of Confed-
eration that the Tories may succeed in
their avowecl4policy of " smashing " it
into its " eriginal fragments." The
whole thing tends . towards evil, and
it -is impossible. to get any good
out of it. Except under the rule of
petty self seeking politicians, whose
only ambition was by pooling their
interest as the bosses of certain cliques
and factions to secure to themselves the
power to bleed the people at large, the
present situation could not possibly
have arisen. Still, the House of Com-
mons, made up of the people's represen-
tatives, finds itself face to face with
this miserable complication of fiction -
ism, and the Government has virtually
declared that in the interest of the
Great Conservative Party it is necessary
that the bitter, unreasoning hatred of
race must be kept at white heat, and
t;ii
the members must sub sit to be judged
upon this question while the public
mind is excited, ins ad of upon the
bros.d serious questions of public policy,
which should and would be judged free
from race, if not from party prejudice..
WHAT WILL COME OF IT?
The question thus arises : What is
likely to be the upshot of It all ? He
would be a rash man lwho would pre-
tend to -give a decided opinion upon
such a matter. But some facts may be
stated which will tend to point out
-some of the probabilities. One thins- is
clear, and that is that the Liberal party,
as a party, will have nothing to do with
the matter. They leave the business of
ruling by passion, prejudice and intrigue
to their opponents. It was confidently
predicted in the rory papers before the
session began that the Liberal leaders
would begin " dickering " with the
bolting Blens for their support. The
fact that such conduct - has not even
been charged against them, proves that
nothing of the kind his been done. No
private negotiations are necessary to let
the "kickers " and all people know ex-
actly what would be done in the circum-
stances. The Liberals will continue to
oppose the Government for its many
sins and blunders.' Some people
seem to have the . idea that it
is the duty of every English-
speaking member to support Sir
John Macdonald, Gerrymander, Fran-
chise Bill, and all, because he hanged
one man whom he himself, by his gross
incapacity or worse, had made a rebel.
Imagine Hon. Edward Blake rising
gravely in the House and declaring that
hereafter he would be a loyal supporter
of Sir John. Not a man in Canada but
would say he had gone crazy or had
been bought. Yet what they think
would be thus preposterhus for the lead-
er of the party, they seem to believe the
bounden duty of the followers of that
leader. Continuing to oppose the Gov-
ernment the Liberals will appeal to the
r
reason and patriotism of all honest men
in support of their views. The Liberal
party is not a close corporation. No
man needs to ask the eonsent of another
to belong to it. The leader can't read
a man out of the ranks, nor can he order
the boycotting of an unruly member.
If the bolters vote with the Liberals—it
is not known yet what they will do—
they have a perfect right to do it. But the
Liberal party will not aad a Riel plank
or an anti-Riel plank- to its platform.
Hon. Edward Blake announced atLondon
that he would not take the Regina scaf-
fold as a platform. ' In the House in his
first speech this- session he distinctly
declared that he would vote in this
matter, if it came up, as he thought
best, and he had not even advised 'the
members of his party to vote one way or
other. The probability is that- many
English-speaking Liberals will vote
against -Mr. Landry's motion, while all
th e French-Canadian -hm cm hers of the
party will vote the other way. It will
not be surprising, hewever, if some
English-speaking Liberals vote with the
" Rielites." Those who have watched
the case most closely. -feel, aside from
the question of Riel's guilt, intense in-
dignation against the Government.
They strongly believe that the man was
executed because 'one faction in the
Tory camp demanded it. It has been
declared by the Government that the
order to let the law take its course was
passed only four days. efore the execue
tion,after the poor wre h had. been res-
pited three times.. Lynch law hardly
has any record of such cruelty as this.
The reason given- for this torture of a
human being was tha the experts ex-
amining Riel as to his mental state
might have time to r port. That ex-
amination was conduc d in such a way
that the Government ight accept it or
repudiate it as they sa fit. Had they
wanted a fair, square vestigation they
would have appointed commission in
the light of day and N ould have made
the report known. Vell-known ex-
perts have declared Ri I insane. Not a
living soul will hare onfidence in the
Government commissi ners' report, DO
matter what it is, and, f it is at all Of a
white -washing characte , many will be-
lieve either that the Go .ernment bought
it, as they would . n immigration
pamphlet at so much a sage, or deliber-
ately garbled it after it was sent in.
It may have been just to execute Mel,
but there are some who believe he was
not executed to satiify justice, but mur-
dered under the forms ef law to -satisfy
bigotry, which the men who caused his
death themselvet had aroused, and, be-
. . . .
heimg so, they declare by their
votes that they are sorry the deed was
committed.
A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT.
• It will be observed that even though
the motion which Mr. Landry will move
should be carried, the Government will
probably tef use to resign. Its design is to
give the French Conservatives who still
stick to the party a chance to show
their constituents thatsthey are " eolid
on the Riel question so that they may
go on voting for the 6'ov-eminent and
for the subsidies of different kinds which
they have been led to expeet If it
should become evident that the, Govern-
ment is dodging in this way, it is to he
supposed that one of the bolters will
put the matter fairly as a want of confi-
dence motion upon which, if they are
lefeated, the Government will be com-
pelled to resign. This is one of the
evils of -the position. The Liberals who
have always sought to defeat the Gov-
ernment on some broad question may be
ide-tracked and compelled to witness
ts overthrow on a miserable faction
fight of this kind.. Had the Government
been content to wait this might have
been discussed calmly as a minor point
in the great issue of the Goyernment of
the Northwest. But calm discussion of
great issues is what the Govenament
most fears and what it! will compass the
the earth to avoid. is said that Sir
John Macdonald is " riding fon a fall "
that he hopes to be defeated this session
and thus secure a chithce to g0 to the
country on the " Riel issue." This is
hardly likely.. If he were defeated now
his costly and notorious Franchise Bill
would be of no use to liim, for the first
lists do pot come into force until August
next. Moreover, it would not be neces-
sary for the Liberals, if - they assumed
office to go to the country Until 1887, by
which time this Riel nonsense would
have assumed the secondarY place it
deserves in relation to other great party
questions and the Franchise Bill would
have been repealed. The object evi-
dently is to snatch a verdict and raise
the heat of race feeling as high as
possible so as to make work for the
demagogues. .
THE FBANCHLSE BILL.
I have givewthis much space to the
Riel question, believing that at present
more interest is taken in it than in any
other. But there are other matters of
great importance and hardly less general
interest. It is -evident from a, debate
which took place last week that the
Franchise bill is turning out quite as
badly as even its most ardent admirer
could have expected. The whole thing
is being given away so to speak by that
noted occupant of the bench, Judge
Hughes, of Elgin. The judge was ap-
pointed revising officer of East and West
Elgin. ,He revels in his work.' He has
as -very keen appreciation of legal techni-
calitiesaand no appreciation whatever
of the ridiculous. Instead of treating
the Act as a nieins of getting people on
the list, Judge Hughes evid.ently regards
it as a means of disfranchising all sorts
and conditions of men. Mr. Casey, in
the House of Common's, submitted some
applications which thei judge had reject-
ed. In one case the difficultv , was that
the writing was bad, in another a man
said he derived an ;income from his
" wages," instead of 'saying from his
i
" earnings." If a ma will lie about his
qualification and mill else the wording
all right he can get on the list.; and give
somebody a good deal of trouble to get
him off again, but the best citizen In the
county is,liable to be disfranchised if his
hand -writing is not quite satisfactory.
Mr. M. C. Cameron, also shoived some
similar specimens by a revising officer,
and declared , on his reputation as a
lawyer, that some of the rejected ap-
plications 'Wene in ac ,ordance, not only
with the spirit, but w th the Very letter
of the law. Such a ts as these were
justly denounced as tyrannical, and the
evil of leaving the Re ising Officer to by
the supreme judge o his own actions
was clearly pointed ut. It appeared
from the discussion, a so, that the mon-
strous Indian franchis clauses are being
shamefully abused. ome Indian agents
• have furnished the n mes of Indians to
the Revising Officersi notwithstanding
that it is declared lo so map, words
that the Indian agent who Causes the
name of an. Indian t -U be placed on the
list is guilty of a misdemeanon The In -
Idians in many places are long-headed
enough to see that the citizens of Can-
ada are not so foolish to allow men to
vote who do not pay xes, are not liable
to be called upon fo military service
and have their prop rty protected by
the Government. If they are to have
itn
the privileges of ci itens, it is only
reasonable that they should have the
responsibilities also. Many Indians,
not desiring to beco e citizens, refuse -
to accept the vote. But in Brant and
other places their ames are put on
whether they wish it or not. Thus
does the beautiful Fr nchise Bill carry
out its beneficent n rk of making all
men equal. The w ite man in Elgin
who holds property a d wants to vote,
is refused the privil ie, because; like
Horabe Greeley, Lord Byron and many
other eminent men, is handwriting is
bad, while, the Indian in Brant is put on
the list though he be ss to be let alone
and can't write a letter. Mr. Dundas, a
good Tory member, also made his com-
plaint. He said that in his constituency
(South Victoria) the Revising Officer
' had rejected far more Conservative than
Liberal applications. He did not give
any details nor charg any wilful wroug
against the officer, Out he found it a
great grievance. 31 . Cook told how
the officer in his coun y had rejected all
applications without signing any rea-
son and had shown a disposition to act
unfairly, which he (1‘ r. Cook) declared
, he would take sfep to prevent. If
errors are committed nd wilful injuries
done by the learned • dges who, gener-
ally speaking, have een appointed in
Ontario, what may be expected in the
other Provinces where Tory lawyers are
generally employed? A. B. J:
Huron Illiotes.
: The ` Hullett Agricultural Society
has decided not to hold a spring show
this year.
= —There were reg,istered with the
township clerk of H4lett for the year
1885, births, 77 ; marriages, 20, and
deaths, 35.
—Mr. Wm. Welsh, of Belgrave, has
the eantract for moving the Blnevale
cheese factory, and building a large
brick addition thereto. ,
—E. F. Black, watchmaker and jew-
eler, of Wingham, has disposed of his
business to E. Gerster, who has been in
his employ for a couple of years past.
—31r. Andrew Tgrnbull, 15th con-
, Cession of Grey, is intending to erect a
two-storey brick residence next summer. -
T -Thomas Smith has the contract.
--Mrs. Catherine Zimmer, relict of
the late Michael Zimmer, of Grey, died
last week after an illness of ten days.
She was 66 years of age.
—Mr. Christhpher Dale, jr. of Hul-
lett, sold to a Seaforth buyer last week,
four horses for which he received the
sum of' t-‘800 one was only two years
old.
—Mr. Lauchlin McNeil, of the 14th
concession of Grey, has a lamb which
\ dropred on the 18th of Febrilary,
and it weighed 21:, :pounds when eix
daey-s3oalsd.. Colclough, 110 16, concession
Morris. has a heaiey draught mare I
colt, I year and 9 months old, that
1 weighs 1,150 pounlis. It is from
Boxer.- Mr. Colelough has refused
.160 for her.
—Mr. David Deevete 1-3th concession,
Goderich township, while at work last
week in his barnyard, met with what
might have proved a serious accident
As he was going about his work a colt
which was running at large in the yard,
came suddenly against him and knocked
him down, he falling on his baelt only
few inches from a short sharp. pointea
stake. Happily he was not hurt be
yinogndupa. few bruises and a sudden shalt,.
__Robt. Barr, gth concession of Grey,
has ordered an outfit for a cheese fee.
tory and will erect a building in -the
spring. He has the promise of nag
cows. The factory will stand on lot 211
about one mile south of Ethel.
—Geo. Hannah, of the 6th line, ater
They were a good team, aged 6 and 7
yea_rsTriireesRpeeecvtieveolfy
tht'sesftdo Nalr.stianeM.Aaon:nhfi,geoelfildeSrheaaalsfobP:11rP°:,
cently, for the handsome sum of SZont
•pointed to proceed to Ottawa to inter.
view the Minister of Public works for
the purpose of securing au appropriation
sufficient to corhplete Port Albert has.
bor. The Reeve will be accompanied
by Mr. Joseph Hawkins of Port Albert.
—The Winghara council has decided
to charge the roller rink a license fee of
v2.5 per year, and has fixed 10 o'clock p.
m. as the hour for cloSing. Betting,
gambling and profane ;and indecent
rlainngku. age is also to be prohibited in the
—John Croydon, who bad his leg ie.
jnred by falling through a defective side-
walk in Winghana some time ' ago, in
consequence of which he was wan.
ed to the house for twd or three week;
ahgasesa.pplied to the council for SI50 dam.
—Mrs. Dixie Watson, of St. Paul's
church, Regina, formerly of G-od.erieh,
was presented last week,by the Wardeas
and -Congregation with a Chaste and ele-
gant ice tankard and epergne, and with
several dinner articles, such as desert
dinner knives, etc.
—J. p. Ridley, who was taking orders
in Goderich for shirts and gent's furnish-
ings for a firm in London, was last week -
fined $10 and costs,rnaking in all $14.50,
by the Mayor of Goderich, for a eon-
traventioil of the Hawkers' and Pedlars
Act.
es -The saw mill, known as the Me-
Cutcheon in the township of Grey,
is being fitted up by Thomas Smith. A
65-borse power boiler, a 30 -horse -power
engine and all the necessary machinery
for running a saw mill in a first-class
style have been ordered, and will be
r aced 80 as to commence. ty...ohrkcosrunimb.
—Mr. Shopland, of Britis
of Isaac Salkeld, Goderieh
township, left last week for his home in
British Columbia., with a lot of stock,
ineluding some valnable sheep. He has
a long journey before him, and we wish
it may be a suecessful one.
—The Goderich Star says The lists
of voters under the Dominion Franchise
Act have been published and posted in'
compliance with the law. The West
Riding list contains about 5,600 names,
of which the town ef Goderich furnishes
1,171, and Clinton 797. The book makes
65—paAgtest.he annual congregational meet-
,
ing of Knox church, Go-derich, held last
week, the pastor, Rev. Dr. T.:re, in be-
half of the congregation, presented Mr,
Archibald. Dickson, PoA-ma.ster, with a
handsome and valuable silver tea service
reeognition of his sere ices as Treasurer
of the congregation for the past 18
years.
—T. F. Troy, of Goderich, has sold
his old homestead, south half Iot 27,
West Wawanosh, to Edward Haines, el
the same township, Mr the sum of $5,-
600. Mr. Troy cleared the farm over a
quarter of a century ago, and by his in-
dustry and intelligent farming earned a
competence from it, He is now livingae
tired in Goderich, enjoyieg the fruits of
his labor.
—Mrs. Peter Mathe :vs, a respected
pioneer resident of the township of Me-
Killop, died on the 3rd inst. after a brief
illness. She was 50 years of aoe. She
was a native of Conneught, eIreland,
and came to Canoda in 1847, and short-
ly afterwarde settled in McKillop,
where she resided until her death, be-
loved and respected by all who knew_
her. Her husband died about fon
years ago, ancl she leaves a family ef
four grown-up children to meurn the
lose of a loving and affectionate mother.
—A surprise party waited. upon
Charles Symons, of Bayfield, and his
amiable wife on February 26th, op
the occasion of the twenty-fifth an-
niversary of their wedded -life. Abont
70 members of St. Andrew's congrega-
tion took part in the proceedings, the
principal part of which Ns -at, the prcsen-
tatiop of a silver cake basket to the_par-
ties of the first part. A pleasamt time
was spent, and the evening was passed
in the enjoyment of 'irnisic and social
converse.
—On Tuesday of last week Messrs.
McMillan, of Hulleft Straehan of
Grey ; Clegg, of Wingham. and Cool, of
Howick, members of The Warden's com-
mittee, went -up to Goderich for thepur
pose of considering whether to build an
iron or a wooden bridge at Benmiller.
They decided in favor of a wooden one,
the estimated cost Mr an iron one being
$10,000 more than for the other, which
the committee thought was too much to
expend.
—On Tuesday of last week a large
crowd gathered at Clinton station to take
farewell of the Wallace family and others
that were going to Dakota. Miss Jennie
Westcott, of Hullett, also went to Grand
Forks to visit her brother. W. Me -
Brien, of Hullett, and Mr, John Thom- •
son, of Bayfield, left for Millbank, Da-
kota, and Mr. T. M. Elliott also kft for
the west, taking with him tire stallions
for Wisconsin, purchased of the follow-
ing parties : From W. Rinn, Hullettee
• It M c Do w ell, Blyth ; H. Morrison,
Nile ; E. Bateman and W. T. Yeo, God&
-rieh township. Mr. W. Young, ti
God eri ch, als.o_hacifive stallions on board
or the west.
•
•
--Mr. Henry Morris, ,cf Celborne,
packed some " _Northern Spv apples
on the 2oth of October, 16S5, for export;
and wrote on a slip of paper which be
enclosed, in the barrel, Theze apples
were packed on the 25th of October,
1885, if the party whe finds this slip
will write to Henry Morris, laoderith
postoffice, county of Huron, giving date
of opening barrel, when receis-ed and
price paid, he will oblige.- iese dap
aoo Mr. Morris received a lettar from
S7iffolk, Englaud, saying the apples ha
been opened. on Februarn- 7th, 103,
were found in excellent condition, ata
that the priee he paid for them there
was eeventeen shillings, about .$4.25.
—A farmer in Usborne, iteis supposedt
has been made the subject of another
swindle by a couple of sharpers. Tun
gentlemen called. upon him the other
day and asked him to sow a bushel -4)f
what they called a new kind of wheat -
After some talk on the matter the farm-
er agreed, thinking, of coursee the eon'
MAiat 12, 1888
Amens were reasoosble enough.
isibefear:aecaleterhalikettorgeeua: p ot t a et r o rTn hht oelhe:atsremutnheamireeynaeointowndeopoceeclal
pont that he would. give the wit
bank for a few hundred dolhsra.
1 1 I i st, hg el r 8 et pi t hwri Iseeoh:3111:offailisos senI t 01 rekj Y8b1 13:Pt; tior rf :Itl l ra 104 3-1 It UrgwetFairedi lekel II
1°Irdeead70;17;ihthath16-118 lfaagnie,ilaYn.4 Ilwi
based a plot of eve or ten acr
a tiller of the soil aloog with his oth
glomplishments. Mr. Armstrong has
a si 1, s e esjm ra ese a a oorse sut.iyai Ae soioendnf;e.rn iNvi lb:- :oes I it rrro: inkfeonasnBi ns,haga cro . swutii soh:. hrse, aeakw ialwadgsnd:odefoyeohaafIrtayoorti rirfmgkhee ceinetoihpv v roetzfra eimn4tgi ch,l
bis lengthy experience will stand
sood_jsaesr.viscteewinaratn,yofwtohrek 4htehUneodrieee
lagnfoTuhrnybaerryve,rlyeatsinaelflniearcoaleteatidf enetv.,1
iiheailhjhu:rt apndureNhavarilictinhgeinagninhtiaml fhr
tlist)ieddheidalttnheoert ilitaaol;ntlah-ehe Jell) saw: nah:es dprihri:
Ttyinalhoengg.co
one of the other hortes. This arrS
before gothg a hantired yards the
ment iseernedndtozolir:sa.btirsofkaectoir:y4,
santudinwbalesddeaad before Mr, Stewart c
are,au cmhri.t.stTewhearbteashatsen;osts,howwithfoirtshibs-
which in this ease was a rope, 875,
jay is the rope, tvlalleti he.elaims
]
trili—eOewxiPueglisitvoe'thei; eteada mere
business, Inglis & Cet, of the Win
woollen mill, have found it necessa
double their -capacity, and with
object in view W. AV, Inglis left
on Wednesday of last week for J
ville, Michigan, whei-e he has pure
anotker complete ohtfit, at a no
some $5,000. An addition will be
to the mill to accOmmodate the
machinery, and we believe it is th
tention of the firm al no distant fl
erect a fine brick milt. . An additio
been made to the firm by taking
AMAT011g, of Meoritield, a brothe
law of W. W. Inglis.. Mr. Armst
is well and favorably known in this
tion, he having been for many yeai
bu—sinTeissie ciniiin3toelgnraNyee, Era is msponi
for the following : A rather goon t
occurred at a maaTiage io this eta
recently, showing the perfect inu*
of the groom. .Aftea the minister
made the couple man and wife, hei
the term customary on such seem
when he said " salute your bride."
sycamg man aid not know what
Meant, and zimply,:inade a fornml
to his wife. Thinkiag the aeques
not heard the minieter again said "
your bride." This time the new-
beneditt put out his hand as if to
that of the bride. The niinister,
the dilemma the youth was in, broil
spell by the magial words "kiss;
bride," vihen there n'an un tYp
smack that was heard. en the nen
cession, showing thait however ign.
the young man might be as to the
ing of certain terrnee he was no not
the art of osculatioo;
—Mrs. John Jackson„ of the 1St
cession of Hullett, died on the 23r
at the age of 66 yea& Forty yea
she left Scotland, ani.1 alter a shor
in New Brunswick,Ohe removed
county of Waterlod. Thirty-six
ago she took up her iesidence on t
where she has resideid to the time
=death. She was a consistent mem
the Presbyterian Ihurch. Wiwi
present cougregationl of Manche
formed she was one ef the first me
that congregatien being in a great
ure indebted to her; and her part
- life for the erection of -the present eh
Two years ago she 'reluctantly se
her conueetion with .1,lanchester eh
an joined LondeAoro congreo
Her remains were 4terred in the
tery on the 13thi concession,
leaves her linsbaaisi and a faini
four sons and four 41aughters to T
ker.:decease.
Perth !Items.
—Dame rumor ,.says a Knigh
Labor Asembly gling to be orge
tbheat sataidratiel(yi ei;eniz4,
—The fine new mill near the
in Stratford now almost cornplei
in about a couple of weeks will
full running order.
—Mr. A. J. Belch, the founder
St Marys Argus, is represent*
1,Vinnipeo Free Press in the Press
kry of earliament this session.
—The agents of Fleiechmann
yeast have -opened out a free h
tions are being given in the RIGA I
Soefh: t . Marys where free to
—The Herald, of Stratford, hest
into the bands of some gentlemen
Guelph, who are practical men an
' no doubt make it a first-class pape
—Twenttenine pupils wrote at
chell at the Ontario Art 'School ens
tions, whieh were conducted IS,
Elliott, 13. A., and the papers wet
t:a eojsr uoudn, hgt ooi oag nr ef r Not Vamek ditnill gee s inde nalno. bn se ri no ft
sNovfttoir:eitkhilelyg,t otttleackFi ee szi,aroy/
co:471e-rWetel farroengs llai(ilel°1atne°t-ii1;setshsatae'
breeds would have k mighty poor:
able to epend shalt time daily
W. Keeler, of Mitchell, hen so f
itnhe—tlatoFew:nee.sst aw.ral6dasjallys tothat he hal
eleven of them at short distancss
be ext1
plentiful in the neighborhood
Marys this winter. A gentleman
—Mn fleorge Woehht, of
speare, has sent to the Colonial
:up:7 oansdetsinoefxphueigtsgiyv.ewhdecevlisee7
with hie patent spoke eocket.
.faneeiplolieesactiNo: sopflitt.vhich.i.. the sP°
never work loose **Min felloes,
—Tlie monster demonstratiol
inneltthaIc)eortitilLwolifo.utteaeiktesdaegtio,thi.V.
to the new county scheme, did 1.
, favor of the county of Maitland.
ades eleti 'I:- ell tit all. 18rtishtli. °ant risyt h.euerea jet N‘f,as-o r-Aseih ei:hsaesr wrni
Poisoned the othprrickessv:ellr'inego.fl•TI