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It expositor,
SE FORTH, FRIDAY, April 9, 1886.
he Cost of the Dominion
Franchise Act.
I estimated that the attual cost to
the Doirdnion of working the new Fran -
chi e Act will be net less than $500,000
.a y ar. We have got along very well
for ighteen years without a Dominion
Fra ehise Act, and no need of it has
bee felt. There ha.s been no public
agi title in its favor, and the people
has never asked to have such a law en -
ac d. The varions modes of preparing
the eters' lists in the several F'rovinces
wer quite satisfactory to the people,
wh made, no complaint on this score,
3111d, the present Act dees not confer upon
the eeple any advantage's or privileges
that they would not have enjoyed had
sue a law never been passed. Its need
„was never urged until Sir John Macdon-
ald conceived the idea, thet it was necee'
sary to strengthen his party in the coun-
try. We are quite justified, therefore,
in s ging that the Act is an unnecessary
enc mbrance, and that the large sum
of oney that will be expended in
ma it operative will be simply wast-
ed, se far as the people are cencerned.
In v ew of this fact, therefore, it will be
inte esting to know how much money
won d have been actually thrown away
if th s Dominion Franchise Act had been
• eratiOn during the past eighteen
yeari . On this point a correspondent
makes the follewing calculation, the
accuiacy of which any person can
easily ascertain by figuring for thero
selvls. lie says " Five hundred thou-
sand dcdlars a year with interest at the
rate
erne
tinu
amo
had
Act,
of six per cent. annually would ha.ep
nted to $15,452,818A0, and. if co
il
d for eighteen years to corne'wouI
nt to over fifty-nine and a ha f
ns of dollars. If the Governmeat
hought fit, instead of the lrenchise
to use the $500,000 a year in assist--
ing to send settlers to,the Northwest
Territories, lAa families cmild be given
$500 each family, which at 40 families
to a township, would settle twenty-five
to ships each year, and in eighteen
year would settle 450 townships with
40- f Ries to each townslaip. It must
not e forgotten that the.Province
Ont de has to pay more than two-fifths
of the Dominion expenses, and that if
the Domiaion Franchise Act had been
in force for the past eighteen yearS,
Out ries share of the loss would have
bee over six million &liars." - Or; in
othe words,. if the Dominion Franchise
Act ad been in operation far the past
eigh eeia years, the cost of operating it
wind have drawn frona the pockets of
the tario taxpayers an amount equal
to th surplus in the Provincial treasury,
or n arty as much as it has taken to
bun and equip all oar Itmatie asylums
and other similar public institutions,
-vride have relieved the municipalities
of au h immense burden -
Th se are facts and figures _which
eve ratepayer should carefully weigh
and wider. This is hot, or, at least,
it s mild not, be a party question.
Wh benefits do the renk and file of
the onservative party receive from
this vast expenditure ? The money
comes directly oat of their pockets as
wen
and
g
are
and
out Of the pockets of Reformers,
at one cent returns to them. again.
es to fee and enrich officials who
treacly well paid for other services,
ho make their money a great deal
easier and live a great deal better than
do most of those who are forced to con-
tribute it. Why then should they COD-
thaue this law with+ occasions such an
extravagant waste of their money and
affords thern no valuable consideration
in return ? If the Conservative electors
of the Province of Ontario were to de-
mand.; through their representatives,
the repeal of this law the Government
dare not resist their demand, and a di-
rect saving of at least half a million of
, dollars a year would be effected to them
at one sweep. We ask any sensible per-
son if sueh a saving is not worth trying
.for ?
We have only referred, however, to
the direct cost. The indirect costa
which is not so eaaily determined, will
be even greater. Many names were put
on the preliminary' lists which have no
right to be there. In this county, we
know there are names of parties on the
lists who . have sold their properties a
year ago ; there are names of others who
have no property or legal qualification,
of minors and paupers, and we. notice
there are names of parties on who have
been dead several months. This is not
the fault of the officers- in char' ge. They
cannot possibly have • an intimate
•
•
knowledge of the people of every muni-
cipality, and consequently they have .to
depeid. on &responsible partizans on
each' side, whose desire it is to get on
as many names as possible, whether
,qualified or eet, in the hope that some
:of them may stick there. This, we may
point out here, parenthetically, is one
great defect in the Dominion law, which
is rentedied in the Provincial Act, and
the results of which would be avoided if
the Provincial lists were adopted for
Dominion elections as formerly. The
Provincial, lists are compiled from the
local assessment rolls, and the assessor
has to visit every house in his munici-
pality, and thus learns exactly who has
a right to be on the list and who has'
not. : Well, in order to get those names
rernatted from the lists which have been
wrongfully inserted, -and to get others
on w'hich have been inadvertently or
wroegfullY ornitted, declarations or affi-
davits have to be made in each instance,
the parties with their witnesses have to
appear at revising courts, and all have
to bel represented by counsel. All this
costs,money. In some of the courts
which have been thus -far held, each side.
has !been* represented by - from two to
four lawyers, and every person knows
that lawyers will not work for nothing.
The electors. as a rule, will not take the
trouble of attending to the matter them-
selveS, and eventif they were disposed to
do so there are not many of them who
have the requisite knowledge of the law
to enable them to succeed. Consequent-
ly, the work has • to be done for them,
and,i many iestances the expenses pro-,
(it
vide by the representatives of the con-
stituencies and the prospective eandie
dates' The indirect expense • incurred
I 4
in th s way, in having the lists coirected
/
will qual,if it will not exceed,the direct
expettse of having the law administered.
This expense, also, although it may in,
the mean time -be borne by the prospec-
tive party candidates, will ultimately
come out of the pocTsets of the people, as
if they do not come to the aid of their,
repreentative men directlY, they will
be forced to do it indirectly. So that
[
the law, as well as being frightfully ex-
pensive and cumbrous is an incentive to
dishonesty. It is as unnecessary as it is
expensive, and it is as dangerous as it is
worthless, and in the. interests of econe
omy and morality it should be at once
repea ed. I I ,
Disgraceful Journalism.
The following 'article appeared in the.
last iisue Of the Goderich Star and is
erediled to the Hamilton Spectator.
We reprodnce it in order _that our read-
- I
ers may form spme idea of the kind of!
literature the subsidized -organe of the
Dominion Government send out to the
worict It is as follows :
"The Grit party of Ontario is to be
congratulated upon, the political death,
by suicide, of Ananias Cameron, mem-
ber fat Weet Huron. This unfortunate
person is in a measure the victim of am-
bitioa. Observing the great prominence
that *r. Mills had attained to in the
party by means of printing romances in
a newspaper about hackie/ e, and barley,
and sheep, and various other matters.
Ananias was consumed ef jeal-
ousy, : and he straightway mounted
the stamp and began to lie at a rate that
made 'Mr. Mills' feeble efforts look, by
.
comparison, trathful and almost respect-
-able: But the subsidized " - Tory
journals wickedly and ma,liciouitly ex-
posedlAna,nias' fictions, and they melt-
ed and were swept away befOre the flood
of fact, leaving their unfortunate author
full of chagrin, bitterness, and a desire
of revenge. Mr. Landry's vote of cen-
sure gave him his oppOrtunity. He
sank patriotism, justice, sense—these
_were nothine to him ; he even sank ex-
pediency, tire great motive of his party,
and declared that he would vote for
Landry's motion. He declared himself
to be. the friend and admirer of the
scheming rebel whese act cost Canada
the liveseef scores of her sons, and mil-
lions Of money ; he declared that, no
matter what his crime, sta man with '
French blood in his veins -shall not • be
hanged in Canada.; he declared that the
brutal murdefer of that loyal youeg
Ontarion, Thomas Scott, should not
have suffered -for his many bloody
crimes. All these Ananias deelared
voluntarily. But there is • one more
thing that the unfortunate nia,n also de-
clared—perhaps involuntarily—but in
tones that shall be heard through the
length and breadth of the country e he
deelaeed that he would never agaia . re-
present an Ontario constituency in the
Dominion Parliament. To the loyal and
justice:loving people of Ontario Riel's
friends and admirers are as dead as the
inurderoue rebel is himself."
We think that every person who reads
the above will agree with us in saying
that the writer of it is a blackguard of
the lowest type and. we know that any
person who has read the official report
of Mr. Cameron's speech must adrait
that he is a liar. We are not surprised
that the Spectator should publish gar-
ba,ge of this kind, because it receives
abaut $12,000 a year from .the public
treastiry for doing it, but we are sur-
ptised that a respectable man like the
editor af the Goderich Star would defile
his paper by approvingly copying it
simply to injure a political opponent.
The editor of the Star must know
that the above quoted article, besides
being offensively abusive, is absolutel
untrue. He must know, because he must
have read Mie Cameron's speech; having
quoted copiously from it, that nowhere
in that speech. front the beginning to
•
the end does- Mr. Cameron declare
himself to be the friend and admirer of •
the scheming rebel," &c., nor did he
declare that, no__ matter what his
crime, a man with French blood in his
veins should not be hanged in Canada."
i •
He must know all this, and yet he re-
produces. these bare -faced falsehoods
'without word or comment and gives
thent to his readers as veritable truths,
knowing them to be false. If Journal-
ism has been reduced to his point in
Canada it is certainly a ery sad'and
deplorable state of affairs, nd it must
indeed be a bad cause th t needs the
practise of such deceit to olster it up.
Mr. Cameron condemned the hanging
of Riel on two distinct g ounde, first,
he contended he dtd not have a fair
trial, because the prose= ion refused
to permit his counsel t e. necessary
time to prepare his defence, and' because
they refused to permit th appearance
of certain witnesses who we e under the
control of the Government and the pro -
.duction 'of certain documents hi the
possession of the Got -eminent and which
the defence claimed to be necessary in
the intereets of their clierit ; and, sec-
ondly, because he contended that the
evidence showed the accustd to be in-
sane on certain points, and that this en-
titled hini to the clemency f the excel'-
.
tive. Whatever -fierce ther may be in
these objections, no perso who read
his speech can dispute th t he , very
ably supported his pos"ttion b the strpng-
est evidence, and however m ich one may
differ from him in his conclusions, there
is no person who can truthfully say that
he did not at least have very strong and
reasonable grounds for arriving at the
conclusions he did. —But, thiere is ample
room for honest difference f Opinion on
the main question, and i
belching forth their v ulgar &
ing abuse,. the organs of the
would, in a calm and cligni
criticise and endeavor to sho
of the arguments be put
defence of , his belief, t
would be commendable inste
heneible.
.- •
Welre not led to
with a view of defending
from his assailants, as he
instead of
d unreason-
Overnment
ed manner,
the fallacy
forward in
eir action.
d of. repre-
make t ese remarks
r. Cameron
eeds no de-
fence 'from such assailants a the above.
In fact Mr. cemeron may well pray the
organs to continue the cpurie they are
pursuing, for the more of this sod of
literature they hurl at him, the more do
they strengthen. and popularize the ob-
ject of their hate. We simply deem it
our duty to protest; as earnestly as we
camagainst the' disgrace thetIfs being in-
flicted upon journalism by thus, prostitut-
ing a noble and worthy' hattitution by
making it a • medium of faidehood and
literary filth, as one portioJ eannot be
thus degraded without aff+ting more
or less the influence and utefulness of
all.
, I
Smokers and Non -Smokers.
1
Professor Mills, Principal 'Lai the On-
tario Agricultural. College, ia his- last
annual report, makes th following
1
statement which should receive the
'earnest consideration of eVery young
mam It speaks. for itself. He says :
"A very considerable' nurnper of our
students smoke, and not a few ,of them
are confirmed in the habit. tAt present
I shall not discuss the • qu stions but
simply state one or two factt regarding
the record of smokers and non-smokers
in this institution; In 1884 and 1885,
fifty-eight of our students *received de-
partmental honors ; and forty-five of
these were non-smokers. Within the
laat five year's, sixty-sevent have taken
diplomas ; and forty-eight -of them have
__been _non -smokers. t fourteen have won
medals, and twelve of them! have been
nontsmokers and non-drinkers."
•
OUR OTTAWA TAUTER.
armee, April 5th, 1886.
The deficits and the increasing debt,
the necessity . of imposing more taxes
and the other_ difficulties of his situation
proved too many for the new Finance
Minister, •Hon. A. W. McLelan. He
floundered through ae five hours speech
last Tuesday, and his effort is. called by
courtesy the Budget Speech. But it.
was evident from the first Pthat he was -
over -matched from the task:he had in
'hand. Mr. McLelan is a nice man for a
small tea-party, bit he is hardly the
man to fill the place of Minister of
Finance, with the awful snarl that has
been made of public affairs under the
rule of the Consertative parte,. It svpuld
naturally be supposed that the satisfac-
tion of saying, " I told you io," would,
be strongly felt among the Liberals, for
there was a general protest -against the
appointment 6f Mr. McLelan by the
Oppoeition press as soon as it became
known that such a step was in contem-
plation. That is hardly the feeling,
however, as nearly as I can judge.
There seems to be ar feeling of downright
sympathy for -the Finance Minister in
the unpleasant position he occupies.
There were a number of aspirants to the
piece when Sir Leonard Tilley retired,
prominent among them being Hon. Mac-
kenzie Bowell and Hon. Thomas White.
It was probably a case of the " dark
horse " over again. If either of these
gentlemen was appointed the - friends of
the others would feel hurtosad Mr. Mc-
Lelan looked like a fair compromise.
His failure is a cause of unconcealed
satisfaction to Messrs. White and Bowell
and their many ftiends, and, as Mr. Me-
Lelan has comparatively few backers,
his position, as may readily be believed,
is not by any means an enviable one.
THE BUDGET DEBATE.
The failure of the Finance Minister
wan all the more clearly emphasized by
the character of the speeches following.
his own. Sir Richard Cartwright was
in his best vein, and his exposure of the
bad faith and bad management of the
Tory party was such as to Make even
the lymphatic Farrow wince. The pro-
mise of bigger hen's eggs as a result of
the N. P. looks hardly less ridiculous
than did the other many unfulfilled
pledges as held up to the light of facts
•TilE
H URON EXPOSITOR
and sarcasm by Sir Richard Cart-
wright. He pointed to the fact that in
1'882 as in 1878, the Torieshad climbed
into power on promises wh ch the people
now know could not possibly be kept.
He demanded especially that the specific
promises given that millions ef foreign
capital would flow into the country as a
result of the N. P. being, sustained in
1882 should be met by specific perform-
- ance. If the Government could not
show where those millions were, -they
must stand convicted before the people
as being either Iteaves or fools. His de-
nunaiation of the Censervative party, as
represented in the House, for its venali-
ty and corruption was the utterance Of a
man who dame to say what he believes
regardless of the opposition he is sure to
create. He charged not only the sup-
porters of the Government, hut its vert
members with. -being ,corrupt. Hon.
Those White, who followed,- accepted
the hint which had been rather broadly
given of late, in the press and elsewhere,
, that short Speeches would be a pleasant
change: He spoke for an hour and forty
minutes, a lively, telling and forcible
speech, all the better for being -cendens-
ed. Mr. White is by far the best de-
bater on the Government side who is
willing to undertake any work. Mr.
Dalton McCarthy would probably out-
shine rhim if be were to try, but for
reasons known only to himself Mr. Mc-
Carthy seems to prefer to confine what -
little attention he gives to Parliament-
ary affairs to specialties, such as the
Railway Commission Bille Mr. White
made the best of a bad case. It is true
that in reply to the taunt that deficits
enormous in size had come upon the
Government, he could only reply that
he shonld have thought the •Fina,nce
Minister under the Reform regime
would be the last- inan to bring up
that subject. He virtually claimed that
Liberals and Conservatives were in the
same boat on this subject, ignoring sev-
eral very important facts --first, that
the threatened deficit this year :will'
alone counterbalance all thee deficits of
the Reform Government ; second, that
the taxation now is fifty per cent. higher
than' it was under the Mackenzie -Govern-
ment, and third, that the, greatboa,st of
the Coneervatives iteepP.osition vas that
they had the only reliable patent medi-
cine for the cure of deficits in the body
politic. If the N. - P. won't keep .off
deficits, what in the world can it be
creed for ? Mr. Patterson, of Brant,
0
who "followed, also made a short and
therefore a brilliant speech: He took
the Finance Minister iu hand and gave
him an overhauling that will either cure
that gentleman of a very bad fault, or.
cause his early retirement. Mr. Mc-
Lelan will be remembered for his famous
" Orange blossom ',' anel " cradle " ora-
tion of last year. When the Govern-
ment was warned that there would be a
deficit, he, as prospective Finance Min-
ister, told in gorgeous periods how wed-
ding bells were sounding and " orange
blossoms were being worn "' that new
homes were being founded and new
cradles added to the two hundred thous-
and • cradles that , were rocking young
Canadians, and that their occupauts
would grow up and pay the deficit jf
one should come. And, moreover, in -
his speech on Tuesday he announeed his
intention of charging $3,5oppo, repre-
senting rebellion -expenditure, to capital
account. Mr. Patterson pointed out the
consistency of this course. The kina.n-ee
Minister was. charging his_ deficit to the
occupants of _the , cradles. Those who
have heard Mr. Patterson can imagine
the delicate humor with which such an
argument as this would be peinted.
The Finance Minister will Willy do
the " orange blossoms " and " cradles "
business again. The finances of Canada
are not te be run on a basie of rhetoric,
even if that rhetoric were as good as old
Mr. Hattie's, whom Mr. McLelan tries
in his humble way to follow. Mr. Pat-
terson pointed out, moreover, that while
Hon. Thomas White had denied" that
the Government's supporters were cor-
rupt, he had not even attempted such a
denia.1 on the part of the members of
the Cabinet. He hoped this would not
be allowed, and every other honest man
in Canada will re-echo the hope. How-
ever strong one may feel the evidence to
be against the Government members and
supporters, there are none- but will hope
that the charges brought are unfounded.
At any rate it is to be hoped the Cab-
inet have not such a low opinion of
public motality es to believe that they
can afford te let such charges as Sir
Richard Cartwright makes go without
even taking the trouble to deny them,
virtnally acknowledging that they are
plundering the people, yet confident
that the people are too corruft or too
careless to punish them. The tariff
changes are before the people, and I
need not attempt to deal with them, I
may say, however,. that the impression
here seems to be that the increased taxa-
tion will not yield the increased reven
that the Finance Minister needs in order
to balance his yearly account.
UNEARTHING JOBBERY.
The most fearful tale of corruption.
since 1 he Pacific Scandal was made
known seems to be pending._ Nothing
is yet -campletely proven inasmuch as
.there is other evidenbe t,:t be brought
forward, but the people will watch
with the keenest interest for further de-
_
•,velopment. The case; if proven will
:add another to that long list of vidainies
in which the fair domain of the North-
west has been plundered by sharpers for
their oWn benefit. Little 'Would have
been known of the case but for the fact
that two of those most deeply impli-
cated quarrelled over the division of the
booty that was expected out of a certain
" deal " in which they were engaged.
The principal sufferers have been and
are the settlers along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway as it was at
first 'expected to run from Selkirk, near
Winnipeg, northwestWard to. Battle -
ford. Some years ago .9. number of
business men secured a charter for the
construction of a road over the aban-
doned route, and went to work on the
faith of promises made or implied of a
Government land .grant at a low price.
But in one way or another, through de-
lays and red.-tapeism the capitalists
were " frozen out " an'd left the work
unfinished with $100,000. spent in grad-
ing the line and no land grant then in
sight. Mr. Beaty, M. P. for West To-
ronto, came upon the scene some time
afterwards and secured a controlling in-
terest in -the dead or dying company and
revived the enterprise under the name
of the " Northwest centrel Railway
Company." What Mr. Beaty paid. for
his interest does not appear. It is al-
leged that he simply „underteok to use
his political influence to. secure' Govern-
ment favors for the road, the public
bonuses to form a basis of credit
with which. to secure the interest of
English or American capitalists.
At any rate, Mr. Beaty went to
work like a man who understood the
people he had to deal with. In the first
place he secured the names of several
Tory M. Ps. from thh Lower Provinces,
among them Mr. D. B. Woodworth,
who represents Kings, Nova Scotia, but
who is understood to have considerable -
interests in Manitoba and the North-
west; He secured also the countenance
and more or less active support of that
" power behind the Throne," Mr. C. W.
Buntiiig, who figured so prominently as
a,member of the gang described by Hon.
C. F. Fraser as the " brawling brood of
*bribers." Thus supported, Mr. Beaty.
secured. first a land grant at $1.06 an acre
—6,400 acres a mile,but later he got this
changed•to a free grant of that amount
of land. He secured power to issue
bonds for $25,000 a mile,' and the com-
pany was also supposed to have a more
or less sure hold upon $480,000 of
bonuses voted to tlie .old company by
places along the proposed route. So fat
all was well, but either Mr. Beaty had
failed to arrange 'with Mr. Woodworth
to that gentleman's satisfaction, or he
had failed to carry out the arrangement,
made. At any rate Mr. Woodworth
and he fell out. Letters sigued " Dela'
Woodworth " have been made public by
Mr. Beaty, (and their authenticity has
not yet been denied) show,iiig that Mr.
Woodworth d emended one- h al f the ex -i
pected profits, threatening if this were
refused to use his influence to prevent
the company getting a free land grant.:
When a bill making some changes in the
charter was brOtight up in the Railway
Committee on Wednesday last Mal
Wood worth assailediit violently, brought
up this question of attempting to black-!,
mail Mr. Beaty, and denied the charge
wholly. Thus " crow' ed," Mr. Beaty
had DO alternative and must needs read
Mr. Woodworth's letters, which. he did.1
They establish the charge about as clear-
ly as anything could well do, as -wit-nese
the following -
HOUSE OF COMMONS,
February 19th, 1885.
Mv Thum Beaty,—From your 'question to me
to -day and deportment coupled with the ineiJ
dents from Utile since we had',an understandino
how matters should standhetween Ds regarding
the Northwest Central, the conviction is irresis-
tibly thrus t upon me that you have other viewsher
sid es carryin g out the t.olemrt akreem en t you made
with me,at or about the beginning of last session
of parliamentviz that after giving fiftythousand
dollars to certain of the directors of the coml
pany, you and I were to equally divide emol.;
uments and gains in and about the build-
ing, bonusing, and equiping of the road.
I went to 'New York on a certain mission last
week, which you know, and yet if you had told
me the facts I need not have gone: Yon [have
taken apparently the whole thing to yourself,
ignoring our stipulations and agreement. If this
is really so I shall deem it my duty te see that
the free grant is not given until things are made
a little satisfactory.
I am sorry to be forced to write this letteri
but it is better that you should know how 1 feel
about the matter before you go further. As yet
I have said nothing to anyone.
Believe me, yours very truly,
(Signed) D. B. WOODWORTH.
Mr. Woodworth's -defence, as well as
I can understand it, is that Mr. Beaty
made the agreement with him and then
refused to carry it out. Mr. Beaty, on
the other hand denieS having made an
arrangement of any sort. As the matter
at present stands, it looks as if the pro -
meters of the concern were going to take'
public lande on which to base 'credit for
twice • the cost of the. railway, and then
charge the people rates, forever more,
that would give them heavy interest on
this inflated price. EVerybody expected
explanations on Friday last, but Sir
Hector Langeviti, who is chairmap 6f the
committee, passed. the item over quickly
and as hobody interfered, the matter has
been allowed to stead for the present.
It is : reported that the Government is,
trying to patch up arrangements between,
the parties which will prevent further:
unpleasantness. The probability is that
they will succeed.
/OTHER SERIOUS CHARGES.
But Messrs. Woodworth and Beaty
arenot by any mea,ns alone in the un-
enviable notoriety which they are twin-
ing. As I write the discussion upon an-
other serious charge has just closed, for
the titne being. The charges in this case
are formally made by Mr. J. D. Edgar,
member for West Ontario' and are
levelled against Mr. Boweli and Mr.
White, in 'connection with the
notorious Prince Albert Colonization
Company,' in which Son -in -Law "
Jamieson and Mr. White figure as the
alleged holders of blind shares." Mit
Edgar's charges included the declaration
that the steady operations of these
worthies was carried on with the know-
ledge of Hon. Mr. Bowell, the father-in-
law. To his credit be it said, Mr.
Bowell himself anticipated the usual
course of the motion, and asked that it
be brought up at the earliest possible
moment, at the same time giving an
emphatic and sweeping denial to the
charges made. Mr. Edgar was quite
ready to satisfy him, and read the
charges of which he had given notice,
that John White, M. P. and James C.
Jamieson received " blind " shares for
their influence with the Government ;
that Mr. Bowell knew of it, and that he
received from Jamieson $500 on some
transaction between them relating to
the affair. Re proposed the appoint-
ment of a small committee, but the
Government refused this, and insieted
that the case should be sent to the -
great, cumbrous Committee on Privil-
eges and Elections, nor would they al-
low Mr. Edgar to be appointed a mem-
ber of that committee without a vote,
as is the practice in England. It is
worthy of note that Mr. White also
made a speech. He did not say that he
had no " blind share," but he declared
that he had done nothing compromising
his honor, nothing that he did not be-
lieve to be right and fair. He made a
rambling speech which, it is to be
hoped, for his own credit will be sup-
pressed in Hansard, and which can only
be accounted for by the charitable sup-,
pOsition that he was excited and did not
know what he was saying. It was flap -
doodle of the most pronounced type.
In closing, he threatened Mr. Edgar
that he would be sorry he had ever en:
tered upon this affair. The committee
will probably get to work at once, and
this miserable affair will be probed.as
far as the partizan majority who con-
trol the committee, as they do the
House, will allow. Another serious
charge is made by Mr. Blake against
Messrs. Dodd and McDougall, represen-
tatives of Cape Breton. He declares
that he believes he can prove that they
threatened Matthew Roche, a member
of the pilotage dsoard of Sydney, (that
being a Government appointment) that
they would have him turned out of of- ,
fice if he Voted against Mr. McDortgall ;
that Mr. Roche did vote against the
Government candidate, and that efforts
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• were made to remove him ; that in order
to accomplish this they arranged to
have the pilotage board reorganized, so
as to give Mr. Roche an inferior posi-
tion. Mr. Blake also will move for a
committee. The Tory members are
wondering whose turn it will be next.
A. B. J.
News of the Week,
A STRONG GUA,RD.—A hundred thou-
sand men will guard the route of the
Czar on his passage to the Crimea.
THE FLOODED DISTRICT. —The loss of
property by the floods in Alabama is
estimated at $2,000,000 and the loss of
human life at several hundred. -
SILVER IN DAKOTA.—Several import-
ant discoveries of silver ore have been
made in the vicinity of Sioux Falls,
Dakota.
ATTEMPTED BANE ROBBERY.—A man
attempted to steal $40,000 from a bank
in Amsterdam the other day, but was
captured. He gives his residence as
Bbo°Tasttlile between Oxford and Cambridge
'UNIVERSITY RACE.—The annual
Universities was rowed on Saturda:y
over the usual course, and was won by
the latter.
DIED IN DETROIT. —Rev. Jas. Cooper,
D. D. of Detroit, district secretary of
the A;ierican Baptist Home Mission So-
ciety, died on the 1st inst: The deceas-
ed was 60 years old.
DEAD.—Right Hon. Wm. E. Forster,
who was Chief Secretary for Ireland
under the previous Gladstone Ministry,
is dead. He had been ill for some time.
Mr. Forster was 68 years of age.
THE EASTERN SITUATION.—Leaditg
French newspapers take a gloomy view -
of the situation in the East. Two
French ironclads have been ordered to
be in readiness for immediate despatch
to the Mediterranean.
POVERTY IN LONDON.—The London,
England, School 13pard is causing niuch
dissatisfaction by its proseeutinns of
parents for not sending their children to
school, when it is shown in many eases
that extreme poverty is the reason.
A RAILWAY TO DEVIL'S LAKE.—The
St. Paul, Minneapolia and Manitoba
Railway have begun shipping construc-
tion material from St. paul to Devil's
Lake, Dakota, and a corps of engineers
are in the field locating a, line from that
point towards the Turtle Mouutains.
CRITICAL SrrnaTionse-Five hundred
little girls were attending the sewing
classes of the Central Church mission
school at Chicago the other day, when a
fire broke out. A stampede followed,
but beyond a fewbruises and. one broken
leg.no injuries resulted. 1
INCREASE IN EXPORTS.—The exports
from London to the United States dur-
ing the quarter euding last month were
50 per cent. in excess of those of the last
three months of 1885, and 125 per cent.
more than those of the corresponding
quarter last year.
PAspun's PATIENTS.—ine majority
of M. Pasteur's Russian patients, who
have been undergoing treatment for the .
prevention of hydrophobia, have left for
home, their wounds having entirely
healed. Four, whose wounds have not
yet been cicatrized, Wilt -remain in the
hospital for several days longer.
RAILWAY Row IN TEXAS.—:A.
took place at Fort Worth, Texas, Sat-
urday, between the striking Knights of
Labor and the officers of the -law, when
tbey met in deadly conflict. Two offi-
cers fatally wounded, and a third shot
through both hips, are the casualties on
the side of the law. Of the strikers, so
far as carebe ascertained, only one has
been wounded. I
SULLIVAN SUICIDED.--John E. Sulli-
van, the professional base ball player,
committed suicide at Grand 'Rapids,
Michigan, on Tuesday night last week,
by taking morphine. Ile received in-
juries by falling from a balcony two
years ago, which rendered him deaf and
mentally =sound. He had been mei-
an.choly and dissipated since. He leaves
a wife in destitute circumstances.
BALLOTING FOR Seaate-LAll the mem-
bers of the British parliament except
forty, have balloted for places for their
friends in the gallery during the home
rule ,debate. Twenty pounds offered
for a seat on the night of Mr. Gladstone's
statement. Over five hundred distin-
guished persons have applied to the,
speaker for sesta The seene at the bal.;
lot resembled that on the stock;exchange
or in a betting ring.
Huron Notes.
Mr. E. F. Black, for some time a
resident and business man of -Wingham,
has removed to Nebraskal.
—Mr. Jonathan Miler' of Benmiller,
hex -sold his farm known as the Slattery
farm, to Mr. ROssier, fin- the sum of
$3,500.
—Mr. G. Forgie has sold his farm, lot
21, coneession 8, Turnberry, to Mr. Wm.
Cornyn, of Wingham, for the sum of
$6,500.
—Messrs. Thomas Allen and John
Dineen, two well-known residents of
Usborne, returned to the' Northwest last
week.
— Mr. S. Doupe, of :Usborne, near
Kirkton, recently sold a two year old
colt, sired by the imported horse,
" Major," for $215.
—The next institute 'meeting under
the auspices of the Nortlif. Huron Teach-
ers' A.ssociation will be held at Brussels
on the 3rd and 4th of June next. ,
—The Directors of the Blyth Me-
chanics' Institute have decided to e,dd
$160 worth of new books to the Insti-
tute library.
—Mr. James Stretton,,of the Queen's
hotel, Brussels, has a whit,e Leghorn hen
which is in the habit of laying eggs
measuring 8 by 6t inches'.
—Mr. II. K. HyndMan, of Exeter,
has passed his final examination at To-
ronto University, and has been awarded
the degree -of M. D., and is now fully
authorized to dispense pills and powders.
—Each of the Brussels hotel -keepers
are giving a special prize!of $8 for com-
petition at the spring show to be held
under the auspices of the East Riding
Society in that village. 1
— Mr. Geo. McKibben, for many years
a prominent business man in Wingham,
left that town Iast week for Toronto,
where he purposes settling and going
into the real estate business.-
-Jas. D. Forsyth, stenographer in
Richmond, Virginia, and son of Mr.
Geo. Forsyth, ex -Reeve of Morris, was
in 13russels last week. He is doing well
in the South.
— The Clinton New Era of last week
says : On Friday evening a large piece
of brick was thrown through the win-
dow of the office occupied by Mr. James
Scott, barrister, and. Police Magistrate.
The office was in darkness at the time,
and no reason can be assigned for the
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act, unless it was done by some person.
whotook thisway of showingtheir dislike
for him. The room bein; at the back
of the building occupied by the firm of
Manning & Scott, makes this all the
..mo—remprr.obia.bleBo.
werman, who recenVy
moved into Exeter, has purchased fame
Mr. P. McPhillips, the old Dr. Moore
property on Gidley street, for the sues
of $650, posseesion to be given within
on—e mjoohnnth.v.
Eeffmemctauallllayinceutranodi is3tea
macnikneoriwnlgedbgyesivitilsie8
asey, of Exeter, has been
fact and publiclythanks his benefectress
in a card which he pablishes in the Ex.
et e—r Ep axp. ce rosn.
stable Davis, af Blyth, who,
for a short time was prpsecutor under
the Scott Act Committee, has joined
the Salvation Army. and on last Sun-
day evening conclucthd the services hi
the absence of the captain, who was ill.
—One day last week a three year old
filly, belonging to Mr. Edward Turner,
got tangled m a barb wire fence, and
severely cut her fropt leg close to the
body. The wound was dressed by D.
McIntosh, V. S., of Brumfield, and the
mare is now doing nicely.
—Mr. John Mason, of Hullett, sohi
that first prize yearling, known as the
Ruddell colt, to Mr. Robert Hamilton,
of Lucknow for a sum in the neighbor-
hood of $406. He has also sold the one
he got from Mr. John C111Ring, kr a
gentleman from Iowa, for a, like sum.
—Alexander and Wm: Perrie, haye
purchased lot 12, concession 12, Grey,
containing 100 acres of land from the
executors of the estate of the late Samuel
Slemmon. The price was $4,000, The
farm is a good one and is,not considered
dear.
—Mr. George H. Wright, of Berlin,
is negotiating with the ; authorities of
Clinton for the establishMent of a boot
and shoe factory in that town. He asks
a grant of $5,000 and xemption from
taxes for five years, guaranteeing to run -
an establishment that will give employ-
tment to fifty men during that time. _
—Mr. Adam Angus, for many years a
much esteemed resident s;f the township
of Grey, but who for the past two years
has been residing in Brussels, has re-
reoved with bis family to Galt, where he
ittends to reside. ' We wish our old
f . iend health- and happiness in the Man-
e...ester of Ontario.
—Mr. Thos. C. McCasey, formerly of
Wingbana, passed the examination be-
fore the Ontario Veterinary College last
week with high honors ; having taken
first-class° honors in his first year, as -
well as first-class honore at the recent
final examination. On Monday last
week he left for Clay Centre, Kansas,
where he intends practising his pro-
fession.
—Mr. Potter, of Colborne s -old his 19
months' old colt, weighing 1,400 Th., got
by Allen's " Warwickshire Hero," for
the sum of $160 ; he also sold his nine
months' old colt, Weighing 1,000 ihs.,
got by the seine horse, for $100.—Mr.
McManus sold his colt rising two years
old, weighing 1,385 Zs., got by Allen's
" Warwickshire Hero," for the sum of
$150.—Mr. J. Stuart sold two two year
old colts, got by " Prince of Keir," one
weighing 1,410 and the other 1,180 Ms., -
for the sum of $300. All these fine colts
were purchased by a horse -buyer from
near London.
—Mr. S.13. Webb, of Wingham, is
making extensive improvements on his
farm, lot 38, concession 1144 East Wit-
wanosh on the boundary line. He has
all the material on the ground- for the
erection of a large bank barn this spring,
which, when complete, will cost in the
neighborhood of $600, and he is also
abeut to build 120 rods of board and 100
rods of wire -fence. Last year he built
200 rods of board fence, and with th-e ad-
ditional improvements it will make one
of the mOst valuable farms in that sec-
tion of the country.
—An accident occurred on the Mait-
land - river- near Marnoch during the
freshet of last week, which cames near
costiug a young Man his life. James
Baird was crossing the river in a boat
opposite the farm of Peter King, when
a large drift of ice came in contact with
and upset the boat. Baird; who is a
good swimmer, managed. to cling to the
boat and by and by reached the shore
almost exhausted. We are glad to hear
that a few days of careful. nursing has to
a great extent restored him to his usual
hea—ithri Monday last week Mr. Thomas
Bissett, sr., of Exeter, lost a trotting
Mare, valued at $300. A few weeks -ago
she took.distember in a slight form. At
first Mr. Bissett did not pay mueh at-
tention to it, being busy purchasing
horses for the American market, but the
animal becoming worse, more attention: ,
was given her, but not, however, until '
too late, she having become paralyzed,
which caused blood -poisoning. Several
veterinaries were -called ire but to no
effect. She died as above stated.
—The Mitchell R,ecorder of last week
says : Mr. Alex. Gourley-, eldest son of
Mr. Thos. Gourley, of Hibbert, has got
a season's engagement as manager of the
Londespro Creamery, and will leave
there to enter upon his duties in a' week
or so. Mr. Gourley is a, young man of
exemplary character, steady, industrious
and reliable, and the Londesboro people
need have- no reserve in placing their
utmost confidence in him. Mr. Gourley
has for seine time been engaged in Mr.
Whyte's pork packing house here,
and he leaves with the confillence of his
employers and the respect of all classes,
young and old. .
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—The Clinton New Era in comment-
ing upon the ease with 'which people can
be gulled, cites the -follpwing incident
illustrative of the point: 1 Last spring a
sharp young fellow went around this
town selling a wonderful! " tree bean"
at twenty-five cents a dezen. He had
with him a eolored lithograph showing,
the pretty dimensions to . which the
beans would grow, and hp had no diffi-
culty in disposing of any quantity of
the beans at this very remunerative
price. The beans were perfectly gen- .
uine, there was no fraud in them, they
are both prolific and pretty, but the
fraud was in. the : price, for this same
fellow bought them in this town, tand
they may be had to -day) t $1 a bushel.
that if a smooth-toagued stranger came
.
Such is the cupidity of lumen nature
along to -morrow, with a new deviee, he
would not have to go oaeide this town
th—finitdIrvs.ieJtaimmts Fee-gan, L former resi-
dent of West Wawanosh, died on the
25th of March. Mrs. Feagan was born
in Newry, in the county Down, Ireland,
in the year 1815. From there she emi-
grated to Brownsville, Jefferson county,
in New York State, and froni there re-
moved with her husband to this coun
- - handsome preeent, accompanied
. owning manner, and her _ sincere desir
411:-.17r8tTr°:hzueuene:EtediexhegPeacerte, M; Ter.janiNned,s3(jfh.al(raiin;a:riwklYeeaaikirndsciaftliYsg;
Morris, and other relatives in this sec
wilyaitedleftnpfoopr Bbuyttea nCnintlyhe, Cr aolfifho:iaf;ie tntti
shot, The killing of the po - 1
c a e a C a n a d i a n s gewi bios on linlvda an ot ps le n,3t or ytgenhodetg ihAt oa:spteaer- sseeoestpttvoh.hoeot
afte:gIeeteryretisrw.inhgerHfere° hne 3,,en d his family, who ar
:isxwelikar-Frethiteisosunthney wrecesitp.iea'hsetpshrinsnei
, te : a::: :ha: ifosebrl fkheeye„:. nr..toelp ee aak lehi ribrideleYartini 'vs.okyehni otnoetfdrui 0;8 esyfr sih ne arufiv i:r:c °tali t:Ilinsatjea: erwpilnaels
pathy with the Knights, but all agre
IliajecurkdosfinUtshbeovrnilelatogewn. :‘stripefloarrktelir tsel'aeree
4 :lilt: lvf utaeheddre,*1 nwvo: shnl 's et: wrtr e. ht ohiii eijAhe uhlIeVdals%B. e. a sb eobkrrneba.
-00 presents from their niany lad'
eliem the best wishes of their numerou
ease of his coming to America, Whe
"Wand IlsefbrbetaerrtYFi'Intaellargieisrur°aincteheCUmtarnn
initicatIAne esOltacrabniiizsabtiito;,foarntlth:aeSoin7arrill
.Calberne, who..vaisrietedoiethtletierirsteisleyrtitrsh
old eountrY,
satgio:drq ball so! rn ef .os sr • allnihmukaseshi ii eil tert isalos, efgt,eri3 fie:: :i_rroarsInl. es te dat:tr ir :
rylaljealous of the ownership of so fine a do
estft wCaenekada ainttlistotohkirtuYpYtel ;ler si r srlens i
in tbe abolition of second chambers, .
disgfisted Inglis that 11%bee minadae couuplakbri
ream
a young man he owaed the finest colli
in the section, and the landlord hein
by a tenant, -ordered the aenriainnainntoa ,bs
lieartfelt expressions of regret at his
dence in the States, They were ae
nipas naiendd baoy bnte. igBhobgoier, dorfo t,,heer,iriaen,„ ottikb'nei
O Colborne boy. The first three a
stone is the greatest statesman the worl
fribelanadine, wthli: vilieryg-he:tueesht-ereemgr'e7eirwsittel
shouting Democrats and strong Knight
of Labor advocates, and the latter is
has ever .seen. A night with the Ameri
Republican, and not so
home rule for States, Provinces and de
pendencies, and in the fact that Glad
the eve of his departure, Mr. Clark wta
from ljsborne and presented at th
parture and good wiahes for hie- futur
grit Feagannewgainheder, tbhye heenrtircieurieets,penenta
--auT.pahliel:hG00%sdzaiencohdnsiNSuvi,ginno.aisidtoofdreas1 aai are I eti n-, et fe're 4 3
6 havillytagrali.vedmfirst.hFerealsgante real: en
er was elieerfully afforded. witho
and every service which she coul
read through the eentre
ranethYthrianeilla11631-7'111d
p 0;1 i uhwe der re hNevaasuwchciunladr tbhni te°rta rhyla' n- (al sn'do f
. lords, He came to "America, and ha
largely prospered, and he is now g in
back to stand aide by side wieth
owner of the estate, as a man and equal
without being ashamed of the feet tha
he was once a poor despised tena t h
-dared not own a dog. n NV ^
A Voice front Algoma,-
.-IDAY'S MILLS, March 9Ath,
DEAR EXPOSITOR, —Your paper eome
to us every week away in the ba,ekwoo
of Algoma, and a welcome visitor it
to a great many here, as it bring_
good news from the dear old home, a
well as interesting tidings from distan
lands of Sunny Skies, Manitoba, Mielai
gan and elsewhere. It has also occurre
la x )Ik ntb t leoAtenti vtht ei3oehaffrotetnighteefiriliwel‘wicaeal S:oj nrueornsrnee4toorasty;81 iy.conaftesrennacialeetyerl e'rIngaeail nies: gel ihmrflositg,bh.
the outside world here a portion of
year, business goes on and industi•ie
flourish, and people live and zome
them prosper as well as in the ,mor
highly favored and privileged ilietriete
The principal industry here in the win
ter is lumbering, and a very import -an
one it is- for this country. Many
your readers would he surprised if the.
were to see the Teases of saw logs an
timber which line the banks of the rive
in this country awaiting the advent
spring to be floated down to the mills a
soon as the iee breaks up. It is estitna
ed that twelve million feet of tinibe
and sa,w logs will be floated down th
Mississaugua river this spring, and ther
are a good many other streams in th'
district which are utilised similarly
this -one. You will therefore bee tha
the shanties hate been busy scenes of in
dustry during the past winter. Most o
the shanties employ from 50 to 70 men
The 11Pnbermen are taking the pine on
of this country very fast, although i
will take years yet to complete-thei
limits. There is lots of work for' hot
man and beast, and if any- go withou
emploYineiat here it is because they ar
nOt -willing to work. Horses- are ver
scarce in this country, and every on
that is fit for the woode is made to a
duty- A team of horses will earn $1.
per day and feed. and men receive $13
month and board. The old lumber/it
vdio have followed the woods for ye
tbink it is very hard time.s when t
UN% to work for $18 per month; as som
two or thtee years ago wa.ges were fro
826 to 05 per month, and. men scarce
that, but tirnes pre changed. now. Hui
dreds tettlers have come in within th
last two years, and eome of them hay
to go out and work in the winter to ea
tomething to help keep house, and it i
fortunate for them that they can a
work, as the clearance on the farm
8111411 and money ecaree.
Since I came here, two years ago, -a
Fmnease number of settlers have e.o
Int and many of them are from theco
zles Of Huron and Bruce, and there is
gtaat deal more land taken up by partit
tvho are now waiting until spring t
ttine and settle Oil it. ne land Ilion
Mhssissatigua river its all thickl
Aettled with people of all class
-atle denoinhiations and all are doin
weed. Ask any of' these settlers ho
- -000u P n noeo, 7:aYea ye, nae::: ths8. Nhe,v:iiitnaltpngri:11pSdit Clap _ay, uerbaayhetsit ea:en- eg hhttvt oiooane imlsricedtie:sei ne _dt: ikbeorfl !az_ szi
sun* ant alid a great deal more th
Produce to sell do well. A new setta
Wig the lumbering shanties will et
hat those who are so fogrtuPnate as to ha'