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THE HURON EXPOSITO
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In Our New Quarters—Jackson Brothers. (6)
Pure Indian Teas—J. Fairley. (5)
Back Again --Jackson Brothers. (1)
Special'Values this Week—J. L. Smith. (6)
A Big. Failure—George Good. (5)
Tan Colored Boots—Robert Willis. (5)
Farm for Sale—Michsel Dorsey. (5)
Highest Prices for Wool—Vanggmond's Sons. (6)
In the Matter of D. II. Porter—Robert Gibbons. (5)
Foot Ball Match—W. Prendergast. (5)
Baker's Apprentice Wanted—Clark Brothers. (8)
Store Property for Sale—J. A. Stewart. (6)
Berkshire Boar for Servieo—Thomas Peart. (6)
Opening Up—Mullett & Jackson. (8)
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Furniture for Sale—Mrs. Deem. (8)
Conveyancer, ie.—J. McIntooh. (8)
tilt alma xpoitor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, June 3, 1892.
The New Lieutenant Governor.
Hon. George A. Kirkpatrick, M. P. for
Frontenac, and, ex -speaker of the House of
Commons, has been appointed Lieutenant
Governor of Ontario, and will enter upon his
duties at once. Mr. Kirkpatrick was born
in Kingston in 1841, and is, consequently,
51 years of age. For many years his father
set in the House of Commons. At the time
of his death in 1870 his son succeeded him,
as representative of Frontenac, and has con-
tinued to hold the seat ever since. Ontario's
newly appointed Governor is prominent in
business circles, being a director of the Can-
adian Pacific Railway, President of the
Kingston Locomotive works, and a director
of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway.
He has been twice married,first to a daughter
of the late Hon. John Macaulay, and second-
ly, in 1883, to the youngest daughter of Sir
David L. Macpherson. He has always been
an active member of the Church of England
and a prominent member of the Synod of the
Diocese of Ontario. His appointment
seems to give general satisfaction all round.
Annexation.
In another column will be found a well
written letter from Mr. T. M. White, of
Windsor, id reply to our remarks two weeks
ago en Annexation. Mr. White is a young
Canadian, a former reaident of this county,
and, aa his letter shows, he has an intimate
knowledge of the subject of which he treats,
and wields an able pen. He was cradled
and reared in Conservatism of the strictest
school, and until recently was an energetic
worker in the ranks of that party and an in-
finential member of it in his own district.
He was, skim in common with the rest of his
party, an ardent advocate and anpporter of
the National Policy. But he was intelligent
enough to see, and honest enough to adnait,
that that policy, instead of doing for the
country what was promised, has wrought
desolation and ruin commercially, and has
debauched and demoralized the leaders, if
not the rank and file, of the Conservative
party, politically. 'This, Mr. White points
out very forcibly and very ably in an open
letter which he has addressed to Mr. W. R.
Meredith, the leader of the Opposition in
the Ontario Legislature, and in this letter
he makes an earnest appeal to Mr. Mere-
dith to abandon the forlorn hope which
he now leads and come out as the
champien of Continental Union, Having,
his hopes in. the policy of his party thus
blasted, and his confidence in the integrity
of his party leaders shaken, he now looks
to annexation as a relief from the evils into
which his former party and their policy have
landed the country, and it must be confess-
ed that he makes out a strong case, And it
is a hopeful sign that the young men who
have hitherto been allied with the Conser-
vativ-e party, are getting their eyes opened
to the injurious reaulte of the policy and
practices of the leaders of that party, and
that they have the courage to express their
dissent. This, we say, is a hopeful sign,
even if, in proposing a remedy, they go to
the oppoaite extreme.
If matters have come to such a pass that
we have to remain as we are. under bondage
to the National Policy and ruled by the
corrupt and unscrupulous oligarchy that
now reigns at Ottawa, or iccept annexation
to the United States, we would say unhesi-
tatingly,accept the least of the two evils,and
let us have annexation, and the sooner the
better. But, we believe that we are not
shut up to the acceptance of either of these
alternatives. We believe there is a remedy
for existing evils and grievances rnuch more
potent and which can be more easily
applied, That remedy is, Free Trade
and Direct Taxation. If this be the
case, then, it is not necessary to discuss at
length the merits or demerits of the Annex-
ation scheme.
What Mr. White says about the lack of
aympa,thy between the several provinces of
the Dominion is, to a certain extent true,
and ae a result the temptation to retain
power by buying support is very great. But
we cannot see haw these conditions which he
depicts would be remedied by Annexation.
On the contrary, it seems to us they would
be continued in an aggravated form, as
union with the United States would not
change the geographical positions of the
various provinces of this Dominion, or in
any way assianilate their interests or aspira-
tions. The remedy for this state of things,
would, we fancy, more likely be found in
Direct Taxation. Because, if the Govern-
ment had to apply directty to the people for
the money, this buying business would soon
be stopped, and our leaders would be forced
to give us honest government whether they
wanted to or not. If these now in power
Would not do it others would be brought to
the front who would.
It is, also, quite true as Mr. White says,
that free acmes to the American markete is
necessary to the complete prosperity of thie
country. But we think that can be got
without merging our identity with that of 1
the United States. At all events, it will be I
time enough to look to -that extreme remedy 1
when all others fail, We believe that if 1
Canada were to admit European goods into '
her markets free of duty, the United States '
would be forced in se.If defence to open her i
doors to Canada, and for these, anaong '
other reasons : First,—That the cost of pro-
duction in this country would be thereby !
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so greatly decreased,that we could undersell
the United States in the open markets
of the world, and could even com-
pete with them in their own country,
and pay the duty they might levy against
us to gain access to their markets if we re-
quired to use them for our surplus. Second,
That free European goods coming into this
country could not be kept out of the United
States, unless they maintained an armed force
along their entire border to prevent smug-
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gling, end even then, it is doubtful if the
over -flow could be stopped. It would not
pay them to do this and it would only be a
matter of a short time until they would be
glad to give us reciprocal trade relations in
order that they might lustre something in-
stead of nothing for the invasion of their
markets and also to avoid the expense, in-
convenience and trouble of - guarding their
frontier line. We would, thus, get all, that
we require, an open market in the United
States, and remain, practically, an independ-
ent nation.
As to the advantages of the American
system of government and institutions over
ours, notwithstanding all Mr. White says,
we still consider ours very much preferable,
and we believe that nine out of ten of our
own people are of the same mind. In ad-
dition to this, by joining our fortunes,
politically, with the United States, we
would still be subject to the same evil in-
fluences, and in an aggravated form, that
we now • complain of and desire to
get rid of. We would still be under
the protective system ; we would -still
be the slaves of the monopolies and com-
bines, and we would still be subject
to the indirect method of collecting revenue
which has bred extravagance and corruption
both in this country and the United States,
as well as in every other country where it is
practised. Thesedare a few of the crying
evils which our 'country must be relieved
from before we need look for
or expect prosperity. If Annexation
would relieve_ us from these, then there
would be something to be said in its favor,
but when, as would certainly be the case, it
would only rivet our chains more closely
around us, without giving us any equivalent
benefit in return that we can not otherwise
obtain, we would, surely, be foolish to as-
sent to any such arrangement. _
The Goderich Signal also has a lengthy
article in reply to the one that has stirred
up Mr. White. We have not space this
week to reply fully to it. Most of what we
have said to Mr. White will, however,
apply equally to the Signal. But there is
one point brought up by the Signal which is
not tuuched on by Mr. White. The Signal
says :
Here are a few things that 'Free Trade on
the part of Canada, while mattere exist as
they are in the United States, could not and
would not remedy :
(a) The power to gerrymander the constitu-
encies by the Federal Government.
eb) Th r of the Federal Government
to apponat con ty judges an4 revising bar-
risters to act s Judge Elliott did in the
London case.
(c) The Fede 1 power to draft a fraudu-
leht franchise ct at the whim of an unseen-
lous _Premier.
(d) The present condition of commercial
stagnation in our lake marine.
(e) The deporting of Canadians from
places of employment on the other side.
(f ) The keeping up of expensive military
schools in Canada for the alleged training of
young men in the arts of war, 'Tbere would
be no need for such an absurdity in the event
of Continental Union.
(g) The maintenance of the Commons and
Senate at Ottawa, end au expensive and cor-
rupt departmental eervice of goverurnent
which cannot be equalled on earth.
(h) The presence of a Governor-General at
Ottawa, who is of no more use than a cigar
store Indian, so far as the honest govern-
ment of the country is concerned, and yet
who costs Canada more to maintain than
the President of the United States receives
for his services to the people of that great
country.
These are all matters the remedy for
which resta within the power of the people
of Canada themselves, and they can be
brought to apply the remedy more easily
than they' can be induced to consent to
Continental Union, even if that would prove
a remedy, which we do not think it would.
Continental Union would,certainly, not rem-
edy the first three, because according to the
contention both of the Signal and Mr.
White, the power to practise them would
still remain, and in each case Canada has
only emulated the evil example of the Unit-
ed States. In fact there is no rascality or
abomination practised by our Canadian poli-
ticians in connectioe with which the Ameri-
can politician could not, from practical ex-
perience, give them pointers. So that if we
were to seek relief from that quarter we
would be looking in the wrong direction.
Free Trade would soon brighten up our lake
commerce and would furnish ample employ-
ment for our own people in our own country,
so that there would not be any' Canadians
seeking employment in the United States,
and consequently there would be none to
" deport." On the other hand, direct tax-
ation would soon cause the wiping out of all
such superfluities as the military college
and Senate, and every one in the service of
the country would be required to give value
for the money drawn from the public treas-
ury. At least this has been the experience
wherever it has been practised.
Protection in England.
The Canadian Protectionists seem to take
a good deal of comfort from some remarks
recently made in a speech by Lord Salisbury,
the Prime Minister of England. The portion
of his address which pleases the Protection-
ists so much is reported as follows " We
live in an age of war tariffs. The attitude
we have taken in regarding it as disloyal to
the glorious and sacred doctrines of Free
Trade to levy duties on anybody for the
sake of anything we get thereby, may be
noble, but it is not businesslike. On these
termi you will and do get nothing. If you
intend to hold your own in this conflict of
tariffs, you must be prepared to refuse
nations who injure you access to your mar-
kets." This, our Canadian Protectionists
put forth as an evidence that the people of
the mother land are becoming weary of Free
Trade and that there is a prospect of her
adopting a protective tariff. If the above
remarks of Lord Salitbury had not been im-
mediately qualified by the following sen-
tence of his speech, there might be some
slight grounds for such a supposition. But,
in view of his succeeding remarks and the
circumstances under which the address was
delivered, it would not be safe to attach
much importance to the above statement.
After making so bold a pronouncement as
the above, Lord Salisbury took good care
to qUalify and smooth it down by saying,
that although England is most severely hit
by the McKinley Bill adopted by the
United States, it would never do to
retaliate against that country, as England
receives mach of her raw material and food
supplies from there, and that to place a
tax upon these would only be punishing
themselves, and although it might be a
gratification in one sense to do so, it would
never pay and such a policy would not be
tolerated by the English people , and he
would content himself by simply suggesting
that a duty might be placed upon silks,
gloves, and a few such articles of luxury.
In fact, Lord Salisbury made a very bold
start in favor of retaliatory tariffs or pro-
tection, bnt he immediately took it all back
and consequently his speech was left with-
out any real significance and the Proteotion-
ists who can take encouragement from it are
easily encouraged; It was, simply, a vote
catcher, and was, evidently, intended as
such. They are now on the eve of a general
election in the old country, and the astute
Premier, like some of our own politicians,
is alert to catch favor with every passing
breeze. There are a few protectioeiets still
left in the old country. Their votes will
count as well as others and if by a compli-
mentary reference to their fad, their votes
can be secured for the Government without
estranging °there, it will always be con-
sidered et good stroke of electioneering
strategy. This is all that Lord Salisbury's
remarks amount to. But, it now looks as if
he will lose more than he will gain by his
mancenvre. By his squinting at Protection
he has caused distrust in the minds of
many of his supporters and has placed a
powerful weapon in the hands of his
opponents. Indeed it is boldly stated, that
while his chances of success at the approach-
ing elections were before doubtful, his
speech has rendered defeat almost certain.
But, is it really a fact, that in comparison
with protectionist countries, the commerce
of Free Trade England has suffered ? Lord
Salisbury does not say that it has, he only
insinuates enough to lead the unthinking
to suppose that such mrly be the case. The
time for creating such an impression as this,
however, has gone by as the facts are too
strongly and too plainly Apposed to any
euch essumption. Six years ago the fair -
traders were able to point to the fact that
itogland's commerce had fallen off, not in
bulk but in value. Last year, notwith-
standing -the operations of the McKinley
Bill, her commerce was greater than ever
before, her exports and imports aggregating
more than those of, France rued the United
States combined. In spite • of ourselves,
with what measure we mete, it is measured
to us again, All commerce is reciprocal,
and England, by permitting the free expan-
sion of her imports, has gained a propor-
tionate expansion of exports, To -day she
sends abroad one hundred and thirty-five
dollars' worth of products for every family
within her borders, and such time is not one
when the electors of Great Britain are likely
to compromise Free Trade becauee it is
" noble, but tot businesslike."
Gnu' gots off a good thing on the new
Highland regiment in Toronto, of which so
much bars been said in the papers, The reg-
iment is arrayed in full Highland uniform,
and is supposed to be composed exclusively of
" Tonalds" and " Tuncans." But it is said
that fully two thirds are from merry Eng-
land and the Green Isle. Grip's squib is entitl-
ed "After the March" and in dialogue form as
follows :
'First Highlander—" Well, by Jove, you
know, if Hi'd 'ave knowed that this 'ere
blooming rig was so sanguinary_ cold Hi
don't think Hi'd 'ave joined."
Second Highlander—" Och, fwhat's the
matter wid you ? It's an illigant dress in-
toirely, an' a mon that's so tinder that he
cant stand a little cowld wnd never make a
eojer."
THERE is a good deal of truth ia the fol-
lowing from the " Royal Templar," a tem-
perance paper published in Hamilton, but it
is not all truth. No matter how faithful
and efficient public officers may be, they can
not efficiently enforce any law unless that
law is backed up by public sentiment and un-
less they have at least the sympathy if not
the aid of the people, It saye :
" When the Government desires to put a
stop tee -whisky smuggling on the St. Law-
rence it builds and equips a couple of fast
and well -armed cruisers to do the business.
When it did not want to enforce the Scott
Act, it trusted to the " sentiment of the
people" and whined that public sentiment
was not strong enough to enforce the law.
Why does not the Government trust the
" sentiment of the people" to enforce the law
against smuggling ! The Government knows
that while public sentiment has everything
to do with making laws, it really has little
to do with the enforcement of law. The en-
forcement of late is entrusted by the people
to the Administration, and on the principle
of the division of labor, the most of the peo-
ple attend to their private undertakings and
pay officials for enforcing the law. When
the people make a law or order it made, and
the officials fail to enforce it, then the peo-
ple ought to have sense enough to kick out
the delinquent officials and put in their
places men who will do their duty."
THE Toronto Telegram which has retently
been doing good service in behalf of good
government and in opposition to political
villainy makes the following pertinent re-
marks on what it calls " Lord Stanley's
chance." It says : "Lord Stanley must see
that it is his duty to interfere in defence of
simple justice when that sacred principle
is aersailed by a gerrymander. He can do
for the Government what the Government
dare not do for itself. The Ministry owes
its life to members who want their con•
stituencies gerrymandered, and Sir John
Thompson is not so wildly in love with
justice that he cares to take the risks of
promoting it at the expense of his own po-
litical friends. The Governor-General is
more happily circumstanced. He represents
the impartial authority of Britain in a
country where two factione are busy cutting
each other's throats, It is not in the inter-
ests of Britain that cruel injustice ahould be
permitted to embitter almost a majority of
the Canadians against the constitutional
system that fails to safeguard ehe rights of
a minority. Lord Stanley knows that the
gerrymander is a device borrowed from the
spoiltmen of the United States. He would
have the people with him if he insisted upon
the abandonment of this gerrymander, and
the creation of an impartial tribunal to do
the work which no partisan majority can do.
The Government dare not object, for if the
Conservatives resigned sooner than give up
a gerrymsnder, and Laurier got the chance
which Angers gave Mercier, they would be
routed at the polls." If Lord Stanley per-
mits to go unimproved his present opportuni-
ties of showing that his high salaried office
is of some uae, and allows the Gerrymander
Act te become law ; "huts his eyes to the
burking of the Judge Elliott investigation
and sanctions the mutilating by the Gov-
ernment of the Edgar charge', he will do
more to boom the annexation cause than
could be accoMplished by the much abused
Sol. White and his colleagues 'Were they to
hold annexation meetings every day and
night during their natural lives.
MR. J. J. WRIGHT, the well-known pro-
prietor of the Point Farm, near Goderich,
has been on a visit to Chicago, and in an in-
teresting letter to the Signal, he depicts the
wonders of that wonderful city. He also
visited the grounds where the great Exposi-
tion buildings are being constructed, and
was struck with wonder at the immensity of
the preparations there in progress. He con-
cludes his letter as follows :
"Unfortunately for us it is our young
Canadians who are a great factor in bring-
ing about this great Western advancement.
With little or no incentive to remain at
home, they seek in a foreigu land the wider
field of occupation and promotion constant-
ly open to them. To -day there are thous-
ands of Canadians of both sexes in Chicago
engaged in nearly every walk of life. I saw
them occupying positions of trust in banks,
insurance offices, real estate, railroad and
mercantile affairs, respected and honored by
those who employed them. We had trained
and educated them and they had gone and
given all this to the land of their adoption,
which the land of their birth had rejected.
Looking at it in the calm light of reason,
the party or government which will evolve a
practical scheme for keeping our talent at
home to develop our own country instead of
that of the stranger will be juistly entitled
to the support of all right thinking men and
will deservethe name of loyal in the utmost
meaning of the word."
If we mistake not, Mr. Wright is an up-
holder of the N. P, and a staunch support-
er ot the present high tax Government at
Ottawa. How he can longer remain so,
af ter seeing the fruits of both as depicted in
his letter,is unexplainable. If Mr. Wright
desires our own country developed and our
own people kept at home, instead of being
sent to build up a foreign country, he should
go in for Free Trade. That will ensure us
prosperity and keep Cenadian muecle to de-.
velop Canadian industry and build up Can-
adian homes.
A MANITOBA despatch of a few days ago
says e Mr. Ro bert Watson has definitely ac-
cepted a position in the Greenwity Cabinet.
He was sworn in last Friday as Minister of
Public Works, Mr. Smart retiring from that
portfolio and accepting the Provincial Secre-
taryship. There is greet enthusiasm among
the friends of the Government over Mr.
Watson's entry into the Cabinet, as he is re-
garded as a strongonan. He will certainly
carry Portage la Prairie hands down. Mr.
McLean, late Provincial -Secretary, will Con-
tinue a member of the Executive Council
without portfolio. It is reported in political
circles that Senator Boulton will resign hie
position in the Senate and contest the con-
stituency of Marquette when the present
Member Mr. Watson, sends in l5tis resigna-
tion, it will be remembered that the Sena-
tor opposed the present member in the gen-
eral elections of 1887, running as a Liberal
Conservative candidate, and st es defeated
by the small majority of 58, As Senator
Boulton is a straiglat free trader, and as this
ie the all-important question to farmers in
Manitoba it is not improbable that the Sen-
ator may 'be elected.
REV. Dr. Rainsford, of New York, for.
Merle, of Toronto, has propounded plan for
remedying the evils of the liquor traffic
which must surprise most of his friends here.
He believes that the Church should supply
the means of amusement and entertainment
which at present make the saloon attractive.
In short, the church is to become its com-
petitor, and by surrounding with good in•
fiuences that which has become an enemy to
society turn it into an engine for good. The
lighter drinks, such as beer and wine, are to
be aold at these religious reataurante, but
whisky, brandy and the like, are to be ex-
cluded. It is astonishing how over -enthusi-
asm will turn even an unusually level head
sometimes. It is not likely the learned doc-
tor will find many to eoincide with his views.
The more respectable evil is made the more
dangerous it is.
THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT
(By Our Special Correspondent.)
OrrAwa, May 30th, 1892.
Last week was so broken up by holidays
that the House of Commons did very little
work. The Senate have rambled off for a
holiday and will not again turn up until
some day this week, when they will, with
renewed vigor, apply their energies to con-
curring in whatever the Government pro-
poses and whatever the majority in the
House of Commons affirm. -
.Friday, however, was a regular field day
over the Caron Commission, the personnel of
which, Judges Tait, and Routhier, Sir John
Thompson asked the House to approve. Mr.
Laurier said hewould neither approve nor
disapprove of the fitness of the judges to sit
on a commission, because he repudiated the
cornmiasion altogether and would have no-
thing to do with it. For that reason he
moved an amendment that Me. Edgar's •
charges against Sir Adolphe be referred to a
Select Committee of the Route, consisting of
five members to be chosen by the House.
This was affirmingthe principle to which
the Liberals have adhered all along in this
matter, that when e member of the House of
Commons makes euch serious charges from
his place in the House he throws his seat in
the lealance against that of the member he
accutes and the usual and proper mode is to
refer this matter in dispute between two
' of the members to a committee from among
the members. Sir Adolphe once told Mr.
Mulock that the House of Commons was a
club of gentlemen. Who ever heard of one
member of a club on being accused of dit-
honorable conduct refusing to be judged by
his fellow members, That is all 1.1r. Edger
asked, that Sir Adolphe Caron, whom he
impeached of corrupt practiees and violation
of public trust, should.be tried by his peers.
Mr. Davin made great ado about the case of
Lord Melville, whom he said the House of
Commons refused to try, but Mr. Davin
must know and deliberately conceel the fact
that Lord Melville pleaded his right of peer-
age, being himself a Peer, and having,there-
fore; a legal right to be tried by none ether
than the House of Lords, where in fact he
was tried, Mr. Laurier challenged the Gov-
ernment to name a single precedent in all
the Parliamentary history of Great Britain
to justify the course they were taking. Mr.
Mil s repeated the challenge and begged of
the to name even one ease where shriller
°ha ges were referred to a tribunal other
than the House itself. In his reply Str John
Thcimpson acknowledged that he could not
nanite a single precedent, alleging, as a re Son,
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that if he did name one Mr. Mills w nld
quarrel with it. This way of sliding o t of
a nasty corner was worthy of Sir John lilac-
donald himself.
Sir John Thompson made a specious afrgn-
me t in support of his motion. He said that
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the House would still be the judge of Sir
Ad lphe Caron, as all the propoeed Royal
CoMmission was to do was to take evidence
an to report that evidence to the House
wit out comment or judgment. Mr. ltdills
si,ho ed the absurdity of this by sayling,
e are to be the judges, yet we are nfit
to ake the evidence." Sir John Thom on
ad itted that the charges had been alt ed,
.an it is worth while pausing here for m to
poi t out how these charges had been aiter-
ed n some respeata, for it is a very import-
ant point for the public to bear in mind'.
A' r. Edgar charged that Sir Adolphe Caron
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rec ived $100,000 ont of the subsidies voted
to he Lake St. John Railway from persons
beneficially interested in those subsidies,
and that he applied this money to bribing
and debauching the electors of 22 different
con tituencies.which he named in detail.
Th Government amendment struck out this
cha lie and sufistituted in its place a charge
that Sir Adolphe received the money rorn
the Lake St. John Railway Company, or
the construction company formed to build
the road. But this was not Mr. Edgar's
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cha ge at all. On the contrary, Mr. Edgar
dec ared that the money was not received
frotia the companies, for who ever heard of a
Bonrd of Directors paying out, as a company,
huge sums of money for election purpoltes ?
Mri Edgar knew who paid the money and
wa prepared before a committee to diselose
all he facts, but he was not allowed tt do
so. Then again Mr. Edgar charged hat
Sir Adolphe Caron was a member of , the
construction company, and that he knew
whet disposition was made of these sdbsi-
dice, in other words that he had a corrupt
knowledge at both ends, as a member of the
Geseernment voting these subsidies and es a
partner of the men receiving them. This
charge, however, was struck out altogether,
so that -the charges referred to the R yal
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Commission are net Mr. Edgar's charge at
all, but allegations made out of whole c oth
that they are calculated to burk the hag iry.
by the Onvernment themselves,well knqing
Mr. Laurier's motion was to refer, not the
mutilated, garbled charges re -hashed by the
Government, but Mr. Edgarts original
chaeges to a committee which he was willing
to ave consist of four Conservatives to one
li
Lib ral, yet the Government refused. Mr.
Edgar's charge naming the 22 constituen,cies
in te, hich this money was corruptly expended
at the instance of and with the knowledge
of Sir Adolphe Caron, was completely strinck
out, and yet Sir John Thompson had the
audacity to contend that the amended
charges " broadened " the original charges.
Mr. Daviee was so indignant at the posi-
tion taken by Sir John Thompson that be
reminded him of his speech at Halifax in
which the Minister of Justice invited every-
one who had a charge to make against !the
Government to come forward and he weuld
be given the fullest opportunity to prove it,
and then, added Mr. Davies, when the hon-
orahle gentleusan from West Ontario brings
forward charges of the gravest character
against the honorable gentleman's own col-
league he sneaks out of it by first altering
the eharges and then referring them to a
tribenal selected by himself and the accursed..
Mr. iDavies called sbame upon the Minitter
of Jeatice and described his action as a piece
of the greatest political cowardice that has
ever disgraced the Canadian Perliament.
" We dare you to grant us a committee,"
excltimed Mr, Davies, " and we will prove
the charges so completely that the Govern-
ment will be shattered to pieces within three
7eNekosthing would persuade the Governmelmt,
,
however, or rather mr, Davies threat was
too pereuasive, for they voted down Mr.
Laurier's amendment hy a majority of'47,
and so charges which nobody ever made are
to be sent to a Royal Commtssion which no-
body ever asked for ha order that somebody,
nobody knows who, may come forward end
produce proof of nobody knovss what,
Seturday's official Gazette contains a pro-
clamation taking off the duties which the
Government of Caneda last year imposed
upon fish end fsb products coming from
/s.ewfoundland, which was an unfriendlyket
of retaliation and one which the Government
is now impelled to undo. On the other
hand the retaliation by Newfoundland, pro-
voked by the Act of the Ottawa Govern-
ment, has also been withdrawn and the extra
dutiet imposed by Newfoundland upon Can-
adian flour and other products of Canada
are removed, This brings us back to the
statu quo ante and paves the way for a eon-
ference between the two Governmente with
a view of a permanent settlement of the dif-
ferences in diepute. .
The Government is guilty of a very sharp
piece of practice regarding the writ for Pon-
tiac. In the forty -odd bye -elections the
Government juggled with the writs in al-
most every case. In the House on Friday
Mr. !Laurier asked Sir John Thompson if the
writl for Pontiac had been issued and the
leader of the House replied that it had.
After the reply information was obteined
from the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
that the writ had not been issued nor ad
any instructions to iasue been received. e -
fore the House adjourned, therefore, on ri-
day,pight Mr. Laurier again called attention
to the matter and sit. John Thompson pro-
mised the writ should be issued the follow-
ing dey. The fact is the Government deeir-
ed to delay the writ for a couple of weeke in
order to heal party sores in the county, but
Mr. Laurier's action in peening the Gov-
ernment will now coMpel them to do their
clutter
is rumored that Sir Joseph Hickson,
late General Manager of the Grand Trunk
Railway,is to be appointed to the Senate.
Mr. L. P. Kribs, one of the editors of the
Toronto Empire, and its Partjamentary cor-
respondent, has resigned from that paper to
prepare for the Licensed Victuallers of Can-
ada a statement of their case for presenta-
tion before the Rued Commission on the
Liquor Traffic.
The Ottawa Field Battery has been dis-
organized here by the charge brought in the
police court by the commanding officer
against hit captain Mr. Bliss, a son-in-law
of the Hon. John dostiga,n of falsifying pay
sheets. The charge was dismissed by the
magistrate, who would not adjourn the case 1
to allow the production of papers from the 1
„Militia Departmeet, and now nearly all the '
officers and men of the Battery have resign-
ed, abd any further action mats upon the ,
AI als,ji err. GReonbeerratl ,
Watson, the young Liberal !
member for Marquette, Manitoba, has :fa-
ceted' his seat in the Commons by enteneg ,
the Greenway Cabinet, and a new election :
.
is in peeler. , ,
1
—t1r, Thomrs HoaTe7anTdci and respeet-
ed resident of Wawanosh, died at his reel-
dence on the 3rd concession of East Wawa- 1
nosh, on Friday, May 20th, after a short ill- 1
ness. Deceased had Ile ays enjeyed geed ,
heal, until a few moseths ago, when he '
suffe ed an attack of grippe. He seemed to ;
recover, but the effera on his system i
aw‘Nerr,,,ey too much to stand, and he passed i
at the age of 172 years Born in '
Kent Eogland, he emigrated to this coun- ;
try when quite young and remained in To- l
rontod.or about a year, after which he lo-
cated in the village of Acton, and worked et 1
hia trede of carpenter and wagon maker for
abouteight years, In 1856 he moved west,
havieg previously purchased from the crown
the lated on which he has since resided. For
fully 50 years he has been closely identified
with the Methodist church as a class leader
and Sabbath School teacher, being partiou-
hqly well versed in. doctrine and scripture,
hie first religious training having been re-
ceived from Rev. M. Willoughby, one of the
phineers of Methodiere in this country. His
wife, three sons and seven daughters survive
him.
NOTES FROM THE QUEEN
CITY.
TORONTO, May 30th, 1892..
In the midst of all the holiday -Making on
Qeeen's Birthday dame the sad news of
the death of Sir Alexander Campbell. He
had been for 12 months ailing from
partied paralysis and his final relief
wen from then only regarded as a
question of time. Those gathered about the
bedside of the dying Lieutenant Governor
wore his daughter, Mies Marjorie Campbell,
hie neice, Miss Strange Mr. C. J. Campbell,
hies brother, Mr. snd Dirs. Harcourt Vernon
and the Hon. G. W. Allan. Sir Alexander
sat firet in Parliament in the tronblous tbnes
of 58, being made speaker 'of the Legislative,
Council of Canada in 1863. From Confed-
eretion onwards almost without a break he
held one position or another in the Conserv-
ative Ministry at Ottawa. He was knight-
ed in 1879 and took office as Lieutenant
Governor of Ontario upon the retirement of
the Hon. J. B. Robinson in 1887. For his
dieplay of wide knowledge and his intimate
acquaintance with the country's affairs Sir
Aexander has always been respected, even
by those without a chance of knowing his
stately figure and the thoughtful face that
on occasion lighted up with such a winning
smile. The funeral, which was semi -private,
took place on Thursday afternoon from Gov-
ernment House to St. James Cathedral,
where the services, conducted by Bishop,
SWeetnam and Canon Dumoulin, were wit-
neesed by thousands. The route from the
church to the Union Depot was lined with
spectators. A special car took the body and
the mourners to Kingston, there to be in-
terred in Cataraqui Cemetery, close by the
tomb of Sir John A. Macdonald.
HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES.
The Queen City celebrated the holiday of
the year not so much by taking advantage of
thp many excursions, as by staying at home.
It is estimated that 20,000 people crossed to
the Island, as many more went down to the
raees and that 6,000 lovers of the national
game attended the opening of the new ath-
letic grounds to see the Montreal club wrett
the first victory from the home club after a
hard fight. The 13th came down early from
Hamilton and were met by the Kilties—
which, although the only militia regiment
left in town, gave vent to enthusiasm enough
foe a dozen. The presentation of colors by
Mrs. Merritt on behalf of the ladies of To-
ronto was a very pleasing feature of the
merning's doings in Queen's Park. The
reyiew of the two regiments by Lord Stan-
ley passed off wit'nout a hitcb, both after-
wairds receiving warm praise from the Gov-
errior General.
THE HORSE RACES.
Secretary Ogden of the Ontario Jockey
Cleb was perhaps the happiest man in town
as 'the crowds kept coming on in big waves
down Queen Street. Never before have so
meny and so respectable a class of people at-
tended the opening races. The attendance
by'special inyttation of Lord and Lady Stan-
ley; with their staff lent a 4:deader to the oc-
cation and- fashion turned out in its most
goegeous spring attire to bask in the rays re -
fleeted from the vice -regal box. The great -
esti praise is due the management for the
capital condition of the track, despite the
vety heavy rains of the three days previous.
Qutte as it should be, the race for the
Queen's guineas turned out the race of the
day and O'Donohue's victory left J. E. Sea-
gram once more the Queen's plate winner.
More noticeably than in the past were
shrewd busineiss-men, lawyers, doctors and
the like to be seen listening to the insidious
bark of the bookmakers and rushing about
during the waits striking an average of the
"tips" which literally ratned on one coming
to hearken, The rowdy element is a, thing
of the past at the Woodbine, thanks to
measures taken by the club,. From every
poiht of view last week's meet was undoubt-
-edly the star one in the history of Canada's
Derby,
OITR BRAVF: DEFENDERS AWAY.
The Queen's Own and Grenadiers from
Saturday to Tuesday, made things lively, the
fired for the inhabitants of Owen Sound, the
second of Windsor, and arrived home very
sleepy and 'sunburned, early on Wednesday
morning. Each corps gave their respective
towns splendid exhibition of how drill and
marching ehould be done, and furnished an
idea of the amount of fun campaigning really
yields in the shape of sports, concerts and
the grotesqueries of the ever -famous Cook's
parade. The men of both regiments have
but one tale to tell of a long string of hos-
pitalities afforded them while under can -
vast
HER MAJESTY'S HONORS.
Itast, but not leaat, in the happy events of
Utile week has been the knighthood offered to
and accepted by Ontario's own Little Ptem-
ieri Sir Oliver Mowat, although right and
left criticised for his departure from his
pa ty's usual want of appreciation of old -
co ntry prefixes, has caused to be united
Gr t and Tory in a belief that no man in the
Do ninion will ear the blushing honors
wi_ h such a de ree of fitness. Sir Oliver
can, take to himself pleasure in knowing that
in ta heart acknowledges his good -nature
alt ough party strife sometimes half buries
the true opinion, the whole country down
and ability. .
THE BALL POSTPONED.
24 a mark of respect for the late Sir Alex-
ander Campliell, the ball gotten up by the
Vidtoria Club in honor of the vice -regal
party was postponed till Friday night. The
Staeley perty cancelled all engagements
upon receipt of the sad news, and left town
the same evening. The gloom cast over
society is deep and the expressions of con-
dolence with its leader, Miss Marjorie
Campbell, wide -spread -upon her bereave-
ment, so much theirs. As is well-known,
Sir Alexander's term of office is just con-
cluded. The Hon. te. W. Kirkpatrick of
Kingston has been moet authoritatively
spoken of as his successor in office, and it is
generally conceded that his appointment
will be announced this week,
1NEW SEAT OF LEARNING.
Harbord -street Collegiate Institute, the
third in the city, was formally opened this
week. Speeches were delivered by all the
prominent educators, including Chancellor
Burwash of Victoria University. The
building cost 885,000 and is a credit to the
city,
A BAIT TO MANUFACTURERS.
The Toronto City Council has decided to
exempt from taxation for 10 yeers from the
1st of January, 1893, the machinery, plant
and tools used in every manufacturing indus-
try in the city, with the exception of distil-
leries, breweries- and all companiea holding
franchises from the city. The purpose of
the Council is thus to induce manufacturers
to *ate in Toronto, but other corporationa
in eclf-defenee will offer the mine induce-
ment of freedom from municipal taxations.
Already the Brantford- Expositor is urging
the ,Council of that city to checkmate To-
ron o, an acre ia little (loubt but that it
will be done. There appears to be a gener-
al rustle among the manufacturers of Canada
to secure bonuees exemptions, anything, so
long as it ia valualle,
LONc. IN THE sERVICE.
Many are the friends the Rev. Canon San-
son of Trinity Church has in Toronto and all
are congratulating him upon the completion
of his 50th year in the ministry. Besides be-
ing rector for 10 years of the old stone
church at York Mille, Canon Sanson has I
•
JUNE 3, 1892,
held no position but in his present parish.
He was ordained by Bishop Strachan, the
first Episcopal bishop of Upper Canada, in
1842.
A MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE,
Two young men just out from England,
Thomas Roscoe and C. George, on Wednes-
day last, while the lake storm was raging,
hired a boat intending to cross to the island.
When but 200 feet from the wharf the boat
capsized and both were drowned. They lied
been warned of the danger, but had insisted
on making the venturesome trip, The bod„
ies were found on Friday, and since that the
young men's sad story has been weaving it-
self together. Both had left England to bet.
ter themselves, both landed poor, and me
finding any work in Montreal came on
here. In George's pocket was found a
letter from his English wife incloeing
S5, telling him to work at anything and not
to stint himself for food. The other man's
pockets contained letters to various firms
asking for employment. He had left his
aged mother in the Old Country, and failing
to make enough there for her keep and his
own, had crossed the ocean only to find it
just as hard to get work. The pair had paid
out their last dollar on the boat. "Weis the
revelation of a sad story, such as, thank
goodness, is not frequently met with. Who
can eay whether, tired of life and its troubles,
these young men did not hope for death dur-
ing their paseage across the harbor on Wed-
nesday ?
Huronites in Manitoba.
A representative of the Winnipeg Far-
mers' Advocate has recently been among the
farmers in the Oak Lake district. He makes
the following references to former Huron-
ites, whose names will be familiar to most
of our readers :
6 6 SPRUCE BANK FARM " SHORTHORNS.
On the shores of Oak Lake, about seven
miles south of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
wey main line station of that name, fa lo-
cated " Spruce Bank Farm," the property
of Mr. R. L. Lang. While admirably ad-
apted for the culture of wheat and other
grain this district possesses advantages for
the pursuit of live stock husbaredry, such as
abundant pasturage and water, not every-
where available. With an inherent love for
live stock Mr. Lang has very naturally turn-
ed his energies with praiseworthy enthusiasm
in that direction, and the expectations of an
Advocate representative were not disap-
pointed at the condition in which his Short-
horns and Berkshires were found on a recent
visit. During the past season he provided
additional stabling, and everything was
comfortably and intelligently housed. Close
at hand were large stacks of straw, from
which all the stock was generously bedded,
a matter too often neglected by some Mani-
toba farmers, whose great anxiety seems to
be to burn the straw or scatter it all as far
from the barns as possible, leaving stock to
stand on bare, damp, cold boards or wisps
of hay, perhaps all through the winter,
Wind breaks for the protection of Mr.
Lang's garden, house and outbuildings are
coming on splendidly, adding not only
beauty but comfort to the place. Merry
Monarch -9,219—, at the bead of the herd
of Shorthorns, is a, red ball with a little
white, bred by Mr. D. Alexander, of Brig -
den, Ontario, sired by Lord Linton -8,912
—, dam Brigden Beauty, by Sir LC. Booth,
—2,459—. He was two years old last -No-
vember, and developing good size and a
lot of quality, and carries himself in stylish
form. Laurel Lustre, also -bred by Alexan-
der, now three years past, is a grand cow, a
rich roan in color, sired by imported Ven-
turet —6445—dam Lustre 24th, Her mate,
The Queen, bred by Thos. Russell, of Exet-
er, Ontario, is a cow of fine preportions
with many strong points. She was by
Prince Royal —5763— dam Barmpton Kin -
eller. She was three years old in January,
and will fill out considerably yet, (Refer-
ence is further made to ae number of other
thoroughbred animals in the herd, both
cattle and swine.)
eilt„/AMES LANG, OAKLAND HEIGHTS,
On an adjacent farm reeidee Mr, James
Lang, brother of the former, and also a inoet
succestful young fsrmer. A good horse
" fille his eye," on which cattle fail to make
any eerious impression, This spring he im-
ported two carloads of extra good farm
horses from Ontario for the district, and
among them an imported Clydesdale stallion,
Auld Langsyne (5504) ; not one -of the pon-
derous type, but still a decidedly useful
style of horse. He is a bay, bred by Hugh
Brown, Ternpland Maine Dairy, Ayrshire;
sire Stud -Book Laddie, dam Sweet Hope of
Lissmasmoss, foaled June 10th, 1886. There
was also a pacer among Mr. Lang's importa-
tion, built evidently for speed, and bearing
the rather ambitious name of Hal Pointer,
but not the " Hal " of United States race
traHckaif
an hour's drive brought us to the
famAe;OTHER PROSPEROUS MAN.
residence of Mr. A. .Malcolm, who is farming
on a large scale, as might be inferred from
the fact thatlast year he grew 3,-000 bushels
of oats, 4,700 of Red Fyfe wheat and 1,100
of Ladoga, the latter from less than 40 acres.
Mr, Malcolm has had four years experience
with Ladoga wheat, and he is highly pleased
with the results, finding it, he claime, about
10 days earlier in ripening than Red lyfe ;
in fact, his faith in it was such as to decide
him to sow one-half hie wheat area this
season with that variety. He is testing a
new sort, " Magyar," having grown from a
single grain three brothels in three years.
Besides a large and comfortable dwelling,
Mr. Malcolm has good outbuildinge,_ and at
the head of his herd of cattle an excellent
Shorthorn bull, Grand Duke of Beresford
(12504), bred by Mr. John E. Smith, of
Britndon, arad three years old on May 5th.
HENSALL MODEL FARM.
Notwithstanding a visitation of fire, Virden
is keeping up its record as_one of the most
progressive and prosperous towns of Mani-
toba. Its people are of that etamp, and it
is backed up by a splendid agricultural
country, where the farmers pride themselves
on growing prize-winning grain and in an
increasing number of cases rearing superior
live stock. For example " }Jensen Farm,"
the home of Mr. James'Elder, ranks in the
locality something in the nature of " a model
farm," with its well -ordered household,
substantial stables resting on solid stone
walks, good fencing ; broad, carefully pruned
windbreaks of maples, etc., at even distances
apart in straight rows, whose five years
growth has made them a thing of beauty, a8
well as a protection to the fruit garden,
house and outbuildings ; fields arranged for
economy of time and labor in cultivatiou,
implement's in good repair, grain all ready for
seeding weeks before the time, and a little
shop in which carpentering and blacksmith's
jobs are attended to at the proper moment,
thus saving breakages and serious loggers.
Speaking of shelter belts, Mr. Elder la,st
season transplanted an additional lot of 600
trees out of which only three were lost.
"Hentall Farm" is a standing preterit against
slip -shod farming in all its forme, right down
to the saving of manure, a yard for which is
specially provided with a water supply in
the centre, eo that the pile can be wetted to
hasten fermentation and rotting, before ap-
plication to the land. - Apart from a stable
of useful horses, Mr. Elder has cows to sup-
ply the wante of the family in dairy pro-
ducts, pure•bred Berkshiree, and a flock of
about 20 sheep, seven being pure " Shrops,"
purchased from Mr. W. S. Hawkshaw,
Glanworth (near London, Ontario), one of
the leading importers and }nee-de/6 of that
Province. The rest of the flock are grade
"Downs." Poultry are also kept and well
cared for,
—Mr. W.East has purchased the property
in Clinton at present occupied by Mr. Aut-
terson for the sum of 51Ct0.
t
JUNE 3,
esteBnernie:.w—iTfehemiiitiebv
peoBraipaiteforofdooanrrieth, oef
join their many fri
success in their n
excavetion for the f
Methodist Church h
and the stone -work
oed.—Messrs. Wad
stable is nearly fie-
-best buildings of its
Mr. S. T, Fennell
adjacent to his othe
terracing it. Mr.
beautiful, and win,.
one of the most
sbelert; rSe'd8"aSesaitumaando°
Mr. Seamen is ,
doubtless make host
as be did here. We
-wish him coetin
Wright, of Woodst
tvian.emboranugthberingu, oefett
eirday last for her b
occupied. the Presby
Gorrie lent Sabbath
one of the most hate
1110I18 ever preached
exor teflon, ending
dering of that bea
Persuaded," WES
have ever heard.
upon, " Almost tho
Christian, (Acts -0
bationers who
since Rev. Mr. Mui
Russell has had no s
Mr. James Young,
returned bat week
visits, During thei
was considerably i
felt, justly too, ver
it. Mr. Young
take great hatere
premises by planti
ornamental fencee,
destruction of thos
irritates him. i
Lie not better protec
neat, deem and a
enfercement of
would be for
financially and mor
of Lakelet, formerl
day last at her rev
village is now with
Mn Torrance, Me
resumed work en 1
all the 'services
many friends were
He attends the m
Guelph this week,
a wheel," and is
needless to say the
own way. He lac
many ups and do
—The frerthent s
beneficial effect on
growing rapidly.
ill at prey, nt
soon be rest;ored t
Hu
ter —el; irbny,Wa'infa:Ilin'
miefortune the o
—Mtn. _ Ed. Acl
with a painful a
She ran a needle
broke, leaving pa
—A young son
Exeter, fell down
adramyso.f last week,
—Mr. Archie
10th concession
been in Manitoba
died very sudden
Fa—re,lr9-thFrglet
that he has fall
ing on bit farm.
nearly two feet f
—One day beet
h'eirgyhl, y reepected
ahi , was seized
an has lance be
with but -.blight h
—On Saturday
jfin' gSe.rfie. otnhitihr;
wheel of the pic
Th.e jure
the patient he -(1
pected.
the—UMnrionSfifton
ing a eaw, met
Monday mornin
wood he was eh
tore open the
the inside.
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tioned M rs,
onfowBazyerfiefoldr, v%feh
telon and P.
WIdTsabesedalpee
from Montreal
James Laithwa
driving into
horse took frig
bolted to one s
out and runnin
times right eid
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badly cut.- T
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on the upstur
instantly.
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