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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
JULY 1, 1892
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the futon xpoitor.
SEAFORTH, F‘RIDAY, July 1, 1892.
Mr. Weismiller The Man.
At a convention of the Coneervatives of
South Huron, held at Heusi' on Tuesday
last, Mr. D. Weismiller, ef Kippen, was se-
lected as the Conservative standard bearer
for the Local Legislature at the next elec-
tion. Mr. Weismiller, it will be remember-
ed, was Mr. McMillan's opponent at the
last Dominion election. Our Conservative
friends are taking time by the forelock, as
it is not likely an election will take place for
two years. But, they may change their
minds and their candidate before that time.
Will They Do It?
The Toronto Mail says that " Senator
Boulton's proposal to move in the Upper
Chamber for a reference of the Redistribu-
tion bill to the Supreme Court to teat the
constitutional point mind by Mr, Davies
may prove an awkward move for the Gov-
ernment. Usually the Senate does not take
more than passing interest in the party ques-
tions which agitate the Commons ; but
when a question of order or constitution -
laity is raised the honorable gentlemen con-
sider that they are specially called upon to
take action. While the Conservative ma-
jority is large enough to carry two or three
times over anything the Government pro-
poses, there are many Senators who form
independent views upon constitutional ques-
tions, and value those viewi even naore than
they do party. As a rule, too, the body is
anxious to attract public attention, and re-
sents the general feeling that it is dot a very
important part of tbe machinery of 'Govern-
ment. Although the bill has been modified
the objectionable fact remains that it is a
gerrymander, and if the Senate can step in
between the politicians and the people In
such a way as to preserve the rights of the
latter, it will earn perpetual public grati-
tude." It is to be hoped this estimate
formed of the independence of the Senate
may prove to be an accurate one. If through
the instrumentality of the Senate the power
to reconstruct the constituencies is rernoved
from the Government of the day and placed
in the hands of some independent, non -par-
tizan authority, that body will not have ex-
isted in vain. Were it to take such a course
the Set:tat& would do much to reinstate
itself in public confidence, and lead the pub-
lic to see that, after all, it can rise above
peaty and be of public use. 'Iit would do
much to kill the clamor for its abolition, As
the Senate is now constituted it is almost
too much to expect from it. However, we
will shortly see whether it still has within it
a smouldering epark of independence, or
whether it is simply a miserable cypher in
the legieledive machine used only to register
the will of the dominant party, no matter
hoev much that may be in opposition to jus-
tice Or t,he interests of the country. The
Senate now has a grand opportunity of
showing its Ilefulness. May it not neglect it.
e,
ton, • gentleman occupying' a similar posi-
tion to that occupied by Mr. Myers, took
an active part in the last Dominion election,
preaching Gritism - and Free Trade from
platform to pletform, and also addreesed
some very able letters on the same subject to
-the Press ; Police Magistrate Denison, of
Toronto, another.public servant, under Mr.
Mowat's department,who has been preaching
Imperial Federation for years, has -lately
been waving the old Flag with all 'the vigor
of a pampered' monopolist or favored Do-
minion Government <contractor, and has
never hesitated to insult and abuse better
men than himself who differed from him.
Others equally guilty could also be named,
and all have passed unreproved. Why,
then, should Mr. Myers be pounced upon ?
Should he not have the same right to advo-
cate the policy he considers best for his Aft-
tive country that Mr. Crerar or Mr. Deni-
son has ? It is true it is said by some of the
silly, subsidised fiag-waving press that he
has been preaching sedition. Mr. Mowat,
however, knows better than thie. He knows
that Mr. Myers and others who think as he
dome advocate the changes only by consti-
tutional means, snd with the full and free
consent of both Great Britain and Canada.
Thie being the case the advocacy of such a
scheme is just as legitimate as the advocacy
of Confederation, Independence or any other
constitutional change, and we are sure that
Mr. Mowat, if he would allow his reason
and common sense to overcome his old-time
prejudices, would say so too. At any rate,
persecution such as Mr. MoWat proposes
will make ten 2.onverts to Continental Union
to one that Mr. Myers could make were he
to speak and write of nothing else for the
next ten years.
THE EXPOSITOR does not need to tell it5
readers that it has no sympathy with Mr.
Myers' political views, -it does not favor
annexation, even by peauful and constitu-
tional means, but we do, sympathise with
Mr. Myers himself, as we glory in the pluck
of the man who places principle before po-
sition or personal interest, and who would
suffer martyrdom rather than abandon prin-
ciple. Such men are too few now -a -days.
Sir Oliver and Mr. Myers.
A correspondence which recently took
place between Sir Oliver Mowat and Mr.
Elgin. Myers, Q. C,, County Crown Attor-
ney of•Dufferin, and which was published in
full in the Toronto papers last week, has
created considerable discussion and comment.
It seems that Mr. Myers has recently es-
poused the Continental Union cause and has
been writing in the public press and speak-
ing at public, meetings in favor of such an al-
liance,,which he maintains is the most desir-
able and advantageous destiny for Canada,
Mr. Mowat, through hie private secretary,
wrote to Mr. Myers asking him to desist
from his public advocacy of Continental
Union as " he considers the public advocacy
of the transfer to be inconsistent with the
pisition of an officer, who, in his county,
has charge of the administration of justice,"
To this letter Mr. Myers replied, defining
and defending his position and disputing the
contentionof the Attorney General that his ad-
vocacy of this ohange in the relations between
Canada and the United States ie inconsistent
with the position he holds as an officer un-
der the Government. The correspondence
continne until Mr. Myers was ordered to
send in -Isis resignation at once. This Mr.
Myers refuses to do as by such an act he
would become a party to his own condemna'-
tion and would thus admit that he had been in
error. The matter now stands at this, in so
far as the public has any information, but
the Attorney -General can scarcely allow it
to rest here, as he has gone too far to back
out gracefully and it is likely that Mr.
Myers will be dismissed.
We must say that Mr. Myers has, de-
cidedly, the beet of the controversy, and we
feel satiefied that Mr. Mowat has made a
great miatitke. It is true,he does not desire
to interfere with Mr. Myers,as a private citi-
zen in his advocacy of Annexation oranyoth-
soheme he may deeire, but simply to restrain
him from doing 80 as an officer of the Gov-
ernment. If Mr, Mowat were to lay down
the doctrine, and adopt it in practice, that
officers of the Government should not take
any public part in political matters, we
could uncierstend and perhaps approve of
his position, but to single out and taboo one
particular branch of political discussion
seems so childish as to be entirely indefen-
sible, We would like Maliowat to explain
in what respect it is a greater offence to ad-
vocate the Annexation of Canada to the
UnitedStates legaland leeitirnate means,
than it is to advocate Universal Free Trade
and Direct Taxation or Imperial Federation,
or for that Matter to advocate any change of I
Government. Yet, Mr. Crerar, of Hamil- 1
Unfortunate Ireland.
Ireland is again being rent by internal
strifes and dissensione just at a time when
unanimity and good will is most desired in
the interests of the country. Judging from
reports, the two factions,the Parnellites and
Anti-Parnellites, are doing their 'utmost to
exterminate each other. The following
samples will give some idea of how things
are being worked. A despatch from Lim•
erick dated June 26, says :
Mr. Jordan, M. P., was attacked by a
crowd of Parnellitestto-day on arriving in
this city to address an anti-Parnellite meet-
ing, Mr. Jordan was struck on the head,
his hat being smashed in, and he was com-
pelled to take refuge in a railway station.
A strong detachment of police afterward es-
corted him to his hotel. On the way the
Parnellites stoned the police, Who finally
used their swords to disperse the crowd.
Several arrests were made.
A despatch from Cork, of the same date,
says :
While Mr. O'Brien was attending mass
this morning a crowd of Parnellites sur-
rounded the church and continuously jeered
and hooted. When Mr. O'Brien emerged
from the church he was at once surrounded
by a a crowd of anti-Parnellites and having
boarded a car wee escorted to his hotel.
Several -fights occurred on the way, sticks
being freely used. Outside the hotel a seri-
ous conflict arose, in which several persons
were injured. The crowd was finally dis-
persed by police.
William Redmond and the Lord Mayor of
Dublin made an attempt this morning to
canvass Blainey street, an anti-Parnellite
stronghold. They were continually pelted
with stones, and were soon compelled to
flee.
Mr. Healey seem's to be an object of par-
ticular aversion to the Parnellites. He is
dubbed by them " Dirty Tim," and when-
ever they can get sight of him they take
evident pleasure in pelting him with mud,
if nothing more sulistantial is at hand. The
situation may be judged from the following
despatch, dated June 27 :
The antagonism against Timothy Heale
is apparently growing. He found it neces-
sary_ to have a body -guard composed of
priests and two policemen at Wicklow yes-
terday. 'The latter were armed with rifles,
Extra policemen were on duty at every" sta-
tion where the train stopped oh which
Healey traveled. The Parnellites gathered
at the stations, but the presence of the pence
prevented any overt act. The crowds vent•
ed their spite by assailing Healey with all
manner of derisive cries.
Mr. Blake had better array himself in a
coat of mail before he attempts to take a
hand in the campaign, as, going from Can-
ada, hie cranium will scarcely be stone and
brick•bat proof.
THE Toronto Telegram makes the follow-
ing reference to a prominent political office
bolder of that city. The fun of the thing
will be apparent to all who know Toronto's
genial Registrar. It says " Warned
probably by the sad fate of hie brother of-
fice holder, Peter Ryan now mops his manly
brow with an Old Flag handkerchief, and
uses the National Anthem as a grace be-
fore and after taking meals."
SAYS the London Advertiser : " David
L. Macpherton and J.• J. C. Abbott once
advocated ihentinental Union, and were
afterwards knighted. So, following the
precedent, we may see Mr. McGillicuddy,
of the Goderich Signal, at any moment
tuned into Sir Daniel McGillicuddy." We
bespeak for him a Senatorship ; it would be
a gcod deal more profitable and just about
as honorable, while it would be following
precedent more closely, as both Sir David
and Sir Abbott were landed in the Senate
before they received knighthood.
THE MANITOBA Legislature has been dis-
solved and the general election is to take
place on July 23, The contest is now in full
swing, as candidates have been nomin-
ated in every conetituency but Winnipeg,
and now that election day is in eight candi-
donee are to be put into the field at once.
Judging from this distance, we should say
that the Greenway Government will be sus-
tained by as large a majority as they now
have. At the commencement of the cam-
paign the School question promised to, be
the principal issue in the elections, but the
opposition found public opinion so favorable
to the Government on this question that
they adopted this plank of their opponents
platform, so that now 'the only issue is a
question of the Outs and Ins, and as Mr.
Greenway hu steered the Provincial ship
of Stste with skill, ability and economy,
there is little doubt but the people will
show their appreciation of his good general-
ship by electing a good backing to support
him in the next Legislature.
ORM b.
Hoe-. EDWARD BLAKE, accompanied by
his eon, sailed from Quebec by the steamer
Parisian for Ireland. He will arrive there
just in time for the 'nomination in South
Longford, the constituency selected for him.
It is said that there will be no opposition to
his return and that he will be elected by ac-
clamation. He expecte te return to Canada
in September. ,
THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT
My our Special correspondent.).
OTTAWA, June 27th, 1892.
Prorogation is now in sight, though the
exact date cannot yet be named. It will be
reached somewhere between the 10th and
15th of July, in all probability. The Ses-
sion, which ie now entering on its fifth
month, would have been prolonged into the
autumnif the Government had stood out for
their 'gerrymander, but wisdom came to
them in time to prevent this, albeit too late
to prevent them showing their treacherous
intentions, and what they would do if they
dare.
The Oppoeition have made a glorious fight
against the Re -Distribution Bill, and, not-
withstanding the tremendous odds against
them, have practically come out of the
struggle victorious. The bill, as finally re-
ported from the Committee of the whole
House, is shorn of its worst features with re-
gard to every Pnovince save one -Prince
Edward Island -as to which the Govern-
ment would not give way, and under the
bill the little 'Province which is separated
from the mainland by a silver streak of sea,
will, if the Government's calculations are
correct, return three Conservatives to two
Liberal3 at the next election, as against the
present representation of four Liberals to
two Coneervatives.
Let me point , out concisely the changes
that have been made in the Re -Distribution
Bill in Committee from what it was when it
passed its second reading. The Liberal
township of Clarence which the bill fired
into Prescott, making it a Liberal hive and
leaving Russell Conservative, has been al-
lowed to remain in Russell. The town of
Merriton will not be transferred into Wel-
land, as the bill proposed, but will be left
wbere it is in Lineoln. The transparent
igetrymander of the village of London Wist
from East Middlesex into the city of Lon-
don, was abahdoeed. So much for Ontario.
ander was most extensive as
Province of Quebec, where uo
enty-five constituencies were
'he preposterous division of Oh
y a line running east and west,
e riding with a population of
47,000 and the other with Only 17,000, was
changed to a division created by a line ruu-
ning north and 6outb through the middle of
the county, leaving an equal population in
each riding of 32,000. The clause transfer-
ring the parieh of St. Paul from Joliette to
Moutcalm was dropped, when Mr. Laurier
asked for an explanation.
In Montreel the east ward was taken from
the St. Anne division and put into St.
James'. Thie was done to make St. Anne
more completely an English speaking divi-
'don. The scheme of cutting -up the historic
counties of Vercheres and Napierville and
throwing the,pieces among several surround-
ing counties was abandoned, and Mr. Laur-
ier's proposal to unite Napierville with La -
prairie, and ''Vercheres with Chambly, was
.
•adopted. This compromise deprived Rou-
ville of the character given to it, by the bill,
of a Liberal hive, and leaves it as it is ex-
cept that the Liberal parish of St. Pie is
transferred tO it from Begot, and the parish
of St. Marcel is taken from Richelieu and
placed in Begot. According to the Bill
Richelieu was to receive a part of Vet -Acres,
but, except for the change mentioned above,
Richelieu remained as it was. The county
of Chateaugu:ky is not to be altered, except
by the addii,ion of the Indian village of
Catighnawaga from Laprairie. A little bit
of a gerrymander not in the bill was effected
by taking the parish of Lacolle from St.
John's and putting it into Missiequoi, and
Missiequoi looses the parishes of Stanbridge
and Aiwa, which are put into Iberville.
This makes Miesisquoi more English and
more Conservative, and makes it practically
impossible to defeat the sitting Conserve,-
tive member, Mr. Baker. The bill, as it
now stands, unites four pairs of countiee,
the two united counties returning one mem•
ber. Their names and present political_
complexion are as follows : St John's, Lib-
eral, and Iberville, Liberal ; Vercheres,
Liberal, and Chambly, Liberal ; Napier--
ville, Liberal, and Laprairie, Conservative ;
Ste Maurice, Conservative, and Three Riv-
ers, Conservative. These are the principal
changes and the Liberals are satisfied that
they have compelled the Government to
undo as much wrong as poseible.
'Prince Edward Island remains, as I said,
an exception. It now returns six members,
and the censos showed that it was only en-
titled to five. In taking away one member
the Government carved up the entire Pro-
vince, and Mr. Davies, the Liberal leader
from the Island, moved an amendment to
observe the county boundaries which were
120 years old, by simply dropp'ing one mem-
ber from King's county, where the popula-
tion, 26,000, was only slightly in excess of
the unit and very much less than the popu-
lation of other counties in other Provinces
which the bill left untouched, So simple
and fair was this proposition that no fewer
than five pronounced Conservatives deserted
the Government and voted for Mr. Davies'
amendment. Their names were, Messrs,
Cockburn and Dennison Toronto, Maclean,
East York, Weldon and'Dickey. The Gov-
ernment -majority insisting on the gerry-
mander watt oniy 22, and on a subsequent
amendment with regard to one of the details
of it, their majority fell to 20,
With the exception of a couple of new
amendments offered by back bench members,
the bill is now practically through the
House of Commons, but it is expected that
amendments will be offered in the Senate,
and it remains to be seen whether the Gov-
ernment will accept them or not. It is
within the possible that when the Bill comes
hack to the House of Commons from the
Senate it may be in such a shape that the
Commons cannot agree to it.
The House commenced sitting at 11 o'clock
in the morning op Wednesday and are now
getting through a good deal of work. The
railway subsidies which are to be brought
down will not contain anything new, being
simply re -votes on former subsidies. The
codification of a criminal law, the bill in-
creasing the salaries of the Judges, the Sup.
plementary Estimates, further items in
Supply, one or two important debates, and
miscellaneous business of a minor charecter,
is the bill of fare for the remainder of the
Se Ts hi Br las been no scandal connected with
the Civil Service greater than the practice
which has prevailed in the Custom Depart.
ment of allowing high-priced officials, such
as the Accountant, to go out and make a
raid npon merchants and importers, seize
chnsignments and obtain oneehalf of the fine.
The gerry
applied to th
less than t
disturbed.
tawa county
and leaving o
In this way officials make all the way from
one to ten thousand dollars a year over and
above their sslaries. The new Minister of
Customs, Mr. Chaplean, is entitled to the
credit of abolishing this pernicious system,
which has been done by Order-in-Connoil.
What we read in Ben Hur of the eincilean
lepers driven forth from the city and Im-
pelled to take refuge in the caves under the
hill, where no mortal is ever again permit-
ted to touch them until they die a hideous
death, makes it the more interesting to
know that right here in Canada there are 22
unfortunates afflicted with this fatal dis ale.
They are segregated in a Lazaretto at Tra-
cadia, New Brunswick, under the superin-
tendence of the Government, 11 males and
11 females, During the last year six new
cases were admitted and two died. trwo
cases outside the Lazaretto are being closely
watched, and the moment the authorities
sre certain that the disease from which Ithey
are suffering is the dreadful scourge of the
Esst, they will be removed to the Laza etto
from which they will never emerge aliv
The Women's Christian Tempe anoe
Union have concluded a very successful an-
nual convention in this oi.y. Mrs. Wil-
liams of Montreal, was elected Preeident,
and Miss Tilley, of Toronto, corresponding
secretary.
OUR AMERICAN POLITICAL
LETTER.
[WRITTEN FOR THE EXPOSITOR.]
The Democratic National Conventi n is
now over, and Mr. Cleveland is nomi ated
for President. The opposition were ever
at any time during the Convention ev n in
sight. In the Democratic Convention t re-
quires two-thirds of the whole numb r of
delegates to nominate, yet Mr. Cleveland
was nominated on the first ballot. The
nominee for Vice President was Mr. Steph-
enson, of Illinois. In their plstform, the
Democrats take about the seine ground, -or
practically the same ground, on the "flyer
question as the Republicans do in theirs,
though they make a show of cuillin the
Republican stand a wretched and cow rdly
straddle. Tariff Reform is made the issue
of the campaign, and with Harrison and
Reid against Cleveland (and Stephen on It
looks as if there would be a glorious ght.
It seems that at lent we are to have what
honest men have been looking for for any
loog years, a campaign of principle. Har-
rison represents an administration which is
irretrievably committed to the doctrine of
high tariff. Mr. Cleveland has come to re-
li
present in the minds of his countryme the
doctrine of " tariff for revenue only," f not
free trade pure and ample. There is no
side issue in this campaign and apparently
no material out of which the profeetlional
i
liars can manufacture one. The perm) ality
of eaoh of the candidates will, in a reat
measure, be forgotten and though the rally-
ing cry may be Harrison or Cleveland the
names will amid not so much for the men
they belong to, as for the principles If hese
men represent. As to the result it is i le to
speculate. Both parties claim, of tree,
that they have a sure thing. The It, pub -
Beene have the prestige of possession bile
Mr. Cleveland will in all likelihood g t the
solid ipdependent vote. Taking the last
campaign as a. basis of calculation this a,kes
things look about as even as they co ld be
and a breath may waft the victory t one
party or'the other. ,
I s
In my last letter I made some statements
which I promised to still further sullatan-
;
tiate in the near future. The tenor o that
letter was that though the United tates
had prospered under a high tariff, it dtd not
foliose that that was the best thing foe Can-
ada and further, that the mere fact of this
prosperity in the United States, would com-
pel Canada to take a different course of miss
success.
Now I do not, personally,like the MhKin-
ley doctrine. It is abhorrent to me. It
seems to me unstateemanlike end unnianly,
unworthy of a great nation, dog-in-the-man-
gerish, to seer the leest of it. The papers
and the public men who uphold it, teough
they profees so loudly to thoroughly believe
in it, always seem to me,when they speak of
it, to' feel in their hearts us if theed were
ashamed' of and ought to apologize far it.
Even John J. Ingalls gave me than impres-
sion. Yet McKinleyiem is merely the log-
ical outcome and end of Protection. Lord
Salisbury recognized this fact when he poke
some time ago of the tariff on import as a
weapon of retaliation ; and still I musi con-
fess that under high tariff this couatry has
been wonderfully prosperoug,that it h s had
1
a phenomenal growth and that wa es of
workingmen are higher here than i any
other country in the world ; that in epite of
the rather high cost of living the proportion
of real poverty is very small. Let us look
into the matter a little further. There must
be causes to produce these effects.
The first high tariff law was pa,sieid in
1812, and provided for "double or war
ed in
niea-
tion,
1833,
bsti-
e WAS
1846,
orum
duties on all imports." It contin
force -until 1816. The first high tariff
sure passed, with any view to prote
was in 1828, but this was repealed in
and the old "tariff for revenue only," s
tuted. In 1842 a protective measu
again paused, and was repealed in
when an Act providing for ad va
duties only, for the purpose of railing ea
revenue, was passed, and it having ' been
roml-
Ouse,
enue
I ad -
other
formed that prior to 1880 the country was
seriously bothered over the question of pau-
per immigration.
But, taking it for granted that proteotion
alone deserves the credit for this wonderful
growth and prosperity, I must still main-
tain that protection is not te imitable policy
for Canada to pursue. The reason that high
tariff is a success in the United States is not
anything inherent in the doctrine itself, but
arises from the fact that, on account of the
great diversity of her product', the United
States is more nearly independent than any
other nation 'on the face of the globe. She
has almost everything/she can need or else
the material to produce it. Had the South-
ern Confederacy been successful, or were the
States west of the Mississipi to secede, to
keep up the present high tariff for five yearn
in the eastern States would be an impossi-
bility. Besides that, when in 1860i high
tariff became established, the United States
was already a powerful nation, 30 millions
of people, whose great cities furniShed a
ready home markeffor the farm produee of
the country. Now, take a look at Canada.
She lies, for the most part, north of the
40th parallel of latitude. Her products are
not to be compared with those of this coun-
try. She has a population of 5 millioas and
but two cities that can furnish anything
like a market for farm produce. Her terri-
tory hi divided into a half a dozen seetions
by natural harriers. Is it not suicidal for
her to shut herself off from all the rest of the
world and be independent ? It is prepos-
terous. Let her throw down all berriere
and invite the world's commerce, and the.
investment of the capital of the old World.
Let her collect her revenue by direct teas-
ation and she will cease to be a reprosch to
herself and gain the confidence of the rest
of the world, which is what she needs as
much as anything at the present time.
I don't think I painted in too glowing
terms what Canada mathbee Indeed I ex-
pect to see the fulfilment of it, but she can
never reach -the goal by aping the actions of
a country in an entirely different circum-
stances any more than a running horse could
win a race by trotting. She must etrike out
along her own natural and logical line.
found, according to the report of a
nent Democrat of that time in the
" that this measure provided more re
than was required for an economic
ministration of the Government," a
of the same choral:Ur was passed in 1857,
lowering all duties and putting a large num-
ber of importh on the free list. In 1860 the
Republican party, having a majority of re-
presentatives in the House, took advantage
of the fact to pass protective legislatioe, and
this country has, preatically, ever since had
a Chinese wall of high customs duties
around It.
The dream of the proteotionist is th•t all
American (I use the word in its local Sense),
products shall be manufactured or consumed
in the United States so far as possible ; that
all manufactured goods used in the United
States be of American manufaeturh, and
that Amerioen manufacturers, being I thus
protected nom foreign competition tied se-
cured in their home market, shall pay itigher
wages to American workmen than arei paid
to the workmen of apy other nation. ,Thus,
capital will be attracted to the country,
manufacturing towns will epring u like
o the
the
magic, a home market will bea,sihred
farmer, and the high wages will dra
best citizens of other countries to the nited
States. There are, however, one oil two
things that have disturbed their beeutiful
dreams, The first is the immigration of
for -
the
less
pro-
aten-
Chi-
, and
still there is a cry for more legislation along
this line. The second is the fact that lately
overproduction has caused such intense
competition among manufacturers that the
whole structure was threatened, so an hutlet
had to be found, and as American made
geode could not compete in the open market
with those of other countries, a very tough
problem confronted the protectionists. Then
came that great stroke of genius, Blaine's
reciprocity clause in the McKinley, Bill,
about which we have spoken before. Look-
ing over the whole ground we must edmit
that since 1860, under a high tariff, the
United States has done great things and ad-
vanced with wonaerfal strides. Whether
she would have done as much under ae old
system of " tariff for revenue only," is an
ains
e of
igher
_in -
foreign labor. It has been found tha
eigners are quite willing and able to d
same work as America,n workmen fo
money, and so one of the main props o
tection, high wages, was seriously thr
ed, and the Alien Labor Law and th
nese Exclusion Bill had to be passe
open question. The fact, however, re
that from 1810 to 1860 the per centa
increase of population was very much
than it has been since, and we are no
P 0 0
NOTES FROM THE QUEEN
CITY,
Tonwilro, June 27th,1892.
The will of the late Hon, Alexandee Mac-
kenzie was filed for probate this week, and
was found tce,include far more than enyone
Et
had expected. It disposes altoget er of
$53,585. Mrs. Mackenzie gets $1,500 year,
besides the house in St. Alben's street, and
one-half of $2,500 insuranee. Thel other
half goes to the daughter Mary, wife lof Dr.
Thompson, who also gets some Sarni• prop-
erty and the rest of the estate. Upole her
mother's death Mrs. Thompson is to receive
the other portion, except $1,500, 'Which
goes to the Infirm Beptist Ministers, and
$500 for thed Ontario Baptiet Home Mis-
gone.
Is NEW QUARTERS.
Minie ter -of- Public -Work s Fraser will
start to move his department into the new
Parliament Buildings early next week, as
his offices are finished and he wiehes to
have the final work continually under his
notice. i
RATHER PLAIN CRITICISM. ,,
People here are quite used new to seeing
a.beut the streets the black -gowned .Sisters
if
of St. John but those Angliean cler ymen
who opposed the formatioe of the slid rhood
have not yet become reconciled to t e im-
ported idea. At a meeting called op Tues-
day of last week to arrange for the fOunda-•
tion of a Home for the cherity-workers, the
ReY. A. H. Baldwin, a favorite among
church of England people, toele °minion to
talk very pointedly about the doubtfel good
the Sisters did. He thought we should
have no such thing in Toronto. It would be
much better if only women of 60 were ad-
mitted, but even then they would, need
watching until they reached the age of 75.
FAREWELL MR, BLAKE.
When the Hon, Edward Blake left on his
usual summer visit to Murray Bay, on Mon-
day, 20th ult., he said he would not return
to town if the McCarthy faction made° him
an offer of a sure seat in the Imperial Par-
liament. Now that he has been made a
present of the seat of South Langford,
the great Edward's Toronto friends can
make up their minds not to see him till No-
vember.
THE NINE DAY'S WONDER.
Island Constable Ward's discovery of a
man about 20 yeare old, gagged, bound and
ineenbible, on the new crilt work at the
Eastern Gap on Monday morping, led to the
most sensational mystery tide city Imo been
treated to in a score of yearst One of the
hands on the dredge roused 'Ward early in
the morning with the intelligence that a dead
man was lying on the break weter. The con-
stable, upon his arrival, after detecting signs
of respiration, yeas surprieed to find the
stranger airily attired in a night-shirt, a
pair of ladies stockings and slippers -all
brand new, Hie wrists were tied together
and arms folded over his chest, while strong
twine bound him from head to foot and back
again. He recovered considerably at Ward's
house when . hot refreshments were given
him. He did not know hie name and was
unable to tell whence he came. His story
was such ae readers of dime novels are fam-
iliar with, and bristled with murder and
sudden death. All he knew was that, after
corning in a boat with three others who had
been killed by a fourtb, named Martin, and
thrown overboerd, he had been landed and
chloroformed. Of his previous history the
victim was unable to tell much except of
turning a crank, the shaft of whieh passed
through a wait, and then of being kept im-
prisoned in a box and being fed through a
small hole. There were others who turned
cranks, too. He believed hie father to have
etaabltlheyw.
becenonws
ard is a strong-minded man,
so that he did not suffer from the shock of
this nightmare story. He brought his
mysterious friend over to town and had dis-
cretion to warn the officiale gently as to
what to expect. The same 'incoherent yarn
was told at the Court -street station to re-
porters, doctors and officials witheut the
change of an item. Dr. Richardson, after
an examination, pronounced him perfectly
sane, and expresses the opinion that the
story is made up for a lark. The publica-
tion of the particulars caUsed great astonish-
ment and eheories " grow like asparagus in
May," The wonder is 'that no one has ap-
peared to give the slightest clew to the de-
tectives, and everybody is loath to give
up the insanity idea, Whatever is found
out, that " truth is stranger than fiction,"
has been fully demonstrated to Toronto
people,
THE LATE JOHN G. HOLMES.
That John G. Holmes, the prominent
police -court lawyer, died from the effects of
morphine taken to induce sleep in the midst
of an unusually busy season should be a les-
son to other young men that the eteongest
constitutions have their breaking points ati
well as the weakest, Mr. Holmes ;was a
gold -medalist in modern languagee at the
University and after being called to ehe bar
decided to take up police court practice. In
this court for three or four years his burly
figure has been attrecting asenuoh attention
as his vigorous defense of elients. But he
has had too much to do, and lately, to over-
come a tendency to insomnia, the young
lawyer had recourse to drugs. The funeral
was held on Monday of last week, to St.
James' Cemetery, and in poipt of numbere
exceeded those of Hon, Alexander Macken-
zie and of Mr. Clarke, Large representa-
tion of Masonic and Orange lodges was made,
the talented lawyer having been prominent
in both orders.
TILE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN.
Toronto 'was stormed by the Knights of
St, John, + Friday, 24th ult. All day long
COP Y
the trains from Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland,
and other Atnerican cities brought in the
conventionists. As Friday approached the
kickers in the city council grew more con-
ciliatory, and those who a month since were
the spokesmen of the Orange lodges protest -
ting, at their own request were put on the
reception committee. The Knights insugu-
rated the convention by attending St.
Michael's Cathedral for grand high rnass.
At 10 o'clook there was a reception in the
Gardens, and in the afternoon the citizens
were treated to a parade of the visitors
t
through the p incipal streets, A moonlight
excursion on t e Cibola completed the day's
doings. Saturday's programme included a
monster garde party at Mose Park. Church
going and par -viewing kept the Knights
busy Sunday while on Monday, the con -
chiding day, a banquet at Webb's and other
pleasant events took place.
A RISKY VOYAGE.
Like his namesake, Professor John Gal-
braith, of the School of Practical Science,
ex -Aid. Frank' Galbraith has always had his
exploration btimp largely developed, and by
way of escaping the equatorial heat which
seems to be turned on the lower -lake region,
is about to take quite a novel trip. His
purpose is to start at the source of the Mac-
kenzie River and paddle in a bark cerioe
northward as far as possible. He will take
with him a single companion, and is not too
modest to state that with his light canoe he
will get farther north than any other voyag-
er who has set out from the same point, An
evening paper makes out that Mr. Gal-
braith has hopes of even seeing the North
Pole. Whatever his success, the public will
be glad to hear of the daring canoeist's re-
turn next fall.
A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.
Harold Denison, the eldest son of Colonel
Denison, M. P., and nephew to Police -
Magistrate Denison, of Toronto, on Mondity
of last week wailed for England, to enter the
navy. The young man has passed a good
examination, and will be attached as a naval
cadet to the Brittania training ship.
. samessasstmeeses
News of the Week.
FOR CLEVELAND. -Mr. Richard Crocker,
of New York, pledges the Tammany vote
for Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Stevenson.
DR. NEWMAN HALL RETIRES. -Dr. New-
man Hall, one of the moat popular clergy-
men in England, retires from his pastorate
in July. As he is now 76 years old he may
fairly claim a well-deserved rest.
KILLED.-Conduetor John Cahill fell
from a 'West Shore train near Newburg,
New York, on Saturday and was run over
and killed.
MATCH RACE.-Hanlan and Hosmer will
row a single scull race at Hartford, Con-
necticut, on July 4tb for $5,000 a side.
WON AT ERIE. - O'Connor and Hanlan
won the double scull race at Erie, Pennsyl-
vania, on Friday.
FOR AGRICULTURE. -The United States
Howe of Representatives has appropriated
$3.247,995 to its agricultural department
this year.
AN ICE LOCOMOTIVE. -An Athenian pro-
fessor of mathematics named Demaskin has
invented an ice locornotive which he expects
will carry him to the North Pole.
ANOTHER EMBEZZLER. -Edwin J. Ryan,
a clerk of the United Ste4es Express Com-
pany in Washington D.C., has escaped
from that city with $50,000 in bank notes.
DIED IN DETROIT. -Mr. W. K. Muir,
formerly manager of the Great Western
railway, died th6 other day in Detroit from-
infiammetion of the brain.
EDITOR MENDENHALL DEAD, -Rev. J, W.
Mendenhall, D,D.. for-- years the editor of
the Methodist Review, published in New
York, died at the Wesley Hospital,
Chicago, last week, of a complication of
diseases.
AN ATTACK ON MR. GLADSTONE..-While
Mr. Gladstone was driving through Ches-
ter on Saturday to attend a meeting, an
old woman threw with great force a piece of
hard gingerbread at the veteran statesman
and hit him on thehose and eye. His eye
was so seriouely injured as to require the
services of an occulist.
MR. and Dins: G, A. SALA MOBBED, -Mr.
G. A. Sala, the well-known English writer,
had an unpleasant experience on Sunday.
His paper has been attacking a new labor
organizetion, called the Domestic Servants'
Union, and while in Hyde Park, where the
union was holding a meeting, Sala was
recognized and mobbed,when rescued by the
police he was badly bruised, while Mrs. Sala
was in a fainting condition.
FLOOD. -Chicago's water supply is in a
deplorable condition. The river is pouring
500,000 feet of sewage into the lake, and the
polluted water has reached the intake at the
Water Works crib. Heavy rains have
caused a flood in the city and great damage
has been done in cellars ; sewers have burst
and block pavements have been ruined.
Many houses in the suburbs can only be
entered by means of temporary bridges.
Huron Notes.
-The attendance of pupils at Clinton
Public School for May Was 471, the average
attendance being 237.
-The Orangemen of Bruesels District
will celebrate the 12th of July at Kincar-
dine this year. A big crowd is expected.
-The trotting mare " Jennie Everrett,"
the property of Mr. Doig, of Gerrie, took
second nioney in two races at Walkerton
last week.
- Mr, Josph Whitehead, of Clinton, had
new potatoes as large as his fist growing in
his garden on the 5th of dune, at lent the
New Era says so.
-Mr. Baeohler, of the township of Col-
borne, recently sold 36 head of fat cattle
which averaged 1,440 lbs. each. Ten of
them averaged 1,700 lbs. each.
- The old hotel building at Nile in West
Wawanosh, which haB been vacant for some
time was burned down one night last week,
The fire was of incendiary origin.
- The Hayfield School building is to be
overhauled and enlarged by having another
story put on it during the holidays. Hay-
field must be growing.
-Mr. W. J. Patterson, Mathematical
Master in the Clinton Collegiate Institute,
has been re-engaged for another year at a
salary of $900, being a slight increase over
last yesr.
-Mr. George Glasgow, for many years a
business man of Clinton, removed last eiiihek
with hie family to Drayton, Dakota. He
was formerly conneeted with the Clinton
Threshing Machine Works.
-Mr. Thomas Nixon, miller, of Blue -
vale, who recently made an assignment for
the benefit of- his creditors, gives up an
estate valued at $7,000, while his liabilities
are said to foot up to $5,000,
-Mr. S. Y. Taylor, of Grey, who has
been principal of the 'Paris Public School,
has been forced to abandon his duties Until
after the summer holidays owing to a severe
attack of whooping cough,
-Bluevale cheese feetory has sold its May
make, amounting to a car load, to F.H.War-
rendon &Co. The price received was 9tc. The
Bluevale factory is one of the largest and
best conducted in Canada.
-One day recently D. K. Webster, Ash-
field, measured a small shrub and after a
week had elapsed again took its measure
and found that in that time it had grown 24
inches, or about 3t inches per day.
-Last week Meagre. Smith and 'Winters
shipped seven car loads of extra fine cattle
from Brussels, representing something like
$8,000, The following are the numbers and
weights : Charles Rozell, Grey, 1 head,
2,060 lbe ; John Grieve, McKillop, 3 head,
4,320 lbs ; John Hislop, Grey, 11 head,
14,070 lbs ; John Gram, I head. 1,470 ; M.
Flannery, McKillop, 7 head, 10,250 ; Wil-
liam Perry, Grey, 5 head, 7,820 ; William
McArthur, Morrie, 3 head, 2,860 ; Wil-
liam Fulton, Grey, 2 head, 2,760 ; John
Craig, I head, 2,000 ; James Bulger, Morris,
1 head, 1,510 ; James Harris, Grey, 1 head,
1,300 ; James Hislop, Grey, 1 head,
1,359 ; William Thuell, Morris, 2 head,
3,860 ; John Stewart, Grey. 4 head, 5,860 ;
Archibald Hislop, Grey, 7 head, 9,860 ; Jas.
McDonald, Grey, 4 head, 5,390; Andrew
Hislop, Grey, 12 head, 17,310; Joseph Fos-
ter, Grey, 3 head, 4,920; James Cuthill,
Grey, 9 head, 10,280 . Mr. Ross I head,
1,690 ; A. Welsh, 4 head, 4,970'; j. Car-
diff, Grey, 3 head, 4,400 ; Mr. Bone, 6 head,
7,740 ; J. Cameron, Grey, 4 head, 6,019;
James Spier, Morris, 1 head, 2,050; S.
Caldbick, Morris, 1 head, 2.120 ; A, Barns,
Grey, 2 head, 2,670; Mr. Wheatley, Grey,
5 head, 6,420 ; H. E. Burkholder, Morris 2
head, 3,530 ; Mr. McGurn, Morris, I hei:d,
1,700 ; W. Wilkinson, Morris, 3 head,
4,340 ; C. Michael, Grey, 1 head, 1,280 ; V,
Foster, Grey, 1 head, 1,350 ; Forsyth,
Morris, 2 head, 3,000 ; W. McCracken,
Dlorris 2 head, 3,340.
-Th'e financial report of Rattenbury
Street Methodist church, Clinton, for the
year ending May last, shows that $1,034
were raised towards ministerial support,
$848 towards the various funds of the
church, and $605 from pew rents.
-Rev. C. EdCarter, of the Howick Con-
gregationed church, has connected himself
with the Methodist body, and hes been ap-
pointed to the Qu'Appelle circuitallorthwest
Territory, where he is to take charge the
first week in July.
-The following is the etatute labor rate
for the township of Hay ; For any amount
not over $400, two days ; over $400 and up
to $800, three days ; over $800 and up to
$1,600, four days ; one day added for every
$800 or fractional part over W0.
-Wingham people were very succeseftd
at the demonstration in Walkerton recently.
The firemen succeeded in getting second
prize in the hose reel race ; J. Sweats got
second money in the 2.45 trotting race with
" Billy A ;" B. Willson first money in the
green trotting race; '
-Mr. William Logan, of the Parr Line,
Stanley, near Hills Green, plucked from
a fieM of fall wheat on his farm one day last
week several stalks which measured five feet
five inches in kngth. We bope the heads
will be proportionately long and evell filled
with plump, rich grain when reaping time
COMO!.
-Mr. Charles Wilson, of Hensall P. 0.,
advertises that his wife Clara having- left
his bed, board and house with'out any good
and sufficient reason or just cause of provo-
cation, and without his consent, he will not
hereafter be responsible for any debts ishe
may contract. 'It is a bad business when
things come to this pass between man .and
wife.
-Mr. John Voelker, of Hay township,
near Dashwood, returned last week from.
Tavistock, where he purchased three fine
Jersey cows and a heifer calf. They were
purchased from a herd of thirty Jersies.
Fred Hees and John Prang Sr., of Zurich,
and John Voelker, will each own a cow,and
William Ball, of Dashwood, has purchased
the calf.
-Mr. William Southcombe, second son
of Mrs. Sonthcombe, of Clinton, and a for-
mer resident of the township of Hullett,
died last week at Pilot Mound, Manitoba,
where he had resided for the past ten years.
Inflanimation of tbe bowels was the cause
of death, About eighteen months ago he
was married to a Miss Sperling, of St.
Marys, Perth county, and his remains have
been taken there for -interment.
-The long looked for Government dredge
hes at last arrived in Goderich harbor, and
has settled down to work. The dredge
works thirty buckets and it is expected to
thrdw out 1,000 yarde a day to a -depth of
from, 16 to 18 feet. It is to be hoped it will
make a good job of the harbor before it
leaviA it, if for no other reason than to put
the gdod people of the circular town in good
humor.
-The financial report of the Londesboro
Methodist church for the last year end-
ing May 31st, shows that Londes-
bore contributed $454.22. toward minis-
terial support ; Kinburn $250 ; and Eben-
ezer, $60. The members'hip of the churches
in the circuit is 253, an increase of 8, Sun-
day School scholars, 310, an increase of 40,
Missionary money raised, $184,51, increase
$22 59 ; mbneys raised for all purposes,
31,568.66, increase, 8146.22.
-Reeve Mooney, of Morris, and Deputy
Reeve Bryan, of Grey, have recently let
contracts for graveling on the main road
north and south of Brussehe to the amount
of $240. The following is a list of the jobs
let, and the names of the contractors : Wal-
ton, William Carter, it 34 cents, $40 ;
Burns' swamp, W.Denbow at 30 cents, $50 ;
South of Brussels, J. Oakiey, at 29 cents,
850 ; North of Brussels, James Martin, at
40 cents, $50 ; Forsyth's, T. Bird, 47 cents,
$50.
-Mr. Alexander Wood, of the 12th con-
cession, West Wawanosh, raised a barn on
Thursday of last week, 70 by 40 feet. It
was a raising of accideiats, bruises and gen-
eral miehaps. Mr. Con. Gaynor was knock-
ed down by a falling brace ; Mr. Walter
Webb had hie head cut open ; Mr. O'Neil
had his foot crushed and is now limping
about. The sides were captained by Charlie
Hines and John Campbell, and after a keen
contest the former's side is said to have
won,
-The school Ideation in cities, towns and
villages will begin on Friday, July 1st, and
continue till Monday, August 20th. In
townships the schools wilt re -open on Mon-
day,August 15th -two weeks earlier than in
towns and villages, The high school en-
trance and public school leaving examina-
tions begin June 28tb. The primary, junior
leaving and pass matriculation examinations
begin on July 1? th. The senior leaving
and honor matriculation begin on July 30th.
-One day last week, as the tine trotting
bred stallion " Garfield," owned by Mr.
Rowe, of Wingham, was passing the bridge
at the waterworks plant in Lucknow, the
horse took fright, it is supposed, at the
steam whistle and ran away. In his efforts
to get away the rig was badly broken and
the driver thrown eut. After freeing him-
self from the vehicle the stallion ran up
the road about two miles before he was cap-
tured. The horse though not,we are pleased
to say, seriously injured, was considerably
cut and bruised„ bet no permanent injury
will result limn the accident.
-What came very nearly being a serious
accident occurred one day last week at a
barn raising on the farm of Mr. John Prout,
in the township of Usborne. Mr. John
Perkins, son of Mr. Henry Perkins, was
standing on a beam at the top of the frame,
while some men ai- the opposite end had oc-
casion to move it, not noticing Mr. Perkins'
position. As a result Mr. Perkins and the
beam took a tumble, falling a considerable
distance. Fortu&ately, however, the young
ma,n lighted on hip feet and away from the
heavy beam whichi fell ihith him. A sprain-
ed arm, a severe' shaking up and a bad
fright were the eitent of his injuries,
-A despatch trom London, dated June
30, says : Seven years ago Abraham Fisher,
of Benmiller, a hamlet, about one inile from
Goderich, in the township of Colboriae, was
one of the happiiest of men. To -day he is
most disconsolate, and of course there is a
woman in the case. Seven yeare ago, as
has been stated, . Fisher led to Hymen's
altar a blushing bride ; to -day he is scour-
ing the country to find what has become
of her. In coneersation with a reporter,
Fisher stated thiet they had had no quarrel
to speak of durinig all these years ; that their
married life has been an unusually happy
one, notwitlestan ing that the union has not
been blessed wit children. And this is why
he canuot accou t for his wife's strange ac-
tion in picking p and getting out without
letting him ko her intentione. He ex-
cuses his wifeh strange conduct by stating
that he fancieg he was out of her mind, as
she was troubi with a cancer. According
to Mr. Fisher'', tory his wife kft Goderich