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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1897-02-19, Page 4NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. esT The agues between the parenthesis, after- each oue, denetes the Inge of the paper on which. the advertisement will be found. Sraingarrivek-Glhoy & Weerean (se Everybodeet e4)pret-Greig Macdonald. (1) Cheap goods -McKinnon Co. (5) Remnants cheap -W. W.. Hoffman (5) Winter visa -Prot Dorenwend (e) For sale-Wns. Pickard & Co. (5) Apt:logy-4. e. Jones (e) Auctioneer's:mei-1e Common (5) Cent of thanks -e. T. le Meyer (6) Wigs, toupees, &c. -i roe Doreowend (8) &Ukase of reosipts-J. C. Mention (5) Farmers' Institute -A. Billop (5), Shareholders' meeting -John Budge (8) Cedar pests -for sale --Estate T. Coleman (8) Chop corn -Cook Brea (e) Bolts wanted-Sdate T. T. CodennIn 03) Ice cutting -W. W._ Cooper (8) Cleuing sale -11. Willis (6) Betray steue-Wm. Brigham (6) Cara of thanks--itre B. Murray (5) Pare pea umale-Oatmeal Mille (6) Bertioultural Boctiety meeteng-B. B. Gunn (6) 111•1•••••••MMI.MMI•I. lAkt Note expoitor. SEAFORTH, illtIDAY, Feb. 19th, 1897 ' A Six Months Record. -Now that the IAurier Government has completed the first six months of its exist- ence, it may not be ont of place to take stock and to see what has been aecomplisn- ed during thah time.. In the first place, that much vexed question, the Manitoba school difficulty, has been settled, and that, too, in a manner which seems to give satis- faction to a large majority of the people. There have also been perfected arrangements for a complete chain of cold storage from Canadian railway stations through the ship- ping porta to the English markets. In a speech recently delivered, Hon. Sidney Fish- er, Dominion Minister of Agriculture, de- clared thatthree hundred creameries would have cold storage chambers ; that the rail- way companiea will provide refrigerator cars to the ce,ntres where cold storage ware- houses are built or will be built; and at the • greatia shipping points arrangements have been made to provide cold storage until the producta are put on the steamships. Mr. Fisher has also arranged weekly steamship services to the principal ports in England. He believes that all these arrangements will result, not only in a large increase in exports, but also in a substantial advance in prices. Canadian food pioducts are equal - to, if not better, than anything on the Eng - EA market, but the great difficulty in the past has been to get them delivered in good shape.. Under this cold storage system, it is expected that the difficulty will be over- come. Prospects for a good trade in farm products of every description in the old country were never better than at the pres- ent time.% This is especially the case with dairy products, pork and horses, so that with the improved 'facilities for shipping, our farmers may fairly count upon a good trade in all these articles as soon as spring opens. The Government have also succeed- ed in making such arrangements with the United States as will enable the passe* of live dock between the two countries with- out any delay in quarantine. As a result of this arrangement, Canadian stock can be shipped from. American ports, thus affording additional competition in freight rates ; stock steers, also, wtll find a ready -market in the United States, and this trade, which has been stopped for several years, has been again' reamed. Thoroughbred. stock, also, will now find a more ready market in the United States. On the whole, this new ar- rangeinent will have a deeidedly stimulating influence on the cattle trade . in all its branches. In addition to all these changes and ' improvements, a large number of contracts in coimen -nen with vaaioas departments of the public service which had neen let to parti- zan friends of members of the late Govern- meht at high prices, have been cancelled, and the contracts have been awarded to others at greatly reduced prices. Several hundreds of thousands of dollars have al- ready been saved to the country in this _way,aud. aa yet the good work has barely begun. There are several other items which might be mentioned, but we have already said enough to show that_ the ministers have not -been idle since assuming office, and that already they have done good service for the country, and have made a record which in greatly to their credit. If they continue in well -doing we should have a different state of affairs in this country long before the ex- piration of thie parliamentary term. Unnecessary Censure. At a recent meeting of the West Middle- sex Division Grange the following resolution was adopted : " That the members of West Middlesex Division Grange cannot indorse the action of the newly elected county council of Mid- dlesex in raising their allowance from $2 per day and mileage, as was formerly, to $3 per day and mileage. As the law was in- troduced for the purpose of curtailing ex- penses we fail to see that thie action is in accord with the intention of the law." en passing a resolution of this kind the West Middlesex Grangers did not act with the good sense ann judgment which almost invariably influence organizations of this kind. In is quite true that the object of the new county council law is to reduce expenses, but it was not designed to starve those who are elected to work under it. Three dollars per day is not an unreason- able remuneracion for tint services of any man who is fit to be a county councillor. And twenty times the amount which the in- crease in the indemnit-y of the Middlesex' councillors amounts to might be absolutely ,wasted in an hour by incompetent repre- sentatives. A poor workm an is often dear at any cost, while a good workman .is cheap at the very highest wages going. So it is with representatives. Any man who is fit to be a county councillor can not afford to terve his countY for less than three dollars ,per day. There is no man so patriotic and self sacrificing as to serve his country or his county at a pecuniary loss to himself, and if he is not sufficiently indemnified against loss, he wnl ma,ker it up in, some ether way, perhaps not so honest. We be- lieve in paying oor representatihee of all kinds a fair, even a liberal, allowance for ' their services, and then holding them to a strict accouut for the faithful, honest a,n.d efficient discharge of their duties. This is the way to get the boat services from theta, and to get the best representatives also. The West Middlesex Grime should recind thetr adtised resolution. Editorial Notes and Comments. The recount of the ballots east in the late election in North Ontario took place on Monday before Judge Dartnell, and reedited in the confirmation of the seat for Mr. Graham the Liberal, by a majority of seventet:n. The '1 Powers who have been powerless to prevent the massacres of the Armenians by the Turks, have been aroused to surpris- ing vigilance and energy by the threatened transference of the island of Crete from Turkish rule to that of Greece. The Greeks, although the weakest of all the powers, hem been the first to take definite aotion against the Turks. They are undoubtedly prompted by a desire to have Creto aus their own, but it can plainly be seen that they are also desirous of putting a stop to TurluA atrocities. This new vigilance on the Part of the greater powers also shows that they are more concerned about matters which may effect the territorial interests of & nation than they are about the lives of human beings. Smarting under their defeat at the late election in South Brant, the Conservatives of Brantford issued warranta for the arrest of three London young men on a charge of impersonation, and the Mail and EmPire' immediately heralded from the house- tope this bold, bid scheme which won for the Liberals the victory. 'When the cases came up the other day for hearing, they were not only dropped on account of their absurdity, but the lawyers for the plaintiff &pelogized to the, accused for having them brought up when there was not the least jot of evidence against them.The Mail has become so accus- tomed to the rottenness in the Conservative camp that it is unable to see save through its own besmeared &mete Now that these young men have been so honorably acquitted will it have the decency to -retract the statements it has made. Hon. Peter Mitchell, wh,o has ,for years taken a prominent part in both Provincial . e anok ederal politics, in an interview, has the f lleiving to say of the Laurier cabinet : " I can only min". he replied, " that look- ing at the formation of the Cabinet, their supporters returned by very large majori- ties, with a very considerable majority in Parliament, I can see no neason to doubt their continuance in office and their suc- cessful government of Canada. With re- gard to the character.of the Administration, it is composed of very able men perhaps as able a Cabinet as has ever existed in Can- ada, and possessing, in my mind, the confi- dence of the country, and" I can see no reason to hope for other than success in their administration of its affairs. We have in the person of our Premier a member of the minority race in the country, who have for the first time had a Preinier of their people, and one who poeseases the entire confidence of the English-speaking people of the Dominion." i Newspaper men apparently take a lead- ing role in Premier Hardfs play in the Legislative halls of Ontario. A newspaper man moved, and nnewspaper man seconded, the address in reply to the ppeech from the throne last week. Furthermore, the burden of many of the speeches delivered on the occasion was a tribute to the memory of another newspaper man, 'ex-npealter Bal. four, who, after serving his country faith- fully and well, has gone to his reward. It might also be added that the ' new Speaker is a newspaper man and that -the motion for his election .was eloquently seconded by -a newspaper man. i _ . pespite the fact that the fire at the Par- liament buildings at Ottawa last week will eost the country a small penny to have them rebuilt, the papern seem to be getting considerablenimusement out of the occur- - rence. TherToronto Star has the following jokeu to crack : Even the hose the late Government left behind in the departmental buildings was worthless. * * - A short time ago strong liquors were abolished from the buildings at Ottawa and last night even water could not be had. This is carry- ing it too far. * il * All good house- wives will be glad to know that though the oven was so hot the Tarte was not burnt. And the Globe says the fire in the western block seems to have been handled in that leisurely and gentlemanly fashion which tradition ascribes to the civil service, with suitabke intermissions for sleep and meals. . THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. (From our own Correspondent.) The Ontario Legislature was duly and ceremoniously opened on Wednesday of last week. There were several new features to interest the public on this occasion. In the first placenhere was a new Premier; second- ly, there was a new leader of the Opposi- tion, and thirdly, there was to be a new speaker selected. The new Premier and the new leader of the Opposition are already known to our readers. The new Speaker is Mr. Alfred Evanturen who has represented the conatitueney of Prescotain the Legisla- ture for ten or twelve years. He is very popular in his own constituency, having re- deemed it from Conservatives when he first entered the Legislature, and at the last general election was returned by over six hundred of a majority, although he only spent nomination day in hie own consti- tuency during the campaign, being away in - other_ constituencies helping those who needed his help. He is a French-Canadia.n by nationality, a Roman Catholic in relig- ion, ,and a barrister by profession. He 'is a; fluent and powerful speaker, both in Eng- lish and French,. and is well up in .parlia- mentary procedure, and the fact that his appointment was received with 'approbial and in terms of commendation by the lead- ers of all political parties, shows that his 'appointment is a good one and acceptable to the country. Opening, day was also rendered somewhat attractive from the fact that - the opening proceedingsovere conducted by Sir Cassimer Czouski, in the absence pf the Lieutenant - Governor. But whatever the attraction was there was an immense crowd present, emb,racing ell classes and conditions of men and women, from -those in the gor- geous, although, perhaps, somewhat scanty full dress, as it is termed, to thee modest maiden in her faded cloak and last year's hat or bonnet. The floor of the House, the galleries, the lobbie8 and passageways, and every foot of available room any place near the Legislative chamber was occupien, and there were thousands who could not get .within even shouting reach.- After the usual ceremonies were_performed a pleasant incident took ,place. That was the unveil-, ing of a full sized oil painting of Hon. Edward Blake;by Mr. Wyly Grier, present- ed to the Legislature by the Toronto Gen- eral Trusts Company. Mr. Blake was tire first, and for fourteen years continuously, the President of the Company, and in the -- formation of which, he took a prothinent part.' The directors wishing to shim theie esteem for him and to mark their upprecia: tion of his servioe in some lasting Wab thlt portrait prepared, And presented i the Legislature, to ,oecupy a place in corridors of the Parliailient House besi those of other prominent men. The was accepted by the Speaker in a brief graceful apeech, in which he paid an quent tribute to the subject of it. Hon. G. W. Ross also spoke on the, part the Government, and as he alwacs •d spoke well. The portrait represents Blake standing at his desk in the Legisla chamber, apparently addressing the Ho He was a good deal younger looking w the portrait WAS taken than now, but - i a magnificent painting, and a very fait likeness of him. Beside him can be 0 the faces of the Hon. Alex. McKenzie the Hon. ,, Archibald McKellar, both whom were colleagues of Mr. Blake in Government ofthe Province at that ti This part of the prodeedings over, the ono dispersed, and the chamber, halls and I ties were soon deserted, save by a legislators, the most of whom had to tak back seat during the afternoon, and give their reviler places to fairer mew Many of the ladies' and gentlemen were 1 full dress " on the occasion, and dienoe embraced many of the lead prefessional, military, financial, politi and business men tif the Province, It w indeed, a most brilliant affainand is said have been the gayest and mostlargely atte ed function of the kind that has ever ta plans, being. even more so than that wh occurred at the opening of the first sees in the new Parliament buildings. The n Premier cannot, at any rate, find fault w the grind reception given him by the p lie on he occardon of his first meeting wi the Le 'slature as its head. - The essional pyogramme, or ,speech fr the Th one as it is termed, was, as usu not a try formidable, exciting, or weigh docent nt In these respects it wad mn the same as those documents usually a Of.course it congratulated the country the good harvest of the past season and t prospectsof returning prosperity, as e deuced by the great activity in the mine districts -of the Province. It also referr to this being the jubilee of the sixtieth ye of.the coronation of Her Majesty, Que Victoria, and _the hundredth year of t establishment of responeible government Canada. Bills are also pkomised to ame the mining lases and to make changes neces- sary to meet the new and existing condition of things in these newer agriseiltural and mineral districts ; to provide for the reduc- tion of the number of councillors in small towmoto regulate the immigration of pauper children, and some other matters. \This address, however, does not by eny means indicate the legislation, or length or impor- tance of the session. This is regulated largely by the members themselves. Some of the most exciting and most importaet sessione have been thoce in which there ' was the least said in the address from the throne, and it may possibly be the same this year. I had almost forgotten to state that On- tario's Grand Old Man, as . we used to call him, Sir Oliver Mowat, came up from Ottawa to be present at the _opening cere- monies of the Legislature.' ' Sir Olieer was greeted by many of his old friends and sup- porters, all of whom were delighted to see him looking so well. No deubt this open- ing ceremony, being the first in neaely twenty-five years in which he/ acted as a spectator and in which he did not take tart as an active participant, would bring im many pleasurable, as well as melancholy re- flections. However, he had the opportunity of listening to many kindly and complimen- tary utterances regerding himself person- ally, as well as te his services as the Premier of the Peovince of the Confederacy. In fact, all bad a geed word to say for Sir , , • 5. , r• bed' edneattonal system will be ene of the main t "to objects of &Oa& by-hoth parties; -although the it is ditfictilt t000neeive what grotinds they de can heve for an effective attack upon the gift, Government aleng these line& Indefinite but and wild 'Charge. against the department elo- and its head, may do well enough in *the The columns of a newspaper over an anonymous of signature, but on the floor of the Elouse oes, where all parties are face to face, something Mr. more substantial will be required for an tive effective attaek; However, we shall see use. what we shall see. If the Opposition or the hen Patrons can submit any improvements to t is the present eye/writ or point out any vriengs hful or abuses which intuit under itt they will do een good, but aerping criticism, simply for the and • purpoae of finding fault, will soon be expos - of *ed and will not result creditably to those the engaged in it. , me. As an index of the work being done in wd some of the numerous departments under • Government control, a few items from the few reperts of some of the institutions may be e a of interest. up The twenty-first annual report of the tie working of the Tavern and Shop Licenses in Acts has been issued, and shows that for the the per 1805-6, 2,731 ordina annual ing tavern Hemmen were issued, 48 beer cala and wine licenses. 44 ordinary sixononth as, licenses were issued, 'and 15 six-month beer to and wine licensee. Three hundred and , nd- twenty-seven shop licenses, and 26 whole- " ken sale licenses were issued, making a grand ich total -of 3,191. This is 126 lees than were ion lamed in 1893-4, and 14 less -than in 1894-5. ew The revenue derived by the province from ith licenses and fines for the past three years ub- was, respectively, $289,821, $277,478, and th and $273,212. The amounts collected on account of Heeling and fines imposed 'by om municipal by-laws, for the three years was $64p, 178, $62.1,717, and $615.290. Pay- , ev. meats to municipalities in the same periods re.Ch were, respectively, $282,473,: $272,101, and $267,072. Fines collected f' during ° on last year were $16,979, compared with $17, - be 243 the previous year. Commitments to w, ye county gaols for drunkenness during 1890 ea were 1,907, or 330 less than in 1895. The 1 ed average yearly 'commitments , for each oe period of five years, from 1876 • to 1895, in - en elusive, were :-From 1876 to 1880, indus- b he ive, 3,812 ; 1881 to 1885, inclusive,. 4,016 ; in 1886 to 1890, inclusive, 4,311 ; 1891 so 1895, 0 • inelusive, 2.702 iiiiPrragiatire bid oompromise reconciled a good clergy and laymen to the Laurier -G way settlement. Is% one outside of Tory part', 'Wants to d.estroy Conf tion, and, te tell the truth, very Tories go as fir as Le MortiLle. The beg is 'grovving that inst of attac Mr. Laurier it would be better for A biehop Leagevin to see if he eanno further concessions from Mr. Green At the same time deep down in 1).ench-Canadian heart there is so thing approaching to a conviction the B. N. A. Act has not &billed obvious -intention of the foundere of Dominion which was, as stated by Carnarvon, the Colonial Secretary at the time, that there should be Separate schools in every province, for the Pro- testants where they happened to be the minority, for the Catholics where they were the minority. It is unfortunate that events should have given rise to the belief that there has been a,miscarriage of justice and fair play towards Roman Catholics'. But Mr. Laurier is not respon- sible. There is a want of logic in assail- ing him for the faults of others. He had no hand or part in abolishing Separate schools in Manitoba or New.Brunswick, nor is it within his power to restore hem by Federal enactment. All that re- mains apparently is for the Catholics of Manitoba to follow the example of the Catholics of New Brunswick and get what they can out of the Provincial Gov- enment by agitation or friendly megotia- ton or both. This, I say, is the feeling among. rea- eonable French Catholics on the Tory ide. The unreasonable ones, like Le Monde, talk of putting an end_ to Con- edera,tion, but would be quite satisfied' with the recent settlement if they could nly get back to power. In the rural parishes extremists among the clergy are arning.the people against reading Le ultivateur, but their action seems to be nspired by,nothing more lofty than a desire to hurt Mr. Tarte, who owns the paper. They certainly cannoi hope to eneflt the Manitoba Catholics by such eons. If the Tory party were back tn face to -morrow it could do nothing in many men- the edera- few feel - king rch- t get way. the me - that the the Lord a. .1 1 a 0 0 A Oliver. the real business of the session commenc- ed on Thursday, the day after the formal opening. In response to a question by the leader of the Opposition, Hon. Mr. Hardy said the Government have no intention or desire to dissolve parliament before the regular statutory tnine, and that in se far as he could state there will be another ses- sion after the present one, when the legisla- tive term will expire by the effluxion Of time, and that all statements to the con- trary are entirely unauthorized by the Gov- ernment. The duty of moving the resolu tion in reply to the.speech from the throne, devolved this year on Mr. Andrew Pattullo, the recently elected member for .North Oxford, and Mr: Jaihn Auld, who' succeeds the late Mr. Balfour as the representative of South Essex, Seconded the motion. A coincidence worthy of mention in this con- nection is the fact that it each of the three sessions of this present Legislature a news- paier man has been selected to move the address. At the first session the honor was conferred upon Mr. John Craig, of the Fergus News Record, who represents the east riding of Wellington. Last session Mr. M. Y. McLean, of THE 1117RON Exerosrroo, who represents South Huron, was selected. This session the Government went one better and selected a newspaper map to both move and second the address. Mr Pattullo is a fluent, forcible and accomplish- ed speaker, and on this occasion he did him- self full justice, and fully maintained the high reputation he has attained as a public speaker. Mr. Auld is not so fluent or oratorical as Mr. Pattullo, but he strikes the mark without any pretense or oratdrical flourish, or circumlocution, _ and says in a plain and business like way what he wants to. Both gentlemen bid fair to be useful Members of the House, and are sure to take a prominent part in its deliberations. The remarks of the leader of the Opposition, as well as the leader of the Patrons, were of a somewhat complimentary nature, while the Premier replied in his softest and most win- ning terms. In fact the whole proceedings bore somewhat the nature of a mutual ad- miration society, but it is possible that this exraordinary calm is only the precursor of a itainn which may break forth later on. The members on the Government aide at any rate are hoping that this will be the ease, as a good many of them areepoiling for a, good old-fashioned fight of the Donnybrook order. Thus far this parliament the Op- position have been so conciliatory and docile that the proceedings have been bor- dering on the monotonous,and a row once in w hile would liven up , the spirits of all considerably. Business commenced in earnest on Tuesday last, and in a few days more every person will have as much to do 0.8 they can attend to. In addition -to the measures hinted at above, it is likely that the Government will make provision this session for the appointment of a Proyincial Auditor, whose duty it will be to eiamine the books of municipal treasurers, and see that they are properly and accurately kept. This official is supposed to be necessary, on accoant of the frequency of defalcations on the part of municipal treasurers, resulting, not so much from dishonesty, as from a careless and imperfect manner of bookikeep- ing mei auditing by municipal auditors. Additional provision will also likely be made for the providing for the youth of,the province proper technical educati nee but the particular form- which this mat n take has not yet been made known. The general expectation is that thit ses- sion, will be of longer duration thane ant that has yet been held this Parliarrfente as it is supposed the Opposition will try to make a reputation for themselves under' their new leader. It is also expected that -the Patrons will be desirous of making some showing this session on their own acceunt, so as to justify as far as,possibie, their con - Untied existence as a distinct party, and to show that they are a factoi which must ' be counted upon in Provincial politics. niidg- tog from theremarks of the leaders of the respective parties when the address Was being considered, as as from oatsidt indications, we may fairly expect that our • • • 1 According to the annual report of the Hornet for the Blind at Brantford, the at- ; tenclance of penile for the past year was somewhat leas than in previous years, ow- ing, it is thought, to the decrease in the blind population.- Total admissions during the year were 141, being 9 less than for the year ending Septen'ber 30th, 1895. -Of this number 67 were males and 64 females. At the present time there are 120 pupils -62 males and 58 females: The colt per pupil during the year has been $267. The report ot the Deaf and Dumb Institu- tion at Belleville for the year ending Sep- tember 30th last shows it to have been most successful in results obtained. It is noted that many of the pepils have become pro- ficient enough in various trades and indus- tries to obtain situations and enter into business on their own account. At the close of the year there were some 264 child- ren in attendance. The per capita cost was $169, as compared with $171 for the year 1894-5. The per capita cost of seven sim- ilar institutions in New York State is said to be from $249 to $331. The relationship of parents of the pupils is interesting to note. It is as follows :-First cousins 57, second cousins 24, third cousins 19, distant- ly related 25. not related 933, unknown 27. The annual record of the lunatic and idiot asylums shows the daily averege pop- ulation for the year past to have been 4,- 709, an increase of 152 over each of the two preaeeding years. In support of the value of the system of treatment it id stated that the percentage of days' -work done last year by patients in proportion to the num- ber in residence was 72.69, compared with 69.83 the preceding year. The percentage of recoveries maintained for °the past ten years, has bCen 37.97. British institutions show an average of 37 per cent., and the average of eight American institutions -was 24.3. The maintenance expenditure for 1895, the last year given, was $595,843, arid the per capita eipenditure $134.55. Rev- enue from paying patients for 1896 was $97,898, a substantial increase over the previous years. OUR OTTAWA LETTER. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ottawa, Feb. 16. -The other day a British Columbia delegation. was here asking a modest bonus of $12,000,000 for a railroad from Lethbridge through the Crow's Nest Pass to Rossland, and on • its heels came another asking the Govern- ment to extend the road from Rossland thrnugh to the coast at a cost of $13,000,- 000. They were the "nerviest" set of boomsters we have seen for soine time. One of them suggested that the promoters of all the schemes^ now before the public should meet and "prepare a programme of saction;" in- other wOrds, he wanted a boomsters' convention. It would be an interesting gathering. The principal pro- jects seekling Government aid are :- Hudsoks Bay Railway. Lethbridge to the Coast. Extension nf Intercolonial to Montreal. Dry-dock at Montreal. Tunnel to P. E. Island. Canal from Georgian Bay to Ottawa. St. Lawrence bridge, Quebec to Levis. - Fast Atlantic line, $750,000 ft year. The second of these, as justs. said, calls on the Governmeunt for $259000,000, the others might perhaps be satiefled with $4.0,000,000 more. If Tapper, were in the ciountry he would make a srplendid pre- siding officer for a convention. of promo- ters; that is the soet of business for which native intendel him, either that or auctioneering. But the present Government is pledged to economy. Times are hard and the clamor for bonuses and appropriations proportionately noisy, nevertheless Minis- ters are resolved to keep tight hold of the purse strings. They believe in spending money where there is a reasonable pros- pect of increasing trade and promoting settlement, but their first duty is td. maintain the public credit abroad and have mercy upon the taxpayer at home. Have we not already contracted a Fed- eral debt of $260,000,000, with prisvincial and municipal debts amounting to over $f00,000,000, in the development of this country, only to find that after a hundred years of effort the population scarcely reaches five millions? Is there to be no let up to borrowing and squandering till we land in national bankruptcy? The Manitoba Ouestion: Le Monde, of Montreal, declares that nothing remains for French-Canadians, in view of what has happened in Manitoba, but to smash Confederation. This does not mean. that there is going to be - bloody work for Col. Denison and the Deily Guard to do in Quebec. It simply means that Le Moncle's friends are out of office and disgusted with the outlook. Mr. Blake's opinion that remedial legis- lation by the Federal Parliament was the light of .Mr. Blake's opinion and of the notorious hostility of its Ontario wing to Separate schools in general and remedial legisletion in particular to re- store the status quo ante in Manitoba. The Ontario Legislature. Mr. Whitney, the new Tory leader at Toronto, seems disposed to drop the agi- tation against Separate schools and to raise the cry that Mr. Ross is, too auto- cratic in his management of the Public schools. He may rely on it that dropping the anti-Separato school agitation will not suit the robust Tories of the 'orange lodges. Politics has no, charms for them unless it enables them to ponnd the Ro- man .Catholie Church for something. Mr. Hardy has not had noch opportunity yet tip .show wilat he can'do as leader of the House, but there is no doubt he is the right.inan in.' the right place. A lighter from "way ,baok" when drinen tO it,. ho Whores that more can be a,ccomplished by the art. of conciliation, and is always rite and generous to the other side. He surrounded by strong colleagues, while Mr. Whitney is Jamentably weak in that sespeet. If the Opposition wants to cut a figure at the next election it must get new blood. It was thought that Mr. Oliver Howland would strengthen •15, but politics not his forte. When addreising the ladies on the ethical and testhetical beauty of five o'elook teas he is a truly superb spectacle, but does not shine en. the House; he requires a loftier theme • than ditchese and watercourses. Martial says in one of- his epigrams: "Thou wishest, Cotta, to appear a pretty and a great man at -the same time, but he who- le a pretty man is usually a little man. The Patrons still maintain themselves as a third party in'the House. They ha a room of their own where they do the caueusing. It is not likely that they wi say much this session, except perhaps o the stook topic's' of railway passes Government House. The big square land occupied by Government House be ngs to the province only so long 'its devoted to its present use; if, for in. 'nee, Government House were abolish Mr. Haycock proposes the land woul vert to the Dominion, i. e., the pro ce would lose more than it would gain th the Liberals in. power at Ottawa 'ght to be possible for Mr. Hardy to ge e land transferred to the province un raditionally. Then he can sell it whe d valuer; in Toronto improve and wit proceeds build a smaller establish nt for the Lieutenant -Governor in th k. The Patron demand, however, I ve ir 11 of it ed v - from an interview, he was followed by e the striker's agents and dissuaded from is joining. He could not get any one at all from the Maritime Provinces to agree to serve. The whole box and dice had been got at by the strikers and filled- up with noses of what Tupper would do ter M. when he came in. ilut certain unbars and persons who were not eMbers from Ontario were decoyed from office door to the camp of the strikers the manner described. Tupper mean - He remained indoors, declaring to the porters that he knew nothing of what s going On, that he had been invited come from London to discuss the fast so project and had no other business hand; when in, reality he had invited self to- Ottawa and had timed his hag so as to be on the ground when the crisis arrived. - This, I have reason. to believe, is Mr. Bowell's version of the affair. It Was probably the first time in the history of pealiamentary. government that the methods of a labor strike were introduced in the reconstruction of a Ca.bipet, and lo is sta as re in Wi th co Ian the me Par that the Lieutenant -Governor should re- ceive his salary of $10,000. a year and "find himself" in house and grounds or go boarding if he likes. That would not „,re be a bad idea if it did not entail the loss of the valuable property now in use. We re could hardly ask Mr. Laurier to transfer the property to Ontario if the intention hie were merely to sell it and not to erect a Government Houisa elsewhere. The pass wh question is in a fair way of being settled re to the satisfaction, of the Patrons. wa cost of Government. tO Some of these days there will be an ' een agitation, and a formidable one for a re- en duction of the cost of government all um through the Dominion. We have about eees /00 paid lawmakers in the Federal and Provineial parliaments, including sixty Ministers of the Crown; there are eight lieutenant -governors besides the Governer- Generalt aid *even thousand members a the numisinal parliaments, township and unty, to ear nothing of the- vast array Pediemilltopeovinclai and munieipal tee FEBRUARY 19 1897. to reVillife among orinpeprir,-- not as Many ae there are in Pennsylvithia and, not as nming by a noillioh aa nareln the State of New Aix e eyes Of the office -holding and ofilesetelit- beg -awes, , who cemstituta a fair pleattit- age of the total population, it is teams to suggest a general outting-down. All the same, there is (*attain to be a move- ment in that direction before long. It would have arisen long iisto but for the fact that here in Onta,rio provincial affairs have been managed with exemplary hon- esty and economy, The Vein to washiregton. _The Tory papers have bmn pitching into Sir Richard Cartwright and Mr. Davies for going to Washington. "What," they ask, "have we to do with the Yon keee? 'Why not draw closer to Britain?" We have a good deal to do with the Yan- kees. Providence in its wisdom has placed us alongside them with nothing but a surveyor's line distinguishing rather than dividing the two countries for four thousand miles. We can't by Act of Par- liament or otherwise reconstruct - geo- graphy and get • away from them as neighbors. Our children and our chil- dren's children will be equally bound to take account of the United States as a community of their own race and span& lying at their door. Then, notwithstand- ing the proteptionist folly on both sides of the line, we do a large trade with hem. La 1894-5 our trade with them exceeded in value our trade. with Britain and constituted no less, than 48 per cent. f all our trade with the world outside. Here surely,. without going ftuther, is ustification enough for the visit of Min- isterssto Washington. They found, as might have been ex- pected, a considerable soreness a.gainst Canada growing out of the Tory perform- nces in 1891 when the Old Man sent Sir ulian Pauncefote to Mr. Blaine- with n offer of reciprocity designed merely to elp him at the elections, and broke the seal of secrecy that had been placed upon he matter. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in England . would not ike it if the Belgian Government were to make use of him for election purposes nd do a lot of lying about it to boot. ur Ministers also found.. that Congress s not interested in Canada, Indeed 'is holly indifferent and densely ignorant withal of our status, people, trade, re- ources and form Of government. The otion that the American nation goes to bed at night not to sleep but to lie wake and plot leiw to get hold of this euntry is a fiction which only, those anadians who have never travelled In he States are capable of swallOwing. here are a million native-born Cana - fans over there and probably well on to elf a million persons of European birth ho after -emigrating to Canada and liv- ng here a while moved across the line. ranting these, it is surprising how few mericans know anything or care any - king at all about us. Most of them be - eve that, being colonists, vre have to pay a yearly tribute to Britain and to admit Britiih goods free of day; henA0 they will tell you that reciprocity with Canada is clean out of the question. Ministers had their hands, full in. try- ing to dispel this profound apathy and want of knowledge within the halls -of Congress. They had also po encounter the hostility of the protectionists in the bor- der States to freer trade with Canada, which his its counterpart in the hostility of our proteetionists to freer trade with the States. All they could.clo, seeing that the RepUblicane will not asSurne Ofdee till Monk 4, whis • to. uege the leading men of that party to agree - to the ap- pointment of international commissioners to negotiate for closer trade relations some tirae after that date. Where was• the harm in thisP Why, -it :would have been next door to criratnal if Ministers had neglected so plain a dutY. .The Tupper ConspirseY• Sir Maekenzie Bowell has returned to journalisna after eighteen years of a Min- ister's life and evety one wishes him suc- cess and a long life. lie is fond of giving his opinion in private of the individuals composing the "nest of traitors" who "threw him down" and out. It is a pity he does not write an accotmt of that epi sodesfor the benefit of the historian of the future. ",Bowell on 13olts" would be a book worth reading. It appears that the Tupper conspirators seduced all the men who agreed. to enter the Cabinet in their place. Mr. Bowell's office as' Premier was, in faet, picketed and when a mem- ber suspected of being willing to join a reoonstructed Administration came out I address, while counoillor Ruskin made the presentation. The address gave expression to the efficient, painstaking and leveed -ad manner in which Mr. flohnan had.. pee. formed his duties as clerk, and to hie genial and obliging manner as a citizen, and one who was ever reedy to promote the beet interests of the community., kr. Holman made a brief and feeling reply, thanking tile donators in suitable terms for this meg. nificent tokennf their regard. A splendin programme of‘peeches and sowgs was then the carried out, all responding to . the call_ of the chairman promptly and ably. The whole affair was a splendid success and re- flects much credit on the reeve and those who assisted him in getting it up. Amnia the large number present and who also took part besides those mentioned above, were county conneillore Dr. Rollins and D. nle- Innis ; Messrs.N. Dyer Hurdon, manager of Molson'e Bank, C. H. Sanders, editor of Advocate, T. W., He,wkshaw, and E. Christie,' all of Exeter ; Councillor Reddy, Treasurer Coates, Messrs. R. Delbridge, J., A. Gregory, H.- Brown, H. Borland, S. Pym , and S. Andrews, all of lisborne. After singing " He's a jolly good fellow," and " God save the Queen," the meeting broke up with a general handsha.king at midnight.' This affair was alike creditable to Mr. Holman, and those who toqk part in it, ehowing as it did, their appreciation of his worth and ability, and the high place he holds in the confidence of a people arecing whom he had lived for so long and whom he had so faithfully serVed. weneleemiammenease eoriNcm.-Council met in Jones' • hotel, Leadbury, on Monday, February -15th. The bonds of the treasurer were receieed and accepted. The auditors' report was re - °dyed frona the auditors', and. aceepted as correct, showing a balance from general funda of $1,223.83, and inyested on mort- gages, $12,700 ; balance of municipal funds on hand to invest on first mortgages; $1,8827, liabilities to township of Grey for outlet, $290. The clerk was instructed to have abstract of anditers' report printed.' A number of aceounts -were passed and paid, treasurer's salary, charity, enguienes expenses etc., to the amount of $142.42. Council :djourned to meet in Jones' hotel, Leadbury, on Monday March 15th, at 2 o'clock p. m. BOARD OF HEALTH. -The Board of Health' met in the Royal hotel, Seaforth, on Mon- ' day, February 1st. There was only Lone - case of death during the year from infectious diseaee, that was a case of diphtheria, and no other cases were reported. The femme tary was authorized to call the attention er. medical men to repert all infectious dis- eases, and have the residene,es where such cases are, placarded in accordance with the law and notify all school boardi to clean closets by the 1st of May, and wells during the summer vacation. Tuckersmith. COUNCIL.—A meeting of council was held. at Daly's hotel, On Saturday, February 13th. From the auditor's report, which was accepted, 'we find the following, which may be interesting to the ratepayers : Total re- ceipts for the year 1896, $14,340; total payments, roads and bridges', $1,624 ; coun- ty rate, $2,412 ; salaries, $570 ; stationery, postage and printing, 887.30 ; nuscellaneous, $58.65 ; board of health, $30 ; charities, $16.50 ; invested in mortgages, $2,700 ; schools, $5,644 ; total assets, $19,350, of which $1,666 is (mush on hand ann arrears of interest ; liabilities unpeid areounts, $153. The tender -of John 'McNevin wee accepted for the supply of timber for culverts. The seder to be at $13 per thousand, and the elm at $11. to be delivered as directed by the council. Mr. Ebenezer North, manu- facturer Of Portland cement, eoncrite stone, culvert and sewer pipes, of London, was • present at the meeting, and gave the coun- cil prices fully 25 per cent. better than they have been paying in the past. The council deferred ordering a car load until some future meeting. The next meeting will be held at Kyle s _hotel, on Saturday, March 13th, at 10 o'clock a. ne The board of _ health met on the same day, at the same place. Mr. D. McIntosh was appointed chiirman of the board for the current year. A specimen of meat obtained from an ani- nka1 upon which a tumor had grown, Was forwarded to the secretary of the Provinciell Board of Health for scientific examinationS - An interesting report is expected in a feW days upon the .matter. The board also de- cided to cloeely examine all slaughter houses the municipahty during the coming BUM - mer, to see that all slaughtering, disposal of the offal, etc., etc., be carried on in accord- ance with the public health act, and to prosecute parties who viblate the act, after due.notice has been given them. this reason if for no other he should lish thit story. Where he showed him - weak was in not advising his Excel- cy to dissolve Parliament and send it *adds. (Naha= of lasignane-and pub illietteitasat elligaptiaaalaindesirrimueboo"9. Zkunlisebec°f I carman, the most expensively gov- mined community of its die anywhere. The lieutonant-governor ($10,000 a year) iapaid more than the vernor of Maine to t stri and Vermont, Rhode Islanr and New Hemp- any - place shire all put together. The Legialative Nor Council, a toeless body as the example of /nee Ontario shows, costs about $50,000 a the year; last year the indemnity to the plead menibers,-salary to the Speaker and con- - paeay tingencies amounted to $36,000, which does not include printing and. other secvices. The province builds court- houses, jells and bridges for the munici- palities and under the guise of "coloniza- tion roads" votes large sums to them for eirdinary municipal work. If these serv- ices were done at the expense Of the local ratepayer as in Ontario they would cost ever- so much less. The bonusing of rail - Ways has been carried to h prepesterous length and a pot of money thrown away en beet -sugar • bountiet, horge-breeding establishments maintained by the pro - 'One"' and what not. The futded debt exceeds $80,000,000, or more than the Combined debti of all the New England States with New York ,and New Jersey thrown in. Last year the interest and charges on- the debt amounted to, $1,497,- 000, or $260,000 raore than the province .received from the Federal treasury for subsidy; more, in fact, by $280,00(1 than the province was able to raise from tavern and. shop licenses, the direet taxes on commercial corporations, etc.,; the- trans- fer of property tax, the succession duties _ and , the manufacturing and trading licenses. If Quebec suffers most, the reet of the country suffers not a little _from the ex- ceeelveeeneeeent lin-intern he people when he found that the kers had succeeded in boycotting him preventing him from filling their s with others. He should not under circumstances have taken them back. should he after such treatment have lely turned over the Premiership to arch -conspirator Tupper. If it is ed that he "wanted to save the " the answer is that party consider- ations are not the be-aIl and end-all of life; he owed it to the representative of the Crown no less than to public moral- ity to defeat so base and sordid a inane euvre, whereas he allowed it to triumph. GATINEAU. Usborne. PRESENTATION. -The many friends of Mr. G. nti; Holman, in this township and the village of Exeter, performed a very graceful eat on Thursday evening last, when a large number of them assembled in the town hall at Elimville, and presented him with a beautiful gold watch and chain as a token of tneir. esteein and appreciation of his services as clerk of the township during the past eleven years. Previous' to the presentation ceremony, about forty guests sat down to a sumptuous oyster supper, prepared by mine host of the Elimville hotel. .After doing ample justice to the bi- valves, all repaired to the town hall, where . a large mitnber asaembled. Reeve Delbridge . ve o e chair, and inn few well : chosen remarks explained the (inject of the ' gathering to be to do honor to Mr. Holman, who had lately resigned his position ea i clerk andnias taken up his residence in the town of Seaforth. Mr. Wm. Miners as- r sessor was then called upon to: read the s Klippen, ' e Ica ,Cuaniee.-This work at the Kippen tints shall hescontinued through a period of some 2 weeks yet. Those in quest of ice should at onee notify the undersigned. , Hugh Jamison Altbc281e.er and W. W. Carver. NOTES.—On Tuesday evening next, the Kippen court of Foresters will hold an oyster supper in the hall, which will be of a private character, being only for the mein, bers of the home court with their good wives. The young gentlemen of course will be expected to bring their best girl. . It ie needlees to say they are anticipating & good thfin-The ice harvest is 'lbw in full sway at oho mill pond, large quantities go- ing out every day. Messrs. Cooper and Acheson, who have eharge of the pond, are filling large contracts. ---We ,- are sorry to note the serious illness,of Mr. Peter Day - mon of Tuckersmith, who is nery ill, and has teen confined to his bed fon some three weeke, with very little imprevement. His many friends hope soon to heaa of his tak- ing a change for the bettern-Mr. Robert Wilson, of- Seaforth, was in the village dur- ing the week looking up tradn-A number . from this district attended th anniversary , services at Hills Green on Sab ath and on Monday evening, and _pronoun e it one of the besa-The season has gain rolled round for getting home the gravel for statute labor, and many are now engaged. performing that duty. -A number in our vicinity are at present not in very good health,' suffering from colds and other causes, among them being Mrs. Andrew Bell, who has been poorly for some time, her trouble being neuralgia. Mr. R. B. McLean is also not enjoying his wonted health. -Mr. m. Doig, who has for the ing the bairns. He left on Monday last for Vtrif past twelve yea been successfully engaged in schoolteachi , has given up that pro- fession, and is turning his attention to the practice of law, Mr. Doig thinks there is more money in that profession than in teacb- Detroit to pursue his studies in his new profeseion.-Mr. Ricker was at Goderich on Saturday last, transacting business.--Tlie large number and cluality of tbe logs that are being delivered this eeason, shows that our forests are still possessed of lame of tbe finest 'quality of tim*r.----Mr. William Chesney, of Egmondville, whe isenow per- forming his duty as assessor for' Tucker - smith, was in the village (luring the week in that capacity. -Mr. Ricker, our village carriage maker, is new getting ready for - the spring tradn-Grain of all kinds being on the decline in price, has the effect of making our grain market not so brisk the past few days. -Mr. Wm, Kyle, jr., is now filling'a large contract for sand, to be de- livered at Heneall, for building purposes, for Mr. George C. Petty. The business peop e of Herisall know where to get a good article, Mr. Kyle's sand being of the best fon building purposes .-Messrs. James Cooper and Son purpose in a few days mak- nit another shipment of sheep to Manitoba. These gentlemen are establishing a wide eputation for being breeders of good heel). Po rink on ,..and Me ' and,the rinio ' --Mr. W ' town. for a Sabbath Se - ethe townshi -on Tuesday 111 the Met -present !pending le •011 the the the average. ing friends at nadinanders 'Thursdate------ .agent, ia 7...., in the' lasta-No .eould ne-foni the fanners o their interest ui .thing dn the %tory es este locestion wo .understand A -site on most would be ,Caorrie, end seem* ette -active in pr Howick fac push the ma _give assistan PMCCO.2.11.1 ilda vety -day evening -furnished tie their playing atod by Doan, of Zu citatiens. Rev. 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