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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1914-06-19, Page 1•24422212. • " IlilWanemosommearmumme.02222.02geoselmour FORTY-E1.0ftTil YEAR WHOLE- NUMBICR 2,42T SEAFORTH, FRIDAY JUNE 19,1914,, 310 Those Swell mut Suits til New Coats Half Price 4 WWFW0WWWWWWW,Wemeem. FROM CAPITAL -I, Toronto, June, 16th, 1914..6 The progress ot tiie provincial elect - Ion .campaign reveals a cUriou,s and un- usual situatnan. As intirearted, last week, all isnot pesos_ in tho Conservative told, nor is all peace among the Liber. als. Seldom J the :nistory of Ontario politics have two oppoeing nartlei gone to the electors velth the internal ec. Ononly: of each' side 'subject to slice, i The idling of thh Farmers Bank bill by the Senate at Ottawa is, a- Seveie. blow to hundreds of people in tide 'pare* 'of Ontario. The bill a.s sent to . ton Seriate provided for an approprialioia of $1,200,000 to recoup tboee *note., dee posits in the Farmers Rank were iwien ed out when the bank. failed. - The dr- curnstances • were =Sue!. The bank neve promoted as n? farmers' institution, the farmers being attracted by the prospeet of sharing in the big profits whicht the old -established banks were InaktugThey took stock in the bank the :and of My „fellow Liberals, to contestrSouth Huron In their interestES 1 pledged myself to s-ippoet the tem- perance policy of o-ir-leader, and whieu quoted in Yoth* lettleAl atti being the own districts, ell Huron county t his vote taken 'from nine. e men 13 policy is alelost identicil, with tbe one, polity' of the temnerance: Parte'. Zieublic- knows,and becomes deeply interested` in Enron and all eouritteS of Onta#0, Ole ly Pledged myeelf to,/ the tempera -ten thin all ImPoitant nnbJeet and to talk greatest. question of the age lis'befiare I colmnittee on the day of °Ur convene of !nothing, ekie tilt the1-1 y ,have started Yea. 0W is it going to be sett141. tion . at Ilensall, -knowing before_ _ hand off -their special representative, With Partylsm should nave notnIng id de that I . would lose 'Me. sunport on ariany every farm listed that is' in Huron with it. Decide tine, .euestien. on ltn antietemperence Liberals, especially in twenty for sale, and a booklet with merits 014 1 oin sure all Peen Nilo iare my home naenicipalitnt 1 also reserved views of . farms,field -end homes en interested in the -welfare of i the.. Pro.. frequent and violent jars e -, the rishit to• sepport more edyaneed -full showing. Let diuron do tins, and vinccannot fail to support A party iontihrouilreckleats and diehonesn er party, and 1 do not hink any of him to nibold. „with instructions' . ti f 'tle in ancn n ; lead in thie question and be leAex- The advanced temperance ,pletforan of and turned an tee men of their TrItiney etemPeranee legislation,. if nroungt for. there Is only One answer to pledged to the temperance canot the .Liberal lender, 'gr.' Rowellcan on deposit. The collapSe of 'the institue ward by the Consernatives, or any ob.. that answer gepells euocess. Them send tet tbe Province. of Dilettante 'take tne hardly be called a political %saeN.. - Utica Parties in Ontario have never management, broneht ruin to a- large my temperance Liberal friends have not to corde niftk-- again bill he renf. ample to e itInteesr ap,ardrovvozineitateee,e'Huoli,erw:tryfrre, V1 broken rattles in &An neticeable aruntber of farmers. Not only were the found any fault for. my doing ;so. ,Yon- turns with flying colors. That is the . • Are, making t h in cr s trumbensi on the temperance question ne ilighWaY to make the tountY 11 linen oppOrtnali y n w bef e h I P'igitiort of tDant plan will tbe a sus - cess. sThis. only requires the farmers desirous of 'selling their farms, for var- ionSerensons retiring or for want of helph....etc., to call meetings in their • BAN BROS. Pa 111 . 00 a 'feat in ^avant* . r brothers' keepers? Rave wet 6.0 care for anyone outside our daily asinesan The man enno takes 1$3fuch interest in this- question not to 'east this - vote, if bee,ithl permit, la have have probably read my reply to tee editor of the News -Retard of yoer town, nvilicn, appears in the weekly newnp,a.pers this week, and from wnich you will be ,able to judge whetter my stand. on •this great question' is manly trana-ger did not help 'Weise eofferers.", and ;straight to the:point or not. e of ceiheslen on tOnpert of Mr. ,Rowell',s Many of the depositors, men in ad.. hope 1 lina,ve made my itnnd relptir to i own "followers it is too much to expect hla.nced years, lost all their savings and you, and that on the evening of the that thh Conservative party will be were redtxced- to poverty, some of them 29th we may be able to. Jein thande broken 'up by the 'temperance policy, being thrown upon public Ortarity. In Oa celebrating a great victory for •the united temperanne forces of Soul\ Huron and of the Province. Your o 'sincerely, • , E. ZELLER. deposits wiped out, but the snare.. holderf3 were called upon to put „In dollar for dollar of the . value of -their nhares, under the dquble liability clause of the bankle act. * The' imprisonment of the .1generat and probably. will not now, even with nuccena and bring it back again , to, will have to take JUnird or fourth p 15 rate campaign. The Liberal 'partY is far from its ancient presteige. Do it now! * as agitation npoit qnestion Dear Mr. Editor, I thank you , growing otronger in the Prairie Pnoe HT TM these days. .As- the added force which Ministers of tne tonishing how many Cannel are 'seeking to exert in the people have been for - wing a unit int suppOrt.. of the policy tunate _enough to wait of its lea,der, and without le semblance for the most unusual Bargains justithink Coats at $5 $7 $10 worth $io $1 t� $20 Just -think Suits at $t S9 $12 • w0,41, $15 t 20 to $3o Odd -Skirts WWWWIMMIWONS003••••••••• •$$ S4 $5 worth double And Raincoats at $4 $6$8 worth $7o� to $12.00 All lines in Ladies' Ready-to7Wear, Prices cut twO. A Big Range of Men's Suits to ta, hoose from Frequently we are asked by cus- tomers "why do yOu carry so many su.ts in stock." We have only one answer to this enquiry—that is we want to sell every man and boy that has the idea of purchasing a suit. Not one will ever be stuckz'for want or choice, for verily we can show lines of every conceiveable style of garment that is every made for man or boys. At that to quit anyone and everyone in PRICE. For instance suits$6 to $10 Is this your idea of what you should pay, we'll make you dizzy almostvith the var- iety we show at these prices. Al! sizes 34 to 46 breast meas- ure. Then again if you want to go $12 to $20 you will find in our store a trernenduous range equal in volume perhaps tcl the combined stocks of any half dozen stores in Provic- cial towns., • • The difficulty wialch confronts the tgovernment Is not an difficultly from. without. It comes from, Inside the. party ranken and has manifested itself unmis. takably during the last ten clans. Vie patent fact that the government lelsafe.. ly .entrenched for. another five years at least has fanned the ambition of so- tive Conservatives who 'nave for -yen's been preminent in the orga,nization work of the panty, etru t. 'have never ,had their names on the ballot paper.' The,se men are fightine in nue party conven- tio•ns an over the province, seeking to out men who 'nave sat in 'the negisia. tere for years. The Y think the honors ehould be passed around and they are waking to realize then idea.: • In some' notable cases they are sue- eceeding. The defeat of Dr. Reaumer Minister of public .'works, in the Nerth Meisel. convention was the first of these auceeeses: The second to fail wan W. K. McNaught of Toronto, a very nroir- inent member of the Legislature end a mem.ber of the hydro -electric power commission. The did riding of Norte), Toronto-, represented by Mr. McNaugba, was divided in the recent redistribe tion, and in the new constituency_ ece lected by the late member he loot the party nomination'. Dawn in Grenville, Ho-waell Ferguson, who presided over the cetrnmittee winch squelched the ProudfooteHanna charges a year ago and whose work as commissioner in.. ve.stlgeting the Trent canal scandal re quired. a opecial act of indemnification has been fighting hard for his right to represent the party. In other 'tidings the same tang is happening. When b,11 these family squabbles nave been fixed • up the campaign will proceed. ' Leader Rowell of the Liberals !smok- ing a great effort to have nis policy taken by the ,electors. He told -the electors in Massey Hall; Toronto, that Sir James Whitney ,Would not be able to lead the Conservative party again, to which, Sir James retorts that he is getting better every day and has no intention of passing the scepter along. S muter flats of Every So If youexperience‘lifficulty in finding jut the right thing in -a Hat—TRY US 25c 50c 75c $1.00 to $5.00 50c $1, $1.50 to $3.00 25c 50p 75c to $1.50 Straws . • IIF • • • • **IF • *. 12. • • • •••-• Felts .... • • ...... *** • • • Caps............... ..• the lent election campaign, Conservative members promised te recoup the de- positors if renamed to power, and this promise was teeing fulfilled in tne act 'Width! WAS killed bn :the Senate, This means tnat 'tater° will be noere. lief for the bank victims for another year, and quite possibly that tnere will nevet be any. The defeat of tee bill has occasioned bitter • disappoint.- ment in many Ontario counties, par.. ticuiarly in the .county of Halton,whict. was txceptionaily hard hit. The candidates and the nnuroxi County Temperance Association The following replie,s have been re, ceived by 'Mr. J. A. Irwin, secretary of the Huron county Ternpera•nce Assu- elation, to a letter addressed to the candidates in the Huron 'ridings at the approaching Provincial election. Mr. Irwin's letter was a. reveste for them to ' etate their position in, leergard to the provincial a.spect of tele temper- ance question In Ontario, and. partice- larly asking what their position, if elected to the Legislature, would. be in respect •tho enactment of leg- islation in harmony with the Alliance frinelples and policy. • MR. ANDERS,ONIS RE.PLY. Lucknow, Ont., June 8, 1914. Mr. J. A. Irwin, Clinton, Ont. e, • • i Electricity generated at Niagara Falls will be delivered at Windsor and near- by towns this summer. .Tne chief en- gineer of the hydro -electric power conn. mission expects that tne transmisslon line will be completed by the end of next month. This line was begun les than a year ago. It will be 106 plies long. The main transmission line from niagara Falls teek three nears tobnild, the work being -done unden contract.. The line to Windsor is being built from end to end by the commiesion itself, end the speed record is the more r' - markable from the fact neat heave rains in the peninsula, •delayed tne. work fOr one ann a half month's.. This- -extern ntion is one tof the big 'undertakings of the provincial commission .ana wes de- cided upon only after a series or con- ferences between Adam Beck, chairman of the commission, and representatives of the various western Ontario' muni- cipalities. Another important step Which the commission is taking is the •duplication. •of the main line from Niagara to ,Duan das. This is to prevent tItte repetition of looses througn accidents to the trans.. mission line. Steel is already .being de- livered along the Agin Lof way ,and work on the tower foal_ go will begin within a few weeks. -Surveyors who - have been locating tee line have about. completed their work, andhaveeneount_ ,ered none of the difficultiee Wnich a.. 'rose when the first right, of way w being locnted. This seems to Indio b. that private power intereets nave -given ep the figet against the provincial en. terprise, the injunctions. taken out •by property owners against the location of the first line 'having been attribeted to theeffort of theie rival companies' Highest Prices for Butter and Eggs. Greig Clothing The Big Corner Store 6EAFORTII 0 Hon. Mackenzie King at Seanorth • Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King addreas- iel a nieeting In Seaforth, on Wednest. day evening, in the interests of ivir eettilliam Prouclfoot, the Liberal candid- ate, at the approaching Provincial el.. ection. Notwithstanding the fat that the meeting was a,rranged on a "fent days notice and that the county papers had no opportunity, of advertising it, Mr. King wag greeted by a splendid a,uclienCe, the hall being filled to the doors. Mr. anteg's address was an el_ oquent and convincing one, and lie was given a splendid hearing, and thorough- ly delighted his .hearers, • , 'The fast speaker was nfr. •Thomen McMillan, of Huleett. who delivered a vigorous ;speech, :dealing with the Proudfbot charges and the temperance Dear Sir ;—Iteplying to your favor of the 4tut Inst., permit me to say that my Votes In the Legislature for tne past ',three 'sessions speak for . Ahem- eelves. I have supported every measure or proposal whicin•has been nnade that had for its object the suppression of' the Liquor Traffic. I mignt enumer. ate some. of theme; I efeve OTI _three oc- casions supported Mr,. ROwell's resolu. tion whien, to me is identical with the platform' of the 4Alllanee. I have :voled. for the closing of all bars and liquor shops on all public holidays. I. 1 -ave voted for the closing of all bars andliq- quor Shope from 1 o'clock Saturday un.. til eight o'clock on Monday morning. I have supported an amendment to tne licenee law extending the local -option Principal to include -county boundartcs. it In am electen, I arn prepared no sup- port any mea,sure for the suppression of the traffic, no matter from which ,side they may wine. ° tie. opponent hs opposed n11 Inc above attempts to minimize the evils of the liquor 'traffic, and yet many Conservatives who call themselves ard- ent ntemperance men say that 'he is jut as good or a better temper.. ance .Mata than I am. •• * * 7 Every little wbilethin; find oetlsome. thine new about 'Toronto. It bas been alleged repeatedle by geologlabst that the waves of an ancient 'sea once roll- ed over the, cane of We Ontario capital and that sea isthnlls and ohter convict.. Ing proofs of this theory May be "on. tained on nnplication from the • lower strata ef !tile' Don valley. Duking re; tent years, otIntr Unings have been' din., covered. -Borings for water have ne- vealed the° presence of nundry mina. ceedingly for your kind COUrteiSY VirleeS every day. evavinglued mpaepe:er,littaBle&spatasureace 43, yy000u,r1niwuril sloping for. the -complete 111104tee of toe be deligh ted to .hear from any 01 theme pep;sartiteey WeLischa. is aynledge, . d '&- -. you -portant question, eybielf, kyle pat Ye:1M Spleerely, WM. G5. OttiValt, your many readers anent this all inn so timely, -plainly' ind Wisely to one ., 9114:1' a of the people of the County of Huron. . Denth of a Noted Nan • Yours truly, - WILLIAM SETH, 2 2 ile ssae From the Wesit e011tainS tihe lengts, h'reference to A tt We have been favored with a copy •of - the AnInern Cit- izen of May 25th, publisned inthe city of Auburn, New. York Sttnte g e teN Perth County, and attended tne &a- of ill Paris, France, on Ma.y 3rd< - Dear Expositor,—I am a 'native of and. forth Collegiate Institute some Seven whither he had gone for the benefit! years ago' and no am. taking -quite leis heal 'th. The deteaeed General ,, an interest in !the outhorne Wi ! of the' was a brother of the iatie J. H. IS.C4 Tucker - general election in, the province' of On. smiDougatl, formerly of Seaforth, non of tario as a whele. This interest is brave soldier but n pro eMens.niarn Fotheringhawas of Tucker - not aroused by any party prejudice th. Vie General was ot only a n or influence, but is due to e the strong who filled maminent ntn.tesroang many Important nosliOnIs province of the Doininion to Lake tnis In both tbe army and in eivii life desire. 1 nave to See; Ontario ethe first - He wont this military holier 'during the pArnericen rebellion, having served all forward step of placing the 1:temperanee through thatt, eventful period and wasquestion in the political arena, and is. . to the upport ofthe teMperancecausn, wounded several times. We - quote the utting inte power that party pledged following interesting naragraphs from the lengthly isketbie of several columns in the Citizen: Clinnon Dogald .efac- Dougall was born in Xintlre, Argyle... , shire, Scotland, on JUne. 14th, et. 1830. Ile came to Auburn ite 'a boy and ate tended school in the Jordan Academy. As, a .young man he ,became Associated, with WIlltien IL - Seward. -Jr., in the banking -business -then known as WIS, Ilam H. Seward jr, no- Co. A strange coincidence may be noted in the 0X -el that both man were 21 at ethe time, General eineeDougairs- birtb.day being_ June 14th and General. Sewarals beings June 18the( One born in .Glasgow, Scot -n land, the other, in; Auburn, fats brought - them together as youngbankers end. then war turned 'them" into genera* in the tinlori Army. Beth have been lifelong friends and 'today General ige*., 'reed grieves deeply at the loss of his'. beloved associate. . Early, in tarch, with MrseldeDougall and elm Maiy C. Wardley, 'General MacThengall started abroad for his us - nal Winter to be spent i in. Paris. Since . sailing, however, General efacincregenas condition be -came SerionS and on land. the recent deakh of Mauer& Clinton otuken, Saska.tcheWan, D. AncDougall, a. very prominent reside ent of that city' and state, who died • ,Tune 10, 191.4. Nthe people of Ontario , 'having When gr. King rose to speak he one the opportunity of voting on a qUeS.. was given.a royal and enthusiastic re- ception.. , to Ontario, but , will east its influence tion whidn not only is of importance Ile spoke on the cause of Oafs early thronenent the rest of the Dominion, election, the need of a vigorous op.. : position, .the increased expenditere, the we ask the questionHow are the g V need Of a' progressive Government, and people gointo vote on the main question now before the .The- temperance question is not a electors, "Abellsh the Bar," and his new one All the civilized countries in clear exposition of this important sob, the worni to -day nre beginning to re - eject before the electors Was most con- Mize that degeneracy and corruption viewing and e will be far reaching in he a Ilatian, and Illeffieliney ill ah its effects. individual, are direct results •61• ' Mr. Proedfoot, who 'had a meeting curse "drink." Germany As passing ecl- at Nettle the same evening,did not vanced _legislation in re,gard to • its (reach here until about -ten o'clock, bat army a to , the amountof liquor to received a warm round of applause be consuMed, for he finds_that those when he stepped on the platform. He men who never tame' liquor are bet - followed Mr. King in a brief speech ter ehots and more efficient in every asking the support of the electors in *ay- than tnose whodrink. The United Anis -contest. . entates is "drying" fast," for the e Mr. King' arrived on The' 6.18 train shrewdness of their Wetness men has and was met at the station by the seen that for efficient work only men town band, and a large gathering of of eober ambits are capable. prominent Liberals and citizens, and The result of -the election in Ontario escorted to his hotel, the band and a Is going to carry influence far and number of autos forining in procession. tii'itle, and many countries will watch ' Yours truly, J. G. ANDERSON. .......me we. ' MR. EILBER'S REPLY. < Crediton, Ont., June 11, 1914, Mr. J. A. Irwin, .- " , c ' Secretary .of the Dominion Aliance, -Clinton, Ont. i Dear Sir,—Iam in receipt of yoor letter of the 4t11i inst. In reply thereto I beg to state that ,since my entry into public life in 1898, a laave never pledged .myself to any individual or party as to any action I might take napon mat- ters of legislation before Parliament, reserving to myself the riginn to vote upon questions as they present them- selves, as I believe in the bestinterests of the electors of South' Huron. Ae to tempertaince legislation,enclose the 1 policy of my nonerable . leader, .Sir jaints P. 'Whitney, Wei h is wellex- preened in the manifesto recently pub. lisheen and appeared in ,the public press of the province (copy enclosed) and -it mist be khown -to yourself and the Alliance of the County. of Huron. 1 Believe mecIway7., ,yeotirs e HENRY. EMBER. I • PROUDFOOT'S REPLY. Goderich, 'June 8, 1914. 3. A. Irwin, Eng., . Secretary" Alliance, r I • Clinton, 0,nt. • - Dear Sir,—Owing to my absence from town aid ilot receive your letter of the Rd until this- a.m. This explains delay in answering.. By my' votes, era,is of oil and not infrequently of speeches and actions intne Legislature gas. When the Dominion Bank eky- scraper was begun at King and Yoregi 'streets, a flow of gas was tapped strong enough to supply Clee whole building. IThe tore wan filled with con- crete. Tht eagle sert "of thing happened not -very long ego in the. basement ot a camera factory. The newest find is salt. . • The presence of tills desirable condi- meat was suspected when the big rwa. ter tunnel was being built under the bay some years ago, when in the course of the construction operations, -Balt wa- ter oozed out of the bay bottom -',and flowed into the 'Women Just tue otier day a west -end factory was found to have been located. over a large body of salt water. Drillers for water, after getting down something over 100-. feet streck a flow" of brine wnice, 'upon analesie, proved to contaAn a large quantity of common salt, besides small quantities of other cnemicals. Th3 well Yielded 12,000 gallons a day. Betting men are disposed to _speculate as to what will come out of the next hole bored in the floor of Toronto. I thougnt me posItiont on the teinper. . , ance question was so lwell understood as to be unneceesanq to re -skate it. I am, bowever, quite, *Mingtodo so. I am Ake of the opinion' that What the public bar, tne treetin,g -system and drinking in elubin and the impos. Ing upon the liquor traffic a linen - other restrictions as anall mest et- lectually curtail 'the operatiou and remedy its evils." • I am .also of the oixtnion that what we shouM strive !for is' absolute proai. bition. This an only be obtained bY electing men to the Howie on. Com- mons who will vote for 'such legisla- tion. • . Yours sincerely, . W. PROUDFOOT. Decrease of Huron County Population Dear Editor.—In your much appreelat. ed paper of tbe I2th than we laa.ve y our plain, and matter of fact 'state- ments as to the alarming (drop 1311 the population of tbis, distrion Oen wjil refer you to the cure, rather ;than to the cation, a matter that must be faced by the merhbers of the greateat predu. eel's in the county,—namely, bile farm - Ors, as this districtis essentially a farming one. Permit .me to say, w Is wanted here, is; What I have obser ed for the last 'few years, is ,the lowing up the good work begun' by Mr. Greig. of Seaforth, and Mr. 'Mit- , ellen of Goderichk in 1911, when they publizhed a fine (list of farms. for Betel and with detacils andprices, accom- panied with a booklet showing farms in operatiOn and their buildings which I am led to -understand, wa,s sent to the old countries,. to mut before prospective buyers, wile might` r onsider coming to Canada to take up farming here: But it was the .same as I nave observed in the old countries generally .it Just 'stopped short where it should • have 'perm, and it is the old ,' eerer inercial tele over agein, whiniat tells, .us : ,must send et special repre- fieutatine wain the- 0,ainp1es, t to• . in- troduce them, to explainthe beauty of the country and its climate, ex- plain the disposition of the country, the nature of the Roil, whet it ns mot suitable' for, its kind and quality, also describe the nature of the farm • buildings, the, inames, etc.—all of which are. 'strange to the, farmers of Scot-, land, England and Ireland. There; foie, _ to heels 'the right man, -'you erne must have a representative wljo is well acquainted with Huron county, its 'strong peints, and ite weak ones,, to be able to mike pug., gestions to those on the other side, Who are 13 thedark as to how things are bell* done here, or 'event' how to fhinic about -them correctly, Then the the business falls flat, and there is no mere about. It 1 The writer well knowe how misleading .a great deal of the printed matter is which. IS sent to 'the old countebes, , lataia hence Ihedinappointments to the firtners on their arrival bete in Cann 'adia. That has (been a very great nvii in the peen Canada requires no mis. representation to bring people to it. 11 10 flike. painting 'nature. to do that, and as for Huron empty, it in tale garden part of it, and the more of the . cold faced truth( that is said a. bout it the better et will be for concerned. In my experience I have been through .all the principal market. •towns =in Scotland, England and -Ire- land for many years, and knave the • nature of the people of thie various districts of the British Isles, and how they talk of .Canada, and know that &representative withencli an ex- tensive experience int the old countries, and in Huron; county, and going back among the old country ne,ople ' agatn, knowing well botn elides of the -.Wenn tinwould be a great power among them< one that 'they can put all manner of questions to and have thorn answered on the spot, and among the farming communities' in the -three countries ai- ready mentioned.. In my .opinion, none_ - • MR. ZELLER'S REPLY. I Zurich, June 5. 1914. J. A. Irwin, Clinton, Out, Dear sir,, -Yours of the 4tre inst. to hand and .contents carefully noted. "When .n accepted tine nomination at ina,t g,to the results • Ont-ario if she puts intoing Cherbourhe was taken. power the rty PtWhich stands - for Paris where apartments were engaged \ temperance. Are the people of One at the Hotel Astoria. One of the best tario going to he SlQW in till.i move- Phereletiaw7los Einngish Paris trainedVtasnurses ans sumenedas w everything Was don& to make the vim- erai comfortable. At time§ his condition seemed to iMprove and hope was held. - out that he would eventuate be able to return hbrne in goode beagle. smelt ? The provinces of ten West„ new as they are, are eaiready agitate Ing for temperance. Is 0.nterien, nem !Darner province of the Dornirdon. go. ing to allow these newer provinces to pass temperarice legislate -en away in advance of, her '? 'But let us lave outside influences aTia come to Ontario ittelf. There is little doubt but that Local -Option and the Scott 'Act have been oing a greatZdeal iof wood and graelenailnl „makhig Ontario a "dry" Province, be t at is slow and mosausfactory in many inspects. When we have- the earety of a party that if elected it will back tire pannince for univereal temperance sur- ely° it is time for even those opposed, to Local -Option lb 'anon and think, and after some honest talinking surely no one who In seeking for the .e1P- building of better 'social life. in the provbicewill fail to cast his- vote in favor. of that party, Are people going to follow party lines in spite of the fact -that all Oh.ristion men ehoUld have only one way to vote in 'this trnatterl .How can anyone wno professes to be a member of any church', or -Who ne- longs. to any lodge. which' contains in Its constitution, a clause 'whiete 'Andre the mintier to ;fulinold his fellowmen fail to cast his vote in favor of a question which is for the ennobling of bunianity. Ilow can •Sinose who 'though not members of churennsior lodges, but yet are -interested in the raising of the aocial standard, fOrgetl their fel- lowmen so much' as to vote in ,favor 'of a Partr, *Weft Is either afraid !to ;show itn Otte colons en the- •cpeestion Or is strongly' in favor of the 'liver men. The men of/Ontario Must decide ,brte question now. .Are you going- to allow the- opportmitly to slip .bri We read in Shakespeare's "Julius oaesar,".*Iinere is a tide in the affairs of' men which taken at,'the flood leads ,into fortune." Are the'ipeople of Ontario going ,to Al- low the tide tio go out without doing anything or will they, take advantage of the tido, Wieurin flood, and end this temperance agitaillon 'by placing the temperance . party in power? ' Are you going to allow thetinOtisands of sons of Ontario stillto have that same old temptation confronting them at every corneri 'Are the Fiona of ,On aria going to be able to blame the fathers for having kept their towns full of licensed hotels When they had the opportunity of wiping them out of .existance by the mere casting of a vote? Do you fathers ever think of the temptation "open to'your sons woen in a town of two thousand, you findins xnany as five lieensecthoteist Young man, I *n notate& man, ,ppeent to- you, to Oink when you go :to vote. Vote for the paenly pledged to the tenmeranne cause, and give. them a chance to make good. Then; if after four years time, under the lentoance party, you find that your towns are going to pietas, 'that yenr Province. Is losing its importance, that there Is more corruption than before, repleee government by one in favor of tile liquor ,license. • Tile truth is 'Mat General MacDougall did' not realize how serkree his nontlite ion was,, and be was not informed until a later date. KnIney troubles and come plications conttnuedeto break down his one time wenderftil cOnstitattion. Those - who were at his bedside expreased it lthus: 'We can only see from day 'to day." , The records show that General Mac -- Dougall had at varimio .times 1 six horses shot from under him and he- hirneelf was wounded four times In battle. He was wounded not. only jet the event where a, union sentry fired upon Itire by mistake in 'Florida and canoed himto be sent liefne, but in battles at Gettenburg, July 3, 1863; 33ristone Va., October 14.„ 1262; Pelie ersburg, Va., June220 186lie and , SutherlandnoStatione Von AprIl 2, 180. In Febrnary, 1806, Geneean.ntaelnougalt was brevetted lungade eer&1 lii June of the same!, year the federal gover11 ment tendered him a lientenanteolon- eney In the regular army, but he de - 'dined and returned .to ctvll lift ,to re - Join his banking bnsinese in Annum, nthieb he gave up in, 1810. , IAS civintenthe was no jess 2. voylic figure, for, he haS neldrimportaart public office and, has been honored with :tend; .er . of office by many, presidents and, other national -leaders. At the, clew of the 'war be returned 'to Auburn oani * continued ise dielaking bungineas far nearly five yeartsHe becalm pootnaaster of Auburnin 1869. and Amid the office. Until 1S13. ,In 1812 he win elected tor Congresi ata was re.nleeted iv lint As a siienter of W-,-Illause he was chairman of , the Committee on ihill-, tery Affairs:Be was ' very active 10 obtaining a government buliding form - burn and the firat appropriattoh , was made as( a 'result tif his laboren In 1873 tenders of the offices of United States - treasurer,. commissknier of internal re- venue and commissioner of; patents were made to General MacDongali but he did not care to accept' any; of!tbeee Ofises and declined. - lie was named. -United • Etitatss mar. shal fort -the Northern Diattlet at NOW York in 1811 and accepted, and held. tha,t - office col*lnneuSlY : until Pm& dent Taft, actsing.at the behelt tof tie late Vice President siwirian, tramnfer- rell the office from Anbiun to guet. and amointed the late, van LI ;Weaver, President Rutherford B. Biayea Of- fered- the posts of consul general ..po Breland, France and Egypt for his consideration but he -also ' declined aP- pointment to the dipiomatie *service. - General MacDougall bad been offered nolitical lionitnationS for minor effaces but declined on many occaSions. He was a presidential elector on. the Republic- an ticket in 18813. Among theisocleties to sehlaine Oozed were the Grand Army of ills - Republic, the Loyal Legion,' -the Otyaneo Country Club 'andthe city ,Club of Aubern. Do not say it makes. no difference to, me how the question li --decided Sureiet -it does. Are we not all our