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• ISTP:Or ADVERTISEMENTSI
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Rplingtof 1889-.T. Sm1th(6) '
Strucktit Right -Mikan & Duncan. (5)
BanknIpt stocks Cheap -George Good. (2)
BoardersWanted-P.Gutteridge. (8) •
Another Treat-Hunearian Gypsy Band. (8)
Something New -Sharp &Levms. (8)
Plow Peints-0. G. Willson. (8)
Again to thePront-Happel & Cleghorn. (5)
Millinery -Edward McFaul. (8)
Wilkinson Aurora Plow -O. C. Willson. (8)
Good roe -George Baird. (8)
Notice- Contractors -Wm. Moir. (5)
Take odes -A. G. Ault. (5)
Colt Stakes -Thos. Lapin.. (5)
Female Teacher Wanted -Wm. Marshall (5)
A Good. Chance -Mrs. D. Gairdner. (5) -
Horses for Sale -Jacob Diehl.
Notice to all Concerned -S. Smillie. (5)
Bull for Servieezraoderiek Gray. (6)
Come to Stay -Hamilton Brothers (8)
Dressmaking -Miss bluklrew. (8)
Manure Millinery Opening -E. McFaul. (8) '
_ Going- to do Hat Trade. -Duncan & Duncan. (8)
Wide Awake -D. Lothrop Co. (8)
Oil Cake -Robert Scott. (8)
A Goesrl Bull -John Ross. (&)
von;positor.
RTH,FRIVAT, March 29,1889,
Oa- O'Brien's Motion.
The -following is the resolution pro-
pose.d y Col. O'Brien,. on the Jesuit
. :.
questi n, in the House of Commons, on
Tuesday last, and which is now being
discussed:.
"That the Speaker do not now leave
the chair, but that it be resolved that
-an humble address be presented -to his
Excellency- the Governor-General, set-
ting forth :,-(1) That this House re-
• gar& the power of disallowing Acts of
L
the gislative Assemblies of - the Pro-
vincest veeted in his Excellency in
Council, as i, prerogative esseetial to the
national existence of the Dominion; (2)
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that this great power, while it *aould
never be wantonly exercised, should be
fearlessly used for the protection of the
rights .of a minority, for the preservation
of the fundamental principles of the
,
Constitution, and for safeguarding the
general interests of the people; (9) that
m the 'opinion of this House the passage
by th Legislature of the Province of
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Quebec of the Act entitled, 'An Act
respecting the Settlementof the Jesuit
Esta ,° is beyond the power ,of that
Legislature; -firstly, because it en-
dows from the - public funds a- 're-
ligious organization thereby :violat-
ing the undoubted constitutionel.prins
- ciple of the complete separation of
Church and State, and of the absolute
equality of all denominations before the
_.- taw; secondly, because it , recognizes
•I" the usurpation of a right by a foreign
authority, namely, his Holiness the
Pope of Rome, to claim that his consent
was necesseiy to, empower the Provin-
cial Legislature to &span of a portion
of the publie domain, and also because
the Aot is made to depend upon the
will and the appropriation of the grant
hereby made is subject to the control of
the mime authority; and thirdly, be-
cause the endowment of the Society of
Jesus, an alien , secret and politico -re-
ligious body, the expulsion df which
from Ovary Christian community -where-
in it has had a footing has been rendered
necess ry by its intolerant and mis-
chievous interuteddling with the film-
- tions �f civil government, is fraught
• with danger to the civil and religious
liberties of the people of Canada; and
this House therefore prays that his Ex-
cellenoy will be graciously pleased to
disalldw the said Act."
The Jesuits' Estates Bill.
To the Editor of Tint HoRoN ExrosiToa.
• DEA
Sm. -The demand for the disal-
Iowans, of the Jesuit Estates Bill passed
by the Quebec Legislature has been im-
mensely strengthened by the position
taken by theGlobe, the leading Liberal
organ of the country. It is 'possible
_ that a not inconsiderable proportion of
Liberals in Ontario may feet inclined to
follow the lead Of the t.l.lobes :though so
fir ther is little indication that the pre-
vailing view among the Liberal members
at Ottawa is in favor of disallowance.
It is well to consider the Matter calmly,
apart frpm either political or religious
• prejudice, to ascertain, if possible, the
principles which should govern in the
case, and, having found them, to apply
''. them w thout regard to consequences,
for the actions of patriots, in this crisis,
will be guided by principle, and not by
expediency or bigotry. The objections to
the Jesuit Bill appear to be three :-L'-.
(1) tha tig.presentorder of Jesuits, not
being i.fl any sense the heir, of the order
suppressed in . 1773, has .no legal or
moral claim for compensation; (2) that
the granting of public money to any
religious body- is in itself wrong, and (3)
that the bill, by recognizing the author-
• ritY Of t e Pope to interfere in Canadian
Affairs, is unconstitutional. No doubt
'
theseokijections gather point and weight
by bein directed against a bill favoring
the Jesuits, an order which has ever
been th enemy of civil and religious
liberty, and the extension of . whose in-
fluence in Canada cannot but be very
distasteful to Protestants. It must be
remembered, ,
however that so 'far as
.
the Do imon, Government are con-
!cerned, they have not to consider the
character or aims of the Society of
Jesuits, as that order hails legal status
in Qua*, having been formally incor-
porated under the Jews of that Province,
consequently the case must be viewed,
with regard to disallowance, just as if it
were a Presbyterian or Methodist body
which was proposed to. be .endowed
with Q ebee public money. _
' nit �ufficient to say with regard to
..
the fi t objection, that it is a very
proper one to have been waged against
the hilL whilc. before the Quebec Legis-
' lature, but that • it affords no ground
whatevler for disallowance. The major-
ity in; he Legislature of Quebec? Were
convin ed that the claimm was well found-
ed,' an4 they were the judges in the
case.
. As to the second objection, there is
no provision in the British North Amer-
ican Act which makes grants of public
money to religioue bodies or institutions
in the selves void, as is the case in
many of the constitutions of the indi-
viduel States to the south of us, and.
consequently whatever maybe the views
heldirt Canadians outside of Quebec on
this point, this also Was a matter for the
• Lees' fare of that Province to decide.
;
It was quite Within the power of that
• Legisl ture to vote as much public
money as it pleased to the limits or
,•
any other order, and therefore there cen
beno ground _for disallowance on this.
mores_ •
The third objection is one to which
considerable weight must be given. It
icintolerabli that any foreign ruler or
potentate, be he Pope or President,
Catholic or Protestant, spiritual or tem-
poralt should be recognized is having
any ',eight to meddle in Canadian affaire,
or to interpose with authority in matters
of legislation.. It would-be treasonable
and destructive of all our self-governing
-institutions were this to be allowed.
So far,-then,as this objectiop lies against
the bill it condemns it. But ie the rem-
edy to besfound in 'disallowance^by.filie
Dominion Government! Consider what
would be the effect of disallowance. We
know what the effect was of Sir John's
disallowing the Rivers and Streams Bill,
a harmless measure affecting only. saiv-
logss and not capable of giving nee to
one-tenth ihe acrimony already _pro
dueed with regard to the Jesuit Bill.
The effect was to immensely -strengthen
the hands of the Mowat Government
to the measure, and to ensure its
triumphant passage in the face of • a
triple disallowance by Sit John.
The standard of • Provincial'Rights
was raised,. and a nearly • solid
Ontario stood at the back of
Mr. -Mowat in his defence of the right-
ful authority of. the Legislature.
The - disallowance Of the Jesuit bill
would act in a similar ways It would
place in Mr. Mercier's hands a mnst.pos
tent weapon, and at the very next ses-•
Sion of the Quebec Legislature the bill
Would be re-enacted by a Legislature de-
termined to resist '• infringement of its
rights, and resolved at all hazards to
<maintain the position it had assumed.
The justice . or injustice 'of the Aet
would be entirely lest sight of, and the
bitter War of •religious and party strife
which seems to. . be beginning would
grow %verse and worse'and would be pro--
longed long as the Act was not per
-
ratted to beanie: law. It is not by
eearrels.of this kind that our Dominion
is to be consolidated, Ind if we are espr
to look for a closer -tie between the
various Provinces than exists at present,
-we must endeavor to effect a peadeful
settlement of this and similar,questions.
'
Is there no way, then to get rid of
the objectionable featureof permitting
the Pope to legislates for the people of
Canade, without disallowing this Bill
• Though not a lawyer, it appears -to me
i
there s. 'Let a ease be brought before
one of the Quebec:Courts by some
Quebec- taxpayer who objects to the
Bill, and let him raise the question as
to whether or not this feature of the
Bill daes not makeit ultra virus.of the
.
Quebec Legislature. Let the case, if.
need be; be taken to the Privy Council
itself, and there is little doubt in rey
7.mind, at least, that the legislature re -
:cognizing the Pope's right to interfere
in oar affairs would be pronounced un.
-constitutional. We. cannot • prevent the
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Quebec: legislature passing another Act
compensating the Jesuits' in --precisely
the same way, should the present Act
be declared void by the proper Court,
but we can at least do away with the
very objectionable feature of conferring
- temporal power in Canada upon the
Pope; and that too, in a manner which
coeid not give offence to the Lower
Canadians, and which would not in any
way interfere withtheright of Provin-
cial Legislatures to dee/ with their own:
Money as they see .fit. Lepel control
of local affairs isa • principle we should
jealously geard, and We should be es-
pecially careful not to allow our re-
ligious
perjUdices to blind our eyes to
considerations of-- consistency and fair
play. Yours truly, t :
Thos. W. GtBsoN, Wroxeter.
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EDITOR'S REMAINS.
We substitute the above communisa-
tion for -other Editorial matter we had
prepared for this issue, because, in the
first place, we know our correspondent
voices the opinions of many leading Re-
formers on this question, and in the
second place, because if left over until
next week, aa it would require to be,
unless Swig give it this space, it would be
somewhat out of date. We do not en-
tirely agree, however, with the con-
clusions Arrived at by our correspon-
• dent, viz :that because the disallow -
epee of the bill would create rancour
andill feeling between the people of the
Province of Quebec and the people of
the rest of the Doniinion that therefore
it should not be disallowed and the duty
that should be performed, and that the
constitution intenda should be perform-
ed, by the Executive should be left to
.private individusis. Itis well to have
peace and harmony but it is not always
advisable to purchase these at too great
a price. Quebec ehonId not be treated
differently from 'Any other Province.
Acts of other Provinces that • were
neither ultra vires nor unconstitutional
have been Vetoed without hesitation by •
the Executiie. and it would be a mon-
strous injustice if • an unconstitutional
act should be allowed to go unchallenged
simply because it emanated from the
Legislature' of the Province of Quebec
or from any particular Province. Both
parties agree that legislation that is un-
constitutional should not be -permitted
by the Executive to become law, and con-
sequently the -Government, whose duty
it is to advise the Executive, should be
compelled to Bey that this Act is in
their opinion constitutional . or they
should be forced to recommend its dis-
• allowance. If Parliament fail to force
the Government :to such a declaration
they*will fail in the performance of a '
most important duty to the country. ;If
the veto power is to be used only when
its suits political exigencies to use it
then it is a farce and had better be done
away with altogether.
News of the Week.
Joint BRIGHT. -John Bright, the emi-
nent British statesman, died ontWedtes-
day last: •
BECOME ,LAw.-The bill regulation of
heating cars by 'steam has become_ law
in New York State.
INDEMNITY i)MANDED.-England has
demanded froint Morocco £50,000 in-
demnity for the Mackenzie- factory
massacre, -
FOR THE EXPOSITION. -Paintings valu-
ed- at over $200,000 were sent from New
York on Saturday to the Paris Exposi-
ti°M11.01XTk ARLO.-The Dean of Ripon
appeals to the Prince .of Wales to U80
has influence to suppress gambling at
Monte Carlo.' •
WANTS To TRY PLOGGING.-The flog-
ging of refractory inmates of work-
houses -in Westphalia is being urged'
upon the German Government. •
Giorzuous °mi. -A Philadelphia lady
has anonymously given $15,000 -a year
for the advancement- of the Reformed
•••1141.1•11.41,114.
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Episcopal ohurch
and Canada.
Bars MUST NOT
tient Senate has
ing youths under
No LARD trfixtUREs W
Mexico has taken steps to pr
introdnotion of 'adulterated
,
N1CW INSTITUTION. -The In
Journalists has been iniugu
London with 1,270 members.
InesEsse.-The F,ederal
Switzerland is increasing its
a
In the
States
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SMOILE.--Th ODU00-
veined a bill 'prohibit,
sixteen from strrokipg.
tsrEn.
vent the
merlon
titute of
ated at
ank of
working
capitel. by 50,000,000 francs: I •
risk LABOR MOVEMi1T.-Th,8 labor
movement is spreading througliout Ger
many. _Many strikes are reported- in
the provinces.
MRS. ST -mg. -It is reported that
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Si we'a mind is
becoming clouded, althouh her physical
health is as good as .
- OUR TORONTO LETTER.
(13s our town Correspondent
10889:-
ts7- that
• This
as that
about,
:two months, nor was it as .qu et as it
promised to be. Several new -questions
were introduced into the fieldof provin-
cial politics, namely, the. questions Of
French_schoOls in Ontario; the price Of
school books, and the Government con-
trol of licenses. It is .dcubtfill if the
Opposition feel satisfied with their sizc-.
f these
of the'
Tonortro, March 25
The session is over. It was
short one after . all. The sessi
promise to be short rarely are ,s
one was as long almost to a day
of 1888, and each of them laste
cesisin- their attacks on either
points. The. educational: ssteix
Ontario.Government 18 & favori
of attack with the Conaervativ
and- the Government therefore
fl
as_ party,
s greet
reason to congratulate itself that the
Department of Education is in tie hands
of so popular, able, and eloquent a mini- •
stereo the kion. G. W. -Rosa.' He has
repelled most eueceasfully the oninaughte
of his department -which became- so fre-
quent towards the close of the ' seseion:
The past week, the laet Of , the session,
saw a brief resurrection of the debate on
the French school question;, and
flat before an audience that ha
quite enough of the affairlbn th
'Wm occasion, . Mr. Craig- brought - the.
matter up again, this time in th shape
it fell
d heard
8 ,prev-
of an amendment to the motion to go,
motion
believed
d pre -
into committee of supply. The
WaS to the effect that theHouse
there should be one dominant
veiling language, and that language Eng-
lish, in all publicschools, and 'ales,
that the Government should supervise
all text books used in any achools aitied
by public funds. The Government sides:
of the House admitted their willingness
to agree with ' the firat Portion of the
resolution; provided it had not been
made so as to be virtually a want Of
confidence motion. As to the latter
part, it 'introduced a new as'pect, and
the Attorney General himself; rose to
cambat it by pointing ' out that f it was
doubtful whether or not the Previnciat
Government had, Under the British
North America Act, the right to super-.
vise text books used in Roman &dhoti()
Separate Schools, He was nOt •able to
speak definitely one way or the. other.
It was amatter of doubt ',in his mind,
and he could not therefore accept that
part of the motion' even -had it net been
moved as a vote ofwant of confidence.
He explained that the Ad of union he,
tween Upper and Lower Canada had
given certain privileges to the idenorn,
inatien in question in the matter of edit -
cation, and, approve it or sdisapprove it,
they could not alter the law- in that
course. Whatever privileges had been
• given under Act of uniozsliad been con-
tinued under the British North America
Act, as witness the 93rd sectien. Mr.
;ANS made a second speech on the qUes-
tion,but did not exert hirekelf at on the
previous occasion,- He had dealt with;-
the subject -so exhaustively then, that
the most effective portions !of his second
speech were those quoted from his first.
• Of course the question resolved
int.; one of party, and was; vote
with the lull Government majori
itself
down ,
- The license debate, which'hactbeen so
long expected, Was brought on by Mr.
Meredithin a manner similar to that
adopted by Mr. Craig in the : debate
above referred to. His speech was a
brilliant denunciation of theGovern-
ment's policy, but was wanting in sped --
lc charges, and Mr. Hardy had little
'difficulty in routing hint badly.. Of
course the tu.oque argument was called
in more or less, but, after all, CIEs was
justified by circumstances. , ' The, whole
debate proved is. comparative =le,and
the Opposition will probablY a o.pt some
other cry than that of corrupti er 41 the
adminietration, of liquor licensee' with
which to go to the country. 1
, - 1.
• It is not at all likely, meantime, •that
they will have (magi= to 'go to the
country for another year 1 or so:, - All
these prognostications of -an earlydisso-
lution rise from those hopesavhichapring
eternal in the breast of the 'Tory !party.
The Government Will, -.without doubt,
not go to the country until atter next
year% session ot the House.' TheSegiss
lature has a Year and nine months- yet to
run, and this time next year will be
soon enough' to talk of dissolutionl,
-
The railway policy of the Government
caused a few heartburninge amongthe
' supperters' of the same, which ulsni-
nated.in actual and active opposition to
• the-polioy. Mr. Balfour; no doubt, .felt .
his position keenly, and the Howie sym-
pathised with him. He ' his . been
a 'consistent and able. supporter of
sthe Government for many years and
..sonly strong convictions_ could ' have
driven him to 'vote and speak.against it •
on a matter of so Much moment.i Of
course the trouble was that his con-
stituency did not get a railway, and he
thought it should. - The Government
had determined to ,confine its railway
aid policy to the development of new
-sections of the country, and that would
• not include .,Essex. Hine , Mat lachry-
thee. However, Mr. Balfour did his duty
to his conetituency by Movirg an
amendment. Mi. Eventual inct Mi.
Robillard and one or two others of the
dissatisfied -supported him, but the op.
position voted with the Governmelit on
the question and the majority was
-overwhelming. ' _ --
The other business of the week was ,
small, and. consiited principally of 'kill-
ing og the items on the order paper,
elaughtering the - innocents in fact, , a
tragedy enacted .in the dying days., of
every session of every Parliament. I The
session closed soon after 10 o'clock on •
1.1 Ft ON EX Posrroft
Thursday evening, aid was prorogued
on Saturday-efterneon With the usual
ceremonies.
GAtLERY.
NOTES FROM TEM CAPITAL
(By Our Own Correspondent.)
Oistwa,' March25th;=1889.
First and foremost; the Jesuit Estates
A very clever thing is going the
rounds now, attributed to Grant Sey-
mour, the well known Ottawa poet ani
wit. "In the United States," sala
• Seymour:. to ..a friend; "they have Buf-
falo -Bill and the Wild -West ; here wie
have Jesuit Bill and the Wed wild."
-I doubt myself that ,the West is 80 Wild
as a good many people think; but Un-
doubtedly the influence of the agitation
now being carried on from the great
centre of Toronto is likely, to have
great effect, ultimately,if not immediates
iy, upon the future of Canada. The de:
- bate upon 'Cbl. O'Brien's resolution call-
ing for the disallowance of the Bill will
begin to -morrow. All sorts of contra-
'dictory rumors are afloat as to the course
events will take' as regards the length
, and character ofthe debate.- The only
way -for one who wishes to glie• a fore-.
• cast is to take the feetors of the prob.
lem-as he finds them, and *Orli' out the
solution for himself. Inall probability
there will be five 'days of &anal. discus -
Bien of the matter about equally divided
between the supporters and the oppo-
nents.of the Bill. The principal speeches
will be, thy:ins:if lawyers arguing the
legal and cenetitetienst aspect of the
case. Against,the.bill will be Mr.- Dalton
MoCarthy, the apoetle, of Imperial
Federation, and the principal represent-
ative of extreme Protestantism in the
-House. In- favor of •the•Bill; the Min-
ister of _Justice himself - will be the
principal champion. Sir John Thomp-
sont the Min ster, is a "'vert," is they
call them in England, that is he was at
one time a Protestant, and is now a Ao-
man Catholic. He wee. elected . mainly
through- Church tnfluence and depends
'upon the same .for his .continued hold-
ing of his place. As Minister of Jus-
tice he is officially the mouthpiece of the
-Government on questions of disallow
-
ailed. He and Mr.. McCarthy will be
well matched, for both are clever flaw-
yers and good debaters. Those who care
to follow the intricacieeof Such an argu-
ment as that upon a constitutional
question of this kind may llek for a
rich treat in reading these speeches. It
is: understood that Sir John Macdonald
will have something to say; as also will
'Hon. David Mills, the recognized
champion. of Provincial Rights in 'this
House. It is said that Sir Richard
Cartwright is preparing a speech, .but
this is doubtful. Mr. Barron, the man
on t eLiberal side who . stood , ready to
chal enge the .Government's course in
this matter, if Col. O'Brien did not, has
been through all •the . -law booke in tbe
library for information on this question,
and is certain to mike a vigorous if not
a long speech. If, '• as seerne; probable,
the extremists of the Protestant wing
say anything offensive about the Jesuits
it is more than likely that the extremists
of the other wing siill reply; and if that
sort of debate is etil•ered upon the time
to be occupied no man can predict. As
to the vote, the calculation now is that
the Government will be sustained in its
refusal to disallow the Bill by the whole
House, with the exception of about fif-
teen 'Conservatives and six • Liberals.
Supposing that a good many shirk the
vote, at mini very' likely, -the Govern-
ment's thejority, as against Col. O'Brien;
will be about 150, a decidedly favorable-
yerdict. • There is a ruiner. started -by
some alarmist Conservative that the
Liberals at the last moment will unite
against the Government. But :this is
too absurd to be discussed. The Gov-
ernment and the •Jesuits Estates Bill
will he sustained by. one of the largest
majorities ever cast on a really impor-
tant question: .
THE COMBINES BILL.
. Thedeptitation business' after a short
lullohis resumed. One ofthe principal
bodies visiting the Capital was made up
of representatiVei of Montreal; Toronto,
and Hamilton Boards of Trade; the
Canadian • Fire Underwriters! Assooia.
tion, the Grecers" Guild, and other com-
mercial bodies. Their _ object - was' to
induce the Government to sit on Mr.
Clarke Wallace and his Combines- Bills
This legislation is little to the liking of
these -busioess men Who regasd the right
to•combine atteacred., .and hold that any
interference, therewith is unjust. Mr,
-Wallace has modified his bill somewhat,
but it still is etrong enough, if 'properly
administered; to put down every -combi-
nation in the -country. • It is stated on
-
the very best authoritythat the
Minister of Justice, nstead of
weeding to ti
he wishes expressed
or , even .promising to take it
into the serious consideration of the
Government, according to the stelio-
typed phrases in that case made and pro-
vided, actually supported the 'principle
of the bill, and gave the commercial
men to understand that . this combine
business had gene far enough to alarm
the Government, and would have to be
!atoppectstome 'way or other, It is not
likely that Mr. Wallace's bill will be
passed in its entiretys and it is more
than probable that no 'definite action in
the matter will be - taken this, session.
But the Government that has undertaks
en to make *ages high- and times good .
can hardly expect to look quietly on
While a combine in sugar and a combine
in agricultural implements and other or-;
• anizations for purposes of robbery are to
ewe the people of their herd earnings.
The coritbinsters must suppress them-
selves orbe suppressed by the Govern-
!neut. •
• ONCE MORE A BACK‘DOWN.
It would be most gratifying to the
Liberals to find the Government follow-
ing out their (the Liberals') policy of
conciliation and extended trade relations -
with the United States were it not for
the •galling, mortifying fact that the
Government - acts not on good advice
from honest men in Canada, but under
the bullying of reprehensible pelitioians
in the United States. The demi-6ificiel
announcement is made to -day otanother
backdown to the United Statee,the most
significant and, being a backdown, the
Moat disgraceful yet. On the .26th of
February, Mr. Laurier proposed that
steps should be taken to negotiate a new
fisheries treaty, and that as an evidence
of good neighborhood with the 'United
States the modus vivendi arranged un-
der the last- misuaceseftil treaty should
be continued for another year. - This
modus vivendi gives the Amencen fish--
t • ' ' •
omen the -right to take .out lice sesi
under which they -can buy bait and sup.
plies, -enter Canadian portrinkasend their
fish to the American market and other-
wise carry 011 811011 operations. as * will
-
facilitet&their operations,butall thelme
they are supposed to BO onlyoutside
the three-mile limit; the territory with--
1,3'0st line t eing the preserve of the
Canadian fishermen. This proposal
of Mr. Laurier's- was -voted down, but
in the few 4ays since then the Gov.
ernMent ha ifeceived new light which
ehoit the a visability of changing, its
course. It is an open secret that Sir
CharlessTupp r' has been in communica-
tion Witkrepr lentative Americans un-
officially- leer ing what' the United
States may be expected to do in. case of
the re-openin of 'negotiations: There
can be no re sortable doubt that it is
upon Sir Charles advice or at his di -Op-
tion that the change Of front has been
made, and ifsit OSA only be because
of representa ions that have. -come to
him from the other side of -the line. -
AO the -wore of it is that bacing down
%litho, do no virtually -under -threat
from the Unit d Statile they get none of
the credit the might have had had they
come forward 1n a spirit of -reasonable
concessionmozithe ago and offeredthis
as an earnest of neighborliness they
could- have negotiated to advantage for
a renewal of the treaty. But this. Gov-
ernmentis lik any other braggart, it
will not coucedie even justice to an op-
ponent exceptl under compulsion,, and
when compellekt to concede It gets no
credit for gooI intentions, not matter
how lavishly t gives up or how com-
pletely it huin les itse19. It is. uponits
record and upolthe fact that jingoes and
imperielists ar4 in power in the United
States that I p ediated in'a recent letter
that this Government would csncede
Commercial t3nion within two years.
It would conce e annexation only that
the United Sta -not,. askit, and
even for the sa e of John A. Macdonald
the Terieswou d not agree to it. We
might have Re iprocity now it we chose
to ask for it, bilt this Government will
stand on its•dig ity until the Americans
find themselVe able to demand ° effec-
tively full ontrol • of our -tariff
and then they vill yield, not to justice,
not to intern tional courtesy, but to
the meat galJiig kind of compulsion.
-RECIPRO ITY IN WRECKING.
• The backdown on the wrecking clues=
timi referred to in another Ibtter has
*come. Some ears ago the Americans
offered Canadi ns reciprocity in wreck--
ing, and the Canadians 'offered the
Americans reciprocity in wrecking, tow-
• ing and closed g. No bargain could be
struck unless o e or both of the parties
was prepared to concede something.
Last session Mr. Kirkpatrick, a blue-
blooded Tory p the old school,proposed
boldlyto Race') , the Americans, offer. He
was very severiely lectured by the Gov-
ernment, and :overwhelmingly voted
down by his • wn party, the Liberals
almost to a ma supporting. -7 This year,
however, Mr. Kirkpatrick came up.
smiling and re ewed his. proposal. Their
follower's feari that there would be a
backdown in a short time anyhow, and
seeing - the syr posal came from one of
their own par strongly favored the
Bill. And so t e Government was com-
pelled to allow he measure to pass., But
instead of taki g it up generously and
trying to win.t b credit with the Amer;
loans which th might have won, great-
ly to _the adv. ntage of Canada, they
showed by eve y meape lir their power
that they hate the measure and would
gladly kill it t • they dared. Indeed
there is reason- it fear that -they will set
their stranglin machine, the Senate, to •
work upon the ill 'even yet. It Will be
just like them If they do,the time
will come, and that . before long, when
Canadian wate s will he thrown open to
American wrec ers.unconditionelly.
' THE BEH ING SEA. ,Qt'ESTION.
There is, anot er chance for a very fine
backdown in th immediate future over
the Behring ea businesi. - British
Columbia seale s• were captured about
twenty miles f om land, and taken to -
the United Sta es, the allegation being
that they were poaching 1. ,American
waters. Abou two weeks ago the or-
ders were, giv n to sell these sealers;
which had bee held pending negotia;
tions over the question . of territorial.
rights. And nw. comes- the informa-
tion, apparentl official, that the 'United
States will deol re Behring Sea it closed
.sea, and will k p .the 'fishermen _ of alt.
' other nations o t of it. , Great *Britain
is sumposed to back Canada in insisting
uponBehringSea being kept -open.
Unless . the in erests of some other
country, such if Norway and Sweden,
are interfered,• ith, nothing will be said
effectivelysagai sf this great water be-
ing kept as an merican preserve.
- H on Notes.
The . water is very highin the vi-
cinity of -Hen ryn and a Local is ex-
Pe-retedlite contra tors fer the new miblia
buildings ie GC erica' are rapidly...push:
ing the work:
. -Mr. Paisle 18 making an inspection
of the hotels '' the West Riding -pre-
varatory to th granting of licenses.
-Mr. R. .. Tuff* of Clinton, is
going to the St te of Massachusetts, to
lot* after som property he has there.
„ -The Hopiri s fern', on the 7th con-
cession of Hull tt, has been sold to Mr.
Henry Warren r for $4.250. • '
• -Mr. Jame Reynolds, of _ Ifullett,
has sold his s lendid general purpose
- team,' to a ma in Detroit, for $435. - .
-The famil of Mr. W. Steples, of
the 10th educes ion of Hullett, have all
been down wit diphtheria, but are re-
covering. , 4
- ' -The Youn est son of M.i.:: John,
'Reynolds, of ullett, received a severe
kickonthe leg rom ahorse one day
iiy.
. -While retu ning home from a in-rm-
.-al the other da the Brussels hearse pp -
set in a pitch h le and broke one of the ,
plate glass side •
The Marsh 11 farm, on the Bayfield
coriceision, in oderich township, was
sold by audio lately to Mr, John
Middleton for ,250.
• -There cam near being a serious fire
at Wattand ittle's planing mill in
-
Wingha,ri but t e blaze was noticed in
time an exting ishedr-
-It is repor d that a certain farmer
on the 9th c megaton of Grey has les
vented, or • at least gone on a holiday
without apprisi g his creditors.
The other ening a nuMber of the
young 'people f Zurich and vicinity
met at H. 0. D an'isin that village and
presented Mrs. Doan with a handsome
• silver or t in behalf of the Ancient
Order of Foreet re' society. Mr.... Peine
=de a few re arks and Dr. Buchanan
. presented the rust. Mrs. Doan Was
lookedfor,tifoehr, eatinidP-rleeth slit ' tshue°,h0wrdaser nfon;
. ,
the good will shown her nd the appro.
dation Of her thne and °table in get-
ting up their concerts ome time ego.
After the -presentation was over • the
crowd proceeded to Mr. Bossenberrrs,
where there -Wag anothe surprise.
-.:-The trustees • ofsoh ol section No.
11, Goderich township, intend putting
a bell tower and bell on heir school, and
have let the contract. •
"Mr. Wm. Robb, of rick Rivers Da-
kota, 'who has been staying with his
father in Tuckersmith- for a consider-
able time, .has left" again for the West..
-It-is stated that a oung man in
Hallett after having eaten a hearty tea
ate 121arge rasy potatoe on a wager of
potatoes
on
cents, and then att inpted todrink
a quart of milk.
-Several young men- on the 165h con-
cession, of Grey, purpose leaving
shortly' for . Washington Territory,
•tUhneitefdortuSntaetes.s; - • where i they will push
ir
-Magus. T. Morrish, john -Edwards,
John Sterling, Henry Hayden and
Thomas' Mitchell, of Colborne,
-with their
families, left the other day for Mani-
toba.
-For some time past two atxlerich
ladies', Mrs.-Ausebrook an, d Miss Hor-
ton have been collecting funds ttierect a
couple of hanclibme drinking fountains
in that 'town. • We believe nearly the
necessary amount .has been raised and
the structures will soon be constructed.
•
-One: night lately some persons en-
tered Mr. Edward Bisset "3 henhouse in
Exeter and took out two game roosters;
intending probably to have ii battles
The birds were returned, -however, not
looking much the worse for wear.
-Rev. R. Y. Thompeon, B. A., B.
D., and -wife, formerly of Hensel!, re-
cently of British Columbia and Winni-
peg; hav been on a visit to his brother,
Mr. Jas. Thompson, of Ttirnberry. Mr.
Thompson has been for 1 several years
oonnectei with Knox College, Toronto,
a,nd is a man of -Marked ability, mature
scholarship, and genial disposition. .
. - -Among the few of the old; pioneers
still living in Colborne is Mrs.JA. Green,
sr., at present in her 94th year. She is
still active and smart With her needle,
and recently made a neat Oed'quilt. At
her great age she has few equals in doing
work SO veIl and isatill able to knit as
.well as when she came t� Colborne 55
years ag . ,
-One day ately:a horse belonging to
Mr. Henry Willert, of Dashwood, ran '
away. Mrs. Stacey who had charge of
thd rig, ' as returning from Zurich, when
by some neans a bolt came out from the
shafts, c using:the some to drop, which
frighten d the horse, and. it at once
started to inn away, leaving Mrs.
Stacey t4 get -home the best way she
could.
-A y ung son of Wm. Bell, butcher,
of Blyth showed good pl ck the other
day. 1 His father was driving a horse
and it rai away, and the oung lad was
leading a colt, which becatne frightened
at the runaway, and mad a bolt, throw-
ing the 'y ng fellow down. The boy
hung oni to the 61t itf good style,
although he Was drawn f r a consider-
able diet nce on his ' biek through the
mud, H
' g. --Two yotinig' ladies f m Teeswater
were dri. tug home from' Winghean one
evening,, Mrhen their horse took fright at
somethin hear the -bridge at the north
end of that town.- The consequence was
the ladle jumped and int themselves
from a cold bath, but the horse tumbled ,
into thever. Assistance was soon on
hand; t. ' horse'hauled out, and after a
few hour all Went on their • way rejoic-
ing.''
-On 3 * ednesday morning of. last
-week, - ' illif F. S: Scott, seized the
plaet, & .-, of the Brussels Budget and
removed- the same to a vacant store.
The plan is . announced to be sold- by
-Bailiff's $ le on Friday, March 29th at
3 o'clock p. m. The ii Nightingele "
chattel ortgage and a claim from the
Sheriff r: costs of therecent libel suit
Of Grant s. Jenkins amounting in all to '
about $0 ci will have to be settled be-
fore the. oodiceir be released.
_ ,
The lhaten New Era of last week
says:- • young man in town who has
not liad great -deal of Work lately, be-
came int newly possessed with the idea,
of movin west, )vhere there is a boom
on every branch, and all you have to do
is to pull it. Portland, Oregon, suggested
itself as a good point, Anid he wisely
wrote a friend before pulling up
stakes a d moving. there. ' Receipt of a
letter la t week from the friend, with
the info mation that hundreds of men
were w king the streets in smell of
employ ent,- has 'knocked . the western
idea out f our townsman, who sensibly
conclude that he can live more cheaply
here tha he can in the west, particu-
larly wit Out employment.
-DEBAT
Monday
School
4` Resolv
would
the Uni
I I
Twkersmith. _
•-A .debate` took place on
evening, the 25th inst., in
ation. No. 9 on the subjects
d that Canadian Independence
preferable to Annexation to
d States:" Alr..D: McMillan
was appointed chairman and Messrs.
Dallas, Sinelair and M. McMillan were
appointed alcommitte& to decide which
side would- advance the better argu-
ments, The affirmative was upheld -13)r
Messrs. 1 John McKay, 8th concession,
W. Doi, G. T. McKay, D. Johnston
and P. "Cell", . and the negative by
Messrs. P. McKay, IOth concession; T.
G. Shill' glaw, D. McKay and P. Mc-
Kay, Sth, concession. The committee
after weighing all the arguments de-
cided in favor of the affirmative. As
'three m mbers of this society are to de-
bate with three membeis ofthe Hensall
debating society at Hensall on Monday
evening a very lively and interesting
time is expected.
• A -RE LY TO RANKIN Bo. -I heard
a big blo v from the North last week,
but Rankin Boy forgot to mention any-
thing ot of his own township, and
-surely there are k some good Canadian
mares in that township. I think he Will
have to go . around the 'three leading
townships before, he can beat my own
sales w thout picking over . the . one
townshi of Tuckeismith. If he can't
get hors a in his own three townships he
may t other, three townships,but
must no come south of the Huron
Road. nitin Boy went to the trouble
of pickin four horses from three town-
ships, w ich sold for $1,110*, and then
be does ot say whether they were all
Canadia working horses or not. I sold
lately t ree colts out of Canadian
mares, f r $760. I sold one to Mr.
f Hensel!, for $260. Mr- I
Wit te s Id him and his mate shortly
afte war s, for$600. I slso sold to Mr. i
Berry, o Hensel!, and Mr. R. Turner,
'
9
• MAitca 291 1889.,
of Manitoba, *span of Canadian work
Ing mares, for the sum of -$500, I have
yet on hand a three.year-old Canadian
bred mare, for -which I refined $600
• when coming two years old. Will Ran-
kin Boy be kind enough to let me know
if the horses mentioned In the EXPOSI-
TOE wereall Canadian working horses,
as I have my doubts about it, Wishing
Rankin Boit good luck and hoping he
may take rst prize at.,Leadbug., I re-
main, yours truly.- DONALD MCKINNON.
WEDDING BELLS. -Another of those
events 'associated with pleasure in the
minds of the young, With hope In the
feelings of age, and produation of inter-
est in all, took place at the residence of
Mrs. Wm,- McGeoah, Of Tilakeramith,
on Wednesday, 27th inst. A The von -
treating - parties were Mr. William'
James, younger son of Mr.- Hugh M.
•Chesney, of Tuckersmith, and Miss.
Mary Jane, youngest dartrer of the
late Mr. Wm. MaGeoeh. he groom,
one of the most estimable young men in
the township, was attended by Mr.
Wm. McGeoch, youngest brother of the
bride; while the bride, much admired
wherever JiriOwn, was supported by Miss
Mary Ferguson, of Egmondville. The
bride looked lovely in a rich black
'alk dress trimmed withlace, and wear-
ing a bunch of lilies on her breast.
After the marriage ceremony, which
was performed.by Rev. Joseph McCoy,
of Egmondville, the large -company of
friends present sat down to a suteptiz--
ous dinner. When the good things of,
the well -spread board had been thor-
oughly enjoyed the young couple start-
ed off for their eastern wedding tour.
They were besieged at the - station by a
storm of rice and other missiles of good
will and best wishes. We metaphori-
cally fling over the young folks our bag
of rice and ble,ssing.
COUNCIL. -The council -Met at Bruce -
field on Saturday. The members were
all present. A petition was presented, .
signed by more than twenty ratepayers
from each of a majority of the school
wards, asking that a by-law be submitted
to the vote of the ratopayer‘of the town-
ship for the repeal of the by-law under
which the Township Board of Public
School Trustees exists. It was moved
by James Sproat,seconded by J. Walker,
andvarried, that the petition be con-
sidered at next meeting'of council to be
held at Kyle's hotel on Friday, April
12th, and that the dlerk be instructed to
give notice through THE HURON EXPOSI-
TOR of -the intended action of the councii.
It ivaamoved by Wm. Elgie, seconded
1-s:i James Walker, and carried, that the
1,,thowing changes be made on the list of -
Overseers of Highways D. McIntosh,
instead of Val. Thiel; John Munro, in-
itead of Wm. Sinclair; Chas. Upshall,
instead of Wm. McKay; Donald Mc-
Kay,- instead of Francis Campbell;
John Storey, instead of John- Campbell.
The following sums were given as relief
N. Price, $15; E. Couiber, $10; -Mrs.
Calaghan, $5, Mrs. Slaughter, $5. A
number of small acsounts were passed;
and the -council adjourned to meet at
Kyle's hotel on Friday, April 12th, at 16
o'clock. -
THE &stool, Boa. -The Board of -
trustees for the township of Tucker.
smith Inlet in the Egmondville school •
house, ' Saturday last. The inemberss
were alk present. After the usual rou-
tine of business having been transacted
and a number of accounts passed, the .
following letter received from the Min-
ister of Education *as pretiented by the
Secretary
TOReNTO„ Mareh lith, 188*.
Dna Ste, -
The Ministetdesires me to state
In reply to your enquiry tMllt on the establish-
ment of a Township Board all School. Sections .
are abolished, and the Township Board Is em-
powered to select school sites, without a vote of
the ratepayers, as is done In cities and towns.
• 'Your obedlent servant,
IdAlustso, Secretary.
This letter in theopinion of the Board
settles the question .of their power in
the selection of a site: One point,how.
ever, remains 'unsatisfactorily skived.,
In_the event of the Board being desirous
of leaking the matter of selection to the
ratepayers, as they have the option of
doing sd in oities and towns, would .
a vote of the whole township be re-
quired? or only the ratepayers who can
send children to the school 7. A 'depu-
tation, representing a large majority of
the ratepayers in that seetionraddressed_
the meeting in opposition to the erec-
tion of a new school house, as the re-
pairing of the old one would, in the
mean time, be satisfactory until the
liabilities of the township incurred from
building were paid off; A majority of
-the Board do not _agree with this view
of :the case, maintaining that money
should only be expended on permanent
improvements, the school site'ichanged
as near as possible,to the centre of
i
the section, independent of --wheretthe
majority of the children attending the
achool live, in accordance with the school
laws. The final decision will not, how-
ever, be given by. the Board until a re-
plyis received from the Inspectar
saying whether he condemns the school
house or not.. The cost of repairing the
school will be about $155.
EXAMINATION.—A. public examination
of the, pupils of School Section No. 11
was held on Friday the 22nd inst., and
was in every respect a complete 'MOM.
This school has been taught .for some
time by Mr. Jas. Landsborough. The -
- examination was Commenced about .1-0
o'clock and was largely attended by both
parents and visitors, thus proving that
the people of this locality take a deep
-
interest m the education of the young
and rising generation. The teaching
fraternity was represented by Messrs.
Johnston, Scott, Dallas and Doig, and.
the School Board by Messrs. Jrickson
and Carnochan. The school -house pre-
sented a -very neat, appearance, -being
beautifully decorated with evegreens
end mottoes. Thepupiliavere,bxaminkd
very carefully by the teachers present,
and judging from the ready manner in
which they anewered the varidus ques-
tions proved eonclusively that they had
been taught to think and had been eye.
tematicelly trained. At noon refresh.
mental were served by the ladies of the
section, and they certainly deserve
'credit for the very able manner in which
they administered to the wants of the !
inner num. The proceedings of the day
were enlivened by music, recitations end
-
readings by the pupils, while the tang
-
ins and playing of the Misses Chesney
and others was much admired, and we
must not forget to mention that the
Music on the violin by our old -friend,
Mr. Jae. Cowan, was loudly applauded
and his bow 'teems to have lost none- of
its old-time vivacity. After the classes,
had been examined m the different sub-
jects of the school curriculum Mr. -G. E.
Jackson was appointed -chairman. He
expressed himself well satisfied.with the
standing at the schooland congratulated
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