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HURON.- .-,.E.ippsyroa-:
Aim. 26, 1889.
NEW.A.DITERTISEMENTS-
Mr Thtfigare between the parenthesis after
each lino denotes the page of the piperon which
the advertisement will be found.
Temple Of Fashion—A. Cardno.
Cheap Groceries—J. Fairley. (6)
Clothing for All—Jackson Bros. (5)
Horse Routes for 1889—(5)
.• County-Examinations—P. Adamson. (5)
Seasonable Goods [SI—Duncan & Duncan. (V
First Claes Pasturage—P. McEwen.-- (6) •
Colts Strayed—Robert Carlisle. (5) •
To the Farmers of Huron—T. Hendry. -(5)
Sugars, Sugars—Happel & Cleghern. (5)
Bull for for Servioe—Wm. Craig. (5) -.
'Sewing Machines. -0, H. Girvin. (8)
R. T. of T. Anniversary—(8)
Chamber -Maid Wanted—Mrs. Kennedy. (8):
To Cow Owners—George Trott. (5) _
Boar for Service—George Trott. (5.)
$6 to $20 Reward,—V. Diehl, (5)
Publia Notice—V. Diehl. (6) .
Running Prices—A, R. Smith. (8)
High Court of Juetice—Garrow & Proudfoot .(5) -
--Bankrupt Stook—James Hyslop.(5)
By -Law No. 8—S.Smillie. (5)
Housekeepers Attentien— Duncan & Duncan (t)
tptojtor.
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SILiFORTH, FRIDAY', April 26 1889.
• The Toronto Meeting.
The people of Toronto :are -strong on
the Jesuit question. In fact, we fear
the people, as well as the Press, of that
fati- and ambitious city are just overdo-
ing the thing a little, and are making
themselves ridiculous. Although not at
all directly affected by the Jesuit 13111,
and &Ulm:high not responsible for one
penny of the money that it is Proposed
. to give the Jesuits, they are kicking up
- ten. times as much dust:over the affair,
at even the most ultra Protestants in
the Province of Quebee,who have every-
- thing at stake, and who will be called
upon to contribute their share of this
money that goes to the Jesuits,. Why'
the people Of. the Province leost affeeted,
if effected at all, by thisobjeotionable
legislotion, should boom so exasperatod
over it, while their 0o-re11gionists 1
other Provinces hive not ha their
equanimity seriously disturbed, is a
point the 141111.011 for whioh, so far as we
have seen, no "felleh has yet attempt..
ed to tartan, liowever, be this as it
may, the people of Toronto! have ,had
_ their meeting. In. fad they have had
several meetings, but the oneto which
we particularly allude was held on
Monday evening last in whit ia called
ihe Granite rink, being the largest build-
ing in 'the city, and it is -said it was
packeti with an audience of over_ five.
thousihd people. The objeck of the
meeting wee, as announced, to thank the
"noble thirteen," as they were termed,
or the the thirteen members Of the Do-
minion Parliament who voted for Mr..
O'Brien's anti -Jesuit resolution. The
gallant Colonel. was presented with a
gold medal as a recognition of his ser -
*es. At least the presentation• was
male to the Colonel's substitute, as he
was not present in person. It inust be
said that- the_ Coloners absence. on so
important an occasion was -somewhat dis-
courteous, and must have proved a ,
Inds chilling to the promoters Of the.
on their part, but,- on the contrarY, it
was sure to strengthen them with their
conititients. - To render thanks, there.'
-fore; for such services is nothing short
of aTurlesque,while the fuss being Made
over them savoreof the ridiculotie. But,
the presentation of a medal to- ilr.
O'Brien lithe most foolish thing of all,
and itsayssomething for him that he had
the good sense not to come to Toronto
to receive it, as we • scarcely think
it was his modesty' that prevented him
being_ present. How any thinking or
intelligent person whohonestly and sin-
cerely desired, the disallowance- of the
Jesuit Bill can " aPplaud and -commend
Mr. O'Brien for his share in the matter
is beydnd oiir comprehension, Itad he
desired to secure the defeat of the.ob-
ject he professed to have in view, he
eould not possibly have taken a better
°aurae, The time at Which he mov d .
his resolution was such as to give 'h s
own political friend* a good excuse for
voting against it, while the -wording of
the resolution was suchthatno- Reform-
er could consistently Vote for it. - It
looked as if it had been purposely.de-
signed to put the Reformers in, a corner
by forcing them 'either to vote contrary
to their professed principles or in favor
of a measure that was objectionable to
them, while by the roles of Parliallient,
they were - precluded from making
,an amendment which would permit
-
them to escape from ' their unpleasant
predicament And this is the man and
this 'is the , kind Of Political jugglery.
that some Reformers. rush -to the front
to applaud and approve. . It is not
likely, either, that Mr. O'Brien was
alone ins the Plot, for it displaye more
adroit generolship than he is capable of.
Judging from the tenor of Mr, Mo.
earthy's speed at Toronto we are not
0 • much grad of doing him an injustice
when WQ soy, that whileMr, O'Brien
stood.sponsor for the reeolution
lic, the real author Of it. we his far
mere shle and astute colleague, Mr,
Dalton McCarthy, :Therearetheusandsof
both Conservatives' and Reformers who
'sincerely condemn the Jesuit 13111 and
honestlY believe it should have been
diiiallowed, but that is,,no excuse for
permitting their zeal to overcome
their judgment to such an extent as to
lead them to lionize those who by
their actions have at least given strong
evidence of their insincerity, while
they as warmly condemn and as strong-
ly censurk others who give as strong
evidence that, they were Actuated in
their course by the most patriotic mo-
tives. The disallowance or non -disal-
lowance of the Jesuit Bill is a matter of
- minor importance in comparison with
-the question as to whether the _principle
of Proviucial Rights shall or shall not
:be upheld. If the...Jesuit Bill is 'un-
constitutional the courts can soon wipe
it out, but let the principle of Proyin.
dal _Rights be lightly set "side or
trampled under foot end free GoVern•
ment in Canada will soon be. a. thing of
the past, and Confederation will not
survive. many years. - Instead of peace
ind-hartnony theresult will he anarchy"
and rebellion.-: •
movement,as no reasons were given whir
. .
he did not put in an appearance. Be-
sides the two city members, the only
representatives of the "Noble Thirteen"
at this meeting were Messrs. -McCarthy
and Charlton. They were _the princi-
'pal, in faot the only speakers of any ac-
count, although Mr. McCarthy, who
spoke first, cocupied so much time with
his speech that there was less than an
hoar before midnight left for his 01 -
leagues. , This being the case, Mr. Mc-
Carthy's address was, of course, the_
speech of the evening. Ile had . many
good pointe, _ as Mr. McCarthy always
has in his *.speeches, because Mr. Mc-
Carthy it a good speaker, there being
few better in the Canadian Parliament.
But it was not diffidult to discern from
his remarks on whieh side of the, paliii-
cal line' his sympathies Still &bide,
• While he hindled his old friend, but
recent antagonists -the Minister of Jus-
tice,, `Sir John Thompson, without
gloves, he had nothing but the softest
word! of apology for the other members
of his own party who refueed to_follow
his Iead but supported the Government.
For his political opponents, however,
who went in the same direction, he had
no -apologies, ,but instead tried'
to hold them up to scorn and ridicule.
But Mr. McCarthy was not satisfied
with.putting in a -good, strong oar - for
his misguided friends in the Dominion
Parliament, but he mustneede take ad-
vantage of the °million 'to score a point
-against his opponents in Provincial poli-
tics. Mr. McCarthy* speech, especi-
ally the:poiitical part of it, must have
been exceedingly edifying and pleasing
to the Reform portion Of his audience.
But, why should these men be speci-
ally honored anyway. It is true that
the Reform members:of the • "Noble
Thirteen "band Aid make a great soon-
fice in supporting Mr. O'Brien's ref -Kiln.
tion, beeause in so -doing they' went di-
rectly in the face of expressed principles
that they have strenuously upheld for
years. If they considered the exigen-
cies of the ease -sufficient to justify
them in doing this, and they seem to
have done so; then they are deserving of
• praise for their courage. But the Con.
- servative members of,the Band made no
special sacrifice atall. _ They knew that
no matter which way they voted th
Government which they supported w
safe, while the -resolution prepared fo
them was strictly in accordance with
their, avowed principles on all point.
Under these circumstances the support
of the resolution called for no seicrifice
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Civil Service Reform.
Ex -President .Cleveland, during his
term of office made a very good com-
mencement in the way of Civil Service
Reform in the United States, and had he *
been given another term he would tin-
.
•-doubtedly have laid such a foundation
that a recurrence to the -pernicious sys-
tem of "to the victors belong elle spoils"
would have been;diffioult, if not
,Piesident Harrison, however, does
not seem to have'. any such scruples on
the subject. If he has any inclination
in that Way he seems to lack the courage
"s
to put his good principles in practice. A
case in point has recently occurred in
connection, with the IffW York Pest -
Office. This let perhaps, one of the bat
appointmentein the gift of the Presi-
dent, and the position also is a most
portant one.The late incumbent Of this
office, Mr., Pearson, has been set aside
and another person has- been ppointed
in his stead. This change has been
made for no other reason than to quiet
the clatnorings and appease the greed
or an Influential •-• Supporter. A Now
York paper says: The New York
Post -Office is one of the largest, Perhaps
the most important, purely. business
function which the Government dis-
charges. That it should be conducted
solely on business principles - is of the
highest importance to the city andto the
country, this, is so apparent that any
attempt to conduct it on other principles
is a flagrant violation of the fundamen-
tal principles of sbund administration.
Mr. Pearson has been in the New York
Post -Office -for many years. • Be was Ithe
First Assistant under Postmaster James,
and on retirement of Mr. James, as a
recognition.of his eminent fitness for the
place, a Republican President appointed
hini Postmaster—an appointment which
was received with satisfaction by all
classes of people. For eight years Mr.
Pearson has discharged his duties - with
an integrity:intelligence; and efficiency
which have made the New Vork Post -
Office a model institution, and _ which
' have won and held the confidence and
admiration of all who are familiar with
its workings. So great were /dr. -Pear-
' son'e claims upon the place, upon every
principle of sound business; that he was
passed over by a Democratic President,
v
and left in his. position, althoug. the de-
mindefer that position' front_ t e ,party
were loud and nunteroue. . The Paid -
dent has removed thiii tried and ' trust-
worthy -public servant, and. bee appoint-
• ed in:his place a man against -!°° pri-
vate oharaoter nothing is ,:to be aid, but
who has noneofMr. Peatson'sk ualidcaJ
thins: The hearing of this suspension
can best be gathered by , qno ing the
comments.of the New York Tribune. It
said, four yeeza :ago •-: of Mr. earson'e
lir. ....
re -appointment i " .1:•earson.fe -un,
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questioned and supe ior Itneiss, render
• hia retention inoffice' theiblear My of h
President- who means to iitipr ire and
not to degrade the Ili , blioSerVipe." The
=same -paper seri now of -._Mr: 70ornteltue
Van Cott, who has been .named .as Mr.-
Pearson's successor: "Mr.. Van Cott
has been an active worker in behalf of
his party in this pity for OVeLthirty
years. _ He has.kePt his district' in fine,
and never failed to have 'it sup ork the
party ticket faithfully at .the polls.,"
'Thetie two quotations from so a thorita-
_dire a source show '.very Oleitiy _that
• President Harrison his -`1smissiid from
one of the mcfst, important mositione
under his care a thoroughly nomPetent,
reliable and tried public servant kroake
, .
robm for a political -" heeler " who is not
shown to have any special,' qualifications
for the office, and - the ehange 113 made
. - ... . ,
for purely paRtizan'purposes." Thi. is as
flagrant a case ofstitnting th public
service to party ecessity as ever Occur -
re
red under the most corrupt rule in Can-
ada. . There is this difference, however,
that the unfortunateNeWYork , official
. .,
will have to providefor ,hitaself here-
. .
after, whereas under • similar biroum.
stances in ()Nude lie wald be I tperan-
'gusted,: and would thue . be - 1 Wally
provided for for tie teinitinder of: hie
days, and if he *ere onibitious enough he
could odd to his superepaitimi allow -
ince by engaging in !wine other Occupa-
tion, as many- now ' do, Ihe FAWN°
system ie harder dil the oilloisl, but it is
'easier On the tax -payer, Thereii .this to
be said in favor- of the eatiodian4ysteirs,
_ .
that it affords -greater eneourage nt for
efficient and helmet service, - If an ofac
ial has no ISSUral1de that .faith ul and
honest service will•securi him a erman-
ent position, -and that he is liable..to be
t
turned out any hciut to _shift for.himself,
he is not likely to be -US earefid of his.
employer's interests as if. be had an as. '
• mance of petirta*MoyAuring good -be-
-haviour, or in the event. of -his .place
being required for some other needy
political supporter of the powerfe that
-
be he would be retired On i 'liberal
allowance.. But if public, affairs ._ were
eonduoted on business' prinelplei as they
oahould be; instead of in accordance with
partizan exigencies . as they are. both
here and in the United States,honest
•and faithful service wOuld..be ecured
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from employes even _ in the 'absence of
any stiperamitiatten,-allowanoe. I That
they are not so Conducted is the fault of
the people.
'
• Hard °mate Prose.
There are few countries . whe e the
Press has greater latitude than it this
Canada of onrs. In fact it is a ca., me for
the gravest suspicion whenl the public
men of any 'country become afrrid_ of
fair and reasonable Press criticism, and.
when the Press is proicribed this Peo-
ple may well fear for the futuref their
country. We_notkle that the rman
Gevernment has presented to the eich-
stag a netv press law, which, if a opted,
will effectually muzzle free disou sion.in
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Germany. It professes to Shut qff de-
bate only on these fundamentals the.
Stability of which is ,neeessaryltd . the
i,
:safety Of society; - but when,: b: law,
all 'attacks on or criticism. 'of th - mon-
archy or the Wean of the,soverstign,, Of
religion, marriage, :and, property- are
made penal offences,. to be ptinis ed by
three years' imprisonment and b :bail-
ishmept from *certain -districts f - the
_country, it is easy to say that, • nder a
bread:Interpretation, all . discus ion_ of
Avery sort relating to burning questions.
may be brought to a summary close.
Under the proposed 'lave any ' journal
whose writers have been twicelconvict.
ed within one year may he finally sup-,
pressed. This new movement is in her -
•I
mony with the general' tendency o. ab-
:
eolith= and -materialism; now nmis-
takahly dominant in Germany: That
great Ountry is fast _beconling .a _mili-
tary camp, with the interests an ideas
of a camp. The Government is -pursu-
ing a consistent policy .of . repreartion in
every department Ekren the'uniVers-
Wei, which have given German' - her
-
intellectual leadership of the woiid, are
beginning to suffer. In political 1 econ-
omy, for instance, the policy f the
• Government has been to steaclil dis-
.
courage the study, and to confine it
Within. smaller and smaller li . its,_ so
that the importance at political ee nomy
in the 'universities is _steadily da4iirnsh.
ing. In the same way, by the prizes
offered for the pursuit of applied ticience.
—science, that is, which is immediately
productive in a pecuniary -Wa -...--the
pursuit of pure sciende has been: natty
discouraged. Germany Mulct have
money. to support her mil1tary 'organiz-
ation, and, if necessary; everything will
:
be sacrificed tothat; and the cOnntry
which was once the home -of idealism is
fast becoming a fountain of pure ma-
teriallem. ' It is for this region, tilt well
as for many. others, that therdeath of
-.
Emperor Frederick has so greatly dis-
couraged the most thoughtful people in
Germany. If „ the Prussian military
spirit continues to dominate as at pres-
ent, Ggrmany will be revolutionized
and materialized within the next twenty
years.
• THE NEW YORiC Christian Union,
whichulnially gives expression to the
sentiments Of the best classes in the
United States, .has the following sensible
remarks concerning the future relations
between that country and England.
These remarks will be read with pleas-
ure by; many 'Canadians and all will
truly desire that the results foreshadow-
ed_wili be fully realised. It says "It
looks now as if the • era of ' good
feeling, Which -his never really been dis-
turbed se fatas the 'peoplof the two
-
countries are concerned, were about to
be restored between the English Gov-
%.... , i?
ernmentoo. and Our :own. •The appoint-
ment of Mr. LinColn as _ American Min
aster has been cordially received in Lon—
don, and cnirrepresentative will be sure
of a hearty welooine, not only from, the
.English people, hut -from- the English-
men_ in power. His appointment ie
generally understood to represent a
sincere desire to -reach a final and hon-
orable settlement of all the unsettled_
questions between the two countries. -
On the other hand, Sir Julian Nance
-
fete, who comes . here as the English
Minister, will beheartily welcomed as a
representative of the . best type of
English life and charapter. He has be-
hind him a long record Of eminent ser-
vices in different fields, and, what is
-still better, I he has a cordial liking for
Americo and Americaee, and a minima .
deeire to'seare. and maintain a what
understanding between the_ two Peoples',
in view of the condition of /prop° un--.
der the tyrany of the war power, and
• of the enormous interents involved in
the Maintain= of peoCe throughout
the world, • the union of all English-
speaking- peoples becomes a matter of
the flristi Importance. The politicos'
Waiter/a and detnagoguekwito ettdeav.
or to tride on small natiOnal animosities .
ought to'belrelegated t� final obscurity."
• Tan St. Tho4nas Home Journal says:
"The expenditure by the Dominion
• Government on the Banff National park, _
SO far, has been $96,411. And for whom -
has this been spent ? For the Canad-
ian ricific Railway - Company in the
first instance, and for men of means in
the second. '. The peer man is not going.
to Banff to enjoy the mineral springs.
Ind the four -dollar -e -day hotel. If he
. -
goeli. at all It will be to -work in cool
mines it Anthracite. for a dollar or a
'dollar -and -a -half a day. The patrons of
the _ Banff National Park will be the
English, Athericaii and Canadian tour-
ists who, with lots of means and plenty
-of leisure, tarry awhile at the beautiful
--spot prepared for them. by the generous
and thoughtful Canadian Government."
It is a wonder that greaterobjeotion has
not been made in Parliament to the ex-
penditure on this establishrdent. As
• yet, hewever; only a commencement•has
been made and the money already spent
is but as a drop In the bucket to what
is yst to dome. We believe with the
Journal that this'? is an expenditure
which should not have been incurred by
: .
the -Government if the'Canadian Pa-
cific Railway desired a• resort of this
kind to ' increase the traffic on their
read, they should have -borne the ex
-
penile of establishing it. Or if it Was
desired as .a pleasant resort for. the
wealthy , &Hetet:pats of Epgland, —the .
United Stites or Canada, and these are
the only ones that can avail themsilves
of its benefits and pleas -urea, they s ould
-
bear the -cost. It is- a monstrou * in-
justice that the struggling workingtpeo
pie. of Canada should he taxed to pro
-
vide a plearant resort for the rich.
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NOTES FROM TEM CAPITAL
• (By Our -Own Correspondent.)
(MALI, April 22nd, 1880.
Easter has come and gone, and Parlia-
ment is still here, and with plenty _of
work dead of it. The Government
has failed, as it Was &latest certain from
the first it would, in bull dozing the
House into passing without serious die-
-
cussion any such measures as that;
cared to present. This game has work-
ed in former sessions, but ever since the
mat Franchise debate awoke the Op%
position to a sense of theirz power, it
has
s been tried with only indifferent sic -
cm. The prospect is now that, do the
best they may, there vvill be at least
two weeks more of Parliament, and if
the Government insists on bringing
down any further measures it will be
• 'prolonged indefinitely. .
.WtNT OP CONFIDENCE.;
- SO far .as the Rowse of Commons is
oone rned th •
• , e time has been princi-
pally taken up with the discussion of
mations of want of confidence in the
'Government, several of which have been
brought up attacking the policy of the
day on important points. In Ibis re-
spect the Opposition is showing unusual
vigor, and only a continuance of that
plan is necessary to make the Govern-
ment very shaky- indeed
LIQUOR IN THE NORTHWEST. -
The 'most interesting motion from the
.popular point of View was that present-
ed by Mr. Tither, leader of the Prohibiz
tion Liberals, condemnatory of _the
-present liquor lieense system in tke
Northwest. The popular understand-
ing and the law of the land assume that
prohibition is in force in the Northwest.
But this never WaS the case in practice;
though the law provided for it, because
the permit system, added to the "'law:.
ral pomading " of theipeciple, prevented
the lay, being enforced according to its
true spirit and intent. Under Governor
Dewdney the complaints of abuse of the
permit system were loud and constant.
Butit remained for his successor, a law-
yer, Govern& Royal,to show how a law
expressly intended to prohibit the liquor
traffic might be made -the means of giv-
ing it greater license than it has in any
other part of the Dominion. Nominal -
Ty acting on his power to grant permits,.
• but in clear defiance of the spirit and,
the letter of the law as well, Governor
Royal has provided for the issue of
li-
oenses to sell "four per cent. beer,"
that is beer containing not more than
fonriper cent. of alcohol. But with this
he has not attempted- to provide any,
system of inspection and control,, so
that practically a licensee is as free to
sell strong liquors as he would be in any
part of the Dominion. Even if a sys-
tem of inspection were provided, it
would be exceedingly difficult to carry it
out. 'Now, under the law, the Lieuten-
-ant-Gavernor may be dismissed at any
time by the Government here, and more-
over he i pledged to carry on the ad-
ministration of the affairs of the 'North-
west under instructions- from the Gov-
ernment or from the Minister of the In-
terior. Under these circumstances Mr.-
Fisher held that the Lietitenant-Gever-
-
nor must in this case be acting under in-
structions, or elseliable to correction fo*.
gross high-handed violatibn of the la*,
all the more to be deplored and to be
condemned because he was the person
torwhom the people looked for the proper
administration of the law. He dalledupon
the Government, therefore, either to- ac-
cept.Mr. B,oyal's policy or to repudiate
both the policy and the author of it, and
as they would not signify any intention
of correcting their malfeasant officer'he
moved that the Souse ,condemn the
Government. The debate' on the mo-
tion was a lively one: Several Conser-,,
vative prohibitionists were fain to eon-,
fess that they preferred party to prohi-
bition, but: Mr. Jamieson, from whom
such an action waslittle expected, con -
doomed his party like a man, But ldr,
Foster, the "Prof, Foster "of hundreds
of temperance meetings,' now Vinanow
Minister, would not _speak by voice or
vote.iHe paired with kinehailton,which,
however, meant thst ho voted with the
Government, Mr, Poster thinks he has
got everything out of the temperance'
people that they eau give him, and for
further favors he looks to Mr John Mao-
donald and the crowd by whom he is
surrounded, .
THB CUSTOMS TYRANNY,
Th ire was a moral in one of the
debates too big apporently for the party
politicians to appreciate. Mr. Holton,
of Montreal, (son of the late Hon.
Luther H. Helton), a Man of good abilk
ties, who never speaks save to some im-
portant purpose, brought up the question
of the customs seizures. He showed in
startling fashion What an engine of
tyrrany this machine for collecting
duties has become. High duties pro-
voke to smuggling, and this tdredoubled
attempts on the part of the -officers to
catch old offenders and to frighten new'
ones. And, having not, only the power
of administering, but practically (through
his influence in the government and
Parliament) the power of legislating as
well, the Minister of Customs, whoever
he may be,
would- be more than human
did he notsoon1; Come convinced that
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he was bound i1 . the ' interest of the
country to secure for himselfextraordin-
ary powers in orderly enforce the law
and terrorise evil-doefs;_: And certainly
this, policy has been carried: out with a‘
vengeance. The regular officers of the
department being found too slow special
-
officers have been appointed who are to
carry on the work of deteCtives. of " the
Most obnoxious and pestiferous .char-
acter. They are clpthed_ with extraor-
dinary power andliten extraordinary
..
inducements or the carrying on of their
work. They Inlay.- swoop down -upon
some unfortunate importing merchant;
charge him with fraud in any ease with
in the throe years previous, take all his
books and papers, and then call upon
him to prove himself innocent under
rules which,. oontriry to all. ideas of
British fair play, Mourne that he is guilty
until he clews himself.. And if through
some extraordinary good luck- the poor
victim can prove without aeoeis to his,
own reoords that he did . only What the
customs officers told him to do—passed
the goods at & certain valuation and paid
the rate of duty demande-d—that is not
.one whit in his faVor. Hemayhave
sold the goods at the ordinary advance
on the basis -of the duty be paid, acting
throughout in perfect good faith and
with the assent of the customs -collector,
but if there has been an error on the part
of both the collector and the merchant,
by which neither prated, the merchant
is the man who MUSt make -ell pod:
And if the merchant demands to -be
taken before the regular courts of the
laud he may or may not be . so taken as
the Minister of Customs may determine.
And when these multi take hold of the
matter, as has been shown in at least one
famous case, the custom officers' .who
have charge of the.books are very likely
to refuse to produce such documents as
are favorable to the case of the mer- .
chant; And to prompt :the special -
• officers, to all the greater exertion in this
work of harrying importers they, are
-given two-thirde of all the fines they
succeed in wringing from the unfortu-
-nates upon whom they descend. . In the
great Ayer case arrears of duty - of over
$300,000 were demanded. Had the
officers. succeeded (which thanks to the
Supreme Ned they did not) they would
• have been able to retire_ from service in
Canada and go to swell it the _
great ones abroad. It is -not to be won-
dered . at, under these eircumstanoes,
that when an importer . finds himself in
the clutches of one of these gentry he.
simply asks what the assessment is and
pays it up at once. 7 To take his books
and -close up his piece even for a week
might be ruin to him, and anything. that.
will leave him his place and his good
name may be taken without his com-
plaining. Nor is it to be - wondered at
that these men.whe see most clearly the
evils of the presentsystem are the last
.to "kick." • Customs officers are but
men after all, a'ndit is. the part
of . the - wise importer to main-
tain ' himself in their good ,' graces
if he can possibly do so: - _Mr.
Bowell frankly - admitted that there
was much to be said in -favor of Mr.
Holton's side of the case. He -admitted
also that the need for these restrictions,
penalties and tyrannies was greater under
a protective than under . a revenue
tariff.- But .he assumed - quite justly
from his point Of view that the country
wanted a protective tariff, and he quoted
many doeuments to show`that the rules
..
under; which he WU operating were the
sante is theta used by his predeoessors
sinceconfederation, and ptseticolly
the Same as those which had been found
necessary. in all countries. The very
strength of the attack on one side and
the defence On the other proved not that
either side was wrong but that the sys-
tem iteelf is radically wrong. It show-
ed in fact the need for direct taxation
or sound system _equally good. But
nobody _ !suggested this during the
debate. • •
ORARLEAU IS COMING.
Chapleau, Sir John Macdonald's only -
coadjutor in power, the rest are only
his own creatures j mere clerks in his
office), has left Europe, whither he went
in search of his health. Chapleau is in
perfect health—so he flays. Chapleau
will beherf3 to-morrow—so the papers.
say. Chapleau will immediately. pro-
ceed to raise the largest kind of rumpus
every body says. How can the
position be explained in a paragraph—
this strange combination of circum-
stances and characters which gives Mr.
Chapleau imlibrtance just at this time.
Let us cut off all the history in -the
matter therefore and state the facts of
to -day as they appear to those who look
An trouble .with Chipleau's arrival. The
-portfolio of Railways is vacant and Mr.
Chapleau- has been promised it. He is
sore at having failed of promotion in the
last Cabinet shuffle, The death of his
principal "pal," Senator Sene-cal, de-
prives him of a great deal of his power,
and he is on, the down grade in the esti-
mation of the people as to his impor-
tance. He must succeed now in raising
himself or his very friends will begin to
distrust him and he will have & tremen-
dims fight to. retrieve his position.
His pretence of ill health is only a
pretext to cover a fit of the sulks. His
health is ill right and he must fight
this time or be lost. He has always
held his gang together by the prospect
of plunder like any other bandit chief
and in order to get what he wants for
himself he -must distribute actital or
promised -WM *itti a liberal hand.
Most of these' fators Must come from
the Government, So What with- his
own demands and his friends' demands
Chapleau will have a big bill tai present,
The fight of the Government to keep
the plunder and of Chaplin to secure
It, will be an iatereeting one. And
Chapleau will succeed notwithetanding
that everybody who is not his obliged
friend is his imploolible /1130111y.
THE OOMBINIS BILL 4
Mr. Clarke Weed of Anti tombines
Bill fame finds himself in a somewhat
awkward predicament. Actingtmder pros --
mire from the Government, which acts
under pressure from the combines, he
has made a great change in his Bill.
As originally presented, the measure de-
clared certain kinds of trade bargains
to be illegal and provides punishment
for them. But now this great revolu-
tionary act hae come down practicaliy.
-to this—if any men does an unlawful
act in combining to restrict trade he
Shall be punishedt hus and so, But it
refrains -from sayig what combines are
i -
illegal. The Bill n this form has pass-
ed the Committee on Banking and Com-
. _ •
mace and as, Itke a chip 111 porridge,
it does neither good nor harm, it will
probably be passed by the Hoose.
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'News of the Week. -
SHIP -WRECKED PASSENGERS. 7— The
steamship Missouri, . with 361 of the
Danmerk's passengers, reached Philadel-
phia Monday evening.
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SALi SYNDICATE.—A salt syndicate
has-been formed in the United States
to control the entire ' output, of the
• country.
' TIMBER DESTROYED.—M11011 valuable
timber and cordwood have been destroy-
ed- by forest fires near North Adams,
Massachusetts. -
BURNED OVER.—Ten square' miles of
wood land in the vicinity of Bellows'
Fend, Vermont, has been burned over.
DEAD.—Dr. J. Leland Miller, the
wealthiest and 'one of -the most charit-
able citizens Of Sheffield, Massachusetts,
is dead, aged' 77:
IRISHIIMMIGRATION.—The rush of
grantefrom.the-south-west of Ireland Is
causing, alarm.: The country is being
rapidly depopulated.
Coax SaitatExT.—Reynolds Bros., of
Toledo, Ohio, have shipped eleven
cargoes of corn, aggregating hilf a mil-
lion bushels, to Liverpool, England.
‘DECEASED.—Henry G. Pearson, who
has been for many years Postmaeter - M
New York; died on Saturday.
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TO - &ropy- CIVILIZATION. -- Four
Chinamen of high standing in the Celes-
tial Empire have arrived in Washington
to study American civilization.
Hotri GOODS. --,Emperor William in-
sists that the trouseau of the Prix -
cess Sophia must be made in Germany
of Gertnan goods. -
LIABILITY TO Dpit.—The question of
the liability of Canadian railway ears to
payment of duty on crossing Into the
States is again being considered by the
Treasury Department at Washington.
FEET WASHING.—King Leopold, of
Bavaria, on Friday wished the -feet of
twelve of the . oldest men of the king-
dom in commemoration of the washing
of the feet of the Twelve .Apostles by
Christ.
. .-.Taz Doxs oe EDINBURGH ILL.—The
Duke of Edinburgh, Commandercin-
eh' f on the Mediterranean Station, has
bee ,Prostrate from fever ,and has re-
tu , d to England. ,
EIGHTEEN INCHES OF SNOW.—Eigh-
. teen inches of snow fell at •Veta Pose,
near Walsenburg, Colorado, on Thurs-
day of last week. There was snow all
over Southern Colorado, but it melted
rapidly. • ' - „ • .
THIS IS THE THIRD.—The Princess
Victoria, the -Crown Prineess'of Sweden,
has given birth to another son. This
makes three children all sons born -to
Crown Prince Gustaf. .` .
A SHOWER OF SNAIT.S.—A special
from Tiffin Ohio reports that during a
heavy thunder st%rm last Friday night
a shower • of snails fell, covering the
ground. .InCleveland. at midnight the
same night,. the sidewalks in certain sec-
tions were covered with snails.
• BENEFICIENT.—Frederick H. McMast-
'ers, a New York stenographer found a
wad in the corridor Of the post -office
•containing'$30,375 in bills and certified
Checks. ,He returned the property to a
bank in Wall street, and was givenI$5
for hia honesty. '• •
, M0/4EY IN DAM—A:man in Dubuque,
Iowa'is buying catOor which he pays
from 50 cents to $1 each, according to
age and size; He ships them to Dakota,
_where he sells them for $3 each. i• They
are in great demand there, where they .
are wanted to destroy the mice which
swarm by _thousands arbund the corn
and wheat bins, doing great deluge,
Thus far two _carloads of cats have been
Alined from Dubuque, and _another Ism
Is being secured.
ri EVINTFUL VOYAGE, --The steamer
Etruria, which :arrived at New York
Monday from Liverpool, experienoed
some bad weather. On Wednesday_ and
Thursday last the Vessel had to fight hot
way through a north-westerlygale which
greatly retarded her speed,- and during
which two of her seamen were Severely
injured. On the 17th 'Peter Mules*,
a second cabin passenger, died of erysip.
alas of the throat. He was fifty yore
old and very dissipated. He is said to
hive had $3,000 with him, the residue
of a handsome fortune he had squander-
ed. He was coming to America tail -rash
his patrimony and -Was intoxicated when
he boarded the vessel at Qireenetown,
Jas. Harrison; another second calAn
-passenger, died on the 185h. •
Hilton Notes.
Mr. 'William Irwin has been chosen
caretaker of the Witigham cemetery at
a salary of $100 for the six months. -
—Mrs. Bowie, of Clinton, had the
misfortune a few days ago to fall into an
open cellar way and dislocated her.
shoulder.
'
Milne and Batt. Di
—iworth,of
Ethel, have purchased' an entire horse
from Speir Brothers, importers;of Mor-
ri5—vM
55Rew55.11IP.r. Anderson, lately of Scot-
land, will be inducted pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at St .Helens, on
the iT3htheroef
wiaeareys. ix ea&t."-'—s-et downfortrial at the sittings of the Chancery
Court at Goderich on the 17th inst.', but
they were all settled before erimink to
trial. A very wise proceeding.
—The Goderich people are about- to
take steps to have their High School
transformed into a Collegiate Institute.
It is estimated that an expenditure of
$2,500 will be requiredi
—A meeting a the Westlitiron Farm -
ere' Institute will be held at Clinton,
about the last of May. Minister of
Agriculture Drury and Professor - Rob
-
Orton ere expected to be present and
address the gathering, -
.—Durfng a rant -thunderstorm the
born of Hugh -Wright, wait of Ethel,
Will. struck by lightning, • The building
waashatttred considerably, and filled
with smoke, but no serious damage was
done to it. ;
Mr, It KirisniattrArhils working at
th w Queen's hotel in Magian one day
It+ •-f; week, stepped on the end of a board
wolch he thought secure,•but it Altai -
not, and be fell. The board flew up and
caught htm in the ribs, breaking one of
them.
—The Goderich Town -Council have
decided to submit a by-law to the tate,' -
payers, granting a bonus to - a Joint
Stock Company to be formed in that
town, also to give a loan of um) for
ten years, free of interest, to the Okes•
Organ Company, of Clinton.
—Mr. Andrew Agar'of'Turnberry, ,
has rented the farm of Idr. Stevens, on
the 9th concession, taking possession
last week. Realizing the fact that it is
not well for man - to be alone, Andrew
has hired a boy to keep him oonipeny,
buthe does not seem to be just satisfied
yet
—The other day while a number of
children were playing together in a back •
yard in Clinton, one of them, the son of
Mr. E. Floody, Met with a painfull if
-not serious accident. A piece of glass
was thrown by one of the others, strik-
ing him across the eye. He will lose the
sight of it. •
—The young people of Turner's Meth-
odist Church, Tuckeramith,,have start-
ed a Mutual Improvement Society. Miss
Dick has been appointed Secretary, and -
Mr. Landsborough, Treasurer. The
meetings are held every Monday night.
Aft the last meeting there‘was &Bible
reading, the subject being, "Seven
Things a Sinner has not Got." .
—Coinmenoing with Monday, 29th, a
change will takeplace in the departure
of the two morning trains from Clinton
station. The train that has usually left
for the east at 7.30 will not leave here-
after until 7.43, and the morning train
south on the London Huron and Bruce,
due at 8 o'clock, wilehereafter be due at
7.43, so as to tnake doe connections
with the train.going east. This will be -
a great convemeno to parties from the
north, who havechitherto found It nec-
essary to drive in so as to Walt the
eastern train. 2.r
- —Att Morris correspondent last wasit
says: 0. B. Harris, a well-known farm-
er in this looality, is ftnatunally embar-
rassed and his creditors are looking ad- *.
ter their interests. . Paying heavy in-
• terestupoor crops and other losses 1. the
cause of the trouble. Mr. Harris is
neither a spendthrift nor a sharper,:and
has been a hard worker, but was not „
able to pull against the stream.; His
liabilities are chiefly borrowed money on
notes. He intends removing to Algoma
MI soon as his affairs Are arranged.
• —The extensive organ factory works
of W. Doherty It Co., of Clizitim, had a
narrow escape from destruction by fire
on Tuesday evening of last week. Just
at seven o'clock the people usually, on
the streets at this, hour were startled at
the ringing of the fire ,alarm, anct-even
more so, when told Hit was the • organ
factory." It was found, that the fire
„had accidentally started in the engine
room, while a young min was at work
there, in a pile of shavings, and these
• blazing up like a flash; set fire to the
roof, but .it was put out before fmnch
injury was done.
—The R. Stanford, of Denver, Col-
orado, who has b3en advertising- in local
papers for Canadian stenographers -too
to railway positions in the 'Western
States proves to ,be a young fellow
named- Dickenson Yates, recently of
Toronto, and his scheme turns out to 13e
is bare -faced swindle, His plan was to
promise his victims a railway pass from
Chicago west to their supposed destina-
tion and to demand ten dollars AS a
guarantee that the pass would not be
abused. This sum was to be returned
-later. • The police getting wind of his
game he skipped and it is said hun
dreds of letters are now ling at his
Denver address containing—money sent .
by his Canadian victims. •
—A rather romantic marriage of a
_formerresident of Toronto took place in
Buffalo on Monday. George Albert,Stitt
formerly of Toronto, but now of Buffalo,
was united in marriage to Mrs. Scroggs,
relic of the Tate General Soroggs. The
ceremony was performed by the rector, -
Rev. John Rinke, and was witnersxd
only by a few friends of the bride and
groom, among others beingiWni. Stitt, .
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