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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-01-27, Page 4• .a la ....','J^.'r io,=:7JC".tiJxSr=YY.S7k,'cKl". SMOKE CiSRIf.F 7« 97.Ttrit* ",pC `TXilpP; WATER! WE WISH TO TELL THE PEOPLE THAT And•wit] open Alp WEDNESDAY ove into MARA'S Old Stand 1 G 'and offer for sale all Goods saved from the late fire in our premises. These Goods are as follows : Grey Cottons, Ticks, Shirtings, Flannels, Fancy French Flannels, Tartans, Blankets, Comfor- ters, Wool Shawls, Black Henriettas, Colored.: Henriettas, Black and, Colored Brocade Dress Goods, Silks, Gloves, i .osiery, Handkerchiefs, Ribbons, Buttons, &c. As well as a lot of SMALL WARES which cannot be enumerated here. Now these Goods—many lines of them are as dood as new- -are only slightly damaged by smoke and water, and a lot of them not damaged at all. Yet ALL MUST BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE during this week. So keep in mind WEDNESDAY, 27th inst., and come early before the crowd, as we are sure to be busy. Tcrrfs Cash [IAIg. - a[a's a1ci Stand. Pie Huron News-Reoora .60 a Year—$1.26 in Advance Wednesday, Jan. 271h, 1892 EXPEDIENCY AND RIGHT. Iu politics as lit morals what is expedient is right, because that only is right which is expedient. This matter will be involved in the selection of a candidate in the Con- eervativo interest in West Huron. It is held by•some that it is ex- pedioat to nominate a non-resident of the riding. Others hold that it is expedient to select a local man. We will assume that parties holding these views are both honest in the opinions they entertain, and each has the right to hold, discuss. and give reasons for the faith that is in thele. Wo bold that it is neither right nor expedient, if it can at all be avoided, to have an outsider resid- ing a hundred -or more miles out- side .of a constituency as a repre- sentative. TOO touch of this has been allowed in the past. It is not right becanse the principle is in opposition to the fundamental basis of popular representation. The object of having deliberate assemblies of representative men sent from the several electoral dis- tricts is to give the various sections of the country an opportunity to send men to parliatnont who are personally cognizant of the feelings and wants of the people in their various electoral districta—men of and from among those whom they aro supposed to represent. It is right then in order to carry out the object for which parliaments aro onstitutorl 'to --have the broadest and most diversified representation possible. We maintain that it is not right to have hair-splitting casuists as repre- sentatives who will take hours to dia. 'cuss the difference between tweodle- dum and tweedle-dee instead of tak- ing hold of the thoughte uppermost in the minds of the people and give practical and material form and shape to them; we say it is not right and consequently not expedient to have such'a'representative. As wo .have said the object of dividing the country into so many electoral di• visions is to give the broadest possi- ble representation to the many divergent interests so that when our legislators meet there shall be the amplest representation of the pecu- liar interests incident to eo largo country as Canada. It may bo asked why.if a candidate supports the principles of tho Con- servative party, thio should not be eufficient commendation to the elec• tors. This is true so far ae it gotta, but governments and parliaments help those who help themselves. The general policy of a party may be commendable, but there are local interests in every constituency which only one personally acquaint- ed with the riding is fully compet- ent to acquaint the government and parliament with, eo as to have them duly considered and their conser- vation duly embodied, if possible, in the legislation of the country. Moro than ono -half the electorate of the West Riding of Huron are directly engaged in agricultural pursuits. A candidate thoroughly acgn.ainted teitll, and in sympathy with, this large majority should be in a better position to carry out their wishes and protect their inter- ests, plain man though he may be, than one who has neither community of fooling or interests with this groat majority of the industrial classes. We will grant thnt instances may occur where it may bo impossible to secure the services of n local can- didate or representative. But we should be sorry to Affirm that the West Riding of IIuron does not possess such an one. Other things being equal wo would prefer a local man, and the more intimate his as— sociations'and relations are lith the industrial classes, the bettor and more useful a legislator ho will make. We have a good cause embodied in the platform of the Conservatives —a cause whose aim is the better- ment of all classes in this country, and all we want in this Riding is a local man of practical common sense to make that cause triumph- ant. There are too many representa- tives at Ottawa of the M. C. Camer- on stamp. Man who, though we stretch a point and give them credit for tate best of motives and most honest intentions, are incapacitated by reason of their occupations from that sympathetic affiliation with the industrial classee which would en- able them to suggest legislation in the interest of the masses. The idea ie exploded of Conserva- tism meaning protection to the privileged classes, Conservatism means by the party for the people. The British people and their colonial congeners are pre- eminently • conservative. It .means_ to conserve the good and eliminate the bad from the political structure and to suggest, initiate and carry out needed reforms. Grits may hold that what is ex- pedient is necessarily right. Con- servatives do not so hold. They hold that that only is expedient which is right. Where do you find the real re- formers in Britain? Among the aristocratic classes who are the most oonsietont democratic conservatives. Where do you find the real re• formers in Canada? Among the Couservatives. A notable example of which was the late Right Hon Sir John A. Macdonald. He dazed his opponents by the intrepidity of his zeal for the masses, Nor did he, as is popularly supposed, sug- gest measures because they were ex- pedient only; he advocated them be- cause they were right. Any measure having for its object the betterment , of the masses and the consequent programa of tiro country always found in him an advocate. From Confederation onward, aye even prior to it, the old Chieftain had his eyes open to and his mind re- ceptive of legislative ideas that would forward the industrial in- terests of the people and conserve them into a concrete nationality of Canadians. Look also at the firm hand with which he meted out jus- tice to the conflicting religious in- terests of this country. Expediency is said by the shallow -minded to have been his guiding motive. No baser libel wee ever circulated against a statesman. Uppermost in his mind was the question : "Is it right 1" Having determined what was right he accepted the issue and at an expedient time carried it out. There are tides in the affairs of parties as well as of men which if taken at its How lead 90 to fortune, but which if neglected result ad- versely. There is a tide in the affairs of the Conservative party in IIuron which if taken at its present flow will lead on to success. That tide is a flow of sentiment in favor of of the industrial classes. It is not only expedient but it is right that this sentiment find voice in the legislative halls of the country. There is a reaction against the privileged classes of any complex- ion. THE PERSECUTION OF M. C. CAMERON One of those things which "no fella can understand" is the criti- cism last week of the Goderich Star on THE NEWS -RECORD. In the issue of this paper of December 23rd last we took issue with our political opponents, notably with the Mon- treal Witness, for asserting that "No Liberal has been so persistent- ly persecuted as Mr. M. C. Cameron." We gave unimpeachable data, MID though' the Star intimates to the contrary, showing that instead of Mr. Cameron having been perse- cuted by the Conservatives he has been invariably treated by them. and by the courts with a considera- tion immeasurably beyond his de - sesta. A few days previous to the issue in which the Conservatives were exonerated from persecuting Mr. Cameron a number of Conser- vatives came at various times into thie office and in the course of con- versation deplore4.,tha dropping of the personal charges against Mr:' Cameron which if proven would have disqualified him. Those men were displeased at the turn affairs had tabun and they questioned the good faith of the managers of the petition. Personally we endeavored to and we believe did disabuse the minds of those Conservatives of any wrong doing on the part of the managera,believing that ale they had all the evidence before them, and the assistance of eminent conned in estimating its value ; and know- ing that the courts are ve"r"y chary about disqualifying and that'if we failed to establish the personal chargee a large moiety of the costs would fall upon the Conservatives, we expressed the opinion that the best was done under the circum- stances. However, in referring to the re• suit of the trial as one of the evi- dences of Mr. Cameron being leni- ently treated, instead of being per, secuted, we wrote : "Mr. Cameron was allowed to select the most trivial case in the whole 80 charges, treating electors to whiskey, during the election, by an agent, and to go into the witness box and save himself and his friends the exposure and pur;ishtnentthe preduatilnrofthe whole evidence would have brought about, by permitting him to acknow- ledge only this one corrupt act by an agent. Is there any persecution in this? Certai•.11y not. On the contrary it 73 a question whether the managers of the petition are not liable to prosecution and punishment for condoning offences which might be legally construed into felonious ones." Our good friend of tho Star stupidly endealrt'i% to make out that the last sentence, which we have put in italics, contains some covert charge against the managers of the petition. It does nothing of the kind. There is no charge of any kind against the managers, and if the context is taken in connection thin will easily be seen. A ques- tion Is neit1301Rlfflrmation nor J. C. GILRcSY, CLINTON a charge. We merely inditecl the sentence as an illustra• tion of the possible risk Mr. Cam- eron's opponents tan in order to avoid even the suspicion of perse- cuting hien. If the managers had any fault in this matter it was that they leaned to virtue's side and mercifully gave Mr. Cameron the benefit of doubts: \Ve stand by the extract which the Star takes excep- tion to, whether it is talceu in eon• nection with the whole article front which it is invidiously separated, or even in its isolated form. The Star tolls us that the editor of THE NEws•RECORD Way¢ 0110 of the mana- gers of the petition. Admitting this to ba the case, it only further accen- tuates the absurdity of the Sere/- trying tartrying to make out that we hacl or have any charge to make against the managers of tho petition. - A PARAMOUNT DUTY. Because we have, in the interest of the Conservative party and good government, sounded a note of warn- ing against the tendency to fall into the Tammany dictatorial style of ignoring the people in the choice of a candidate in West IIuron, we have quite naturally been miscon- strued or misrepresented by an isolated few of Jhe party. We have no object to serve but the good of the party and the country—ueithor personal ambition or spleen to gratifly, But we would be untrue to ourselves, untrue to Conservative principles, untrue to our country did we not point out the rocks against which there is a possibility of the good old ship colliding. Ho would be a faithless watchman who to prevent alarm amongst his passengers would refrain from point- ing out where he believed there were sunken rocks so';,that they might be avoided. The pages of history abound in innutineralile instances of irreparable injury being done to a good cause through the gradual and probably unintentional assumption of dictatorial powers by those who had the beet interests of the cause at heart. Charles I lost hie head by blinding himself to the consequences of the arbitrary exercise of his power. James II saved his head but lost his throne for the same reason. The Church of Rome lost many adherents from the same cause and raised up Protestantism. Similarly the Church of England estranged many of its adherents and gave rise to Methodism. France was deluged with blood for years• because both the ecclesiastical and civil powers were blinded with their own conceit and arrogant assump- tions.' The Reform party of Canada has deteriorated to a thing of shreds and patches because its management has fallen into the hands of a fow who will not consult with and be warned by its broader minded mem- mess, ouch as Hon. Edward Blake and Hon. Oliver Mowat. There is a possibility, though we do not think any probability, of the Con- servative party in West Huron be- ing injured from a similar cause. It is a paramount duty with us, as a faithful Conservative watchman, to point out the rocks ahead. BARLEY. Annexationists in Canada and the United States conspired to squeeze Canadian farmers into the annexation camp. Their principal Great is the attendance at Clinton Collegiate Institute ! Great has been the Sale of choil 0 • CEP 0 0 • At Cooper's : ook Store. WHy ? Because our stock has been complete with all the Authorized Test Books AND The Best Value in Supplies ! that money can buy. Have you seen our MONSTER EX. BOOK ? Itt is the largest Exercise Book for 5,,...cents..ever..sold. .,.in:...,....,. Canada. Special Value in Paper and Envelopes, Pen- cils, Pens, Blank Books and Stationery. Coo or & Co., Clinton, Booksellers, Stationers, °and Fancy Goods Dealers. attempt was made with barley. Canadian Grits devised the scheme; their fellow -conspirators on the other side of the line carried,it out. A prohibitory duty—or a duty sup- posed to be prohibitory—was placed upon Canadian barley and malt; and then Uricle Sam sat down with a shrewd smile oil the business side of his speculative countenance to watch results. Well, the results are not exactly such as were antici- pated. Barley maintains in Can- ada a better price than it command- ed before the new duties were im. posed. Canadian farmers are tarn ing their attention to two rowed barley for the British market, and annexation is no nearer than it was before. But, strange to say, the evil re• sults are experienced on the other side of the lino. Those who are compelled 'to buy Canadian barley are compelled to pay the new duties on it. That is not so serious a thing, but the barley and malt busi- ness of Oswego and Buffalo is very seriously hurt. Indeed, that of Oswego is almost ruined. Albany. Syracuse, Rochester and Brooklyn are also unfavorably affected, and all the places named are earnestly petitioning for a reduction of the duty on barley to 10 cents and on barley malt to 20 cents a bushel. A bill to that effect bas been intros duced• into congress; but, though it will pass the house of representa- tive, it will probably be defeated in the senate. Even if it should pass that body it would be vetoed by the president. But it has been demon- strated that Canadian farmers can do better growing barley for the English market than for the United States market. Now Blacksmith Shop UrEOROE TROWHILL has opened out a gen- eral Blacksmith and Repair Shop in the building lately occupied by Mr. Bayley, opposite L'air's lumber yard, Albert street, Clinton, Ont. Blacksmith and Iron Work In all Its branches. rrorse-Shoeing promptly attended to and satis- faction guaranteed. Tile public are invited to call before ordering any class of work in the above lines. 407—tf OEOROE TROWHILL NOTICE. There being some misunderstanding with re- gard to wreckage, let it be distinctly understood that if any person takes possession of any kind of wreckage and fails to report to me I shall at once take proceedings. Remember this is the last warning I shall give. CAPT. WM. BABB. Resolver of Wrecks, Ooderich. Goderlch, Sept. 7th 1881.