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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-04-13, Page 4e want to tally to You This Week about Carpets As we suppose in a few weeks, or it may be in a few clays, you will begin to think about the periodical house cleaning. ''ell, we think it must be nice as well tis convenient when they take up the old Carpet and promote it to an upper room that they know exactly where they can go to get what will suit their eye in quality, price and pattern in Carpets, either in Brussels, Tapestry, All -Wool or Union, and we have had so many instances where • people have been all over town and come again and bought from us that we are sure we are safe in directing you here for your Spring Carpets. Then in LACE CURTAINS in endless variety of price and pattern. CURTAIN POLES with all the fixtures at next to nothing. Spring Roller WINDOW SHADES, all colors, atvery low rates. Now a word about PARASOLS. We are not carrying over one old Parasol. Every single one general style and get up, and above all new in price --don't forget this last most important fact. et • new—new in size, new in quality, new in stylish handles. new in L We have certainly opened out one of the most Stylish Sprin3 Stocks of New Spring GoGds ever brought to Clinton. GIL RO Y & WISEMAN, CLINTON. The Huron News -Record 91.50 a Yoar—$1.25 In Advance Wednesday, April 13th. 1 S91. PROTEST AND COUNTER PROTEST. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the West Huron Lib- eral -Conservative Association, held on Monday, April llth, it was Resolved, In view of the abundant and indiaputeble information and facts, showing corrupt practices by M. C. Cameron, and by his agents with bis knowledge and consent, in the late election in this Riding for the Dominion Parliament, that a cross petition be filed against Mr. Cameron; and that every legitimate means be taken to disqualify Mr. Cameron and his agents. Parties in West Huron are un- fortunately again going to clutch each other by the throats in inter- necine political strife—this time in the law courts. As wo mentioned the other week, the Grit wing of the Reform party has in this Riding, as in many others, control of the counsels of the Liberal party and have entered a petition against the Hon,, J. C. Patterson. As stated in the resolution given above, the Conservatives have de- cided, after due deliberation and the production and review of the most startling and damaging evi- dence, to enter a *counter petition -against the conduct of the recent election by Mr. M. C. Cameron and -fi'ie ageuCs. ° . It leas clear as that the sum of twice two is four that the ascertained con- , duct of Mr. Cameron and his agents is equal to disqualification and dis- franchisement. Now, while all is said to be fair in love and war and politics, we would naturally regret to be pitted in any of these against those for whom we otherwise entertain the highest respect. -Stern duty 'demands that the friends of Mr. Cameron, who have made themselves amenable to hein- ous punishment, shall not go soott free. It will pain many of those who are taking part in the petition against Mr. Cameron to produce evidence which will brand his agents as anything but honorable men when party ends are to be served, We did think that Mr. Patterson would have been allowed to retain hisseat undisturbed by the machin- ations of the handful of malcontents of Grits who wuutd rather rule in aheol than live under a "Tory"- re- presentiitive and administration that can"and will conserve the best in- terests of the country at large and of our own immediate riding partic nlarly. Thy the Grits should consider tthere was any corrupt practices on the part of the Conservatives during the late election is past com- prehension, The leading Grit papers of the county have admitted that West Huron is a "Tory" constitu• eney. While they admit this they cry out against it beiug represented by a Conservative. Ia not this monumental cheek I It is. The Grits virtually admit, what the courts have several times affirmed that when West Huron has' gone Grit it has been by undue means— bribery or trickery. They want a perpetual lease of a constituency which they admit is Conservative. Well, they not only will not get it, but several of their aspiring shining lights will, ere a dozen moons have come and' gone, be, pre • veutec. from either being candi- dates for Parliamentary honors or voting for -one. The Conservatives wish to live at peace with their po• litical opponents, desire to live and let live, to agree to disagree in poli- tics, but they can never allow that an acknowledged Conservative rid- ing must be represented by a Grit or not at all. The upshot of the ,petition and counter petition will be that the Hon, J. C. Pattoreon will retain bis east and that several over zealous Grits will find them- selves in a position that our regard for them outside of politics would fain infleence us in endeavors to prevent them from occupying. • WHAT'S IN A NAME. There is a society in Canada called the Maccabees. An Inquirer wants to know how their title orig- inated. He says he knows that Masons are charged to perpepetuate the memory of those engaged in building the groat stone pyramids; that Orangemen are associated to- gether to'perpetuate the cultivation of the orange fruit and the orange lily; that Oddfeliows are sworn not to do as any other member or any one else does; that the Ancient Or– der of United Workmen means a modern society of segregated units who endeavor to get as much as pos eible out of each other without work- ing; that the Foresters are composed of those who have a horror of tian- bared districts and consequently are to be found principally in the cities or on the treeless prairies, or where the country has been denuded of ite natural forest growth, and so on. But his information fails him, when he come to the Maccabees. At first he thought this was a society of apiarians or anti-apiarians, bound either to seek the propagation or destruction of bees. And when ho read Mr. MQwat's legisla• tion which makes it an offence for owners of fruit trees to spray or sprinkle a weak dilution of parie green or other substance on blos- soms of trees, for the purposo.of protecting them against insects or vermin that might be fatal to the realization of fruit, lest bees in quest of honey -making food might par- take of the poison and never to go home nntil morning or any other time, he came to the conclusion that the society was founded by one Maces for the purpose of protecting and propagating bees. Ae we have said in the mammenoe- ment we have a long letter asking if Inquirer ia right as to the objects and aims of the society `which he has concluded is a bee protecting society, and if not why not. He then dilates ou the injustice that will be done the important industry of fruit -growing if those engaged in it are to be prohibited from protec- ting the germs of the fruit instead of compelling the M rccabees or owners of bees to provide food at home for their bees instead of en coutaging them to act as marauders in infesting other people's property and stealing therefrom wherewith to make there owners rich. Our Inquirer says that in some cities and towns grown persona make use of children by sending them out into the highways and, byways to beg or steal money or other com- modity and bring it home to sup• port their worthless masters or par- ents. Now, he wants to know why these disreputable characters who thus live on the stolen products of children are not only notprotect- ed but are actually classed by law as criminals liable to bo sent to the penitentiary, while the masters of the heed are encouraged by -law into sending these busy little thieves abroad to prey upon, weal and bring home the property of other people. But he saye the ,iniquity of Mr. Mowat's legislation does not atop at giving bee owners the liberty to steal, but actually makes it an offence for any one to resist their stealing. Why, he adds, we shall soon have it that if a man puts a lock on his door or his gate and a thief, in endeavoring to force an entrance, iujurea or kills ltieteelf,- "ilirei•w•ner-gf said door or gate shall be liable for murder or a fine for endeavoring to protect his property. However all this may be wo shall leave our intelligent readers to de- termine. And as one having but scant knowledge of any society's purposes or the origin of their name we have culled a little from ancient history as to the Maccabees, and leave our Maccabee knowledge thirsting friend to ostain what con- solation he can from what we offer, The Maccabees were a famous Jewish family that lived in the second century before Christ, when the Jews were under the control of the Syrians. Judas Maccabees was the most illustrions of the family. He was the third son of Mattat- thias, a priest, the first of the family to gain distinction. Judas began the direction of the war already in- augurated against Syrian rule by combining for common action the moat enthusiastic Maccabees of the Hebrew faith. He then made an attack upon the Governor of Sam- aria, totally defeated his army and slew him. In retaliation' the gener- al of the army of Coelo-Cyria called together a force composed partly of Jews, partly of' Romans, partly of renegades, and met the force of Maccabees atBethorum. The Syrians were completely overthrown and the army dispersed. The Ring of Syria, therefore, sent one of his generals, Lysias, with an army of 20,000 man into Judea, which was re -enforced later with ?,000 cavalry, To oppose this formidable host. Judas could only muster 6,000 men which he gathered at Mispeh. Here, as Samuel had done a thous and years before at a like period of national calamity, he fasted and prayed, and in compliance with the injunction of the law of Moses, ad• vised all of his soldiers who had been newly married or had built houses or the like to return to their homes. This reduced his number greatly, but with a dauntless cour- age he marched towards the great Syrian army which was encamped at Emmaus, surprise ' t night and won a . compl e victory. In the following year the Syrian gen.- eral'agaiu invaded the hilly country of Judea with 60,000 meu and 5,- 000 cavalry. Judas met him with a force of less than one-sixth of itis own, attacked him with impetuous vigor and slew such a large number of soldiers that the general Was forced to retreat as rapidly as pos- sible. After a series of wars and their usual reverses and victories the King of Syria then made one last effort for the subjugation of Palestine, souding against it the flower of his army. These encamp- ed at Berea, near Jerusalem, The Terror inspired by this great force caused further desertions from the Maccabees army, and Judas found himself with only. 800 fol- lowers- His captains tried to dis- suade .him from battle. His reply was worthy of this dauntless hero: "If our time has come, let us die manfully for our brethern, and let us not etain our honor." He fought with such valor that the right wing of the great Syrian army was driven back, but the left doubled upon the Jewish forces, surrounding it. The battle lasted from morning till night. Judas was slain and all of his followers killed or, dispersed, This was in the year 161 B, C. Thus fell a Maccabee hero worthy to be ranked among the noblest of those who in any age have drawn a sword of liberty in dofenae of their country's rights, ' Whether there is any connection between the ancient and modern Maccabees we are not in a position to determine, nor whether Mr, Mowat'e bee protecting legislation, was instigated by them. If the latter is the case we presume it will be in order for the Foresters to take under their protection fruit trees, and at next •session -march down • 'to "'.'IMMO and insist that the owners of fruittrees have some rights that should be respected as well as bee owners or the Maccabees. EDITORIAL NOTES, In the Ontario' Assembly definite and specific charges were brought against the Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands for acting in collu- sion with other employees and Grit heeler's whereby timber limits worth $90,000 were sold to a mem- ber of the Crown Lands Depart- ment and Grit friends for $3,000. And yet Mr. Mgwat and Mr. Hardy said they can see nothing wrong in this defrauding of the Province of so large a sum of money. The charges brought up in the House against Sir Adolph Caron, Postmaster General, proved to be of the moot unsubstantial character. There is nothing definite about them and wo hope the House will not entertain them until they are formulated is such a way that the Minister will know what he has to defend and,the House what it is re– ferring to a Committee. It is alleged that Itg improperly received and need money granted in aid of railways. But at what time or in what manner the alleged wrong do ing was done the House is not in- formed. But the usual despicable means are resorted to by the Opposi- tion to create a scandal and to in• jure the character of a Minister of the Crown. Wholesale generaliz- ing of bad conduct without to some extent epeeifying it lathe last resort of unprincipled men. Four man were convicted in Philadelphia the other day and sentenced to prison for conspiracy and blasphemy for declaring in a public meeting that the United Statea form of Government was no goad. Now, 'tie a pity that Sol White, Ernest Albert McDonald and the other fellows who call public meetings to declare that the Cana- dian form of government is a failure could not be served eirnilarly. The census of the United States shows that there ars only 3715 places in the country having a population of more than 1000 each, There were twenty-two billions of cigarettes manufactured in the United States in 1890. This would mean an average of 400 for each man, woman and child in the country. "There is a deep-seated distrust of the honor and impartiality of the bench a t the present time" shriek the Grit partisans. No rogue e'er feft the halter draw, who had good opinion of the law. The duty collected on binding twine imported into Canada last year was something like $6,000, and yet the Grits assert that our farmers were bled out of $450,000 ! in the same time through the "iniquitous" tariff on twine, In referring to the unseating of Grieve of North Perth the Wood- stock Sentinel -Review remarks : "It is'atrange that the majority of the iudgee in this case should seem to depart front the principle stated by one of them." It would be stranger still did the majority sup• port a principle or view Laid down by the minority, The first'division at Ottawa stood 86 for the Government Cl against ''Hera aCtsent: It was a trick of Sir Cartwright to bring on a division at this time ao as to enable some of hie friends to win money who had bet on the Government majority on the first division. The actual majority in a full House would be 64. Judge Elliott, of London, has decided that a bet on the result of as; election is inimical to sound public policy and that the stakeholder must return to the loser his money if he demands it. • Judge Muir of Hamil- ton decided last year that if the bet was made outside of the constituency where the election took place it was legal. And he will shortly have a similar case, arising out of 'the London election, to decide. It will be remembered that Ger- man, who was declared elected Grit M. P., for Welland in 1891, was unseated and disqualified, anti that the Supremo Court upheld the de' cision of the lower courts. The enormity of the disgrace which thus attached to the party of purity must be toned down in some way. So Joseph B. Wood, one of the wit- nesses against German, was charged with perjury. At Caynga on Sate urday the Grand Jury of the assizes returned "no bill" When a Grand Jury returns "no bill" there must have been no grounds for the charge as the defendant has not a word, to say. It is a contemptible piece of business to trump up a groundless criminal charge against an innocent man merely to gratify political spite. The same spirit seems to have an- imated the Grits in West Huron when they protested Hon. J. 0. Pat- terson's election, for if ever a man was innocent of wrong doing in a political contest that man ie Mr Patterson. It would appear by the Grit re- ports of proceedings in the House at Ottawa that the leaders of the Op- position must be veritable Jokylls and Hydes, possessed of double personalities, When Cartwright, or Mills; or Dr. Macdonald or John McMillan of Huron, make speeches in the House they are "masterly," "telling," "convincing" against the government, and so on. Yet when these men spoke directly to the people only a little more than a month ago their speeches were masterly, telling and convinc- ing in favor of the Government, as the recorded verdict of the electors amply proves. An old Latin poet has tersely yet philosophically and correctly em– bodied a war•Id of wisdom iu the words: "I am not ashamed to own my follies; but I am ashamed that I do gat put an and to them," Hon, Oliver Mowat's salary and indemnity has been increased from $5,600 to 7,600. Mr. Mowat is as tor• riblo a gorrymanderer for revenue as fur •political support. - . An instanceofegnal andexactjus- tice being meted out under British law is the recent ease of Mrs Monti, gue, wife of a wealthy titled Lish- man, being sent to priron at hatd labor for one year for inadverton- ly causing the death of one of her children by tying it in a dark room where it died through misadventure, It was admitted that Mrs. Montague did not intend to kill her child, but had used a means of punishment at once cruel and of a such nature that in the ordinary course of things it might result fatally. The silly, insolent and cowardly attacks upon Judge Elliott, in the matter of the Carling election, by the Grit press, may be taken as .proof -that the •Grits not only have no case but have worse than none— that is that they are sensible of their own nefarious conduct. When a counsel in court knows he has no case ' he contents himself with blackguarding opposing counsel, but does not attack the court itself. In the Carling election caee Hyman's friends and counsel seem to not only recognise that they have no case but seem aware that they have placed themselves in a far more humiliating position than they falsely charged their opponents were in, hence thoy blackguard the court as well as counsel. The unexpectedly low price of wheat at this time shows how the beat made calculations may lead to disaster. The Farmers Alliance and kindred organizations in the States urged the farmers to hold on to their grain until spring when they would got $1.50 a bushel for wheat. This calculation has not panned out. Notwithstanding the great shortage of the grain crop in Europe last year, this eery fact has been the means of keeping down prices. Both the European producers and those dependent upon them have in consequence of the shortage become too poor to buy American grain at any price. They have had to resort to all manner of substitutes to keep body and soul together. Were it not for the market found in "played glut" Britain prices would be much lower than they are. And hare is a pointer in favor ofmixed industries. In those portiona of the European continent that depend mostly on farming ex- ceeding great diatress has prevailed and does. Whereas in Britain with vast manufacturing industries as well no considerable agricultural industries the people are compare- tivaly well off. It never pays to carry your eggs all in one basket. And so long as Canada pursues a mixed manufaotnring and agricul• tural industrial policy no great dia. aster can ever overtake her.