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•arr Voted:
ME CLINTON .I... CARD"
AUGUST 10, 1899
2 Times for Holmes
And is Paid $500 to Get Out
of the country to Prevent Further
Exposure of His Employers.
The Toronto Globe Advised,Holme
s to Resin but He Brazens It Out.
Ottawa, Aug. 1. -There were 1
ions ballots in the box at pollin
division No. 4, township of Colbo
the West Huron ,b : e.election..
dense to prove this ..fact has
steadily accuhlulating, until ev
strongest partisan on the Fri
and Elections Committee canna
deny it. The testimony given b
Thomas Hardy, jr., this mornin
. absolutely conclusive,' Mr, Hard
paper expert,and has been engag
many years as foreman in a larg
per factory. By virtue of has po
it as one of his commonest dut
take a sample piece of paper and
order from the sample, determini
sight, feel, and .by the aid of a
riate scientific instruments, .the
thickness and quality required.
ing related his qu liflcations as a
waivameamontoewasywwwwv
4 spur- counted for, Witness said there was a
g .sub- great deal of waste in a printing office,
rne,in and the loss of 50 would not represent
Evi- one per cent. The boys, In counting
been might make a mistake of one, two or
en ,the three ballots in a pad.
vileges Are you prepared to swear that there
longer might not be 20 in excess on each pad?
y Mr. A. --I ani not prepared qo swear to any -
g was tbing thet-I am not itware of. -
y is aWill you swear positively:how many
ed for ballots were printed ? A. -I cannot.
e pa- Might not there have been'a000.?A.--
sitron, 'There might have been ten thousand
les to From your personal knowledge, you
fill an know nothing about it? A. No,
ng by What was done with the number
pprop- over 8500 ? A, -I ordered the boys til
exact staple all that were left.
Hay- You don't know "whether the three
n ex- pads Were all the remnants -or not ? A.
amino -..,„?hey were all that were represented
noun- to me as left .over. 1 did not go around
an
000tbs
he
torn
2.1,000
ewer'
pth
a
chin
dence • don't know. He was drunk when I
beret saw him. (Daughter;) .,[only saw him
ch so twice.
ed. a Did•you bate a•nv conversation with
xam- him? A. -Not particularly.
are. Of course you know he•took an active
yiad- part in the elections ? A.-1 supposed
Const so. •
nong, THE "(IENiAL".CAP.817I:LIVAN:.. •
n Th
fl d e o •Lie amusement (
n t . e t )P the cola-.
rent . m
itte
e r
M .Powell read- an •edit editorial
]al
Imes .paragraph from the Signal,.which the
icucl- witness admitted he wrote, referring to
rbor •: 'the.,genialCap. Sullivan," who pre
8'•
ceof Florida. Mr: McGillicuddy said the t
he
n
t d he
,was thought a late send off would. do. him' 's
.was no harm:
• pert, Mr. Hardy. was asked to ex
the 14 counterfeit ballots. He pro
ced 12 of thereto be 4.1,000ths o
inch thick, and two of tnern 3-1,
of an inch. Then -he measured t
stubs frorn'which all; the ballots p
at this booth should have been
Each' of these stubs, he'said was
the of an inch thick. Mr. Hardy
in theinost positive manner that
stubs were of different quality of
and were made on .dilfererit .ma
from the 14 ballots.. .This evi
fsweeping,,them up.' I•. had confidence
in my men,
d tions ? A. -Sometimes.
Sometimes ; you are not a mu
wimp ? Sometimes I am a kick
e (Laughter,)
o Did you see Oapt.: Sullivan dui•in
✓ the election ? A. -Yes.'
es ' He took part in the election ? A. -
You take a great .interest • in ele
' stubs are any of them the sante
paper as the ballots ? A. -No, t
not the same stick, and they we
made on the same machine.
The witness then gave the c
tee a, teclinieai explanatiorf pt th
in which paper is manufacture
showed that the blanket on th
chine when the stubs were mad
not hays been the same as the b
on the machine which made th
lots,
• The committee adjourned unti
• a. to -Morrow, ,•
Ottaawa, August IL -This pre
driving the Opposition to a li
means .of -early-moaning.. and
night' sessions of the House, with
ntittees sitting; simnit'lu]ee],sly
having 'the result which the "
Ment hoped.. Tired the Opposition
• members are, but their are stick
their post, while members
Government side, on whom Inc
c- den of the responsibility fella in
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kind of Mr. Powell -"well, I'll. get the evi-
hay are deuce in another way. It is immater•
re not tial, Now, witness:' he continued, ad-
dressing the poll• .clerk in measured
ominit- tones, "did Fater tell you he had done
e way so
d, and ,Atter some hesitation witness an-
e ma- steered : "About half past one I went
e could to the corner of the table„ and o eued'
lanket out my basket to take some lunch.
e bel- • Mr.Faxr discovered tht.t evidently they
had forgotten to provide a lunch table
1 10.30 so I asked hitt) tdlake some`7tiuc-i] wit -
018 1-e came over and sat down.".
cess of "Did he say anything?" "Yes, he
nisi by made the remark that there were 13
damned good ballots •in that box for.
I
Holmes." (Sensation.) •
h, cora)-. '"He said 'there are 13 d ih
RI ..b+allots in that, box.Holmes,'a. nod. good ,
(xovern- „ ;� a M. that
enrrect ' Yes,
in o "Did yon rnakeany remark to him,
oa rte then ?""I 'said to hiin, 'You had bet-
bur- 'ter mi•
nd what your are doing;' and at-
tend on1 to•) k ' ++
•her and committee rooms, are unable Mr. Powell then went on. to ask about '
g- to keep up their end.. The result is the g p he ballots.
ef, proceedings most ire lata aft
p mmitt.e of; the House the d I
sham- . Y your ]usines5, •
t
n the polling 11
n
t booth r")
p g h to
ki c
nut s
uli
Witness saw lihr) out of doors. Farr
1)111 the eonnterrniis of the 'ballots in
his pocket, Witness did not see him
}nit any. nttntber on the counterfoils,
but he initialled all those that witness
saw him handle.
"During the day dill you not notice
Farr at, any of the windows ?" "Yes."
"','hat did you observe ?„ "1 noticed
that he had sieve papers .on the win -
dew sill ; I noticed that there were
ballots amongst them. Me was at
the window for few minutes.,
'"I'his was out in the hall ?" )"Yes."
"Who els Was there ?" "`Yates, the
constable."
"What took `place while you were
• there?" "1 picked. tapfr'om the Boor
ra ballot ,marked for McLean with
Farr's initials on it. I said, '[sere,
Farr, what clues this. mean ?' He
grabbed it ,incl tore it to pieces. He
said, 'Oh, h----1 that's nothing ; there
Were. lora of them ,,round town yester-
day,' Yates.said he, had seen lots of
them ton." Contioning, witness said
that when the httllots were counted,
he objected to the way Farr handled
them. He had dumped all the ballots
onto the tahle nrid wit:nees requested
bine to put them hack in the box and
take thein out singly. Farr got vexed
and ordered the scrutineers away from
the table, but witness would not go.
"Did you, have any dispute about
the ballots?" "Nat until after they
is ere counted."
"What was the nature of the dis-
pute? "I wanted biui to give an ac-
count
.of'thefive ballots more in the
box than should have been in -ballots•
that were not marked,"
"You found. some not inat'ked ?"
„Yes.,,
.
Yes..
five More came out of the box
than there should have, been accord•
ing to the num her that voted ?" "Yes."
"Did he offer any. explanation ?"
"No he could not gine any,'. .
•
"What was done with them ?" "We
' :had .quite a bit.of jangling about it; I
was not satielied, and we counted, the
ballots three tines,"
•' "And they always came out:121-?"
"Dad you keep n. list .of voters as•.
they carpe in ?" "Yee."
"The vote stood 72 for Holmen and
40 for McLean ?" "1 think sol"
"Were you sum; iced at the result ?"
"I ,vas,"
'"The difference ' woe ,treater than
you anticipated ?" "Yes.»
(3ross•examined by Mr. Britton' wit-
ness said 'he noticed Farr Was called
• out of the•polling booth by Win. Hor-
ton somewhere about noon. Witness
went out. With him ; Witness found the
ballot on the floor lying fiat.
21r. Britton said -""I want to find how
the ballot ygot, there."
Mr. McOleary--"You Will have to go
far(r)." (Laughter.)
Mr: Britton tried to make the wit-
nese say that the ballot which he
picked up might have been' cut .from
one of the placards usually posted up
at election times, but witness stuck„to
it that the'ballot was similar to those
supplied to the returning officer. Wit -
nese said he repotted these suspicious
CirCutn,tances to the McLean commit-
tee that night or next day. The next
he heard of it was on the 17th of July.
Ae to the ten blank ballots, they were
not counted for anybody. He had
known Farr for about two years.
"And,: unfortunately, be was ad-
dicted to drink?"' "Well Yes," '
"'Was he under the influence of liquor
thittday ?" "I don't think he was."
"Come, now, be honest." "That's
1100051."'
"'Ile wasn't under the influence of
liquor that clay ?" "No, I can't say he
ares."•
of
Y .r ha' a beenin roam 8 '
. Y , .. syncs yell
•
recess of countin u t
that the roceedin s of the F tis there a dispute ,about.the hal-'
• ortrrnt co a er this ?" "Yes, there was con-
cor]mittee: on privileges and elections tai er'a',e wrangling." After. having
g --are being prolonged unduly. The described how the ballots were oaken
1 committee Was late in. getting started out of the box and counted, witness •
Lvov asked d'-'
knocked the breath put of the Li
• members of the committee, sq mu
indeed, that not one of them ask
single question by way of 'cross -e
•ination. To -night many of there
openly, though somewhat tearful]
witting that the case has gone ag
. them and they are • consulting al
themselves lea theinendeavor", cle ver to
n
sante means i
s of dodging the
.L iL
necessity of confessing that '. Ho
was elected Iby fraud. Mr..1VIcGi
dy, contractor for.the Goderich ha
breakwater, also gave evidence•to-
The ballots were printed inthe of i
the Goderich Signal, which Mr, Mc
icuddy owns. He accounted for
peculiar appearance of some of th
lots by saying that the . printing.
...done froom two cuts, one of which'
not so good as' the " other.' •Thin
• that the number of ballots ordered
the returning officer mighenod• per
be sufficient,• be• ran off an extra. u
bet, and threw: some in. for {food rn
o-day,•but when it did get to woi
evidence adduced was such ria to
it out Far the. moat serious de
ments since the inquiry began
that is saying a good ,dotal, whe
revelations of bogus ballots in the
borne poll are kept' in mind. To-
eyid�toe• turned upon the dealin
poll are No.. -3, to ;Goderich-to wi
you
resin d
e over it
1 l4lf•. James
the. getitloman alio was i•ustic
somewhere across the line 'at t
pence of somebody else, if his
stories are to be 'believed. The
dence iven-by .Mr. Henry' Armstrong, •
he poll Clerk, showed the worst kind
f crookedness prevailed';• that the
ballot box was stuffed for Mr. Heiltnes,
he Liberal: candidate ; that ballots
which
that
eputy ,Returning' Officer Farr boasted;
evi-
dence-given-by
day. felts. rWest Huron banana belt to
Gtl tl •p p a calling Cap. Sullivan t
the
re delibertately, destroyed'
k the rat In r. Farr count the bal. .
mark lots for Holmes which had no iuItials Saturday, Aiigust 12th, we ;wind a our big sale at the
veto °n '. them? "There was so much : g �isenldri. store. When
p
"With whom? Mr. Beck ?" "Yee.,
"Was be poatin you as to what you
were to say, ?" "No; 1)0. never' said a
,nA ehn„• r4 n
"You're a Conservative ?" "Yes."
"Always been one ?" "Yes."
"Never wanted to vote Liberal ?"
"No si r,"
"Did you ever' write la letter to the
late M. (7.Oaweron, ol%riug to vote
for hili for a consideration ?" Wit•
neat after some retlection---"Yes, Ile
did not remember when it was or how
much he wanted."
inlay
sirrow Ou.COTs. • •
William Martin recalled and ex-
attained by Mr. Powell, remembered
having voted in poll No. 7, Goderich
for Mr. Hoiwes,
"You got a ballot that day before
you came into the booth ?" "No, sir,
did not."
"You positively swear you did not
get one alter you came into' the
booth ?I' "Only the one I got from the
returningofficer to vote on. •
"You didn't take ballot t a 1 t out of the
booth Out of doors?" "No, sir."
b;;;13n.,:t. 7012 swear to that positively ?"
, r,
tiwere the last man who voted ?"
Mr. Sifter) at this point objected
that a question Shaul( rum „he asked,
the answer to which ,night tend to
incriminate the witness personally.
it the committee could invest,f,(rte
was somethingaffecting theconduct
of the deputy returning officer e r Or r
p Y il' cv other'.
officers.
Mr. Powell said his object t'ls to
show the deputy returning .officer
knowingly. ,•Ink from the witness a
ballot other than the one he gave him..
Further extu.iined, witue,s,::said be..
bad been in town since Friday, and
Saw 1VIr. Halves frequently; also Mr.
your favor ?" Ile could not arty he wag,
'iIo tuns talking ko you ,,bent thio
evidence ?" Witness Wonl(t not swear
one way oe the outs,,
• ?shown a Work of ballots, tvitnes9
submitted they were two ,pads to.
gethee.
At this point Mr. Britton again oh•
jecteil that :the witness didn't know
thenu070(e else a and. should'ballots
asked about them,
argument, that ruled,
revidettly
• beteg to show that the .witness in the
previous evidence had not told ,the
truth, or had been mistaken, the ex-
amination shonlcl procoed.
O' Eft 5011 au:Pu4N, •
Daniel McLeod, of the town of
Goderich, voted at poll No. 7,
"For whorl) did you vote?" "For
McLean."
. .How did you vote ?" "By ballot."
Made your ,nark ?"
'"Your name. is here as No. 87 on the
poll book --the second last "
(Looking" , on the lest t
,
p f
) t it.) Yes, sir. 'L '�.
"And you're sure you veteri for Me -
Lean?" you're
•
()wawa, Aug. 3.--. Mr. Fortin, M. P.
for Lavaile,chau•mau of tate Ooinmittee
on Privileges rind Elections, who is
generally regarded as a fair-minded
man, somewhat stretched Itis preroga-
tive today. A witness was ' under ex-
amination who had rendered servipe to
the Liberal party as set -organizer in
the West, .1111 11.111 election and also in
WestElg.n during the famous Macnish
election-bywhen be was under
the guidance of W. T. R. Preston. The
(Continued 00 page 5.)
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"Necessity knows no law." �1 is .ative committee room).?" "Yes." "Hadn't he been trying to collect cloes it. •
came
law of Nature that the blood inust be
•
and wrangling, be replied, that I.did ant. rhes doors '(,'lo '
take neuro �" se Saturday night this big •sale of the ' Wiseman stock ends.. We are
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T at d h going to make our last: el at 'the store
A. BargOlin Da
n the h conclua
e the examination dir- y
go
C°1' ect,.and Dr, Russell took the witness
days in hand.
ge at On cross-examination Mr, Arinstron
,•
tli,
testified that he was not a. st'rong•pat;ty•
akin mai;•having voted as often on one, side
lie erg; as the other. He did not see the bat,
•lot box examined before the polling
cvil ' began, So far as he knew no sch ex- .
atnination''wtis made, He soul
say whether or not. Mr. Farr ini
the 'counterfoils. .lie- did' not
where Mr. Farr wits. no .
• • nALLOTs TO W0 a MIT. •
AhrahaLul Smith, in :answer 16
Borden, 'said he knew James Farr
was acting s d t
ser in that election. Ile had
conversation with 'Frier the 'mo
after•.1 he election.
111- reason ho wrote it was because t °
the o ler •- a et• was ca m a tr
e bat eyerythin but a horse bier, an
w
f haying:done the stuffing.
houll have gone .into the box and
king . DanFergusonwitness also knew, ..as •D
by well as Billy Miley, of London,' ' what °
haps was one -of'the organizers. He saw bine
yon- oin home election da with a dog, �
The. committee was called. for 10.30
his 'morning,. yet for a mortal hour .
be eleven members of the minority
pit and waited for the pleasure of •the
linfste'rs. But, ag+ aid,
none; of the Ministers seemed to care
enough about' it to be there.. At' 20
minutes to 12 Mr. Sifton' pot in an .ap-
pearance; .and Mr: .f3or•don registered
n emphatic •protest 'against the •way
inggs were being ren. He moved, in ,I
onclusion, thet• the quoruiu of • the
rnimittee .tile reduced .to ten.' Mr.
ftnn said the fault. lay. av-itl% the Op- av
sition,who' kept the Hoose• nn litre •
eas- ea so knew: John 0. orman, Wm. e
Mr. Borden a
Me at each.poil.: -He gave his emp
toy- . Levels, Alex. Smith, Mr. Tarte and Mr.
one Talbot.. The latter was'.three. or -four.
ees strict instructions to see "that' n
oeg dayain'the riding'.
II
un -West Huron? A. -Ne ;. four :that I
of the ballot. papers got into -the.wr
hands,but'having perfect, onfidenc
his office force he did not trouble h
self to see that his orders Were . car
out, because he'knew the •men: wo
do what they were told'without
watching. Mr. McGillicuddy theori
at some length and with considera
ingenuity as to how the various pe
. " liarities of the ballots might beexpl
ed consistently'with the . assuinp.
thet everybody who handled them
perfectly honest. He declined to q
ify as a paper expert, and thus.avoi
answering a lot of questions that mi
hate proved ..awk ward. •
iii • s, there a large French population in
vied know of, (Laaghter.)'
uld '': Did' you help Mr. oimes with o let•. bh
any ter to the journal here?. A. --No, I had c
zed nothing to do with it., I thought it was ec
ble bad polio?to get.into the •newspapers Sl
cu -While this case is 111 000111.
oin- • But you did not think f P cy• a
t
which will
d not w' longbe remembered b dr goods .
s bu ers in Clan
Y Y g Y tone and vicinity..
' Thee
Y
r
,know � ' -- in
. •. . •• ' :
is no thought of r
g , profit in -she prices we have made for• that p t day;• it is simply a ueStion
pY q
of•.how much of the stock we cam, -teff how much,: of it we can
ir, . � turn into read money.
a a deputy returning
serve
We will 11 have .them
rn mark 1
to ed w 11 e
b good.buying even'•.thou :h. '' ou do not •
g y need . th
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wh° .The. more. we sell the less we will have to move. The he goods we will Bela at the rices
P
"What did be, 10la`. about ?"
spoke about -the way' he had ma'
affairs np there.".
•
"'A t His poll you mean ?"""Yes.
"Did he''sriy:an thing
ab
lots?" :''Yes." Y .Out the
"What slid bust **about
"13'0 said he had been 'i've h8
eillots to work out." g'-
,';''Did he say work out or work
"He said 'work out' but '1 su o
ould be the same'thing " pp
"He just at present, and there er
.p tai e will be.many a dollar saved b those
Man
• ed .. .. Y � y who. take adv.
of this wind-up sale of the_Wiseman
p stock. , Clearin prices. �. on ' `ever : ilii
.._.g p y n
t bad oli • po
ion to be interviewed ? Witness •swoie .he t
was 'didn't know he had 'been interviewed - t)e
tial-. in the Free Press. A man or two might 'an
ded talk' to him, and if it were in the paper
ght it Was not his fault. • ""I don't believe 'VI
• numb? in those Ottawa :papers,' .any-: '11
oks way, • continued the witness. They re
As a result -of his testimony, it to
ole. not-=" but the remainder .of . his un-
ots complimentary reference to the. news.;
_• a air. McGillicuddy is in a bad h
.•1
It is a criminal offence to Mane ball
ale. papers of the capital' was inaudible. N
nco Now, continued Mr. Powell you bad ' o
nt this hymn in your paper, commencing NI
of Hurrah for Tarte, so. -bright and th
n- emtirt,".'`Vitneas denied he 'ryas the 92
ved`ihe poern was, writ- ed
,field of, Haruiltod, and
to .anyone except to the proper offici
Mr. McGillicuddy, on -his own evide
retained on his person 300 of. the pri
ed ballots, and clinched his. violation
• ' the law by producing them to the co
mittee this horning,: The: inetrtieti
fropt Sheriff Sande. the returning (
nights and aril night;. and • if it'. had e
• in- "Did .he•tell you how, he had
not it?" "He told me how be had don
tern but I cannot eicplain just now:"
for. "Try -And • think --as to how .he
en the practice not to, commence
e absenceof a minister it was
arrangement made by the Minis
emseives. There not being a qi
m present it was decidednotto P
e,motion but to proceed by consent. •
A POLL newria{'8 gannancn.
Henry Armstron , poll clerk at
o. 3, Goderich ;('Mr. James F
11), being sworn rind examine
i'. Powell, sand that 118 electors v-
.. and tr
;eat• t
Ballot and cwo destroyed ballots.
"When were they destroyed`?"
Mk they were; destroyed before 'p
I1 opened. • I heated Mr. Farr say th
re not printed."• ' '
Then there are ten' blank ballot
es they came out of the box. after
hst is. special hst :of last day bar. airs for PY Saturday.
ni , .
as
L t. Tlay�.' 8argail�s Yn flats
u.1= store
all
alb. i
week, eek ,th
and
eve •
°! f+�' We will not move one of the Wiseman hats: that we can
it
"Did he sayfor whore Ire ba
d them out? "' • d week:
"Yes, for Floirnes--''
done
e; it,
had.
ush worked them out." " '
cer, to MeGiffieuddy, were to make
the packages of ballots for each poll
coting to a schedule prepared by •••t
sheriff, which stated the exacb nilmb
of ballots to be given to each depu
ons poet. belie
up telegraphed to Holmes the nigbtof the th
ac- election, and he put it in the Clinton no
he Era, hem which the Signal copiedit.
er Who had charge of the eampaign2A.
ty• --The presideet of the Association. ey
ere. for Holmes. There was one
Mr. Sifton'here jumped to his feet,'
and objectedtcn the question,-
•L+videntiy the answers were •gettin-
poll too warm for • him, as the Mini
ste
Fa charged that the witness was druk
g
by He smells of liquor. ' Smith seemed
oted to be in a state of nervous. prostra-
on and in order to give hint a chs
o recover the'Cotnmittee took -ret
Mr: Smith's examination' was "I -aimed' at four o'clock by .111x. Born
oll' Ile. asked what Mr. `Farr - told•
eY' about working off the seven ballots ty
e Bolmes. . • • . .. . _ . -
s? "Didn't he tell you bo;r he did it?"
;t "No, h- didn't
returning officer. Mr. McGillicud
admitted quit in some of the, packag
or- February 22, saying that Mr. Idulock vo
there were niiiii3-"ballots than. vvere
dered in the schedule. Moreover;
the bottom of -the pada of ballots su
plied to each' deputy rerurning offic
of tbOught the. local nutn was meant. bal
• ted with a parettraph in the Signal on, .
sell here.
the best in. the Wiseman stock,*
bat they dvill come in' handy .for -
rough :i,Vear,and save your heath! t• . • •
the Wisemanpriceewere $1 50 and
02 50 our laot day price. , V
5 Only Linen Hats; original 'price
was 75c, lair day price . , Otte
'Wiseman Prices were 503 and 75o, a
12 Only Childeen'e Turkish Calia;--in--
men price was 25p, our last day
lee
5 Only Children's ieather Tates,
nobby goods, and just the thing
far fall wear, Wiseman price was 2,„„
nce 503, 75a and $1, our la:et day price f
b • , p ea were au-,, 10 Only Light and Dark Cloth Peak-
, ed Caps, Wiseman prices were 25o
12 •ConlY T30 -vs' 'Inn Straw gots§ * ' and 30e,our last day price......
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LAST ID.AY PRICES' ON` LINENS` '
We will put' on sale. th
e balance ofthe-i
ed last Saturday ' lin
a t rday still''. remaining . unsold, .rices. quote then
we quote here' o'ain and the are low. enough to
), Yg . make it: pay
_ au'_- .
w
el
Ia�,
to pure xp c �,se your Linens for six months ahead.
Fine • quality, half bleached :double donbie damask 68 in. wide, good
Dareask, 68 in• wide,original price weight, original 75c, to' clear at... ,0r%c.
wan 874o, rather'. than move'it, 270' Heavy bleached loom' Damask fin '. .
Very fine quality, half bleached don. ' • •• gtialfty, : good pattern, Wiseman
ble Damask, 70 m. • wide, original price was 00�, to nlear at ..... :.... '&VC
price was 500; to elver 3(jLi Extra fine bleached table-1,iaen;wide
Width; geod'pattern,' regular $125 , .,
rine quality pure Linen; bleached, ' - quality; to clear' at s5e-
MORE LINEN'EARGAINS
.4 only very fine quality Damask. yards long,Wisemen price was $3, 4 ,
an. There is not a great deal of the Wiseman elothing left • • . • -
Towels, wide border and heavy •last day ..... . ......
DM I
aregoing to sell it •
' 8 only boys' blue Arse and tweed two -
piece Suits, well made and hned,
aizes 23, 24, 25 and 26 only, Wise.
• nun prices were 52.50 and $3 50,1 10
our last clay price your choice for •
dark colors, sizes 2a, 25 and 28, •
d a Wiseman- places were $1.90 and
ec- One only. man's tweed butt, dark col- In
or and good pattern, good trini-
mings and well made, size 88,Wise-
se) pnriaione price was $11, ou.: last day
4.85 .price was $3.50, our last day price •
'And this one rejected ballot NVAS
on bad charge of the campaign from,. the •cer
p, start, and was entitled to all credit for col
er the result. To this witness replied he
was a statement giving the number
the polling booth, and the ballots co
ry the campaign outside. Here is anoth- oat
tented in each package, With a ve
few exceptions, che ballote actual
supplied are in excess of the numb
orse on the packer, the exce
mendeus possibilities for, fraudule
manipulation involved in the syste
of making up the paekages of ballo
will at once be seen, as it obviated t
necossity.for the machine to seduce
counterfei elsewhere than in the.offi
ce in whi the original ballots. we
Me a. Keough and Henderson
ildn t tell for whom it was marked."
'1 want to get out of you hew many fib
lots came out of that box ; will y
nt them ?" There were 123 ca
of the box."
nd to what extent 'was the box
n. Certainly •MtS,-1V1ulock had 'charge of 'cou
er now be in order foe Tu perites to clanp dre
e- wrote that, and I beliete it is the few- ssu
se our for a numbered ha A. --Yee A
ranging' from 1 to 25 ba lots. Tim tr
tit est ballot.
m Andyou thought the Tories would itii
ts clamorlog tor something after hair- o
he ing been beaten? A, -Just that. 1VJC
THOSE EXTRA BALLOTS. wh
' Mv. Borden took up the Pross-exarn- the
re ination, and asked witness who had also
previously adrnitted anY number of ex- toe
PDonl,t you recollect anything mote
that 'he said?" (After long pau
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could not go to tem k to you t
way I understand it "
But the way yen -understand
This statement is correet ?" -"Yes; at,'
Sworn to."
Now, take this ballot marked 1
ion o
ite mark running diagonally acro 4
lid from him ?"
I knotted fringe,,Wiseman prim was• „,„., 4 doze linen table Nepkins, ii else
will buy.. Thia is the way we 66o each, last day price . Xac ' asseited patterns, Wisernau prioe 1 i A
, 2 only linen table Covers, these are ' was 1-50, last day i ' "
extra pod natality, eyery thread
Wieeman price was $5.25, last day
38, Wiseman prior:ww8e6ailschmilettOt7e1:!:di ,-,-,.... ( .30 n e r l . . . 6 l li 245 80hrol:01:4901ritlehe-illipeoriti,eb,cov,weiaisscedinT20:171,:itlpls:siliodvaail; 1. 10 :
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' r• size, Wiseman price was 63.50,Iast
120; each. last day price twn 'frir 15e •
With these we will also sell a lot of a and
quality, dark oolor, neat pattern,
98c looroigyinaariapsroinly,
only cream flannel Coataand yang, '
tone sizes 39 and 40, Wiseman 1 50
good, qnality material, pearl bat- Cloth, narrow colored border, 2a• , price 121e, last day pritie......... 'ite
' One fine quality bleached Nan table • nels and Wrapperettes, Wiseman ,„.,
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cornet,i' Witness noticed it, a,
the same mark across. all for
N• ow, do • you see the same wit'
rk on tbe.unused ballots still ht the
°f tra ballots might have been printed. at "
Toronto, • were examined t
the n of John Macdonald and Cep
'e struck off, He replied that he had "
gis orders were usuallY obeyed. He ed t
17-- the office for all he knew what preeau. ro,
tions he had taken to see thatnot more 000
missing witness. They testified that 1
Ile• One 'only blue serge. Stet, elm 37, , . One light weight dark colored Coat • . LAST •Ii).1.1- PRICES ON DRESS GOODS
h 'Wiseman price was $6, our het°. „, snit Vest size 41 ori inal • " we There will be some big. bargains in the WiSelttall b.l.' ess
'It LaSt Day Prices on Rubber Garments make it pay you Well to buy yew fall dress goods now... Iiere-
me raght if:you On.iy realize just how great these values are, we g nag only Fancy Tweed DreFS waterproof, Wiseman prke was
mos account of it was." Ile car
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Goods next Saturday. . They will be sold at riees tint '11' •ato
tY Mr. Salon objeeted to the questi
te lect what Farr told him, ' We will not. have a Rubber Gatment left' on. Saturday are a few. of the many lines, we will sell
statingthat the witness. did not 'rer.
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10 than . the authorized number were ail
left the firm's employ suddenly on Jul
k ?" "Yes, these 53 anused ballo
have the 4Thite mark."
13, and they heard he was now in D
kota. Mr. Hendereon said he was tol
that Farr hada cheque for $500 and
ticket for Dakota.
Mr. Borden -1 want you to tell
Fa
Now take the '72 ballots marked for . tot
Y iven instructions to that effect, and nol
mes ?" Witness carefullrexami
hem' all, leading members of th
mittee carefully.. watching th
ration, the. ballots beipg put i
e piles. All . in one pile were roo
ked with the diagonal white mar
same as McLertii's ballota,. and th
sed ballots, There were 49 in tin
In the second pile, nunabering 1
ots, • 12 of them had riot the whit
k, while in the Teniaining two t
e were indications of a white
k having been there. These two fro
pat in a separate pile, -.making had
piles of Ileletes' 72 ballots.. i'elTl
itness was shown the pile of 10 in
amity, and on only; MI6 of Humph
. had never made any investigatkin as to emu
tbe remaing fifty ballots, as he did not oPe
think it was a matter of ally irnpor. thre
h In answer to. Mr, Russell, wit .
aims the
examined the bellots and stubs lying 4130
mat
11. on the table, and testified that if the - pap,.
e pads had been taken apart they could 0(1,1
not have been put together again by win
deputy retuttlitig officer so neatly ball
C • without the aid of the machine for mar
ther
Dan. McGillicuddy. of the Goderic
Signal, who printed the ballets used i
the West Huron election, was next ex
atnined as to the mode of Printing.
bad two diet), and said that in cuttin
the ballots it woOld never be foun
that all the papers were of exactly th
. , same size. He had received orders t
print 0,150 ballots, but believing tha
this would scarcely be sufficient he ha
etritek off 0,500. The 0150 were deliver
ed to the returning officer,. and 800 o
the balance bad been in his possesim
ever since and be now produced them
Witness also produced. the. two die
from which the ballots were printed
Ile said the ballots were printed on
more than one kind of paper,
He was cross-examined by Mr, Rue
sell, but the witness professed to have
but little personal knowledge concern-
ing the matter of printing the ballots.
He admitted seeing Oapt.Sullivan Once
during the election. ' •
Mr. Russell produced the unused bal-
lots from poll 14'0. 10 Colborne, ten of
which witness said, were printed from
the mune dies as the alleged bogus ones,
In several cases pads of ballots were
put up from those 'printed.
Cross-examined by Mr. Powell, he
said he WaS not present. all the time in
the office when the boys counted the
ballots, lint was in ahd out „ all the
stance, the•bbys made arn estimate • or
the actual cdunt P A. -I do not know.
Is there not very little that you do
not know personally about? A—There
Will you Swear that the boys put up
a solitary pad of ballots selected from
them do it.
The only evidence is what you taw
here, and from the costom in printing
LoOk at the tea ballote from No..I,
Colborne, and tell hie if you observe
two fiefs of staple holes on each ballot,
A. -Yes.
Don't you believe (hese ten are rem -
muds from one pad, whieh some one
has put on the Other pad P. A.-4 Maid
hot sa3t that,
That would be a fair inference.? A. -
I am not dealing in infereneeet.
„ Continuing, witness amid his foreman
wat away elek at ' the tittle, and the
cutting wee dette by a lest experienced
Man. Witnets W0,17 not a good judge Of
paper. His foreman generally bought
the paper for him, lie reeeived no7ln.
etruetions from the returning officer at
to the weigbit or thickness of the pa.
Mr. Foweitthen lokea about the /SO
at have put prizes on the goods that ought io sell them before thianogoft oshoiladrirs.3,88 in:411,1f .3
7 Ority Dress Costumes, Wiseman
h 1 Onl Tweed Rubber Coat 24 inch
2 Only navy blue serge ,V,rateproof
them outlast day at
. ate skirts, last day price . • . . .... . /owes were 50 and 57, clearing
o the shop and said that Mr. Yates
he Cape; this garment is slightly
0 damaged, original price of it was gemmed seams, detachable cape, '"`"'-' wsuaista7b510e,flottror diaryts, original price
size 36 only, original price wa 1 End Grey Cravenette, absolutely
hacl been up after tbe ballot box t
e g e ore, that he did not think
0 (Fare) would be able to dcithe job. II
o :came down town to the corninitt
k see
ne and Horton put hirn through
if he could do the job right enoug
e "Was this before the election
a after ?" "Before the election."
Did he tell you how he handled t
ballots, except that he worked off seven 4 °Ins. laditr?
for Holmes ?" "No." waterproof Garments
to $4 50, oar last day price •
h' Ladies' Waterproofs
or 4 only childreVe waterproof Chau -
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SPECIAL CLEARING PRICES IN BLACK GOODS
1 Eed only fancy figurea Black Dress . 1 End only fine cream lawn, Wigs
he tare, small $17te• 100 day price each 20e Goode, neat pattern, original price man prim was 20a, last clay
2 fine quality check tweed and two 44c
1 Eweada 73351natolkaaStodliaeyl, bright finish, 86 _ , 216Etbansodtza.tspymr: fa. 8.:01ain,pewartith bubotriodneer,
in. wide, Wirreman price was 60o,
smoked and pure white, rep. j121e
with oapea, two ot these are slight- black serge ladies' ' waterproofs,
these are good goods, in good condi-
as ay
., 2 only cheek waterproof Garments,
t • prices were $3 75 and 04.50, last 4 ...,,,h $W6i.eoe0m, jattnet pdrsioyes were $5.50 and 2, 88
beat nianufacturere in the world, •
10 Pieces assorted patterns fanoy 58,,,,,Le
doz.
day price
e oWhat else did he tell you ?" "I d
O potting in the staples.
t Cross-examined by Mr, Ilergeron.-... mar
d You are a Liberal in politics, are you '.'.vere
Did you say you were a kicker 2 A.- divWid
1
, No ; I said that with some people I had said'
, the reputation of being a kicker. So t
anyt ing more,
Did you have any other convers
n with him ?" "We might hay
lot,s of conversation, but I do no
POI her just what took !Gee "
• "Did he tell you at any ether tun
O about his handling the ballots on oleo -
a Last Day' Prices -in Curtains
", I want you to recollect whether h
did the initials of Mr.Farr appear
hat With this nine and two from
ther pile there weee 11 ballot
t The witness, with his wonderful!
ern. All the McLean ballots bore
ted for Holmes,' which had no
eputy returning officer's initials date
go.
owned the earth, and the fulness there- the d
of but I never kicked against the Gov. 00nletih
Tell me when it was you kicked ? A. mark
-If you allude to the difference bet. lais o
SOME BARGAINS IN LADIES' VESTS
e Cdr
I We elm hardly nive you a detailed. price list of the
tains we have to sell, as there. ate about one dozen odd "t
jest day
derveste, originalpeice Wee 25o, 16c
n price was 75clast day 11 35_
lftronly ladies' fine ribbed cotton • 7 eland! jesilktindervesoo
Y pairs that are left of' the Wiseman stock, which we will clear '
o out Saturday at a,bout balf regular price. If you want a pa,ir ZIAISETREDAITILpLuilletsS001/NIEHOSIERy
of curtains for a single window it will be a, long, long time
I befell) you will have the chance -to bay them as cheap . again, ior satuTrhdeai;ebwuiyllebrse stye tebehiegdbdalriguaeisnseittGbelovivesisa,eimidalin osstieeerky
1 semen priest; were 400, 45o and •
- • 35 indh white Cartiin Mullin, nem. &timid, salantin soiled. Wieems. to be cleared out kere are a fte.waieta, toi,aLleaynPociruoiroCioeiodiogen'wmuint .
o stitched border, this is slightly . price waa25a, last day. - -
; psorilleeedsvfarognamboe,iniage;haoawyn:!!!!man in.,5,1 is Ore only spot Curtain Net, amt. " absolutely fast black, 'Wiseman Wi
0 hPirl tee la sb18a5elitaiabbceld67coPtrtio: 'II. o. a. e.. I ''C I' ire; illakEdn edtayVeile with bo rd
12 pr. only glee Lisle thread Hese,
er and 18' c
f I Last Day. Bargains in Quilts
taped edges, Wiseman price was 15e
German dye absolutely fast black;
dive Memory, was then allowedt
nitials F." All in the pile 4
ed for 13olmes also bore the Mit
f the deputy returning officer, "J
F. with the exception of two. Wit
ness swore he was at his post all day
"Alid vvas Mr. Farr there all the
f•No, be was in and out of the
room several dines during the day ?"
"You saw Min in the morning de-
droying two ballots ?", "Yes, they
weee misprinted or eomething."
" There is evidence that four ballots
were found destroyed," Mr. Powell
Dr. Russell objected that he had not
the right to tell the witness what any
other witnese had sworn to.
--4°Yrrirriaw him destroy them ?" "
didn't see him destroy them ; they
were torn up and ,handed to the Mc-
Lean serutineer, and he Was satis-
"Now. sir, take this block with the
unused ballots on it. There is a num-
ber on the last ballot ?" Yes, the num-
ber 178."
"lint not in your writing?" "No."
If there ever was a ballot on the
bottoni marked with the ,number of
the poli, ete,, it has been removed?"
Mr. Powell took up nutrked ballot
having is "yea" written on N. the nunt.
bet, of the oll, atal the number ofthe
a ot, an asked if the witness had
seen this ballot on the bottom of the
book before Me. Parr began tearing
"Did Fttrr tell you or, did you. on
your oatb, see him at the window de-
etro in a ballot?"
e 1, about , four o'clock be went
over to the store and from there to the
south. window., and Amid there a min-
ute, lie had ballot papal; on the win.
dow till. 1 thought they Were *tube
ha was counting over, and paid to
more attention to them."
- "Did you tell your wife that Mr
Farr told you he had made thirteen'
ballots the day before,'"
Dr, Russell objected.
ween Cameron and myself, it was
in 1807.
In ansiverto further questions wit-
ness admitted that he has a contract
for a breakwater at Goderich at $58,700
- lie didn't know anything about build.
ing breakwaters,' but he employed men
who did, and he got 'the contract be-
eause his bid was lowest. •
Mr. ThOloaS Hardy, jr., testified that
he is a paper.maker in the employ of
!the Edd Manufacturing Company of
Hull. e is one of the foreme.n of the
thing to have eamples of paper sent ihr
with order for a eupply of paper of the
same weight or thickness or both, The
thicknesta and quality of the paper was
a matter which was constantly called
to hit attention. There was an instru.
men t tor measuring the thicknes of pa-
per. It Wile called the micrometer.
Witness produced, a micrometer and
measured several of the ballots from
polling eub•divisiota No. 4, township of
Colborne, Of the 14 spurious ballots
which were found in the box, he dec.
were 4.1,000 of an inch
thiek iWO were 9.1,000 Wan inch.
Witness then examined the whole of
tile 08 stubs front Whieh the ballots de.
posited In the boX were eupposed to
have been torn.
measured the thickness of every piece
of paper of these 08 stubs P A. -Yes
And each and everyone of them hi
how thick P A.-2-1.WO of all Inch.
You have Weedy given us the thick,
nem of these, 14 ballobs ? A. -Ates,
• It poseible that these 14 ballots
tumid have eimie oft' these stubs P ,A. -
Yon regard that as abtolutety lomat-
Can you judge paper by the feel and
sight tolerably well ? A. -Yeti, that is
the ordinary way of judging.
Look throusia those 6nd lee If tilt
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AN trIVIMPOETANT WITNESS.
Thompson.* Co., of Toronto, was pea
called. A previous witness, blr
Kering!), had stilted that be under
stood Farr had made a statement t
Duncan, but this proved to be incor
reet, as Duncan said he bad neve
spoken to Fare in his life
Mr, Soseph Kidd, lumber buyer fo
knew Farr, He left the ein loy o
h ft Iacono time in July, itness
had chaffed him about the revelations
in Connection with the West Huron in.
the next day. but Came for his pay at
the end of the week. asked, him,
said Witness, what he was doing. Ile
said he had been knocking around
the countty, He had beeti in Ottataa
and Ooderich. 1 told him be had got
himself into a nice box for hie croeked
work In West Huron. He denied that
he had done anything wrong. asked
what be was going to do, and
him
he said he had ticket for North
Dakota, Ile pulled it out of his pocket
and shoWed it to me, . but I did, not
examine it. He said he bad also at
cheque for $500. think' that is about
the conversation that took place.
"Did he tell you where he et the
cheque, or from whom ?"
"Mace you had any communications
Cross.examined by Mr. Ttritton,
tees said he Wes 0, Conservative in
articular] "
"Does he...get on the spree sortie -
times•?" "Well, he ratty toccesionally.",
servative eeentineers at NO. 8 poll, in
the tonal of (4oderich, wae next eltatIt-
Med. tie said that at the opening
of the poll he arid two othereerutimiers
• eountetl the number of blank ballots
in the ha s of Ferri the deputy re-
turning o cer, Fatr. did not remain
rforii:0205,vglietteeOltitilereVier:utialPellghd:10480 0.10 only fancy
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Last Day Prices on Blouses and Wrappers
large eize white Quilts, free from dressing, regular $1..25, last dav price.. 880 10, to 18o, last day your choice...,
, .a, 12 pr. only ladies' ribbed cashmere
LAST DAY PRICES IN MEN'S FURNISHINGS
Hose, size 8i, Wiseman price Waft dim, and beltuas thet sold for 25o and 4 ,0,
ins lugs should clear
9e All the Willman Vellinget in •hlack
1110 t11080 will clear them out
Every Shirt Witiet in the Wiseman • 1 only print Underskirt, dark color,
nearly everything in the whmoeIrie.s.utonicakunddo shirts clearing
The last day prices in Men's Fur ' h`
store, no tnatter what the original
fall size, 8 in. hill, Wiaeman price 4 ‘,„,. Alal
About ono dozen pairs odd 'Mies
3 only odd Wrappers, dark anscIgninendd.105 2 only
price ;a our olioice
IonSe2o5nTyltntodyapYriti.‘t.W..rapner, Wise- 0.,,.._ -ntre pale bine, original prices were 88e ,
'um colors; welt reads weletelined,
feet colors, original pricel
"45 and $2 25' lad daY."*".. MORE BARGAINS IN WINTER UNDERWEAR
sateen Underskirt, 6
man pries was $1.25, last day., I lata
o
• Not a Blouse er a Wrapper to be moved, for prices
Last Day Bargains in Parasols
There are ebOill obe dozen blain black Parasoleleft at the Wieeman;etore,
, there are 110 tWO Olhiberit alikeiand there will be a last day prioe that AA,
Will be it money.raving price on eaoh et them Oti Seturday
that 'will pay you to buy for next winter
Men'e fleeee.lined Shirt Betts' fleeoelined Shirts and Draw.
ere, fine quelity,origirtal pricee 750
ere, original price aea, last day , 29e
144-TgrDAV BARGAINS IN PRINTS AND WASH. GOODS woteen kwionrdt,litliz tvarLivrailvti chlierneetooubtneynw8.atitti:rday at pricee Met tail! make it
We have it let of oda Untie of the Wiseman Iinderwear, one and two shirts -
original price wait 18o, Mai day for 10e, litaselesee. I r undrIlrrar
r2aggloGoddaihnlest price......,. an ght gioasy finish, original
e aim Y REMNANTS
•
thet told for 121o, ltio and 25o, suitable for &epee end eueltione,
clearing them Out the lest day at whenun woe vim 184, int
OMENS BROS.,
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Every ;geed of goeds la the Witernan tie* that short enotigh to be dolled it
retririttut will be metieured up and pleeed on our countere merked at prices that will sell
them. tt will pay yen *ell ter look Oat remnant table Saturday. Cottone, eheetinge,
Shekel ilittinale, drool silks, and dress goods, In hot remnant* of ell kinds selling ailed
about half original priees
WitiatIonFts CLINTON
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