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Holmes' -.Plea of innocence Am
them having creme opposite Breit -
11S
es • ileputy or poll elerit, tieventeen of •
havIng been purposely spoiled by the
• • , • ,
_ . • haupt's name, Minitel" With a kind Of
showed evidence Uodee recrtitiuy o
lead different from and otter than
WNWANYVIVWYWWWWY . * that used by the tenons who originally
. plat their creases opposite Dr. Leck-
e'
The Liberal Party WOrkers who think ii Phar4 asaical,'but they are 'gises'sv17::e"urr,!?:' :21)'74114:-
p mance.
disgtisted with hint for not attempting it defence of the Charges in els:TiZ7,1:VolFZI:taiorou
. •.
No. 8, f3erlin, five similarly rejected
were found tri have been tampered
via,04/~reAsees/11101eYVVY • ' with in the same manner, the party
'''e., . . workee at ibis booth heving been ap.
., earently less enthusiate,ic in his la -
In the meantime Ite is occtiPying NicLeates seat to which he has no more moral right thou he bas to two'. boors.
In ell tbe s2rntineers got through
s, . „with 10 polling subeliviefons yesterday
0,004e0040V4VVVVVVYY . and will continue at work te•dity•
.
OttaWa, August 9.—The Committee
on Privileges and Electione have con -
eluded their labees for this sessiop, but
were unable to make mere than a for-
mal report., for the reason that the in-
vestigation of the West Heron cinie .
has not been completed, and, with
respect to Breckville, ib hes not even
been commenced. .
rIllT ABM= so ran, .
iseless to consider. what is the
t cif the investigation thus far.
s only have been investigated.
prinerpal evidence has beau
ith respect to No.4 in the town-
olhorne, and_Ne.3 in the town•
rich.
timniings was the depety re -
:Placer Ne. 4, Colborne. Ile
received Peoria the returning officer a
Pacreenteining 125 ballots, 98 electors
voted and tbere were no spelled
Twenty-seven k, ballots remain-
ed unused. Of the ballots which
•were used, 68 were found marked for
, Holmes and30 were found merited for
McLean. This, gave lEbelmes ik maj.or•
ity of 38, the normal majority being
from 8 to 12. Of the 68 ballots Mark-
ed foe Holmes, 4 were proved te
bogus.
THE BOGUS BALLOTS.
NOb onlY were these bogus ballots
different in appearance from the re.
ennatueng 84 marked ballots; and
,,,..feom "the 27 unused ballots, till of
which were of an exactly eimilar ap•
pearance, but they were printed on. en-
tirely different peper. The 54 . good
ballots marked foe Holiness and the 80
allots marked for McLean, and the 98 -
tubs froin which all the ballots deli
ered to the voters should have been
ken were of gee, -quality of paper,
A. called,who co elusively
pi ve thisi and stated on that
th 14 bogus ballots never c ild have
e from any of the 98 st. ibs Which
wer returned by Mr. Cummings to the
returi ipg officer, with the 27 unused
ballot . The 14 bogus ballots bore the
initial •of the deputy.returning offlaer,
, made in ink, while the remaining 84
ballots, with one or two exeeptions,
bore the initials of the deputy return..
int, officer' in Pencil
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DID NOt DESTROY coUNTERFOILS.
Instead of destroyiegthe counterfoils,
as directed by his merited instructions,.
and: as•tee law requires, Mr.Cummings
put, the-- aounterfoils in his pocket.
This gave him an opporteriity of pet;
ting his hand in his pocket in every in-
. stance before pettng the ballot in the
• • 41 swoita minty voTED FOR MeLEAN.
In addieion to these sigriffleantiaate,
41 men appeared-be/ore the -conunittee
and positively swore that they had
marked their ballots for MeLeae ab
this poll, and had handed them, to the
deputy returningiofficer.
o..othef- men, who-were/II atirkno-•
able to attend the conimittee; made '
• . oatheto the same effect before the
Court*. Judge of Huron. It thns
"pears thet the reel vete at this Poll was
' 64 for Holmes and 44 for McLean, and
•that 14 votee had been stolen from Mc-
Lean and given to 'Holmee -by some
. pereon or persons.. Is it possible that'
this could have been done without the
, assistance or connivance of the depety
• returning officer,who admits that the •
initials on the :bogus ballets are in his
writing ? ' • .
, • waERE pARR PrtEsmzn.
At No.8 polling sith-division, in the
town of Goclerich, James Farr wee de,
ptity returning officer: ai SO put, the
counterfoilsin his pocket instead of
destroyingthern. This gentleman was
a Liberal in politica, altlibugh,he.made
...avretence of toting for McLean in or-
. der to ii.411015Vel-CoriservAtive, scruti-
neere."' One hundred and eighteen erten
voted, and 123 ballots came out Of, . the
box. Of theee 123, 72 were marked far
Holmes, 40 were marked for McLean,
10 bore no •-mark at ell, and. 1
was rejeced? '
TRIO BOX SAD BEEN STUFFED.
This ballot box was therefore stuffed
to the extent of five ballots at leaet. All
the ballots marked for McLeen were in-
ktialled, Several of. those marked for
Holmes' were not irate:lied, and 22
were of an entirely different appear-
a,nce from the remaining ballots mark, -
ed for Holmes, from all •the ballots
marked foe McLean, and from the un-
•
• Bootie; , cOunsee,
These 22 ballots.were obviously ling -
els. About 55 witnesses have either sot-
emnly declated or affirmed thet they
• voted few Mermen at, this polhalthotigh
obis, 40 ballots were found marked for
McLean ; of these 55 witnoses 85 were
•examiried and nine others were pees-.
• ent ready to.be exatnined, but the Ieb-
'oat members of the committee refused
to sit (Whig the evening to hear their
testimony. - _ _
, wenn coup:, NOT BE GOT.
A, greab Many efforts were made to
secure the attendance of Farr before
the committee but without success.
About the 13th of July, the day after
Mr. Borden had moved in the House
for the investigation, and had stated
the evidence against Farr, the lattet
gentlenien threw up a good situation
In Toronto, and he has remained. in
hiding ever sinee, To several witnese-
es in Torento he admitted that he was
hiding to avoid attending before the
cOmmission ; to one of these witnesses
he tidinitted that he had voted 22
• times at thrs election. Ile also stated
bhat he had been furnished With a tic-
• ket, and had been promised money if
'he Would remain in hiding or leave the
country. He told all therm four wit-
nesses that he was in trouble over the
West Huron electiota, and wag hiding
enthat account.
wEtnia4 'VANCE mins na.
. While in hiding he WaS visited by Mr.•
. /runes Vance, the assistant Liberal or-
ganizer for the Provinde of Ontario,
who had a private eonversatiOn with
Mr. Farr in his bedroom. Ori subse-
tient occasion Vance called to see Faer
Who was absent,and left word for Farr
to call,at his house, 05 Howard street.
Parr shortly afterwards cua call at
VanCe's house, and had a private. con-
fereno of tiOtrie 20 initiates' duration
' With thatgentleman. The young rnan
Who aceotopitnied Farr to the house
was told. to remain outside. Subse-
quently Farr told the same witneSs
that Trance had a telegram from Otta-
wa "to keep him (Parr)
10`;tet.,..
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RARE, mo AT VAN'OefI xXsa'Astrag,
Farr also stated to One of the witnes-
ees that he was hidiog at the inetance
of Vance. It was also proved that on
election, dayFarr told the poll clerk that
he knew of 18 good ballots in the
hex for Holmes. To ,another witness
Fart -stated that he had received seven
hallota to work out for Holniefr, and
that he had worked them out. On the
afternoon of election day orie of the
Conservative ecrutineere, while stand-
ing near Farr, nicked up a. ballob lei- :
tialed by Farr and marked for McLean..
*WHO. TORE TAB Bahia .
ked What ib meant. whereupon
ad it ont'of his hand,. tore
eta erW it on the floor and
' , nothing." TWO1
es; one of wh tri was the pol
Wore that durin Elio afternoon
mit away from, table bo the
ook ballots oniknf ptudeet
them. The ,Inferenee is
at not only tounterfolle
ative vvent, into his
action 1,,ty, •
ing booth, Nrolkwrte
uarlfately
the pads, 200 ballots were sent to Gode.
rieh No. 2, but only 178 were returned.
The ballots used at this poll correspon-
ded in appearance with the bogus bal-
lets found at the poll at which Farr
presided, and the number missing cote
responds with the number of bogus
ballots found at Farr's poll,
Two °Asks eOrionree.
At No. 2, Colborne,- two ballots tor
Holmes were put in the box, on bait
of which the name of the deputy re-
turning officer had been forged. One
of these ballots was coupted by the de
puty returning officer for Holmes, and
the other was rejected.
MANY OTIINR. TRRE(1111,ATLITMS, •
Besides the fraedulent aets above re.
faired to, rnany gre•Ve irregularities
were proved. At NO; 2, Colborne,. nei-
ther the deputy returning officer nor
the poll clerk was sworn, At No,. 3,
o r esti er e po • el
of the Grit scrutineers weer, sworn,
ForieGrit scrutineers were allowed at
tbis poll, although the law only per-
mits two. One ofthe Grit eeratineers
acted are poll clerk without beitag
sworn; while 18 'votes were received.
The Grit scrutineers were .perinitted'
e p t'b
at pleasure, and the Grit Workers out-
side were permitted to examine the
poll book for the purpose of aseertairi-
ing who had voted, although 'the lew
forbids the giving of such information
to pereone untside the polling booth.
At No, 3.Polling booth, in the town of
Goderieh, neither the poll clerk nor
any of the scrbtineers were swern.•
PRINTED ON FAKE leernen. •
The ballots are required by law to be
printed on a very thin paper. They
were printed at the office of the Gode-
rich Signal, owned by Mr. Dan.MeGiffe
icuddy, a bitter Gett partisan. Mr.. Mc-
Gillicuddy. astonished the •cOminittee
by preducing 800 ballots which were in
his possession ever since. His sWorn
testimonY is that he printed 6500_. bal-
lots; irf which ineeislivered 6150 to the
retinning officer did retained 300 hitn-
self, because as he said, the. returning
efficer did not want them. He accouot.
ed for the, missing 50 ballots by stating
that I per cent; would be lost or destroy-
ed in the course of printing, but he had
no definiteinfor metier) upon the sub-
ject. •His evidence as to the number of
ballets used by the returning officer
does not accord with the evidence of
the poll books and with the memoran-
da• recorded on the pads et the ballots.
i'axE riatraEs.
' On eaeli package of ballets sent ' out
to the depnty returning officers was
endorSed the number that it was sup-
posed to cOntain, According to these
memoranda, the number sent Mit was
6175, but according to the returns made
by the several deputy retutiting officers
the. number of -ballots used, unused and
-destroyed amounted in all to 6301. At
one &Ring booth, Ne: 5, township of
Goderich, the Conservative serutincer
at the opening of the polls diseovered
that a package of b,allots marked as
el:meaning 150 really contained 157:
It is impossible to do justice in this
brief resume to all the startling facts
brought out in this inquiry, but the
fOre-gping are some of the most impor7
tent. • . -
• TRIED TO surPRESS TRTITIL
What has been the attitude of the
Liberal party towards the raseality
which has been so distinctlY proved P
Judging from the rernarksof the Prime
Minister of the Hotise 'when the motion
was made foe ingniry, one would nat-
urally expect that a desire to probe the
matter to the bottom ivould nave been
evinced by the Liberal members of the
committee... On the contrary every dis-
position on their part %Vas manifested
te suppress the truth. Witneeses weie
bullied by prominent Liberal lawyers,
in II mariner seldom seen in a polite
',court, The investigation was taken
eompletely out of the hands of Mr.Bor-
den whenever it'was thought politic.
cally advantageousto do so, and he
Was forced to call witeesses in such
order as the Liberal raajorit3t of the
comthittee thought best. suited to their
political interest. The time of the
committee was scandalously wasted
from day to day in trivial and ter el event
cross-examinatiorewith the result that
nine witnesses brought ' dovvil from
Goderich at an expense. of $400, were
sent back withoutheing • examined at
all, against the protest of the Conser-
vative members of the committee.
NOT MISGUIDED ENTHUSIASM
This `attittetlre will cotivince the 'pub.-
lic that the hien wile committed these
offences ere not misguided enthusialts
who have po c.onnectien with the Lib-
eral organization, bA, are working and
acting wider the direction of Liberal
orgitnizers. The Liberal members of
this committee have proved their sym-
pathy with this rascality in their en-
deavors to burke this investigation and
shield the offenders. Let there be no
Mistake upon this point,
wEAT ALt MEANS.
The efforts of the Liberal organiza-
tion in this direction are also shown
hy the fact that Me, jemesi Vance, the
aseistant chief organizer for Ontario,
who was in charge of the eemprogn in
West Huron, has been chiefly iustru.
mental, itecording to the evidence, in
inducing and assisting the deputy re-
turning officer, Jas, Fare, to evade sere
viee of the sunimons issued by the
eomreittee. Whenever any staterhent
affecting a Liberal worker or organizer
could be ciantradieted it was promptly
done by calling ouch worker or organ-
izer as a witness before the citiumittee,
Mr. Vance Was not, howevee, called to
contradict the evidence with respeet to
his connection with ran,.
coNcLUSION IS OBVIOUS.
• The conclusion from this Is too ob-
vious to be mentioned, Moreover; all
the w, ell-knoivn Liberal organizers were
at work in West Huron—Capt. Suite
Van, Dart Ferguson, Tom Lewis, Win.
Maley, Sohn "Gorman and the rest: of
them. Mr. Vano, who was in charge
of tbe 'campaign, was afterWards
charge of Farr when the latter was
wanted.
Witt Oorrtiriuk Taff MAOHINX.
. If the Liberal party had acted upon
the sentiments expressed by the Prime
Minister, they would have called upon
Mr, Holmo to resign, and vvould have
asked the Rouse to take action as aeon
as the fourteen bellots were proved and
discovered in No. 4, Colborne.
The singular eourse which they have
pursued has WA One meaniog, namely,
that notwithstanding the 'diselosures
in West tigin and West Huron, the
Liberal party,vvill still continue to"h ug
the machine,'
VIZ itramirt41,5 DEAD/A' Wormil
The loorest rite Press of which Mr.
ILI.Pettypiece, M.P.P., and a Liberal.
le editor and proprietor, says in, an
editorial on the West Huron invasti-
gatton :—
The evidence se far itidicatet that the
ina,chlite got in its deadly work there,
AR well as In West Elgin.
Trim :surrsr.rermorr DOttAlt 81018101f..
It lflig.t easy to discusa the granting
of all thi money with calmness, To
Many a ter who'suppotted the tib.
eral party t the last election the a
of the Go rnmenb hes a
'that*. ver was a
ae the
e net eke
pat krysll
w o epted I
WED PRINTE'D THOSE BOGUS DALLOTB I
We'll back Dan McGillicuddy, of the
Goderich Signal, to print more kinds .
of ballots -while yon watt—than any
ether printer in the coontry.—Galt
Reporter,
BRAZENING IT oDT.
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The election seems to• have been as
disgraceful as that of West Elgin, and
those who best know Mr, Holmes are,
earprieed that he hangs on to a seat'
whieh 'rightfully belongs to another.
It Woke as though he intends te brazen
it out, which is not very creditable to a
Wan who • occasionally stands in a pul-
pit anti preaches purity in all things,—
Mitchell Advocatia.
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• - A REATH iron VARR.
It will be eneerising if Mi , 'Farr, late
Of Westfluron, anti now of the woolly
West, does. not get a Cioverimient
berth He should' be .tnade at least- an
immigration- apent as a...re erard for his
services to the cense of new Liberal.:
ista..5.1all and Empires
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• . • • . • . ,
▪ nin.soevremanen. 000n'irr,
. The man who' mellowed a, Beck. hal;
lot to:help,elect (*arrow hed something
good • in him after all.e-Kincardine.
Itevieve, . •
voxon FROM TEE wen
Inthe far West the exposiires made
regarding the election of Mr. Holmes
have excited a degree of indignation
end disgust sitnilate.to that found here.
The Vietoria.Collinist ,has this to say
on the subject :— -
"There may have been other elec-
tions ICS bad as that of West Huron,
brit we do not at this time „recall any.
If there were fifty are bad, or even
worse, that would be no excuse, and
would not render less cultieble the ac•
tion of the Government in declining to
take the strongeet action permissible
•mider the law to punish the guilty end
purge' Parliament of the presence of a
member who, vvhatever may be 'his
perthorial qualities, is certainly repre-
sentative of 'the • worst possible prac-
tices at elections. ' We staboa that it
is -the bounden dhty ot Sir Wilfrid
Laurier to make an example 'of West
Huron, so that, -if possible,_ the. tide
of fraud and corruption may' be check-
ed before it does Irreparable damage
to the countrY." ' .
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, A LiBERAL JouRNAL OPINIoN. '3."
, .
• If' the friends of the Hen.. J. T.
'Garrow colild have seen him sitting
in the electioh 'court Toronto. re-
eently,. blabdly ontfacing. irrefutable
evidence and tenaclopely clinging to
an ill-gotten seat, their estimation of
him would have fallen exactly one-,
•hundred per eept.-.-Toronto'Star. • e
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'THE GLOBB.:!S CONPESSION.
The Globe's•confessiOn 'of the pArty's
guilt in West Huron sad blow to
the Ontario Liberal journal§ • which
here been profaning • their columns
with elongated extracts from the Ham-
ilton Times' proclamation of the am,-
narrigbteolisness of the party's tactics
in the consti Lumley ,-Toron to Telegrani..
. BRAsS•WORK OF TDE MACEUNK.
The man Holiness who sits in the
House.of Commons as the member for
the ballot -stutters of West Hurdn, has
Pot Yet shown any evidence of an in-
tention to retire froin the' place her
presence disgeaces. . He seeme to be
the brass work of the Libetal nm-.
chine.—Montreel Gazette. .
. IN SAoKCLOTII AND ASHES.
West Huron instead of being in
Homes -spun should be iri sackcloth
and ashes.—Gralt Reformer.
RECKLESS FRAuD IN WEST unatox.
The result, of the ineestigation of
the West Huron election case has
shown fraud of the most reckless cher-
acter, It certainly a matter of
surprise that men would openly and
recklessly boast of having made the
belloth come out all right for Holnaes.
They were evidently fools or they
told untruths about them, It is time
that something was done to do away
entirely with fraud at elections. Do-
ing away with personal .eanyassing
would go a long distance in the di-
rection.—Hensall Observer.
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- DON'T YoU DO IT.
In the hour of his country's defeat
a Roman general would throw himself
upon his own sword, and in the hour
of his party's disgrace a Canadian Ad-
miral,Dan .51cGillicuddy to wit, cannot
do fess than throw himself under his
own pile-drivere—Toronto Telegram:
I will., HIE GET THE REGISTRARSHIP?
I beputy Farr voted for Holmes in
West Huron 22 times. This is surely
worth a registrarship..—Stratford Her,
ald.
. TREY WON'T PliNISH THE BALLOT BOX
sTneeesee.
A .party which was so willing to have
the judges' carve the counties seems to
be strangely unwilling thatthe judges
should carve the bribers and ballot -box
stuffers.—Toronto Telegram.
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LIBERAL JOURNALS CONDIEHN IT.
The later examination intd the West
Huron case has tended to cast further
discredit ori smile of those who worked
for the Government, side. Dan. Mc-
Gillicuddy, editor of bhe Liberat paper
in Gederichssays the notorious Oapt.
Sullivan WaS generally clrmik when he
saw him in the riding. Two witnesses
have sworn that one deputy returning
officer, James Farr, was drunk on poll-
ing day. Where this depay served,
only 118 people cast their ballots, but
123 votes wcre counted. The deputy
returning officer is understood to be in
the States now. Before leaving he said
he had. been giyen $500 and a ticket
for Dakota.
The case is so bad that the Globe
feels compelled to Write AS follows :—
"Although the enquiry is not atll yet,
completed, enough has heen elicited to
cast very grave doubts over the mart.
ner in which the election was conduct;
ed. Bogus ballots seem to. have been
circulating. One deputy swore - that
his initials on a, ballot paper were for-
ged. On Wednesday _Henry Armstrong
poll elerk at No. 8 Gederich, Wore
there were 118 voters at that polling
booth. The statement of the poll, eign.
ed by Mr. Farr, geve 40 ballots for Mr.
McLean and 72 for Mr:Holmes. There
were one rejected; ten blank and two
'destroyed ballots ; these destroyed bal.
lots were destroyed before kthe voting
Wetted° they vvere defective ; they
were never given to electors at all.
That Made 123 ballots that came out, of
a box,but ouly 118 of them went In,
leaving five ballots in the box whieh
ought not to have been there, Re said
that Parr told him ot dinner time that
there were thirteen fgood ballots in the
beet for *WOWS. The witness said he
wae atOonservative, and it is possible
that his evidenee le biased i but if Parr
wants to present his aide of the case,
as he ita it right to do, he ought to be
5t
here. hot the public will exiled frotn
the c mittee is it, Wear judgment on
ybroad question. Was the election
ir election,. or was it carried by
udf If the latter, there ought to be
iesitation about resigning the eon.
en cy, If there 161*(030h able ground
the belief that the election was un.
fr. arid the evidenee now 1•3011aS fli
hat dltedlertif 00 lifting ?ember
ould send in his resignation.
he Ottawa Pre Press
i e leq eall for t
II J....3...r
HAD WEST =BON IN MIND.
A deputy returning officer would be
a fool to conduct an election straight,
It is till a mistake to suppose that he is
Olaced there to see that, the politicians
do not thwart the ppople. His bosi.
ness clearly to see that the people do
not 'thwart the politicians. Awl he
knows this as welt AS yon or I.—Tor.
onto Saturday Night (supporters of
Lituriee.)
•
THE LAW REGARDING STOLEN GOODS
ATIISES.
The investigation in the West Huron
election • has revealed stifficient to
serve the purpose fov which the en-
quiry was instituted. The evidence al-
ready establishes the fact that a
gang .of criminals took possession of
t he electoral 'machinery, stuffed the
ballot boxes, in ebcrt, stole the elec-
tion and handed the stolen goods over
to the Liberal candidate, who now lets
t hese stolen goorls in his pocket,
In th e.r. face of these criminel disclos-
ures Mi. Holmes had not resigned the
seat. If a forged cheque is found m
the possession of an individual he is
liable to be arrested, Any man who
has stolen goods in his possession may
not only be arreeted but he west give
ep the stolen; property to its eighth:a
drrohees nfloettbeclolarilgui etao
was stolen fi•orn the people of West
Huron euid to them . it umet be re-
turned. The law of stolen goods must
apply to this as to other crilnitial
transactions. --Toronto World. .
Farr Turns Up At Melva
• .
Mitchell exoursionists had a very
doe day tn spite of the threatening
rain on Wednesday, 9th inst.
Miss Hattie Wilkinson has Ituesian
poppies. They are extremely delicate
and eorne iti•e no larger then IL 10 cent
piece,
Mts. McKendrick of Galt left tier
children end their -nurse with Me, and
: Mrs. Wilkinsen at their residence, _El-
gin street! nail she returns ivith Mr.
kleKendrick from the A. C. A. Meet.
Mr, and Mrs. Seyniour have returned
to their home at New York tater a
pleasant -stay with Mr, D. 0, Strachan
of 11. M's Customs and his sister, Miss
Strachan. •
' Mr, George Smith, junior partner
smith 1310s.,- isnir on A holiday .And
. business trip to New York.
Miss Hamilton, after taking her ne,p.
• hew Master Stuart to his home in New
York, has 'returned to her duties as H-
awaiian at the Mechanics' Institute. •
Mr. Horace' Newton returned fronea
bolidity. trip . to London on Thursday
evening. "
• ' The Marine l3and gaVe their weekly
' open ,air concert on Thursday, last.
I h t dt d'
Where he is alleged to,. have
• •undertalren to paint the town
' *ed. Holmes should lopk after
his friend for, . notwith,stand-
ingth.e Machine's. training; the
deputies who can. vote 22
times for one candidate are
yet few in number. •
• The sedden breakin the taking of
teettmony connectien •tvi th the West
!Homo election before the House of
Commons Gominittee on' Elections has
left many traiiis of evidence undevelop-
ed. 'Since the rising ofthe Committee
new evidence Ire cennection with the
wanderings of the missing Witness,
Jatines Farr, is 'cropping up every day.:
Last Monday, it will ee remembered,
James Nelsen itnd Thomas Alarshall,
of 414 Church street, swore that Farr
Orist went. away some time during the
week of July 28rd, sayqng that he was
going. to Goderieh. Sabseoently he
turned up again .very drank, and
stated that he bad been doWn in South
Ontario with Organizer Vance.- From
what has eroPped up since it transpires
that Farr was telling the triith.
•
, GRITS KNEW wire RR was.
Farr was,not only in South Ontario,
but he was in the comtnon'gaol at Osh-
awa for a night, and it can only have
been owing to thedesire Of the Ontario
Government's officialethat he should
escape that he was not laid by the heels
then and there, • •
Farr; it appears, went to Oshawn, on
July 27 or 28. Some Libdrals down
there' knew who he vvas and were ar-
ranging to have. him stay there quiet. -
13% Farr, however, at once proceeded.
to make the round of the hotels and
displayed money and . cheques in a
very lavish manner. The local politi-
cians then became fearful lest he should
get the party into trouble with his
_wild habits. A council of vvar was held
in the evening tO advise some means of
shipping niin into some quiet place,
Organizer Vance having. presumably
impressed on them the importance of
preventing Fere Item betraying him-
s'elf into the hands of the ehemy.
VIE VISITOR ARRESTED. .
tin, good politicians were de,
liberating over the matter, diee news
was brought in. Farr had managed to
consurne more liquor and had sudden-
ly developed ferocious characteristics,
He had met the town constable on the
main streeteand on being r•equestecl to
behave hinaself had commenced to fight
with the official. The lamer promptly
put his assailant under arrest having
no idea of the importance of 'his cap.
tures When Farr was searched a con-
siderable amciunt of money and a
cheque were found on his,person, thus
cohtirming he evidence submitted at
Otteiva as to the fact. that the Liberal
party made it vvorth Farr's while to
go away. The rnan gave a fictitious
bub next day admitted h. is iden-
The Oshawa Liberals, learning that
Weir guest was in gaol, concluded to
let him stay there and sober up. Next
morning he was arraigned before Ma-
gistrate Mei ton,0'under his assumed
name. That official refused to pro-
ceed with the constable's charge of
disorderly conduCt, and at once freed
the prisoner. Farr quickly left town
and was nearb eeen .Toronto.
Frotn the fact that Farr sought se°.
elusion in South Ontario it may be
safely assumed that' he took part in
the election otlion. Jerre Dryden sonie
months before and returned to his
former.* haunts because he would be
likely to have friends there.
The Machine Worked Waterloo
Where it elected the Liberal candi-
date by similar rascality to
that praetised in W'est Burma,
'How much more of this sort of
thiSag Will the public stand ?
AUGUST 17, 1899.
eerierele, eleeaesseetiseetereee ,eileAreeetraesse-seeeireteeemieelleswieWswee•Ille"etellie•liteseesar-ese, eereeseei,
EWCOM.BE'S
Gilroy Wiseman's Old Stand, Clinteg
°
The first weckili September we will be_ready
for business.
Apounoed .Latet--
D E -
R ss gooDs $ .tTms STORE WILL OTAND QUT IN A STRONG
,,,,
sitKs .$ LIGIT. -
. ..
.3kANTLE8 :-.‘ WITH NEW MEN AT THE 'HELL!! AND NEW
0 IDEAS UNDER WAY,* IT StOMISES .A. BIG D.e.L .
$ VELOPMENT. WE .‘ INTEND TT:IAT TITIE . BUS, -
GLOVES i' . MESS SHArt7OHALLENGE CRITICIM AND' BE ?'
peomieerl theru. We inuet'siry the
Save the Queen" played tbrough. FURS
110SIERT
credit of our citizens in their loyalty te
flee ,Majesty they prefer to hear "God
Soule people think they do not know
the•whele et the tune.
The public ineeting held last 'Vitus,
day evening re •Mr. Francois Lennby
establishing g glass factory by the lake
side was. not very weti attended.'
$50,000 is Asked by eLlrearicois LennoY
to be paid back in ' twenty years with
ipterest at, (I per cent paid .annualty.
Aftee several speakers. • were listened
to a motion was made by Mr. Mitchell,
Seconded by . Mr . Strang. and carried
that•Messrs.,John A obeison, JAI. Col -
bored and J. E, Tom as a .conunittee
will co-operate with one meinber et'
the toWn council to study up the mat-
ter 'before the citizeps arecalled up'on
to vote upon the project, '
Rev. Dr. Grey of kalaniazoe,
was listeued to with great . attention
.on Sunday evening at Knox 'ehinch. •
The A. and' B. beought in froth Bay -
livid a; load -of-poets-air& shingles: • •
•Mr. and Mrs, !.13. Catimbell of Dal-
las, Texes, spent rine dity 'Goderieh
the gueste of Me. and Mee; Wilicineen.
EX' CoMmo4pre• IVIcKendrick are"
vvife of Galt .accompanied by the Miss-
es E (I3ee) and Ora Wilkinson are
at the A. C. -A. eitirip, at Hay islatid
-the St. •Lewrenee. Tian is the 20th
•Anni•vereary of the' A. 0. A Meet. - •
• Albin. 'Wallis spent a 'few days in
town the geest of elle and Mrs. AleX.
Johnston. He ano eidited inothee,
.Mrs; P.' 13. Wallis; wee is, recruiting
.atter her recent' treatment eonsequent
:epee having a fanner operated on. He
found her• still week but will return to
town ee ewe hee husband, Mr. P.
B. Wallis of Toronto, retnrns from
'some of his trips 'be business; • We
erust Wallis will regain: her
strength ai for yeare'she: has been it
great sufferer, :Tbe operation was sue-
• cessftilly performed •by Drs. • Galloiv of
'Toronto and 'Whitely of town, • .
Mrs.. Sutherland Mid family, • Wel-
lington' street, are taking a holiday'
ti•ip with Gentian Dan, Sutherlited en.
his snootier, the L. Breck.
Mr. Tone:Wright be Nordheirner's
•elusic. Rooms, Hamilton, merle a
Idfort. stay at .the-Poiiit Farm, his old
'there, • •
Postmaster ,Asinen of Port Huron
and' Mrs. Asman have been spending.
tine month the guests of their • friends,
Dr. and Aire. Whitely. Elgin street..
Anglia:et, of young ladies, with Mrs.,
Strang as Chaperone, have been taking
an outing itt Piper's Mill. They rent..
ed A cottage. •
Mrs, Craig of Craig's 'Hotel hAs been
it great sufferer the pest fete Weeks
' Veen Liarippe. She is now napery-
: ingra,pidly.
We learn, that Miss Emily Hillier in-
tende Opening out a eisettineey. store
the •building 'tritely °coupled by. Mr.
flelpany. •
-.Mts.. James 13thilef and daughter Flo
returned to their junne ae Woodstoek
after a pleasant visit with Mrs, W. 13,
Shannon at the Park House. '
On Saturday the good old St: An-
drei,/ with her thithe in bright .yelloar
letters, looked in her black coat of
paint More importanb than before.
Sbe citine into port oo Friday. Her
cargo was as 'usual wheat for Richard-
soo Sons, Kingston and she. cleared on
Saturday foe Cleveland where she will
take coulter Fort William. .
The grain carriers's-- Kalkaska, Chi.
cago, Captein S. 11, Shackett of
same eity' and Consort, the Robert
L. Fryer Chicago, lay side by
side at Mo'oer's eleyittor, the Kalkaska
with 42,000 husbels corn Arid the Rob-
ert Fryer with 42,000 bushels oats. The
Kelkaska was being painted white as
'811.1V1311ra.Yriantddellerlis,°13P"lackstone and family
• and. Mr. and • Mrs. T, J. Videan and
family picnicked at Hayfield on civic
holiday, •
• Mrs. Roy is delighted with the ap-
parent improvement in our lake
trade, She has visited Ggierich for a
• great number of yeare but last summer
she spent, at Muskoka,
Miss Pio McIntrish rettiened on
Tuesday pee steamer Carmen& from a
very pleasant visit at Detrcit which
ended only too quickly.
Mr. Ttveedie's dwelling house on St
David's street is progressing gelekly.
The scrutiny of the ballots east at
the Nor th Witterloo election WAS con-
tinued before Mr. Winchester last
week. After two days' investigation.
the lawyers engaged on the • case have
discovered a large number of gross
regularieties, which indicate that Mrs
Bre thaupt, the mete ber,elec will find
it exceedingly difficult to hold his seat
-when-On protest is tried.
r.sr,s2 RETURN OP VOTES.
The most important, discovery was
that made in connectien with the bal-
lots cast at, poll No. 2, Berlin, Here
the deputy returning officeedid nob go
through the formula used in other eon.
stituencies of steeling tbe ballots, he
aim ly left them as they vvere and
mit e a fake return. In counting up
ab the close of the poll he refused to
allow the aCrutitieers tO ffee the hal-
lots, and called off.21 votes masked for
the Conservative candidate, 1)r. Lack.
tier, AS Breithaupt ballots. Thus
the majority far Breithatipt was
fattened with false figures to the eir.
tent of 42. That the deputy WAS able
to carry out the fraud without almost
linfnediate (detection was due to the
law devisedbySir Mowat.which
forbide & recount wherever the an.
taunted ;polarity of the suedes:dui
earididat is more that) fifty.
1,./U NEE nALLO're eretten.
other Berlin polle the ID&
elle deputies got in their fine
helm gentry ripe ated at poll
poll No t bee
depot.
In
ehine's
work.
No, 8
Wes th
as the e
wer Ot
1143ertsletli Wat-
erloo street Soutn.
Leeburn picnie Poinb Perm was a
great event in the way of enjoyment.
E. O. Belcher, leader Knox church
choir andseveral of the menabees who
were nob out of town on their vacation,
kindly assisted in the evening's pro-
gram, Mrs. Reid, wife of the London
paper inifnufacturee, Mr. Reid,. eharni-
ed ull with her beautiful rendition of
"The Holy City."
Great hopes are entertained .of
Treble's recovery as on Monday the old
gentleman felt very free from pain. If
he keepa improving' bis family will he
able to convey him to his home this
week in town.
Miss Tena 'Watson is quite pleased
with her surroundIngs at the blontreal
Hospital where she has gone in train-
ing as A nurse.
Mr. ktarry Clueas took passag4 by
the steamer St. Andrew on Saturday
f or Port William in -the interests Of his •
firm,
Mrs, 'Altai and two little daughters
of .Detroit are. the guests of Mrs, Alex.
• Kirk.bride, Kingston street.
Master Seybeour.Ross of Landon re -
tamed to his city home Ittat week
after a. very pleasant visit,, with Mrs
and Mrs. James Munro* Caeibria
Road.
Barrister Dancey returned from De.
troit per steamer ()Annetta On Sant.,
day.
.8T0111 the Chelmsford Chronicle,
sex inty, isngland, dated April
10th. 17 , we eopy, thanks to a, friend,
the foli wing, whieh we feel certain
will be erneed °with interest by the
readers Tr ;11.iture Itneorsti "A
letter fro gal by the last ship
tum the fol envious particulars z
—At Oud nes, Filtabad in the pro -
vino of B 01,0011 twotiivmehteooft. tett 11
Adaflell th d e
Sujah Do lah's father repolted the
tonib and , Joh"iii Adjoining it.
an a mile from theta Is a
of Noah's Ark ant..by
ngthe wood i w k or
it might be ON.
it was bu
than
7NDgRNYEAR THE FOCT.:TS FOR ALL EYES ALL OVER THE
ETC. COU.NTRY:.
• Goderich .1 1.41. O. P. Grand Lodge,
Miss Mary acara is expected honee
this week after spending her vacatiqn
in Roanoke, Va., and Lexington, Ky.
Mrs. Webster of OwaSsa, ArtiCh.,after
spending several weeks here the guest
of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Win. Web-
ster, has returned to her home ir, cona-'
pa,ny with her eister-in.law, Mrs. Wm.
Webster. • .•
Mrs. Alexatider and twe sone Verne
d-Roy7left.for-theia.tiorne sbon,:
Ohio, op lagt Thursday a. in, after a
pleasant visit at her old ' home, Mar-•
ket street; residence of Mr. and Mrs.
j. Ws Williams. Mr. Alexander bas a
most lucrative position in Lisbon being
itation matter, with a barge salary.
, Mrs. Inkster and family : have re.,
:turned from a-trip-oa the Sea
with Captain Inkster..
The tug Evelyn, Captain. et -aisle, left,
on Monday. with excursiomsts for
•IVIanitoulin lahl,kide and surrounding ,
shores. • •
•Miss Belle Methieson has had anoth-
er letter 'from , her brother Duncen,
dated at Porcupine River. He said
that Engineer Flynn of Montreel had
gone out And that he and his. pert y
would get :their claims located. H.e
will write againat an early. date and
napes to sepd good news. • Young
Hamilton wisete at 4 later., date•to his
mother in Colborne and enclosed mime
gold speciniens in his letter.
There ie It dearth of brick fee build-
ing purposes. The Oddrellows' Hall -
committee and Mr. James Whitely ate
waiting for brick. ,
Mr, Cox has the bricklayers busy
veneering his new building Pictore
street, • .
The walls of Holland's 'tWo stores
were ori SAturday built up to the top
of the first'storey.
The annual meeting Of the Ontario
Giand Lodge, Independent Order of
Oddfellovs, held in Teronto lest Week,.
was attended by 371 accredited 'dele-
gates. The reports all Spoke of pro7 .
gress, of an increase of membershiP •
and receipts. '
A motion wee adopted amending the
conititution of subordinates by the in-
sertiop of a clause faciliteting the triune
fer of a tneraber from one lodge to an-
' other nearer:his Place of residerice, Pro-
thrit,;ori account of his ivithdritw
;i.ng, the ledge shall not he•conieelled. to
pay more than $3. The representatiVes
almost unaniinotisly voted down a reso-
lution to establish a central fund foe ,
the payment efeick relief of long dura. 7 -HE
Lion, and for the payment of widoivs' .
•;benefits. -The question of deciding
onon the next meeting. place evoked 'DELINEATOR
considerable discussion. Owen Sound.
and Hamilton- weir, the tompetitora for .
the honor, but on aeeeunt of ite central
lecatioti• the latter eity was decided
upon. '
The etibordinete lodges from the year
"1866 to 1808 have paid in sick henetits
and relief $1,305,115, and the encamp- I
merits for a:similar qbject haie paid •
°uTle51Gar6a3n.d Ledge has ordered that a:
eopy of• the Independent od4feuow The Delineator hag been before the
. .
Joirrnal, which has beeri adopted as t Public for more than a„ quarter of a
'official organ ;of thei order lie' sent to
,
s•\ •
e plea or
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• Miss Maxima is spending this Week
in Windsor on her return from Roan-
oke, W: Virginia,,, and Lexington, Ky.
She will be more charmed with. the
south this year tha,n ev.er, and says
she felt the heat more coming north
than -she did in Virginia, •
The breakwater. cannot possibly be
finished this year, although some of
the cribs could be made and ounk dur-
ing December. They are busy prepar-
ing the part at the north pier, and
heve found some parts in very good
condition. .
The remains of the infant daughter
of Mrs. Augustus Cornell of Toroneo
came up on Monday for burial.
Mill klutehison qfj Glengowan ac-
companied Mr. and Mee. William
Proudfoot on their visit to Oregon.
2/Ir. and Mrs. Irwin of Chicago were
•guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Char-
lie Blake.
Miss Maggie 1VIcKay of Toronto is
the guest allies Frances Hutson this
week.
Mrs. Frances Armstrong has some
choice cactus plants that she veould like
to dispose of.
' Mi•s. Moon•Parker will on Friday
evening.s, 18th and 25th August, give
dramatis readings in tbe Court Reuse
under the auspices of the Ladies'. Aid
of Knox church,
Miss Minnie Israel of Seaforth is the
guest of Miss Walton.
Mr, A.brahani Wilson has returned
to hie home with with Mrs. Atkins and
will spend this season at her residence,
Picton street. The old gentleman
looks well.
Dr. Brydges of Chicago is taking a
holiday at, the residence of his brother,
.61r. C. fleydges.
Miss Lillie MacVicae, enter of Mi•s.
Captain MacKay, arrived on Monday
from Edinburgh! Scotland. Miss Mac.
Vicar left Goderich in herlteens to visit
relatives' in. Edinburgh and now on
their deceaee she has retiarned to her
native town.
Mo. Moon -Parker, the renoWned
English dramatist, is at the St, Law.
reface.
Mr. William Babb of the Ocean
Home is the happy possessor of a
Mexican poodle. Its body is like Ind.
ian rubber.
A very. sad deAth occurred on Sun-
day evening. which has caused a great
deal of conjecture as to the cause.
The young man, Alex, Birnie, was one
of the Chemical staff, good end steady
and liVed alone sinee the death of his
mother, which occurred retently. On
Sunday he dined as usual with his
brother William whit, with his wife,
lives a short distance from the home of
deceased and was in his usual good
health. At 5 p. m, Captain Tibeon
called to pray with him and he theti
was att well as usual. Litter young.
Kedslie of Olevelan& called to HINY
good bye to the deceased previous to
leaving for Cleveland on Monday a. tn.
Mr. Itedslie rapped twice and after the
second rap the deceased opened the
door and teemed to his visitor go be in
great pain. He died soon after. On
Monday. afternoon Coroner Holmes
empanelled a jury, Mayor Thompson
being foreman. The other, jurymen
were Messrs. Jobn M. Prondfoot,
Thompson, W,McCiyinont, W.Thotrip.
sonr.7. Harrison, McDonald, .1, Wel.
ter& Theo, Bale, James Caldwell, A.
Elliett, and IL W. Ball. Dr. Taylor
accompanied Coroner Holmes and
pronounced the ease one of poisort,but
whether taken by the deceased or
given him by another, ould hOt be
known on onday. The inquest WAN
atljourne until Wednesday evening.
In the p kete of deceased were found
three let one addressed to his bro.
ther le to , one with $15 ejocloted for
r. y and one to his eleter in
Detroit wb b wOuld, if the deceased
wrote the point to suicide but
no sign oi cup or any veseel *hewed
that he II taken anything. The late
Alex. Hi * was alfeithfril and (levet.
ed ton A in harmony With hie
brother ife arid all the neigh.
hors. sent to Or.
Pyne, otC,Toronto.
Nothin at the In.
queat.
At tn.00 per yoar 'offers .inded
money's worth to the subscri-
ber than any other magazine
.
published. , •
each subordinate ledge in 'the jurisdie- century and is wi ely known.
tion.
• The recommendation to reduce the
age of admisdion to 18 years Was ap
proved of by Grand Lodge,. end its re.
preseritatives were instructed tio prose-
eute auch legislation at the next meet-
ing of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
The following °dicers were °located
for the ensuing year : —Grand Motet,
Dr. J.• H. MoLurg, Woodstock ; Deputy
Grand Master, 0, J. LeWis, Chatham
Grand Secretary, j. B. King, Toronto,
re-elected ; Grand Treasurer, W, A
.McCormick, Toronto, re-elected ; Grand
Representative to. Sovereign Grand
Lodge, Past Grand Master j. if. Young
of Thainesfcird ; Grand Wardeii, 0. C.
Syman, Brookville ; Grand Auditor,
C,has. 13ackert, Stratford, re-elected •
Director Of Oddtellows' Home, W. 11:
Hoyle,. M PP , Crinnington.•
The Grime &aster appointed J. M.
Prciudloot of Goderieh as deputy for No
15-, Huroh Dietrice and Antos Tiplipg of
Wingham , as deputy of Wingbana Di
tent, NO. 23.
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navfleta is the Deuittar lakeetle resort, for the
noonle of Huron, and the River Hens! the roost
'copular house, have again had it refitted
and renovator! and rrin bettor pooltion thaw". •
hut seamen to eater to the wants et the health
litesurti4teekitar nubile. heve stem
,eite t, to the river, iternedietely front, tho
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