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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1899-08-24, Page 4--mr#77- e • TBE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD. mos. .Afraid to .Pitb the:. EAAionce Preparing AUGUST 24, MP, M.AAMOSIOWSONAWON the way for Taken During the Investigation but Givesithe Declaration of Farr Who Was Kept Hid big While the Enquiry was Going On. Neither Does He Personally Attempt Any Defeme, ketewevo.;01%;a040AMN Why Does Suppress the .E•iridegice ? Th.e. News -Record Publishes It and the Declaratiou .as Well, Which Ts Riost Fair ? 1. etoreents Arin BARR WORK TOGETHER, Mr. Farree predilection for whisky does not explain avvay the feet that more men swore they voted Conser- vable than there were ballots in the box, . • Fere is a first-class candidate for the gold -cure. Wkat a fine advertisement he wopld make for I a patent medicine that would cure himle.-Toronto Star (tonere') =Here AFRAID BuDDISH THE EYI- DEN0E, It is notablelhat the only newspApers that have the audacity to say that Pe, fraircl has been proven in connection with •the West Huron bye -election are newspapers that did not give theie readers a report of the evidence given ,-...beforper-Oceeemittee on Privileges and :Ere rens. If thee lied published ehe evidence they avcoild•nob have dared to utter so false and auclacious jag- mente-leinciredine Review. 01090/WWWWWW • UR WII,I, BRAZEN IT OUT. - the trUth, And the Glebe publishes it, I nient of the money borrowed from I and am satisfied that the reason for + What does Robert 'Holmes, the lob- PR erne member of Parliament for West limn Mr. Merherson aloolutely and 0. ler.lioPhereon did not ttecompana ballot box la because I must have head - Huron, intend to do in' view of the unequivocally feleifies the assertions Marshell and myself, or either of na tw vertently on several occasions handled. however, the train on,Sanday evening, or et any out more then oue at the borne eetne. astoonclingrevelatiOnsas to the manner made yell:T.4MS bine It is, in which Ins election waS secured ? oot surprising that Farr and hts other time, per did be know what eve, • (12) I, like others in the poiling.boeth Will he show a decent sense of shame friends shoul endeavour by base in- dence we intended to give before the when no voters were in the booth, oc. red resign as did Mellish in West nuendo to blacken the chireacter of committee,nor dtd he attealpt tO Influ- easienally Walked to the window as a Elgin or will he brazen it out and hold One. who has been rendering ealuable once our twaleete ite arty way whet- mere diversion, and on one occasion I • n another col- him ehe peesence of the blank ballots in the THINKS HOBE, OE THE • SESsIoNA.1. Ate; LoWANCE THANPEINCIBLE. ' "Bob Holmes," the feont ."Bob" the West Huron election, hate bobbed nis in the wrong place -an unpar- donable thing in a newspeperepan- _ and his only saVii,tion is to bob -under as quick as ma be while tr, shred of honesty is left ini to cover his naked - nese. Otherwise "Bob licLean"will so strip hint that "now Hee he there; and. none se.poor as to. de him reverence." --Algoma Pioneer, • . Do TEHBERANCE AND WHISKY WORE ° • ToGETHER? The Hamilton Ppectator is a little imapicious about Hon. Jimmy Farr's ultimatum to the people of Canada, and -is unkin4 enough to say ; "Will it be credited that this Man whO sneaked about Toronto to ayoid being summoned to Ottaeva, Who Was too drunk to go to Ottawa and yet sober enough to Con- tradict the evidence of scores of respect- ' able witnesses, who had done some- thing (that teingle-tern bellot did not ea -idly -on his conscience) which made him agraid to go to Ottawa, and induced him to resign hiajob and buy a ticket for Dakota,has told -the truth F. A TABEBAIL oBBA.N DENOUNCES FARB, " AND HiS EmBLOVEBS, ' • The thoe for Farr to haler faced the issue `lWaS when the coternittee • was in session at Ottawa; there he could have met the men who accused hineand • have endeavored to make good his case. If he ,coeclueted his booth as fairly, and correctly as 'he alleges, he should have then attended . to. tell his storyeand if theiseberale have not believed dull, g.rave irregularitiee existed, whY die they 'nee seeure his, attendance? It is useless to deny that ther knew, where he Wee: The Liberal agentVance found him without trouble • in.Toronto, and when he wee celebrat- ing in Whttby and Othitiva. the Liberal workera rieern to have been hedging him round with their .protection." ; • The affidayit come altogether tore elate to help the.. Libefale out ' of the West Huron mess: If they believe' the /tory he tAkeethey• should have pro- -defeettefirrilatte.wa as a duty' to their parte,' if they bedere him guilty, thee ab ould haveproduced hitt as a duty to the country, and the cense of pine elections Which the Premier champion- ed when the case was giyen to the cora- As foe the futore the Liberal parey , will succeed only With clean methods, and toustrid its 'whine of ell those men who drink several days before au elec tioni and on polling day,and carry bot - Hee of whiskey lute; the boOths.-Ton: ontriStar (Liberal), TOO LATE. strange: that this witness, Fate, who was invisible when the •Torer members of the Privileges and Elec- tions Oommittee -were looking for him,' shouldee so easily found by 'the Lib- . erals who want hini. to @tippler ap affidavit which further the eletv ernment's .of whitewashing the proceedings in West Huron. The party which is able to 'Put its hand oft Mr. Farr. when it wants him tn make an tifficlaerit gives its enertiles a chance to ask whether the three handwas not stretched forth to keep him away from Ottawa, where he was wented to, give evidence. The majority of the PriVileges and . ElecbiOns Committee was dra.goOned by Ministers of the Laurier Govern- ment into doing its best to suppress the teuth. The rankest Serb of parti- ' ionship did not avail to entirely con- ceal the evidence, end, thee party is now circulating leare affidavits in the eittitrimpreief gbanging the almost urns versal public belief that gross fraud and the Worst sent of trrekery. pro- vided Robert Hobbes, M. P., with a majority in Wesb Huron, -Toronto Telegram. (Liberal.) THE PARR BAKE. Once Canadians were able to con-. sole themselves for what their court - try lacked in priding themselves . upon the integrity of their laws and the Wholesomeness of their adminis- tration. Bub this redeeming feature hag turned out to be a delusiorf : a delusion 'expend by a threel-coluinn confession an the leading Liberal newapapee of the PrOvinee. The Globe has published an allidareite puiporting to be the eXplanation • of James Farr, • - and although it ie as Itsughleble a thing is ever appeared in print, this docu- ment is actually the pall thrown Over the corp8e Of Ontario's 'election 10,We, And the Globe is the chief pall bearer. When the eircumstences are under- estood, and there dere very few who do not ufiderstand• the circumstaneeS, the miserable snbterfuip that Farr's affidavlb is becemee manifest. Not his solemn testeMent, nor the prestige of the Globe's 'front page, • can make ' thab document any more than the . miserable subterfuge ,that it is. Earr \ May have -got drunk, and he may ee, have tan up a ballot, because he -sWeare to these thipgre bub there is not the slightest enders -eke the Gov- ernment, not bringing him to Ottawa before the Committee upon Elections. ttatemenb now is a mere laugh- able affair. Ib watt conceived by Farr ; , it is ode to say thab the affi- davit Wart concocted by the Liberal party, and miserable atid amall as! that affidavit is, it is the pillar and supped of the integrity Of the Lib- eria , party in this present instance. No true Canadian can afford to palli. ate 'Buell jugglery, It 48 sae to pre. dict that tthleaS the election laws. ate but itt Operation., and, the offenders punished for their manifest infringe- ment, the !Arty stifling the judielary Will suffer the consequence of its eardihood...-Totorito Star (Matti.) , • to the inYestigatin coin- ever, either by a promise of ononey or took the counteefoils out of my pocket and arettuaed Uwe, but at no tune dur. nate° at OttaWa in securing t e eel- otherwise. deuce of the witnesses Marshall and 0, The statements contained in Fares Mg the said election clay had I any bal- Nelson as IQ the very important ad- declaration that I told him that Mr. lots, except those which were handed missions made by Farr to thein. Hut McPherson bed impressed upon Mar. to the regular voters, and I certainly it is surprising. to find the Globe par- shall and myself the necessity of tell-, did not, examine them or any other's at ticipating in a plot so contemptible, ing a story that would look all right, the windovv during the said day.% .At this particular juncture id public and if we did, that he would not for. 43) On the day following the election weeks ale meet, in its nature not get rises utterly false,and without any I had a conversation with 'Abraham Smith, who asked me aboot the trou- unlike that of the cowardry assassin foundation in fact. who a few days ago with , murderous 7. I never told. Farr that Mr. Mc- ble in my poiling subdivision. I in - intent shot down M. Debate etRennes, Plterson had tpid me that if I would formea him that there wits no particul- on to his eeat despite the clearest proof that he was returned by fraud ? So rotten has the election been Shown to be tbat even the *Toronto Globe, whose capacity is greater than that of the whale that swallowed Jerlah,has felt constreined to print. an editorial warning the party of the daager ot at- terneting.to shield the wrong -doers and calling Open Mr. Holmes to resign in - order that the real wisbes of the.people of Weet Hahne may be: iespereamed.7 Welker ton Herald, ' HOLMES EMI'S mart rtioenitne or ItienAtre'Re There beer) been many inetarieen the political liletory of Canada in Whieft.eortupt practiced! 46 elections have been proved. Against both politi. cal puttee, btit there is nothing on the recads of such an outrageous character as the revelatione thet have been made in tile West Iloron CaS6 before the tom- mittee of Privileges atid Eleetione. The tette brought to -light during the couree of Ala inquiry weft eueh AS to came evety (Median, no matter what his trd ht leetottitteir for ihatrie. he watt, CatahMi tir American polit. lee are not ote whit Week sr than the raseelly things thab Wing donettro eliteb Robert HOIMAI 14 WOO Hieraniee, HOLmES TRIED TO PREVENT INVESTT- :RATION. • What is ereculiar about the it:tatter is that although the frauds were detected Man early stage of the Investigation of the -parliamentary 'committee, Sir Louis Davies and the Hon. Mr. Sinop,* both members of the Governmeet, and Mre Russell and Mie l3ritton, two of its prominent supporters, endeavored, by all the arts peculiar, to •the profession , to prevent a thorough' investigotion, and soright to gloss over the crireinal greet' that had- been revealed. The eourse-pur sued by these gentlemen and the coarse pursued by Sir John Thorma son whed fraud was charged agairist Officers of: the.,Conservetive Govern- ment are hi etrikipg,contrest. Sir John not orily showed no syinpathy with the transgressors,bet he empleaed the Most estine cOunsel theDominion to probe the cases to the very bottom and bring everything to light. At Ottawa to -day we have meo charged vvith the duties of goyernment, to what're IS giyen the- guardianshep ..of Canade's business and political integrity, trying to screen forgers, perjerers, ballot box staffers, thieves and eonspirators, 'and all for the sole reason, apparentia, that they are friends.-Goelph .-Herald, - - • — . A OONTEMPTgn..M.EARE it is the general opinion tha the ,criminal law in. regard .to corrupt ,practices at electionsilaye been a dead letter. during the past few neontbe. The Administration of the criminal law - es in the hands of Grit officials,' end there is a wiclespreed belief that these :Officialttehave been negligent Mettle elite cherge of their clutiee.. The leading position ie given to three-columo article en yesterday's Grebe •to peeve the grouodieseness of this belief, to show that the election laws 'and their ad- ininietratioir by Hertly'e officials Are a terror to election searepte The 'thee of James Farr is given to pubstantiate this. This gent explains in hislengthy solenin declaraeion why it was that he failed to show up at OttaWa and give evidenee in the 'West Huron *dim ineestigaticer. er•appears that on the dey of ,election he, while acting as a deputy ieturnirig officer, incrOvertently tore. up a • ballot paper that. sotneone had found on the floor. This, he learn- ed, evva's A criminal offence, and the knOwledge of this fact, to use his .own lenguage, "occasioned nee a great deal of fear.' We find him on :deveral 'occasions on the point of going to Ot- •tavva. hub When lie, reflected that he was liable to be arrested for tearing up a ballot,. he thanged his Mind and d idn' t go. On One-nccasion he got as far als NVhitby,• but tife dread possibility of arrest pursued him and he got off the ears at that place' and drowned his' grief in copious libatione which pub him ander the weather for severed' clays until, he fact, the Ilmise of Coin - 'erne had prorogued. Then he comes' forWard And makes this affidavit of hoar it was he didn't 'shovv un Ot- eawa. This alleged fear oe llardye) officials enforcing the election law is. passible • dog -day reedit*, but - the (31pbe is abont as silly as Farr if it expects the.people to take it seriouslye The "solemn declaration" is rubbish from start to finish. lt proves nothing extent this -that Farr was accessible daring the whole of the Wept Huron investrgation•, that Vance. and other Grit workers knew of his:whereabouts and that the Liberal menibers of the Privilegee and Electiotte Committee coend have aecure.d Ferrets a ;witness ef they desired his atteedance. That is the great fitet brought out by. learr's -declaration. Farr was Available and hoping thereby to deprive the pelse- cuted Dreyfus of the benetit of the etleice end. .assistaece of his. leadlng counsel, However, one thicig is made clearer by this episode., ' It is evident thet the Globe is aesoeiating itself more.airdniere Closely- with the men of the machine and theiy methods, ThellecJaration of Mr. Jimmy Farr, pu'blishect in uwn personal organ yesterday,. isthe product of the mas- ter mind of 'one of Canada's greatest stateemen; the supreine abiltty and great ettainments of its author stand- ing out ie large luna,ps in every line of Mr. Farr knows that the poeple of his eountry have had grave forebod- ings regarding tee coriduct of the Wese Hiseen electiote and hastens. to relieve tee - public 'tend and • frustrate • the knevish tricks of those who would blacken his own diameter and that of t be other patriete whir oecupied official positions on that menioeable .occasion. conduited the poll in a fair and. impartial naannee tee the nese of my judgmente" sfeireleesly declares, and the Globe magnanimously teltnits that "the poll wee fair," "I had been drinking, for several days before poll- ing,daye fie Continues, and on poll; ing dey had a bottle of whiskey with - nee in the booth, most' of yehich I cirank myself," coald• anyondf under ench elecompeancese___doubt that "the time wee frite ?-""7* "r-ame. reemeee the great campaigner asserts, "I het the reeson of the presefice of the blank ballots in the bellot bert hi be- cause 1 nand haye inadvertently on Several occasions • heeded Out more than one et the 'seine time: . Surely • Oo one will deny the truth Of the sa y - big' thee eto err is human," and all will join in a Chorus of praide that Can- . -ado -has -a sun so close to . perfection a,nd ;infallibility as . Mr. Farr. • The election !was it 'eat conciuded and Me._ Holmes wed announced es the victor. 'Mr,. Farr 'nide up, bis 'mind to go tO OttaW but his trin Was bardly as sue as his neatly friends might hi it '.would be, "Having b en drinking. rather. 'freety, ann. pe- en very dry," be says, "I got off at itby to. get a drink, And realigned in. that neighbothoode foe a 'few :three), after *Mehl returned to To- .tonto; still under the itifbienee of liquor, and haee no very clear reeol- lection or where 1 wae., or what I did 'for keveral days after 'my . return." Mr. Farr's eandor in making these ads missious isnclinirable and Is calculeted to further assure to him his eosition tra a populer idol: In Ottawa he woujd haee been received as.one ef tlie•ereats est exponents of the new Liberalism, ba as he: regretfullY Obseryes, "the only thing that has deterred ene from going. 'has • been my ntiforeunate drinking.". "Mr.e. Fair was too seosi- tiee .on this point; arid the oath -Aryls the sufferer, but neither his colleagnes nor his newsPapee Will ever, forsake herf,-Meil add Empire. TEM WATRRLOO TRICE. . It is not knowe weo originated the trick Of ripening an Opponent's eal- lots during the cotint by puttieg ir- regular meths op them by means of a piece of teed pencil held under the Heger 'rail. The Ontario machine, however, mede the dirty business its own. It was Of the kind that appealed to the men that represent...Liberalism in the Dominion's most corrupt province. In the scrutiny of the ballots. east in North 'Waterloo where one of the latest Liberal victories was scored, be- sides proof of deliberate fahrification by the thieving perjurers who •figured so generally among,the Liberal Govern- ment's deputy returning officers, there was evidence that other seoundrels in the employ of the machine, had by could be had, but not only were po the firigetenall device spoiled ballots means taken to get him to OttaWa marked for ' Dr. Lackner, the . Con- tra he was not Oen requested to at- servative candidate, which the deputy tend. Althoog,h the Liberals made no refused.to count. So the Liberal lea - .effort to obtain Farr's evideoce before jority was increased, aterthe 'Hardy theeommittee, they now seek to give gang Strengthened in its hOhl. on the : effect to an ex 'parte stetement made province. If there is any public eon - by Farr, he being subjected to no cross- examination whatever. Farres state, rituscience in Ontario to arouse, the px. osure of the West Elgin the 1Vest ment is not worth the paper it is Writ- on and. this North' Waterloo ten on, as far as discrediting the evi- villainy shoold awaken ibee-Mitchell dence that was given before the com. Advoeate. . -_. mittee. As we said laefore, all that the declaration does prove is that Parr BARR DIDN'T maim THE THOTH, . could have been examined it the Lib - era's so desired. To get his statement before the Publie by, way of affidavit shoWs that they 'desired to have him meke certain eontradictions, but they were afraid to plate him in the witness, atand. It le a contetnptible trick, and does no credit either to the Liberal perty or to the Globea-TOronto World. — BATHER, CONTEMPT/BIM, To prepare a long solemn declaration of thirty paragraphs and get Mr. James Farr ,to sign it, now that the West Huron enquiry is terripoearily suspetided, and publish thethme on the firitt page of the Globe is the .xnethod adopted by the machine to meet the facts brought. out at Ottawa. Mr.Farr was nob to be found when a subpeona was out against him, but he can be foend to sign a atatetnent, apparently in Toronto, bub which reaches the Globe, apparently in a aspecial des- patch" from Goderich, Such facts as where and when it was signed are nob given. The important thing is tha,t, Mr. James Parr can be.found when his friends want him. We confess we are surprised that the Globe vvould pub- lish such matter. It knows, of eouree, that unexamined testimony in his own . behalf by amen who COnfespea that lie was afraid to go to Ottawa, who evad- ed a subpoena, and whoa° statements are contradicted by the PiWOrti evidence of many men undei• searching ewes - examination in a regular court of en. quiry, cannot for a moment stand. against the testimony brought ont that cour& If the Globe arallts friends will continue to keep in touch with Mr. Parr until Parliament meets again -Ann will then appoint some one with more perstMAIV0 power than Mr. Vance to induce him not to get citit tO a country town for a drink, but to take orie In hie aceustomed haunts, wewill gete some. witab more satisfaetoey testimony, But whab surprised US Meat le that publielty would. be given, under au& conditions, to statemente implicatinge reputable • gentleman in this city, Mr. W. D. blePherson, whose name in eonnection with this case has 'nowhere before appeared, And on what groundeP The aforoutid Mt. Pert. deelares that Marshall And Neiman made falite statemente under oath be. fats the conimittee Ottriwit5and then come forward and makethe proper kind ar trouble up there except as to the I ' th T ld aeven ballots meaniug theeeby the flve through all right, and it would be extra, blank ballots and the two ballots money In my pocket, nor did I tell him destroyed at the cmening of -the poll, anything to such' effect. Mr, McPhee- and that they had been worked out all son never euggested that I should right, meaning thereby that the ballots make a declaration of any kind or give had been duly counted. any evidence before the conunittee ex- (el) During the noon hour on said eV cept the truth, nor did be make any ectton • day quite a number of promise or representation that it would the employees of the organ fire - be in any way to my advantage to tory and bicycle wanks voted at ray make the proper kind of declaration: polling subdivision, and, as most of And I make this solemn declaration, thern were personally well-known to conscientiously -believing the same ' to- me and as I lead been in the habit of be ti ue, and knowing t hat it is of the keeping a tally as to how I thought same force and effect as if made under voters voted, with the vievv as a matter oath, and by virtpe of the Canada Eel, of curiousity of seeing hownear I could dence Act, 1803. come to the actual wont, I remarked Declared before me at the -City of To- to Armstrong, the poll clerk, "that route, in the County of York, this 19th ehere were thirteen d -a -good Holmes We won't sell you. COTTON. for lArooL, or JUTE for FL...1X day of August, A.D. 1899. elltiton:s New. Stor0 FOR the next week onr energies Will be given to the preparation of our Fall Opening which will take place about the first week in, September, when -we will be ready for business with a store full of bright, new merchandise. A completeness, a richness, a new- ness, such as you'll n91 see duplicated were you to travel for miles We have gathered everything you, can possibl3r need. in ,Dress Goods, Silks, Mantles, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, etc., with prices no higher than good goods should be, • . . Want•this store to be pointed out a,nd. spoken of as •the 'place where all claSses of the Community may come and feel that they are being dealt With in absolute fairness. ballots went into the box a little while - . , • • .(Signed) JAE], N.ELSoN. ago," meaning that there were that, (Signed) Sam. S. M.airrne, • many of the enaployees of the organ The•meaner sorts of m.erchan.dise will have no place here. Olean., . A 0onunr., etc. factory and bicycle works known to be , onest reliable goods at honest prices is what intellig'ent' yerS as sure Holmes voters who had veted. /I, ern: MARSHALL'S DENIAI,.' . . • (15) never stated to "James Nelson • Thomas Marshall, of the city of: or Thomas Marshall that . Mr. 'Holmes • are looking fOr, Toronto, in the. County of York, do 'net ine on the streetin Godericla and • thletnnly declare --a • said ,t,"1 will not forget yore Farr for, 1. That I am th.e Thomas Marshall thee' I only remember.. meeting who Rohe evidenpe before the.Cominit- Mr.• Holmes once :and that Was on tee on Prieileges and Elections at Otta-: the Main street in iGoderich, where I eva in connection' with. the West Huron was standipg With a number of other ,glection. ". • peeple and elt. Holmes shook hairdo 2. That I Wei° read over the declare-. with us all, Withoet treeking any pare tion or Jerneerraieeepreblieliedthee -*feeble retrarek to mee - zee' 'Globe neevspaper of the 16th of August e (10) I had been drinking •for seeeral 1890. The statements conetrined. in said daya befoie day„ end oil polling' deeltreation relating to *het papsed day had a .bottle of Whiskey in the betv.vemi Me. W. D...MoPherson; James booth, most er winch r drank myself. Nelson andmyself lefeuirtrue. .1 asked Mr. Berton to getine a' bottle, • B.The. facts are that When Nelson and he promised to AO so, but did not. and Myself were telegraphed fote. frail] (13) When the thergee ire to the :in*, Ottawa to ateene therefor thapurpoie. .guleteties ire my p.olling subdivision. of giving evidence before the. -Paella. Were, firsenutde ey Mr Borden,. someof entary:Oonan Mee Pri Pr iseleges and trty fel low -em ployees. at De W. Thomp- Electimis, ap-plied fp Mr. McPhee- son & Co., where I Work, and sortie' of son foeir loan pf thirteeb dellars . (sis) rity felloueboarders where reside in each to -purchase ret urn. tieketa. front Toronto. atiked me if there was any Toronto to Ottawa, and he loaned each tr nth in the chaeges, and I said "No,. of up this aniount, eve et striete -time not a word," though I elwaYs adthitted giving him an orderein writipg directed tearing up the ballot handed Me 'by to,the-elerk of the Privileges- Commit- Bober t Clink. • • • tee at Ottawe for thirteeo dollare, ehe • 18) .A.t. vedette thims• in. eubeequent amount to beptrid rid by the committee conversation some of my fellow -ern - to cover our railway fare from Toronto ployees and •feliciw-leorteders informed to Ottawa and return. • .• me that for teiring up a hana, 1 • was 4. While in Ottawa both Nelson and Heine to be aereeted,and their remarks Myself, eudoreecl the chequee •for thir-. on this head occasioned Me a great deal teen dollars oath Made ont Our' fa- of fear. • . . • . • 9 I Jean Vie d vbur to eoeer said railway fareeind we ) fleet met es nce, re erre .leff, the same there to be forwarded to to in the eviclencegiven at Ottavea, at McPbersop arrenged • in pay- my boarding -place, in -the city of Tor- n -ren t the money borrowed from him, onto, when he in trod ueed himself to 5. Mr.MePheremi did not aeeonapanY rue, and. behree that date the said Nelson and myself or' either • of us to Vance was not 'personally - kinewn to the trifle on Sunday evening, dr at any me. • oeher time, nor did he know what- evie (20)bn the occasion of the said inter- clence We intended to give before the view weth Vance he discussed with me committee, nor did 'he attempt to influ- the reports which had appeared in the once our evidenee in and way What- papers tre to the itregulerities at tor ever,. either by, promise of money or polling subdivieion at the West Heron election,ancl asked ine if ther'e was any otherwise. " e • Declared. befote me at the city of To- truth in the charges made, and I in- ronto, in the County of York, this lOte formed him that there Wan pot. He day of August, A.D. 18fee • hiked moil' had ane objection to goihg {Signed) THOmAs MitREMALL, , to Ottawa and givieg my evidence,and (Signed) Anemia W. BURN, ' on my replying that I hect not, he A Commr., etc, urged that I shoule g,h at once. Bet informed himithat 1. would wait to be- eArtat's DEODARATION. suleixtermed in ()trier that I might get -.• James Farr, a deeply. returning offt, ray. experises,. This , ihtereiew lasted • er in the 'West Huron bye -election only a fe hr minutes. held for the Heine of. Commons. 'cm (2r) At the time of my interview with Feb. 21,1899, hair made the folloWing Mr. Vanee abeve mentioned; I fully in- solent') declaration before Henry W. tended going to Ottewa,bub on account •IlickleeTOronto, aeconunissioner in ehe of the remarke made to me•durieg the High Court of Justice : day or two succeeding theleteeview by (1) am the James Farr who acted as some of eny fellow -employees to the ef- deputy retureing officer at No. 3 poll- feet that 1 was Belle to be aerested for' Mg subdivision in the town of Goder- , tearing up a ballot, I changed my mind ich at the bye -election held in West and did net go. • Huron on the 21st February,1899, (22) I had been thinking for some time . • (2) For eighteen years prior to the of going .to Dakote, where T: • have an month of Aprillast I was a reeident of uncle living, -and told' seine of my the terve of Godericb where I carried friends that I intended going thereeend •thi business as moven ter, and front - on or a,beitt July 13 purchased with about the year .1893 until the time I left my oivn money a ticket, for Dakota,but Goderichl acted as deputy returning before going I went to Goderich to see officer at the municipal eleetions for iny wife, but as she strengly objected the saute section of licateriah as the I esturned to Toronto the following subalivision for which I acted es de- der. . • puty returning °facet on the met Feb- ' pay On my return to Toronto on July euary, 1899. • met James yante'on Yonge street (3) A post cerd received by ere from neer the corner of King ,end infermed Me. Lane, the electiOn clerk, was the huh that I had thought of going to Di - first intirnation I had of being appoint- kota, aod he then "'said vvoulcl haire ed deputy returning oflicer at the said . made a mistake' if I had done 'so and election', and had not been previouttly staeed that the hese thing for tne to do spoken to by any one &bent being op- was to. eo to Ottawa and 'clear myself pointed, though On account of having . by giving my evidence, and I then eold acted as deputy returning officer. so fre- bier that I would do so.• (24) On my retuning to my boarding house late one night during the follow. ing week I MLA informed by Jenne Nelsoner, fellow-boarder,that Me.Vance had called to see me and Wished me to go to his house as soon as learner in. I thereupon walked up to his home with Nelson and had an inteeview with Mee Vance, when he inferined tne he was going away in the mot ning and might be away for a few days and wanted to khow wlaether or not was going to Ottawe. kte informed me that :el did not go I Would be subpoenaed and that it wonld be far better for me to go at, oncee I then told Vireo that would go the next night but asked him if I Wag 14010 to get into tremble MI ac. coulee of the torn India and was in- formed by him that he thought not but that in any °Vent it wee far better for me to go down* and tell all I knew. (25) Having made up my mind to go to Ottawa I started for that Wade about the end of the week in Which I had the Test interview With Vance, but having been drinkigg retheefreely and being vete, dry, I got off at Whitby to get a drink and reinitined in that neigh- horlioncl for a few days after whieh I : returned Le Tote:into, undeathe fluence of liquor, and have ne very clear recollection of where / Wes or what I did for aeeerel days after lny return. (20) The eitid Vence did not! ab any tune advise me to keep in cencenlinene aeoel being subpoeneed, nee did. he give me an y money directly or nd Ira& bry nOV did he give me cheek or fue- Messrs. jetties Nelson and Thomas quently I fnlly expected to be appoint - Marshall, the two Withessea who gave ea, evidence in the West Huron investiga- (4)1 appointed Henry Arinetrong, a tion before the Privileges and Elec. friend of mine, and a Oonseevative, es tion committee at OttaWa, have made ill y roil :clerk. affidavite in which they flatly contra. (5) During my residence in Goderich Farr in his published declarateon in the work for Robere diet the stateirent made by Jatnes I had frequently done cerpentering McLean, the Censer, Globe newspaper, in SO far tre they rre vative candidate at the said election, late to Mr. W. D. McPlfereon. Mr•Fare end had berm well paid for it, and on it is perhaps needless to repeat is the account of iny personal acquaintance bibulous depute, returning- officer of with him ahd having been canvassed Goderith, vvhose conduct in contiection by him personally, and having proud& with the election has been so severely ed him to do so, I fully intended 'voting criticized. He was out of reach all the for him at the said election, I took no tirae the eonunittee was in session, So part, whatever in the Liberal campaign thab the Conservatives were unable to and stated openly that I intended to cell lilin•to give evidence." After the vote for Mr, McLean adjournment of the House, liowever he (0) I remember Janus :rata; coming bobbed up with a deelaratieri whieh to me the night befo,re the election and was given a place of honour on the advising me to resign my poeition as front page of• the Globe, and in which -deputy reternirig ofdcee a,na to return he made statements reflecting on Mr. , the ballot box papers, the reason given W. D. Merheeeedt whie4 were 1/4"" by hint for talking ine to do se being featly untrue and inelicious, The dee- that I had been drinkingand would hot davits of Messrs. Marshall and Nelson are as follows : therefore be able to procrtly perform my duties, but belieye his real yea. xursow's STATEMENT. son for asking me to resign was that he 1, Jetties Nelson, of the city of To. feared I wan a, supPorter of McLean, enati clethrect ronti in the County of York, .do sol- and on that account r refused to follow '1. het I am the lare es4leition ho lifilnitTdvhieceit;1 ght before the election Wil. gave evidehce before the Committse on liarn ltfitchell, the town clerk of °ode- PriVileges Mid Elections at Ottawa in eicio and &prominent Conserrative,in- connection with the West Moven elec. terviewed Me, and as it result of the Ar- rangement then arrived at between ut tion. That I have rend over the declare. I on the following clay, when the, fetid tion of James Farr published in the Mitchell came to the polling booth to Globe newspaper of the leth August, _vote, showed him my belief, which 180. The etatements contained in said Wa3 marked- for MOT -teens and which declaration relatini; to whati.passed be- ! deposited in the ballot box in his pies. tween Mr., W. 1), MePherson, Thomas once. Marshall and myself are untUre. (8) had nO oonversetion with any- . Thefeetst are that whet Marshall body ns to my duties as deputy return. and myeelt were telegraphed for froiri ing ofilcet,and receivedno instruetions OttaWa ter attend there for the our. refereriee to the same from ariyone, pope of gioing evidence before the Par. exeopt the printed instroctions in the liamentary Committee on PlivIleiree boX. and Blectione we atiplied to Mr, Me. (9) I conducted the poll in a fair And ,Phereen fora leen of thirteen donate hripartial trimmer to the best of my ($13) midi to pureiniee return tickets Judgment, arid every ballot, handed me from Toronto to Ottawe, and he loan. by the votere WAS duly depoaited in the ed eiteh of us this Amount we at the ballot box. mune time giVing Mtn art order in writ. (1Q) Dialog the COnite of the ilay ing dieeeted to the clerk of thilelletres Itottert Clark Minded bellot Committee at Ottawa for thieteen dol. which he Paid had been on. the floor, las the amount to be naid xis hs, the and on looking ab it And not recognle. eonurrittee te eover our rellwAy fere fog the initials its mine I tore it up, but tenni TOronto to Ottawa end return. In tieing AO I clid trot make the remark: While in Ottawa both Marshall end "oh hen There Watt lois !of them ' he teports Stray conversations with myself endorted the eheques for thir. Amite, yenterday." them which bring in an horiourable teen dollars efteh made out In- nor fat-, (11)„The bellote furnielied me fa. the narria, absol tely tuitonely. and ex. !our to toyer. said railtvity fere, and Vve ,arritt eieetion were piinteil on very thin peat. the u ur thig, 001 leftfths same there ft+ he forwarded gaper, oil it was difficult to avoid 14 Ph re n aimenged lu per anding it were than One at onetime gad. 0 le OM epee r. 0 o ' Ptah me witlenner fendsmor did he reit. der Me any thsistenee whatever in eV° ading iserviee of a enhpoenti, but, ori the contrary, he eepeetedly urged .me toga to Ottawa of my own free will and give my evidente before the mitt ece (27) Thomas Marehall and SAMOS Net - eon, who gave evidenee before the coin. inittee at OtteWit were not cotreeb in their statement, ite to when they last SAM befote giving their evidence at Ottawe, t RAW Omni on the Sante day they left foe Oftevee. and was told by Nelson that they hail got some way motiey from Mr. W, D. MePherson,the lawyer. on Sondity afternoon and Cott • the told itlePlieritoe wished them to , make * etatemen t of their eyidence so thief( he could teke it down and poet them on whet to say at Ottawa. 1 neked Thole Marahall how much they had gob, and he said *20, with a PrOM- , tO Make it Mere if the evidence wee , ff; ood and strong, The ertid 3p,rehen - • • This store will keep none other. , • 1 • 1 'a" *Our etore news next week will be interesting as well as profit- able. It will tell you how you may save some dollars. and Nelson have infornied me since tbeir return from Ottawa that they each got $13.20 at Ottawa as witness fees and as they were aWay ahead on the , transaction they bad each bought a new suit of clothes. Nelson Otto said that it, had been a God sendfor Iiiin,and he hoped he would . get it chance to make another- raise In the sante way. .1:le also told me that NV. D.McPherson justebefore bidding them' good-bye at the train on Sunday evening when leaving for Ottewtehad inipreesed upon thern thenecessity of • telling a story that would look rell arght and thee if they- did that he would not foga' them. . • . (28) James Nelson told me since his return from Oetawa that the said Mc- Phereon had told him that, if e would come forward and make the proper kiod of a declaration' the Tories would see me through all right, and it would be money in ney pocket. e pp) r neve not received any nioney directly or indirectly or ally assistance of any kind from the Liberals to in- duce me to stay awey frona OttaWa or to evade being served with a subpoena, and the only thing that hag deterred 'me from going has been my unfortun- ate drinking, brought on by the fear and worry occasioned by the stete- merits made by my fellow -employees aa tb thy itabibtv to arrest for tearing up the ballot banded me by Robert Olark. (30) Was informed by the people in the boarding house that Henry Ross had told them after his return frcim giving evidence at Ottawa that I had better not show up in Otterva, or I vvould get into trouble. arederiele. • Mre. Tyeewife of mail. clerk Tye, and family, Elgin street, left on Friday to opend their vacation at Haysville end eurrounding country.. Miss Flo McIntosh has returned from her Detroit outing, Miss Case of A.ylmer is the guest of Miss Hinton. edissee IdoCrimmon of Ripley, Mc- Cullough of Galt, and Smith of Petrolia, were the gueets last week of Miss. Far- row, datightar of Archer Farrnw, M. • ieustoma. We were Beery to learn last week of the serious- illness of Miss Hawley, who had been ill for ten days. Mrs. George A. Kay of Detroit came to -day with HawleyedUring her nurse's illness. The Madeline T. Downing oleared on Thursday before noon forOswegoevehere she is at present owned,. lir, and Mrs, William.ProUdfoot and •Miss Hutchison all returned from their" p g Mrs. Geerge Watson of Detroit came - through to attend the funeral of her brothee, the late Alex Birnie. • Me. and Mrs. Fred Prideato were called upon last week to lose their little eon, Philip Albert, aged 7' month' and .21 days. ii, bealitiffil healthy ohild that succumbed to the fell destroyer. The feneral took piece neXt day, Wednes- day. The bearers were: Mestere Stanley Warnock, Melville Rhynas end Charlie and Walter Saunders, eaoh 'bearieg it large beeptet to leave umet) the cathet. Mr. and Mrs, Pridhain hive the sympathy of all their ftionds in this their second bereaventent in the course ors NW Months. We called on Ittrat Mt 'Fri clay, a; tn. laet and treked her hew the figs were maturing. The figs were al. most es large as lenions, of an olive a n &der, a roxi ti th quince. The frit t le pear shaped and eon, ad a ripe &wherry, but testee we think inferior te the dried fruit. It IS very 11.16010tle aud It hae a title ilg taste, lt, le net unlike a atrawberry in flavor. It would make e rieb preeerve. As the ilgs ripen, °thee ilgs ere forming, The fig tree bes 00 hltiliSOMI the fruit lust ehowing like * tiny lotato Apple oe teMet0, among the 'stenches. ' Mr. TAettli Newton, Malt Work for the Timei-Eterelcl, Chloego, left on Friday fOr Wit, city Ho was s nett et Mr (Merles Newtelt's home soh e here. It manyyetas into eine* Prod Newton, e mile imy, left <Wald for Chicago, Min M w of relnevirdine le also visiting . Maureen and Mr& Brom Goderich Mrs. Ottptaid -A. E. McGregor • has returned to Port Heron. , Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Newton have beee sPending: their vacation at Noe with the guests of Pere Mr. Newton 'at the Baptiet prethytery in that toWn. • elisteGrece Grant of Saginaw is spend- ing her vacation the guest of Mrs. Mc- Pherson and Mrs. Brown. - Missee Grace and. Elizabeth Witten, daughters of Rev. Jasper Wilson, heve this year 'taken their- Senior Leaving certificate in the departmental examine- tiops at the ages of 17 and 1 0 respeetive- . ly. They have certainly done eredit to themselves .and their• parents, and to their 'school -in Which they have been treined. They have -taken very• high seancling in all prose examinations; where the marks have been made public. • • We are happy to introduce 'lefrs. Robb Rollinson of Paisley' to the readers of TETE. News -Ramer. Her &ligh- ters sighed to .return to Goderioh, which town their mother jeft on her marriage 23 years ago, ' Mrs. Rollintion has taken the Maitland House at the station where any guest will find gracious and' airy rooms, and good board. Mr. Rollineon has christened the place '"Spider Castle," that bney insect haVing been the tenant of Mait- land House for a nuraber oeyears, but the spider has found a busy rival in -the person of Mrs. Rollinson, whose dark eyes say "our place will be first-olastee" • We wish 1VIrs. nollinson good fortune in her enterpritie. If a new station is built on the old site, it vrill prove a lelondyke both to hen and a joy to the wthomorknrame.weman.ra eached her tbat her son Cap. theoon• hae been very illsince tain Matheson was drowned. ' He had just been promoted and was so anxious to do his duty that he watched upon 'the vessel for skint 48 hours, and had presumably fell asleep upon the railing. The mate heard a splash and immedi- ately reported the circumstance, but he neeer came up, and was not found too ill two days later,Wheti his motberheerd the news, she was prostrated; ereed has never rallied since. Dr. Hunter, and a timber of her iaeighbore, are constantly in attendance, but the is hovering be- tween life and death, , On Friday evening Mrs. Moon -Parker delighted a Gocierieh audience by in- troducing for the first tinse in years, readings from Shakespeare Lady Mos Bah's Sleep -walking Scene And 'others: .P.Irs. I/bon-Parker hat; not as much fire in her composition air Mrs.Soott-Siddon but her reading ire efaultless. Her mane Mir show+ study apd hew doeution de. lighted all especially "Papa was etump ecee and "The obstructive hat lin the pit." She will always please people who .admire that biracial English com- position fer she ia perfectly at entre in 'at (hat) litereturei Ertgland being her home, Music Opened the entertainment, Miss Blanche Watson, kindly contribn- ting an extremely well rendered piano solo; Mr. Stecidart rendered "Soldiers forth° Queen" which woit him a warm encore, but he poseibiy did noe come prepared for the honor,. for tie saw him not again. Protestor Simpaon ACted as accompaiiisft but, it being choir practiee night his time was neceesarily short for for any- outside engagenient. The Ladies' Aid of Klutz chureli contributed many beentiful flowers and Canada's flag was fastened on the northere well of the Court room, The day had been exceedingly Warne, Meath petisibly ad. counts for the abeenee of many well known eisiterti. .116v. jasper Wil- son represented the clergy Oh Frit, day evening. We have often heard that the aeoustio properties of the Court ItoUse were not flattering, tut We think a culprit could hear the Judge pronounee hie sentence till right, We head distinotly every' word of Mrs. Moon Parker. many of *Welt were soft end WW1 but eastern' &kid they could not hear her. Altogether the enterteln. Merit Wag a 'treat, end we thank the Ledies'Aid of Enos ohnroh for it. The hers wigs Misses Ithynas, Anderson, ht et Inspecter Tem (, actg sr Hata moo Bobwri4 out Vtdoe trown 11 pretty depot -um • 0.1,4hvg ft . • Virtues of Salt-evator. Baths. Poe a bane bath (a* bath given' to the body by use of the hands only, or by sponge try cloth) piece a handful of salt basin as ordinarily. filled for wish-. ing. Allow the salt • eo• dissolve, or hasten the action by stirring it with the hand. The water sbould be as aold as you have vitalify to withstand, Use no wrap: Bathe the•entire body. Do not ireglect the" fthe and neck in the free use of the salt -water. This bath has an exhilaratinginfluence, topes the entire system, end gives to the' skin' a healtle- ful condition that anaply repays for the ' time and trouble involved. IF used in •• the winter it will be an excellent pre- ventive of colds, besides being te sub- stieute for *face cosmeties.; No chap- ping,.no roughness of the,skiti and no clogging of the pores will trouble.the persen who systematically and regularly takes bath of tbis sort. Ordinary table salt -or rock salt will do, but vvill not do so •well. The sea -salt contains medicinal properties not found in the others, Whether one exereises or not the body shOuld receive a daily hand bath of cold or cool water, especially .io the summer, either Open rising or be- fore retiring. --Edward B. Warman in the August Ladies' Home Journal. 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