The Wingham Times, 1893-05-05, Page 4WILL
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&'`That, having !:atoned with great inter-
est to the silage, instructive and eloquent
aihlross of Mr. McCarthy cin the quos•
tions of tariff reform, dual language, tho
schools, oto„ wo hereby vi
vey to him our appreciation of the
sentiments he has expressed and our
indorsement of the principles he has
GDRUGIT
t?o enunciated, with the hope that in the
near future the principle$ advocated
may be reeognl'ed by the Canadian
people ns those with which are bound up
the weal of the commonwealth." This
AAl]i,�a�9 �,, ),['
1' * tf K „ s 'i k 14.® was carried timid great enthusiasm.
O.t`�]'TARIO LEGISLATURE,
B)4 Brunswick House. •
- TILE DAUln tt DILL plain man,
;.has'-
OntOut
oovi ntiV.irr WaNT4 ern T,BOAL erne or :ruga
ecesrto.. sti' 1'L14o examT,
Toronto, stay 1•- \Philo the weather to-
day wits most inelemout, a cola
rain
' aims fell-
ing, there were crowded g,
Legislative Chamber when \tr, Marter
,arose to rnove the second reading of his
hill to prohibit the sale of iutoxicatiug
liquors by retail. The member for :flus•
kola+ began by deuyiu that in briugiug iu a measure restricted and restrained,
up the meiesure he had •nny desire to em I still these evils existed. The Government
lt'1UDAY, MAY 5, 1898.
.EDITORIAL NOTES.
,eatesoera on the Temperance ques
11 be taken in Ontario at the
pal eleetiou next January.
said that Preneier Thompson will
urn to Canada from Europe until
-sum M)1 I$TER FOSTER and Minis-
T-a&t and Commerce Lowell aro
4• tariff matters with Toronto
actttrers and importers, this week.
r,t, is before the Ontario Legisla-
hick, it it becomes law, will reduce
eprescrntation of county councils.
,ew act fixes the representation at
r every 7501. at present it is ouefor
iOU on the assessment roll.
t;. ainEU ON, a Glasgow, Scotland,
dealer, has ween visiting a number
herds in Ontario. He is satisfied
'hat lie saw in Ontario that no
TIX !'1' INGII M TIMES, MAY 5, 189 3.
waiting, til nay would b p, tc - T
',11Iu6ttaltm. sly �--�Tt,V' « o l and repeated the ale aharg8s ttgaiust the
save t tend the result achieved more qu ro. i ovbyetI a id arousing
of tthem
lkluorm::iutarests.
utaining
1 The people of the Province had t I power
i
el The r-tetement that the Government
seated Many potations iu favor of the � d had
plobiscittto platr,wee whish indorsed hs tlaa was in favor of prohibition, bo said ,
floe. Mr. Laurier, l Lr. Davies and others.' heart rleufed by Sir Oliver i�fawat only last
t1 plebiscite W0111(1 show the real feeling', session, Dlr. Meredith then took up the
of the country reguardiug prohibition. Ha ; legal aspect of the case, claiming that it
wise so sure of tide Haat he felt instated',was within the power of the Legislature to
to moving the three wreathe' Waist. t euact a prohibition law. The 'Maxtor Bill,
In following, Mr.\Vators expressed the was not, however, a prohibitory law, it,
upiuiou chat the !louse had toot power to lame regulation of the traffic. Mr, Guth.
+prohibitory liquor law, He had I rip lead exhibited little umlaut in stet -
been a temperance meta all hie life, and I lug: that the bill would clash with the
saw no reason for going into the dant= Scott Amt. This wee uousensioa1 Tho
The Government should give assurance, t Marter Bill included less and would not in
l however, that the questiou would be tested ; any way interfere with the Scott Aat, If
{other constitutional bodies failed in the die•
before the judicial committee of the Privy
Gouoil. Thee would boat this were done, , charge of their duty that was uo reason for
nothiug to object to, this House to do so. tie had never heard of
Hon. G. W. !toss, who finished the de. , a more unfair nor more uujustway of seta -
bate for the day, was not sorry that ing any questiou, Mr, Meredith went ou
the questiou hadbeeu brought before to say that there was not a shadow of
the House eveu iu this form. The ( doubt that the Ross amendment wee a
House would not be doiug its duty 'sham and subterfuge and ho would yote
to the country unless it dealt with against it most willingly.
the ter as thoroughly as possible. Al- IThe Attorney -General followed. He
though tevils of iuteinperance bad been had not addressed the House before be -
no :Io would not vote for Mr. Martor's bill on
eccourtt of the feet of the courts ism being
engaged in considering the question of
barrass the Government, or in any way to
serve political ends. The feet was, he
said, that the country was cryiug out for a
mitigation of the liquor evil, and the duty
of the House was to give the inhabitants of
Ontario relief from the traffic which was
was anxious to do all that was possible to
avert them, and if Mr. Marter intended to
reflect upon the action of the Government,
his hill deserved scout consideration, Iu
11674 it had peen said that it was a bad
to allow all license moneys to go
��5.cu
injuring then. He regretted that there to municipalities; tliore ore a ohau a had
had beeu any unpleasantness as regarded Leen ma de by which the liquor traffic had had tried almost everything against the i
meeting of the membersef from local control- After
Government, and at last he had tried the Julia Linklater 15, Hannah England 13,
the me g prohibitionbeen removed
the Legis! stile. When Hasse gentIlarnen i
C551.. ins the Lumber of licenses had been re,' temperance cry -something which nobody Annie Graham ll.
t eu 3 Lvery 1 1�Itr, HARTLEY, teacher.
H dnCed from 7,000 to ba we ,000 and 4,a had ever he
pause he wanted to hear auy lawyer in the
House say that a prohibition law was
intra vires of the Legislature. This Mr.
ilieridith had contended, and the Attorusy-
General would be glad it the courts would
indorse that opinion. He waste o glad
and surprised to hear Mr. Meredirli come
out es a prohibitiouist. He bad very
speedily become a convert, however, He
O008ta:lee_*DO yon think Hhn ties
faith in hien ? Olara-1 bllould think
so. Site stave blit some ribbon to
n indiction 1 match.
r
A division was taken tit 100 o'clock, and
111r. Ross' amendment carried by 54 to 33. _.
Tho division was on straight 'party linos.
Lower Wlrtgharn-
The following is the regular monthly
report of Lower Wingham publlo sobool
for the month of April. The names are
placed in the order of merit and the
numbers correspond with the number of
days the pupil was present during the
month :
4th sr. -.'rank 1111119, Nellie Beckett
10, Allis King 15, Luke King 14, Minnie
Linklater 11, Norval Morrison 9, ,Jessie
Meilwaiu 10.
.4th jr.-Jennie Day 19,Mablo Halstead
13, James Carr 15, Milton Graham 2.
3rd se. Jas Loclteridge 17, Eadie
Welsh 13, Minnie Prior 10, Mary Ken-
nedy 5.
3rd jr.--George Ansley 1i, Benson
Cruickshank 19, Fannie Green 19, John
King 19, Ida Murdoch 19, George John -
stop 17, Birdie Johnston 16, Mary Mac-
donald 18, Annie Patterson 17, Egerton
Wellwood 14, Minnie Campbell 13, Maud
Netterfield 5, Nellie Graham 4, Jennie
Campbell 4. '
2nd class. -Varna Phippen 19, Charles
Beckett 17, John Potter 18, George
Elford 18, Melissa Findlay 19, Rhoda
Elford 18, Annie Currie 18,Annio Nevans
17, Geo. Campbell 17, Lizzie Potter 17;
would uld brinaltn
nod assembled there had been waited. in-
vitations to other gentlemen outside off rt T,t� The Government's desire was to pro- . true Haan should rejoice that temperance I
1 ,.
the House who were iu favor et a plebis- rrtr,it,t the Zpeace, order and sobriety of the i was making such geese progress, but still
cite. At that meeting a resolution in �1 pop l Fiot�. In this they had in a very 1 the deform !tarty was nob the probibitit, n
ait
favor of the probibitiou of the retail t.t'ta 1 is ae measure been suceessfat. He be- party, although he would be glad if it a friendly match with Goder•ich, S'atur-
theu went into tha 1 day last, and had their usual good luck.
You need n't go to Florida, but take
Seaforth•
The Collegiate football team played
had been carrie3 uuanimously, while -there
had been a very small majority in favor 4'
the plebiscite. A short time afterwards
large deputation from s. meetiug called by
the Royal Ternplats of Temperance had
waited upon the Attorney -General and , dtmtnts
Wad been very sorry to !rear that he was prudent for the Government to pass beyond that. It !tad been said that to pass the
e exists among our cattle, and says not certain that the provisions of the ground with which it was pot acquainted. `law would be the only way to obtain a account oP themselves an
Jazuadien cattlemen should make I Marter bill were not ultra vires of the The Government was prepared to say that decision. This, on the coutrarv, would bo victorious.
etiart to have the embargo against Leeisiature. Resolutions expressing this; t b drat k the go vest way, The quickest would bo 1 Mrs. P. G. and 11iss 'F. Sperling, of
title removed, t refer the question to the Supremo Wingham, w e
irrsaiie pian was arrested in Lon -
'lighted, one evening last week, for
a revolver in St. James Park.
tem in Mies!
wbiclaii entrote itesokwere found
mado 1 ity of the crimes both here and in the j the workuigmem bringing his demilohu
!laved the Seats Act had been in many in- I were. Sir Oliver and
stances a great success. It had doue
have
aspectit dale
ultraacase. If ivires, there woald e law were passea, rOughten shey won earing. The y three lGoderichrte team
than 1,i d platform speeches couldand
done. Pauperism had been reduced, jails I be free whisky all over the Province were not in it with our boys, as they did
were masa full, and the sale of liquor had ! Everybody and anybody could sell. Ger- not score at all. The boys go to Galt
h d It would be extremely int- a taiuly the general sentiment was against next Saturday to play for the "Hough',
cup. We hope they will give a good
back
Of Pure Norwegian Cod Liver
011 and Fiypopbosplhites.
It will STRENGTHEN WEAK LUNGS,
STEP THE COM, AND CHECK all
WASTING DISEASES. A remarkable
flesh producer and it is almost as Palat-
able as Milk, Be sure to get the genuine
put up in salmon -colored wrappers.
Prepared only by lleott & L'owne, Belleville.
TOWNSHIP OF EAST WAWANOSH
the question of jurisdtctrou trios e . 1
settled and after that a popular g were renewing acquaintances
io ular vote1 to .e ea b
be taken. The House would be asked tot Court, The first method would be most 1 in Seaforth this week.
vote ou these two matters. "Let ue," said cumbrous, while the ether would be very 1Mr. Wm. Gray is away on a business
he, "rather have bar -rooms than canteens speedy. He stated he wanted to take the trip this week,
in private houses, whicb would result in speediest course for the purpose of asoer-; .
tainiug jurisdiction, and then it would be Wroxeter -
his duty and pleasure to carry out the ; Mr. Henry Smith has his planing mill
wishes of the House and the .Province. in running order.
Mr. Meredith had said that the Liquor Rev, Mr. Shaw preached a very ap-
aw xvas not carried out. The
License L propriato sermon to the Oddfellows of
COURT OF ILEVISIQN.
The Municipal Council of the Township of Wawa.
nosh win meet at the Council Rootr. Memel* P. 0.,
lot 34, c(ataesslon 0, on Thursday 255th May, 1003, at
10 o'clock a. m., for the purpos of reclaim,' and
correcting the assessment roll tho present yeat,
hearing appeals against assess outs, etc., and also
for the transaction of o•her unleittsal business, -
of which alt persons intet'est d are h'reby required
to take noticc,and govern emsolvna accordingly.
P. P/)it LttFILLU, Tp,C1erk„
Clerk's office, Wawitn May 1, Dal. -
opinion had been passed by the meeting
alter the deputation had returned to its
hall. The Dotniniou commission iu its
iuvestigetious bad found that the drink
habit had beer, the cause of a large major-
tgr recent movements of Cilr. Glad -
and it is thought he intended
g at attempt uu the life of Mr.
tone.
rs ° by' -laws were passed in St
United ;tater. The Attorney General
had professed himself it strong supporter 1' and far_rily:' Let the people of Canada
of auy scheme for the abolitinu of the liquor a
traffic. It was, the duty of the L enisle- be asked to prohibit the importation and
f 11 toxicants But be -
tare to do all that was possible to attain manufacture O a 1n
that end. Tho saloon was doing more
is and London giving the, Boll damage to Canada's young men than any
hone Comjlany exclusive rights of ( other in the land. Mr. alexter read 00.
ng in those citieta for five years. I pious statistics in support of his deuuncitt-
t+;er of a municipal corpora ion to
twata by-law was questioned by
utomatic Telephone Company, and
tardily Chief Justice Galt quashed
-laws, as creating a monopoly and
contrary to the policy of the las'
dCirthy rtt Orangeville. ;
:ITERATES xis ADVOCACY OF TARIFF
not •--A RESOLUTION OP coars-
er. PASSED.
geville,. May 2. -The meeting held
town hall at Orangeville last night
to and hear Mr. D'Alton Me -
P., was was large and enthusiastic.
all was prettily decorated, and the
es were all expressive of sympathy
accordance with the views. on
al questions enunciated by Mr.
I Lily. 'That 'gentleman was pre -
With an -address; acid his • speech
requently interrupted by.ontburtts,
tion of the traffic, and appealed to every
gentleman in the House to vote with him
iu favor of the bill. He hoped. every rnau
in the Province would rise in fever of the
plan. The liquor interest will not look for
support to the Opposition. He hoped that
they would be disappoined when they
turned towards the Government side.
Mr. Balfour, in following, stated that
the entire testimony of tbo Attoruy-
General regardiug prohibition had not been
quoted. It was a mistake to say that the
doltutatiou was packed. The Privy Coun-
cil Itad not decided as to the validity of the
legislation affecting the wholesale and re-
tail trade. !,are must be taken that the
whole liquor trade ,u the Province was
not lett out of control for a couple of
years. . The powers at Ottawa were as
much to blame for intemperance as the
Ontario edmisaietretiov. The only tem-
perance measure ever passed in Ottawa •
had u,:eu passed,by the Valera! Govern-
wont, .altboug lr.this: measure (the " facott
Act) hid been emesculadetl: afterwards by
the Conservative Goverumebt. Wliy, hiyd
the ant tier not been deal, With at Ottawa,
whore they had the power?' All the Gov
etitinenthiad done was to appoint prehibi-
tMi,n corumiestou. No attempt had betel
rause
diateation of the °puree he glad,
towards the leaders of ':elle " Coli-°
ave party he said that as long ago
tut a banquet at Coilhigweed:dine
pressed the view that the tariff.
by reduced. He entertained that
fore this the people of Outline should be Government had done its best to do amend I
town and visiting brethren, on Sunday
asked to give :tai p 2.Ia1aifacturers of :.
Hon. Alex. Mackenzie had favored this t in this as to excite wonder instead of fellows present, visiting membersbHar ,Land Rollers, lows, Gang 1110yis, l ata
plan of action, Mr. Ross moved in amend- blame. There were fear more Conserve- present from Wimgham, Brussels,
meat that all the words in the main motion ire. troy and iii ate
after the the word "that" be substituted for
the following
"That the extent of the power, if any,
of tbo Provincial Legislature to enaut a
Prohibitory Liquor Law is uncertain and
deubtful. That a case involving the ques-
tion of whether or nut the Legislature has
even limited power of this • character is
now pending before the Supreme Court of
C auada.
"That before attempting to deal with
the questiou of prohrbitiou of the liquor
traffic, the extent of the jurisdiction of
the l'ruvincial Legislature should first be
ascertained by the authority of the judicial
tribunal of last resort in that behalf.
"That to deal with this question of pro-
hibition grow, and while the jurisdiction of
the Legislature is doubtful and uncertaiu,
gonad, in the opinioi'i of this House,
militate against the interests of temper -
mice; anis would practically result fn iudie•
criminate and, uniiceuseil.:tratlic;u liquor.
•`Tbattbt's'llettee 1ia°t;.confidence that
the •Gdveritrnttt will 'itticut; delay take
all iseeeesety and prepex steps to secure
the juclgmeut of the sa4d jtidieial•tribunal been asked to make any contribution to
taste a ctelat. if. any, of'. the lurfsdfetiva of the Reform fund. Among these was John Tendeas will be
the Povitwiial Legislature to enact :a law Cuthbert, who had tnado au affidavit that signed
for the iota Br partial prohibition of the he hied been asked to contribute to Reform till 20th, ��
aquae traffic. 1 k dUp _ --- .. „
i,_ •.L.. ..4in n� n.
tl -r o inion on the matter, the Administration had beeu so successful last There was a large number of Odd -1
A11'
WORLD'S MB ROUTE
\Vill issue tickets from
RPRfL 25th to OCTOBER 3 a st,
good for one month from date of issue,
FOR $1775,
and goad to return
NOVEMBER 15TH,
FOR 518.35.
For full particulars apply to
. J. NICOLL, Agent,
Wixoxnt e.
'WING i AM FOUNDRY
NDRY
JAS. MURRAY & OQ. • # '}
five licensees than Reform licensees in the I riston, dc, !General Gastiug
Province. There had beeu no case in ler. S B. yicKe1vie is getting his
cis
which the fact of a liquor dealer voting woolen twill in shape for work as soon as One Champiot
against the Government had been allowed the season opens. repair, for sale reap,;
to have auy weight against the dealer. Mr. John Brethour was in Wingham �4-.'
("Hoar, hear," said C:ouservativee arena on business, on Monday. Several horses dor sale cheap.1\,
tally.) There might have been oases in __
JAS. M.IIiiItAY & O.
•
which officers bad been too zealous in their 4VII�GHAr11 MARKETS.
duties, but be would say that the Govern-
ment May had always beeu prepared to do full corrected by P. Deans, Produce Dealer.
Flour�por 1001bs, • 8 1 75 to ,
justice. It had been stated that Toronto Falt lyhent per bushel, 68 to
hotel -keepers had been asked to contribute Spring " 68 to
money to campaign funds. This had been
denied at the time and evidence had been Pe tub
adduced which went far to disprove the
truth of the statement. , At any rate it
`would be impossible to prove that the
Government bad auy connivance in the
matter. It was easy to say that there
wore other cases,but why were Lot specific
charges ntsdq? It was in the interests of
the public that there should be no attempt
to prohibit beyond what the Legislature
had the power to prohibit.
Mr. Tait followed. He produced a
statement signed by 148 of these having
licenses in Toronto, denying that they bad
',act to order, ; i '
Si iglu ,Reaper, fa ' flood
•cause he believed manufatcturere k made to pass; prohibitory legislation., The
sed their protection and because present iNfinjster' of Education bleu in the
convinced that : the tune had
the interests of the people of
inion when the burden of tax-
:oulc? be reduced. Mir. McCarthy
an hour to the tariff question.
a mere matter of business, lie'
rtiId not .one 'over whtelr `there
ftI8't0 passiiCil` or fiirstI
Ex 1873 they lied decided to ab
buying in tliecheapestmarkett
e irtorderythat darradians ttidus-
:ightbe entourfiged.' 'The gttestion'
elecided'was Whether this self.
continued king enough. He
to the combines and trusts as
that the consumers of the
or their own protection should
oe the tariff. His argument
in favor of it revenue, with his
oft in favor of free entry to
added.
e, cheering which followed Mr.
Acnes; of tatnnifaotht bad bubesittted t rest.
lufiiou to favor of prohibition -n resolutfatt -
w,liieli tial carried. The Minister of Fin-
ance questioned -whether the +country was.
riiie for prohibition. Sir Oliver Mowria't1
luta made aro such vtcillattiug ,statement,
Ile .ethi anudetuii Pcile4ad-oi;,t >; 1rei ie
ebieLegi lr tuce-efeal+t leO fly°•prass:.wann
hibitien Meagare, he; would be in favor of
it. .fie would not indorse Mr. Marter's
bill, but when he could; Ito the whole way
he would do ao. ;S Tr. Balfour then indul-
ged in a comparison betweeti the astiou of pro ,
the dominion and the Ontario party feed second 11160 this day six months." I been made that advanced temperance men „de. �'or tiiusnrtitititt awl
ers, much, of course, to the disadvantage of
Dir. Wood, of kirtatiur;a, after recess, did not want a plobiaeite. Up to the and ll A,in s':,r,„ the Government at Ottawa. When the at-chaimed that the Government was shirk-,, of April 8, 1382 petitions had boon presented 42.0.. I,'ny, tile conrstrnctiont of
tertian of the Ontario Government had
lug the questiou. i t was nonsense to say to the Legislature from BhurBltes, town; the ♦v�tolitst�oAlt;.
boon colied to the fact of the local optic" that there would lie as stanch drinking altips, Bounty, town, and city cottucila, a++.d{
Piens and speeifleations Ban be seen at
louses not being in the D unicipal Acu. prohibition of the rota' trade as fraternal soafotiea all over the Province,
i the residence of the undersigned. The
On Tuesday, to t
Dir. Meredith, after some of the other : that the Province ardently wanted 'temper. Is. XACIION. l,L'U, 1HE• D.,
members lead spoken, followed. Ile dealt 1 once reform. Toronto, by lowering• the Wingbani, Ont. 9
with the arguments oftiieprovlousspeakers' number of licenses, had also showed this, Wingham, April 27, 1893,
Oats,
Barley
Peas,
Sutter, u
do Rolls,
Eggs per dom.
Wood per cord,
(lay per ton,
Potatoes,
Dressed Betas
20 to
3o to
55 to
16 to
16 to
0 to
1 76 to
6 00 to
48 to
6 60 to
F.
2 00
04
60
30
34
55
16
16
9
2 00
7 00
50
6 75
The public are hereby .'manned against giving
credit to Roso ioro ptelie on my account, as i Will
not bo responsible for at debts he may contract,
he having' lefthome. ALEX.2lolil3T.
Culross May 1st, �° 3•
TEM S
AHED
received by the under-
,
funds. 8 , cls
"That tvheu.it shal he adjudged by said
G ibunat that tho' Legislature has
'Which statement was true? Had
Mr. Meredith gone to Cuthbert and asked
"official ` r him to make an affidavit to the effect
any power to enact such' is law, this Hoene spoken of ? Was it wrong to be supported 1 p
will be prepared to neusfdee and Guide by liquor men? 'Who was Mr, Meredith ��� �OC 6 S o eS
urs in that. behalf which
supported ,octad by if not by Sohn Carling, a 111��� Bii �1
upon any meas 11
may be brought before it. ? well-known liquor roan ? The majority of in the
C;saWa,t71'er It tYtnCr95 reasons We, House,the liquor rneu in London were and always
p tjlnl t_ iapuostion„oj tkt�r }arc•. have been supporters of Mr. Meredith. �� agrtgp ltt6^ I IA , ®��.
l 'bitiow of the liquor traffic by the Pro- Mr,
for
xi Maxtor had assurer! the House that
vincialLegislature should not be further this was not a poliotical issue. Everybody
dealt with this session, except to make knew that it was. It lead been made one
and enact all necessary provisions for at Ottawa. The royal commission was
receiving a plebiscite ou the question of now touring the country making inquiries
1 ibition and that the bili he read a I regarding; prohibition. The statement heel
Separate tenders will be received :
71st, For tine stone
and. brick
work and plastering.
2nd.:�+'o , the carpenter work,
including the x'ooi alt*
TWO KINDS
G li
RS.
. ,r a _w
wiwo AWAIIE
KIND BUY PROM MSE
City Fruit & Confectionery Store
Because they can get goods that are
right and up to the times.
ANOTHER KIIT
c under -
the classes were promptly, of inserted, 1 lowest or any tender est necessarily
Doubt arose as to the power tnutiieipal • i there is now. 1 What dict Dir, Water think of his state- g
d tl debate was resumed `tient after that? These petitions showed i aecopted
ities to pass prohibitory by-laws, and the
epeeeh had subsided the cases bad been carried to the Supreme
lotion was moved by A. A. Court. isueh a result would have followed
led by James McMaster: the passing of the bill of the member for
ARE
' PAST ASLEEP
But they are waking up to the feet that
I can give thotn goods that will
please them. I+'ul l linos of
Fruits, Oysters,Confeotionery,&c
APPLES BY THE BARREL.
Agent for' Barker's Dye Works,
Canned goods of every description al-
ways on hand and toy prices are as lost+
as the lowest.
1 ontforget the place, opposite the hew
Bank of Hamilton.
,dBT8 HILL.
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