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FRIDAY, SEPT, 11TH, 1885,
E. R. REFORM ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeoiug of the East
Riding of Huron Reform Association
for the Dominion will bo held in the
town hall, Bruesols, cn Thursday,
Sept. 24, foe the purpose of electing
of tiers for the ensuing year, and
making arrangements for a conven
tion to select a candidate to contest
the Riding iu the interests of the Re-
form party. It is hoped 'there will be
a good turnout.
THE SOLDIER'S REWARD.
As a reward for their valuable ser-
vices in suppressing the rebellion in
the Northwest, the Canadian volu n-
teers received from the Government
land scrip worth $80 on paper. This
land scrip eppears really to be of very
little value from the fact that the
soldiers are selling their claims at
from $20 to $40, and are glad to get
the latter, although it is the exception
rather than the rule. Many of these
soldiers lost valuable situations
tbiough going to the Northwest, and
are now in absolute want. On the
other hand the government gave Gen.
Middleton $20,000 in cash and a
knighthood; Mr. Caron, Minister of
Militia, got a knighthood, for what it
would be difficult to surmise, and'each
of the clerks in his office got a bonus
of $500. A.t this rate of calculation
the government places a higher esti-
mate of value upon one clerk eating
in the office of the Minister of Milit;a
than it does upon a dozen men fight
ing in the field for their country. The
contrast drawn between the two classes
is too great, and it ispainfully evident
that the soldiers have been shabbily
treated by the government.
THE. SENATE.
In a pointed article on ho iv to re -
reform or aoolish the Senate, the To
route Globe points out how the ob-
ject can be obtained. It says. The
Liberal hnemhe,-s of Parliament a, few
year,' ago resolved that the Senate
should be elected by the people, and
this we presume, is what many desire
who third: that a Senate entirely out
of harmony with the people, and
wholly irresponsible, should not be
tolerated. The means or malting such
change as the people desire must he
found by the people themselves. A.
strong public opinion, unequivocally
expressed at the polls, can reform or
destroy even the Canadian Senate.
At the next general election every
candidate should be required to p'edge
himself to do in this resre,;t what the
constitueneu's thick hest. At present
although the Provincial Legislatures
may change or modify the Provincial
constitutions. the Dominion Parlia-
ment has no power to change the
Dominion Constitution. It would be
necessary, therefore, to ask the Im-
perial Parliament to make such
change as the people of Canada may
desire. A very strong, unegnivo•
oat expression of Canadian public
opinion would not, we may be sure,
be disregarded by such a Parliament
as Great Brit'an will have next year.
Did two -thins or three-fourths et the
members of the House of Commons
demand, the abolition or reformation
of the Senate, we believe it would be
grant( dt, no, matter what resistance
the Senate. itself might be disposed to
make. But is et not humiliating that
the people of Canada cannot them-
selves, change the constitution w' en
they think change necessary 7 The
day, we bone, is not far distant when
The convention of Young Liberal
to be held in Toronto next Tuesda
and Wednesday promises to be
gathering long to be remembsred i
the political history of this country
While the movement has been initi
ated by the young mon connected wit
the Liberal party, and no doubt wil
be controlled by thein, the aged vet
erns are urged to be present and wil
be made welcome as representaS.vos
from their various municipalities. In
-.-71104,4,7.75(':
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s port, sent ane hundred of it to Ottawa
y in the form of Dominion taxes. Every
a man who sold a dozen fat cattle or a
drove of lantbs, sent one third t.f them
in the same direction, One-third of
• all this Dominion produce, more than
- we consumed ourselves, went to the
h treasury at Ottawa. And it will be
w ,rse this year. As a ret alt of the
negligence and incapacity of the Gov-
- Prnment we have lied the Northwest
1 rebellion, and two millions of dollars
more must be raised this year to
for it,—Dr. Sloan, of Blyth, in
S"aforth Expositor.
conectiun with the convention a mass
meeting will be held on the evening of
the 16th. Besides the keen active in-
terest which shouid be manifested by
every citizen in connection with current
political events, and which shall be
the grand impelling force to draw the
Liberals together, cheap railway rates
and the Industrial exhibition which
will then be at its height, will add to
the pleasure of the occasion. Lei
every Liberal personally take a hand
in the demonstration.
JUDGE ,JUBU0, who was appointed
to the Manitoba Bench by Sir John
llacdonai&l, refused to sit in the
Court of Appeal when the Riel ease
came up. He excused his conduct by
saying that he was au old personal
friend and college mate of the half-
breed leader, and that when Riel was
appointed President of the Provisional
Government in 1870- -he was treated
as a personal friend. "In 1873 and
1874," significantly remarks this nom-
inee of Sir John Macdonald, ' lie was
elected three times to the Commons.
I always took an active part in his
election, and may say that I elected
him." this Judge Dubuo thought it
would not be seemly for liar to sit on
a court that had the power to aid in
sending Riel, ms life-long friend, to
the gallows, and he left the hearing of
the appeal to the other Manitobian
judges.
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Tun Marquis of Lorne, our ex -
Governor -General, is favorably im-
pressed with the way we do things in
Canada, and whenever occasion affords
he is not s'ow in letting his 3ountry-
men know it. In a recent address to
the electors of H. mpstead, Eng., in
favor of his candidature, the Marquis
said that his mind had been mucic in
favor of free churches and free schools
by what he saw of them in Canada.
He was in favor of disestablishment,
and making the sale of land. as easy
as the sale of a-1 umbrella. ‘Vith
proper training the Marquis might
make a first elass _Canadian.
THE position ( f Assistant Librar-
ian of the Ontario Legislature, vacat-
ed by the i'esignation of Mr. Watson,
has been filled by the appointment of
E. Holmes, of the Clinton New Era.
The appointment is yell -merited,
and the Government secures an excel-
lent official. lir. Holmes is a man of
literary ability, which, coupled with
other persona; qualifications, eminent
ly fit him fc.r the position, and we
have no doubt be wil fill it with
credit to himself and acceptance to
the Government.
Al. Y. MaLnner, of the Seaforth
Exoositor, is mentioned as the next
member for South Huron in the On-
tario Legislature. Mr. McLean is a
gentleman of sterling qualities and
undoubted ability, and would make
a valuable acquisition to the Govern-
ment side of the House, Should he
consent to become a candidate we
have no hesitation in predicting that
he would be returned by an over-
whelming majority. Consent, Mac.
CURRENT OPINION.
Our candid opinion is that if there
was less "rihtous living" down at Ot-
awa, 81,000 and mileage would keep
ny member in comfort at the Domin•
on capital for six months. Some of
hem keep their families at home for
whole year upon less than that.— t
ierich Sinal.. 1i
Our taxation is very heavy. Every 1
man w110 last year sold three hundred 1(,
",-'•Piq ni ,Ti1eat 4.r other' gr'alii )r, ex- '
in this respect also Canada will possess t
full legislative. powers and perfect
liberty. The right of self government i
cannot be. said to1'exist fully in Can- t
•ada, while tha O inadian people are! a
l)(.0,1Sr18ts tn, relieve themselves by G
i ny act of their own of fitted "ai an
n'I
n•rly lard anaelnromsm" as this irrea-
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HURON'S' YOUNG EDITORS.
pay
the
Goderich Signal.
It may be of interest, in the light
of the attention now directed toward
the ferthuo ring convention of Young
Liberals, to know that a majority of
the editors of Reform papers in the
county of Huron are young men
while none can be called old. In fact
"Young Liberals" are as well repro
sented on the press of this county a
the most jealous Y. L. could desire.
Robert Holmes, cf the Clinton New
Era, is about thirty-three years aline.
He is a practical printer, an advanced
Liberal, and a good type of the enter-
prising and unpurcuaseable county
journalist.
W. H. Kerr, of the Brussels Post,
is perhaps a little under that age, and
at one time studied for the ministry.
He is rather careful in his political
utterances, bort is secretary of the East
Huron Liberals,
Steve Galbraith *of THE WINGHAM
Thins, is a sound Reformer. notwith-
standing his five years' sojourn in
Michigan, and ins connection with
the notorious Vidette. He is not
over thirty. He served hie time at
the case.
George Moir, of the .Exeter Reflect-
or, is hovering about forty, and doubt-
less feels a "young un" yet. He was
a school teacher for many years. He
is celebrated as the ouiy Liberal edi-
tor who wrote and worked for the
liquor party last year. He is a
st.aighr out Grit on every point but
the temperance issue.
M. Y. McLean, of the Seaforth Ex-
positor, is the only Liberal editor in
the county who has 1• aped into the
forties, although he his not gone very
far over the dividing tine. HO is a
Reformer with Conservative instincts,
cautious and steady, and his paper is
a tower of strength to t.,e Liberals iii
South and Centre Huron. Neither
McLean's friends nor his opponents
will call hire an oid man. He is a
t tactical printer.
D. McGillicuddy of the Goderich
Signal, is thirty-five. rte kuows how
to sling type, as well as Trow to sl'ng
iuk, and has stumped in several
counties and ridings on behalf of his
party. He is a i out and out Liberal.
Ile guilds up his health and his bank
acconet •by oecasio:lally traveling on
life insurance business.
Thos. McGillicuddy, of the Signal, is
just thirty, and his college was the
type box He is a Radical in politics
believing among other things in a
democracy, manhood suffrage, and
voting by unmarried women who cou-
fluct business affairs or pay taxes,
and so assume commercial and politi-
cal responsibilities.
' The only editois ou the Tory side
who can be called young men are J.
Mitchell, of tile Goderich Star, who is
about thirty-seven, and F. G. Neelin,
of the Seaforth Sun, who is perhaps
the same age.
It will thus be seen that the Re -
fm in editors of Huron are 'as a class
yoang men, and the fact that the
county sends so many Liberal repre-
sentatives to Parliament is a proof
that the pens of these Young Liber-
als have not been used in vain.
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The Ontario Government offers a
reward of $250 for the arrest of
Chas. Smith, alias. J. Lonny:;, a silver
wash pedlar, who esca1'ed from Con-
stable Jas. Hamilton. Lakelet, County.
of Huron, on July 27, Witco he teas
custody cl arged with rapt-. It wit
remembered that Smith, when at
Clifford, a few days prior to the date
mentioned, followed the little girl a
mile from the village and, it is alleged,
comini'ted an outrage upon her. He
was arrested and committed for trial
the dvidence being very strong, but
suhsegnent y escaped from the con -
stelae who had him 10 charge. The
constable teas placed under arrest and
no stands committed fn. trial,
Wheat in Essex county averages
25 bushels to the acre this season.
In the six weeks ending last Friday
here were 380 deaths from small pox
n Montreal.
T,be British general elections are
xpected to tato place the second week
,i Noveperlleti , V7IN G EL A M
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bargains they are able and willing to give.
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Silk plashes in different shades, the best value in Wingham. Velvets
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Great care has been taken to secure rot simply the most seasonable
and fashionable goods, but such goods as we can place in the hands of
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