The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-07-04, Page 22Yf• .
9 8ALGCSDERIC4 SIGNAL -STAR. rt t1 1R I)A '.',.rlil;.. C', 4, 1974,.;
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BY LOUISE CAMPBELL
AS far tie the Huron Signal
was concerned, .a "Libel &1, vic-
•tory, was inevitable.Each ar-
ticle held the Liberal candidate
in high esteem,. while 'a
degrading write-up on : the op-
postion candidate was hound
• to give the reader a ..distorted
view of the local situation, In
fact the canipa ign . of 189w -
a vie Qus,struggle.on the part of
both 'candidates tg .wrin the con
• .fidence of the voters, -.This "elec-
tion inspired in the populous of
our area an emotional conflict
in .which neighbours and even
relations were not on.Speaking
terms:during the political fight. •
June 1.4, • 1894, a °write-up
--on,. the - Lib.e.r.afi . candidate
,headed the front page of the
S.i;gnal, A,ppare,ntly,: J.T.
Garrow'was,jn God•erich to give
a C'arnpaign speech. He confron-
ted familiar supporters, who
loved "and respected him for .his
ahilitie and "job well done
while its office•,the past four
years. ' .
.' As a• Liberal nominee "he
was, opposed to- a too . tight
'dr'awing •- partisan• lines" •° He
, expressed a view 9f concern -for'
rights, rather ,,,than- being,
pressed tb agree with .Liberal
wills they. were unfavourable
to •t,he people, , Whom "-`tae
represented.. . Hie claimed „,
"politics' should', be a means to
an end, and not the end itself".
Garrow 'reflected, on' his party
leader for a moment: He spoke
of Sir -Oliver' Mowat as s
respectable and honourable
leader, With- Unimpeachable
tegri,ty.: Thies •praise wliS''
• neces°l;itate4 by &idence of his
leadership which had . now
. lasted,. 22.: year; v' thout ' In
terruption,
Ins 'Mowai`s entire °rei•g,n,
there had :never • been ,a. single
rumor' of scandal, and 'Mowat
shad c:ontributed; greatfv.to On.:
ta.r.iO's 'favoa!able -financial
position which now"•maintained
' El total of $6,100,000 I% its
credit. 'Garrow- 'didn't neglect
'nthe fact that=he-»la:imself bad in-
:traduced a` bill. '.to allow
Canada's ni ,ririers to: have'the
right to -vote This was:all•cam-
paign talk in -an all ou,•tattempt "
to gain • more . :.support in his'
•-desir-e'.tca=defeat his atery `radical
oppanint, Co.nnoll ,
:On June' 21, the candidates._
r madenoniirration;, speeches, in.,
• which a vicious battle' proved
more' favorable.. for "Garrow: •
' . As,the first. speaker, 'Garrow,
- W s:given the ,fif:"st;opportunity
to • justify , .his position;. • -and
criticize .: his' opponent's
.behavior. c) -rice amore,. `he'
• •.r.ecalle-cted the excellent
Liberal government of twenty
two years, and he brought` =try
-7 :the 'attention of chis audience.
that. this_ v u ld probably be the
lasttime his, party' leader.
would "he running, -in elec-
tian;,,.dye to hie ripe age: ti .
lµi,e said .that Liberals
„,represent "a length of service,
„good •-governmen.t, freedo:m
, .from. scarrda 1, a high Moraal at;
tribution,9 and thr.istian
character All' legislation had
been reformed • and simplified,
and brought.up to date -in the
interest of the 'people
At,this point hp was ready to'
"stab his oppoSitio>;a,,.:Iike any
good .politician,.. and so stated'
that'Connolly had 'turned 'into,
a'good'i:iberal._-But he'.worried
for 'the good of the people and
noted that Connolly,.wolll'd be
dangerous if ever .given the op°
oto ,,,represent . the
people. After ill, Connolly'c'til'y.
• represented • a, strongly
,protestant 'segment of the far-
' ming population,• and a'mea
ber of his organization had,
rejected all merchants, doctors,
• Iawyers, teachers, and skilled
individuals,
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.The: last..point G'a"how
brought up• was a his- "personal.
appeal to the valuable cause of
prohibition; should' this govern-
ment .,and the Coutts of the
province decide to_.enforce such
a measure.
.Fcillowin• an emotional
respons from "an excited
audiencA the bewildered can
�,c idate for Con'serv'ative
° fotnination toil, the platform,
�u denied .that he yeas any
longer a .devout Conservafive, ,
*nd explai act ,his, 'position as
tin independerit'.patrot ,
the truth 1f the matter was,
in alit 'minds 'Of the Signal
_Otters,' Connolly sawn a slight .
chance of •getting into power,
with the growing support o.( the
farmers
r- he Advocatedfron
his Con.
,servaty.ve ,;notliinttl paaiticirt: '
This ati ire t "Conservative
:segmteftt:iii thetaudience, d a
tiliiing anfident'e' was '•anrefle'c-
" 'ted on the faoet4., of the `'trusty .
Liberals, . , v �.
' t ontrc ily" rationalized •his in'.
'e ndent Stand, expressing his
' personal views which would he
advantggeou3 to this ,area of
West Huron. First of all, were
he= in pOwer,r,he would tax all
capitalists on mtirtgag and
d• '1
1n.vestnients•; _He' • abruptly
stated that he ''disagreed with
'the political fee systern, and
'that it •:•,'houid be abolished"..
e hopes to regain the sup-
-1
port from the towns in his
riding,_ and, said he would give
them as much" satisfaction a,
possible. He attacked':° the
Liberal governments' ackiini if
giving"' a norms, ' to the railway,: $.
H°e tivrnp.athize4 'with our 'arm
without adequate facilities:btfi
ween Gd*derich` and Wi•ngham,
and-,prol� osed facilities and con-
nectionS ' at `Dungannon .0.6 1
Fort Albert Auburn • f •
n and otli fir'
, strategic vantage pouts,
Connolly denounced the
Liberal_ action'of contributing
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° to the World Fair, ,and
-criticized other misdeeds of the
party., tri power. Following this
he 'quickly left' the platform' to
t�v.o.id
questions, but was on-
„.
• •f'a;onted -in tl e aisle" whicbi
'caused confusion. When' he was
asked i:f he was a member of
-the -Protestant, Protective,
(contlntiodp, on page 3A)
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