The Huron Expositor, 1872-08-16, Page 4NEW qADVERTISEMENTS.
Business Change,—John Logan.
To- Smokers, ---Logan. & Jameson.
Hardware Received, ---W. Robertson&Co.
Property for Sale,—Hiram Blanchard.
Lot for Sale, ---John -Downey.
Farm for Sale,—Thomas Talbot.
Farm for Sala—Hugh Mustard.
Estray Cow,—George Walker.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1872.
In Distress.
The supporters of the Dominion
!
Government in the North and
South Ridings of Huron are in dis-
tress. They see defeat staring them
in the face, and are determined to
make one last effort to ward off the
inevitable. They have made an ap-
peal to their leader and chief to
come to their aid, and he has gracious-
ly complied, Accordingly Sir John
A. Macdonald, accompanied by Hon.
William McDougall, will visit Clin-
ton on Saturday next, and will pro-
ceed to enlighten the electors of
Huron on ,the Proton Outrage, the
Ontario Coalition, and the "speak
now" spitoon document. There is
to be a grand procession, and a
grand feast, and last of all, a, grand
blow-out ageinst George -Brown and
the Grits. It will all be of no avail,
however, the edict has gone forth.
The fates of the Government candi-
datei for North and South Huron
are sealed, and Sir John's eloquence,
or the Hon. William's hypocritical
bombast willnot save them. No, even
though Sir John should sow broad-
cast through the Ridings the secret
service money, of which he refused
to give an account when asked by
by the Public Account s Committee,
, it will avail nothing. The electors
. of Huron are an intelligent, reading
people. They think for themselves,
and they know that Sir John has ap-
propriated to himself the entire con-
' trol of $30,000,000 and the pro-
ceeds of 50,000,000 acres of land,
• and they are determined; so far as
lies in their •power, to punish him
for his barefaced disregatd for the
rights and feeliegs of those to .whont
he ought to be accbuntable. By the
way, would it not be well for.our
Government -loving friends, and stor-
, shipers at the shrine of Sir John, to
borrow from Mr. Rynial his diagram
• of the Centre Rid;ng of Huron, and
have it attached to a flagstaff and
carried like a banner in front of the
• procession on Saturday, and aftet-
wards suspended over the platform,
in a convenient position for Sir John
to refer to occasionally when deliver-
ing his addressWe throw out
this hint for the benefit of the Com-
mittee of Management, and have no
doubt but it will be acted upon.
The Elections in Huron.
The election in North Huron
takes place on Monday next, and
in South and Centre Huron on the
following Friday. • Remember there
is only one day, and we would sug-
gest to our friends to bear in mind
that one vote polled before twelve
is worth two after. Let every- elect_
or, therefore, who is dissatisfied
with the course pqrsued by the Dom-
inion Government for the past five
years, see to it that he repairs to the
polls early on the moinings of the
above days, and reeords his vote for
Messrs. Somerville, 'Horton' and
Cameron. If 41 such do this, there
is not the slightest doubt but Huron
will send three representative' s to
Parliament who will never vote to
allow members of that Parliament to
becorae Government contractors, and
thus Vote the hard_ earned money
of the people into their own pockets.
Be it remembered that, during the
last sessitha, the Government which
Messis. Farrow and Greenway will
support, if they be Sent to Parlia-
ment, framed and carried into la.w
a measure allowing Parliamentary
Representatives, and even members
of Government, to become contract-
• ors for Government works, :thereby'
enabling them to secure ii contract
of which they themselves have the
lettine. The people would not al-
' low their township councillors to do
this, and surely, they cannot place
more confidence in the members of
Government and Parliamentary rep-
resentatives who are entire strangers
to them, than they can in their town -
hip councillors, who are theirn eigh-
bors. • If the electors are not pre-
pared to do so, they thould vote for
Messrs. Somerville and Cameron
who will oppose all such corrupt
measures.
American Politics.
As the cooler weather approaches
the electionexcitement over the bor-
• der intensifies, and the politicians
• become more active and zealous in
• their efforts. In some of the States
• the elections for State officers take
place before the Presidential elec-
tion, while in others, the State of-
• ficers are chosen simultaneously with
the national officials. The elections
in the various States, -which occur
before the ge� eral Presidential elec-
tion, are loo ed to as signs of the
Political &ells g of the country and
as indicative if the character of the
ultimatever ict. Last week the
State of Not Carolina elected a
Governor. he contest was very
close, and Ca dwell, the Republican,
or Grant candidate, 'was elected by
a, very small uajority, his opponent
claiming the ult was obtained by
intimidation nd unfair, means. This
electioa, alth ugh apparently a de-
feat, was an actual •victory for the
Greeley part , as they obtained a
much larger vote than. Was ex-
pected. Th next election is in
Maine, and ill be a better test of
the prospects of the opposing candid-
ates than tha in North Caiolinat as
there is no n gro-vote or lately -re-
constructed c tizens to distract the
issue. The ost prominent speak-
ers and polit clans in both parties
are hard at ork canvassing and
stumping tha State, and the eyes
of the Wh01r country are turned
toward it. ,1 eine usually goes Re-
publican, and f the Democrats carry
it this time, reeley's chances 'may
be regarded a very good indeed.
Con re Huron.
The hearty eception with which
Mr. Horton h s met from the elect
ors of Grey, ullet and McKillop,
is convincing proof thrtt he will be
elected by a arger majority than
has been accoided to any ca.ndidate
thus far in On aria. Notwithstand-
ing the fact, th t at each of the meet-
ings held, Mr. Whitehead could find
scarcely a sin le supporter, he still
persists in re aining in the field.,
He travels alo e, without a solitarr,
soul to help lim or back- him up.
He makes no personal canvass, or-
ganizes no com • ittees, has no friends
or supporters, and, strange to say,
notwithstandie all this, he stoutly
professes to be ieve that he will be
elected. His nith must be strong,
and his persev ranee is deserving of
a reward, if it were only exercised
in behalf of a better cause. His
plaintive tale is i•epeated at every
meeting, and le Su,bmits to the at-
tacks and reb ffs 'of his opponents
witha patience and endurance Which
rival the forti ude of Job. If he
stands it Out t ntil election dey, he
will certainly be entitled to, and
have well earn d the distinction of
being knoWn a the thickest -skinned
man in Americ
3.4
The London,
. : R
A few week
the people alon
of the London,
were i
ing demented o
ed by the Lon
tors, recommen
ern Board_ to
Route, we stat
tion was passed
V or consent.°
Railway Board
that the state
made was pe
Friday last, a s
Morris Tewnsh
for the purpose
law to the rate
S'hip granting a
the said road,
could be furni
that. the Grea
Com pa ny had
road, and had
solution passed
selecting the -
Churcher, Seer
Board, attende
could not pro&
dence' to show
ern Board had
agree, to buil
Central Route.
Western have
build the • roe'
Churcher admi
action had yet
Great Western
it was not yet
Company. woul
struction of the
not be known r
ing of the Engli
place in Octoter. •Why then all
getting By-laws sub-
is- known whether
built at all or pot?
ople think that 'If
•esn By-laws passed
along the 'Central
erate soMewhat to
11
Huron and Bruce
ilvtay, -
ago, when some of
the Central route
• Huron and Brtice
danger of beton-t-
er a resolution pass -
on Board of Direc-
ing the Great West -
adopt the Central
d that that .rdsolte-
without the authoris
the Great. Western
It now turns out
ent which we then
ectly correct. On
.ecial meeting of the
p Council was held
or liubmittihg_a By-
ayers of :that town -
berms of $10,000 .to
f satisfactory proof
hed to the Council
Western Railway
greed to build the
so agreed to. the ie -
the London Board
entral Route. Mr.
tary-of: the London
the meeting, but
ce one tittle of evi-
hat -the Great West-
gre'ed, or ever would
. the ,-road by the
• In fact, the Great
not yet agreed to
• at alli . and Mr.
ted that no definite
been taken by the
ompany, and that
now]] whether that,
undertake the con -
road, and it would
ntil after the meet -
h Board_which takes
this hurry ebout
mitted,, before i
the road can be
The London p
they can get t
by municipalitie
Route, it may o
influence the Great Western Com-
pany to choose tb tt route. They
will not have to live' long, however,
to find out ti eir mistake. • The
Councils are not so foolish as to put
their municipal' ies to expense by
submitting a By law to raise money
which may neve • be required, • and
the Great Wes ern Railway Com-
pany now know that the required
money can be ra ed along the East-
ern Route as re dily as along the
Central. They 150 know, and have
facts and figures before them which
cannot be disp ted, to prove that
the Eastern Rou e is shorter, easier
of construction, and Will yield at f
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
least one-fourth more traffic than the
other. In view of these facts, WAS
say now, as we have frequently said
before, that the Great Western
Railway Conapitny' will not be fool-
ish enough to overlook these ad-
vantages, merely to gratify the fool-
ish spite of a few of the people of
London who have gained seats at
the Directors' Board of the London,
Huron and Bruce Railway, The
action taken by the Morris Ceuncil
will be shown by the following re-
solution which was passed:
"Resolved, That this Council will sub-
mit a by-law granting aid to the London,
Huron and 3ruce Railway Company to
the amount of $10,000, provided that
• proof be shown to the satisfaction of the
Morris Council that the Great .Western
Railway Company well build and work
the road, -and . that the line has 'been lo-
cated by Clinton and. Blyth, through the
township of Morris to Wingham, and that
the Great Western has approved of said
location."
Our friends in, Morris have not
the •slightest cause for alarm. If
they are not asked for a bonus until
the conditians of the above resolu-
tion are conplied with, the present
Council ani the 'present ratepayers
will long have "passed to that
bourne from which no traveler re-
turns."
t
°• Sir John at Clinton.'
Sir. John A. gacdonald, accom-
panied by Hon. William McDoug-
all will visit Clinton. on Saturday
next. Sir John will arrive at Olin-
, i
ton station from tGoderich at 10 o'-
clock A. m., when a procession will
be formed to accernpany him to the
village. At 12 o'clock, 'lunch will
be served in the town hall, and at 2,
addresses will be delivered. We
believe that Sir John will proceed
to South Brace from Clinton, where
it is eumored he is to be nominated
in Efurdon s place, to _contest that
constituency with Mr. Blake.
ass,
Elect° s of Centre Huron.
g lost, and that danger
' There is cnly one danger.of Centre
Huron ben
arises for over-sesurity and indiffer-
ence. • Mr. Horton's friends should
rouse themselves and see to it that
not ou.e single vote -is left unpolled.
If they do rot do this, Mr. Horton
may be defeated. Stronger Reform
constituencies than. Centre Huron
have been lost before now through
inactivity. We wOuld therefore urge
upon the Reformers of the Riding
to turn out to a man and record
their votes. •1
NORTH -HURON
NOMINATION.
The nomination:of candidates for the
North Riding of Huron took place at
Winghain on Monday last. Notwith-
• standing the busy season of the year, the
attendance of electors was very large.
• There muzt have been on the ground, at
the opening ofthe immivation, at least
from nine hund.red te a thousand people.
• The hustings wr...s erecteci on an emi-
nence on the uorth1 side of the village.
hour, the Ret rning facer, W. T. Hays,
Punctually at one o' lock, the appointed
Esq., Registr r of the Riding, called the
meeting to or er, after which the procla-
mations orde ing the nomination, etc..,
were read by the DOuty Returning Of-
ficer, Dr. T wler, • of Winghatn. The
following no inations were then made.:
Dr. Holme, Reeve of Morris, nomi-
nated, and M .. Jamet johnston, of West
Wawanosh, s conded, Mr. Thomas Far-
row, of Bluevale. .
. ltir. R. 01 ndenning,I of Dungannon,
. nominated, an Mr. ReBriggs, of Howick,
seconded, M James Somerville, of
Lucknovr.
• Messrs. Jo n Leckie,, of Ainleyville,
A. L. 0 ibeon, ncf Wroxeter, and others,
were then no • ' ated4 •
After the n lineations' were made, it
was agreed i . t the time allowed fur
speaking. tee t e candidates, be limited to
one hour, and to the' movers and second-
ers, ten min tes, It was also agreed
that all those' roposed should withdraw
• without addr:ssing the electors, with the
exception of t e real candidates, Messrs.
Farrow and 8 merville. •
After- the gal tiLe elapsed without
any further nominations being made, the
Returning 0 ° cer unelared the nomina-
tions closed, nd calle'red upon the movers
and seconder of M ssrs. Farrow 'and
Somerville to 1 ddress the meeting.
Dr. Holum , as Mr. FarrOw's mover,
'said he wish d to state his reasons for
• nominating a d supporting Mi. Farrow.
He did not su eport him because he con-
sidered him he most able, the more
learned or th most honest man of the
two, but he upported him because of
the political p inciples he professed. But
while he said his, he must not overlook
the I fact that he wks a gentleman of
ability, and. in every way well qualified
for the pesitio i to which he aspired As
regards Mr. S•merville, he did not know
much about 13.' , but, frora 'what he had
• seen of him, h' was exceedingly well im-
pressed with him, and he thought that
he was well tualified to honorably fill
the position t • which he aspired. But
this was not t e question. The question
for the electo e to consider is what are
the political p mciples professed by these
two parties,— hich of them will support
John A. Mac lonaldti Governnient and
'which of them will gine his support to
Messrs. Blake and Mackenzie, 'and thus
ernment whi h had. accomplished. so
do all he con]. to ter down that Gov -
much good fo this country. This was
the question • be considered by the
electors, and he trusted they would
give it due co sideratien. He believed,
if they would do so, that they would
elect Mr. Fa ow, whe would support
this Governm t, by an overwhelming
majority. Th doctor then went on to
give his reason why the electors should
vote for a su • porter Of the Government
in preference an opponent. He also
attacked Mr. Somerville' for some re-
marks which i e had made at previous
meetings. .
Mr. Johnstoe supported Mr. Farrow
or three reas ans : Because he was an
-
intelligent man and educated man,—be-
cause he would. support the Government
of John A. Macdonald, and because lie
'woald oppose Means. Blake and Mac-
kenzie. He thought the Dominion Gov-
ernment bad. carried on the affairs of he
country economically, and, that t ey
should be supported. He also condemn-
ed th.e conduct of Messrs. Blake and
Mackenzie since they took control of the
Govermnent a Ontario. _
Mr. Clendenning, as proposer of Mr.
Somerville, said he was no political
speaker, and consequently he would not
touch upon any of the public questions
of the day. He would assure them, how-
ever, that he- had proposed a gentleraan
who was a political speaker, and a good
one too, and who would when he rose to
address them, prove that he was able to
discuss public questions fairly and intel-
ligently. He had known Mr. Somerville
for many years, and he could recommend
him to them as an honest man and a matri
of his word, —a man who was unpurchase-
able, and who, if elected, as he knew he
would be. would do both himself and
them credit. If he told them that he
would vote and work against tJohn A,
they might rely upon it that he (would do
Mr. Briggsin seconding Mr. Somer-
ville, said he felt convinced that his can-
didate was as intelligent and as eligible
for the position to wc'hich he aspired, and.
to which he trusted and believed he
would be elected, as Mr. Farrow. AE
regards his talents they were at least
equal, and. - as to his 'polities they were
much better. The speaker went on at
considerable length to show the misman-
agement and extravagance which char-
acterized the reign of the present Gov-
ernment. Resold we were not governed.
by Sir John Macdonald, , but by Sir
George E. Cartier, who held Sir John
under his thumb and made him do his
bidding. - Ile concluded an excellent
speech by urging upon hia hearers to re-
cord their votes against those who had
perpetrated the gross acts- of corruption
which he had mentioned. •I • -
Mr. Thomas Farrow next came for-
ward and was received with cheers by
his friends. He commenced by stating
that he had. for some days been much in
disposed, and on that account would not
perhaps be able to enter so fully into
• the discussion of public queetion.s as he
otherwise would. He stood before them
as the nominee of the Conservative party
-of North Huron. He had not sought
thia pesitien, but it was accorded to him
unanimously by the party, and he felt it
a duty he owed to his country as well as
to hi.aparty to accept -the proffered honor.
Tu laying before them the lents of the
present Govern.ment, he wont& confine
himself principally to the last five years.
In 1864, when the • Coalition which
brought about the act of Confederation
of the Coloniee was formed, partyisin
had got so rife that it was impossible to
carry on the affairs uf the country longer
without some change. Both parties were
so nearly balanced that a dead lock was
occasioned. Besides this, the two sec-
tions of the country were up in arms
against each other, and standing ready,
as it were, to grasp each other by the
throat. It was generally admitted by
the leading men of the country that some-
thing must be done to remedy this state
of. affairs. Aceordingly John A. Mac-
donald. and George Brown approached
each other and one said to the other:
"I you submit and 'bury the past I'll
do the same, and we'll both unite and
t
Work together, to deyise 430 e scheme
whereby the questions in dis ute by the
contending sections of the country may
be , amicably settled."' TheY did bury
the past, and they both set th work
unitedly, formed a Government, and
that Government brought forth the
cheme of Confederating the Provinces.
He said. that George Brown and John A.
n thut acting, acted the part of states-
men. They agreed between themselves
hat neither should leave the Government
until their seheme was carried out to
ompletion. He was glad when this
•grecinent was entered into, and the
ountry was glad. But how did George
Brown carry out his part of the agree-
ment ? When he found that he could
ot rule in the Governm.ent,—when he
ound that he would not be allowed to be
he dictator in chief, and when he found
hat there nrere others in the Govern-
ment who had minds of their own, and
would not allow him to have things all
iis own way,' he left it in a pet, long be;
ore the everk for the carrying out of
which the Government was formed was
ompleted. . He not only left the Gov-
rnment in a pet, however, but he im-
mediately commenced to violently assail
hem, anddid all in his power to tear
own What he had been building up.
ohn A., however, paid no heed th the
malicious assaults of his former colleague,
ut continued on in the good work, de -
ermined to remain firm to it until it was
ompleted. In 1867 when the great work
f confederation was com.pleted, so
ar as the four provinces - which
t first •composed. the Union were
oncerned, Sir John was again charg-
d with the formation of a govern-
ent. He did.'forin a government which
vas neither Conservative nor Reform, as
t was composed of leading men feom
oth political pariies. But George Brown
as not in it, and he put forth all his
xertions to destroy it. To do this he
gain took up the old dead cries- whicli
e had. buried when he coalesced with
ohn A., aid entered into battle with
hese as his weapons. It would not
ork. The country came to see that he
as only working for personal aggrandize-
ent, and. it refuted to back him. Sir
ohn A. and his Government were
ustained at the polls, and. have
ontinued until the present time to
on.duct the affairs of the country for the
est interests of the country. It was the
cts of this Government for the past five
ears which he now stood up to defend,
ud which his opponent, Mr, Somerville,
ondemned.. The first •charge against
iat 'Government was that they had vio-
ted the constitution of the country.
his.he denied. • At the time the Gov-
rnment was formed there were four
rovinces in the union, but one of these,
ova Scotia, was not satisfied withtthe
rms. The Government looked into the
atter and found that the people in that
rovince had not got their rights. These
ova Scotians were not bribed as had
en said. They only asked. for their
ghts, and the Government only gave
mil what was their just due.
ova Scotia was the keystone to the
onfederation edifice'and we could not
ave done without her, andeconsequent-
the Government had no other alterna-
ve than to accede to het demands, and.
e cry about breaking the Constitution
• giving to Nova Scotia an additional
bsidy was mere clap -trap. John A.
as a good constitutional lawyer, and he
ew what he was doing. Betides his
_
course has been backed up by the highest
legal authority in the land. The laveof-
ficers of the Crown had declared that
the Government had authority to grant
this increased indemnity to Nova Scotia,
and if they bad authority they did not
• break the constitution. By the wise
course pursued. by John A. and his Gov-
• ernment the Province of Nova Scotia
was pacified, and was now a quiet and
harmonious worker in the union. But
if the Opposition had had their way the
province would still be in opposition.
ot content with having four provinces
in the union, the Government wanted to
extend our borders. They bought the
large and fertile territory known as the
Netth West, and. paid for it a much less
sum than even George Brown himself
had declared it to be worth. The Gov-
ernment th.en surveyed this territory,
and it was now being rapidly filled up
with settlers not only from .this country
but from the United States.' But there
was yet another country which wanted
to get in with us. British Columbia
sought admittance, and Britain wanted
us to take her in. • The United States
were anxious to get possession of that
province, and had agents busily sowing
the seeds of discord. and discontent with
their position, throughout the country,
and. if our Government had not acted.
promptly and shrewdly that fine prov.
ince with all her mineral wealth -would
to -day be part and parcel of the great
Republic instead of the Dominion of Ca-
nada. The speaker then went on to jus-
tify, the terms upon which British Co-
lumbia had been admitted into the union,
and fully endorsed the Governnaent plan
of constructing the Canada Pacific Rail-
way. He also strongly approved of the
conduct of the Government in giving lu-
• crative employment to members of Par-
liament who support and vote for them,
and quoted British precedent in support
of this_ He thought it proper that
members of Government and Parliament
should be allowed to hold contracts on
the Canadian Pacific •Railway, ai4
thought it would be detremental to the'
interests of the country not to allow them
to do to. With regard. to giving Mani-
toba and British Columbia a greater re-
presentation than the other Provinces
in the Dominion, he said, that this was
the inducement which .had. to be held
out to these Provinces to induce them to
join the union, and that it was better to
gratify this demand made by them than
to allow them to fall iuto the hands of
the United States, which. has long been
most anxious to gain possession of these
territories. Besides this, Manitoba is
rapidly Mere -ming in population, and be-
fore ten years their representation will
not be • greater in proportion to
the population than that of On-
tario.These young Provinces are now
much, weaker than. •Ontario, and
the G-overnment had to encourage therm
just as a parent would feel bound to en-
courage the weaker and :younger mem-
bers of his. family. The Government
did encourage them, and through elle
encouragement have them now working
harmoniously in the Dominion. Mr.
Farrow spoke of the rapid progress the
country had made during the past five
years, the present prosperitythe good
financial position of the country, and the
large increase in the imports and. experts.
He also contraSted the publia- debt of
this country with that of the United
States, and stated thee in the latter
country the tax was $10 per head, where-
as in Ontario' it 'only amounted to about
three and a half. And for the public
debt we had. something substantial in
the shape of railways, canals and other
public improvements. He also highly
eulogised the abilities of. Sir Francis
Hincks as a financier, and spoke par-
ticularly approvingly of his measure for
abolishing American silver, and bis
banking and currency schemes. In con-
clusion he indulged in some severe stric-
tures upon the past conduct of Hon.
George Brown, also of the conduct of
Messrs. Make and Mackenzie since they
obtained power in Ontario, not omitting
the Proton outrage. He felt convinced,
from the past conduct of these gentlemen,
that their sole object was power; but he
hoped it 'would be •a long time before
their ambition in this way would. be
granted, and thought it would be a bad
day for Canada if John A. should be dis-
placed to make room for Blake and Mac-
kenzie: •
• Mr. Somereille on coming forward. was
received with loud cheers. He said he
would not waste time firing at such
small game as 1VMSST43. Holnies and John-
ston, but would proceed to deal at once
with the statements advanced by Mr.
Farrow. . The Conservatives appeared to
• be ashamed of that name a.nd. claimed to
be the party of Union and Progress. He
showed that George Brown went into the
• Cabinet for a specific purpose and not as
Mr. Farrow said till confederation was
completed. The lower provinces had got
better terms than Ontario in the first in-
stance and had, therefore, no right to
complain or to ask for more. He denied_
that George Brown had left the Cabinet
in a pet but hacl done so on principle,
and it had since turned out that he was
right. John A. had refused to give
Nova Scotia the constitutional rights to
which she was entitled, and when she
sent a petition to the Queen asking to be
allowed to leave the cinifederation and it
had been referred. to our Parliament, -
John A. refused to notice it, while the
'opposition adopted the true policy of
conciliation and proposed to refer the
matter to a committee. Joseph Howe was
doing eine could in favor of annexation,
• but when Sir Sohn A. visited the lower
• provinces he saw what was wrong.
Howe was thirsty for Pelf and. power,
and, when he was taken into the Cabinet
the wrongs of Nova Scotia speedily dia.
appeared. • He showed that it was a di-
- recti violation of the confederation act to
give an increased subsidy to Nova Scotia.
Ontario Ihad rights as well as the other
provinces; which should be respected.
• Seventy-five out of eighty-two- members
in the Ontario House- had sent a petition
to the Queen protesting against any
change in the confederation act, and a
despatch which Mr. Farrow had read,
• was in reply to that, not to any, thing the
Dominion House had done. He referred
to the fact that •Ontario was opposed. to
' the course of Sir John A.'s Governinent.
Already seven constituencies which sup-
ported him in the last Parliament had
• elected opposition men, and the principle
of allowing a salaried officer to sit in
ParFament had been condemned. in Nor-
folk where Walsh had been defeated. He
pointed out the evil effect of the policy
of the Government with reference -to the
North West. He showed that it was a
violation of the confederation aot, to give
British Columbia and Manitoba such a
large representation. The act provided.
for the pelmission of these Provinces, and
representation by bopulation was laid.
down as the - basis of representa-
AUdi.18? 16, 1872.
tion, yet they had been given more
than they were entitled. to. Because they
were likely to progress rapidly 'Nhtli no
reason, for Ontario was also progressing
rapidly and would be entitled to a larger
represents -glen in ten years., which ac.
•aseding to their system of reasoning
should- be given 'her now. The truth
was that Sir John had made Manitoba a
very little Province, with a very large
representation, and he would make other
little Provinces with an unduly large re --
presentation, in order, as he had express-
ed it, to grind Ontario down, and keep
• himself in power. The party Mr. Far-
row supported called. themselves the
"Party of Progress." He would re-
commend them to drop the last syllable
and assume the name which was most
appropriate "the .party of prog." Mr.
arrow had claimed that unityand.peace
prevailed throughout the country. The
other Provinces were united to pick the
fat purse of Ontario. He showed up the
corruption -which would arise from let.
ting the Pacific Railway oontractors zit
in Parliament. Contractors were not
allowed to .sit in Township Councils, and
why should they in Parliament ?--Efe
pointed out that one of the great lames
at stake in the present -contest was the
principle of expending the people's
money without consulting their represen-
tatives. • He called unon the electors to
record the sanie verdict as they did last
year. Such a power had never- been, as--
sumed by any government In Britain and
-would not be ,allowed. He shavved the
building of the Pacifie Railway would in-
volve us largely in debt. He then went
on to show that the country was not in
such ar good state ‘financially as Mr. Far.
row had endeavored to •make out. He
denied the slanders uttered by Mr. Far-
row against George iirrown. Ile referred
to the charges brought against the On-
tario 41•4vernmenC and said they were
not now on trial. Mr. Farrow had -stat-
ed what was not correct with reference
to the public debe. It had increased in the
last three years over $5,000,000. A large
deficiency WAS shown by the acernmts of
last year. He referred to a number of
charges brought against himself personal-
ly and showed their faleity. He was are
loyal as Mr. Farrow, though he had
been , accused of disloyalty. Goldwm
Smith whom, Mr. Farrow. had quoted was
an annexationist and a man who would
write anything you wished if paid for it
Those very men who accused Reformers
of disloyalty were the last who should do
so. - Cartier, McDougall; Galt, Rose and
other e whb had been taken into the con..
fidence*of Sir John had all been rebels.
After referring to some other personal
matters he concluded by leaving the
matter with the electors to judge be-
tween the candidates and the interests
involved.
• After the conclusion •of Mr. Somer-
ville's speech, three cheers were given
for the Queen, three for the Returning
Officer,' and three for the candidates,
when the assemblage dispersed. The
proceeding's were conducted throughout
a most orderly manner, and every
justice and a good. hearing accorde to all
the speakers. •
The On tano Elections.
Brockville, Buell. . 1310-.14
Carleton, .. 0 0 1
Dunclas, Gibson , 1 0 0
Essex, O'Connor. 0 1 0
Frontenac, Kirkpatrick 0 1 0
Grenville, S. R., Brouse.... .. 1. 0 0
Grey S. It Landerkin I 0 0
Hamilton, Chisholm... . 0 I
" Witton........ .. 0 I 0
Hastings, N. IL, Bowell-0 I 0
Hastings, W. R.,, Bro'wn. 0 I 0
Kenn Stepbensot, 0 I 0
Kingston, Sir J. A. Macdonald._ 0 I 0
Lanark, S. R, Haggart„...... 0 I 0
Lanark, Ne R., Galbraith.— .. 1 0 0
Leeds and Grenville, N. R.,
Jones. . . 0 0 1
Lennox, Carbwright........... 1 0 0
Lincoln, Merritt. ... 0 1 0
London, „ ........ 0 1 0
Niagara; Morrison.. ......... 0 1 0
Norfolk, Charlton, 1 0 0
Northumberland, W. R, Cock-
burn , . 0 1 0
Ontario, S: Gibbs.........- . 0 1 0
Ottawa, 0 I 0
0 I 0
Peel, Smith 1 0 0
Peterboro', E R, Grover.- ... 0 0
Prescott, -Hagar. ... .... I 10 0
Russell, Grant....................0 I. 0
Sinicoe, S. R Little. .„ 0 1 0
Sinicom N. Cook... et ....a.. 1 0 0
Storniont, ArchibahlI :0 0
Waterloo, Ne R., Bowman I 0 0
Welland, Street. 0
Wellington; N. R. Iligintotham. 1 0 0
Wellington., C. Ross. t , 1 0 0
York, N. R., Dodge... . - 0 0 1
• 14 20 3
0., Opposition, M., Ministerial,
Independent. •
- • aa sat
PRICE OF ME2iT IN BRITAIN. --
The high price of butcher's meat
continues to excite great attention
and discussion in England.. The
main complaint seems to come from
the country butchers, who in many
cases have ceased to purehase on ac-
count of the extortions of the hold.
ers of stock. Women's meetings to
consider the subject are frequently
held. One at the Town Hall at
Chowbent (Lancashire) unanimous-
ly voted neither to touch nor taste
meat until it should be reduced to
7d; per pound. A pathetic speech
was made by one woman who said
she had never been without meat
for Sunday's dinner for 29 years un-
til ithe previous Sunday. The butch-
ers have resolved in several places
to close their shops for fourteen.
days.
The prohibition to wear full
beards beyond. a certain length in
the Austrian. army has been revived.
No chin beard will be permitted
which is longer than one inch.
The reception of William John-
ston, M. P. for Belfast, lieland, at
the Cooper Institute, New 'York, by
the Orange Eocieti es of that city
was a grand success. The hall was
crowded. The stage was decorated
with the flags of all nations, the
Union Jack occupying the place of
honor, in compliment to the guest.
A gold!Maltese cross was presented
to Mr.:Johnston,
1
iTpG0UlitSiTca .16,
1R0 1
glom Ally _ Aktsalzwit:1004
• On Monda3r even:
/fleeting of the eieetc,
South Perth, was he
• iSall, Mitchell. HS
addressed the incotii
fted.ford and Trow
telling speech ef oil,
political historyini
duration. He rapi,
le 8te4p1s1byd wwehliicilnt, get:d
II
•
etsubilicoh.n lvevasd ts06cCuOrlelcife.
et di v ateh. e actsHeof poured the Al,
• foonreem,atninomn bienlinloetigixfitf7fitai
,,,
nfpfa oere 8 seot:aftinvi IT iml a .t eiwninecielhia)en111n g):
• -with the Intere0V,
331)Itefic
titiish Ralw
CoiluinalIbits ;; 1
Manitoba ; the viol
stitntion in the b
'cove. Scotia; and t
predetioaiitihngattah:ot
such bungling won't
ed,iindsb
Confederation into
atoms. His SI
throughout, and of
Ile was followed. b
Mr. T. Mt, Daly,
candidate in Noi
eharactelized Mr.
iagtilef! as false in _e
and would not even
Rah of the House e
counts which Mr.
proof. He was,
.offenstVe and instil
Wood who, proYok
ure by his swagg
and his absolute --
political history ef
• ergetically denotin
statement as an.
Mod. Thereupo
his place with
his hand, and w.h
Wood, threw dow
seized him by the
hand, while with th
at him several tim
those standing abou
immediately. back and and fell upon
he receiv-ed slight i
head from the fee
rushed npon him.
Owing to the
of the chairman, .5
bell, and the Refo
platform, a tteneral
ed. Mr, Dbaly was
hotel, under the p
chairmen, and the
organized, when M
•effective speech,
a state of intense e
the entire nignt, b
turbance took place
The Port Of
der a
The remarkable
treal as 'a, shippi
-worthy of notice,
any other locality. ti
-except New York
such a,• busy scene
three a day, large
may be seen plowi
the current of the-
renee and greed
piece at 'their
There are forty or
.ships engaged in th
ing the follow=
'weekly liatie to Li
weekly line to Gists
Line weeekly to
Dominion Line
perly's weekly 1
in addition to thes
the Dunkerly Lin
Line, whose ar
• what incomplete,
theie are Allan's
elipper slips, al
'Shipping -Co.'s line
or five of the ban
pers afloat.
large fleet of WO
consisting of ships,
mad one may i
elisions of the
inanded by Mon. r
'r
frrhatticratt
dh:i:
States. Twelve
leave Montreal fr
• chandise for the p
,
Chicago, Clevela
other lake porbs, t
eon hundred torts
gregate trade this
and 'Milwaukee
eighteen thousand
export gram. trad
by the St. IP.W.re
it is said, lucre
per -cent of the e
ported, necessitati
of six additional
Montreal and Ch
pears, therefore,
trade of that vast
opened up, as it
as far as the Roc
find its ontlet by
The Ve,
A vagrants ho
kind in Paris, has
ished. .Vagabonds
an asylum here