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Hay for SaIe—Arthur For
Rail; for Sale—W. Scott.
Notice to Contractors—H.
To Farmers—Robert Mc
Dissolution—Latimer & S
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Farms for Sale—John Mc tosh.
Sailor Hats --Smith & Went.
For Manitoba—Thomas Greenway.
• Phoeography—Andrew Calder.
The Great Walk—Hally & Anderson.
House to Bent—George Bloomfield.
• Imparted Horses--MeEwen & Horton.
• Baumann COD cert Company.
Executors' Notice—janaes II. Beeson.
Mill nery—A. G. McDougall & Co.
To ontractors—F. Holmested.
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EAFORTH, APRIL25, 1879.
The On: ario: Elections.
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has been o ldaily announced that
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ntario general election will take
on the 5th of Jane. The no-neina-
will be held on 'Thuesday, 29th of
andthe elections. on the folio -wing
sda,y, june 5. In view of this an -
cement, it behoves our friends in
n to be on the Move. Let the or-
ation be at once perfected, end let
ne stone be left ineturned to retain
•n in the creditablei 't.'
ponion it
now
ies,with three geed and true Reform
sentatives. The _economical and
ious management of. the affairs of
rovince by Mr. Mowat, must corn -
him to all unprejudiced electors
afe and trustwoethy guide. That
ill again be sustained ' there is
ely a, shadow of . V, doubt; and We
that Huron, onelof the largest and
hiest counties in the 'Province,
o her share, as of yore, to strength-
s hanids, and to aid him in con -
g the good work he has- so nobly
Ofrx.pt$ t
Dominion Parliament.
r legislators at Ottawa have been
ing themselves to business meet
uousle- since the Easter holidays..
real work, and. fewer ilong speech- -
ve been the. order since that time.
al public and .nrivate measures
been considered, ancl a large num-
limbs of the National Policy have
discussed and finally adopted.'
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Ameenenents have been Mewed, to .sev-
eral
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items, such as flour, coal andepig
to have them put on the freeelist,
each instance the amendments
been voted down by considerable
'ties, the Government, evidently,
determined .to adhere to their
programme, and their followers
to follow suit, although some of
do so, apparently, with very bad
There will not be any changes
account made in the tariff list as
ubmitted to the House. A draft
ill for the amendment Of the In-
cy Act has been preparecl by a
1 committee, but it is likely to
to lie over till next seesion. It is
ted the tarirt resolutioias will all
ssed next week after that the
nrnent railway.policy will. be an -
ed. This of course, will elicit a
y diseussion; which will, in all
bility, conclude the session. The
ncement of the keel elections is
0 the effect of expediting buthiess,
mbers on both sides, are anxious
home, to lake part in the local
It is probable the session will
the second week hi May. •
The Ontario Liquor License
•-Law.
Th Act passed by the Ontario Legis -
'atm. in 1876 for the licensing and re-
gulat on of the liquor traffic, has receiv-
ed go eral commendation from mem-
• bers f both political Parties,'and has
been coudenaued by iew, especially on
acco nt of its over stringency. We no -
tics, however, that the _Conservative,
candidate for South Huron; in nis ca,m-
paig pamphlet, makes it a subject for
corap ,aint against the Government,
rges its passage as. one reason why
the t ovum:need are unworthy of the
confii ence of the people. Ile says:
"Thtend of rtforming the laws, making them
more beral and just, they have enacted class le,ds-
lation f the most obnoxious kind. * * * Is
not t Crooks License Act a monopolytyf the
worst c eea
scription, taking away one man's means of
living nd giving it to another 2"
W fancy there are few in this en -
light ned age who will dispute that in -
temp ranee is an evil, and that over in-
dulg- ce in iutoxicants creates an im.-
mens amount of misery among man-
kind., and causes lose to 'the State.
Legi ationeth.erefore, that will mitigate
or co tail this evil, cannot but be ac-
cepta ele to all right thinking people.
Now, let us_soo the aim ;and object of
this legislation that is deuounced itt
the aeove quotation as " class legisla-
" tion " and a "monopoly of the worst
0 des riptionn' Its object is to curtail
the u e of this article which. is so -pro-
,
dueti a) of misery and loss, by decreas-
ing t e naraber of -places where it can
be pr cured, a,nd placing its sale in the
hand of men of good repute and higher
mora standing. That its object has at
- least been partially attained, no ire--
parti 1 observer will dispute; that it has
not b s en productive of greeter good is the
fault f the people for whose benefit it
was d signed, and not of the law itself.
The I w affords the necessary machin-
ery. this machinery is not availed
of by he people, the fault of even par-
tial fa1ure rests with them, and not
with t e law or those who framed or
enacte1 it. It is, therefore, reckless
and In schievous to denounce such a
law as "class legisla
"monopolies." Tnste
wards to free; trade
ion," creative of
d of going back
-
in stimulants, as
the above quotation seems _to indicate
we should do, ilt is th€l. duty of a patrio-
tic and prOgnissive:Gnvernment tie con-
tinue iestricting the traffic as rapidly
as the sentiments of• the people will
permit.. Although ti etb so may be
dabbed "class legisl tion" by some,
1 .
and even although n i onopolies " may
be formed, inn's none he less the duty
of the Government of the day to pen -
1
severe in the good -stork. In fact, we
believe. that no Goyeelument can live in
Ontario that will refine to legislate in
this direction, and we sincerely trust
that no representative will be sent to
Parliament from Hulion who will use
his position and influence to prevent
the Government from Passing laws that
will still farth.er resta et the traffic in,
and decrease the bonsumption of,
spirituous liquors, so oon as it is found
that the people are p epared, even in a
moderate degree, to c rry them out.
But, the law is furt er objected. to on
the ground of expense. Weatgain quote
from the pamphlet :
" They (the Governinen ) lia:ve appointed In-
epectors and Commissitmais to carry out this law.
In the County of Huron th y cost $2,891 a year,
while 'fficlicense revenue c Rooted for Provincial
purposes amounts only to$2,2,71. Before this
CrOv lament came into p0 ver, this municipality
collected the license fees in the county at a cost of
$300 por annum."
Now, if the law _is accomplishing a
moral reform, which -e believe it is,
any trifling additional direct expense in -
administering it sh.o. cl not be taken
into consideration; fo the indirect good
that is being done w ill far outweigh
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the slight pecuniary.' es. But, instead
of there being a,dditioi al expense under
this Aot as compared with that which
preceded it, there is a direct general
pecuniary gain. Th author Of the
above quotation, fon the purpose of
making a pbiut arga.Ost his political
oppouent, has done at he usually does.
He has only given half the truth. His
figure's, so far as they go, are quite cor-
rect, but he only give sufficient to con-
vey a false inapressioi a From reading
the above one woul -naturally infer
that the Commission rs and Inspectors
cost 42.,894 a year, hile the whole
revenue derived from the license: fund,
so far as this county s concerned, vas
but n2,271. Now, what are the annual
facts of the case ? The year taken
above is that 'of 1616-7. The official
report for that year sl ows that the cost
of the Inspectors ait d Commissioners
was only $1,720, the amount given,
$2,894, being the total cost of adminis.
tering the law and iinclucling depart-
mentel expenses, remuneration to
special detectives, &c. . Ancl instead of
the entire revenue being , n2,271, this
was simply the amount from licenses
paid into the Previa ial Treasury after
all charges on the fun were deducted.
The following is th
the account tands foi
Received by the Province
cense%
Received one-third of Pine
To'l ainount received b3i
Received by tke County for 1
" Two,thirds of Pin
Total amountireceived by
-
It will be seen from
that instead of the li
county only yielding
yielded $11,160, of w
county received direc
penses $8,432. The f
sum of. $1,372, clear o
collected for !fines, is
deuce that the Inspec
sionors did their du
snows as well the necessity for Butch
officials. The fines collected very near-
ly paid the salaries aidexpenses bf the
Inspectors' and Commissioners'. • If
there was any means of obtaioing a re-
cord of the amounts thus collected un-
der the old system of inspection, we
venture to say that it would appear in-
finitesimally mall itt
this nem. We may a
under this Apt the co
$3..,207 more t
'>received had the
:licenses been gra,uted
It must also be borne
way in , svhich
the year named.;
for li-
2,271
457
rovince $ 2,728
ceases $7,517
915
county $8,432- 8,432
artily suffered severe losses. An attack
was made on .Col. Wood's command,
which was repulsed after a hand to
hand engagement, the British laming a
number of officers and 400 men. The
Zulu loss in this engagement is reported
as 2,500.
Political Note. I
The Hon. Oliver Mowat opened the
election campaign in his censtituency
on Tuesday evening last. Ile delivered
a lengthy and able addrees to a very
large audience. He is being Opposed
by a Mr. Currey, of the tewnship of
Blenheim.
—Mr. James Fahey, of tho Stratford.
Herald, has been chosen by the Con-
servatives of South Grey, as their can-
didate at the a,pproanhing elections for
the Local Legislature. Mr. Fahey is
an eloquent and fluent speaker, a.clever
writer, and a genial good fellow. The
only objection to him is his politics, but
if the people of South Grey will have a
Conservative to represent them, they
will have one in Mr. Fahey, who will
not do them discredit, at least so far as
ability is concerned.
-e-We notice gun ,nollowing in the
Ottawa _correspondence of the Toronto
Mail: "Mr. Farrow, of North Huron,
has been absent for a few days from the
House, owing to an attack of illness,
which still leaves kim weak. As his
Inane does not appear in the division
lists, it is proper to explain the reason.
Mr. Farrow is one of the band of'the
faithful who fought the good fight in
Opposition for the five years past, and
probably he regrets the pain he has
been suffering less than he regkets the
deprivation of a, share in the debates
and a place in the division." We much
regret to learn of MraFarrow's
and trust it may Only be temporary.
—It is not often We can agreewith
our Stratford. contemporary, the Herald.
The fallowing re'maties, however, at
least in so far as they relate to Mr.
belles Innes, we heartly endorse.' It
says-: "Mr. James Innes, of the Guelph
Nercury, was by odds the strongest as-
pirant before •the late South Welling-
ton Grit Convention; and. yet he clid
not receive the nomination. He pos-
sessed a good majorit§:against the field
on several ballots, and it was only by
combinations of weaker men, whose
supporters ultimately united upon Mr.
James Laidlaw, that he was defeated.
Mr. Iunes, deserved the nomination,and
•his failure to obtain it will elicit the re-
grets of his brethren of the quill, irres-
pective of politics. The journalist is
expected .to bolster up all manner of
lame politicians—to think, Write and
work for them—but if he seeks promo-
tion the game politicians, frequently
unite 0,ga,Mathim. Ingratitade is the
independence of the heart.'" -
—A sharp passage at arms took place
in the House on Tuesday night, be-
tween the meniber for Centre Huron
and the Finance Minister. When the
furniture item was reached Mr. Cart-
wright referred. to. the. duty as a swin-
dling ta,n that had been. Put on for two
or three wealthy mein who had prob-
ably subscribed. to an election fund.
This brought the Mi. -nista. of Finance
to his feet, and with great feeling char-
acterized Mr. Cartwright's language
derogatory to the House: Mr. Cart-
wright rose again, and was received
with hisses and growls, by the Govern -
meet supporters, He ' told them they
might take it easy, and that as long as
he occupied seat • in that House he
would describe the cetiduct of certain
gentletrien by the peeper terms. The .
whole system of the tariff Was a system
of legalized robbery that would allow a
few rich men to thrust their hands into
poor people's pockets. The infamy was
not in describing those deed§ by their
proper names, but in the deeds them-
selves.
• News of the Week.
$11,160 SNOW STORM.—There was a heav§
thenbove figures storm in New York State on Saturday.
ense fund for this
2,728, it ectually
icIi a,mount the
v clear of all ex -
et that tho large
all charges, wae
pretty good
ors and Commis -
y faithfully, and
comparison with
Iso mentiou that
iity received the
an it would have
amp number of
ind.er the old Act.
ni mind that 'we
I
now refer to the fitst year the Act
was in operation. Fdr the next year
the revenue is greater and the Workiiig
expenses very mucn.ess. It will thus
be cleanly seen, that iit the matter of
additional.expense th opponents of the
Act have very littld cause for com-
plaint,
If _ those who ' denoi nee the Act and
condemn the Govern ent for granting
it, would place the wliole facts before
the public, they iniglA at least be en-
titled to some credit or sincerity, but
truth to mislead, and from this draw
when they only give ufficient of _the
conclusions which the- whole facts will
not justify, we thipk 0 are safe in say-
ing that the cause the.r have to uphold
by such means, is not. ne that will com-
mend itself to raorali y -loving end sen-
sible people.
BRITISH SCCCESS IN ULII.—Everyone
has taken a deep interest in the move-
ments of the British in Zululand, and
the news that Col. Pearson has been
rescued from his perilous position will
be read with satisfaction by all classes.
Lord Chelmsford, on April 4th, sue -
L
ceeded in repulsing am attack made on
the relieving column b the Zulus, and
following up his adventage, has sue-
ceeded in liberating Cbl' P eanson's forces.
This was not accoMplished without
great loss °lathe part of the British,
both in officers and men. The opposing
Snow fell to the depth of a foot in some
parts of the State.
PIGMIES.—Gen. Mite and Lucie
Zarate, the "Midgets.," were married.
April 20th. The groom weighs nine
and the bride five pouuds.
ENCOURAGING.—A New York paper
gives.a general review of the business in
the 'United States, showing a prosper-
ous outlook and returning confidence.
PRILANTIIROPY,—Russell Sage and six
other prominent New York business
men have organized a company to build
model tenements for the poor in, that
city.
COMMUNISTS.—One thousand one him-
clred Communists paraded at Chicago,
Ill., on Sunday, displaying inflamma-
tory banners. - Four ." hundred were
armed.
REVOLUTION.—A revolution has taken
place in Panama. On Friday there was
fighting in the streets which lasted. four-
teen hours. Many persons -were killed.
Quiet was eventually restored. {
DON CARLOS AND THE POPE.—A RODle
correspondent says that Don Carlos has
unexpectedly appeared at the Vatican
and hadesn audience with the Pope,
"who declined to discuss the Pretender's
GENER.kL Dix.—General John. A. Dix,
of New York, is dying, and is not ex-
pected to survive many days. He suf-
fered_ a fracture of the collar bone re-
cently, and has been indisposed ever
since. -
GRAIN STATISTICS.—About 18,253,562
bushels of graie are in store at Chicago,
Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Cleveland,
and Duluth, awaiting transportation by
water, against only 4,951,700 in store a
year ago.
Fon AMERICA..—A hundred and twenty
Germans and Alsatians left Havre in
Germany for America, on Thursday of
last week. A. eonsiderable exodus is
proceeding around Basle, especially of
peasants and lace -makers.
EXPLOSION.—By an explosion of fire-
.
damp in Agrippe coal pit, near Mons,
Belgium, the woodwork of the shaft
caught fire and fell nee Two hundred
and forty men are in the_ mine, and at
last accounts only ninety-eight had
been rescued.
Berrien Buraren.—According to in-
telligence received frorci Mandalay, the
King declared. to his cbunsellors that
fearhadhitherto made-hira yield. to the
British demands, but' henceforth he
would neither listen nor speak of pro-
posals for accommodation with Eng-
land.
ANOTHER FLOOD.—Despatches from
Pesth, Hungary, state •that the rivers
Maros and Koros have again broken
tilir dams in several places. Zerende
has been destroyed, and the town of
Arad endangered. Some hundreds of
Square miles of fields are again sub-
merged. The towns of Belverend, Fa -
raise and Gyalanisravoy are threatened.
The water at Szegedin has risen eight
inches, and. people are again quitting
,their houses.!
. Genets—At Wheeling, West Virginia,
one day last iweek, Mrs. Lizzie Fulton,
aged 57 yearn tried to . hang herself.
Finding the rope too short She cut her
throat fatally. The cause was despon-
dency arising from her husband's
death. .
'VIOLENT PTORM.—A. violent rain-
storm and tornado passed over the
Southern States on Wednesday and.
Thursday °fleet week. An immense
amount of damage to property and loss
of life is reported. Many people are
homeless, and much distress is felt.
THE TEI4PHOls.7E AS A MEANS OF
GRACR.—Several churches in the West -
ere States have introduced the tele-
phone for the benefit of sick members
„unable to attend the regular church ser-
vices. Professor David Swing, the
famous. Chicago divine, employs the
telephone in.making pastoral calls.
ARMY WORM. — Professor Thomas,
Minns State Entomologist, states that
it is possiblethat the army worm will -
appear ia some section of the States
this yeanwhether in numbers sufficient
to do serious! injury he is unable to say.
He bases hi S opinion on the appearance
of the moth in considerable numbers.
As You LIKE IT.—The New York
Herald has a, cablegram, which must be
taken with More than the proverbial
grain ofssalt, stating that it is probable
England will have to abandon her trade
with China, owing to American enter-
prise having killed English rivalry in
that part of the world.
OPEN CONFESSION.—Mr. -Marlett,
member of the Methodist Church in
Avoca, N. YL, stood up at the close of a
meeting, and. asked. permission to ad-
dress the congregation from the pulpit.
The pastor eeadily assented, and the
brothenread a confession that be had
for years been stealing from his em-
ployers
SouLe'rso Meten.—In Elliott -Court-
ney negotiations for a sculling match in
AmerigeeEleptt sans he will abide by
any terras.asOeuted to by ex -Mayor Lid-
dell,.of Pittslturg., He is not particular
-aS to what 'tei he roviss upon shonld
an agetemeot be reached by Liddell.
The Courtney match may take place
by the end of August or early in Sep-
tember,
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—A fire at Eureka,
Nevada, on !Friday morning, burned
half of the town, including the .heaviest -
business houses, hotels, newspaper and.
telegraph offices, the Masonic building,
and a. gieat number of dwellings. Three
hundred families are destitute and.
2,000 people are without shelter. A re-
lief committee has been organized.
Loss estimated at 41,000,000.
GREATNESS WITHOUT PRIDE.—Mil-
h011aire:Vaalderbilt has raised quite a
breeze among the Georgie- papers by
inviting a colored servant to sit at the
table with him while stopping at a Jes-
sup, Gan hotel, en, route t Florida.
The hotel proprietor demurred, and
Vanderbilt left the house. " Parse --
proud swell -head" and "infernal skunk"
are aiming the choice epithets heaped
ponress. the. onaire's head. by the local
Russn. AND ENGLAND .FRIENDLY.—
The London, Daily News understands
that very cordial communications were
exchanged between the Czar and Lord
Beaconsfield. after Saloujeff's attempt.
The Czar, replying to Beaconsfield's
congratulations, expressed the belief
that the preservation of good feeling be-
tween Russia and England was essen-
tial tie the best interests of Europe,
and he counted. on Lord Beacensfield
for the Maintenance of such feeling.
INVASION or SERVIA.--,It is stated that
forceof Albanians have taken posses-
sion of Kurshumlie, and massacred the
Christian inhabitants. Servian troops
have beeu sent to cut off their retreat.
Eight thousand Servian troops, proceed-
ing by forced marches, were expected to
reach Kurshumlie on Sunday. Severe
fighting is anticipated. The Albanians,
whose number is estimated at upwards
of 4,000, are divided into two columns,
which advanced, oue six mid the other
two and a half hours march, within the
Servian frontier, massacreing and. burn-
ing as they proceeded.
FIVE 1ATs. BIRTIL—MrS. John Horne,
of Washington, Ky., gave birth_ to nye
children a few nights since. At her
first confinement she became the mother
of twins. • Eighteen months later she
soiprised her neighbors by givibg birth
to three living children, and the other
day she became the mother of five ad-
ditional chiidrennonly half an hour . in-
tervening between the birth of each.
Her husband. is nearly distracted, and
has been. advised to apply to the Ken-
tucky Legislature instead of the Courts
of relief. All the children are doiug
eunees DESTITerE.--,-A. despatch
from Kansas City, Missouri, -sari that,a
gleaecrcsi.veinscuimasbceEr of colored Southern refu-
gee's at Wyandotte are entirely desti-
tute, oecupying churches and public
halls. Many are sick and dying from
exposure. The Mayor telegraphed to
the Secretary of War for rations." The
Secretary replied that application should
be made to Congress. The committee
appointed to look after the sufferers
has issued a request for immediate aid.
for the sick, destitute and dying refu-
,
Steucas--Conscience, af-
tet a long slumber, awoke in the case of
a woman. of Champion, New York—at
least, she lived in Champion fifty-two
years ago, when she cheated a lady
who purchased of her some straw for a
bonnet. A short time ago the lady pur-
chaser received a letter from this wo-
man inclosing five dollars, and explain-
ing that fifty-two years ago she gave
wroug Measurement in the sale of the
straw; that twenty years ago she ex-
perienced religion, siiice which time
her conscience had troubled her; and
that she now sent the money, hoping
sho might be forgiven.
FIRE IN A COLLIERY.—On Tuesday of
last week a fire was discovered at meta-
ber 10 level, Wellington Coal Mine, De-
arture Bay, British Columbia. It was
supposed. to have been extinguished the
following day. On Thursday 30 miners
entered the level to resume work. An
xplosion occurred, blowing the work
f the level into ruins, killing 11 Men
and injuring the others seriously.
hree Chinamen are still in the work -
ng, but there is no hope for them.
olunteers who entered the level could
ot remain below. The level will have
o be flooded, as the mine is on fire.
he scene at the pit's mouth was heart -
ending, parents, wives and clrildien
• eeping.
The In.clemnity to Members of
the Ontario Legislature.
In his speech at Sarnia a couple of
weeks age, the Hon. Mr. Pardee, Com-
missioner of Crown Lands,_ gave the
following history of the increase and re-
ductioji in the Indemnity to Members
of tho Local Legislature. It wilI be
seen by this in how far the Govern-
ment are blamable for the increase, and
at the same time the part the Opposi-
tion took to secure it. Mr. Pardee
said:
But the chief item •in the increase in
Legislation, was due to the addition of
six naembers to the House, and the in. -
creased indemnity to members. They
all knew what took place in the House
in 1876 in regard to the increase of the
indemnity. Members on, both sides of
the Honse thought that as the indem-
nity at Ottawa had been raised to
41,000, it was but right that theirs
should also be increased. Sir John
Macdonald had some four years before
increased the indemnity of Dominion
members from $600 to $1,000 and the
salaries of Ministers from $5,000 to
47,000. The House at Toronto said.
that $600 per session was too little, and
that it ought to be at least 4800, on the
ground that their work was as impor-
tant, if not more important, to the
Province than that performed by DO -
minion members. These representa-
tions were made by the members—not
exclusively by Reformers, nor were
they confined solely to the Opposition,
but they were participated in by both
sides, and a requisition asking for the
increase, and signed by nearly all the
members, was presented to the Govern-
ment asking for the adyance. , Some of
those who did not sign the requisition
intimated by letter—including the then
Opposition leader Mr. M. C. Cameron,
and. the present leader Mr. Meredith,
their approval of the demand for the
increased indemnity. The Government
acceded to the almost unaniniously ex-
pressed wish of the House, and. granted
the increase. He (Mr. Pardee) admit-
ted that it was a mistake. 1Vuenever
legislation took place that was contrary
to the . well understood wishes of the
people, an.c1 in which there was not in-
volved any particular principle, it was
a mistake. They were not long .in
learning that the country was opposed
to the increase, though at the time of
its passage they believed that the
House laid§ reflected public opinion
and that the change which they were
se unanimous in asking would...be ac-
ceptable to the country. There Was no
important prindiple embodied in it;
the act was personal to themselves, and
if there had been any opposition to it,or
if they thought it would meet the dis-
approval of the country, it would not
have passed. into law. When a Legis-
lature passed. a law that was contrary
to public opinion, and there was no
principle of importance embodied. in
the law, it was their duty ; to yield to
public opinieu. In order that the pub-
lic might better understand the posi-
tion of the Opposition on. this question,
be proposed. to read the letters written
and tlie speeches made by Mr. M. C.
Cameron, Mr. Meredith, and _other
leading men of the Opposition, for the
purpose of inducing us to increase the
iudemnity. First, we will take Mr.
Meredith's. He wrote as follows:
TORONTO, January 29th, 1 876 -
MY 'DEAR SIR, •
With regard to the proposed increase
of the members' indemnity, my own
idea is that $600 is a sufficient sum.
But I have no desire to stand in, the way
of the increase should a majority of the
members of the House consider it neces-
sary. UNDER NO ,,CIRCUMSTAN-
CES, HOWEVER, should the proposi-
tion, whetheracted on or not, be made
use of outside of the House for political
purposes. Mr. Lauder takes the same
view of the matter as I have expressed..
Yours truly,
W. R. MEREDITH.
This was thesview taken by the pres-
ent leadet of the Opposition. Now we
will see what the leader at the time the
question was under discussion said.
This is a letter from Mr. Monk express-
ing Mr. Cameron's views:
LEGMATIVE ASSEMBLY,
TORONTO, 28th January, 1876. J
MY DEAR CLARICE:
With reference to the "round robin,"
beg to say that Messrs. Deacon, Mer-
rick, and myself, consulted. ItIr. Camer-
on last night on. the subject, and he
said, as far as he was concerned, he aid
not want an increase of indemnity, but
he had no objection 'to an increase be-
ing made; that he would not use it as
a charge against the Government or its
supporters in or out of the House, and
that we were at liberty to say so for
num. Yours truly,
G. W. Mosta.
Now this requisition sir "round robin,"
as he had already stated, was signed by
all the members of the House, except
half a dozen or so—three or four on our
side who did not sign, and Messrs. M.
C. Cameron, Meredith, and Laudenand.
it may be some other one on tho side of
the Opposition, who declined to put
their names to the requisition, but who
sent the information to the Govern-
ment that they had. no objection to the
increase and that " no political advan-
tage would be taken of it," if it was pre-
sented. The Government did. accede
teethe request, and. the estimates were
jai -creased in order to give the increase
of $200. But before the estimates
passed, an article appeared in a news-
paper, condemning . the increase and.
charging it against the Government
The question was discussed in the
House, and the following opinions were
expressed in regard to it:
Hon. Matthew Crooks Cameron then
leader of the Opposition,said he thought
it right, in consequence of what had
appeared in the public press on this
matter, to say that, in his opinion, the
House had acted perfectly right in that
matter; that he believed the members
of the Government were not sufficiently
paid; and that, ae be bad stated when
the matter was discussed with closed
doors, he entirely approved of the
course of hon. gentlemen itt that re-
spect. He had said, with reference to
the indemnity to members, that, in his
opinion, eight hundred dollars was not
more than an adequate amount to com,
pensate them for their labour and expense
here. Ile wished to assume his full share
of the responsibility that might attach to
the action of the House in this matter,
though. he might say he was speaking
for himself and no one else. _
Mr. Meredith, now leader ofOp-
positions said though he had, made no
remark in reference to the matter when
it had been discussed with closed doors,
he wished to say that he entirely -con-
curred in the observations matleby
hon. members on both sides of the
House as to the propriety of the course
the Government had taken. He felt
that the salaries paid. to members of
the Government were not a,clequate to
their important duties, Lula to the im-
portant positions they were called upen
to fill. With regard, ado, to the incre,48c
of the indemnity to members, he wbuld
say that he strongly felt that the House
would be compromising its dignity if
it did not unanimously concur in this
resolution.
NI -r. Scott, Opposition member for
West Peterboro, had. been of opinion be-
fore he became a member of the House
thet the salaries of the Ministers of the
Crown in Ontario were not adequate to
the position. With regard to the in-
creased iudenanity to members, he was
else prepared to justify that, for he
coald not see why hon. gentlemen in
that House were not entitled to the
saMe measure of indenanity as mem-
bees of' the House of Commons. The
week was RR important here to the
Province of Ontario as the work of the
Hoene of - Commons was, and it was
equally onerous to -members.
• 'Mr. Creighton, Opposition member
for North Grey, was of opinion that the
amount formeely paid to -members of
Executive was too small, and that the
increase was not by ,any means too
large.
- Hon. Wm. :McDougall, then deputy
leader of the ,Opposition, was prepared
to defend. his own action in this partie-
cular on its own merits, as an act of
justice; and if his constituents didnint
think two or three Months of his service
were worth eight hundred dollars, they
• must find sonae one else to work for
them.
Mr. Lauder, Opposition member for
Eat Grey, eancurred in the views of
the other speakers.,
The Government at the next session
preposed to reduce it back to $600, and.
the proposition was voted. down by
members on both sides of the House—
but by a, larger majority on theirs in
proportion to their numbers than on
oues. If the Opposition had voted for
it in the same proportion as the Gov-
ernment supporters, the indemnity
would have been reduced the next ses-
sion after it had. been increased. No -
thine further was heard of the question -
cast session. When the house met
—he might say before the House met—
it became known that the Government
intended to bring down estimates based"
upon the reduced. amount for iadenmity.
What did the Opposition do? How did
they carry out their agreement? Mr.
Meredith had now been selected as
leader. Mr. Cam.eron being out of the
House—and he (Pardee) would do hien
the, jrstice t . Say that he
have been guilty of such dishonorable
conduct as marked. the 'course of the
Qpposition on tbis question. Wenh
I the Speech from the House was under
dispassion, they moved. an aanendraent
condemning th.e Government:, for grant-
ing a request they had themselves made
and. approved of, and when they -had
by their votes prevented the Govern-
ment from rescinding. _ They moved
that _vote of censure contrary to the
compact they had entered into; con-
trary to the understanding they had.
came to with members of the Ministeri-
al side, contrary to the requisition they
. had presented to the Government, and
contrary to the promise contained. ii'
their letters to the Government, that
"no advantage would be taken of it"
for political purposes. (Cheers.) They.
! not only attempted to take advantage
s of it, but they attempted to defeat the
; GOyerliMellt for having consented to it
, at their own request. It was a dishon-
orable advantage to take, and a despic-
, able position for men to assume for the
sake of making ptilitical capital against
their opponents, and in a desperate at-
' tempt to attain power. He did not
, think that these were the kind of men
that the people of this Province would
like to have rule -over them, or to en-
trust with the reins of Government.
(Applause.) It was a small trick to be
guilty of, and men who could be guilty
. of ; such deception and dishonesty in
small matters would be guilty of simi-
lar; treachery if entrusted with larger
matters. (Cheers.) Members on the
: Goyerument side of the House, knowing
thet the motion was desiened to bring
censure upon the ministry, and that
the Government had. already deterrain-
, ed to make the reduction in the indem-
nity, voted the motion down. When
estimates were brought in A was seen
that not only was, the indemnity re-
' duced to th-e old. figure but the salaries
of ininistees were lewered $500. That
wan the history of the indemnity in-
crease and its reduction, and he was
willing to leave it to the people to say
whether the Government were entitled
to condemnation or whether they acted
fairly and reasonably is men Should -
have acted under the circunistanee.s.
(Applause.) Now if the Opposition de-
sired to attack the Government on fair
grounds they might have seen whether
the cost of legislation in the province
waS greater than it ought to be. The
only way in which they could fairly ar-
rive at a conclusion on that point
would be to takethe cost in other coun-
tries, and the only place which:afforded
sucn means of comparison was the
States. Let us see what it costs there
to carry on legislation. The average
cost of legislation per head of the popu-
lation in New' York, Massachusetts, '
Michigan, Illinois, and Pennsylvaniaeis ;
12.44 cents; in Ontario, the -average
cost is 7.80 cents. It therefore costs
here much less than in other countries, ;
so that there is no reasonable ground.
for ,coraplaint on that score.
Huron Notes.
a -The total ,assessed value of the vil-
lage of Exeter, according to the last as- 1
APRIL 25, -1879"
1 last week. An inquest was held, and
verdict of "died from natural causesen
sessment, is $481,000
—A Manitoba emigrant from. Howick,
named John West, lost a $200 horsen.
the Red River the other day.
--Mr. John Connolly, a teacher, of
for the Normal School, Toronto.
Goderich township, left a few days ago t
—Mr. Joseph P. Greenwood, late of
the 2nd concession of Usborne, has
given up farming, and is now living in
the village of Rodgerville. ;
—According to the last issue of th
Canada Gazette, Messrs. J. Keine, of r
el
Gerrie, and C. R. Cooper, of Brusss,
have been appointed official assignees. i
---The proprietors of the Brussels cheese ; b
factory purpose having abutter factory
in connection with their establishment, s
They will begin operations about the f
15th of May.
I s
Fl —John Ford, an old man over seven-
ty years of age, confined in Goderich I b
jail since September last as a vagrant, I i
died suddenly on Wednesday night of . b.
trirned.
—One night list week Mrs. Dunlop.
residing ton the Bayfield Road, Gonne
kit township, had eight or ten sheeze
killeOns.
dby'odcoognsn't of the large addition (is
patrons to the Molesworth Cheese Fac
tory this year, the committee has nine
able to let the hauling of the mifl
sixn.
—VT.11z Thomas Fisher hakrented
farm in Grey to Mr. Henry Fogal,
Ethel. Fisher has moved to Fonen
house, opposite the school house, wheie
Ile intends to follow his trade of eaT.
ptheentdeirsaapnid3obinutimideenr.t of fanners, live
a-Theeftax men of Zurich, mina ee
cided not to sow any flax this eeason
except about 40 acres, to keep their owe
teams in Work during Beeding. Ties
is a serious drawback to the fanners.
—The tug Despatch arrived at Gan
ericb on Saturday, on her return ten
reports
Cockburn Is
ortsLaiteHuroldTia
Huron free
ee_oef reen,tbetient
stillvnafiirsr an ot ro, Arta! dr adi ydt, sewb: wiening nengaegs, ehaTa!
ackl°—ginidig°1831"eingles with a circular saw et
Mr. Isaac Rogerson's saw mill, nein
shine, one day lately, received a seve
injury, the saw passing through
fourth finger, separating
— it from life
hantoderich township lost one of ifs
old residents on the 31st ult., in thepets
son of Mr. Robert Cluff, of lot 18, Bair.
field. concession, who died suddenly
from heart disease, after being a ten
-
dent for 37 years, 32 of which we
spent ern. A. eo
theplckaceli
erwnhee,ofLn
relaedoietlt,
msbori,),
who was one of a party that went te
Manitoba about three weeks ago, has
returned. after taking up homesteads
for himself and. sons, and emptng
a few hundred. acres more, making
all n80 acres. He speaks highly of *
—On i
eminrY"the 8th inst. a ewe belonging -to
Mr. jaraesBallantyne,North. Boundary;
Usborne, dropped. a 17,4 lblamb. ntes
lbs.
on Joey, of the Thanaes Road, saiies
township, is the owner of a Iamb, fo'
lj
. :
weeks old, which weighs upwards of48
lbsWhen dropped. it weighed
araPnamomredisilithgast7
_itt is
, flUinIer
the horses which were taken to Man-
itoba with the Greenway party were in
a bad. condition when they arrived at
their destination, owing to the Mailer.
ent care taken of them. One er two
were not expected to recover, and t '
owneis express great dissatisfaction
—Mr. James Brown, of Howihk,sas
that within the past two or three wee
his 9 ewes have given birth to 3.7 lambs,
and his hree cows have beeh delivered
of 4 calves—all of which are doing
well,. He claims this prolificness to ba
the result of good feeding and -careful
attention Mr
nilduri7xarati
he:iiisnteiro.
wp,
.of Tame
berry, was returning home froni Brits -
eels on Friday afternoon, lith inst the
horse he was riding -took fright at a wag.
on standing near the roads As it was
prancing about it fell, carrying its eider
with it. Mr. Hislop sustained a dislo-
ention of the shoulder, which limb wan
asolsniolO)fanaM1SYri.ttbJalo.ruIdaisiyFileovxe,niofng lest Ne
Clinton, and an
Neil Fox,
employee of the New Bra office, piet
with a very painful accident VItb
others, he was engaged jumping, when
he slipped and fell,a stick on the enamel
penetrated his body about two inches,
inflicting a wound. that is very painful
and which will take some tinae to h
—Among the stock which Me -James
Fair, of Clinton, keeps on his fame are
34 head of cattle which he is fattening
for the English market, and -which aril
purchased in prospective by Messrs.
Mooney, Spooner, Hearn. & Co. It ii
expeetecathat they will reach. betweey.
fourteen and sixteen hundred ponn
and. a finer lot of cattle cannot be found
in the county to -day,
—On Friday evening last George, the
you-110st son. of Mr. John Leech, of
Gorrie, received a severe scald in the
faoe. He was at a neighbor's house
and springing out of a room into the
kitchen before the lamp was lit, struck
is head against a basin of hoihng'
wateritt the1eands of a maid, scalding
him -self severely over the face and eye-
brow..
—On Monday of last week, as Mr.
Philip Anient was turning his horse *
the yard behind the Pheemx Block,
Brussels, A slipped into a. partly cover
ed well and was almost completely sub-
merged. By dint of hard In -+:i anis
mai was got out, but blessings were
not bestowed upon -the person who wit*
responsible for the unfilled condition of
the
wellairPrise party met at the Pres-
byterian parsonage, Molesworth, take
farewell of Mr. and. Mrs. Wm. Mitch
on their departure for Manitoba, and
wish them good.spe0j in the Prairie
Province. The Rev. Mr. Mauston toen
occasion to remark how highly Mr. A
rew Miteliell and his family we.
esteemed by their brother Pieshyteria
and presented William, in the name bit
the congregation, with a letter contalia-
ing $30,
—Ethel Divisie11 of the Sons 'Of Tenn.
perance installed the following officers
for the current quarter, on FridaPs
April 4th, viz.: Brother Henry Warn
Seri
sst.
W. P.; Brother T. -Leatinnan,
Brother Eben. -R.
Brother Thoinan Sinapson, A
Scribe ; Brother W. Hicks, F.
Brother Thos. Ratcliffe, Sr., Treasur
Brother Charles Dobson, Chap
Brother Jacob Snack, Con.; Sistd
Mary Hicks, Asst. Con.; Brother Johla
Rupp. 1. S.; Brother 'William ICeffet:
0.s.
—The following are among the- nunie
ber in this -county who have gone ta
Manitoba: Frora the vicinity of Moicti-
vorth, Peter Stewart, in, John Bro
oot, Richard Ross, Wm. Paden, John
Cathers, William Mitchell and ntiffts
Richard. Canipbell, W. Stevenson, Mr‘
Donald Scott and. seven children, MA.
tichard Edwards, Samuel and. 11110
•
V , McLean, and. Robert BRIZ`
ay; also A. C. Morrison and Jas. Afti-
Griollthi
—On the -12th inst., while a y
,erfs, 00f1:10er;:o.TiCchas.ter, Ross Caste,
Mrs. McCurdy, and. four Johnstone
on of Alex. McIntosh, of Ilowick,
ening a tree in the sugar bush, he
ome means becaane entangled so
he tree coining down struck his
reeking it in two places, and crus
t almost to a pulp. The lad was take ,
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