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The Huron Expositor, 1886-05-07, Page 4:7; 4 THE L.:L.:LRCM EXPOSITOR. • MAY 7, 1886. NE* ADVERTISEMENTS. tar The figure between the parenthesis after each line denotes- the page ofthe paper on which die advertisement will be found. The New System—G. Good. (1) Saafort4 Tea Store—A. G. Ault. (6), HardWare—Reid & 'Wilson. (5) Hotel Property for Sale—A. Johnston. (6) Town Property fOr Sale—E. Cash. (8) _ Seaforth Creamery. -John Hannah, (5) Scott Aet Licenses—A, II. Sprague. (5) Comfortable Residence for Sale—J. Scott. (6) Card of Thanks—Miss C. Robertson. (6) Situation Warlted—Expositor Office. (5) Sale of Furniture—J. C. Smith. (5) Creditors' Notice—H. W. C. Meyer. (5) Horse Routes. (5) - County lExaininations—P. Adamson. (5) Cook Wanted—Kennedy's Hotel. (8) Wareing—Wm, Elliott. (5) Division Court Notice—J. Beattie. (5) itrrat xproitor SEAFORTEf, FRIDAY, May 7, 1886. Rome Rule for Ireland. In the Dominion Parliament on. Tues- day le.st, Hon. Mr. BIa,ke in a short, but pointed and able speech moved the following resolution : "That an humble address be present- ed th Her Majesty to respectfully assure Her Majesty that the interest and con- cern felt by the Commons of Canada and the people they represent, on the con- dition of Ireland, 21Ild their desire that Immo means may be found of meeting the exptessed wishes of sa many of her Irish subjects fer a measure of local self- government still continue as warm and earnest as in 1882, when they were humbly signified to Her Majesty by an address ; and to humbly inform Her Majesty that this House hails with joy the submission by Her Majesty's Gov- ernment, to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, of a measure recogniting the principle of local self-gavernment for Ireland, and humbly to express the hope of this House that the principle of this measure may be affirmed, and may form a beais for such a settlement of this great question. as shall conduce to the peace, happiness and prosperity of the Empire.'' -- This motion was moved as an amend- ment to the motion for the House to go into committee of supply. Sir John Macclenahl objected- to it as it had been made without previous notice having been given, and offered. to fix a day for the consideration of the matter. Mr. Blake excepted the offer to have it taken up and discussed Thursday. At this writing we do not know what coursethe Government will take towards it. If they make of it a party question it is more than probable the motion will be lost, but if they leave their followers to vate as they see fit, there is little doubt but it will be carriedt bY &large majority. In 1882 a motion of similar import, made by a cabinet minister, wee passed by :unanimous vote, and it is difficult th suppose that Honorable gen:- timers Will so soon go back upon their previous professions. It is eminently fitting and proper that -we in Canada who enjoy the fullest measure of sell -government, and have learned by experience to appreciate . benefits, should desire to see similar benefits conferred. upon onr kinsmen'of the mother land, and it is equally proper that we should express our opinions through our representatives in Parlia- ment. We believe the above resolution expresses not only the honest sentiments of a large majority of Mr. Blake's fol- _ lowers in the country, but also a large majority of the people of Canada, and it will be a great pity if the trammels of emrty be invoked to prevent its passage. It is ta-be hoped it • will not be made a party question, and that it will be pass- ed, if not unanimously, at least by a very decided majority. Troublous Times. Our .A.reericqa neighbors are having pretty hot times of it just now. The labor strikes have gone from a war of words to 0. wad. with bullets. There is e dangeroue element centred in all the larger cities of the United States and Britain known as Socialists, who are al- ways on the alert to take advautage of any local disturbance to intensify the feeling and create greater difficulty. This element created a riot in London, England, a short time ago, and, taking advantage 4 the labor troubles and strikes in the Southweetern States, have fomented riots there also. The leaders, who are_ usually windy and worthless -vagabonds, organize meetings in public places-, end by declamatory speeches so excite and enrage their, hearers as to eause them to lose all self controle and rush in a mob to wreak vengeance upon innocent and ueciffending people. The following is a aample of the vile rubbish - indulged in by these Socialist orators, being an extract from a speech delivered in Chicago on Tuesday last : " Quit the Knights of Labor they will never do you any good, Jo'in the Central Labor Union, •which will help you to your rights and freedom. An - may is the only way for the working- men to break the chains of slavery in which they are bound. by the capitalists. It is your only way to freedom. With revolver in one hand and your knife in the other and bombs in your pockets, march mil to revolution and freedora. Workingrhen. must starve together and stand together and fight together for their rights." The haerangue, of which the above is a sample, with others equally inflam- e matory, were delivered to a promiscuous crowd- of over six thousand people, and the result was er riot. The police, in at- tempting to disperse the mob and quell the riot, had to use farce. Shots were fired on beth sides, and some were killed and many wounded. A similar cliaturbance occurred on the fcdlowing day as a result of another Socialistic meeting, and a considerable nnmber both of the rioters and policemen were killed and many wounded. Other sim- ilar disturbance& have occurred during the week in other large American cities. Although these meetings are held ostensibly in the interests of the work- ing people, and the laboring classes get the blame for the disturbances, they are seldom participated in nor approved of by any considerable number of the work- ing class proper, nor by any of the re- spectable _portion of that cleat. The ring-leaclets are unscrupulous adven- turers, many of whom make their living as the Fenian leaders of some years ago did, while their followers are composed lof the hoodlum. and rowdy element so numerous in every large city. They have no grievances, but they will join any movement likely to afford them ex- eitement, plunder and free whisky. The authorities have hitherto dealt far too leniently with the leaden of these move- ments. It is not the rabble who do the yelling and the sacking and stone throw- ing who are most to blame, but the vagabonds who incite them to these acts. But, as a rule it is the former who get shot doten and'pelted by the police, and some of them are otherwise punished, while the latter, after firing the fuse which ignites the train, skulk off and escape scot free. They are not heard of again until" another good opportunity for mischief making arises. If the authorities would hunt dasT and cap- ture a few of these noisy ring -leaders, eInd make an. example of them by hang- ing them or giving them fin risonrnent for life with continuous handl bor, there would be fewer such rows as hose which disgraced Chicago this week a d London a couple of months ego. More Millions to the P. R. Of course it would never clio for a ses- Sion of the Dominion Parliament to pass without making additional concessions to the Canada Pacific Railway Com -pally. The cormorants who compose this corn: piny are insatiable and theY seem to possess some mysterious power over the gentlemen who now control the distin- ies of this Canada of ours by- which they can secure from them anything they like to ask. If things keep on as they are now doing, the Lords of the Syndi- cate will soon own the country, and the people will be compelled to humbly beg their cpnsent for the privilege of living hi it and continuing to pay taxes. As is already well known, the Gevernment of Canada gave to the Cenada Pacific • Railway Company a, free gift of twenty- five millions -of dollars in cash ; twenty- five millions of acres of land and com- pleted railway tines to the value of many millions mare, besides other valuable privileges almost too numerous to men- tion. These gifts or grants were after- Wardasupplemented by a loan of thirty million dollars more. The company now- propose to pay back tvienty mil- lion dollars of this loan providing the country will accept of land at' the rate of $1.50 per acre for the balance. In other words they propose to pay us our debt, or at least that portion of it by return- ing to es the lands which we had previ- ously given them. This, in fact is equivalent to agreeing to pay the in- terest on ten million dollars for the company for all time to conie, as the lends will not be required ley t the Gov- ernment during the life of the next gen- eration. The proposition is, th!erefore, in short, a proposition to saddle tiee country with a debt of ten million dollats, in- volving an aimual expenditure of $400, 000 for interest, to be paid by the tax.: payers for the benefit of this Company,- . the members of which are already rolling in: luxury and affluence, and think noth- ing of spending $50,000 for two pictures with which to adorn the walls of their palaces. Ande strange as it may seein it is too true, the Government of thit coun- try are now asking the consent of Par- liament to accept this proposition, and a majority of the people's representatives will vote this assent. If the people like this sort of thingfthey are getting plenty of Tithis is not all. The company are not satisfied with being relieved of a debt of ten million dollars, involving an annual charge af four hundred thousand dollars for interest, but they must have further relief. According to their agreement with the Government when they got the contract they were to place a deposit of five million dollars, or its equivalent, in the hands of the Government for ten years as a guarantee that they would operate the road for that length of time. They now modestly ask- that that guar- antee be given up -to' them, and that they be relieved from all responsibility in this matter. And, sure enoegh; the Government now have a bill before Par- liament to release this guarantee, end Parliament will likely grant it too. The people may well ask, what next:a THE rebellion in the Liberal party of Great Britain is about over. One by one the disaffected members are return- ing to their allegiance, preferring to take that step rather than help to draw the Tory wagon. The country organ- izations are pronouncing in favor of Gladstone's efforts to settle the Irish question, and the Premier stands upon , mach safer ground than he did a fort- night ago. There is now every possi- bility that he will carry his Heine Rule measure ea a very considerable ma- jority. The questiont come up again on the 10th insti-, and the result will be anxioliely awaited by the people of every por, tion of the ci0iized world . . OUR OTTAWA -LETTER. . _ (Friom Our Own Correspondent.) i ()WAWA, Bitty 3rd, 1886. No more exciting debate has taken place than that which is now in progress. The Subject is the unsavory Woodworth - Beaty scandal. It is not often that a , • private bill occupies a .whole day in dis- cussion, and arouses the very keenest in- terest in the House. But it is not often, .o. n the other hand, that a private bill mvolvea a cool attempt to rob the public domain under a very slim pretence to buildn, railway. THE GOVERNMENT CHOOSES ers FRIENDS. The key note to the discussion of to- day was struck in the mee'l. ting of the Railway Committee last Frsday. Not- withstanding the vigorous protests led by Hon. Peter Mitchell, the only pro- fessed independent in the House, the Government decided to give Mr. Beaty's company tile extension of time- they -asked for so as to give their charter power to accept the laud grant the time for which had already been extended. Hon. Mr. Mitchell moved that in view of the exposures which had already been made, a sub -committee shouid be ap- pointed to investigate, the whole ques- tion of the transactions in relation to the organization and promoting 4 the com- pany. This the Government . called upon their friends to defeet, and the consequence was that every Conserea- tive but one deserted Mr. Woodworth and deelared in favor of Mr. Beaty. This, as may .be imagined, occasioned not a little surprise. In the Ifirst place, none aeemed to be able to understand what the Government could mean by picking up one of the parties in this mess, and insisttng that the party should rally round him and declare him clean. And in the second place everybody Wits surprised that eveM such partizans as the Government's supporters should reepond thus meekly to a call, which any men of spirit would have known the Government had no right to make on a question like this, involving no party issue. The probability iI3, as well as can be judged now, that the Government's idea is that as they kee their support- ers by such grants as we e made to Mr. Beaty, it Would . be much safer to declare a general esistance and have all decide - to upport each, so' that no matter who was atts,ck- ed•first, all those whose • turns might come later on would be ready to assist in the defence. There was a condition attached to the Governments's favor- itism to Mr. Beaty, viz. that he must satisfy them within a month that the capitalists he had at his back were able to build the road, and that were this not done, the Government would exercise power which they would have previous- ly asked Parliament to grant them, to charter another company by Order -in - Chanel' and proclamation, and 'give that company the franchise of the road and the land grant. This gives a suggestion as to what the defence 4 the Govern- ment in thie matter will be at the next general election. The probability is that the Government will declare themselves dissatisfied with the proposed contract- ors, and will proceed to . charter a new road, Mr. Woodworth's principal griev- ance is that Mr. Beaty has ..nrore of the spoils than he, and, if he finds that Mr. Beaty is left out in the cold like himself, he will be perfectly satilified. On the other hand, Mr. Beaty will,in the mean- time, be kept in line, and when accusa- tions aream.ade, as they must be made in the next campaign, that the Govern - anent aided and abetted the sharp practice of the Northwest Central Railway, -the answer will be that the charter is forfeited, and that corruption of that kind, whatever was I attempted by private individuals, was not, as a mat- ter of fact, cerried out. They hope by this means, without treatine both par- ties roughly, to work out obi the diffi- culty by degrees. SOME OF THE FACTS. ' The debate to -day has been long and exciting, and all the facts in the case have been pretty well brought out, so they may may as well be condensed here without necessarily giving the name of the/person from whose speech in each case they are selected. This char- ter is a revived one. The old name was -the Souris and Rocky Mountain Rail- way, and the directors were business men. Mr. James Beaty, M. P., took up the enterprise when it was about dead. He secured a controlling interest in the company by accepting the transfer of $386,000 worth of stocki on which 10 per cent. had been paid up. For this stock he did not pay a dollar. He as- sociated with him in the eaterprise about half a dozen men, most ef whom were members of Parliament; to form thdi directorate. Mr.. Woodworth used his influence to get the land grant made a free one, pressing the application of Mr. Beaty, president of the road, upon the consideration of the Government, and succeeded. Mr. Beaty visited the United States and England to float the enterprise, but was unstccessful. He quairelled with Mr. Woedwerth, an- othet member of Parliam nt, and that prise. The time for the -la d grant was gentleman threatened to worle against the land being given to as ist the enter- exterided, and the Bill now before the Houseds to extend the ' charter' so as to covee the time allowed. u der the -land grant. The acCusation as made by Mr. Woodworth that M . Beatty had attempted to arrange for t e building of the road by contractore, w o sheuld take the bonds of the road—the only thing on which inteiest would .. probably be paid—and a large share of the local bonuses to be granted, and should pay to the " Boy, ' in other words to Mr. Beaty and his aisociates the : sum of $675,000. This Mr. Beaty deqed. He strenuously asserted - that, he had never attempted to get anythieg oat of the charter as against ' the company." These statements. might be cpeite true, and yet the transaction be ,anything but creditable to Mr. Beaty. A document of a rather startling character 1•was pro- - dimed by Mr. Woodworth in the shape of an offer signed by Mr. Beaty, " duly authorized by the directors," tq give the contract on the terms above mentioned, except that $1,600 a Mile was demand- ed for the company, which, for the 400 -miles of road, would give the company the handsome sum o $720,0 . The I • authenticity of this document Mr. Beaty could not deny. WHAT THE FACTS INDICATE. There is a disposition on the part of mauy who believe Mr. Beaty's conduct throughout has been contemptible to the last degree to condemn him more se- verely than they wduld had he made less blatant pretensions _to extreme sanctity and respectability. For my own part I think he, as a public man, should be judged by the standard of public morality we have set up and lest by his own pretensions. But even in this light it seems to me that the case is, in all conscience, bad enough. Can any reasonable man believe that James Beaty received the $386,009 worth of stock as a free gift because he could carry on negotiations in the open mar- ket. which ne other man could success-. fully undettalse ? Mr: Beaty is a lawyer, not a financier or railway man. It is not unfair, nobody can potsibly hold it unfair to believe that Mr. Beaty got this present of half the stock be- cause those evho still, retained the other half belie_vedattiat being a member of Parliament and supporter of the Gov- ernment he would be able to secure ad- vantages which other lawyers or even ether experienced men and capitalists .could • not gain. Does anybody sup- pose for a moment that a similar offer would have been made to a supporter of the Opposition ? The idea would be absurd. Mr. Beaty took hold of this enterprise to make money. He admits this, and pleads that he only did what others have done before. In feat, he alleges that what. he did was not con- trary to the law ; in other -words, that he found a means of driving a coach and four through the law: This may put Mr. Beaty beyond the reach of Part liament, but it does not put him beyond the reach of public opinion. • It is not peetended for a moment that this com- pany put its own money into the build- ing of this road ; in fact Mr. Beaty's great boast is that he has given his powerful energies for two years to hunting for capitalists to do the work. If he suc- ceeded he would be doing a good thing, but then surely it would not be worth thred-quarters of a million of money, The best financiers in the world. could be hired for $1,000 a day at the outside, and if we hired two of them they could certainly negotiate this contract in six months, or could at least report that it was impossible, which Mr, Beaty may yet -have to do. • So that in this appar- :ently extravagant way of doing business cwe should save $276,000 over the -cost of Mr. Beaty's services. Mr. Beaty's de- fence is that what he eiked was for "the coinpany," not for " the boy." But " the boy " owned more that half " the company," so that he would naturally get more than half the profits. Mr. Beaty did not want the dollars paid into his hand. That would be very much like stealing. But he wanted it put into a bank where he could draw half of it officially as president of the company. If Mr. Beaty had get, in his own name, a land' grant half the size of that given to his company, and had formed. a part- nership with a number of small land grant holders, with a view to securing the building of 400 miles. of railway he. would be declared to have violated the law, and to • have foileited his seat in Parliament. But, by forming the com- pany first and getting the land grant after, he remains a pure -minded patriot and a persecuted saint This is the law, and Parliament must abide by it. But no man will say it is justice, and the ap- peal must be made from law to justice, from Parliament to the people. Beaty and all his kind must go ! A FAMILY QUARREL. The debate in the House was an ex- ceedingly interesting one. For reasons best known to itself the Government still stuck by Beaty and left Wood- worth contemptuously alone. But Woodworth is a perfect bull -dog. He is one of the ablest supporters of the Goverpment from Nova Scotia, and has been of immense service to the Tory party in that Province. He made a strong speech against Beaty in opening, and, when he found that he had not a friend even among hfs old cronies who would do more for him than remain away and not jeer at him with the others, he grew bitter, and in closing the debate made one of his ablest speeches, bristling with denunciations of his whilom friends. It was a very neat family quarrel. Woodworth admitted, tacitly, that he had threatened Beaty to prevent the land grant being given if he did not show a disposition to share the profits evenly. Beaty admitted straight thistle had demanded $640,000 for the company, half of which he had received as a gift, and for which he was to give - no sort of reasonable value. But both these saintly souls assured Parliament almest with tears in their eyes that they had alone nothing wrong. The Govern- ment very foolishty, as it seemed,to out- siders, accepted Beaty, who seems to be really the worse of the two, instead of throwing both overboard as they should have done. Hon. Peter Mitchell pro- posed the six months' hoist, and this would doubtless have carried, had not the,Government sent out its whips to drag all who hold themselves to be good supporters, in to vote.. : Many, however, refused to come in at the whip's bidding. There was a good deal of sympathy with Woodworth, for he at least does not pretend to be a saint, and his sympathizers remained away. The consequence was that the Govern- ment's majority was only 27. On the next Vote, which was on a proposition to investigate the whole question the mover, Mr. Mulock, almost begged' the Government not to make this a party questioh but to allow members to vote freely. 'The lash was still plied, how- ever, but with the result of a drop to 26 in the '..Gotiernment's majority. They bragged great deal about their 96 majority on the Riel question some time ago. AN HONORED LEADER. On Saturday_ evening the supporters of Hon. Edward Blake in the House of Commons tendered that gentleman a complimentary dinner. The 'occasion was a memorable one. Complimentary dinners are too often cold and .formal affairs, helf of the guests attending sim- ply becaite they do not care to remain away. But in this case it was clear from the tone of the affair, from every word that was uttered in response to the several toasts, that there was no man there but felt that in honoring Blake he was doing honer -U. himself. In every man there is a streak of hero worship, and very indifferent heroes are often chosen -because the common feeling must have soine object to rise to. But those who watch Hen. Edward Blake's con- duct day by day, instead of finding more imperfections the. struck them att first, find that he grows upon them in the grandeur a d nobility of his nature, He is in ruth a king among mdn, and his su jects are the .most loyal that king co Id desire be- cause they feel that he al ne is able to fill the leader's place, and he above all others must have the hon re, as he must inevitably bear the brun of the keen strife which goes on. C mparisons are often instituted between Ir. Blake and ' the leader of the Gov rnment. The latter is called " succe sful." He is successful in leading h s party into power, but he has lame . ta.bly failed in keeping them united. If Mr. Blake were called from the 1 ad to -morrow those who follow him . w would still remain a band of brother: for his policy has been te unite the and inspire them with the same love liberal prin- ciples. The object of t e other leader has been to keep his plac at all cost, so that -only he unites th m. When' he goes they will have neat er policy. nor men, and the party wil resolve itself into its constituent elements of section- alists, representing different districts and different interests. Success " is a matter of opinion. Many of Mr. Blake's niost ardent followers hold by him for one' reason, because of his marvellous success as at once the. leader and in- spiration of his party. A. 13. J. News of the Week. RECOVERING.— Ex -President Arthur has been improving steadily lately; and his family are very hopeful of his recov- ery. FAVORING HOME RULE. —The .National Liberal Federation of Scotland have adopted resolutions favoring Gladstone's Home Rule Bill. POFULATION OF VICTORIA. —The white population of Victoria, . British Colum- bia, according to the census recently taken, is 8,300. The Chinese number 3,000, ma,king a total of 11,300. SHORT HOURS MOVEMENT. --- Brad - street's report says that 225,000 men he 'United States industrial centres are actively moving for shOrter hours of labor. ss ' • COWBOYS AS CAR PRIVERS. — The Third Avenue Railroad Company in New •York has hired a number of cow- boys to drive -its cars. They say they have come to stay. , MILLS BURNED IN NOTTLNGIIAM. — Wilkinson's mills at Beeeton Nottinga hamshire, have been burned. Loss $750,000. One thousanal persons will be deprived of employed by the disaster. THE CHURCH RULES THE STATE, —The Vatican has ordered the .Italian bishops to exhort the Catholics of their respec- tive dioceses to abstain from voting at the approaching elections for members of Parliament. EVICTIONS AND OUTRAGES. —During the last three months 698 families, comprising 3,477 Persons, were evicted from holdings in Ireland. During the same period 256 outrages were com- mitted. BLACK DIPTINHERIA.---eAcIvices from Fork townehip, iiear Big apids, Michi- gan, report the deaths f five children from black diphtheria in the family of Mr. Tanner, a farmer, and that the father is now lying at the, point of death with the same disease. A POOL IN Seencra—Ten represen- the West and Buffalo et in Chicago til tatives of the starch m nufacturers of the other day and organized a pool to govern production in certain lines of goods. A slight advance in prices was ordered. FRENCH DEMONSTRATION IN STRAS- BURG. —A French officers dressed in uni- form, was married at Strasburg to an Alsatian lady. After the ceremony a' crowd of 3,000 persons followed the offi- cer, shouting Vive la Franceaand dis- playing gteat enthusiasm. The police dispersed the mob. THE TURF. —The race for the 1,000 guinea stakea for three year old fillies, run Friday at the Newmarket, England, first spring meeting, was won by the Duke of Hamilton's bay filly, Miss Jum- my ; Princess Sottykopp's bay filly, Argo Nevis, second, and Lord Zealand's brown filly, Jewett, third. JUSTIN MCCARTHY ON HOME RULE. — Justin _McCarthy at Hastings said : The more the English studied Irish history the more they became convinced that the granting of Home Rule -to Ireland would make her a friend, not a foe. He emphaticalLy denies that the ques- tion was one of Catholics against Pro- testants. PROTECTION FOR CHINESE MISSION- ARIES. —At the assembly of the Wo- men's a °reign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church in Pittsburg the secretary read a letter from missionaries in Japan, which set forth the absolute necessity of etrong treaty stipulations for the protection of missipnaries in China. The Chinese outrages in this country, the letter continues, have caused the greatest indignation in China and, if they are continued, it is - hard t'o tell what the result will be. SCOTCH HOME RULE. —A movement is assuming definite shape in Edinburgh for the formation of Scottish home rule associations, with the object of helping to secure far Ireland always the same voice in the Imperial Parliament as now, and also to promote a legislative sitting in Scotland for Scotch affairs, with con- trol of local servants and a Scotch execu- tive government responsible to the crown. The strength of this movement explains many apparent inconsistencies in the recent Scotch treatment of the Irish Home Rule question; MCCORMICK'S REAPER ,FACTORY AT- TACKED BY A MOB. —MOIlday "afternoon McCormick's reaper works in Chicago was attacked by a mob of 6,000 lumber and. factory men who had assembled on tbe prairie at Robey street to hear some socialist harrangues. The mob attacked the McCormick employes, applying vile epithets and stoning them without mercy. McCormick's crowd retreated within the gates, but one of their num- ber fell into the hands of the assailants and was nearly beaten to death. Strong detachments of police arrived on the _ scene, when clubs and involvers were used on both sides, and after several severe combats the mob was dispersed. The windows of the factory were riddled with stones and bullets. SRIKES ! STRIKES ! WORK ANT) WAGES ! —From east, .south ahd west comes daily news of strikes for the eight hours move- ment and labor troubles among our American neighbors. On Monday, May 3, the daily report ran somewhat thus : In Boston 5,000 carpenters and plembers demand eight hours a day.—Cincinnati, five hundred -employees of furniture manufacturers and 100 men of the bil- liard manufactory are out. —Pittsburg, every furniture factory closed and. 600 men are idle ; 3,500 builders are out.— At Washington, D. C., the lockout by the master builders includes over 2,000 Men.—Baltimore, 2,000 house carpen- ters are out.—At New York the furni- ture-mdi 11111 varnishers and wood -car - vera ha* ieuck for eight hours, and so on. AN ABUNDANT HARVEST INDICATED. —A Rochester correspondent says : Reports from all parts oft the country say the spring wheat seeding is all done. Timely rains have brought up the crop, and it has made an excellent stand. The oat crop is also seeded, and from the effect of the. late rains gives excellent promise of an abundant ; crop. The winter wheat crop has continued to.im- prove everywhere with the exception of Kansas. - The Home Rule Problem. LONDON, England, May.3rd, 1886. The gayest of Easter seasons will be broken into to -day by the re -opening of Parliament. Home Rule is again on everybody's lips, and other subjects of general legislation are hardly mentioned. The Easter campaigning ie over. The result may be summed up en the state- ment that the country is overwhelming- ly for Mr. Gladstone. The two great leaders of secession, Lord, Hartington and Mr. Chamberlain, were not able to even bring their own constituents up to the point of declaring against the Premier. The amount of education which the people were found to have received on the subject of Home Rule was simply amazing. The bulk of this enlightenment of. the masses must un- doubtedly be credited to the widespread dissemination of Mr. Gladstone's initial speech. When speakers, ' Liberal or Tory, came to address the eleetors they found the latter uncommonly well post- ed on the Home Rule Bill.; They had many pat, clever questions ready and many a graceful period was ruined by some rustic in the audience hurling at the Speaker some well -fitting epigram. from Mr. Gladstone's speech. The first week of the new session will hear noth- ing of the Irish question except private discussions between individual members, end the effect of this attrition of minds is most likely to be beneficial to the Home Rulers. The contraet ha appear- ence of the Glactstonites and anti-Glad- etonites is yery marked. The former ere jovial and companionable; and the latter are glum and silent, but whenever impromptu discussions take place the Home Rulers invariably have an audi- ence with them and almost invariably win. The speculation as to the size of • the majority by which the Home Rule Bill etill pass its second reading. is :in- tense, Every one of the Committee has. immense tally sheets reading respectivet ly "for " and " against " Home Rule and " doubtful." On these sheets are written the names of every member of Parliament. His location is decided either by the personal utterances that he has made, in public, the assurances personally given to members of the can- vassing committee or by the best obtain- able information outside of these sources. Thus forecasts are much more accurate end valuable than guesses which' were made a month ago. These liets are changed every day, if necessary, and always as soon as trustworthy informa- tion is obtained of a member's intention to change his vote. No partisan hopes and fears are allowed to interfere with the strict accuracy of these tally lists. It is probable that a comparison of the lists of all the various committees would not result in finding many differences, and according to the Parnellite figures there are but thirty men of the Liberal or Radical parties who can be classed as sure to cast' their votes against Home Rule. But in their estimate of the re- sult they call the number of deserters fohty-. Their list of probable fe.bsentees numbers sixteen, but they call it twenty, thus, taking the darkest view of the case, they will have a majority in a full house of sixty-eight. Many of th ir ens thusiastic members, however, con dent- ly claim that they will have o r a hundred, and they are making be on even terms that the majority exeeeds one hundred by more votes than it If lls short of it. There has been conside able disappointment in certain quarters over the fact that Mr. Gladstone declin- ed at the last moment to go down to Scotland and. address his Midlothian • constituents. He has given very good reasons for this however, as in his man- ifesto which he'has addressed to them, and through them to the world; he says he desires to husband his declining strength as much as possible for his Parliamentary labors when Parliament meets. He concludes this addeess in the following eloquent words : : " We are not debating the amount of Irish eontributions to the empire of the cemposition of the legislative bo'dy, or the maintenance of representatives in connection with Westminster. On these questions and many more we may and may not be at odds. But what we are at this moment debating is the large, and far larger question which includes, and, I think, absorbs them all—the question whether you will or will not have regard to the prayer of Ireland for the management by herself of the affairs specifically and. exclusively her own. This and no other is the matter which the House of Commons has at once to .decide. If onthis matter it speaks with a elear and intelligible voice I feel the strongest assurance that others, difficult as some of them are, will nevertheless, with the aid of full discussion, and with the aid of a wise and conciliatory spirit, be found capable of rational and toler- able settlement. It is little, gentlemen, that I can do in this most grave matter. It is no more than devote with cheerful- ness to the cause the small available residue of my active life ; but; let me in these closing. words extend hey views beyond my honored constituency, and in one sentence say to you, my country- men of Scotland and of England, I can do much with you collectively, and not with any person or class or section aniong you. It rests with- you to de- liverthe " Yea " or " No.' On your - ch,oice depends all the best hopes of Ire- land, aied much that touches it in the honor and high interests of Great Britain and the ail mighty Empire of our Queen." The Wingham Times of last week says : II. W. C. Meyer, of this town, has received from Secretary Esten, a de- tailed statement of the number of votes polled by that gentleman in his recent coatest for a seat among the Benchers'of the Law Society, from which it 'would appear that Mr. Meyer had a narrow esca,pe from being elected. Mr. Meyer received 192 voths, thus placing him 36th on the list, or within six of being count- ed among the fortunate 30. Besides tail 60 votes in his favor arrived too late to be counted, and 60 ballots, 40 of whale were for Meyer, were not accepted, be. cause of the neglect of the senders te keep their fees to the Society fully pail up. Had all these votes been counted Mr. Meyer would not only have been elected but would have stood among the foremost in this distinguished body in point f number of votes. i Huron Notes. r. C. J. Miller has rented. hie farm, on the 1st concession of East Waw nosh, to Mr. Wm." Potton, Tu_rnDbravrridy. Dobson and wife of Ethel starte for Irvine, in the Northwest, lase week. He will settle there for a while Eactt—bleeLl,ths. ad the misfortune to g.et three of his ngers hurt with the edging_ saw in _thAe smawan t nneaieIn e dDpu el:lac:one ,CoafmGeor do en r e he was fi ed $50 by Police Magistrate Scott at Cli. ton last week for violating the pr_ovTis oenas.,mofatuhnedSercao,ttnfAcGtrey, has pur. chase. the handsome Cana iian brat hrioer,see '34Freernrical: Laniodn,w" mfr.omHlaVymde.nBa,erfe eGe°s—rsirMoie of Hallett, recently rec . John Jefferson, of the 2nd eon. boss at wEitthhelhfoiar mfaomreilythatnhiefouwreeykeatef4 edaavhe forming him that by the death 4 an letter from a lawyer in England, he. uncle, he was sole heir to au estate there. on the ynGioannrPganciNficalt:101rfoathd.e L —Alex. Watt, who has been section os. He has accepted of a situation' eiovioan Tuckersmith, recently sold to Mr. i[i) Ross, of the 2nd concession, Stanley, a pair of fine, pmaartkchAesdsoteiciao. ye_arTo 'de ocoilintstefnorD$r26iv5in. g tion h ve arranged for horse races to be held o their park on Queen's Birthdays They propose offering about $300 in p.iue—lrdsMes1 oacl, Stanley, has sold his ilia . Alex. Thompson, of the Bay- eorted stallion, " Earl of Moray," to a gentle an.in Kincaidine for a goodsum. lIe wa shipped to his new owner last - we—ekB.0 ing in the new salt well at Wingh m has reached a depth of NO feet. o annoying delays have thus far been e perienced, and with equal good luck it is expected that the salt bed will be reac ed in a very few weeks. ----Th courts for the final revision of the v ters' list under the Dominion French se Act, will be held at Exeter on the 12t of June, and for the township of Step en at Crediton on the 14th of ju—nefi township council ef Grey -talk of invetting in a burglar proof safe for the treasurer. They have seen fit in their w dmo.m Ttioilariasiseetihnishseakalawr per an • Ywreatrt should e considering the security he has to—femni nshy.nf our' readers 'will be pleased to lea that Mr. Wm. Drummond, gen- eral me chant of Blyth, has succeeded in making a settlement satisfactory to his credito s and hinaself, and has again re- sumed I is former business. —At a recent vestry meeting of the congre ation of St. Paul's church, Wing - ham, r. Crow -ell Willson, of that town, offered to donate the MIDI of $2,- 000 to ssist in the erection of a new church iiroviding the present subscribers to the • arsonage fund pay up their seb- scriptio Is to that fund. —A petition is being circulated in the county, to the Governor-General, and is being n imerously signed, for the release of Jam Henry Beamish, now in Kings- . toil pen tentiary for the murder of Wm. Maines. He is said to be in consump- tion, th disease from which his father and on sister have died since the trag- edy, an to which another sister is also csuiecdcAonfulr 11:VHeginnereyday evening of last week. Ba.gler, of Brucefi.eld, he was in her usual health on the pre - ions unday, but having over -taxed herself .n that day by walkbsg a consid- erable I iStaIaCe ta visit her sister it brought on an attack of heart disease, from'w ich she frequently suffered. The remains were interred in Baird's ceme- ' tery on he following Friday. • —On eunday last, just after church, . while M . Jas. Tremier, of Hallett, was hitchin e up his horse at the resid-ence of his mot • er-in-lawein Clinton, it became frighten d by the bridle being pulled off its hea as Mr. Tremier was removing the hal r, and it bolted away from him. Before could be stopped it had mana,g- ed. to br ak the shafts from the buggy, smash t e dashboard, and otherwise in- jure the vehiele. _ rs. Joseph Foster, of Stanley, was dri ing from Varna a few days ago, she met with what might have been a very ser ous accident. It appears that while co ing down a hill some part of the her ess broke, causing the horse to take fri ht. The buggy was upset and the occu ant thrown out. Mrs. Foster got off with a few bruises and a, sprained arin—.Sa uel Hoggard, of Brussels, has purchas d nine acres of land with a small ho se, and good sized barn, south of Brus els, from Philip Botz, paying $850 fo the property. He intends going into the hennery business, and in th Richard Leatherdale will compan try bee- eeping on a somewhat exten- sive scal . The place is very plea,santly situated and we venture to say Mr. Hoggard will not lose money on his in- vestmen . —Say the Clinton New Era Of last week : ast week Mr. Paisley -took an. old man amed Hall, of Gederich town- ship, to jail, he being considered a dan- gerous lunatic. The old man formerly resided on the base line, and is well known, he being something over 80 years of age. A few days ago he tried to com- mit suicide by lying face downwards in a shallow pool of water on the Huron road, bu a couple of women, who ob- served actions, prevented him accom- plishing is object. --Acc rding to the Wingham Times they mus have a pretty bad lot of boys . in that wn. It says : During last Fri- day nigh some scamps broke a pane of glass in arry Hiscock's store and took from the window $6.10 worth of canned goods, m ple sugar an& candies. They seemed have a hankering for eonver- sation lo enges, of which they helped themselv s t,o five pounds. NO trace has yet been ound of the guilty parties, bet - it is to b hoped that they will be ca.ught and seve ely dealt with. Judging from the frequ ncy of these burglaries, it is quite ev ent that there is a band of Road, 6. as voting lads who make a pr ------ eedallidtoo eaert th " his to wn, CO :nb e e ttni ab ee :7 pi Pegt. at hwr n:loetfihdc oh. tuh gl:b.: ghinhtart erw;il iwe dini mowitte: Icc ines".$141111-Wing:epeMaligt:d'r,'stanbAnhettinietittrigforwsene:vhlwyeauMtoaltisfnaoarn:ltggl'i:jol'itmig,e'ebrrito'th'iteil‘t it tem to run way The t 1 le ail: °1111:11ge.°Qdrhi Ike:: I le teTrbili i:ehisrituaer 1 hi no:t egfe ael Wi bp iiani nt 1 ea gt°ti nhhnaagYn it i ' hnt i o:fw* la. ' .inglinnis.palogartorogiee tatituaedyme,:pilavest to other p llearws e•VVI ipuptineghgtailliurne: an eetur:krini:sinthge goods when they feel like haHvineswg ustGdmaraysehro; last week is:tiosifenatidrtokeur ttsohnctweafftseobilldevileewobfnaeeacatw. I bioiicihiortv:h ehebaowhrariay., tarriaseleewdiintlitotetrhreiblheofteoricaenadndp:aelik ad insensible. He was immea esla WAS summoned,. In a short ti ill lig a lof eta; ddt hh °ate: w° -ai ita sastletibeh° ardigyeshes sh: ilea cokweeinhvbeeoodnnpei s Injuries, but whether of a serious a it is; iffiPreOuiStPtersapcYUSIBBS:Alpe:22, BIG FLAINS1 MANITOBA,. et ghi nef vr niBtt nia gt ci °aPnr1 ba° ei nf r ars5 sidsosPaAhYr isa reihra gde a,aP°stwt: 1.7e11:1;iSyt ot abidithietnee t in o n wr 0 awd e (Eastrsaeiiii this district are things of the pas tween farnes fenced with as much nos and regularity as the lining o squares of a checkerboard. The .ar, esnlialkleb,a,rhoerd, -wirstuem, pan: vaarrieeatiegsr, 0 lief in_ -comparison to the east. The coimtry through whi were passing was as level as with here and there a large pon plying water for the summer, an info; thweaws tterfunisie sowf intgle,e anstodekit seealeasathentgranigunhtd, base tehaert aest .it;ilopstsiilde4 for the recePtioa of the grain, an farmers busy finishing up their se Here let me remark that Pbelieve are some men in this world who not suceeed were they in Paradise this eonclusion I come from, see ever these plains, whieh certainly fine as anything the sun shines o thewhoy, hadin sipasitet fall ttohper e sppa lreen_ tare 1. ae the seed are only half way through "spring plowing,' white their awake neighbor, is giving the lasts of the harrow topheinapree,edpbneyde.rtyS. t w all tee r Baitgeopmiae ins streteh for 70 east and west, and 40 miles nortli . stirouethsn. rfaTeheewy haarte tohveeirr nnae:eler dthse a "plain." The land ranges from err sandy to heavy loam with el soil. Spring water is had in abun twenty feet below the surfaee, a featly free from alkali, Noxious . are thiegs unknowa, the thistle mustardaand the wild oat are as to find as an industrious Indian. int settlers reached the Big Plain years ago this spring, and strange i a large proportion of them eame' the counties of Huron and Brace. 'Amongst the successful ones ee Plains the Scotch-Canadion elemen dominatee, witness smile families McLarens, the Hopes, the Itarro:e Fergusons, the Blacks, the McKin ' the Meeks mad th B ' the Dodds the MeC the Humestons, prosperous, hard-woerkinlig°37mse'n.all ssuececteeshsiduelsemenetn., however, are ea of Hibernian blood, e Irl a' sPrill American, Mr. DTherev tli e a Gre e enP Dme aidsi :teal b:iora Bras ht,f 1 aeyn ed( la ri la' d, aganonet 0;1 ay sabt eaonf kt ' ae I 1 ehe hce:oe ul; society,' °asPreecms111 eanst °tfbethr°esagriten enterprise likely to be sta te crr ear etrbyi. son. . &ill: of t.ae ease:ff:enieweplttseoerfveebfrryig. etaoh,oin.nda:gvd. a. b. n- edf oiroaent iataisla t wt:t_eh hi:12,0r: so _vhe nes e ihaol re eb. 431000 Percheron where exhibited • aept perha s received loss from roas:s.sunceriThenesraweseishvefeeh•lhel Tequiial any part of tie' adnrdsetevsneetntlers on theell raft one up the standard they have h anlocadtethaey one season was the fi a 6h,°erhliging animals of other have harvest% -ceding cro s w vm:otletedhefifrarnszsohrnajere good, and wall abundancepof raatisnliginht118o8s4s. f,roFmeura arketed without was frozen to the g une, and that year harvested an present pros- aced those .vv.. unfrozen wheat. MI stouter hearts teesayereae r°1yf a advewrahgoeowoffn°17firolbri120511t1 n es, have fine houses, balm no now crop r actsehn out -nothing came _ peroue conditions. his fan here eight years ago wit 1, and have by thrif etheierre fertonmutthelimeabl thernseleres in gra.neries, cam b head of eattl 11 of , ors e, from three to fivm suit of clothes a but 8Peoulatin hard work, la s ck for leas than SI ave not made their W tonaln, house, barns, i $300, now refm - 'These eotneaesee , af fortune, but ha: to the wdo,r. laents and men h a it all by " farming -- On who thtough any lucky a .."warattntanwtee --- e:r ea T I Be t r je u ":8 0 P ,8R, 08 • t vathri ei col s cp c na s Aatoy Drau ht riseilausgo;:nlado:erTiSi,gevheSeomr,fll,s...,a0:gr:AesBledines;asA, :631kaiiiseyetnp:eat;ra,:i: rr.1 G , rince Arthur Willis, "Count L'ari' —8Thhoewf op: 1,..1 v sj al com ett .e:ioso0;::::::,,...te,:tlergd73:r2reidss,hTirei,30:nimfd,47R.liy:0:_bnrceeeTria:ah7ivorayy„mllam_;_12:Eieiri 4 -tomes, 2 .4bt, taes, aged, lam. -Ca na-r-jrceaer, .1' 2, entries-1sta Reobi ,iters OUng stork, elolentn;" e2sn_d,:t,a E. .3 Eiensall.