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The Huron Expositor, 1892-07-08, Page 44 ei t • 4 ; TJ. F n 'At f, • 1 • t ' I i : i •6 • A 4 TI -JE HURON *Kr EXPOSITOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. IMIrThe *gun adman the parenthesis after eseh lino (bootee the page of the- paper on which th* advertisement will be found. I- Another Ohanee—nseicson tiros. (1) Sumner Trade—B. Kona 8) , L Ootte for Sale—Wm. Babel& 6) To Business Non—" linap "— politer Office. (61) Great Bargains—A. G. Ault. (5) To Bitch Contractors—Wm. Milne. (e) Small Beginnings—Wm. Pickard. (e) somethimetpscial—eackson Bros. (6) Com& _W at neat—Charles Clothe. (8) • Stanthwd Washing Machines—O. 0. When. (8) Carriages for all. -W. Coldwetl. (8) Card of Thanks—dobn Ward. (5) TeacheiWented—dchn G. Grieve. (6) Stock for Sala—David Milne. (5) Farm for Sale—Mrs. Bella Murphy. (6) Tenders Wanted -0. A. strong. (8) Notioe—e. W. Best. On poon txpositor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, July 8, 1892. The British Elections. The British electiOns are now in full swing. Polling commenced on Monday. The Gov- ernment had so arranged matters that the first elections to come off were in the urban boroughs. These, it was expected, would go largely in -favor of the Government. This expectation has, apparently been ful- filled, for, although the Gledstonians made a gain of eight seats, they came considerably short of their expectations. Mr. Gladstone, however, relies largely for his support on the rural constituencies, and most of these elec- tions are yet to be oeld. We may remark here, that the electtons there are not all held on the same day, as here. Onr brothers and coaling across the water have not yet reach- ed this degree of civilization. The Govern- ment fix the dates for the elections in the several conitituencies to snit themselves. The elections seem to be carried -in with a great deal of spirit, if not bitterness. The factions in Ireland are still fightAtig and try- ing to exterminate each other. Mr. Wil- liam O'Brien, one of the leading ailti-Par- nellites, was hit on the head by a stone a few days ago and so seriously injured that his life is in danger. Several other promi- nent men have been bruised and wounded, and still the strife goes on. But these rowdy demonstrations are not confined to Ireland alone. The stone and club mode of argument has beta vigorously used both in England and Scotland. The women also, are taking a hand in the fray. It was one of the gentler sex who, last week, hit the Grand Old Man on the face with a piece of ginger bread nearly dissbling one of his eyes. The wife of the great African explorer; Henry M. Stanley, seems to have out a bet- ter figure on the public platform than the great man himself, although she did not succeed in eecuring the election of her hus- band, as he was badly beaten on Thesday. Another lady, the young, accomplished and beautiful wife of Mr. Richard Chsmberlain, is said to have gone personally Among the voters, and especially the working class. Her appeals, however, although respectfully met, appear not to have availed against the current of her husband's unpopularity, as he too, was snowed under. The exploits of another lady in the interests of her husband are thus uarrated by the despatches : Cornwallis West, Unionist candidate in Denbighshire, Wales, is being assisted in his canvass by his wife, the noted beauty. Mrs."West attempted to -day to address a meeting which had howled her husband down. For a moment there were cries of "Let her speak," but the stlence which en- sued was brief. The disoider was renewed, and Ws. West lost her temper, declaring that in her native country, Ireland, the men were too manly to prevent a woman cham- pioning a public cause. Mrs. West then madether way to s platform where a rival orator was addressing a crowd and began an argument with him. He shook his fist in her faoe and the crowd was so threatening that eine West finally retired to the plat- form provided for the orators of her hule band's party. And so goes the fun. The weaker sex seem to be coming to the front in politics even in, conservative old England. The elections thus far are summed up as follows: Conservatives.. ..... 89 Liberal-Unionitts 8 Liberals 63 Total • 1-60 The net Gdadstonian gaine to date is eight nate. To make parties tie and practically defeat the Government the Liberals must win 26 more seats. Continental Union Again. We publish this week another letter from Mr. White in which he continues to hold up the benefits which he conceives Canadians would realize from Continental Union. We also publish a letter from Mr. Reynolds, in which he exhibits to the view of our readers the other side of the gnestion. It shows some of the difficulties we would have to overcome before we could reach Mr. White's goal and some of the disadvarttages we would be subjected to even after having reached it. They are both good, well written lettere, and we commend them to the careful perusal of our readers. As we agree in the main with what Mr. Reynolds says, further comment on his letter is unnecessary. There is Lot much in Alryttrhite's that we have not already replied \ to in one form or another, and, conseqaently, the most we shall attempt to do is to correct some mis- apprehensions into which he seems to have fallen. So far as we can see, after a careful perusal of all Mr. White's letters, the only advantage he holds out as likely to result from Continental Union, that would not ensue from Commerciel Reciproeity, is per- manency. But this, to our mind is, after all, a doubtful advantage. If a treaty should be found satisfactary to both parties, there would be no desire on either aide to abrogate it and it would therefore be per- manent, and, in the event of the arrange- ment proving unsatisfactory, it would be an advantage to be able to abanden it. Mr. White evidently misapprehends the position of those who advocate universal Free Trade. We do not " propose to com- "pel the States to admit us to their markets tt whether they care to do so or not,"&c.,nor do we intend to " proclaim that we have en- " tared OTi a fiscal war with them." What we propose to do is to of- fer every country, the United States included,free access to the Canadian markets that will give Canadians free access to their merkets. Surely this cannot be constraed into an offence er an attempt to " coerce our, powerfal neighbors." As e. result of this policy, we oontend, the United States will find it to their advantage to accept our offer, and for this reason, among others, the diffioulty they win have in protecting their frontier from the ihvaidons of the smuggler. This, however, Is a vastly dif- ferent condition of affeirs to that eonjured up by Mr. White's imagination. If, under such circumstances, " our own and their citizens break their !awe and rob their reve- nuer," we are sure that even Mr. White would not sey that the fault rested with us. Mr. White also thinks that we will " have " a huge amount of missiooary work to con- " vince a majority of Canadians that Direct " Taxation it a good thing for them." This may be so, but we are very sure the work required Would not be nearly so great as to convince them thst • Continental Union would be a good thing for them. Besides this, in the matter of Direct Taxation we would only have to convince our own people, whereas with Continental Union we would `have to convince not only our own people but the people of the United Ststes and those of Great Britain as well. So that if it be difficult to get Direct Taxation it must be doubly difficult to get Continental Union. We believe, however, that it would not be difficult to induce the people to adopt Direot Taxation. The advantages of the syetem are so apparent that if anythink like a well defined, practical scheme were placed before them, they would willingly accept it. They are so sick of the present system and the train of evils and extravagances that it brings with it, that they would readily adopt any reasonable substitute. This work of conversion would be all the more easy of accomplishment because it could be shown that by adopting it an immense saving would be effected, and an injustice would not be inflicted upon any one. The politi- ciane will be more difficult to convert than the people. Under direct taxation many per- quisites would be out off thet politicians now enjoy, and they do not want this. If the politicians could be induced cr forced te espouselthe cause there would not be much trouble with the -people. And the people are rapidly being educated by experience to see the benefits that the change would brir.g and they will fore° it on the politicians. A few more such revelations as have been made during the past two eessione of Parliament, will complete the education of the people in this direction. We would like to ask Mr. White how the great bulk of the public, revenues of England is raised, if not by direct taxation, and we have never heard that it has proved oppressive to any class in thst country. On the contrary, it has proved of inestimable benefit and has, no doubt, saved the country from the public scandals which have disgraced both Canada and the United States. The " bogy " of overbur- dening the land owner and oppressing the farmer has well nigh lost its terrors, and sensible people see that it is only used as a blind. There is no earthly reason why the burden of taxation could not be as evenly - and as equitably levied under the direct sys- tem as by the roundabout, expensive and extravagant method of customs duties. But it is not for us to- propound a scheme either in detail or in bulk. This is a work for which our parliamentary representatives are, elected and paid. All the people- have to do is to declare in favor of the system, and the politicians will prepare a scheme. If the representatives of one party can not formu- late a satisfactory one, those of another party will. Mr, White need fear no diffi- culty on this score. On Dominion day some important changes in the law came into force. Mr. Mowat's measure, frequently called the Cigarette bill, from that day will be used to correct the habits of the young. It is not properly named the Cigarette bill, because it is aimed against the use of tobacco in all its forme. All persons under eighteen years of age are now prohibited from buying, using, or hav- ing tobacco in their possession, and those who sell or give it to them will be liable to heavy fines. Another provincial law which Dominion day brought into forch is that re- lating to the succession tax.t Hereafter estates passing because of deaths will be subject to a graded taxation. Small amounts to near relatives or for charitable purpoees are exempted, but eevertheless the tax will, in course of years, yield a considerable revenue. HON. WALTER MCCREA, Judge of the district of Algoma, died at Sault Ste. Marie on Friday last. Judge McCrea was 82 years of age. He was born in the county of Lan- ark, Ontario, and practised law in the town of Chatham for many years. In olden times he was a prominent politician and was one of the fathers of Confederation. He had been Judge in Algoma for about fifteen years. His death will, likely, permit of th'e promotion of Junior Judge Johnson, former- ly Mr. F. W. Johnston, of Goderioh, to the Judgeship. semsmimemmis A CONTEMPORARY remarks : Mr. Wel- don, M. P, who has brought an action for libel against the Moncton Times for reflec- tions cast upon him in connection with the revelations of last summer is exceedingly jealous of his reputation. Not long ago a Maritime paper hinted that Mr. Weldon traveled on a railway pass,but subsequently, on threat of a libel suit, it withdrew the offensive reinark and apologized. There are not many men in Parliament who could have demanded the retraction of that scandal, and, consequently, Mr. Weldon's prompt repudiation Of it must have made some of his colleagues feel very uncomfortable. Mr. Hugh John Macdonald evidently does not find parliamentary life as congenial as his father did. He therefore contem- plates withdrawing from politics: He has made up his mind finally to retire and left Ottawa on Tuesday and will resign his seat in Winnipeg before the next eession. While he is deeply sensible of the kindness of his friends in Parliament, who waited upon him on Saturday last and premed him to remain in the House, offering him an On- tario seat if he found the representation of a western constituency at all irksome,he has judged it best to retire. His law practice in Winnipeg is worth $10,000 a year to him. If he remains in Parliament he will have to let it go, He has found it impossi- ble to at once properly attend to it and his duties as a politician, and he had te make a choice of giving up either the latter or his law partnership with Mt. Stewart' Tupper in Winnipeg. Further, he has no great liking for public life. He and Mr. T. M. p_ [Daly, bl,P. tor Brandon, went west to - gather Wednesday and this will likely , be the last heard of the son of the late Premier, in politios,for a good while at any rate. It is likely that the Ministeriel members of Parliament will signalize the occasion of the retirement from politics of Sir John Mao- donald's son by presenting him with a testimonial of their great regard for him. THE young man reoently found on the Island at Toronto, and who has since been causing the people of the Queen City so much curiosity and concern, has made a full. confession and has solved the mystery con- cerning his condition and identity, and the result makes a itood many feel foolish. His name is Wm. D. Adams, a tion of Mr. SIM. uel Joseph Adams, market gardener and small woollen naanufacturer,living in Stroud lane, off the Stone road, between Dundee and Hamilton, township of Anoaster. He admits that he came to Toronto voluntarily, went out to the sand bar and tied himself in the position in which he was found. He says he did it for notoriety. The magistrate allowed him to go home in the charge of his father. IT is not often that a poor widow gets the better of a wealthy railway corporation in a law suit and it does one good to be able to chronicle such, a victory. A somewhat celebrated case of Widow Flynn against the Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been decided by the Privy Council in favor of the plaintiff- and appellant. Mrs. Flynn sued ,the Canadian Pacific Railway at Montreal for $6,500 for the death of her husband while engaged in his duties as an employe of the company. She got a verdict in the Superior Court, which was reversed by tho Supreme Court at Ottawa, but kind friends, headed by the Montreal*Star helped her to take the case to the Privy 'Council, where she won. The costs will be enormous. A cONTEMPORARY remarks : " A season of rust -provoking rain would do more to im- poverish Canada thau a dozen McKinley bills." We fancy that even McKinley. himself would admit the correctness of this statement. THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT (By Our Special Correspondent.) OTTAWA, July 4th, 1892. A few more days will see the second ses- sion of this present Parliament concluded. The senate meets to -day for the purpose of • taking up and considering the Supply Bill, the immenee Criminal Code Bill, the Re- distribution Bill, and several other import- ant Government measures. To do all this, and to checklhasty legislation and guard the interests of the minority, which are the special reasons for the existence of the Sen- ate, they have three or four days. In other words they propose to revise in three or four days whet it took the Commons three or I four months to oonsider. As e check on hasty legislation, the Senate is a fraud, a delusion and a enare. The whole body is a _ • useless expense. During the whole of this session, they have not sat as long as the Commons has done in eine week. The Redistribution Bill was finally dis- posed,of last week. A number of amendments were proposed on the motion for third read- ing, including one by the Conservative member for East Simcoe, who wanted to undo the werk of the Bill of 1882, which he said had created an anomaly and a wrong, and which he denounced as an absurd gerry- mander. It is, therefore, a reproach against the present Bill, both in the eyee of Liber- als and Conservatives, that it has not at- tempted to rectify the wrongs cominitted by that Bill at the instance of Sir John Mac• donald. Sir John Thompson told each and every complainant that they did not pro -- pose by this 13111 to redress the grievances of 1882. Sir Richard Cartwright's amend- ment uniting four of the smallest counties in Eastern Ontario and giving then) two mem- bers was defeated by a vote of 51 to 90. If this amendment had been • carried there would have been no necessity for disturbing any portion of Ontario. One Conservative, Mr. Boyle, of Monck, voted for the amend- ment, Three Conservatives voted against the Government for an amendment, the ob- ject of which was to prevent the gerrymand- ering of Prince Edward Island, Their names were MacLean, of East York • Weldon, of Albert, New Brunswick, and' Dickey, of Cumberlend, Nova Scotia. The amendment was nevertheless defeated by a vote of 87 to 54. Other Conservatives voted with the Opposition on other amendments, and -alto- gether there were no fewer than 12 Conserva- tives, who either voted against the Bill as a whole or some part of it. A very lively encounter took place on Tuesday evening between Sir Richard Cert- wright and Sir John Thompson, in which, as Mr. Laurier afterwards very aptly said, the Minister of justice reduced the debate to the level of Billingsgate. Sir Richard called the attention of the House to the records of the distribution of the reptile funds in Que- bec and the connection of Sir Adolphe Caron with that fund, and of other members of the Government including the Prime Minister himself. In all his thirty years of public life Sir Richard could not recall a single in- stance in -which documents of an equally in- criminetory character were placed on the official records of Parliament, nor had he ever heard of similar documents having been brought to the attention of Parlialeent in any other country. • The facts compelled him to say that the Parliament of Canada was not a really representative body, for our system, as practised thy the present Govern- ment, was one of fraud and bribery, and members sat in that House whose seats had been purchased in behalf of the Government. The documents published in the Globe fur- nished absolute proof ef this charge. In a long speech Sir Richard gave facts to prove what was the key note and objeot of his •whole speech, namely, that the Government of Canada for fourteen years had been car- ried on by means of deliberate,organized cor- ruption. In strictly parliamentary language, but with fine sarcasm and keen thrusts Sir Richard Cartwright held up -the- mirror' to the Minister of Justice in a way that was greatly enjoyed by the House. Having in view probably the portrait of Sir John Thompson, painted by Rev. Dr. Douglas recently, Sir Richard Cartwright remark- ed that the Minister of Justice had the reputation of being somewhat of a theologian and was able to work his con- science with singular discretion. Amid great laughter he likened him to the lady described by the poet Pope who was " a sad good Christian in the heart, but a very heathen in the carnal part." .He contrasted the two natures which worked in the Minis. ter of Justice, the old Adam and the new Adam and added that he was afraid Thomp- son the sinner generally got the better of Thompson the Saint. When he added "I speak more in sorrow than in anger " the whole House burst into a roar of laughter, while Sir John Thompson, white with anger, sat nureing his wrath. If anything more was needed to make the Minister of Justice furious, it was Sir Richard's reminder that in order to obtain a seat for him in the House, a member of the House was induced to give up his seat by the bribe of a seat on the Bench, which led Sir Richard to moral- ize on the fact that Judges made in that way were just as human as ourselves and just as poorly qualified to act as members of inves- tigating commissions as anybody else. Sir John Thompson exploded hia anger the moment Sir Richard Cartwright had taken his seat. His reply v4s from first to last, a violent personal att oir. on Sir Richard i Cartwright and a tire e of vulgar abuse such as even the meanest ember of the House would have scorned to use. He called Sir. Richard Cartwright a !miserable totterer; a liar, a man with a mask, a traitor a trucou- lent oorruptionist, a hypocrite and finally, to cap the climax, a blatant scoundrel." This will give an ides of the vitriol which the leader of the House threw across the floor -at the distingeished member from South Oxford. He aten ventured to do what Sir John Macdonald, with all ,his hat- red of • Sir Richard Cartwright, never at- tempted, namely, to charge that honorable gentleman with having been diehonest and dishonorable while he we's Minister of Fin- ance, He spent considerable time in defend- ing his deseent from thei Bench and his tak- ing the seat vacated -by [Mr. MoIsaao, who wee in turn raised to th Bench, lie Mr, Laurier in a ep rited speech replied to Sir John Thompso and informed him that his abuse of Sir Richard Cartwright required no refutation. 'When history came to be written it would be said of Sir Richard Cartwright that lieing in an age of corrup- tion he was an honest man. The accusation that Sir Richard had loaned money to the banks without interest, Mr. Laurier told him the country knew to be falee. After the debate was over the friends of Sir John Thompson admitted that he had greatly damaged himeelf by using such low, vulgar abuse of an opponent. A census bulletin has been issued showing that there are in Canada 1,415,090 French- speaking and 3,385,422 English speaking. The French speaking Canadians had de- creased during the past ten years almost one per cent. In the North-weet Terri- tories they decreased from ten per cent in 1881 to two per cent in 1891, which shows that the North-Weet Territories are rapidly becoming completely anglicized. A singular fact is that the Irish and Scotch Ovulations of the Dominion have decreased in the last ten years, tbe Irish by 36,000 and the Sootoh by 7,000. The English have in- creased nearly 50,000. In all Canada there are 218,961 English, 148,842 Irish and 107,365. Scotch. There are over 803000 Americans, 27,000 Germans and 9,000 Chinese. These official figures when ana- lyzed show that the population of the Europ- ean born in the whole Dominion has in- creased only 14,000 in ten years so that if Mr. Carling brought in 886,00d European immigrants as he says he did, all of them except about 19,000 beim left the country. The Month of June was a remarkable one in Ottawa, rain having fallen during 23 days. Great damage will be done to the crops in this vicinity. The House has voted $10,000. for a monu- ment to Sir John A . ,leisedonald on Parlia- ment Hill. OUR AMERIC.A.N POLITICAL LETTER. [WRITTEN FOR 'DIE EXPOSITOR.] A REVIEw OF THE ItOLITICAL PARTIES, As my readers doubtless know, the Re- publican party had ite birth in. the troub- lous times preceding the American Civil war.. It was the patriot party. All the best men in the north, the pick cf the Na- tion in fact, belonged to it. After the war it was the only party, to use a little expres- sive alang, " in it." To be anything but a Republican was to throw yourself under the imputation of being a traitor. Nothing could stand before the party of Lincoln and Grant. It was a grand party ; it has de- served the name so often given it : " The Grand Old Party." It carried to a success- ful termination one of the greatest ware of history. It relieved the country of the tre- mendous burden of debt which that war en- tailed. It built up again the _industries that the war had left in stagnation. Since 1860, with but one break of four years, it has held the reins of power and during that time the country hae continuously grown in wealth and importance. These are the things Republicans like to think of and talk of. These are the things that are thrown in the teeth of their opponents in every elect- ion from echool trustee up. It is a grand record and Republkcans have just reason to be proud of the achievements of their party. But it is, huinanly speaking, an utter im- possibility for a political party to retain such a lease of power and retain at the same time, its honesty and integrity, its youthful freshness, innoeence and high purpose. So there ire things' which the Republicans do not like to talk about, or even to think about, but which Still exiat nevertheless, It is true that the Democratic party originated the spoils system, but it is none the less a fact that the Republican party has perpetu- ated it, and, under their administration, it has gained such a hold on the minds of the people that this great country is already dangerously near that state which wrecked Rome, when the country,it set up, and sold to the highest bidder. In those days it was sold for wonderful and gorgeous shows and bloody gladiatorial contests. In this day it is sold for fat political kelps "snaps " to put it in the terse and expreseive language of the day. Mr. Pentecost, the clever Journ- alist, anarchist, atheist, populist, etc., etc., of New York, has said that politics in that city are 80 corrupt that they stink.' • He might well have) extended it to the whole country. For itrtance, there seems to be no possibility of oubt now, that Gen- eral Harrison was nominated for a second term by reason of the number of Federal office -holders who succeeded in being ale. pointed as delegates to the National Cone vention. Can my readers understand the significance of this Then take New York State, where a Republican nomination for a State office is almost equivalent to an elec- tion. To -day a man was nominated for Governor who has been an office -seeker for fifteen years. A politician who has nothing to recommend him but his pull with the party. On the other hand there was "turn- ed down," to make room for him, an old soldier, an industrious, self-made man, whose record, both public and private, is "clean'," who, every one admits, would give , a clean, sound, honest administration, and who could, without a doubt,. carry the State. This was done through the influence of what is known here as the "State House gang," the men now holding minor offices in the pay of the State. It is impossible to describe this disease which has permeated the minds of the people; It can best be put in that short, sharp sentence so often quoted in fun: " Every American expects some day to hold an office." There is more truth in it than Americans would care to have strangers be- lieve, and the Republicen party are respon- sible for it. It is my tripe -Hence that men don't go into politics in this country any more, as a rule, from mqtives of patriotism, but to get something for themselves, and I have had good opportunities for observation. This state of thinga needs no comment. Don't you Canadians want to come in ? The Democratic party, up to- the time of the war, was the dominant party. After the war they were crushed, discredited. They were in the mud, and the Republicans did their utmost to keep them there. It took the people of the Mirth a long time to recognize the fact that e man might be a Democrat and still have'one or two redeem- ing virtues. The Democratic party was heralded as the party of, the alums and sa- loons, the party which harbored everything bad and out of which nothing good could come. A party which had no policy but opposition, and had done nothing for the country in this generation but attempt to stop the wheels of progress. Give a dog a bad name and it sticks. So it was for many years with the Democratic loarty. Perhaps they, in a measure, deserved the bad name. Anyway they got it and it stuck. But, about the beginning of the 80's things began to change somewhat. There was a break in the Republican ranks and many good men went over to the Demeeratee while many - MilelleMsaelfellentlintelneeitelnelenell.Mite more formed a sort o a uentral party pledg- ed to eivil service referm, because they saw the danger into which the Republican party was leading the country. Then a younger generation of men, who had no stigma from the war or the slave trade, had grown up and began to take an interest in the party, and people began to ae that, u a bare pos- sibility, something g od might come ont of the Demooratio pa ty ; so in '84 Grover Cleveland wills eleote President, and in '88, though defeated, he ot the majority of the popular vote, The b tter part, of the Demo- cratic party, as repre ented by such men as Governor Russell, of i Masseohusetts, Gover- nor Campbell, of Ohio, Governor Boies, of Iowa, and Grover Cleveland, stand for freer trade reletions with t e whole world ; the abolishing of class an hot -house legislation, and the freeing of th whole civil meeviee, as far as is possible, fro party control. ;This is an inviting progr mme, and, were it not that the country diet usts the other wing of the party, as represe ted by Dave Hill and ti Tammany, it would weep the country like a tidal wave. Whet er the people of the United States have sufficient faith in the best of the Democra,Oo party, to entrust the party with the government of . the cotintry or not, remains to be seen at the elections this fall, 1 The People's Party is an outgrowth olf the Farmers' Alliance. The members of ! this party are more commonly known as "Ciilam- ity Howlers," because of theirl constant cry that the country is being ruined and especi: ally the agricultural portion of it, Their tenets are free silver, government ownership of railroads, and the sub -treasury scheme which has been so much held up to ridieule. They say that there is in this country a mortgage debt of home billions of dollare, payable in gold, while there are only About $338,000,000 of gold in the country to pay it with and they' demand an expansion of the currency suffictent to make it poSsible to turn securities into os,sh on short netice, so they advocate free silver. In their !sub - treasury scheme they' go farther and dernd that the country shall guarantee a in rket to the producer at a fair price ; that ie, that if a man raises a busbel of whest it is value and the government simuld be willing to Issue a money certificste en that value the same itfl if the wheat was gold, and so on with ell produce. Then thetl- hold thet it is wrong for a corporation to have the power ti) de- prive the producer o a reasonable profit by excessive charges for transportion and that, therefore, the railro de should be owned by the country and ope ated at cost. To sum it all up their pla form simply leads to nationalization. The "Calamity Howlers" have been tnercilessly laughed and jeered and scoffed at, but, unless I am much mis- taken, the forthcoming Presidential eleetion will show that they must be taken seriously. The party has made numberless mistakes and blunders and h is been made the tool, in too many cases, o discredited politicians andeoffice seekers of t e older parties, but it has staying power nd the older it grows the wiser it will ge I have never given any hard study to it principles and am not prepared, with my v ry limited knowledge, to either endorse or !condemn them, but on the face of them I cannot see that they are any more ridiculous 4r hairbrained than tbe McKinley bill and! the Recipro-tection policy of the Republiaan party whose orators profess to think thein so funny. My own opinion is thatfree -itrade pure and simple would be a better slinpler, more statesman- like, broader and mere effective policy than either. . .1 The Prohibition party has not been heard very much of lately. It is, however, ,still alive and kicking. It has just nominated a candidate for President and intends to make a thorough canvass and a hard campaign. Its platform practically consists of but two planks, Prohibition and Purity in politics, but it is a good oneand deserving of more attention than it get . There will thus b four candidatee in the race for the Preside cy and if signs hold it is going to be a m morable campaign and one of the ar des t ought since the election of Lincoln. News o the Week. NEAR THE ENT), --,Cyrus W. Field is ex - expected to die at any moment. - DELUGED AGAIN.—The Illinois valley, has been deluged by anolther cloud burst. ; SUNK. —A canal oat laden with flax -Seed sunk in the Erie on RETIRING.—The sell out his magnifio retire from the turf. DEATH IN THE Po al on Sunday. ustrian Rothschild will nt racing stables and s I TER POT. —A breveery hand named Banaphy fell into I. vat of hot porter, in Philadelphia, on Saturday, and was scalded to death. KILLED.—Dr. W. B. Green, B. well-knewn New York physician, was run over and kill- ed by the newspaper train at Long Branch, New Jersey. CHOLERA.—In Di) ask, Turkestan, 130 in - Is habitants have died of cholera in four days. STORMS IN ENGLAND. —Teri! ific thunder storms prevailed in tvarions parts of England during the past few: days. , OUT OF WORK. -L -With • the dawning of July 1 nearly 150, iron -workers in Phila- delphia were throw out of work by expira- tion of agreement. 1 RE-ELECTED.—L rd Randolph Churebill was re-elected to th British Parliamenti in - Paddington withou epposition. IN ENGLAND.—I the elections which attest present being held n England there are 35 constituencies in which the 'Unionists and 22 in which the Liberals will elect their candi- dates without opposition. LuCKY.—Joseph Brandon, janitor of the Second Presbyterian Church, at Dubu ue, Iowa, has been left $2,000,000 by an Eng ish relative who died a short time ago. SCARCITY OF HARVEST HANDS.—Ka saes fermers are having reat trouble in secu ing enormoua crop of heat in the , State, Moat wig a sufficient number of hands to harvest the of which is ready for cutting. They are of- fering high wages for help. CYCLONE.—A terrific cyclone struck Sth- !ohm, Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon. The main building of the Bethlehem Pair and Driving Park Association Was destroy- ed. Lightning struck the cable tower of the telephone office and set the post office sb1u5i101000ing. on fire. Loss said to be afloat AN OLD•TIME CIRCUS MAN DEAD.—Doc. Thayer, who was a clown under Dan Rice in the circus ring, and who drove stage coaches in Indiana, is dead at Chicago. He was born in New York in 1830. FATAL BALLOON ASCENsION.-At Boston on Monday, Professor Rogers made a balloon ascension and was carried seaward, The valve refused to work, and the profeasor broke a hole_ in the canvass, which ripped to such an extent that the balloon collapoed. The professor and his assistant were killed. A HARP OF SHAMROCKS FOR THE FAIR. — Tho New York Gaelic Society has secured a prominent place in the Floricultural Depart- ment of the World's Fair for an Irish de- sign, which will be an exact representation of the famous -Brian Boru harp, made of shamrocks which are to be gathered on the green hills of ancient Tara, of which Moore so pathetically sang. The design will be outlined with gravel brought from Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. The society intende to organize a Gaelic -speaking convention, to be held in the Irish village at the Fair. BRITISH CAMPAIGN AMENITIE§'.—Stanley, the explorer, and his wife were ,mobbed on Friday last in London ; Joseph Chamber- lain was pelted the same day with cabbage heads at 'Birmingham ; Mr. O'Keefe, a Home Rule M. P., was welcomed with a riot at Limerick ; Tim Healy has been assaulted at Dublin, and the miners who favor Sir Charles Dilke have threatened he duck the fair Lady Somerset in a horsepond. All of which indicates that the Britishers are now talking politics to one another. If ouch a list of brutalities were reported from this side of the water how 'hooked the London Times would" be at such evidences of our crude and imperfect civilization 1 .HOW TO MANAGE A WIFE.—The Rev. Charles F. Deems, putter of the Church of the Strangers, New York city, has just won a $20 gold piece offered as a prize for the best euay on "How to Manage a Wife," and he says he will give it to his wife to help him to continue to manage her. In his brief essay he said : "The first business of the husband is to manage himself so ae to keep himself always his wife's respectful friend, always her tender lover, always her equal psrtner, always her superior pro- tector." REv. DR. LOwRY MARRIED.—Rev. Dr. Robert Lowry, the well-known song writor and composer of " Shall We Gather at the River ?" was quietly married in the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, New York, Mon- day, 25th ult., to Miss Mary L. Runyon, eldest daughter of the late Judge Enos W. Runyon, of Plainfield, New Jersey. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Gee - sen, the only witnesses being the immediate families of the bride and groom. Dr. and Mrs. Lowry left for Europe on the City of Paris on the 29th. Dr. Lowry's first wife died two years ago. Huron Notes. —The Orangemen of the Wadeanosh dis- trict intend celebrating the 12th of July at Dungannon. - —Hon. John Robertson, Premier of Brit- ish Columbia, who died recently, was at one time a resident of Bayfield, in this county. --Mr. G. Deadman, of Brussels, lost a fine Jersey cow one day last week. She was valued at 8100. .—Thirty-seven pupils wrote at the en- trance examination to the High, School at Brussels on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day of last week. —The sum of $15,000 has been appropri- ated by the Government toward improve- ments for Goderioh harbor, and $8,000 for Port Albert. —Mrs. J. Whitehead, of Clinton, is the proud possesaor of a fuchsia that stands about ten feet high, with a spread' of about three feet, end literally covered with flow- ers. It must be a beauty. --Conductor Parker, who has taken Con- ductor Snider's place on the London, Huron and Bruce railway, has removed his family from Sarnia to Winghem. Conductor Snider is now running on the main line west from Toronto. —A band tournament is to be one of the leading attractions at the Goderioh fair this fall, and the following prizes will be offered for competition : 1st prize $125 ;• 2nd, $60 ; 3rd, $40. These prizes - should Jaring out some good music. — Miss Jennie Cargill, who has been teaching in the Wingham public school for nearly six years, and Miss Maggie Cargill, teacher at Fordwich, intend leaving for Duluth, Minneeota, in a short time where they have procured situations. .—Miss Braden, teacherin the second de- partm'ent of Bruesels public school, left on Friday of last week on a pleasure trip to Banff, Calgary, and other points of interest in the west. Mr. Alex. Bruce, of Brussels, has also gone to visit friends in the Prairie Province. —A team belonging to Alexander Patter- son, lot 37, concession 2, East Wawatiosb, ran away a few days ago and the handle of a plow which was in their way ran into one of the animals' side, very seriouely if not fatally injuring it. — Mr, R. Armstrong, one of the old resi- dents of the Goshen line, Stanley, having retired from farming, has taken up his resi- dence in Bayfield. His old neighbors and friends on the Goshen will miss him, bat they are all glad he has not gone further &mien —Mr. Fletcher Turner, son of Mr. Ed- ward Turner, of thc west end, Tuckersmith, came home from the West last week. He has been away from the parental roof for about 12 years and we are sorry to state that he comes 'home suffering from a severe attack of hemorrhage of the lungs. —The sounding in. the fire bell on Sunday morning of last week about 1 o'clock, awak- ened the Wingham people from their slum- bers, when it was found the Union furniture factory -was on fire, supposed to have been caused by a spark from the smokestack. The damage done was very small. — Miss Geddes, who has taught the primary department of the Auburn sohool very acceptably, retired from her position at the close of the present term, much to the regret of the parents and pupils of the section, She has accepted an engagement near her home in the county of Elgin. —Two sons of Peter Campbell, West Wa- wanosh, near Belfast, have recently moved on to the farm known as the Johnston farm, which Mr. Campbell purchased some two months ago at a very low price. It is situ- ated on the 4th concession, eastern division, Ashfield. — There appears to be a disease among the poultry in the vicinity of Blyth. The young broods are invariably the victima. The first symptoms appear to be a droop- ing of the wings and the body of the fowl turns black. Several poultry raisers have found great difficulty in raising fowl this season, eometimes three or four dying in one day. —Mrs. Fisher, of Benmiller, township of Colborne, whose absence from home was mentioned in these notes last week, and who caused her friends some uneasiness and anxiety, has turned up all right. There was no foundation whatever for the neports in circulation, and the friendsof the lady in question repudiate all thought of anything of the kind. —At the funeral of the late Donald Ma- -Kenzie, at Brussels last week, there were 52 Sons of Scotland in the procession, under the direction of D. Stewart,' Chief, and Adam Reid, Chieftain, Each member of the society wore a Tam 0' Shanter. 7Nlembers were present from Seaforth, Atwood, Wing- hain and other places. L -Farm property seems to be booming in the township of Stephen. Charles Wolfe has sold his farm on conceeeion 6, to Her- man Oestriecher, for the _handsome sum of $6,100, and it is said he will move to Credit- on and engage in busineen—Robert Clarke has purchased 125 acres in the back of the township from Mr. John Parsons, of Cen- tralia, for $2,800. — The new Methodist church at ,Gorrie should be an enduring structure as it had no fewer than four " corner stones " well and truly laid with the usual pomp and cere- mony, on Saturday. The first was laid by Mrs. M. C. Carson, of Gorrie in memory of her late husband ; the second' was laid by Mrs. B. 5, Cook, of Fordwich, on behalf of the Orange order ; the third by James Leech, of Gorrie, and the fourth by Daniel Hurls, of Orange Hill. About 1,000 peo- ple witnessed the ceremony. —A few days ago the people of Belgrave and vicinity were considerably excited over a burglary which took place near by. It seems that a man had entered a house on the 6th concession of East Wawanosh the previ- ous evening, and stolen some $6 of genuine money, helped himself to a good meal, wash- ed it down with milk, and then wended his way to Belgrave, no cloubt to try his for- tune there but Mr. Taylor, the reeve-, got on his tracle and was in the bar -room of the hotel of that village, giving his story and describing the man to willing listeners, when in walked the culprit. Sundry looks and nods were exchanged, when Mr. Burglar saw he was being closely eyed, he walked out. Then the cry was raised, "Stop him!" but the fellow had the start, and, though he was pursued by several anxious to catch him, yet he left therhsall behind in a short -rapid dash around the first corner, up a little hill, around another corner a leap like spring-laeeled Jack over a 'fence, a -cross a JULY 8, 1892. t wheat field for the bush, and liberty, and so the game wan sighted, chased, lost. ...2ree Smith, Malcolm & Gibson planing mills, at Brussel*, were not sold 'last week when offered by atiction. Assignee Scott had an offer for the brick residence south of the factory at Brussels. It is stilted that the Merchants' Bank, London has entered a suit 'Karat Thomas Smith tic') gain posses. sion of fermi held by his sons, Awing to the fact that the estate, without them, will not pay more than 30o. on the dollar. We hope they will not be successful. . . —While assisting at a, barn raising last week at Mr, John MoMillan's Mr. Richard Anderson, of Hullett, near donstance, met with a serious accident. He was assisting in raising the plate when it fell on him, bruising him badly about the shoulders and chest. Had Mr. Anderson been standing & few feet forward the chances are that he would have been instantly killed ; as it is it will be some time before he will be able to resume work. —A Government 'subsidy of $99,200 has been appropriated towards the construction of the proposed Goderich end Wingham rails way, via. Port Albert -31 miles. The Sig- nal is informed that this amount will require to be supplemented by $150,000 from the 'municipalities through which the line will pass. The promoters of the scheme will presently take up the question of the sub- mitting of municipal bonuses. It is likely the largest share of the bonuses will have to come from Goderich. —Mr. Ralph Kilpatrick, an old and re- speothd resident of this county, died at his residence in the village of Crediton last week at the age of 59 years, after an illness of only three days, of inflammation of the bowels. ,When quite a young man Mr. Kil- patrick came from Teronto to Exeter where he engaged in the woolen mill business. About 12 years ago be left Exeter and went Crediton, where he wee engaged until this spring, when he sold out, with the in- tention of going to Algoma. He was a Presbyterian in religion and a Liberal in polities. He was much and deservedly re- spected by a large circle of friends and ac- quaintances. He leaves a widow and family of four children. The remains were interred in Exeter cemetery. —A "Pleased Farmer " from North Huron writes to the Lucknow Sentinel on the 27th ult., as follows : I have been in Huron county for forty years and in that time I never saw the fall wheat look better than at thie date, and I may say the same regarding the spring grains, and hay must be very plentiful if we get fair weather to harvest it, and I feel almost sure that we cannot fail of that. Our country, I believe, will much surpaes the land of old, promised to the Israelites, that was said to be over- flowing with milk and_ honey. Well sir, thank God we have that, besides plenty of butter and cheese and good prospects fer more and if the fruit fails to be plenty I shall be much disappointed, Roots also give a good showing just now and in the face of all the present prospects, I would pay any man that would grinnble ought to be shut up. —Rev. Mr. Patterson, of Toronto, deliv- ered a lecture one evening last week in the Presbyterian church, Wingham under the auspices of the teachers of t'he Sabbath scitool. Mr. Patterson fairly captivated the Wingham people. The Times saye : His style is clear, vigorous and manly, commend- ing !with all the warmth of his generous na- tun. all that is good, helpful and noble in the eacher or other Christian worker, no matt how humble or obscure his sphere of labor , may be, but denouncing in plain, practieal and strong terms everything purely- seIfishe insincere and inconsietent in teacher preanher. The so-called instructor "who is occupying a place where God does not want hihe" was described as a "nuisance." " The tee:cher who takes a glass of wine, or offers it t\another may be acting within his legal right , but hie conduct and influence in so doing, may result in the temporal, moral and eternal ruin of some of his class or -con- gregation." as, ; Howick. Pic-Nue—The union picnic held in Mr. Thomas Inglis' bush on July 1st, between School Section No. 15 and School Section No. 1, was a grand success. The picnic be- gan at 1 o'clock`p. m., and in a short time there was a very large crowd in the bush, consisting of the people from both sections and visitors from Harrieton, Walkerton, Clifford, Gorriet, Wroxeter, Wiegham, Bel - more, Mildmay aiad Lakelet. The principal amusement of the\day was dancing, and the large platforms erected by the young men of the sections were f ull of dancers during the whole afternoon, The excellent music of Mr. D.Fryfogle, of Beimore, assieted by Messrs. Ashton, Ritchie ) and Sanderson, added greatly to the pleahure of the dancers, The Mr. D. N. McDona; d, of Belmore, added \ -swings were kept very busy during the af- ternoon, especially by the school children. greatly to the enjetyment of the picnickers by baying a stand or the grounds and fur- nishing all kinds , of refreshments. The ladies of the sectioitishiodhestehrevyee!prepaitiedcrtdatit. . The picnic has been at that the young people how they will celebrate ear. for the manner in ables for the occasio such a decided ;niece have already decided Dominion Day next Ba eld. BRIEFs.—Rev. Mr. McConnell, of Chalk Lake, preached in St. isiAnntdorwenwisa'stchwnereckh. Oonn Sabbath morning. RS uenvd. ajy. GellyPeitininareri—vther f.ori‘mlerr. °delilvi avenrtedanand able discourse to a large congregation.—Miss Susie Burgess, of Point Edward, has arrived here for the holidayen—Mr. John Sts.nburen of Toronto, spent Sunday at home.—There will be special servided afotrhisOsruamngmeentrenreeiin., Trinity church on Saiebath next.—Mr, John Esson, London, anriv0 deuce here on Tuesday.w—itEsein-AtiodyniermboaonkinEg. A. McDonald, Toronto; after some land vvhich he hae purchased here. —Miss Maggie Gardiner returned from Mon- tresl on Friday,—/iilisees M. J. and Lottie aSrartiuvredda oyn. —DT0 hmei nfiiroant opf e summer visi to r Nora Ferguson returoed from Detroit on Martin were in Toronto la: td wmeaenky, are expected in a short time. Mr. James Anderson, wife and facilily of five children, feriaolmhLotoeld_onll, uafied:te,odr oifnpgeoapt ltehveisiCteodmBmaeyr.- field on Dorninion Day,' Among them was a Evear:dlealarg,eanpdie-rneiscolivreodni Zurich. Everybody went away filled wiitteh eopmraeisteaes fkorettbaltmhye 12th.—A painful accid.ent occurred on Tues- day last to a little child of Mr. John Hurd. knife and tell upon in the roof of his f Dr, Stanbury were and the injury ate vision is being made on ef visitors on the d refreshment booth with willing waiters f the people.--tBay- p at. The following - arrived on Monday hts on Mr. Jowett's -'grnond, Mrs. 0, W. , Maggie McDougall, Mr. H. W. Cressw ;II, Bert VanEgmond Phillis Papst, Seafo th ; Donald Hamilton, Edward Litt, Geor e Hamilton, Charles L. Welsh, Ida Coulton Belle Brown, Stratford; Florence Coulton, Cleveland, Ohio.—Mr. Watson, wife and family, of Toronto, are stopping here at p esent.—The contract for the erection of a w storey on the public school was let on aturday to Mr. Kalb- fleisch, at $600, Mr. Murdock ROSS lines brought -back hist oat, Lady Dufferin, which was up the lake.- A large fleet of sailing and row boats w be in readiness for visit- ors on the 12th, here is every prospect of He was playing with it, inflicting a deep ci mouth. The services • immediately procureh tended to.—Every pi for the accommodat 12th. A well -stock will be on the ground to supply the wants - field is the spot to ea ladies and gentleme and pitched their grove : Mrs. W. 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