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The Clinton New Era, 1891-02-13, Page 4Nov Nuatiomoic tleMpaign'ee'aekeolt Brno, " Biectiotts-=COoper & Co posieee- ]'taltt?tt8 John #Iodg ns Aml1'r--Jar Yoitn g Meat Duron -,-Liberal Candidate• No _ - Te sGeo SW llalwtoU Mornso>1< LiberalsAttentlon—Liberal Aesaelittiet Searle—joules Vick. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1891. SIR JOHN'S ADDRESS. Sir John has issued an address to the electors, which covers'o lot of space in the Conservative organs, but whioh is neither able nor eloquent. It oontaine nothing but fallacies, misstatements and twaddle, and should deoeive no body. What does he talk about? Not a word abouthis alleged offerof recipro city to the Americans. Have the • eombinesterslforeed the chieftain to keep his mouth ehut on that subject? Not a word about the shocking Mo. Greevy-Langevin scandal, in whioh, as it, now appears, Sir John is personally involved. Not a word about finding new markets for Canadian produce. Not a word of hope or encouragement for the unemployed. No prospect of better markets or better prices for farm produce. Nothing but silly misrepre- sentation of his opponents and ridicu- lous self glorification. Sir John tells us that he Dame into power in 1878 at a time when there was great commercial depression in Canada. Tree; but there was depres- sion throughout the world at that time. Now the trade depression is much greater in Canada than it was in 1878; as every . merchant and farmer can testify. And this time the depression is ncit general, but seems to be`oonfined to Canada. As to the- building of the Pacific railway, that work was accomplished by "unpatrotia Reformers" like Dun- can McIntyre and 'George Stephen. All that Sir John did was borrow money on the credit of the Canadian people to pay for the work. Why should he get any credit? The cost of the road was borne by the people of Canada, not by the leaders. The premier tells us. that he has subsidized steamships to ply between the Dominion and the West Indies and China. But he does not even claim that the country has deri'ped any bene• fit from this outlay. He forgets to '``mention that as a result of his subsidy policy our trade with" China and the West Indies has aotually declined. Then the premier forgets to mention the outrageous combines system, which is a fruit of his trade restriction policy; which robs the masses to put money in the pockets of a few favorites, and against which even some of his own followers have vainly endeavored to legislate. Sir John's statement that unrestriot ed reoiprooity would result in annexa- tion ie merely a silly assertion, for whioh he cannot give a particle of proof. Even John White, a more "truly loyal" Conservative than Sir John Macdonald, laughs at it, and asks how selling barley, lumber and horses to the Yan- kees without paying toll to customs of- ficers oan make our people disloyal. Mr Laurier says he will vouch for the • continued loyalty of the Canadian Li- berals under unrestricted reciprocity if Si! John will vouch for the loyalty of bis followers. Sir John seems to have so little faith in the loyalty of his party that lie refuses to accept Mr Laurier's offer. , .Sir John's policy also means direct discrimination against Great Britain. - We import little but natural products from the United States. We import little but manufactured goods from Great Britain. Now Sir John has gone on his knees to the Yankees offer- ing to abolish all the duties on natural products if they will do the same, whioh means that he will admit the products of the United States free, while imports from the United King- dom would still be taxed. If the policy does rot mean discrimination against British trade then there is no meaning in the phrase. ` The parliament of Canada was dis- solved ostensibly because the Govern- ment wanted to test public opinion' upon an offer of reciprocity in natural products made 'to the United States. Brit Sir John in his manifesto makes no mention whatever of • his offer of reciprocity. Neither does, he at- tempt to. answer Mr Blain's atatementel leg/wiling the uselessness` of . an of of reoiprooity in natural prodaots. Why does the premier ignore the great issue upon whioh, so he told ate, .hede- cided to disselere puller** .-Have the combinesters- taken him• by 'the throat ? ' He concludes with a silly. hurrah about loyalty. No man who is truly honest goes around boasting about his honesty. No wonian Who is truly vir- tuous reside on the street corners and boasts of her virtue. Hence it is fair to suspect the man who boasts of his loyalty. Reformers do not consider it necessary to boast of their loyalty any more than honest men find it necessary to boast of°their honesty. "A British enbject I was born and a 13ritish sub- ject 1 will die,'t' cries he. He mast feel that his cause is desperate indeed when he feels it necessary to make such a deolareticu. Doesbe propose to follow Roy,., r O !! example f The man wliopeute Meat about loyalty #s usually thei,Arst ti des 't`bis country *he?lbe Ude ie. treats,* to do so. Sir John andlije.colleagaes hevo 4isplayed their loyalty, •4114:their y444040 14 ganada and Its regaurctq y 711 Reatit)q their MillS111 wealtle in Texae ranches, Moine railways, Cvlefedo farm landa, Cal or- nia plantations, Virginia , mimes and ot s, Qrapge groves, while the Be. fprmexsewhom lie Melees, have been in, dfistri3nely working for the development of Canada's resources. Sir John heiee ne hope for the far• mere and" workingmeh of Canada. They ask for better markets. Be gives them come twaddle tb6n-`'$ "treason." They ask for better wages and constant employment. Sir John offere them ',wind pfdding." But the shoe must be pinching. The leaders must feel that their course is hopeless indeed when they have induced Sir John Macdonald to attach his name to such a lot of silly twaddle and misrepresentation as that published under the title of "a mani- festo." WEST HURON. The action of the Convention yester. day at Dungannon in nominating Mr Cameron was hearty and unanimous. The Liberals are united and determin- ed to go into this contest to win; every- thing is fn their favor. Hundreds of farmers who formerly voted Conserva- tive and for protection are now going in for genuine reciprocity. The young men on the voter's lists for the first time will be Liberal by a grand majority The party organization is complete, never more so, and the prospects for victory were never so bright before. The Liberal nominee ie well known te, the electors of the riding and he requires no introduction at our hands. During the next three weeks meetings will be daily held, the Liberal policy fully ex- plained, the sins of the government put in their true light, and the people will be asked to vote for a change in which there is light and hope. Let the work go on from now till polling day without csasing, let every Liberal do his duty, - let eve. v elector think the issue out for himeelt, and the result will be that West Huron will :ince again take its place among the Liberal constituencies of the west, --- .o Worthy of Consideration. The grounds upon which the Liberal party appeal to the country for sup- port are chiefly these :—They claim that the annual cost of running the Government,nearly forty million dollars is far too much. When Mr Mackenzie was in power it was only twenty-five millions. By economy and judicious management they claim, and justly so, that a large amount could be saved an- nually to the people of the Dominion. The government of Sir John has been characterised by extravagance and cor- ruption of various kinds. While the government has squandered the money the people have had to provide it. The Liberal party think' that the people should not be called upon to raise such a large amount annually for various expenditures. Then again, a very important matter is the trade policy. The government claim that the National Polley has done much for this country. On the other hand the Reformers allege, and prove, that it has not done what was claimed for it. They go further, and even assert that it has been a damage to the best interests of all classes. They prove that it has imposed burdens upon the purchasing community that were levied needlessly, and offer as a substitute a policy of unrestricted trade with the United States. Everybody who is honest in his con- clusions, knows perfectly well that this country has not been enjoying the pros- perity that it should enjoy with its 'wonderful natural resouroes• .. Stagnation in trade, and depression in property, have been the painful ex- perience, with the unfortunate fact that many who could not stand the strain have gone to the wall. Free trade with the States, or the world, is the only remedy for this state of affairs. The government of Sir John aska support on the old policy, the Reformers ask it on the new. It rests with the people to say which shall be adopted. The mat- ter is entirely in their hands. During the last twelve year$ the government lies incrinised. the p ll lie . c4ebt ;at, the irate of $60 u'minute; practically every time a man hreathe l .sInee 187$ a dollar is added to our national indel►tiedncss. Since 1867 Sir John Macdonald is responsible for $1815,034,000 increase in our national debt, and the Liberals for only 1j67,- '232,QO0, There is food for the electors of Canada. Campaign Comments How much good has the National Policy done the farmers of Huron? The population of Huron has de- creased several thousand during the last few years, and it is likely to decrease more still if the present government is kept in power. -•--.--•••• If If Sir Charles Tupper, an employee of the Government, oan excuse himself for taking an active part iu the present campaign, there is nothing to prevent any other employee from doing like- wise. Every business man, merchant, and farmer knows that times have been tremendousey hard for two or three years, Has the N. P. made them bet- ter ? No. The only thing that will do it, ie full and unrestricted reoiprooity as advocated by the Liberal party. • The difference between the Conser- vative and Reform policy is this :—The former looks after the interests of the classes. The latter, after the interest of the masses. It should be easy to decide which is molt worthy of confi- dence ,anct support. The Dominion expenditure for January reached$5,290,211 while the revenue was only $3,086,814, leaving a deficit of $2,203,39.7 for the month, and this is what the govern- ment calls "economy." Liberals in the South Riding of Huron who can work, should use their influ- ence in the West Riding and also in North Middlesex, during the contest, and thus help redeem twoconstituencies that can be won over to Liberalism, if only an effort is made. THE THREE PLANKS In the Conservative Platform Here they are as laid down by [the Empire: 1. The old flag. . 2. Tho old man, 3. The old policy. '; first is anybody's plank. No party has a monopoly of it _ although the Conservatives claim it as all their own, If , they cover up all the dirty spots on their walla they will need the meet of it. The second is theirs. We lay no claim to any part of it. ,Let them take the "old man" with his $280,000,000 of debt, his 840,000,000 of annual expend- iture, his corruption fond, and his trick of dissolution. They aro welcome to the whole thing. The third, is a good card for the combines, but it will have to be painted 'and varnished, end lioked out of shape for the farmers. They won't know the old horse themaelvos when he is trotted out with a combine head, a protection carcase, a reoiprooity tail, and a red parlor jockey. What a fig- ure ho will cut. L7 The Hamilton Times wonders if Finance Minister Foster will have gall enough to address a meeting in that city, where he secured another man's wife as his own. Certainly he has. A little thing like -that -will not worry a man who has already forsaken the. best principles he had. The London, Eng., Speaker, a very influential paper, com- menting on the election says : —"Sir John, having crippled the commerce and arrested the development of the Dom- inion by the vicious system of protection and demorilization subsidies, now asks the elec- tors to return hint to power on his opponent's policy." It is scarcely necessary to offer an apology for the amount of our space devoted to political matters. It is the moat important as well as the most in- teresting question before the people,and until after the 5th of March we shall endeavor to give all the information and light possible, eo that if some other matters are partially over looked forlthe time being, allowance must be made accordingly. The Toronto World publishes a yarn to the effect that the Americans are going to help the Liberals with money in the coming elections, and, that some of the leaders of the Liberal,. party are to be arrested for treason. The first part of this story is very unlikely in- deed, and if the government should try to carry cat the second part, with- out the very be it of grounds for their suspicions, they would raise a rumpus in no time that would not help them any. Montreal Witness.—Anothe live or ten more years of ex- treme protection and Canada may possibly have advanced from reciprocity to annexation. Give Canada free trade, and in the same period the farmers of Canada will be prosperous, and will, instead of looking to extended trade with the United States as the only means sof escape tromfthe burdens which are bearing them down, be thoroughly attached, commer- cially as well as sentimentally, to England. It is the opinion of many people of both political parties that ii' reciprocity be. tween Canada and the United States could be brought about the present feeling in favor tof union would stop there, while it seems certain to some that unless protection is abolished l Canada will be forced into a union both politically and com- mercially with the United States. The best solution of the whole platter would be the frank adoption of free trade. Political Pointers. Q.ttawa, Fa'g11a1 gbtera will run a andidate, a - 4; Vit, lucid, l'rgagi, Righter, and Mr M. P. i Amer, out in Nast Peterborough. It is generally understood that the only, name that will be seriously before the South Oxford convention will be that of the present member Sir Riohara Cartwright. Fla el i Record •— tin ,a - Fh d ph a coo One thing p pears to be certain—the Canadianp de. sire a greaten measure of reciprocity than that whioh Sir John Maodonald has embodied inh}s propositions, The Liberals in West Northumber- land are jubilant. They looked rafter the lists two years ago, while their op- pene4te were asleep, AO by this fore- elght they expect to gain a seat. Rev W. B. Carey, of Kingston, in a letter to the press, suggests that as a tribute to long and honorable service, Sir John Macdonald and Hon, Alex. Mackenzie be allowed to go in unop- posed. There is at least one class in the Dom. munity whioh can look upon the pres- ent fight from a pulley disinterested stand-point—the members of the 'Sen. ate. Governments may go, but their salaries go on forever. In 1890 our trade was as follows :— With Great Britain $91,743,935 With United States $92,814,783 Let's see, whets that about "loyalty toGreat Britain." In Dr Horsey who was nominated in North Grey on Saturday, the Liberals have chosen a candidate who ought to win the riding back to Reform. At the last general election the majority of Mr Masson, the Conservative candidate, was only 57. Wilfrid Laurier owns a noble head and a noble heart. Few Liberal mem- bers from Ontario are not Laurier men. A clean handed, brave minded man, he has inspired every Parliament- ary follower with a positive affection for him. Hon. Mr Ross, formerly Minister of Militia under Mr Mackenzie, is out for revenge. He was oolleetor of customs at Halifax until a couple of years ago, when Mr Bowell summarily fired him for extending an order in favour of an American vessel. He will run in Vic- toria, N. S. The House at present is composed of 215 members, of whom 97 are professed Liberals or independent Liberals. Ths,t would leave the Government's majority, on a straight vote, 28, but as a portion of the Liberal party is composed of Quebec Nationalists the Government's real majority is closer to 40. With the exception of three constitu- encies, Algoma, Cariboo and. Gaspe, polling will be simultaneous throughout Canada. In the three districts men- tioned the returning officer is authoriz- ed to fix the dates of nomination, poll- ing to take place not earlier than U. teen days or later than thirty days after nomination. A Cabinet Minister's private secret- ary straight from Ottawa, confirmed the rumor that Sir Hector Langevin will get the Lieutenant -Governorship of Quebec, and that the present Lieuten- ant -Governor A!gers, on his retirement from Spencerwobd, will be brought out as a Government candidate for Riche- lieu. Montreal Witness.—Both the Con- servative and the Liberal parties have declared in favor of Reciprocity, and are appealing to the country on the ground of their favoring that policy. The question which the electors have to decide is which party is most likely to fulfill its promises of securing reci- procity. That greatest of all political crimes the Dominion Franoise Act ought to be wiped out. It is expensive. It is cum- berstone. It is unworkable. The country cannot afford the expense of enfranchising the living every twelve months. The whole system of revis- ing barristers, old lists and irregular revisions is an abomination. It is a curse to the country. • Dr Macdonald, of North Huron, is one of the Liberals in the noble thirteen The Conservative Orangemen are after his scalp. It was on the dootor's be- half that Rev. W. F. Wilson put in a good word at a 12th of July demonstra• tion in Wingham. The crowd appreciat- ed this tribute to the doctor more than did the County Master who presided, and who was then in training for the Conservative nomination. ---Toronto Telegram. Timothy Coughlin, the Roman Catholic Conservative, who has repre- sented North Middlesex so long is not going to run again, in fact he is to be thrown overboard. North Middlesex is a peculiar constituency made up largely of Roman Catholics and Orange- men, and the latter will not again sup- port a Roman Catholic. So Mr Cough- lin is to be dropped and William Hut- chins, or Dr. Rollins, a Protestant, will run in his stead. On Saturday the London Conserva- tives nominated the Hon. John Carling as their candidate for the House of Commons, and the Liberals nominated Mr Chas. S. Hyman. Mr Hyman ran against Mr Carling in 1887, and brought hiesmajority down to 39. Since that time the Liberals have made a gain of 200 on the revision of the voter's lists. Mr Carling's popularity has continued ta•wah4, and he stands a good show of - being beaten. Mr Hyman is an exceed- ingly strong candidate, has been mayor of the city, and has extensive business interests intit. The Toronto Telegram says:—Mr Laurier appears the very embodiment of robust and ruddy health. There was an air of jaunty self-assurance about his manner this morning that seemed to inspire his followers with buoyant hope. He was as polite and courteous as ever as he shook everybody by the hand, and even his jaunty boutonniere seemed to inspire confidence whioh the old electric thrill of voice and manner were as potent as ever. But Mr Laur- ier is disoreetness itself. ':Be euro of one thing," said be, "that we are ready for the fight, and that the prospects of otir party all over the country never looked amore promising. Before con - salting with my colleagues, however, I should much prefer not to say anything for publication: but our arrangements for the campaign are practically, com- plete, and we intend to fight to win." The Toronto Telegram says: —Mal- colm Colin Cameron, ex•M. P. for West Huron, has a frisky pair of heels. With these same he would like to kick in the political skull of silver tongued Porter, the Tory conqueror. In the Parliament that died in 1887, M. C. Cameron was the best hated man on the Grit side. Sir John positively loathed him, for when he is feeling well the Goderich lawyer has a tongue sharper than a serpent's tooth. Ho usually capped the climax of an attack upon the Government with this quota• tion:— - In the olden days 1 'Twos no great, lois, I They nailed the thief Upon the cross, But now, alack, I say it with grid They nail the cross upon the thief. Legg, a lie, willfight•It out 1'olitieitl Pointers .. There legood authority for stating that J, l ..R pert has consented to, retire in Lincoln ii Bir.Jebn Macdonald makes him a judge, and negotiations to that end are new on foot. A Kingston correspondent writes: cThere are 1,000 horses in Frontenao ounty far sale, but no one will bis because .of the duties put upon animals by�'the United States Governinent, Unrestricted reoiprooity is the only bone, of the farmers. The vacancy in the Ontario Legiela. time created by the unseating for cor. rapt praotices of Mr T. H. Stinson, ae representative for Hamilton, will be filled by an election to be held on the 24th instant. and for North 13ruoe on the same day. The Central Farmers' Institute of Ontario, representing the best olaes of farmers all over the Province, has passed a resolution favoring the aboli- tion of the Dominion Senate, on the ground that it favors combines. In truth the condemnation of the farmers might be extended to the majority in the present House of Commons, who have been hand -in -glove with the combines. Major Pond, Stanley's manager, an- nounced at Cleveland, on Monday, that Stanley had decided to give all the gifts whioh he has reoeived from all the crowned heads of Europe and other admirers to Gen. Booth, of the. Salvation Army, for the cause of help- ing the poor in London. The gifts are valued at nearly $500,000. They consist of pearls of rare value, gold cups and kindred articles. A number of them were reoeived from the Queen. At the Frontenao county Liberal convention, three farmers, who have hitherto voted for the Conservatives, assailed the present Ottawa authorities for their restrictive policy, and declared for freedom to trade with the States: "They are doming, many thousands strong," and they will sweep the com- bine Government out of power. By polling their full vote, the opponents of the expensive and disastrous class legislation can win by a large majority. Sir John's loyal sentiments, when expressed for the purpose of gaining political support, invite contempt, especially in view of the fact that his policy of protection has done more to separate Canada from. Great Britain than anything which has taken plane since the Dominion was formed. In 1879 there was no such general feeling in favor of commercial union with the United States as there is to -day and this, we suppose, Sir John will allow is the result of his protection policy upon the pockets and the opinions of Cana- dian farmers. Sir John Macdonald's reciprocity plank is an easily detected fraud. Ho does not expect to get the kind of reci- procity he talks about. The Detroit Journal says: "The proposal from the Canadian Government to renew the old reoiprooity treaty, or anything like it, will be all in vain. It is probably not intended to be serious. It is put forward now, and a commission sent to Washington, purely to hoodwink the Canadian voters into the belief that the Macdonald administration"is going to patch up some kind of a reciprocity that will give Canada the benefits of free trade. L 'Electeur, of Quebec, has the fol- lowing dispatch; "Mr Bunting, prop- aietor of the Mail, declared yesterday to your correspondent that there was not a shadow of a doubt as to the triumph of the Liberals atithe coming election, and that Sir John's doom was sealed in advance. Mr Bunting, who was formerly the Tories, chief organizer in Ontario, adds that it is only necessary to witness the activity and enthusiasm of the Liberals to predict for that party an electoral triumph unprecedented in the political annals of this country. Mr Bunting believes that he is safe in saying that Ontario will give at least a majority of ten for the Liberal party. Reciprocity with the United. States means prosperity for Canada, and we had that prosperity from 1854 to 1866, and the prosperity will prevent any feel- ing in favor of annexation. Talking of treason in connection with reoiprooity is ridiculous and not worthy of a man like Sir John. Were the authors to the reciprocity treaty of 1854 traitors to the country ? Then Sir John was a traitor with all the illustrious states- men of that time. Can a man be a traitor to his country when he favors its interests and is trying honestly to pull it out from commercial and finan- cial difficulties? I see treason in a statesman who wants to keep his countrymen starving, but not in these who wish to give them riches.— [Prem- ier Mercier at Montreal. In Kingston Major Edwards is out as an Independent, advocating Free Trade and the single tax. He has re- signed his position in the standing militia, worth $9 per day as a proof of his aincerity. The Reformers are try- ing to induce Alex Gunn, Sir John's old opponent, to stand against the -premier again. Major Edwards, in his ad- dress, says "Let Canada sound the note of free trade with no uncertain voice, and I venture to say a glad responsive echo from the heart of her, big sister over the line will seen follow. The Custom House barriers will fall away like the walls of Jericho, and the leaser colonies of the British Empire, nay Great Britain herself, will hasten to follow her daughter's noble example. ' The Journal, one of the Conservative papers-ef St Catharines, goes for Ry - kart in this style—"We will now insist on having an honest, straight -forward man, rather than a place hunting, boodle grabbling politician. We want a man in Parliament who is not only able but who is willing to to raise his voioe and demand justice and a fair share of government favors for this long neglected city and county. We have had a surfeit of alleged politics Wo have, to use an inelegant but de- cidedly expressive vulgarism, too long been fed on wind pudding. We have grown poor and lean and lank on the diet. We now require something more substantial. We demand the fulfil- ment of the oft -broken promises made to us. The Montreal Witness says :--Sir John Thompson has cleared up the situation by his speech at the Toronto Auditorium. In as manywords he stated that if the Government were viotorious in the coming election they would consider that they have received the mandate of the people not to con- sent to any scheme of reciprocity with the United States,whioh would in. jure the privileges of the protected manufacturers. Of coarse Sir John Thompson wouldnot have been so ex- plicit on this point had he not been ad- dreasing an audience every man of whom, in all probability, thinks him. self privileged under the tariff, but there is no impassable barrier to hear- ing between Toronto and the rural con • atituencies of Ontario, where the farm• ors lire who really have in their hands the issue of the battle. They are plain • ly told that " reciprocity," as it is con. coived of by the Government, contains no remedy for the extortion of the combines, and will not open the mark- ets of the United States to, the farmers of Canada if the Price of oaoning them is to cost the manufaoturois anything. This declaration will have its effect on the meting of the farmers' ballots. Will be an nn inducement for every politician to Ii5ohoribe for a daily paper. Start at once and read the talirfor,youre+llf,. Morning Editio.ls of The MAIL- for 3- months- Si The GLQBE for 3 months.. . The EMPIRE, for`3 .months' . I 50 The FREE PRESS for 3.rnonthe Y- The WOULD for .3 Months 75, EveningEdition oldie Mail, 3 mos,' 75 `` Globe, `` 75 16 11 Advertiser "' • 76 Get tho whole news by starting now. The three months will cover the period of Dominion Electi,lns and Session of :Goes/ Legislature Cooper'slook Store Political Pointers THEY NEVER SAID IT. There is no truth in the report that Mr Goldwin Smith intends to stand for West Toronto. The Conservatives held a big meeting in Toronto on Friday night, the room being pa3ked; Messrs Carling, Thom- son, Rowell and Foster were the speak- ers. The Liberals will ehortly hold one. Mr M. Dwyer, a prominent merchant of Halifax, was mentioned by the Conservative organ there as a probable candidate in the Conservative interest. 1 Much to the chagrin of The Herald and its friends Mr Dwyer writes to that paper to say that he is entirely in favor of the Liberal policy, and but for ill health would be one of tb,e Liberal candidates. It is notable in connection with the t Parliament just dissolved that five gentlemen had never taken their seats. They are Messrs Courbould, of New Westminister; St. Leger, of Kent, N. B.; Fairbairn, of South Victoria; Desjardine, of Montmorenci, and Par- adis, of Napierville. There were also two seats vacant at the same time, Kamouraska and Portneuf. J 2'o the Editor of the Clinton New Era, Ssn,—In this week's issue of the News Record I notice a communication in which the writer says:— "Goldwin Smith says loyalty to Can- ada means annexation to the United States. Charlton adds, them'e my sen- timents. Cartwright rejoins, yes, that's so; Canada will be bankrupt if we don't do that or something. Laurier smiles, looks across the line, and save, good fel- ; lows. The Globe sneers at Canada and all things British." Now, Mr Editor, Ieregard myself as pretty well informed in the sayings of Messrs Smith, Charlton, Cartwright, Laurier, and the Globe, and I have yet to see the first statement from any or either of them that will justify the ad- sertions here maiic ; _,and 1- writer to quote one sentence from those persons to sustain his statements, and save him from the stigma of being a vile calumniator; otherwise his asser- tions will be regarded as deceptive ea a wig that covers a pate as bare as a blad- der of lard, or a raven -colored mustache on the lip of a man whose head is "silvered o'er with age." It does seem as though some men are so practiced in disguise that they are fairly out of their element when confined•to the truth. ANOTIIEi "Coli." Sir John Macdonald publishes in the Conservative organs an address to the people of Canada. It endeavors to establish that neither he nor his Gov- ' ernmentare begging for favors from the United States. He gives his side of the story of the offer to negotiate, 1 and winds up with a strong personal, appeal to his old supporters. About 1,000 people attend- ti the Con- servative gathering in Ontario Hall, Kingston, Saturday night Resolu• tions indorsing the policy of the Gov- ernment, nominating Sir John Mac- donald and pledging support to him passed, Sir Charles Tupper was the chief speaker, and ho talked for over an hour and almost wholly on the re- ciprocity question. Toronto Globe:—Seven seats are held by Conservatives with majorities of less than -20: Algoma, 19; Queen's, Nova Scotia, 15; Peterboro, West, 3.6; Mask- inonge, Quebec, 6; Winnipeg, Man., 8; Kingston, 17; Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 11. No Reformer holds his seat with a majority of less than 21. Eighteen seats are held by Conservatives with majorities less than 50; only nine of the Liberal majorities are under 50. Philadelphia Record:— Sir John Macdonald does not want enough reci- procity with the United States, and he charges the Liberals of Canada with wanting too much. If reciprocity be so good a thing as Sir John now con- cedes it to be, we can't have too much of it on either side. Complete trade and reciprocity would make complete and perpetual peace between the Unit- ed States and Canada. Pull down the tariff wall. A Washington despatch says:—Secre tary Blane said on Monday with re- ference to the dispatch from Ottawa, which gave from a Conservative source what purported to be the manner in which the proposal for reciprocity nego- tiations came to be made to the United States, that the statements concerning himself and his action in the matter were utterly without foundation. The New York Tribune says:—"It is safe to say that Sir John Macdonald's appeal to the constituenoies at this and on the humbug issue he has presented is a reflection, and a gross one, upon the intelligence of the Canadian electors. Why, he might as well ask them to approve a railway to the moon as a scheme of partial reciprocity with the United States. He knows he is engaged in nothing afore dignified than a humpty-dumpty show. - .el'olir years ago Mercier was in no position to assist the Liberals, but he is now. He has made the Nationalist machine a terrible engine for destruct- ion in Quebec, and he has not only the power to use it in behalf of Laurier, but he has the will to use it as well. Those who can recall hie look and man. nor at the famous Mowat banquet, will, remember his denunciation of Sir John. He hates the old man all over, and he will spend his hest troops lavishly to fight Laurier's battle. A despatch from Montreal says if the Ottawa Government think they have taken Mr Laurier at a disadvantage by dissolving before the $10,000,000 Que- bec loan has been floated, they are fear - felly mistaken, as it is no secret in political circles here thatample provision of a financial character has long since been made for the present contingency, and that there is a perfect understand- ing between the Liberal Governments of Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Manitoba to act in concert and to throw all their united strength and resourcesagainst Sir John Macdonald and his cabinet at any given moment. Montreal Herald: It is a useless fabrication on the part of the restric- tionist press or of the Government to pretend that they are in favor of re- ciprocity with the United States, or that any serious negotiation is going on at Washington on the snbjeot. Sir John has recently declared, in his speech at Toronto, that his Govern- ment stands by the N. P., and every child knows that tho essence of the N. P. is hostility to reciprocity with the State's. The United Status Secret- ary of State has said over his own signature that there are no nogotia- tions ori the subject, and that the American GovernnsOest'will not listen to any proposition except on based on unresticted reciprocity. las The residence of Banker Cowles at Clark's, Nebraska, was entered by burglars early Saturday morning. Cowles was knocked senseless and his wife killed. The burglars secured $50. It is feared there will be much suffer. ing and heavy Iosses of cattle in Ne- braska and Dakota owing to Sunday's blizzard. Two persons were frozen to death near Rapid City, Dak. Henry Prentice, an employe of the Pulman Car Company, found $10,000 concealed under' the cushion of a seat t in the sleeper Atlanta on Sunday even- ing. How the wealth got there is a t mystery. A robber in San Francisco attacked a grocer named King in his store on Sat- urday in the usual way, presenting a pair of pistols and ordering King to throw up his hands. The grocer instead threw a scale weight and felled the robber to the floor, after which. he too - the pistols and .fractured the man's °J skull in seven places. Makes the I Weak Strong The marked benefit which people in run down or weakened state of health derive from Hood's Sarsaparilla, conclusively proves the claim that this medicine " makes the weak strong." It does not act like a stimulant, imparting fictitious strength from which there - must follow a reaction of greater weakness than before, but in the most natural way Hood's Sarsaparilla overcomes That Tired Feeling creates an appetite, puriles the blood, and, In short, gives great bodily, nem; -mental ss and digestive"strength. "I derived very much benefit from Hood's Sarsaparilla,whieh I took for general debility. 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