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The Huron News-Record, 1891-04-22, Page 4Te Huron News»l?ecard 41.68 a l nut•• -41.•Y6 to Advani u Wednesday. April 22nd. 1801. RETROGRESSION, Ever eines Mr. :.i;owat came into power iu Ontario there has been a suppressed effort trying to find voice among the mossback -Grit section of the Reform party to curtail the civil rights of the people. The great stumbling block iu the way of these retrogradists is the county council. They have induced the hoary old Mossback to abridge the powers of these popular bodies by taking out uf their halide purely local appointments such as gaolers, license inspector,, etc., etc. • The Globe .the other day mildly and semi -approvingly referred to a suggestion for the abolishment of county councils and the election or appointtnent of three conanriseionere in their place for each county. The idea being to trausfor tlo work now done by county councila to the Provincial Legislature. The next move would be, should they ever get into power at Ottawa, to transfer the work of the Provincial Legislatures• to the Federal Governrueut. These mossbacks are afraid of the people. They cannot put up with popular s.vereignty. That would sit down on their notorious scheme ing and frauds. Feeling assured that so long ae Grand Mogul Mossback Mow it con- 1•iuues in political life they will control the affairs of Ontario, they want him to have full control of municipal affairs also. This they opine can he done by taking away the very corner stone of responsible government—doing away with cour- ty councils. Thia is retrogression with a vengeance. Cuunty councils aro the Most useful ae well as most representative part of o'1r legislative system. Their powers should be increased instead of abridged,. The Provin- cial Legislature should be merely the executive of county councils. If our present expensive legisla- ture at Toronto were abolished or reorganized with staff departments controlled by one representative from each county and those repre- sentatives chosen by the respective county councils, then we should haven Provincial Legislature chosen by the people with only one popular check between the voice of the peo ple and its embodimeut into legisla- tion. Nominally this is supposed to be the case now. But look at the hideous interference by the Toronto oligarchy and its tools and we shall see what a farce is being enacted under the name of respon• Bible goverunrent. The following is hut one of the grossest frauds upon the electorate by Mr. Mowat and his supporters• And when atteution was called to the infamous doings, Mr. Mowat and Mr. Fraser and Mr. IIardy would promise no redress ; wonld not even allow an investigation. In the Ontario Legislature Mr. Hudson, who was declared elected by the small majority of nine, moved a resolution charged D. R. Leavens, returning officer, and James McCready, one of the deputy returning officers in the last election for East Hastings, with gross irregularities and frauds in connec- tion with the election, asking that the whole matter he referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions for investigation. In doing so he charged that these officials made public the way in which the electors voted, comparing the names with the numberaon the ballots and thus intimidated electors; that Leavens purposely appcinted himself a deputy returning offtoer in order to carry out his purpose better; that when counting tho ballots at his poll Leavens refuse to place the ballot box on the table where all could see it, hut placed it under the table where none could see it but himself, in order to take advantage of Mr. Hudson ; that when the ballots at Leavens' poll were count- ed Mr. Hudsou had only 71, al- though 74 electors have since sworn they voted for him, and the scruti- neers counted on 85 votes which were clearly promised them. Turn• ing to Mr, McCready, he claimed this official aleo put his ballot box under the table to the disadvantage of Mr. Hudson ; that when the ballots at McCready's poll Were acsourtLE3t1 Elrare der ''biit� �J5°foF`i Hudson although 106 electors have since sworn they voted for Mr. Hudson. In another poll, the deputy returning officer, one Caviler, Permitted two then tb vote although their names . were not on tiro liar and ref'ueed to adtniuister the oath although requested: Qn a recouut a number of ballots, marked on polling day for Mr, Hudson and accepted as correct in the evening, were found to be marked with a second small cross and were reject- ed, thus nearly counting him out. Ile mentioned a number of other irregularities which were done with the deliberate purpose of defeatiug him. Mr. Fraser re -fused to disease the grave charges made. And M r. Mowat blaudly said, over zealous and unscrupulous men aro found every w here. But these East Ilastings irregularities were eclipsed in the district of Parry Sound. It appears from the abatement of Mr. Marten iu the Legislature, which is se bet an Hated byworn information, that among ot)#er irrngiluritits a poll was held tat a place c tried Frank's Bay, without the slightest legal authority, and without t.h., Conservative candidate buiug inti lied of its being held. The votes deposited there were nearly all for the Government candidate, and numbered 61, while it is solemnly sworn that there are not more than 16 votes in the polling sub division. This simply mottos that an illegal and shameless attempt by the partisan officials of Mr. Mowat was made t0 swindle the Conserva• tive candidate out of his chances. Behind hie hack a poll was opened and votes polled that had no right to be polled, and with a view to giving au additional member to a Government which now, with the facts before it, languidly declines to vindicate the integrity of the law and bring the offenders against decency, huuor and fairplay to justice. In the House on Monday Mr.i\lowat admitted'thatin the Parry Sound case illegal acts had been com- mitted but he was nut responsible for the over -zealous and unscrupul- ous acts of his party friends! And these are the men and this the Legislature that should absorb the powers of our county parliaments? \Ve hope nut. ABSOLUTE TRUTH. Our town contemporary wants to find some statement that can tran- scend in pure meanness a paragraph that appeared in THE NEwy•REconn anent Hon. George Washington R088' political diatribe of misstate- ments, in isrepreeeutations and un- justifiable deductions from false pre• mises during a two hours speech in Clinton just previous to the 5th of \larch. Well, wo shall not have far to go to find it, and to find it proven in a court of law. Our un - ecru pulous critic published in theNew Era a statement to the effect that a gentleman in this vicinity wee charged with one of the most hein- ous offences known to civilized so- ciety. And the proprietor stood up iu court last week and acknowledg- ed t]tat he kuew nothing of the truth of the serious charge he made against a reputable cilzen. This surely transcends our remarks anent Mr. Ross which were absolutely true.' And our contemporary was fonud guilty of uttering the libel by a jury of twelve good and true teen. Now that he has been found guilty by a jury of his peers, of publishing lies it comes with very bad grace from him to "venture to affirm" that our statements were not true. He is a discredited witness, and we venture to affirm, with the verdict of twelve sworn glen to justify our affnrtnation, that no one but one whose mind is reek- ing with foul thoughts of others would have allowed the publication in his paper of one of the most sug- gestively libidinous charges that the English language is capable of form ulating, and than acknowledge in court that he did not know anything about the truth or falsity of whathe was publishing! The High Court of Assize last week declared our ly ingly polluted contemporary to be guilty of publishing lies. We agree with the jury and the court because wo have often convicted it in these columns of barefaced falsehood. It would be a work of supererogation, with the legal conviction of our con- ternporary for lying and libelling so fresh in the minds of our readers, for us to further refer to its lying reference of last week to this journ• al and Conservative toleration. We will, however, state that the egg re• mark arose in this way. After the meeting a number of men were talk- ing outside of the hall on the many misstatements made by Mr. I p 7.)ne said leis talk about Canadians getting ten cents less a dozen for their eggs because of the McKinley bill was all "rot." They were a mixed Qt'oIva, and one ?luau spoke up, presentably a Reformer, so our informant is of the 9piuiou, and said, "I suppose you Tories would like to rotten egg him," Mr. Rose, "as you have done others." Our in- forment paid no attention to who the speakers were, but the tenor of the rotten egg remark indicates it came from a Grit. RPEATING THE TRUTH. Canadian blue ruiuists have titne and again made stobboi•ly appeals to our farmers to consider thew - salved ruined. With true British manliness our farmers would not appear at the bar of public opinion at election time in forma Narper•ie. Their iudividual urtu]iussa and regard for the truth resisted the insidious ,appeals of traitors when they were netted tu consider thew- eelver the 1, icliet of all classes and peoples. They were right in the face of the existing poverty and oppression r{hat exiate among the farmers of Lilo United States whose condition they were asked to itssiniilate them- selves with. \Ve will again append from autituritive American sourcor the veritable condition of farmers across t1 e lutes, tholgh we have often done su from equally reliable sources. There was a meeting in Kansas City, Mo., last week of the \Vestern States Commercial Congress from which we glean the following reli- able information regarding the farmers who have the 60,000,000 market. Ex -Governor George W. Glick, of Kansas, said he understood the object of the congress to be the con- sideration of matters of peculiar interest to the \Vest. Tlie subject of greatest interest to the Western farmer was the great agricultural de- pression. The Western farmer might be called a "calamity howler," but the farmer was determined, however, to continue his inquiry into the cause and remedy of such depression until the root of the evil was found 'and eradicated. The greatest cause of this depression was insufficient markets. The remedy was a ,eider field for the disposition of the fartuer's surplus. Mr. Blaine's reciprocity schemes and Secretary Rusk's efforts in ex- tending the markets for live stock were partial remedies for the present depression. Mark the words of Governor Glick. There is a depression among American farmers. "'Phis depression teas caused by insufficient markets." "Reciprocity schemes for extending the markets for live stock' were partial remedies,' Words could not be plainer than these that the Americans want our markets as well as the markets of other countries for their surplus farm and live stock products. Speaker Elder, of the Kansas House of Representati was, said there was no doubt as to the fact of agricultural depression. Ita causes were variously stated. Those who had an imperfect knowledge of the situation were accustomed to lay the blame upon the farmer ; upon his slipshod methods ; upou im- perfect cultivation ; upou unfavor- able climatic conditions, and upon the devastation of the grasshopper and the chinch bug. There were other conditions,, and they were nearer the root of the evil. One was the imperfect operation of the law of supply and demand. Another cause of the depression was a too contracted market. The farmer wanted a wider field. They wanted reciprocity. Reciprocity was a good thing and they wanted all they could get of it. Ex Governor Gear, of Iowa, also responded to an invitation to ad. dress the congress. He chose for his subject, "Markets for Western Products." He favored more com- plete railway facilities, the im- provement of waterways and the extension of the reoiprocity treaties. By the Hon. W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska—That no advantage was to bo gained by the people from the system of reciprocity as at present prepared,but we regard as essential to our welfare freer commercial inter- course with those nations which buy the products of our farms. This is what the commercial unionists and unrestricted reciproci tare wanted to do—to give the American farmer the cbanoa to freely undersell the Canadian'farm- ere in our markets. The Canadian GUO.0 PRIQ.F%,,S FOR HOMES. At Grand's annual sale uf horses in Toronto. hast week there were never better prices realized in -this country. Never before have so many well known horse dealers fluoked over to Canada, and never before have finch prieee'beon °realized on Cana- dian horse flesh. The McKinley bill seems only to have aided the exportation of Canadian horsey over the border. The Aworicaue csu't do without Cauada's carriage and riding horses, and tariff or no tariff they are ready to give our p rigea. Canadian buyers and horse lovers in the ring were T. C. Patter son, Dr. Smith, Capt. Myles, Major Harrison, H. S. Mara, E. S. Cux, G. W. Torrance, Andrew Darling, John Foy, J. T. Carruthers, J. Hendrie, C. N. Shanty., Cul. Otter, W. Ilendrie, Hamilton ; 11r. Green - side, Guelph ; Juhu Hope, Brent- ford ; L. \leiedith, Loudou ; C. 1': Good, Montreal ; (2. F. I)urrthell,t:r, Quebec; M. St. John, Montreal. At 13:30 Mr. W. D. Grand took the stand, having deterred the opening of the safe front 11 o'clock, as. seven buyers from Buffalo; Now York and Albany had been delayed at Hamilton. The bidding in the afternoon was brisk, and the horses went at splendid prices. A few horses were disposed of iu the even- ing the biddiug being much slower, the only spirited contest being fur Buckingham, a gold: a chestnut gelding of Clear Grit parentage a big heavy weight, heavy ruutped hunter that ought to be a servic- able horse. The price was $500. He went to the Muni., of Loudon, Mr. L. Meredith. In the afternoon some great animals writ at good pi ices. The siugle horse that brought the highest 811111 was Mari. borough, a hay 6•year old gelding, 16 hands 1 inch, with great actiuu and a great weight carrier. \Ir. Herkimer, of Detroit, had to call a' cool $1,050 before he could knock out his rivals. Marlborough was shown with Brighton in a pair but the latter was held over. 'The pair that brought the must money was Charlotte and Blue Ribbon, a cress rn:\tch of grey and brown, whose gait is 13 miles an hour. \Ir. Miller of Buffalo, bought them for $1,675. Tho cheapest horse was Plum Pudding, the pie bald saddle and driving horse, 4 years. 15 Lands and 1 inch, whose color- ing is very striking. Ile was Mr. Hendrie's only purchase and went fur $170. Altogether 44 horses were knocked down, the avJrage being $377 per horse, a splendid price and one that proves the great- ness of Canadian horses. ticommis_aione ft. illJIATO.44 f-alse,t1,1G, time in getting a mutual advantage trade treaty with the States. Tho Americans will want "to hog" all the advantages. EDITORIAL NOTES. 'Che Dominion Trades Congress will petition the Dominion Govern- ment to prohibit the importation of Chinese labor. This is a move in the right direction. in Council. After en iutereating debate the motion Wild withdraw, There is no excuse fur introducing the worst features of the elective system into Ontario. -• Look at the corruption that mingles with the election of parliamentary representa- tives and we roust conclude that the popular election of ofreers would by no paeans he an u>Zmixed evil. Our American neighbors find this out. The "Deform" Government of Manitoba has passed an election bill which is said to be one of the most iniquitous schemes to throttle public opinion ever introduced into a cou- stitutional aaeembly, which view James Fisher, M.P.P., an old-time Reformer, endorsed. Apparently it is as bad as Mr. Mowat's gerryman- dering and other electoral frauds. Nova Scotia shows a deficit this year of $45,000, Ontario shows a deficit of nearly half a million dol- lars, and Quebec has just been com- pelled to make a loan of $10,000,000 —all Reform governments. The Conservative Dominion government show a balance in surplus of nearly six millions for the past 9 months. If Sir Richard Cartwright bad but the opportunity he would make a model " Reform " government at Ottawa that would harmonize in the line of deficits with the Reform Provincial governments. There was a stormy meeting of the Grand Trunk shareholders in England last week and Sir Henry Tyler was sat down upon heavily for approving the conduct ot Cana- dian and American officials of the company in their efforts to induce employees to vote against the Con- servative party in Canada. A ma- jority of the shareholdere said to Sir Henry : "This will be a deathblow to your connection with the com- pany." Thus is Sir Charles Tupper's vigorous denunciation of Grand Trunk official interference in Cana- dian politics justified. • Canadiau exports tu Great Brit- ain kat year were $10,000,000 more thou the previous year. '('lien we sold $3,000,000 less to the States. Our exports to Britain were $48,353,694, to the States $40,522,810. The enlarged volume of export& was in agricultural pro- ducts, clear proof that Britain ie our best market. The States sent to Britain last year. nearly $400,- 000,000 worth of products of the farm. Three-fourths of all Ameri- can exports are the product of the farm. Huth common sense and statistics show that Britain is the market fur Canadian farm surplus as it is undoubtedly for American farm surplus. Mr. McColl moved in the On- tario Legislative Assembly in AaAfi:,,,,,d—tIta... palso:o,aeleation-,.of sheriffs, registrars, county attorneys, clerks of the peace and such like officials, instead of their appoint- ment by the Lieutenant -Governor ,MODERN "REFORM" 11 r. Sol, \V11ite has made a telling epueel, in the Local Legislature on rho subject of the Ontario surplus. From the public documents he show- ed the receipts and expenditures under the Conservativa Adminis- tration of the late Hon. ,Tohn Sand, field .Macdonald and under iris Ile. form successors. '1'Iie figures are tabulated thus : CONSERVATIVE RULE -1867 To 1871, Total receipts $ 9,892,161 Total expenditure6,081,196 Surplus.. $ 3,810,965 REFORM RULE -1871 'ro 1889. Total receipts.... $52,727,826 Total expenditure55,740,526 Deficit $ 3,112,700 Add deficit for 1890 517,962 Total deficit $ 3,630,662 The Reform deficit practically wipes out the Conservative savings. Manitoba, Correspondence. CYPRESS RiVER, 1fAN , Apr. 6, '91 MR EDITOR—DEAR Ste,—I have been in this country one week now, and I suppose your numerous readers ,and my many friends me expecting to hear from rate by this time. Well sir, I must s:ty I like the appearance of !hills here so far, although there is rather rnore Jiving out of doors than I was used to in Holum -Mlle. The house is small, made of Ings. hewed and plastered outside and in. Barns—there are none—the stables and granary are built of poplar poles, and covered with bay or suds, which serve the purpose well, but i• oIr so strange to one from Ontario, The farm we are working this summer is three and a halt' miles south-east ot Cypress, and one and a half r,m the railroad track, so we can plainly see the trains passitfg twice a week. The rise, or hill, on which the house is built, in the centre of the section, is as high as Holmes' hill, at Holmes- vil le, but not so steep a raise, hence we can see about ten miles away on the east, north and west, but on the south are the Tiger Hills, four or five miles away, which obstruct the view on that side. The Tiger Mille are covered with small brush and poles, those are all the trees we can see, ex- cept away tet the north, on the banks of the Atsiniboine river, and how far I do not know. The sail is a black loam, looking very rich and fit to grow anything, as far as I can judge I saw some fine samples of wheat. oars and potatoes. I think 1 told you before there was no snow here when we came, there was Iota of water and mud, because the frost was in the ground, and woad not let the water away, but when the frost left the ground the water was soon gone There is considerable more fencing done hero than I had any idea of. llany farmers have au outside fence around their farm. whether it be a quarter section or a whole 8eetlno they own. There are small stakes driven in the ground, about 15 or 20 feet apart, and a wire, or two, ae the case may be, tacked on to them I have only one wire, other places I wires on the fence, but this is only saw two, and at one place I saw three on an outside fence. The farm is in one Geld, generally speaking. Then the roads are five rods wide, instead of four, as in Ontario, which looks queer, and puts me in mind of the narrow farms in Quebec Province, when I was there some years ago, changing the gauge of the G. T. R The hill we live on has a good many stones on it, almost covered. too much to plow among, I presume, hence it is not broken; but the land generally has bo stones, sticks nor thistles, so it is gold to work, and ensv on a team. 'rhe weather has been delight- ful ever since we came here, the sun has shone eery day but one, when it snowed a little, with sbarp winds from the nol-tb. The air is fresh and bracing, and our appetites are good. ACti,l„y__py}:apIngttling-911 .011l 44ip out here, so will now just say a little about a few' of the places along the line: North Bay we could not see much of, but Sudbury is a pleasant little place in a hollow in the bush. The country is very rough all the ANO TNM Hypophosphttes of Lime and Soda, No other Emulsion is so easy to take. It does not separate nor spoil. - It is always sweet as cream. The most sensitive stomach can retain it. CURES Scrofulous and Wasting Diseases. Chronic Cough. Loss of Appetite. Mental and Nervous Prostration. General Debility, &c. Beware of all imitations. Ask for "the D. & L." Emulsion, and refuse all others. • PRICE 50C. AND $1 PER BOTTLE. wav from All:nvill,• t,• L's �nu••,Ir r, and !here err no luhIII; -+nr+ , xrrpt, Ihr railaav people SO 11.1. -1•1t,11,. 'file 11411.1 is r.iili11g, and r ,ver, .t •, ith evergreens and 11ry 1,.,1.•.. Ta.' fir.t part of ti"• run al„na,irl•' of L•,ke S'- prri•ir wu+ r"1211, rain¢ near 11..1 wa- ter, ILrnu,11 several two), l••. ;t1.rl ,.ver high bridges, but trete t'„r1 s,, it ur U, \\',unipses, a Ji-ta. ce nl 427 ea. whyt 1 'tw wa, 11ice and era••' io.na sola Bose to l pre,-+ It' rr. 9:1 11 1,5, is t1a , :a anal 11 , vel country. R. I:u! ,mhral;a,nan n ut•r,i Crr•rk tr .11- crl this p.t•rnlne oar ltathr• ;l n s'at- iuu on the (; N. It. Hee ,•. n,. r,: r , f a fr..iiht tram which t,ec n,ia ••t„t veil On a down ¢radr,l and he f It L to • .11 the cars. MARKET REPORTS. (Corrected every Tuesday afternoon.) CLINTON Flour $5 00 to 5 20 Fall Wheat 1 07 to 1 10 Spring Wheat.... 1 (2 to 1 C5 Barley .. C 50 to 0 55 oats.. ) 811 to 0 50 Peas 0 75 to 0 75 Apples,(winter) per bbl 1 511 to 3 50 '1 Potatoes ,. 0 40 to 0 60 Butter .. 0 13 to 0 15 Eggs (1 10 to 0 11' Hay 5 00 10 7 00 Cordwood 3 00 to 4 00 Beef .. 0 00 to 0 00 \Vool 0 20 to 0 20 Pork 5 00 to 5 25 TORONTO MARKETS. Fall Wheat $1 12 to $1 14 Spring Wheat 1 0:1 to 1 (14 Wheat, red winter 1 11 to 1 l3 Wheat, goose 0 91 to 0 94 Barley . 0 54 to 0 51i Oats. . 0 58 to 0 60 Peas . 0 86 to 0 88 Rye' 075 to 0 78 Hay 10 CO to 16 00 Straw 7 50 to 9 50 Dressed Hogs 5 25 to 6 00 Beef, fore 4 50 to 6 50 Beef,* hind 6 50 to 7 50 Mutton 6 00 to 7 00 Veal 8 00 to 10 00 Eggs 0 12 to 0 13 Butter . 0 14 to 0 16 Potatoes, per ben . 1 00 to 1 to Wagon Shop and Business for Sale or Rent. A SPLENDID OPENING —For sale or rent, Hie carriage shop and business in the Village of Winthrop, at present owned and occupied by the undersigned. The shop is frame with a comfort- able dwelling house attached. There is also a good cider mill and a stable. There is one fifth of an acre of land. A good business Is being done and there is a blacksmith shop in connection close by. This property and business will be sold or rented cheap, as the proprietor has had to retire on account of il1•health. A stead, , pushing mon can du a good business and make money. Address Winthrop P 0., or apply on the premises to WM. HOitNEY. 652-51 BUGGiES. CARTS. WACCONS. Superior workmanship. The very best material. Irma work unsurpassed. First-class bugttie• a specialty. Prices to suit the times. Repairing and repainting promptly attended to LESLIE'S CARRIAGE AND WACON FACTORY, Corner Huron and Orange Streets, Clinton. [TTLERS' TRAINS WILL LEAVE ON FEBRUARY 24th, 1891 AT 9.00 P.M. AND EVERY TUESDAY THEREAFTER DURING MARCH AND APRIL WITH COLONIST SLEEPER ATTACHED FOR MAN 1 T hr/ B A THE CANADIAN NORTH-WEST ', oc'pdLrPns wirhourrarhach5r'toci< .Cgloriisl •1615 e s wi>r p tz'eyed•hd E.xpfet.:, ,Train, leaving Tororiro For full information and descriptive pamphlets of Manitoba, the North West Territories, and British Colum- bia, apply to any C. P. R. Agent.