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The Huron News-Record, 1896-09-09, Page 4Cheer up .. . • Better times are cowiug when everybody will ride bioyolna. lu the meantime you need not wait ; we are selling wheels so cheap yuu eauuot afford to walk. Everything in the line of Bicycle Supplies and Repairer. See us before placing your eider. Emerson's Bicycle and Music House, , Clinton and Bayfield. Public. School Altar, Books Collegiate Institute Books .1%lodel School Books It matters not what School Books you need, we have thein in stock, and the latest edition of each. Special attention given to mail orders. ^glarli roc,- . Cooper's Book StorB CLINTON. gew Advertioaaitants. Estray pig --Noble Lovett. How is it -Allen & `Nilson. Agents -Pelham Nursery Co. Bought in bond --Jackson Bros. Farm for sale -George Grahain. New Fall Mantles-Il:odgens Bros, A little secret -The W. D. Fair (n. Public school hooks --Cooper's Book Store'. The Huron News -Record i.ia a Year -31.00 in Advance WEDNr9DAY, ArOUST 18th, 1806. THE LAW V.S. A"810 HEAD." - TRH NEws-Rmsolan celled attention to the fact that the Thit'ti Party in West Huron had not made their re- turns as prescribed by law (or, in any other way) to the Returning Officer. The Goderich Star said in reply that the R. O. "complained," &e., because such had not been done. This, of course, was absolutely untrue. The It, O. was not called upon to complain and did not do so. What he wrote the Financial Agent was that the law had not been complied with and directed his attention to the Lew, giving Section and Page, sot hat that (Meer could read it for himself. Even after this the R. O. placed the Laic in the hands of the Third Party principals to read it for; themselves,although he was not requir- ed to do so. He WAS not in any way required to notify the Agent, or ('and'- ' date of the glaring violation of the Law, and we ere greatly mistaken if these gentlemen do not appreciate the �i. O.'s action. The altar flair's to lows published the expenses on Aug. 14, the amount it says being • $O 42. The official etateweut received i by the R. O. says the amount in $01.92,I Which wast be taken as correct. That the Stat assisted in such an irregularr and illegal proceeding is beyond a doubt and the evidence is from our cistern., for among other "big head" utterances that paper acknowledges that it falsi- fied the statement by eight cents. If the Star is not troubled with "big head" it. will now explain the bal- ance of $1.42 which is in the official statement and properly certified to. No matter what position the individual Wray occupy, our good confrere seems to ignore the fact thatever'y Returning Officer is a sworn officer of the Crown and that he is liable to severe punish- ment if he violates his oath of office.. It. had been stated in public and private, and insinuated in the Grit press in this county, that he had done so but when c'hallengecl to lay a charge for derelic- tion of duty -or to give proof without a charge -these slanderers have re- mained as dumb as an oyster. And why? Because they knew they were falsifying facts. Some of them have since admitted this to the writer. When the Star says "the R. 0.'s brief authority as such has developed into a case of big head" (save the mark) we iniiht. as well give the "legal opinion" of our esteemed confrere and at the same time quote the law : ..THE STAR SAYS: THE LAW 8,11.8: The Returning Ot• 120 Adotallodstatenrent Hoer and editor of of all election expenses Tux NEWS -RECORD incurred by or on behalf has allowed hisanno- of any candidate, inelud- yaueo over this mat- ing such exceptedpay- ter to got the better ,nests as aforesaid, sal, or his seas() of jour within two months after ualistic decency and the election (or whenever truth. The Star sten- by reason of the death of ply stated certain the creditor no bill has facts as a matter of been sent in within such news, and when the period of two months, RiGcoao or the Re- then within one month at - turning officer says tor such bill has been this paper "assisted sent in), be made out and in an irregular and signed by the agent, or an illegal proceed- if there is more than one, ing," the editor and by every agent who has returningofticet-says paid the 804110 finciuding what is not true. The the candidate 'r cases of advertisement which payments made by him,) appeared in the Star and delivered with the was published on the bills- attdr.vouchers r:la- order of Mr. Kilty's tive thergato too the re- agent and we know turning officer; and the of no law which says returning officer for the such statements are time beingshall, at the to appear only in the expenseof the candidate, paper controlled by within fourteen days, in - he R. O. simply be- sert, or cause to be 111- cause he happens sorted an abstractor such to have one. The statement, with the Rig - figures given in tho nature of the agent Star were according thereto, in some news - to the copy furnished paper published or (Amu - us, except In the item lating in the electoral for voters llsts,where district where the olec- a typographical error tion was held ,• and any made a difference of agent or candidate who eight cents. The It makes default in deliver - 0.'s brief authority ing to the returning oft): assuchhasdoveloped ter the statements re- title a naso of big quired by this section head. shall incur a penalty not oxceedingtwenty dollars for every .day during which be so makes de- fault ,-and any agent or candidate who wilfully furnishes to the return- ing officer any untrue statement is guilty of a misdemeanor i and the said returning/ officer shall preserve all such bills and vouchers, and during the six months next after they have been delivered .to him, shall permit aityvetei. to inspect the same gaper niont of a fee of twenty cents. 37 V., c. 9, s. 123. Our readers will now be able to judge whether the Returning Officer is troubled as the Star declares, or whe- ther he is simply obeying his oath of office. UU11R1 VT TOPICS. Mr. M. C. Cameron is said to be pre- paring a powerful speech on' the "Pacific Scandal." No doubt this will he accounted for when out' readers know that he refuses to attend the Grit caucus meetings at Ottawa. In commenting upon [.'lyd Aber- deen's attitude towards the late Gov- ernment the Globe seems din posed to forget its own motto :-"The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magis- trate will neither advise notsubmitto arbitrary measures." Froin the discussion in parliament, it would appear 11.8 though Mr. M. C. Cameron had been engaged as an host- ler to assist 11ir. Laurier in "cleaning out the stables." As yet he has not, been awarded a n'tr'e worthy position by his friends. Because the West Huron member has not -well, for some reason or other he4'efused to attend the Grit caucus itt Ottawa, and report has it that the rea- son is because he was ignored in the formation of the Laurier Cabinet,. There is more truth than poetry in the report. The victory of the, Canadian Yacht in the international race at Toledo is most popular on this side of the line. In acquatic sports of all kinds Oanai- diens have more than held their own. The win has done much to wipe nut the British defent in the Defender Valkyrie race at, New York. _— Hamilton Spectator :-Lor] Russell sat in the house of commons the other .hay and heard \I. ('. Cameron rehash- ing the old story about. 1 he Langevi n block. Being introduced to Mr, Cam - rarnn, he said, "Thal, Wag a terrible arraignment." The 1Intidlton Times noir' says that Lord Russell ppaid Mr. ('arneren "a graceful compliment 1" Well. that's one way of interpreting the words used; but there are others. It. Is rumored at Ottawa that th. reason Lion. David Mills was left ort, of Mr. laturier's cabinet, was that. on being eonsnit.erl as to the const.ituti'tn- ality of is)rd Aberdeen's action ItAele- rinred against, it, and therefore eould not take ()Ohm under a Premier wit h whorl he hail a difference of opinion on 80 am important a sohjecI,. If the Grits were going to abolish the Senate Sir Oliver Mowat would not have becawe a member of that body. The abelibion of the Senate is a part of the Grit pulley which will not be carried out. The constitution must not be coerced, even though the assistance of tke Pope of Rome be secured. Will McCarthy endorse the Bending a missionary to -the Pope of Rowe by the Gbit party for a settlement of the Manitoba sehoul question ? Will the New Era ap;.ly its logic re Dowiuion Government officials tak- ing an active part ifApolitics to Ontario officials? 11 so, isut' cotew. will find a good dei.1 of work fur the guillotine in Huron and many a head will be certain to fall into the basket. Prom the discussion in the Ridge - town Dominion it "tvould appear that the agent for Gen. E. Casey, M. P. for West Elgin, hay not made a full return. of the election expeuses to the return- ing officer and is stilt liable to the legal penalty, ',not exceeding $20 a day. We doubt if Lord Aberdeen will be received with the usual enthusiasm upon his tour of Western Ontario, which commences shortly. The Cana- dians are it loyal pe aplo and are wont to extend a kindly welcome upon all occasions to the Queen's representative, but the latter is expected to steer clear of politics and avoid any and every appearance of partisanshi)), This Lord Aberdeen has scarcely duce' The Grit party are evidently going to run the militia camps on Grit princi- ples. At Lopdon, Conservative butch- ers, bakers, flour and feed merchants, &c., according to the Free Press of Thursday, have been refused the privi- lege of tendering for supplies for the cunning camp. if this is true the Laur- ier pasty are practising "economy" with a vengeance. And it is partisan- ship 'with a most scandalous vengeance. Where are we at? The Globe's repeated statements that the Manitoba school question was settled turns out to be a farce, On Saturday the Globe says another con- ference may he necessary before the matter is settled, but does not say whether it is with Manitoba la 0 price for the Interior portfolio, or with His Holiness the Pope of Rome. Laurier, with his French majority, cannot suc- ceed in settling the question to the satisfaction of the electors outside of Quebec. In order to "jolly" the prohibition- ists who were at Ottawa last week the house committee announced that it had ordered the bar of the Commons to be closed, and the good prohibition- ists went home much pleased at this evidence of Mr. Laurier's tempernnce proclivities. But the closing of the bar does not stop the sale of ligrior. It simply closes one room. There are others. The difference is this: When the bar was open the thirsty member walked in, ordered his drink, took it standing, and departed. Now he goes into a comfortable room, sits down, touches the button, gets his drink, takes it in comfort, feels good, touches the button again, and so on. A won- derful reform. The Seattle (Washington) banks de- clare retaliation on Canada on it line with the customary ,jingoism. They declare a discount of from ten to twen- ty per cent. on all Canadian and Engs fish money. This is nothing new. Previously American business sten, corporations and hanks -in the major- ity of instances -refused to accept our money at all, althoue-h it was worth a hundred cents on Lhe dollar. Not so with American 'coney coming into. Canada. It is not worth dollar fur dollar in their own country. Our friends to the South have been boy- cotting our good (lanadiatn money for years without action on our part, but when we place the same value on their own money as they do themselves we are all wrong. They may continue to place their gold in Canadian banks for sake keeping, and refuse to accept our good money at par, but that will not alter the fact that this greater half of the hemisphere has sound money and that our banking institutions are the best in the world. As to prohibition, Sir Oliver Mowat is all things to all men. in Ontario he would grant prohibition if he had the power. lie put the cart before the horse and asked the people to give their verdict. Then he referred the .natter of power to the higher Courts. The decision was that he could not grant prohibition as the procedure was within the Dominion authorities. In the meantime Sir Oliver accepts a senatorship in the Dominion House -- a body he has repeatedly declared should be abolished, A Grit govern- ment has been ri'tnrned, and .t. prohibi- tion deputation waits on Laurier amyl ]flows, to lout their preaching into pi act ire. Sir Oliver immediately throws cold water on the movement and declares in effort that the coitntr'y cannot, by• run without the revenue from the liquor traffic. lie has known this for many years and has deliber- ately deceived the temperance people of Ontario all thatt time and it, is ,jest, ns well they should nniv come to a realization of the fort. Laurier told the deputation he was willing to grant prohibition if they demanded it h y vote, end that he would grant n poll after the next seesirm of parliament. On this question the Grit party are divided, and soon the temperance peo- ple will know the parliamentary de- ceivers. On the Government benches they will he numerous. Cripple The iron grasp of scrofula has no mercy upon its victims. This demon of the blood is often not satisfied with causing dreadful sores, but r'aeks the body with the pains of rheumatism mita Hood's Sarsaparilla cures. "Nearly tour years ago I. became af- flicted with scrofula and 'rheumatism. a Running- sores broke out on ni thighs. Pieces of bone came out and an operation was contemplated. I had rheumatism in my lelgs, draws up out of shape. I lost ap- petite, could not sleep. I was a perfect wreck. I continued to grow worse and finally gave up the doctor's treatment to ell take Hood's. Sarsaparilla. Soon appetite came bank; the sores oonulnenced to heal. My 1im!be straightened out and I threw away my crutches. I am now etogt-and hearty and am terming, whereas a`tour years ago I was a cripple.I gladiw'"rec- ommend Rood Sarsaparilla." Usn,.ri HAxatoND, Table Grove, Illinois. ood's Sarsaparilla Is the One Trne Blood Purifier. All druggists. $r. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Do., Lowell, Mass. Hood's S PMS euro liver Itis, easy to take, easy to operate. zoo. Those who directly and indirectly assisted in the defeat of the Conserva- tive party -and at the same time claim- ed to be Conservative -will now begin to realize their grave Inistake. The despatches from Ottawa indicate that Laurier is not free from Roman Catho- lic domination -in fact that the Pope of Ronne is still his boss. The "big head" who edits the Gode- rich Star should read the election law or retreat to the back yard and kick himself all over. Becaus9 the Return- ing officer has obeyed bis oath of office is not legitimate ground for the Star to declare that the said officer is troubled with "big head." *'HE NEws-RE- CORD is not in the McCarthy klepto- mania business. Our readers will he surprised to learn of the self -constitut- ed position the Star voluntarily as- sumes. The stand taken by the Re- turning Officer cannot he successfully assailed by the Star, the Grits or any other political body. And the sooner this is understood the better. Talking of the spoils system intro- duced by the Grits at Ottawa the Mail and Empire sensibly remarks :-"Our, Canadian rule is the British rule, that whatever the former proclivities of the civil officer may have been, he is not, when in office, to engage in the party strife; .nor is he to be dismissed on sus- picion simply to find a place for a par- tisan. Mr. Hardy, in Ontario, violates the first half of the rule. He expects the official who is paid for transacting public business to engage in partisan work. He actually gives an officer leave to abandon his desk that he may run as a candidate, and, on his defeat, return and resume his occupation. The member for Kingston, it turns out, was a public' officer when seeking parlia- mentary honors, and was nut required to drop his wel'•paid situation until he knew whether 1, ' was elected or not. Mr. Davies breaks the other half of the rule, and operates his guillotine with all the zeal of a Tarte, not because he knows that his victims have done what Mr. Iltu'dy allows and requires his officers to do, but because he has an unsupported suspicion that, this impro- priety has been crnumitted,and because he wants places for his party wor'k)ers. Mr. hardy makes the provincial service a political engine. Mr. Davies enter- tains suspicions that ultimately the Federal service may be established on a similar basis. Butte are working for their party. They ate introducing the old American spoils system. The Ridgetown Dominion gond nat- tiredly referred to the gritty Chatham Banner building a new ofiire while under National Policy rule. Like the New Era here when THE Nrws-Rg- conD referred to a similar case, the Banner did not appreciate the point and replied by asking "Haas the N. P. made you rich?" To this the Dominion replies: -"it is quite natural to think a man has mode some money when he orders an architect to prepare plans for a.pelatial building, and as the Ban- ner does not deny the 'charge' we pre- sume it has made money. In regard to the N. P. making us rich, it all depends upon what is meant by the word. it would be almost too much to f.xpect the N, P. to make rnitlioneires of us ell, or even enable everybody to erect n flue tap -to - date Eninting office. flowerer, under the N. 1'., we secured three square tnrrtle a (ley, had clothes enough to satisfy our .modest desires, and found wealth eliotgh to have, a goorl time and enjoy life, and this isitwitall any- one. even Vanderbilt., can secure. Under the N. P. we were also rich in possessing a c'onte'nted mind, feeling that "air native land WAS enjoying sn the blessing of good government. ; was cc -imperatively speaking, marking ex- cellent, piogress, and that its people were 'rich' like ont•'.elves, and than was ns rir'h ns is necessary. We might, add that it, appears to he in the nature of things for Tory editors to lay up most of their treasures in another piece, rather than in this world, but when the change takes place we will have the 'ledge' on the Grit, newspnp'•r Coen vhiii,white boarding tip Ihenonneymade tinder the N. F'- Were writing heavy an. titles to prove that tate country was go. ng to the dogs." CLERKING SALE, This week we begin to clear out. the balance of sutnrner goods, remnants, &c., at prices less that) cost for many lines, they must go Before the Fall goods arrive, come and see what, we have, we ran save you money. CLOTHING. See our men's coats at 4. " pants at suits at ...... . t " $1 25 85 ..3 50 ,4 00 .5 00 .1 .a .. as 14 a, fa • 44 a{ Full lines in boy's suits equally low. Full strack of Tweed Suiting, and Worsteds by the yard or made to order, work guaranteed. BOOTS and SHOES. We have a lot of odd sizes and ends of different lines in boots and shoes that we will sell At from 80 to 75c on the dollar, they are worth luokiug atter. DRESS GOODS. Dress (foods at 1Oc. worth 20c as " 15c, " 025c, " 20c, •' 30e. " s 30k', ' ` 45s. 5--0 --7 8-0 -100. 1s- as 40 Print tat MILLINERY. . Ladies hats from 10c up„all uiust go. Pa'osols, (]loves, Hosiery, Underwear' at 75c on the dollar. CARPETS. ass From 10c up. Several pieces Brussels carpets worth $1.25 for 75c Per yard. 0 - PLIJTISTEEL & GIBBINGS, - Albert St., Clinton. Clinton, July 15, 1896. .o. Touches the spot -ow' MacLeod's System Renovator •0••••••••••••••0.0. 0•••11001••00•••••••••••••••• ------FOR-- Weak and Impure Blood, Liver and Kidney Diseases, Female Complaints, etc. Ask Druggist or write direct to .11. 1111. MacLeod, GODERICH, Ont. 922-y Monday's despatches lay down Laur- ier's dangerous proposition in•,reference to the "sudny" settlement of the Manitoba school question as follows: - Montreal, Q., Sept. 6. -Rev. Abbe Proulx, parish priest of St. Lin, and Chevalier Gilkey, a Drobet of Mon- treal are mentioned freely as the dele- gates who will be sent to Ronne by Mr. Laurier in connection with the Manitoba school difficulty. ' How will this suit the Third Party electors of West Huron 1 In the second week of last June, the Lyndon Conference of the Methodist €,lurch then being in session, Hon. Mr. Lourier said at Stratford that a pleb't'scit on the question of prohibition woeld, be taken as soon as the Liberal pasty came into power. This was more explicit than the statements in the House,but all conscientious temper- ance people are able to judge for them- selves as to the professions of the party when in Opposition and their practices when in power. The Retur'nilig Officer for West Huron has come in for a great deal of abuse and is ignorantly held respon- sible by some of the McCarthy people for their irregularities. What can people expect when some newspapers are ignorant on this matter'? If false statements are to continue by individ- uals and papers that should know better, let the whole matter be venti- lated. The R. O. will not object. The law, however, is produced in another column and should satisfy the cravings of even those who are supposed to be in- telligent and understand the law. Hon. Edward Blake crcateci quite tt sensation at the Dublin convention Wednesday, and excited the greatest enthusiasm when he wa.9 speaking. of the self restraint with which the Irish party remained silent under the reckless charges of T. M. Healy who had shown the bitterest, animus again- st Mr. Blake. Then Mr. Biake, rais- ing himself to his full height and turn- ing towards his old political opponont, Hon. John (ostigan, who satnext to him, Mr, Bloke said : "When years past in Canada, I was unable to agree with the members of my party on the details of policy, I retired from public life rather than inflict a stab from the hand of a friend on his colleagues." Laurier has not yet been able to set- tle the Manitoba school question. Political Points. The fact that the Governor-General works only in the interests of the Grit half of the community is ample justifi- cation for cutting off the Tory* of his salary. M. C. Cameron, of Huron, beau his speech int, the present parliament where he left off parliament before last, forgetting that he had been out of it for some years. He is still re- hettrsing the ancient history of the Langevin block. Few of the electors who voted Re- form imagined for a minute that they were declaringin favor'of the conciliation of r. Sifton with a port- folio and the settlement of the school question by the Pope, "The way of the transgressor is hard," we rend, but the way of the On- tario Premier with reference to Govern- ment officials arid elections is Hardy. He must have a care that it does not become foolhardy. A depuration from the Dominion Alliance waited upon the Premier at Ottawa in order to .scert.atiu the inten- tions of the Government as to the tak- ing of a plebiscite on prohibition. Mr. Laurier in rely, said it wits the inten- sion of the Government to introduce next session the necessary legislation authorizing the taking of it plebiscite on the question of prohibition. An interesting point is raised by the Hamilton Spectator. The criminal Code makes it an indictable offence to secure or to give political support in return for an office. Sir Oliver Mowat arranged with Mr. Laurier that he should get at Senatorship for his cam- paign assistance. Is Sir Oliver indict- able? The Spectator thinks he is. Surely the question ought to be refer- red to the Minister of Justice. When Sir Oliver Mowat was premier of Ontario he told a deputation of tem- perance men that he would give them pprohibition if•the law perrnitied him to dose). Ile had then no thought of the pro- vincial aspect. of the case. To -day Sir Oliver 15 0 Dominion minister, and when a prohibition deputation called upon thegovernrnent hur'sdaty morn- ing Sir Oliver, although profess' k,,e_� he still anxious for prohibition, proceeli1- ed to pour cold water on the scheme by drawing attention to the fact that prohibition would largely increase the taxes of the people. 0 If You Want e e e to save money call and see our selection of Hoots and alhnrs which we believe cannot 1)e equalled outside the Cilie,: Our American shoes have hail a green run and ntrr rustonters have been immensely pleased with l,he style and finish. Our increasing business is good evidence 1 hat we are je)getting the trade. JACKSON & JACKSON W. Jackson. Fred T. Jackson.