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The Clinton News-Record, 1898-02-24, Page 4- iTHr1 News-Roora THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24th, 1898. MAJOR BUCK'S REUORD. Meier Beck maybe proud of his re- cord. Gaining hie municipal sputs in the township of Colborue as Reeve, he s o nd ucted'affairs of the m uu icipali ty suc- cessfully and won the wardenship at so early a date as five years' service. In the ,Militia, too, he has served with distinction and has been Quartermas- er tor several years. He takes a deep interest in farm -subjects and is ice -president of the North-West- ern Agricultural Society. The Major is a nig, warm-hearted man, ever• ready to extend the helping hand, and immensely popular all over the Riding, so much so that scores will mark their ballots for him next Tuesday on purely personal grounds. He will get the united Con- servative vote and give Garrote his Gettsburg from the north. The Major will beat the Lawyer. BECK FOR THE BY-LAW. • Major Beck is heartily in sympathy with the Doherty By -Law and when that measure is accepted by the elec- tor's he will use his best endeavors to have it finally acted upon by the Legis- lative. As the Conservatives will have a majority in the next House, the Major will be in a better position to handle the Bill than a member of the Opposition could be. • PUT THE STAVELY MONEY TO BETTER USE. Given a voice in the matter any day nine -tenths of the citizens of Clinton would vote 'for expending the $10,000, or such of it as remains, of the Stavely money in a water work system instead of in a "Memorial Hall." With a change of Government the town's interest would be the first consideration and Clinton allowed its say in the matter. Garrow made us a poor bargain; let *ars tray Beck. Beck and a change. THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE BEING ROBBED. The power once possessed by M nrci- alities is becomilufg bersisaifedliy less, 1r' kta centralizing legislation of the Hardy Government. But while it grasps authority it does not at the swine time assume the privilege of paying. Take such a small, comparatively, matter as that of polling booths, etc. The Governutent takes the cream, but' the Municipalities must do the paying. And thus it is all through the chapter. But if the abuse stopped there we could become used to it, 'ut'rwhen it insists upon a double nu booths, deputies, pati ice .:eases 0 er of polling s and constables, be a virtue. n Clinton t1r 'e are to be eight polling booths, which at eleven dollars each will entail an expenditure of eighty-eight dollars and give employ- ment to twenty-four workers. In Municipal elections the town finds four booths and twelve officials quite sufficient to do the work. Even for. the Dominion vote no more are re- quired, but the Hardy Government • insists upon a double expense so that its supporters may reap the benefit. is it not time tor a change? EILBER WILL WIN. Harry Eilber is conducting a bril- Jr-art campaign which means victory. 1here is a snap and dash about it hich has enthused his supporters and s organization is such as the ding has never before seen. Though buh% young man, Mr. Eilber as. had long Municipal experience. e was elected Deputy -Reeve of the township of Stephen in his 21st year and remained a member of the Council until he entered the larger field of pro- -+--ryjncial politics. In all he served for eighteen' years, a considerable part of that time as P. eve, in the Township and County Councils and is well versed in municipal law and the requirements of Huron. Ele is an able and convin- cing speaker and will be an acquisition to the Legislature. Of Mr. Eilber's election there is but little doubt. It only requires a contin- uance of the vim and harmony which bas so far characterized his campaign. Get to the polls early and see that no vote is unpolled and Harry Eilber will be M.P.P. next Tuesday evening. . Take off your coats, so to speak. NOT ON THE LIST. The Hardy Government hat; granted manhood suffrage td cities and county towns but not to smaller municipali- ties. . • Goderich has it, but not Clinton, Seaforth, Blyth, Wingham, or any other of the thriving towns of Huron. Why thus make fish of one and flesh of another ? As it is'}hnndreds and thousands of young men all over the province have been disfranchised and there is no re- dress. And the fiats in use are in eases de- fective. The most' noteworthy in- ' stance so far brought to our notice is `what of Mr. Sohn Rangford* pile of the *ealthieet, most vigorous and best knoWtt men in Huron. He has been playing takes tor twenty -live gears, but We ,thel hie name Is not on the ' V0,08'1104. With it uniform wathood suftrd,ke, eech ice tbo (7olt$erVAtiv'es will pass era aptly', theee affitit0S will be done away With.• Jb i0 t;itrid fd ' a tklrlrtiget 1IIcMILLAN'S FABRICATIONS. A son of Mr. John McMillan, DM.P who has been stumping iu South Huron is the interest of the Liberal candidate, is quite a chip of the old block and for a young politician bids fair to eclipse his father for unscrupulous misuse of public documents. At a meeting hold in Bayfield the other evening he read from a Blue Rock what he represented to be the official figures. Mr. Eilber asked] for the Book and holding it up before the audience it was at once seen that Mr. McMillan had altered the re- turns with a pencil so as • to make them correspond with Mc- Lean's campaign literature and had read the falsified figures. When exposed he had nothing to say for himself but has not since appeared at any of Mr. Eilber's meetings. Poli- tics are not any too pure at the best, but when this sort of thing has to be resorted to it is truly time for a change. This same Mr. McMillan is claiming that the cost of School Books to the average head of a family is only 193/5 cents. He must surely know better, but if not his information regarding the matter if of the most limited kind. Those who must buy school books know to their sorrow how burden- some the publishers' monopoly has 'be- come. Mr. Dan Gliddon, of Goderich township, who attended the Bayfield meeting, laughed at McMillan's 19 3/5 cent argument. "Why," said he, 'when my girl was proinoted from the 3rd to 4th forret the set of books I had to buy cost me $3.50." But for the monopoly Mr. Gliddon would have been able to have bought those books much cheaper and been the balance in pocket. IT IS TIME FOR A °HANOI''. It is Time for a Change. It is time for an audit of the Public Accounts. __ _ It is time nepotism ceased. It is time a stop was put on the growth;^f rt 'fly Compact. It is time the school book monopo- ly was abolished.— It is time the cost of school books was reduced. It is time the excessive profits of the school book monopolists went into the pockets of the people. It is time the Educational Depart- ment was taken out of politics. It is time the Public Schools were the first care of the Minister of Education. It is time the colonization roads' frauds were suppressed. It is time the Crown Lands Depart- ment was administered without fav- oritism. It is time that the granting of a pat- ent ciicinot depend on the applicant's politics. It is time more attention was paid to the interests of the public schools, the schools of the people. It is time the alliance between Tarte and Hardy was condemned by the province. It is time the bribing sof constituen- cies by the Government was pronounc- ed against. It is time a Government which has violated its pledges to the Temperance people was defeated. It is time the Government which proved equally false to the Lord's Day Alliance was snowed under by the peoples' ballots. It is time there was a Government at Toronto independent of that ab Ottawa. It is time the contracts for supplies for the public institutions of the pro- vince were competed for - instead of being given to friends at a Jew's pro- fit. It is time we had a Birdlimes Govern- ment. It is time Sir Oliver Mowat's advice not to put the purse strings of Ontario into the hands of the ruling party at Ottawa was followed. It is time the robbery of the munici- palities to strengthen the Provincial Government was stopped. It is time manhood suffrage was made uniform and not confined to the cities and county towns. It is time the cost of making up the lists was defrayed by the Government instead of compelling the Municipali• ties to do so. It is time the Government which Gerrymanders was defeated. It is time there was a secret ballot. It is time the people, who pay the piper, had tnoro say ip the appointing of officials. It is time for a change. NOW is the time for a change., 0 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, Tiley Conte Chatham, Feb. 17.- (Special. ).--A set of books for use by the registrars in taking the names of the new electors under the Franchise Act was sent to this city. The hill Accompanying the books was as follower -if City of Chatham, Dr , '1'o Warwiok'llros. and Rutter, Toronto: To 8 oath books, at$1.50 $12 00 " 17 voters' list indexes, at 76c .... .. 12 75 '• 17 supplementary, at 75e " 8 books for persons declialogto moat:,, 12 75 at 25o 2 00 Express 055 $10 65 When the hill was presented to the Council surprise was manifested at the size of it; hut when the books were re- ceived and examined the surprise took the forth of a decided and angry pro- test at what is pronounced to be noth• ing .short of an act of extortion, per- petrated by Government, in the in- terest of favoured book publishers. Ald. Suhnan, a dealer in books and stationery, and able to literally speak by the book, went over the precious stuff, and made au estimate of the commercial value of the lot thus: - 8 oath books, at 75o.. „ . ... . ...... ... $ r, 00 17 voters' list indexes, at 25c........ . . 4 'l5 17 supplementary, at 25c 4 25 8 books for decliners, at 5c 0 40 Express 0 55 $15 45 These prices Ald. Sidman declares would give the publisher's a reasonable profit. But the Government gives them a profit of $24.00 on a $40 deal. Referring to the gentleman composing the lucky firni, Ald. Sidman expresses the hope that no one will be mean enough to pronounce the name Rutter "Rooter" simply because their seems to be something of the hog in the transaction. McKenzie & Mann's Good p'1!'iring- When Mr. McKenzie and Mr. Mann have built the Yukon railway they will own it. Moreover, they will have a guarantee that 00 one of the thirty other companies which have sur veyed routes through this region will be al- lowed to build a competing line to di- vide the traffic with them. In addi- tion, they will have 25,000 acres of gold -bearing lands for every utile of narrow gauge road they. have built. The cost of the railway is estimated at $15,000 a mile. These land they have the right to choose through all the gold fields of the Yukon and its tributaries. A flee miner who goes to the Yukcn at his own expense, and has no pull, must pay $10 a year for a certificate and $15 a year for u claim 250 feet square. For less than an acre and a half he must pay $25 a year, and one man is not allowed to hold more than ane claim, unless he takes a hill claire, for which he pays $100. The favoured contractors got their railway and their traffic monopoly,and a present besides of more than an acre of mineral lands for every dollar that their road will cost. But, the woi king miner, after pays the above prices for his claim, must give the Government ten per cent. on all the gold he obtains. McKenzie and Mann are asking to pay only one per cent. as their- royalty. - Toronto Telegram (Independent..) THY ALL SAY VICTORY. • Ottawa, Feb, 10. --Senator Ferguson, of Prince Edward Island, speaking of the Yukon deal in the Senate yes- terday, said the cornpcensation pro- posed 'to be given to the con• str'uction of this narrow guano tram- way was simply astounding. There was not to be found in the legislet ion of any civilized country a proposition like this, to hand over such an enor- mous grant of mineral lands to a pri- vate corporation. The grant was not only enormously excessive, hut it was dangerous to the peace and welfare of the whole Yukou country. The rights of free miners were utterly ig- nored in a manner not paralleled in any existing legislation. The right pro- posed to he given to the company 10 run their base lines and make selec- tions in any part of the gold c•ountr•y, practically gave the cool puny the right of selection of the entire mineral lands of that immense district. and the power to freeze oat the tree miner. Ile trusted that the Government would so modify the contract its to permit those who were in favor of the construction of a railway to the head- quarters of Yukon navigation to secure the trade of that country to Canada to support their, 11.108s0re. No honest man could give his support to the bargain as it now stood unless he was sorely misguided. Milbrook Reporter. --In helping to place Mr. Whitney in charge of the affairs of the province, you will be using your influence to put a stop to the buying and selling of offices for votes, you will put a nail to the coffin of those hungry (sanity offici(tls who are Working use of their positions to hold the lash over the public. Hones- ty is the hest policy in politics as well as in deitlinf.5 with our fellow -men, and Mr. Whitney has promised so to carry on the business of the country. 1,Vingham Advance. -Major Joseph Beck, Conservative candid•ite for West Huron, was in town Tuesday evening and met his friends :and Sup- porters at the Conservatives commit- tee monis iu the Shaw Klock. To say that the faithful turned Out to meet him is to draw it mild. They were there in fell force and the enthusiasm was up to a high pitch. The work of organization was thoroughly done and the feeling was that %Vinghruu would give its usual majority for Conserva- tive principles and good Government. Major Beck is well pleased with the feeling 811 over the acting and is 000- fidemt of victory. Farmers' Sun. -When it was whis- pered before the election that there was a tacit understanding between the Liberal leaders and the monopolists, we refused to entertain the suspicion, but present events recall it to our minds. Seldom have election pledges been so openly cast away 00 mounting the steps of power.• Sir Wilfrid Laut'- ier may he as resplendent as flunkeyisw loves to depict him, in the gorgeous trappings of his knighthood. But knighthood is not chivalry, nor will any trappings, however gorgeous, lend brightness to broken faith. a AN INDEPENDENT OPINION. • "So Iong as we have the party system we must have two parties, and to keep them both in a healthy and effective state they ought to take turns in office. If one is forever to monopolize power and patronage, irrespon- sibility and corruption are pretty sure to set in."—Farm- ers' Sun (Patron.) 7D'[<.Y/C(�yr.�,Y6C JTC3. N�9•CDTL9-�GDTd�D�:�3�.K9�KDTii .J��J�R.�6 y".0 =V"•L� GARROWISMS. Mr. Garrow sat in the Legislature for eight terms and at six -hundred dollars per session of six' weeks drew $4800 from the public funds. The pay is fairly good, even for a county town lawyer, but it is not to that objection is raised, but to the fact that after pay- ing hiorso well he has rendered prac- tically no service to the Riding of West Huron. Mr. Garrow has modestly claimed that it is in Committee work that he excels and further that he always at- tended the meetings. His supporters have repeated and re -iterated this plea .and though it has hecoms pretty well worn by constant use, it is still being pressed into service. A9 an elector here and there may have been impress- ed by this Garrowism, let us search the records of the Legislature for cor- roborative evidence. In the last bound volume of the proceedings of the House to hand we find that Mr. Garrow did not attend a single one of the eighteen meetings of the Public Accounts Corn- mittee of which he was a member. If that was performing his duty then we should like very much to know what constitutes neglect. Where was Mr. Garrow during those eighteen days, anyway ? Ile drew his full sessional allowance brit as his name sel- dom appear s in the debates and not at all in Committee, he should give an account of himself and explain how and where he was Working in the interests of West Huron. We have a perfect right to this knowledge, and it should not have been necessary to ask for it. at this late date, The Piggery Committee he quite punctually attend- ed hut ittoas in his capacity as Special Counsel for the Government and to aid them in covering up damaging evidence. But Mr. Garrow has not been equal- ly unmindful of the welfare of the Garrows and as the result his brother is an official of the Crown Lands De- partment at, $1485.54 per annum. (See page 391 of the Public Accounts.) That politics has paid the Garrowe tbere is no gainsaying. Tho Hardy Governlnent paid Mr. Rogers, its candidate in Sonth To- ronto, over $8,000 for furniture last year. Like Mr. Garrote Mr, Rogers le not in politics for the honor alone there is in it. Toronto Star (Grit): -"As far as the contest is worked in a general way, the Oppositon seems to he having the best of the fight. Mo. J. P. Whitney is cer tainly making a nig effort, His ambi- tious tour, tvit.h its double -headed events daily, his long and difficult trip's from place to place cannot fail to meet with the admiration of the people. On the other hand t'.., :dinisters of the Crown are not having very triumphant marches." The list of Premier Hardy's relatives pensioned, as below stated, given by the World, is as follows :- C. M. Hardy, son, was clerk in the Crown Lands Department. Miss E. Hardy, niece position in Or•illia Asylum. H. R. Hardy, cousin, clerk, Crown Lands Department. W. W. Jeffers, nephew, Education Department. C. S. Jones, law partner, formerly Registrar of the Crown Lands Depart- ment. Alex, H. Hardy, brother, appointed Judge by the Dominion Government. Berlin News -Record :-"[ rrrfi a, Re- former," said Mr. John Findlay McKay at New Germany on Thursday night, at Dr. Lackner's meeting, "a Reformer in the old sense of the word. I believe in the Government administering the affairs of the Province in the people's interest and not to plense and profit office -holders and relatives of the Ministers. There should be economy in every branch of the -public service and a proper Canadian spirit animating the Government. Instead of this the Hardy Government has been grossly extravagant and extraordinarily act- ive •in creating a horde of useless officials who feed at the public's ex- pense. I believe it is in the interests of Ontario to have a change Dr, Lackner's platform is a broad and sensible one, and one on which every intelligent elector can stand, and 1 trust to see him elected." The Brussels Herald publishes this striking disclosure and Warning : Some fifteen years ago T.E. Hayes VMS supposed to have been elected for East Huron. The returning officer, how- ever, declared his opponent, Mr. Gib- son elected. Mr. Hayes asked for a recount, but was unable to snake per- sonal service on the returning officer, who kept out, of the way. Now the latter has had some tronhle with his party rend hasnrade a confession that it was he, and not the electors, who gave Gibson his seat, Mr. Hayes has the confession direct from the returning Officer and has committed the exact words to writing. Such a. diabolical outrage is deserving of the severest condemnation, and shows how neces- sary it Is in coming elections for Con- servative scrutineers not only to watch the ballot hoxee, but to get the returns at every poll signed by the deputy -re- turning officers, 4 C FEB RU A RSC 24,1$9,8. The Voting iii n's Vete. This is a young urea's fight against a Government that is old, musty and covered with cobwoha. It is n, fight fat• new mon, fill a new policy, for liberty and for progress. The Conservatives, after a long struggle, dragged from a rehu•tant Government the young 111eI1's fran- chise. It took theta ten years to convince 111r•. Hardy that a yam's; Haan is in- telligent enough to vote• As the Conservatives gave the young men ri vote, it will he only lair if the young men give the Conservatives their voles. -Mull owl Empire. 19 Living Profit. Tile first reader, part 1, costs four cents. Tho monopolists sell it for 10 cents. That is 150 per cent. profit.. The first reader, part 2, costs six cents. The monopolists sell it for 15. That is 150 per cent. profit again. The second reader cost just ten cents. It did sell fot 25c. That gave the 511,100 ratio of profit. , The third reader costs 13 cents. It did sell for 35 .that was nearly 175 per cent profit. The fourth reader costs 15 cents. It did sell' at 45. That was 200 per cent. profit. Hardy's school book monopolists are doing pretty well, thank yon, for these hard tunes.-ltidgetown Dominion. THE SCHOOL BOOK MONOPOLY. At the request of the Planet, Water Commissioner F. F. Quinn kindly fur- nished a statement of the cost of send- ing his children to school. The follow- ing is the statement which he carefully compiled : List of books purchased by me for my five children now attending school at Chatham. Three of the children are attending the Central School and two of them are attending the Collegiate Institute. Their ages are 8, 11, 13, 10 and 20 years, and the average cost of the books for each pupil is $1.00. This was what they required to start with this year, and what they will require before the end of the year, I leave you readers to judge. FOIL PUBLIC scuooL For child 8 years old : 1 Reader 20 2 Scribblers 10 4 Exercise books 15 Drawing book ((5 Copy hook 07 For child 11 years old : Reader Arithmetic Ii istory Geography Gr:unroar Physiology Drawing book Copy book 7 Exercise books 1 Scribbler For child 13 years old : Ditto 57 30 25 30 725 25 05 07 (35 $2.02 $2.02 The above for my children (3) attend- ing the Central School. FOR /1.111+: C. I. C. 1 IIigh School Geography, 1 H igh School Gram mmar, 1 High School Reader, 1 High School Arithmetic, 1 French Grammar. 1 Supplementary Reader, Botany Note Book, Book-keeping Text Book, Latin Text Book. Euclid mid Algebra, Drawing Books,' ' 2 Writing Books, High School History, Practical English, 1 Scribbler, 9 Exercise Books $1.00 75 0)) 00 75 50 50 65 1.00 25 10 20 (i5 50 05 45 $8..55 The above is for my daughter, who ,is 10 years old, and this is her first year at the High School. STILL III(1Fri:It. 1 High School Reader, 00 1 High School History of Ehg- land and Canada, 05 1 High School Algebra, 75 1 High School Grammar, 75 1 High School French Grammar 75 1 High School French Reader 50 1 High School Henderson's Latin, 1.00 1 high School Bellum Britan- n leas. 50 1 Elements of Euclid, 50 1 Physical Science, 50 1 Grammatical Analysis, 40 1 Composition of Models, 7.5 1 Beginner's Greek Book, 1.50 Supplementary reading, 15 Physical Science Note Book 25 Total $10.50 The above is for my sen, 20 years of age, who is in his 3rd year at the Col- legiate Institute. The total it will thus he seen, is $24.51 or an average of $t.90 for each. This does not include pens, pencils, fools -cap, rulers, blotters, rubbers, etc. Yet the pamphlet with Pardo's com- pliments says, an average of 10 cents per year is the reasonable thing. - Chatham Planet. le /minced by tho use of coca, opiate or nar• cotio compounds is bad, decidedly bad. They undermine health and shatter the constitution and the patient is steadily growing into a worse condition -often resulting in tho terrible slavery and misery of the cocaine and opium habit, Sleep induced by the use of Hood's Sarsa- parilla does not porbaps come as quickly, but it comes more surely and more per- manently through nature's great restor- ing and rejuvenating channel -purified, vitalized and enriched blood. This feeds the nerves with life-giving energy and builds up the system and constitution from the very foundation of all health and life -the blood -pure, rich, red blood. ood's Sarsaparilla Ts the Ono Trrio Wood 1'urifler. All druggists, $1. cure liner n1b, easy to take, Hood's Pills eaaytoepotatp, 2lswntr. A Gftanue Will Do food. Keep the Provincial Government Independ- ent of Ottawa. ABOLISH THE SCHOOL BOOK MONOPOLY. Vote for Beck, Eilber, Mooney. ,,.. amoaays. . West Huron. BECK. JOSEPH B I1:G'K, of the Township of Colborne, ';l•ftnner. GARROW. J. T. GARRO\'V, of the Town of' Goderich, Lawyer. South Huron.. EILBER. HARRY EILBER, of the Township of Stephen, Merchant. X CLEAN. M. Y. McLEAN, of the Town of Seaforth, Publisher, East Huron. MOONEY' HENRY.,MOON1+;Y, of the Township of Morris, Farmer. HISLJP. IIISLIP, of the Township of Grey, Farmer. Our Baking Powder -4%v- Is pure, carefully mire 1 and only first-class ingredients used, Makes more biscuits tlian any other Baking Powder on the -market. It's worth is acknowledged by the hundreds who now use it. It is always fresh and the price is only 25c per p(und. A sample for the asking. 0 J. N. COM.E Physician's Supplies. Chemist and Druggist. A Shoe Talk. Every person who does no have to pay storage on hit money is familar with the diffi cult problem of making a smal income answer the requirements of these advanced times. Foot- wear is 0110 of the unfailing necessities, and it costs a good deal in the course of a year -if you get the wrong kind. Wo don't keep the wrong kind. Not that we are more honest than the other dealers, but our long experience has taught us how to avoid being "stuck" on poor goods. This knowledge is necessnr- ily of benefit to our customers, 11ee10150, the cheaper a shoe firm can buy the cheaper it can afford to sell. - "Cheap" doesn't mean poor quality, however, for if it did, our shoes would not be "cheap." We keep no poor quality goods, no matter whet the grade. The celebrated makers of J. D. KINGS; 00., J. & T. BELL. 111h,131.-10.,1116,1b.-41b-^110.-111.- JACKSON ts.str10.,w• .-41b-^110.-111. JACKSON & JACKSON The Noted Shoe Dealers CLINTON.