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Jon BRYANS 81 00.. “pan LIME, from the Milton. “may exected a. commodious lime “latent to office and easy to load at -' ms ‘1 kilns, is a. qmck setter and f0 “malt. and SEWER TILEâ€"all the be: a; EGGS Wanted buy “ Ready-Matias ” when get a custom-made suit from > as cheap. Call and let me {goods and quote prices. c0a! r, your trade in the Custom line. Can save you several 1: a 505*. , and glimmee to ES.P1LES, FILES! Errin’s Vim: ...ifl... The Tailor, Little Britain 1:2“ CUT) §IT AND prices . Wood and Lumber Dealers. be best MASSBY- HARRIS ,Cmtivators, Dd! ls, Mow- uez, Reapers,_ and Bind- ““3 f01' piles; heals every kind of ‘ tGlamor) pimple to the rmost ‘0... 1‘. stock .0 {Flows and ‘Wazons and Toronto Number 33 1’s All-Healing Ointment . 25 CENTS A BOX as at the present time, :0 their advantage tc to sell PIRRIN’S MR. MCLAUGHLIN ANSWERS Col. Hughes’ letter of last week reviewed HIS CASE FAR FROM PROVENâ€"LEAD. ING CONSERVATIVE PAPERS CLEAR MR. MCLAUGHLINâ€"THE POINTS OF COL. HUGHBS‘ LETTER DENIED IN ORDER To the Editor of the Watchman-Warden DEAR SIR,â€"â€"I notice that almost thei whole of the front page of vour valuable paper was taken up in a recent issue with what might be called Colonel Hughes’ “Post Mortem Statement." There has, I think, being nothing like this effusion since the Warder‘s account of the scrap with Mr. Kvlie. In fact the language of the two articles bear atrikingreeemblance, but perhaps Mr. Hughes is excusable, as ;since the Kylie matter there has been no l other incident which could give him occa- sion for an attempt to cover a defeat by such an article. I did not think it necessary to report this matter myself, as I was well satisfied to leave the facts of the investigation to the reports given by the various news- papers of the country, Reform and Conser- vative alike, all of which unanimously agreed in entirely exonerating men from the charges made. These papers include the Mail and Empire, the World and the Montreal Star, in fact the leading Cons-er- vative newspapers in the country. Mr. Hughes has not been able to wet them to report the matter in a light favourable to him, and has had to take up the pen him- self on his own behalf, and writes to you a lester which 13 full of false and misleading matter from beginninz to end. He commences by saymg that the inves- tigation was not closed until the 29th of July. This is false to begin with. The inwstigation proper was fully completed and ended on the 13:h of July, when I was in Ottawa Mr. Hughes was thenasked it he had any further evidence to put in, or if he wanted to be sworn, and he answered that he had not, and that he did not want to be sworn. It seems that‘ afterwards, on the 29th of July, in my 1 absence and without any notice whatever to me, direct or indirect, be procured leave to be sworn, and made some further state-t ments in the matter. Mr. Hughes would win all his battles if he fought them in his opponent’s absence. He is a courageous man under such circumstances. and the fact of the matter is that he teak advantage of my absence to make statements which he would not make and dare not make in mv presence before the committee. I may . say that I requested that the investigation I would be delayed until after the volunteers' camp in order to make sure that Mr. Hughes would be present, and this was done. He states by the headnotes to his letter: “Mr. McLaughlin shown to be guiltyâ€" Has leit himself open to serious penalties â€"Mr. Hughes proves his case." Now, we Will take up his case :- o l His first charge was, according to Han- 1: 'sard of June 7th, that “Mr. R. J. Mc- 2| Laughlin of Lindsay extracted from the d farmers around Cameron lake twenty per I cent. of the sums paid them for damages 1 1 l t ( Strum (EU to their lands through flooding, such sums being out of the treasury of the Dominion of Canada, AND BEING OVER AND ABOVE 1 ALL FEES» FOR LEGAL WORK.” Has this charge been proven? The intimation was that we were paid our full fees for legal work by the government and that v~e : collected twenty percent. from the farmers without any Value. The facts as show n at Ithe investigation were that We Were act- ing in our capacity as solicitors for eigh- teen or twenty parties, and succeeded in procuring a settlement after a great deal of work and correspondence and attending‘ D several times at Ottawa. The claims at the time they were settled, were five or six years old, and Mr. Hughes as represen- settlement The evidence also showed that we clients the sum of $365, an twenty per cent., and was not over and above all fees for legal ‘ work, but ALTochuEn, and instead of.‘ m being over and above all fees for ork, was not much more than half what our fees would have been properly I, taxable at; that after seventeen of the '5 I claims had been paid, and the amount of the eighteenth one was fixed we had been 3 appointed agents for the Minister of J us- tice, and had been allowed for drawing one release and searching the title the sum of :e 315, not $24.95. The other $9.95 was paid to the registrar and sheriff of the county of heir fees in the matter. This which was not proven by Mr. Hughes on the 29th of July, as stated by him, but which was stated in my letter I to the Solicitor-General, in any letter to the Watchman-Warden was something t0 the reglahLu. u..- -7 Victoria for their fees in the matter. This was something which was not proven by Mr. Hughes on the 29th of July, as stated by him, but which was stated in my letter to the Solicitor-General, and in fact stated in my letter to the Watchman-Warden and there has never been any dispute obtaining a settlement 0 ed claims with the or ernmen‘t expropriatin r . , n...“ “ma dismute at, s and where there was umyuw ..- all and no occasion [or the other party retaining a. solicitor. If one thousand notes are promptly paid without any dis- pute. that is no reason why a. solicitors bill should not be paid in making a collec- e where a note is disputed or] “(1. These Cameron lake‘ 0 doing he shows his gnprance of the matter and his desire to ardinary case of Gov. sine land for canal there was dispute at. for the other party ‘1'. If one thousand mid without any dis- misrepresent. The dam at Fenelon Falls '14 was raised in 1891, and the damage 1 continued from time forward. In 1892 in t order to reduce the flood ing a second slide or weir was made at Fenelon Falls, but 5 .this was not sufficient and the damage V continued. The engineer had made a 1 mistake, and had reported that the water g was not raised on the lake. According to the files in the department Mr. Hughes had written one letter on behalf of one 1 claim. According to Mr. Isaac’s state- ment, and everybody who knows Mr. Issac will receive his stament, Mr. Hughes had refused to take his claim up because ‘ he had not supported him. ~ I do not claim any particular credit in the matter further than simply doing my duty for my clients. who employed us without regard whatever to politics, and as solicitors, and am satisfied that if these parties had placed their claims in the hands of any capable solicit' r in the year ‘ 1891 their claims would have been settled and paid within six months. I am satisfied ' al~o that the delay in the matter arose through the fact of Mr. Hughes endeavor- ing to make political capital out of it. There is no other explanation. Mr. Hughes must either admit that he was not attend- ing to these matters during the period ' after 1891 or that he was incapable. Per‘ haps the explanation is, as he cannot see a thing except in the light of political pull, that the government mistrusted the jus- tice of the claim on account of the way in ‘ which it was handled. As a matter of. fact either government would be willing and ready to pay just claims it presented in the ordinary way, but they hesitate to pay claims preSented by political Wire- pullers, for the yen y natuxal reason that a conscientious minister is prone to doubt the justice of aclaim when presented in i' | that manner. The lands which were 'f ' exproprialtu around Kirkfield Were paid e for and settled immvdiately upon expro- d prlatiOn. Can Mr. Hughes explain why .3 the people around Cameron lake were not d se t ed with in 1891 or 1892‘! Mr. Hughes second charge was, using his own words as reported in Bansaid of June 14th, “He went to the farmers and said : Why don’t you get the tory govern- ment to settle these claims around here. That isjust what Was done. He tried to make political capital out of it, and sought 3 to get votes in the ensuing election by telling these men they should have their claims." Has he proved the truth of that statement? The statement was made out of whole cloth, and was absolutely untrue. In his letter he excuses himself for that] ,statement by saying that in 1896 “a good, idecent liberal, Mr. Pearn, had jokingly , told him that I was vigorously canvaSsing for votes and was using the drowned land argument. He knew at the time. if Mr. Pearn made the statement, which I very much doubt, that he was only joking yet he makes this as his ground for making this charge against me, and says that this proves it. No further comment is neces- sary. His third charge, as shown in Hansard of June 14th was that I endeavored to: BROWBEAT and BULLDOZE the valuator, and he has tried to make out thatIen- desvored to use a position as holding the patronage of the riding to influence Mr. Pope to give more than was right. In reference to this, he quoted Mr. Pope in . his letter, and Iextract from that letter : as follows, what he says was the evidence I (.f‘Mr. Pope: ' "'Hc tried to assist his clients all he could, and thought that they should get more, but I had made up my mind as to what was a fair Valuation." “Mr. de- L mghliu told me this was not money “You will have to come u; l l 1 l l a l t - enough" and ‘ on these prices. He argued and argued, 1 and when he found that I had decided he I gave way in agentlemanly wav. Then 3 was not a cross word used. It was al ‘1 amicable.” Mr. Hughes said in the House 7 1â€"1.-.» M. ,L UL]... .. vr‘- “’Hc tried to assist his clients all he :ould, and thought that they should get note, but I had made up my mind as to what was a fair Valuation." “Mr. de- [imghliu told me this was not money enough" and “You Will have to come up on these prices. He argued and argued, and when he found that I had decided he gave way in agentlemanly wav. Theie was not a cross word used. It was all amicable.” Mr. Hughes said in the House that I tried to bulldoze and browbeat Mr. 1 Pope, and this is the kind of evidence he’ brings to prove it. It was our duty as solicitors when acting for a client to do everything we can by fair means, and we would have been false to our duty had we not done so. Can anyone read Mr. Pope‘s own evidence and say that we did any mam These are the charges he made and m ore These are the charges he mane uuu more. the evidence he produced to support them, otherwise. . 1 ,_ 1-44"... unnu nn tn Mr. Hughes then m ms: make further charges. H these farmers understood acting in a. political capac solicitors. This is absolut farmer told him so. It DLXICI‘W lav. . Mr. Hughes then in his letter goes on tol make further charges. He pretends that these farmers understood that we were‘ acting ins political capacity and not as‘ solicitors. This is absolutely untrue. No‘ farmer told him so. It was distinctly understood at the time the matter was, taken up that we were to act for them Reform and Conservative alike, solely as solicitors and without any political refer- written to the par- to that effect. If any of the farmers were Aianutisfied with the way in which they Al 2...... ence, and letters were WI‘ILLru w t-.. I," ties who were not present at the meeting to that effect. If any of the farmers were dissatisfied with the way in which they were treated I have never heard anything about it, and am satisfied that Mr. Hughes is not receiving his information from any person concerned in the matter. He takes the liberty of using the name of Mrs. N. McIntyre, I am satisfied without her» authority. She is a very worthy lady, is the mother of Mr. Sam. Suddaby, a right ‘hand supporter of Mr. Hughes in that I section of the country. Any information he receives he has got in an indirect way from him, and I am sure not from any dissatisfaction onthe part of my clie nts as ‘ it any of my clients are not satisfied with the way in which they have been charged .1 would be only too glad to have them tax their bill by the proper officer. | So far as his statement about Mrs. Mcâ€" SO far as his .mtyrc being. LINDSAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th. true is letter written by her on the 19th 1896, asking me to take up her claim. and the letter closes as follows: “If yousucceed in getting the claim satisfactorily settled I will of course be willing to allow you what would be fair remuneration for any trouble you may be at. Yours truly.~ What foundation or excuse can there be then, for the false statement that these people understood that we were doing this matter for political purposes, rather than 1 as solicitors. If Mrs. McIntyre were a poor lady in need of charity we would have no objection in doing a small amount of solicitor worn: for her for nothing. but in- stead of that she is a lady of means, and is quite ready and Willing to pay for anything that she has to do, and I am sure will not! thank Mr. Hught s for using her name in the way in which he has done. He goes on to state that Mrs. McIntyre does not !know V~b what she sent the fee of $5 to me for. I think the above letter speaks for it- self, and that all the nonsense about these peeple thinking I was doing this work for nothing in a political capacity has originat- ed in Mr. Hughes’ mind, and not from the facts of the case. He devotes a large portion of acolumn to showing at what bank the cheques were paid. Personally I do not recollect at what bank all the cheques were paid. The closing up of these matters was chiefly in the hands of my partner Mr. McDiarmid and my clerk Mr. Peel. They tell me that some of the cheques were cashed by busi- ness men at Fenelon Falls, some at the bank at Fenelon Falls, that some of them were cashed by us, and some were return- ed by the parties to us to make payments for them. But xx hat does all this amount to anyway. He is trying bv all this twadu’ie to cover up his complete defeat, or does he intend to say that we have kept this money and not paid it over to the 1p rties entitled. It he means this he had better say so plainly. The whole sum and substance of it is a} vindictive personal attack upon us which has been investigated by acommittee of the Hullse of Parliament and shown to be abaoux e’y foundationles-s. Mr. Hughes has often before made false, malicious and personal charges against re-ponsible citizens, and they have several times been investigated by sworn juries and he has been shown to be guilty of fd138h3|3d. The reason of these charges has been that the - person against whom they were made has been an opponent of Mr. Hughes in some way . Then in his letter Mr. Hughes states. to use his own word, “I showed I had no de- sire to expose Mr. McLaughlin to the judg- ment of the courts for the offence open to severe punishment of takinga commission, mv object merely being to prevent the far- mers from loss. No lawyer dare make a bargain for a commission without being liable to severe punishment." In this Mr. Hughes shows not only his vindictiveness, but his ignorance. In the first place there was not an agreement to take a. com- mission, the understanding that we should have our proper fees, but at the request of a number of the clients I guaranteed that the charges would not exceed twenty per cent. Now there is no objection whatever to a lawyer taking up business of this kind on commission if he chooses to do so- Costs incurred in suits, in (curt are not ; payable by commission if the parties object 1 to it. No lawyer can thus take more than his reasonable fees, but he may reduce them to the amount of a commission if he choose to do so. If the commission is more than his reasonable fees the client 'may object to pay it. Nearly all commerâ€" cial collections are made on commission, ‘ so is the management of estates, the in- . vestment of money, the buying and selling a of lands. The costs of administration suits I I in the High Court are always by com- mission. Mr. Hughes savs that I have left myself open to serious penilties. 1 have no use for Wind. If Mr. Hughes has any charges at all of this kind let him go ahead with them. He merely continues insinuating and slandering. We have had enough of Uutnvu This was a purely personal matter in which we merely acted for our clients in the ordinary way and were paid by them. It was their business and ours, and no one ‘ elses, and there is no excuse whatever for ‘ Mr. Hughes meddling. I do not know now what charge he makes against us. Does he mean to say that we are to do solicitor work for our clients for nothing. and thereby be guilty of corrupt practices, which he knows right well I would have ‘ been had I taken this work up on the understanding that I would work for these people for nothing? 7 _ -__--nnn I have no desire deuce with Mr. E of this kind. and ‘ v- -__ ,, ly satisfied to have left; reporters of the papers servanive alike. As far concerned, I only desire do with mm. Yours tr t why think of any- Ohio politicsâ€"bu kind of weather?â€"â€"Inâ€" thing so warm this fliannpolis Journal. The needle in the haystack is more eas- ily located than is ’the politician who is not opposed to trusts.â€"-Detroit Journal. It is hard to believe that all the lies that find their way into the nominating speeches in a political convention can be forgivenn~Waahithon Boat. POLITlCAL QUIPS'.‘ desire to have any correspon Mr. Hughes at all in a matter ‘, and would have been perfect. to have left; the matter to the t the papers, reform and con. like. As far as he is personally I only desire to have nothing to n. Yours truly, N. McIntyre.” J. MGLAUGHLIN. fiWXWWW % gAre You Goingg ag 'PicniCking? g Parties' intend mg to build will find that our Lind‘ my Yald contains all that, is ne- cessary in Barn Timber, Lumber, Lanh, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould- n gs, etc. . 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