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The Colonel then spoke of the mys- terious brigade that travelled up and down the province doing work for the Ross government during election times. He also dealt with the ballot of it, here in their own town and county. Mt. Whitney demanded that the logs should be cut in Ontario, thus doing away with Saginaw and other lumbering places on the other side. A WARM WELCOM E. The CPR. station was crowded with members of the Conservative party and sympathizers. who turned out in the rain to give the Prime Minister of Ontario a warm reception. The Sylvester Band was also present, and as the train pulled into the sta- tion struck up a patriotic tune which could be scarcely heard above the din of the noise made by the crowd pre- sent. The Premier was welcomed by several prominent members of the Conservative party, and was driven to the Benson house in -a carriage. The procession was headed by the band, and several citizens fell in be- hind and marched to the hotel. There the Premier had luncheon, while the band played outside. THE OPENING AQDRESS. Dr. Wood, the chairman, made a Saginaw and other places in the United States; now, through Mr. Whitney’s efforts on their behalf, they could obtain work, and plenty The school question also received some at: ention and the Canadian Nor them gualantwe was full} ' review- Premier Whitney. whose visit to Lindsay has been looked forward to with such interest, was given a warm reception when he appeared to speak on behalf of the candidate, Mr Sam. Fox, M.P.P. The Premier did not come before the electors of the com stituency of West Victoria this time asking for re-election on the strength or the capability of the opposition and the maladministration of the Ross goverxniiérit, but stood out before the electors on the strength of the good government administered during the past four years. In his speech he criticizml to some extent the speech delivered by the Hon. A. G. MacKay when" he spoke here a few days ago, and declared that some of his state? ments were surrounded with suspicion\ as to their honesty. The speaker also; dealt with the LaRose mine question, and explained it apparently to the satisfaction of those present. of the Cona‘etvative party and their friends. The Academy of Music was well fill- ed with people long before the time of the meeting, and when the speakers took their places on the platform there were still several seats vacant in the gallery. The Sylvester band played several selections on the stage before the speeches commenced, and the music was heartily enjoyed by all present The Opera house was decorated with flags and bunting, andi sevre al party signs \\ ere tacked about' the railing of the gallery and the walls. A large sign bearing then inscription "Champions, 1905,” was I strung across the stage, and undcr- l neath the flags were arranged the} chairs of the diffuent men who were: to speak. The seats on the platformf were occupied by the leading members i GAVE FINE ADDRESS Was Met at Station by Sylvester Band. ROUSIN G RECEPTION GIVEN THE PREMIER ON TUESDAY Criticized Speech Made Here By Hon. A. G. MacKay. The Popular Conservative Candidate for West Victoria. PAGE SIX. _;â€" v- MR. SAM. FOX work to speak to the people who have shown their good judgment by send- ing Mr. Fox to the legislature. > Al- though 1‘ have been here before, it When the Premier was introduced by the chairman to the audience, he: was received with prolonged cheers, and it was some time before he was able to proceed. During the cheering, Miss Gertie Carew presented the Pre- mier with a handsome bouquet of roses. When the cheering had ceas- ed, the Premier began his address. MR. WHITNEY. " Mr. chairman, ladies and~gentlemen, â€"It was a great disappointment to me not to be able to get here last} week. It is a very rare thing for me not to keep an engagement, and I amsorryfltosaythatlhadtobreak another since then. It is also a very great pleasure for me to be here and Mr. Fox has been instrumental in carrying out considerable law reform. The speaker pointed out that Mr. Fox passed a law stating that only one judge should rule over a district of less than 80,000 of a population. The Colonel then closed his remarks. by tellin gthe peOpIe of West Victoria to iudge the Whitney government by Fox as your representative and a sup- what they have done, and elect Mr. porter of Mr. Whitney to the legis- lature on the eighth of June, 1908. On resuming his seat Colonel Hughes received a great ovation. carried on by the machine of the Ross government. The question of the in- creased salaries to public school teachers was next taken up, and the Colonel pointed out that he was an old school teacher and knew the needs of the school teachers of the province of Ontario. Mr. Whitney is the friend of the school teachers, and he raised their salaries so that they might re- ceiVe a fair salary for their work. The speaker next compared the edu- cational system of the Ross govern- ment with that of the Whitney gov- ernment. A boy or girl by the edu- cational system of the Ross govern- ment could only get a third book education, or at the very most a. fourth book; one could by the Whit- ney system secure an education far! in advance of that received from the Ross system. He then dealt with the law of the Whitney government concerning the grading of grain, pointing out that by the grading of the wheat the farmer saved from two to five cents per bushel. Mr. Whit- ney has established agricultural schools where the farmers have been taught to judge good seed. The Col. first welcomed the Premier of Ontario to the town of Lindsay, and then dealt with the change in the condition of affairs since the Whitney government came into power, and what a great bene- fit the change had been to the pro- vim-e. He then diSC‘HSSt‘d the lumber question before and after Mr. Whit- ney‘s government were put in power. He pointed out that before Mr. Whit- ney‘s regime Iumbernxen had to go to The chairman then introduced~CoL Sam, Hughes, who was heartily re- ceived. 'few complimentary remarks concern- ing the Premier of the province. The chairman was glad to see so many young people and so many ladies present to do honor to the Premier of the province. He said that “there are as many Reformers in the hall this evening as there are Conserva- tives, and they have a just right to be here too, as it was the Liberals who helped to turn the Ross government out.” The chairman then dealt with ballot switching, and he showed very‘ clearly the crooked work of the gov- ernment. Dr. Wood then welcomed on behalf of'the people of Lindsay and Victoria county, the Hon. J. P. Whitney. For mining leases in 1904 $8,000 was collected, in 1907 only 821,111), a considerable decrease. REDISTRIBUTION BILL. “I will now deal with the redistribu- tion bill, and of all subjects this. “These terminals would have been given to strangers, and rather than do that we said we would guarantee the money to build the terminals. And suppose the C.N.R. fails? The rail- way and terminals will be handed over to the province for a little less than it cost to construct that railway. I say we are proud of our action in this matter. (Cheers) This guaran- tee was properly explained in all the sessions, and Mr. MacKay himself voted for it, and the Act was passed by an unanimous vote. I am willing to be easy on him, I know his position for I have been there myself. We have provided that where the land is opened up for settlers, the settler is entitled to all the minerals and tim- ber in thejand. What I am going to say now will sound like a fairy tale, butthankGodit‘istme. _ "» “The C.P.R. started out to build the same line as the C.N.R., only they had no terminals. The C.N.R. were to use the terminals of the. Grand'Trunk. The company had no money, and the members of the com- pany, with their own money, pur- chased property for the terminals. This mine ran near the great iron mines and the C.P.R., running in opposition, made it necessary to come to some agreement.” Mr. MacKay says he did not know anything about the guarantee. The knowledge Mr. MacKay has is not very hard for him tb carry around.” “One of the things that we are more proud of than anything else, except- ing perhaps that of which I have just spoken of. is the guarantee of the Canadian Northern bonds. We arriv- ed at an agreement with the railway people and entered into a mortgage with them. we agreed to give them a little less than half if the mine lasted. The members of this group are all oppon- ents of the government except one man. " Now I am going to tell you a story of a mine. Mr. MacKay says, “I personally did not know, nor yet do I know, anything about the merits of their claims.” Yet he gave this property to the O'Brien group withâ€" out knowing anything about its value. The O'Brien people had the money. The La Rose people said that .the mine should be given to them and they wanted to bring an action against the O’Brien people. We would not let them bring action, but we said if it does not belong to the people to whom it was given, then it was our duty to bring action. The O’Brien people then offered to settle with us, and to give us 27 per cent. and we took‘ their offer. The La Rose people said.‘ thev should have the 25 per cent. and: POWER QUESTION. The Opposition wonders why we didrnot spend twenty millions to bring power from Niagara to Toronto, and they say this is for Toronto alone, but by our plan we can send cheap power all over Ontario if we so wish. I am not here to attack members‘ of the past government, be- cause that is past and gone. We ask you to uphold our government if you think it is in the right. “In the Ross. regime the local op- tion law could be repressed if the municipal council chose to do so. In our law the municipal council cannot set it aside, but if the three-fifths vote is carried then the wish of the people is carried out. If‘ the people of Ontario should have a say on any question in Ontario it is the liquor question. 1 You will observe that there has been ' no scandal on our part. It is neces- sary to have two parties. The other party has had very little to criticise. The baser elements of the Opposition almost wore holes in the stairs going up to The Globe office. Owing to a speech I made the other day con- cerning the Parks commission, Mr. Jaffray found it necessary to resign and Mr. Macdonald kept his position. Either Mr. Jaffray is right and Mr. Macdonald wrong in not giving in his‘ resignation, or else Mr. Macdonaldi is wrong and Mr. Jafiray right.” PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION. “It is said that when Mr. MacKay has the Globe handed to him every morning early he laughs at the ser- monettes that appear over his name in that paper. In speaking on edu- cation, the public school is the step! ping stone to the high school and this" is a stepping stone to the university. If one link of this were to break the whole thing would go to sea (so to speak). The people will never con I sent to have their children go to schools which are simply door mats. Instead of a pupil spending the best part of his time in preparation for; the high schOOl to which he cannot! go, the public school should take him farther in his studies. Speaking of the price of school books. if the pub-{ lishers do not make a decrease in; the price of school books, then we will, decrease them ourselves." , We stand for the best interests of this province, and for the improve- ment of all moral ideas. What I want to deal with is the important matters that come up at such times as this, and when I get through you will see what we have done. gives me great pleasure to look into some of the same faces who were pre- sent at my meeting while I was in the Opposition. C. N. R. GUARANTEE. LA ROSE MINE. ‘find one of his best horses lying dead on the floor. The horse was about five years old, and when fed last ev- ening, it appeared to be in excellent condition. Mr. Schwardtagér believes the horse was struck by lightning. and died during the night.‘ When Mr. E. Schwardfager, of Vic- toria-ave, of this town. went into the stable at the rear of his residence on Monday, he was surprised to Believed to Have Been ‘ Killed By Lightning VlCTORleAVE. RESIDENT.FOUND HIS BEST HORSE' DEAD ONE MORNING. The meeting then closed with hearty cheers for Mr. Whitney and Mr. Fox. Many went up on the platform to shake hands with the Premier, and he was kept busy fur over half an hour. “I wil lnow tell you a few things ‘we have done. We have more than {doubled the revenue. We have 3:" lsisted the University. We have changed the County Council back to their old form. \Ve have decreased ,teh price of school books. We have I also formed the Companies’ Act, lwhich wil lbe a blessing to all work- !ingmen. We have settled the Li- }cense law, also the Mining law, and ,we have abolished the numbered bal- lot. We have increased the finanCes of this country. Law reform has been instituted, so that only one appeal can be made from the County Court. We have agreed to pay for the‘poll- ing booths. We are inexperienced men in the ministerial field, but if I! do say it myself. we have done fairly well. We have told the people what we thought we could do, and we have done it all, and we ask you to judge us fairly and give us a fair deal. I wil lbe very pleased if you elect Mr. Fox, and we will give you a better government than has gone be fore.” “The University i< an old institu- 'ti 1on; it belongs to this province. lt iis a universitv for all claSSes. Some lone has said that far more monev ha: ibeen spent 011 university education lthan on primary. You go to the Uni- !versity 11 h1le in session and convene inith the students. and you will finzl fthat they are sons and daughters of ‘farmers and mechanics, and not of Ithe rich man. Mr. Macdonald, editor of The Globe, and a clergman 11'} ;tells the people from his pulpit 11011 to live, has a right to be criticiZed. \Ir. Macdonald is a Governor of the University; he endorsed the present method of supporting it, and Mr. Mac- Kay did not oppose it. The Govern- ors have to hand over all accounts to be audited, yet Mr. MacKay claims the revenues should be fixed at a. cer- tain amount. “During tlw years we have been in power, we have been enabled to giw $908,000 more to the people than giv- en by the old government to the pro- Vince. The people have shown that they trust us and that we need not cross the ocean to borrow money. The people come to our aid and we will return it to them again. Here is a synopfiis of a few things we have given to the province: In 1904 we gave $286,000 for schoois. In 1907 we gave $615,000 for schools. In 1904 we gave $98,000 for roads. In 1907 we gave $115,900 for roe s. In 1904 we gave $166,000 for colon- ization roads. In 1907 we gave $335,000 for colon- ization roads. Col. Matheson floated a loan of three millions and all it cost the pm- vince was $1,900 spent in advertising. This is a remarkable condition com- pared with the situation since we took office. The increases on roads is $400,000; increase on education, $650,000. Each vear we have had a large surplus. $697,000 in 1905. 8496.000 in 1906. $606,000 in 1907. Aggregating $1,156,000. Besides all this we have‘on our hands $289,700 of ready cash. The financial situation is the key to the situation. If you have not’the money you cannot do any of these things which I now propose. Our wrong expenditure is one million dol- lars. The revenue has increased and is nearly double what is was in 1904. Let us see where the increase comes from. There is a steady increase in every department from which revenue is received. What have we been do- ing with the money? We have come} to the conclusion that every possible care and attention should be gixjen u this important matter. We did not redistribute Mr. Mac- Kay’s constituency this time. we let it. alone, and now on this account he is going up and down the province preaching against the Whitney gov- etnment. where it belongs. We found that we would have to cut up the whole proâ€" vince if we adhered to papulation and county boundaries. After the next census we will have to redistribute the whole province. Sir Oliver Mowat bedevilled 40 con- stituencies; this with the Ross mach- ine rule caused the political earth. quake that took place in 19%. Mr. MacKay’s constituency had been tam- pered with and the flag of Mr. Creigh- ton went down ,but not in dishonor. ‘THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS. PROVINGBAL FINANCES. iwm ‘° on June They were driving along the road beside the railroad track for about a mile, but attempted to cross at Wil- son’s crossing. At this point one can see the train approaching one mile away. As they were going across the track. the 4.48 train from Bob. caygeon came along. The horse be- came unmanageable and began to prance about the track. As the en- gine drew near the crossing. the en- gineer blew the whistle. but this only increased the antics of the horse. Mr. ‘Shine and Miss Callaghan remained perfectly cool. and were about to leap from the bum when the engine came crashing into the vehicle. no hone mknockedtooneeideendkilledl While. crossing the railroad tracks Monday afternoon at Wilson’s _cor- sing, a buggy containing Mr. Dennis Shine and Miss Callaghan was struck by the Bobcaygeon train, and the horse was killed. The bum "I bady smashed. but the lady and gentleman driving were uninjumd. Bobcaygeon Train Ran Into Horse and Buggy Monday *******#**#*************** *************#*****Â¥**Â¥** ***#******#****Â¥****Â¥ttti: HORSE WAS KILLED AND THE B UGGY SMASHED TO KINDLING, BUT THE TWO OCCUPANTS ESCAPED UNINJURED. t:v*ttt¢tt¢ty¢t¢tittttttt##tttttttto 15c Apt Muslins for 5c. Best 150 Factory Yarn, 100. 50c White Linen Suiting at 25c. 350 Dress Muslins 190. Women’s 500 Silk or Leath- er Belts at 250.. Women’s 250 to 50¢ Wash Collars and Collar a nd Cuff Setts for 12 1-20. Women’s 1.25 Lawn. Waists for 590. ¢#Â¥##t#ttttttitfittitttfitutttt.tfitfiifi##ltt‘ttttfifiiti##fitfiifiiifii‘liiflflfifitt;*tht windmill. to: which. th'e Cuew 3 Co. are furnishing the timber. You may get a bargain in some one thing here and there in other stores, but you are sure of getting everything for less if you buy here. Therefore, wherefore go elsewhere ? It’s not every day you can buy at reductions like these. Sale for the Reduction Wave Has That This is aGenuine Leaving Town DOLLARS Business still continues to be pretty lively. Almost AT THSS Ford’s Big Leaving Town Sale DOUBLE IF YOU YOUR DRAW LET SALE Dry Goods, Millinery, Women’s Ready- to-wear Garments at Greatly Reduc- ed Prices, Buy Now at Opposite the Post-Office, Lindsay. .. a well known Swept everybody seems to understand â€"-The merchants of Keene have de- clared 13th euly closing this sum- mer. All stores will be open every Station Agent Anderson, when seen by a Free Press representative, stated that he could not understand how the young couple tailed to see the train coming. There is a long stretch of good track. he said. at this point. It is believed that It. Shine saw the trpin coming. but thought he could cross in time. The horse was s very valuable one. and the buggy practically new. so the loss will be considerable. loutright. while the buggy was smash- ed to kindling. Mr. Shine and Miss Callaghan escaped uninjured, but were a little shaken up after the re- aidont. II! M train was in charge )1 Centimeter Abba, and the express was quickly brought to a stop. The crew and most of the passengers left the train to look after the young cou- ple. but they were able to go home all right. The fault was not that of the engineer, and it is a. miracle how the young couple escaped with their lives. ' Girls’ 31 Lawn and Colored Waists 880. Women’s’sl-l- and $5 Dress Skirts at $1.90. Women’s $1.25 Print Wrapâ€" pers 690. Women’s $6 Trimmed Hats $2.90. Men’s $1.50 Black Soft Felt Hats 7 50. ' 75¢ Dress Goods for 59¢. Coates Spool Cotton at 40 500 J ap Summer Silks 34c. Mr. Barber has a splendid reputa tion in the Electric City for honest business dealings, and the stock mrket will no doubt meet with sue can in Linden. ‘10 see the prices paid for the stock directly it is purchased. It is also learned that Mr. J. N. Barber, of Peterborough, formerly of the J. R- Heinu 00.. of New York. will run the market here in connection wit-ll his own, and will place Mr. M0 Namam, of Peter-borough. as local be started in Lindsay. Several Mu- minent merchants of the town have been seen regarding the advent u: a stock market to the town and the)” are apparently all in favor of the move. Several men in Lindsay but" stock and have done their business through a Toronto brokers’ firm. From there they receive the market report every day, but when the market is started here the citizens will be able It is learned to-day upon 2 authority that a stock market, ("II nected direct with the New 3er Stock Exchange, Wall-st, will shnz-t! Stock Market to be WILL HAVE DIRECT CONNECT£Oh WITH NEW YORK STOCK EX- CHANGEâ€"MERCHANTS IN FAVOR. â€"l(triposa and Rabat-o cheese fat“ mice have started operations for we TO BUY THURSDAY, MAY 28th Started in Lindsay- EVERY THING HERE. LESS FOR .Ia‘ .Mr. B. Kingsley, 1 in C.L.S., is in com: the T.A.S. baseball tea and a game will likel} 93 an early date. T] fist bunch and shoul‘ N. Hicks, c. B. Found, 151 . H. Thompson, p. V, Suggit‘t. 3rd . J. Found, LI. J Casey, ss. W. Suggitt, I”! . C. Found, 2nd - F Hood, c.f. .- L. McInnis, 1.3'. J. Thorndike. lst . H. Perrin, sus. C. Campbell, p. . F. Wickettr, 3rd H. Brown, Lf. R. McLeod. (21' B. Jewell, c. . F. Perrm. 2nd the lot. 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