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Lindsay Weekly Free Press (1908), 22 Oct 1908, p. 1

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. he best store in Cloth, ar $1.00 F lRST YEAR cor... % HUGHES WAS as Meeting a Monster Succes FilledMlowing held Monday in the in-g; Will put back the money that has been meeting \criilWHLV of Music Sum Hughes, was The at enthusiasm git the meeting through- wwning. has not a pre-: indxiy ‘ \‘ol. Hughes was still thei The citizens of the those who had driven inhw' country. commenced to flocki ogwi‘zi house shortly aft-er the i . olwno'd. and before 8 o’-l with were all filled and the ‘iitlllllllg room I: 1212:! were turned away. appointed time, the follow- . Macpher-i Col. Sam: back. and: 1 y en 1's - izouz'. i l i was taken Mr. of Toronto, hi i wral-Conserative can- Jordan, G. A. .; :1 ,. . . Weldon, “ on the platform a’midE The band alsol :1 favorite fair. and tho err-g ‘i-Eflillt‘llt‘t‘tl. ' ‘:~‘foii-l‘:llls Xt'lllr‘tl the office in his :1..:nni-l‘. : ~'.»z- band was present in‘ several tunes during W . Eltv'Il. 31““ took 5 I iil‘l)l2lll>t'. occupied the \‘Jr‘l'c- all warmly ap-i ".‘lL'll one made a splen-F .- Lows. denouncing the "pi urging for a change aim-anion of affairs. Mir-t" remarks, Mr. El- ' M.P.P., by the large audi-‘ l cheers. 1 Sum Fox, ~M.P.P. .. nine. expl‘ussctl his w illltllji presents “‘35 El“ Y in Lindsay to elect ()ttuwn. l innumerable “'ll’l’ l. Fox, Sam g-vi- ' flint he said. case-s (lovm‘nment , l)::llll“l‘ 0f (loci-p? ' rum-rd since that If b‘ir true throzvn l’re-ston and l‘l't‘llllrt‘r‘ . lunl "ll‘l but-n have Preston's in tll“ vinyl a scum!- Flip L'Pl l‘l‘ "oil!- pres- Illl ll‘lclflelll' ir-nnbgmtion :‘llflllllt' "Indivmnml llw’ lle‘ elm: vii IlILn t: uinl illiéml .. ~ lluiil: lldllltté 'i . and All'. H. L. \l'd‘lll lln. cu} Hnehes. “ll: ile walled, dilll prolonged >lllll'k w it kills. 11 marks .llzt regret- ..i‘ in political trim. llmt his Voice was speaking so much. l-l‘tfrr'lll government before .lonuary. and them the scenes . did not know of. Twin: tribute to «ml how excellently he 311.;‘i411l at Ottawa. ‘ ~ audience Mr. platform, who and was supporting “uni up sev- the \‘i rlllt‘ whiud the He Mc- had W-m-“nniwnt. he said, ask- .rlvln'lltlt‘nt vote to deâ€" 7,. Nil government. policies 0‘ the Laurier. showed hOW He a nd - im-n Were forced to in-lgre niTviiuns because the Lib- . ‘ f‘v-lucml the tariff between States and Canada and h t l The old national ins t e pas We ‘79 Fem- .- . ' . Macdonalds has bee good fruit. ,commenced to deal at once wi "ii >\,'ll‘(‘t‘. i, Wiflsflll Sir John A , borne la personal friend of mine. i .. The .quarter of a century . Wdl for H“ attacked the Liberal government iasm shown, he said. ensured it)? r‘ .ot turning out the men Who had t , , M W” Iheir pesitions for the benefitstartedout go‘speak‘.” 9‘" . ‘ men . es and their party ffiends.‘ Who were MW e Said he (lid not admire the Whit-l the first M‘“ “8 government because they had those Who hg‘ V Shouldsllme men in positions'who ship “mi m _ ave been turned out. ‘ 11mg, he remarked that the Li erument owned the west and 3110de could buy land in that "i tht‘ms‘elv Con-i not place. beral vor. ,3? gov “unto. . 899‘ t.” R‘ 1" 3016911. who will be the pr '¢ -0 “W.-.“ â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"_ â€"â€"â€"â€" xmier a week from to-night, (cheers) stolen, into the public treasury. stated in private letters that nothing would be attempted. COL. 'SAM HUGHES, Liberal-Conservative Candida Separate Schools. . The Colonel the ndealt with the conditions in the West as regards the Separate schools. E‘ll'.l“tlll'lllgllt lllflll ’ gt _ . Heithat of his ministers. He reviewed showed 11? the duphcrty 0f the Laur- , the campaign of 1896 and showed how RECEIVED AT THE ACADEMY OF “MUSIC A Sacred Trust l S"‘I'Ia.n W38} Among the greatest charges laid iupon any government is the admin- istration of public moneys and landsd This was the greatest public trust, and if he would make out that the present government had not abided by 'this trust would those present agree twith him that a change was neces- .sary ? He was here as a Canadpian, l l l l 1 . u . l Speakers Pl‘CdICl a sweepmg VIClOl‘Y For Thegnot to assail the Liberal government, Conservatives. 1 but to call upon the present party 'n lpower to give an account of their l issue. Laurier, he continued, has as- lsailcd the Conservatives as mucklrak-I :ers and scandal mongers, but he fail- ied to answer the serious charges i let administration, -which was cry-i Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir Richardithat city, who would p me free trade from the platform, and Cartwright had chloroformed the mo; office Monday next. gple of Canada and got into offiCe :deceptive means. He said, had the te for Victoria and Haliburton. plan of Sir ticliard (‘nriwrigbt been adopted. Ontario would have been ‘e- presented at \l'nsbingion by u Reliaâ€" tor. He attacked Fifion and Fielding Laurier was not exercising prm’incinlifm. having started ”H. downhill ”m”, rights. He predicted that if KPPWGJK iio was divided during the best term. and part of it sent in Maliilflllilu Moo-M. if returned. would or and lorer- on Manitoba the Summit-l schools.- Wllleh Web: at present lzij liuuwsdo; ll“ t=ell=mel film l-insedl‘ administration int iodine Vanadium to limp mm iaiiiilic: no salaries named in woiimetitiou with the out; vict labor of the south. ’ He said there were workmen pres: ent who did not know where the win: ,ter's clothing and subsistence was, Coming from, because the Laurier' government had brought them down! to the legvel of Conditions in the south. The Colonel attacked the immigration conditions and was warmly applaud- ed when he pointed out how many: foreigners were. working in the coun-l ty. He urged that the five dollarsI premium be struck off; that foreign- ers have a clean bill of health, and! pledge themselves to become citizensi or they cannot work unless they pay‘ a tax. (Cheers) ' ' Closing his speech, he referred to the" Arctic expedition, the Quebec bridge and the Laurier towers, and as 'all of these have come down, so should the Laurier government come down on Monday next. (Prolonged ' cheers.) Mr. “McPherson, Toronto. at ovation, and after thanking the d' nce for their kind attention he an re _ th the work of the Laurier government dur- Col. Hughes, he began. for over a enthus- he result on Monday next. H‘s Wk " - __.___ to power, and the rest of the.cabinet A followed. Then the promise breaking ESCEPCS P commenced. “Continuing. he brought Liberal goVem‘meot when they got in- un; SAM m. _M.P.P. l I [would investigate these chages and isee that justice was meted out. (Pro- Hughps. The speakers who drove to l longed cheers.) i l l I istration where evidence had been giv- . en, and the truth of which could not i be denied; these served to illus- ltrate to the audience one reason ‘rrl lthe increased expenditure. He passed on to the different land steals, and proved satisfactorily, by citing several cases, how the friends of the Liberal party hadJobbed the Itreasury of the Dominion. and be de- inounced these trial-administrations of the government amid cheers. ‘ He. then dealt with the franchise, land said that every man should ex- Eercise it, and if they came to the con- ‘clusion that the above charges were -true, they should come out and ex- ipress their opinions by voting for Col . Hughes. (Cheer-s.) ‘ Recent Scandals. ‘ He could not refer to any adminisâ€" tration since confederation, who, dur- in twelve years ’time had made so 'many changes in the cabinet. He pointed to Hyman and Emmerson, and showed how these men had slunk but had been laid at his door and from public life; and then came Pugs- ‘ley, who in the. city of St. John, had learned the enmity of the people of ut him out of ldal, and read the contract, which lspoke for itself. Iasked who emerged with credit for once were nearing the years of three work. :this corrupt transaction â€"- the man'score and ten. who had stolen his seat from the peo- seen several ladies who had come rs ‘ Montcalm. [318 Of Canada, Mr. Hymman. If Sir with their husbands or their brothe- Wilfl’id Laurisr “'0‘!“ diBPTOVP these. to hear the great political issues of the day discussed. The meeting was charges, the Conservatives would be 'vanquished. He brought his speech to a close by asking those present ‘0 turn these matters over in their the statements denouncing the graft! minds, but exercise their influence in the community to see Col. Hughes and R. L. Borden well supported .m Monday next. R. L. Borden, he said. The meeting closed with God Save ‘MR. WILLIAM FALLIS HAD HIS FACE BADLY CUT â€"- STRUCK WITH A CHAIN. â€".......â€" While working on a stump machine : at his home three miles south of Bon- ;cziygeon on Monday afternoon last, 1 Mr. Wm. Fallis. a Well-known farm- dress “5 11,- thought that the audience vl‘ of that vicinity, met with a very painful accident. Mr. Fallis was pulling out a huge stonc. which had been in his wny injwnl that (”hum-5, m..- qi-ongly in l1" ‘\‘or ol the (‘olonrl and he felt no loâ€" cliuin which be had around tln- stonc.‘ lll‘Ukl‘ and New buck. striking him 'n‘ stuff. the first speaker. lmilllml out in ibis rcnmrks llu- who of no indcpcnd one of the fields. when the lurin- the face and leaving a duo-p. ulwn gash. liwho bud conic from VLINUS'AY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, cabana 2a, 1903 militarism“ ENTHUSIASTIC Merino AT GLENARM SATURDAY Meefingwas mined-Near. , -ly 100 Present. commit mum Col. Sam Hughes is Very Strong in That Vicinity. Had the village 0‘ Glcnarm and the surrounding districts bC‘l l-rOpcrh biled, the hall would not have held lthe crowd that would have turned out Ion Saturday evening to the political ‘meeting. held in the interests of Col. Sam ‘Hughes. Not one bill was post» Ied up; not one circular was distrib- uted, and notwithstanding these se- He went into. rious drawbacks. nearly one hun- bythe Mayes, McAvity and Pugsley scan-iderd were present at the meeting. These were not children, but nearly ‘ PRICETHREECENTS The speaker then called on Mr. S. J. Fox. M.P.P., representative lot West Victoria at Toronto. The audi- ence were very enthusiastic, and at was several minutes before Mr flFox could commence his address. The people of Ontario stand ashigh as those of any country in the world. launched Sir Richard Cartwright as began Mr. Fox, and there is no pro- :a “flapper”, having fled from the vince in the Dominion that has more Conservative army like a bull for the to be proud of as regards ancestry. red rag of La‘urier’s party. He went thrmgh Canada crying blue ruin. and claimed that if the Liberals were put limo power, they would reduce the He touched on the Remedial bill, in which Sir Wilfrid Laurier saddled the provincvc of Manitoba with a species of Separate schools and followed this idebt to $15.01!),000. The speaker grew-l up a few yum: ago with placing the warm and asked what had the Grits done. During‘the lost your the debt has increased 8140”,”, adding western proViIICcs in the same condi- tion. He laid the blame of the grafting system at the feet of the thereby nearly as much as they had Premier and said that. had the wes- promised to take off. He asked agam tern provinces been giVen control if amid applause, was it not time for a change. The G. T. P. railway, continued llr. their own lands. this system would llaVe never become vogue. Members of parliament who were on the inside 1 Juan, which Lalrier had estimated track. were abusing their privilegn, would cost $13,000,000, will require-land they did the grafting. He com- three times that amount now to bring! pared ”1" management 0f affairs ‘R about its completion. The Minister of Railways and Canals lays the fi- 1 Ontario to that of the Dominion, and showed how the province was reaping cures down at a little ovs. $30,000,000.lthv benefit of sales. and not their This is the man, continued the speak- er, who was brought from the Onta- lX'lO house to succeed Emmerson, bc- syndicate had secured ScVeral western cause Sir Wilfrid could not get a townsitcs and when theSe were sold minion. He showed how a western liriends, as was the case in the Do- all men over twenty. and some of! . _ 1 After reviewing this scandal, be them, judging from their aged appear- French-Canadian that would do the the grafters would realize over $8,000.- more than enthusiastic, and from the *rounds of applause that punctuated l l .ence was in hearty accord with the xspeakers and were strong supporters of their present member, Col. Sam iGlcnann to espouse tllc cause of Mr. R. L. Borden. and the people's repre- ithc King, followed by three cheers “ll‘scntativc. (‘01, Hughes, wvrc Mr. Fox, 2(‘o1. Hughes and R. L. Borden. Took Nine Stitches To Close Wound. iM.P.l’., Rech George A. Jordan, land Mr. John Hogan. The speakers lcu‘scrul lllc work of thc Lauricr govr l - Icrmncnt during the past twelve years ivory fully, and succvmb-d in convinc- ing their very :ittcntch audience that a Continuation of such mat-adminis- ltration would bring (‘innula down to ruin and place her in :1 far inferior ‘placc than in what she is to-day. . The meeting coinmr-ncml about io'clock. Mr. ll. .1. Arguu. one of tin- 1most popular Ilb‘ll in Glennrm. occu- pied the choir and was chm-red by his .friends a~ he ascmidml the platform. He did not attempt to make an ad- wi-rc anxiously waiting to hear those dross them. Ho :i~~urwl sin- for a change Mr. John Hogan. of The Free Pro-as His form lll'llll'l‘. who was workingzpm vote. Hp thought that (‘nnndn nearby. was attracted by tbo- thud MEN... lacing ”H. m”... the- chain. und drow- bis Milploycr 'o; a physician of llobcnvgmn. Wlll‘l'l' ii. (Hilario did. previous tbc lloss govwnmenl. ln llml elec- wns found necessary to insert nim-‘Hm, it was more 11”," H... (Vinson-n. stilt-lies to clos- lbs. “Ullllrl. I l l I l l l ‘ l 1 live snlmw that turned llou liilalcs. be said. but lbw influence of the broad- mllldml Liberals. who rob-d independâ€" ent of willy lil'im‘ipbs and for the good ol llw province llc botched on st-Wl‘lil Ml Ilw lull-lb llll"=ll"llfl bl lb" dill Mid illvtill tuliwllilll‘ Will! the illl‘ mwmmu dilrslbm- Mr, H. A. .lordam followed. and m M" litllllllfil' hill“ in: l’cl'lV-Wtrd 'lm ‘bul'k ill llu’ lgtllll'b‘l' udmluialmlion during lbr past ququ yriu'a. ”v, had lllr ulldicurc in man: of laugh-E tor on“ llllllulu‘ and applauding the. out when lw llc'llmllu'ml tln- oral-al- lllllllolrulluu of Luurivr ll’iWc'l'a at Ottawa. ml himself (u ban: a great grasp of lion lichl‘ cxls’lml, and "iv“ like \\'.i T. R. l’l‘ca‘tun, Clifford Eifton andl Hyman. had made u great rake-off! figures that madc- the llutlll‘llCt' tbinkdund dumped into Canada bout loads, the public affairs, and substantiated. his charges of graft and.tbieving wtlh‘ He did not race (th‘l‘ anv one mat-i tcr, but settled one quvstion at u timc, and when he concluded his rc- marks. the BUllll‘llCI‘ no doubt wond-I ered if there had been one good act} I ~haired statesman,lar0 first christianized, then civilized, galvanized, nationalized and then; done by the grey _ Sir Wilfrid Laurier. and his follower-3.! Mr. Jordan, in opening his address,l said that he felt greatly encouraged; sured since his arrival, that the resi- ful followers of the gallant Colonel. He expressed his regret that their re-I presentative was unable to be pre- In the audience were 'and urging for a new government, "I was strongly evident that the audi-‘t 000, which should have gone into the Mr. Jordan followed this up with public purse. l l l l l MR. GEO. A. JORDAN. , â€"...._._.._ *-__._...wnv_‘-h.m .. .‘7 On those two questions Mr. Jordan is it scathing attack on the ice breaker and the Arctic expedition. Mr. Fox was acquainted with the career of W. T. R. Preston, and gave his pedigree as he knew it. He show- cd, how under his veneer of religion. he had won the respect of his citiz- ens, and continued in his nefarious practices without suspicion. “One Sunday,” said Mr. Fox, “he went to St. Thomas and there acted' as superintendent of the Sunday schonl. In the evening he went t“ church and stayed for the revival meeting afterwards, when he praved and asked the congregation to sing, “There is Sunshine in My Soul To- day.” After leaving the church, he went to the Qu<-en's hob-l and in- structed the returning officer and sev- crnl others how to switch ballots. This did nut. comr- up to Mr. Fox's idca of christiunity. Ht” next showed ll()\\' ('ul‘izlda had paid a quarter of a million to brins.r the scumlof lllv earth within lu-rboro '(lt‘l‘~‘ to c-nricli lllt'li lilo Sifion, Pros- ‘1on £1.41 Jack-mu, Broken :romises. Mr. l’ox then lurnui to the Laur~ irr gm'crmm-m of ‘96 and >liH\\‘<'tl how one plank gift-1‘ another had been “1.1 ll()>ll-(l. and lll- denounm-d lllpl)‘- brought up ””1 1”“ ,m “m. “(1.. travzigunce that accompanied ouch lil‘njccl. Tllc icv lil‘Q‘likI'l' he (‘0)!- dcmm-d as um-lcss and it add-d Lindsay to ul-‘flri‘ntly t0 the debt of llw Dominion, those pru-j'l‘bc- .trctic c-xln-dition. h:- continued. was on absolute fan-c. costing $93» 3100 and the only returns inndo Ilm “'l‘llll‘ll. 'l'lw =lH‘lllU‘l‘ ibm druli “it“ ”or limlwr sir-ills and the binding of Ho Hod land: by llor gmllris. lmoollv-s.‘ lllll' l""l'l’ Ill l’HIluu V‘Olll :Hllvl ll. lmoerlsnn nbd bimbo-e, «bu “Null-ll: ml llu Hllmw all llm ill-Hal lIIHH “l abound him A \V ll‘ipet-l lomgbli in blunt-l Ml lllllll {all HUN“) Mill cold it [ul' smutmi, llu'eby illhlllnll “tummy lulu his own luu'h‘i'l, “llll'll :lmllld burn bmwu loukml in llw lbiluimon‘ ll l‘uclll‘)‘. lgowrnnu-nl was the discovery that it Mus awful cold in Hudson Bay. ll:- ‘doscribml the costly entertainnwnis fund suppers given on board the bout land he brought the house down when l-onililiun lllllt‘ll" (loatl‘ihod n tllllu'o SPF-Ill) ml llli‘ lo llw {all (if dock in tho Inoonligbi. with ("opium 'llornb-r going lln'oueb the qnndvilb with his broilor oilim‘is nnd l-Jsltiim- .Thvri- bring no duty on oil. ‘hv Stand- :ird ()il ('onipony enjoy-«l the privil- l‘lIl' (if controlling llll' si'unlbdi in (‘unnrim l-Tlll world do so n~ long ts tlio- l.:iuiiv-r uovwruwcm rvnminc'l 'n lm\\i'l'. Tll'f I':HHI' in undo-r tho flag of tlm'i-liliull .‘lll'l so out “no :1 record of broken l'l'I-l'llmx and buying: boon one of tho- \‘.lll'>l g i\‘n'l‘llllil‘!ll\ >llli‘1‘ C(llllwlvl'flllnll Lourioi‘ ~:ii«l lo \‘:»~ going to do “WHY “llil lllr ~I‘llrll‘. \‘lell‘i! lIHlIIV “a: comp-Nd of lllilli} :lll i'iloiinors, Tllfll l‘H‘l)‘. \ll lv‘\ vii-i, \‘uc in «u- llllll lll‘lr- \‘Hs lm lll‘l lul<§flil lllfll uoul'l l... HHinst 9,. lb» |w'l*lv :lll‘l lb» crown ll" l-I-voi'v. b. will. For yiml lln. lost .l..13..x; l-\ :1 big Hm joilily ll. no; lllllN'l lit llu H ‘l‘ l‘ gull iln uniigluni: in ”it \‘ltl' mil liim 'Ilu :lulzlzm ind-I of u lingo lililw llml llll|l In s n motlo in lJlll'lh‘!‘ by l1 rllloiu “unit... in hot \ult': Quaint lib: IHIH pulling lln lililr: filial!“ Ml lull-ill' IHIIIII} lull llu' lmnlrlt' “l Illlllll‘iH ull lmllltg lln' llII-zl All. l'lnl gn\-' llglllt‘.‘ |Il| ‘lilllillldia lil‘ llll’ll lullll‘ll l” llll‘ Nlll'lll .‘llilll'llIXIflu‘l: llllll lllll‘llllt “llll lllllillll ill“. Hr Trading (‘o., coupling with it the ifnl‘clgu laziulr. ulul >llll\\l’<l lulu lllls l“”'”“'“””” ‘1"“5ll‘m- H“ "““II'M'Pd‘(sounll‘b' “a: boiling out Mormon of undesirablcs, clearing up $5.00 a head. He claimed that Siflon had: brought out. a mob to lllc west that kept him in parliament, and be kept them in luxury. His immigrants Siftonized. ' He showed that the br to sec so many present, and was as-‘t/cr was being taken out of the mouths of the residents of Victoria and Hali- dents of Glenarm were still the faith-l button. Four hundred and fifty lt- alians, he said, that could eat any- thingand sleep anywhere, were work- ing in North Haliburton, earnirw the and his ‘ol- the company to the South Nu bubble iluul‘v to foreign ('Hllllll‘lu~> than what Mr. Jordan show-laud Elmm‘tl lWW sUt'll an ‘Irle'allll-l"w'zi.~ coming back 1.. Lil. Woolle nlndustries. The speaker llicll went after the woollen industry. and >liutl'uil how 174 mills had gone out of blisincss since Laurier llml (‘ulln‘ lll. Ml‘. FOX ‘thought that “v should produce our ‘own goods lush-ad of having to llll- "port from foreign lands. During the past twelve years 9000 employees of woollen mills were thrown out of em- i’ploymcn't. During the past thirty and and but-9 years the. price of wool has decreas- ed almost 50 per cent.. Canadian gwool must be lowered, be said, to fcompete with foreign countries, but the outside manufacturer puts shoddy in his cloth, makes a suit the latest fashion and sells it to Canadian deal- ers. 'Sir Wilfrid Laurier, he said. - . - a ,-.... -,.. “5.... 4,4,. ‘L....l‘..£.;..;}.., fag-33. ; > .... .....«. .w.- . » ‘ou. ....m,..‘.«..... . . . . ... ~ in 3" .' Q . ._.., o '.-. "‘ sent, but, he said. although he is not money that should be going to the re- here in body, he is in heart and soul.lsidents of the county. . During a campaign it was very hard Closing his remarks. he paid . go: the candidgte to be everywhere,‘ tribute to the gallant Colonel, who but the Colonel would be at Glen.‘ had fought for British rights in South arm at the earliest opportunity to 33-: Africa and the freedom of Canada. sure his friends that be wu'stlll :3.th and thy. in “reliance at Oto- . ‘ faithful :02: in the interests cube In. He continued amid chem. and . .Ofllianme 'thodm‘wmwmmmoaan .mdontheasch ‘ 1 . Bunion premier, . Highs- in his cabinet. Weber-J Ir. mm It .Jor- l m m. l :doubled since Laurier has secured the land those M u, gm out and ' reins of government. I lot a banquet of the manufacturers, .told them to put shoddy in their lcloth, which was false, fraudulent, : and not Canadian-like. i Dealing with the yearly expendi- ture. he said that the amount had Closing. the speaker said that the reputation of Canada was at stake, the grafting must be put down and the Conservatives put in power. If they do not suit, then turn them sat at the end of the term. The speaker on bruising his speech Mauls! it to too close was warmlyapplauded by, ollthooepmoent. The meeting clocedwith that, cheerISorCoLSoanbes. 1-4. I‘m-egos“; .M». -3...‘ :; Wu4;-.--4._. “tugs...

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