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THE ISSUE BEFORE THE ELECTORS-

Wk have in unolher urticlo discussed liie
issue before the electors. It is, Wliellier
tliis c. miry aJMill bo ruled during the next
five years by the Ituform pur»y under the
leadership of Air. Maclienzio, or by the Tory
party ••iider the leadership of Sir John A.
I\Iacdunald? Both parties hi.vo had a fair
trial in administering our national affairs.
Both parties nave left a record behind them,
and it in for the people to judge them there-
by. It is after all but a queallon of cgm-
parison, and we do not think that any hon-
est or unprejudiceu man can Btudy Avliai
]iefurmers and Torie.s haye done and remain
for one moment in suspense as to the man
for whom to jnark his ballot. No man and
no party ever had a better opportunity to
make themselves famous than Sir John iilay-
donuld and the Tory parly when they un-
dertook to rule this Dominion iu 18(37. lli>w
tliey left it at the find of less than seven
years is a matter of history. They brought
disgrace upon themselves and upon the
country, and what they have done iu the
past we have good reason to believe that
they would '•epeat iu the future. The crimes
under whicli they sank are still unrepeuled
pf, and the oppoituniiiea for gouaaiiuiug
like crimes are too templing for men of
their frail morality to resist. The national
policy is simply n cry raised to draw the
minds of ihe people away from those crimes.
They would never adopt it if they did get
back to olllce, and, if they did adoot it, it
would be like the return of the unclean
Bpiiil; the latter state of the country would
be worse than the first. It could only bcu-
etit the farmer in a season of famine or
blight, when the country produced less
grain and breadstuffs than was required for
home consumption; and what farmer would
want to make wealth at ihg cqst. of his
neighbors, friends and fellpw couutrvmen?
Indeed, as has not unfrequenlly happened,
he might want to buy food for Ins own
Jiousehold; and then ]iow xyould he reli&h
the payment of two pricea? To iIih cupitnligt
wl\» has his money iu manufactures it might
be a temporary benelit; but it could only be
temporary; for the protection would induce
others to put money in the same industry
and soon the business would l)e oveidone.
'J'o the artisan and the woikingman it would
In; si ill lt).-s a benefit, becaiHo the mere re-

TllE RECORD OF TWO tlOVERNMENTS,

TORYISM AND RlChVliM m CANADA.
1867 TO 1873, AND 1873 TO 1378.

The great (piestion now before the peo'
pie u( Caiuula, and which must be settled
by their votes next Tuesday, is, Wluil pajly
shall manage the public affairs of llie Do-
minion during the ne.xt tiv^ years? S(}m(,'
government there must be, and though none
is perfect— though there may l^u acts of the
present Ministers which tl)cir .own friends
d ) not fully api»rove— yet no ()ne is ju.slili-
od in volingagainst them unless he believes
that on the whole a cliaiige would be bene-
ficial. It is not a positive question, but a
question of comparison. It i^ not whether
a mure perfect government is po.ssible, but
whether a Ijutter is probable; and every fail-
minded elector must admit thai even if the
present government were worse Uiaii its en-
emies lliuik il to he, ii ought to exi.'^t until
il can be succeeded Ijy a belter. If Mr.
.Maeken/ie and the Liberal parly are lieleal-
e.l iKJXl Tuesday, wo know who, in the na-
tural order of events, will succeed them:
The government of the country will pass
inio the hands of Sir John, ^V. Maedonald
and the Tory parly. Will it «h a ukt-
TKU? That is the great questic^p^.. and fortu-
nately for the people tho two parties possusb
a record, ihe study of whichjyjwjjl make the
answer easy. The Conaeriirj^tijf^J^ under the
premiiiship of Sir John A, kftcdonald, go-
verned the country from lut July, 1«G7, to
5th November, 187il; the Reformers, under
the premiership of Mr. Alexander Slacken-
zio, have governed il from 5lh November,
la?lj, 10 Ihu present lime. , Now for their
respective records, as these liave been pre-
served to us in ullicial booljij and papers.

Section I

latter is a

ell) for ^'.M

hatid.s until

the t'iilcf

done to be

•lough bill

!*iU,(H)() \\\i

l>eilin(|ii

mile.s for .$

JJiltJU.OtJO til

came .suppi

claim came

Su|)ieui(; (

Petition of

ken/.ie; am

waived pe

judgment v

for ij;l27,0U

Mr, Moff

of land lak

was a small

lots vali'cd

at $7(1U. (.:

without an;

cord, .Mr. A

called 'dam

into Ihe bar

Peter Alil

ment, ovvne

idated whai

a victorious

ciflc Scandii

Mill Augus

short uud ej

waa paid $1

11.000.

The steali

and J(j|iii H

tioned to be

The Inter

THE RULE OF THE TOllY FARTY.
As already staled, the rule , of Ihe Tory
parly began 1st Jidy, 1867., the first day'of
Confederation. Alany chungop took place
in tile penoiuui of the Cubjuet, l)ut all un-
der tljo one leader, and th«, polioy of thq
party oonlinueil unchangod, tq the close.
The Iiefui in element in it, which made up
the coalition that ai)pealed,:lo the country
on tho no-party cry, was ;aoon rooted out
and the liovernmenl byciune e.s.seiiiially
Toiy. . One of ihe beguiled Jieforiiiurs was
Air. William ,Macd;)Ugall, aud in one of his
liiol public uileranccs after taking olllce in
the Dominion Cabinet undgr Sir John Ala'c-
donalii ho unwillingly unf(/ided his leailer's
plan whereby to eonlrol the country.

THE INTEilCOLONIAL RAILWAY
was to he conshiicunl as one of ihu condi-

of nianageu
struct il.
Pacilie Hail'
over an exlr
of 125,0^5 a
zie there is 8
couliui Is, —
pie security
arc allow (1.

NOllT

Tiie Norll
from the 11
sterling, the
p.u'l of all 1
without coil;
we:, I, appo
Uoveinor.wl
the count ly
was met on
dered oil. 1
and deniiiiuli
of uil'aiis. '
of I,

Mir. Ill lliu ln;gUiIiJO

Culonmnb wat>

I wi.'.,l, aliDoiiilL'i

EHNMENTS,

m CANADA.
3 TO 137S

jufoic lilt) peo-
mist l)u HclUi'd

ia, Wliiii piijiy
lira of Uio Do-
J yt'HisY Sfjiny
lul lliotigli none
r l^ii ucU of lliu
ir .own fiicnils
) ()no is jiiMlili-
Icss lie believes
vuukl be bene-
question, but u

i§ not wliellier
is possible, but

Jind every fail-
1ml even if the
il'se lliaii i(s en-

to exist unlil
)etter. If Mr.
mly are liel'eal-
I'ho, in (lie na-

succeed them:
11 try will pass
, ^V. Maedonald

IT «H A UKT-

ti9p,.and form-
P4jrties posstisb
yjjj^jjl make lUe
i>f93. under the
i([ftcdonald, go-
July, 18G7, to
fornieis, under
mder iSIacken-
lb ISoveniber,
^fow for their
avo been pre-
iiid papers.

JT PARTY.

of I lie Tory
e first day of
op ti»ok place
It, but all uu-
. policy of tbq

tQ the close,
bieb made up
) the country
on rooted out
ne cs.seiitially

iefiii iiiiMK wub
ill one of bis
killer oUlce in
^ir John Mac-
ed ins leader's
uintry.

tAILWAY

:>( Ibe coiuli-

Heciioii IG was lut to King & Ooui^b (ilie
latter is a near relative of I'eter Aliicli-
ell) for *-Jt)i;,UUl}. it was taken olT tligir
hands uhhnisbed four years afterwards, and
the t'iiiuf lui,4iiieer esliniated the work
done to be worth !{;l".i4,U00. But King &
Uuugb bribed the district engineer, and got
!*4U,(H)() more.

IJeiliiuiuet A. Co. look a contract of 45
niile.s for iUlU,;j<Jl). After gelling overpaid
JJilliU.OUO the threw up ilu.y contract and be-
came .suppliants for eompensalion. Their
claim came before Justice Ta.scbeieau of the
Supieme (Joint last November, under the
Pelitioii of Right Act passed by Mr. Mac-
kenzie; and the (Jiown having mercifully
waived penalties juuountinir to $216,000,
judgment was given ayaiuat the contractors
lor If 1:37,000.

Mr, Moirat, a Tory M. P., bad l).;^ acres
of land lakeii for right of way, on which
was a small building. The ollicial arbitrators
lots valued the land at $;50 and the building
at $700. On the eve of the 1«72 elections,
wiihuut aiiyihiiig further being made of re-
coivl, .Mr. Moffat was paid $2,000 for his so-
called 'damages,' and was given the house
into the bargain.

Peter Mitchell, a member of the Govern-
menl, owned two acres of land and a dilap-
idated wharf at Newcastle. Peter assumed
a victorious air of independence as the Pa-
eiflc Scandal revelations came out, and orj
14tU Augu&t, 1873, the day following the
short and exciting session of Pa'liament, he
was paid $10,000 for property hardly worth
11.000.

The stealings of Frazjr, Reynolds & Co.
and Jolm Haw* »& Co. need only be men-
tioned to be comlemned.

The Inleicolonial Railway, under this sort
of management, cost $48,000 a mile to con-
struct it. Mr. Mackenzie is building the
Pacihe Railway, with as good a roail-bjd,
over an extremely dillicullcountiy, at a cost
of $25,035 a mile. Hut under LIr. Macken-
zie there is a very diirerent system of letting
coutimts,~the bulk sum is' discarded, am-
ple security is loquired, and no btealiugs
arc allow (I.

NOUTH-IVEST BLUNDERZNQ.

The North-west Territory was purchared
from the Hudson's Day Co. for £a0(),0(H)
sterling, the Company res'jrving a twenlieth
part of all the lands. The Government,
wilhoiit consulling the people of iheNorLli-
we:,i, appiMnted \Villiam Macdou-jall as
Governor, who set out to take po; session of
the couniiy with a Cabinet leady made. Ho
was met on the bordeis and promptly or-
dered oil. The people a.sseited their rights,
and demaiidiil a share in the administration
of ulfaii.s. The Gov(;riiment at Ottawa, by

a jlOJlfM' of ljl;|.>ll'| 1)

sidy on a bH.si.s of 00,000 population; and to
build the Pacitic Railway, 2,700 Miiles in
length, through a sea of mountains and an
unexplored wilderness, wilhin a period of
ten years. These terms were infinitely more
favorable than the Columbians asked fur,or
expected to receive. They would be per
fecily content with a coach road over iho
country to Fort Garry, and a railway to bo
built in initial sections as soon as our cir-
cumslauces would allow. But, as will bu
seen farther on. Sir John was looking for
means wherewith to keep ilm Government
in his own hands for another term often
years, lie wanted that road to serve the
same purposes as the Intercolonial, and
therefore he hesitated at nothing. All' legis-
lative authority in regard to U was usurped,
and handed over to 'ihe Governor in Coun-
cil.'

THE PACIFIC SCANDAL BOILED DOWN.

Jn thesradon of 1873 Hon. L. S.Huntini:,
ton formally charged the Goveinuient niih
selling the Pacific Railway charter to «ir
Hugh Allan for money wherewith to e<.n
trol the elections of 1872, and demamk-d a
committee of the House to inveitigate the
charge.

The committee was at first refu.sed, and a
few days later Sir John boldly di dared his
readiness to justify the course of tho Gov-
ernment, and by God's help he believed
he could do so satiafactor'lv 'I
know that the charge is a foul calumnv.
Ihe Government deny it in Mo.' Neither
by 'thought, deed, word or action" had they
done anything of which they could bo
ashamed.

It is unnecessary to detail the cffovls
made to defeat an eiupiiry, or the circum-
stances which led up to the appointment of
a. Royal Commis.>jion. iSuHlce it to say that
the court was of the accused man's own
choosing, and the evidence of himself and
his friends proved—

(1.) That two parties were rivals for the
charter; one, tiomposed of Sir Hugh Allan
and bis American friends, and the other, of
Senator Alacpherson and some friends in
Ontario.

(2.) That Sir HukIi Allan and his friends
decided on a bonus of *:JO,OiJO,000 and 50,-
000,000 acres of land as the minimum they
would be willing to receive, which two
months later was the actual subsidy fixed
by ilio (inverhiiicHi; and that while the
c;iarter was passing through llio House Sir
ihigli was in fretiuent communication with
the Government,

(3.) That the Govenimont sought to amal-
gamate the two companies with Ihe balance
of power secured to Sir Hugh Allan, and

. 1... . C'!.. T 1 1 at

that Sir John .\. .Macdoiuiid

"ti 2iJlh Juh

rmi'Tb wat>

I Wi;.,l. aliDoililed Williiiiii Aiiicilnnu- ,11

by the (ii.veriniU'Hl ; and that while the

John A. Macdomild do tlic shitKj thing over
utriiiii if liu got ilio opporluiiity? or to 're-
CHUp' Sir Hiij;h Alhiii the |;jr)G..')0()mlvuiu;L'(l
ill ilio elections of 187^, should ihu people
iiuaiii hriiiir iii>n back to jiowcr by llicir
votes cast ne\l 'riiesdiiyV

'1\) (jiiolc wli/il the Pull Mull Chuette said
at llie time: Ii' \vii,i, hk tiik duty ok tiiic
iioNio.sr I'li^ii,!'; UI-' Tiiic Dominion t^ takb

(MtK TIIA'r NOMC OV TlUi I'lCIISONS WHO
WKUK CONCICKNICll IN Till; I'UOCKICUINUS OK
WHICH Sill til^OIUlK E. C'AUTlliU WASTIIB
AOKNT SHALL liVKU AUAIN OUTAIN I'OWIiU

IN Canada.

'I'lie cyea of Europe und America are still
upon us. Will we prove faithful to our
great trust?

VARIOUS OTHER SCANDALS.

Since the overlhrosv of the Tory Govern-
nuMii in lb73 »i variety of scundiUslmvfc been
Ijrouglil to light. Among these are —

(1 ) The levying of blackmail on the
Noiiherii [{ail way Company to the extent
of !i;27.U0U,— $2,50U of which went to the
Sir John lestiinonial, if2,0u0 to the Mail
newspaper, $1,000 to the Conservative elec-
tion fund of lb7'~. $5, 4-10 to the expenses of
Jlon. John li. Kobinsou's election in Algo-
i!i!i, !i;4,l(i() to .Mr. Cuinbeiiand'a expenses in
Aigonia and Card^vell, and !f;3,7r)0 to help
tlirouiih fiivorable logishuiou in 1873— all of
wiiich sliunld have been paid into the Do-
minion ii( asuiy, and which 3Ir. Macken
zie's (}(>veniinenl has since coinix'lled the
Company to loluiid;

(•J.) Till) pun'hase of Kiel's banishment
from .Manitoba at a cost of 14,000 public
funds iliuinu; the Dominion elections of
1872. wliile Sir John went through the
country branding him as a red-handed mur-
derer and wishing to God he could catcli
liim. "1 sent him (Archbishop Taohe, Sir
'Joint swears) H draft for a thousand dollars
'to be used in procuring lliel'a wiliulrawal.'

(o) Tln! payment of !f2,500 to Sir John's
'iiniiccunioMs' friend, J. G. ]\Ioylan, for
'priming' which was never got, keeping the
entries out of the books for four years, and
then charging the money for work said to
liave been done eleven or twelve years be-
fore, and which if done it all should have
been charged to the account of ihe old
Provinces;

(4.) The retaining of $32,171) of Secret
Service funds by Sir Joai two years after
(pruiing oHice, 'to be used for his own party
purposes in opposition', and the actual pay-
nuMil of i|;0,000 of it to the treasurer of his
own election fund in the city of Kingston;

And (Ii) the exaction of $545 fees from tlie
l)oor tenants on Ordnance Lands, in viola-
tion of law and profossional decency, — which
amouni Sir John himself pocketed while in
receipt of ins regular salary as ]\Iinislcr of
Justice.

THE PU3LIC EXPENDITURE.

The public expenditure of the Tory Gov-
ern men t bc:ia.ii witli !|l;!,48(),09'.2 a ycai', and

the' tlnancial year beginning lat July, 1H73,
wee idaced al tlie credit of Sir John il ic-
donald's Govm ninciil on 2;{id May, and
were made up ot tin! following sums;

(1) Tli>' uri;-,'iiial fstiniatcs, $:,'0,lMl,)H:i.

Vi) Tlie Lst, ~iiil unit lint sii|iiilt'n>eiitury estimates,
t S-Ti.tild.

(.i) Increased salaries of MiiiiHteru, &\:., (uliai). 31)
J:)lKt,,V),-).

(I) H<'ailjusttiii'ia<jf ili-lit and. subsidies (chap. 30
and U) 5J.SI!),:JI0,

(tn Aanii.s.si()ii i.f 1'. I''.. Islaiul (chap, 40) $118,000.

((i) M'.uiui'd piilieo t'orce (ciiup! 35) J^uo.OOO.

(7) Uulaiices carried fijr\vaid,|lH0,i8:J.

This makes a total of $ia.O8."5,0O!i voted
for the services of the y«ar, or $308,093
more than was spent. i ■

'IMiese were the engagements of Sir John
A. Macdonald's Government, contracted in
their last year of ollicu, andv nearly all of
them are continuous from year to year.
'I'hey added nearly four niilllQns to the year-
ly expenditure; and yet it ij» pretended by
the Tory parly that because Mr. iMackeiizie
entered ollice tluiing their laat financial year,
and hon()iiit)ly i)aid the debts Ihcy (the
Tories) contracted, therefore he is respon-
sible for the increase in that year's expendi-
tund

Hut this was not all. ^The Mai;donald
(iovernment had entered into engagements
for the further increase of thy national del)L
by Ihe sum of $1)1), 00;),000,— $43,800,000 for
for canals, $44,500,000 for the Intercolonial
l^lcilic, Nova Scotia and jNew IJrunswick
and Prince Etlward Island Kaihvays, ifl-
oOO.OOO for St. Lasvreiice improveinunis, and
$5,500,000 for minor works, etc. ;aiid, in ad-
dition, there were $;]5, 000,000 of Public
Debentures jiust inaluriiig — for none of
which objects had Sir Johu's .b'iii'ince Min-
ister made any provision.

To have met all these engagements alonce
would have ailded nearly j^^pti.OUU to th-
yearly expenditure.

WHAT HAS BEEN PONE.

As just pointed out, tliQ Tory Govern-
ment's engngemenls, then cpfiipleted, would
have swelled the yearly expenditure by $5,-
000,000, or a total of $28,500,0()0. To meet
this they had provided for the year 1873-4 a
revenue of only $21;740,000, which for that
year would have left a deficit of nearly two
millions, and for future years an additional
sum to be provided of sevQi^uinilliona and a
half. ..r, ■■

]\Ir. Mackenzie's Qovernqjcnt resolved to
meet all unavoidable engagtjments by in-
creasing the tariff from 15 Ip 1732 per cent,
and i)y adopting a policy of strict economy.

All public works the carryingon of which
was not imperative were postponed uutil
the return of better times, In this way an
expenditure of about $45,000,000 was de-
ferreil. The new works undertaken subse-
quent to Isl January, 1874, Ija^ve only cost
$80,000. Dlher works imdcr contract be-
fore that datt!, and for which, votes had been
taken by tlie Macdonald Government in
1873, have cost up to 30tli June, 18?7, the

^uia of !^:2l..'n;i.lJ20. or witluu half

lliun

In 1873 Kl«
$S5 per lo
iimt): In 181

Sir John p
Mr, Slacken;

Sir John |
MaeUun/.io i:

Sir John |J
peiises $1,2
$51,35.

Sir John |
50; iMr. iSlal
and Mr, .Mac

Sir John |:

cab hire, tra

Mr, lilake in

SOM

The steel
harbor contr
and the Nee
scandals aga
of these the
ask for an ei
liamenl, Ihui
and a^ain.

The steel i
(.'hiuf Eugii
ported that I
purchased fi
ceiving tend
in Europe ai
ty of the P
tract was lai
inoiis in tlie

The Gode
let by leiiiU
lilt; lowest c

Tlic Kam
been investi
Senate, led o
Macpherson
a quantity o
A. Macdona
whicli he so
Trunk Uail\
he suspected
the purcliasc
"t he did he
The inveslig
of the termi
of the pro]
hotel — was
without a pt
either.

THE
We have i
two parties,
salient point
scnled. It i
cliose bet wi'
outset, it is
what a man
is our best ji
will do in ll
b^' turning (
leagues and
and his friei

iccfipl (jf ius regular salary as Minislei of

*S0.OUU. Other works under contract be-

U July, 1873,

ir .Idlin il ic-

il Miiy, iiiul

sums:

)H:i.

itiiry f atlmutes,

, >&u., (chap. 31)

tsidit'S (chap. ^

fvp. 4(1) $118,000.
) J«'iM),000.

IS."), 00!) voted
, or *3G8,0U3

8 of Sir John
;otitructu(l in
nearly all of
('cjir lo year,
fls lo llic year-
pretended by
r. iMuckeiizib
Inanciiil year,
td llii-'y (the
le is respoii-
yiir's expendi-

le ]\Iiii;doiialil

eiigiigfiiuMils

iiatioiiul (h;l)t

l;j,.Sl)0,Ot)0 for

Iiilcrculuiiial

iv Hruiiswick

111) Iw ays, i^'l,-

(Vciiii.uts, and

c. ; and, in ud-

JO of I'ublic

for none of

Finmcu Min-

miMila (il once

(JUU.OUU to til'

rory Govern -
iplcted, would
dituro by $5,-
PO. To meet
year 1873-4 a
/hich for that
if nearly two
an additional
nillions and a

nt resolved to
menls by in-
IT^o per cent,
rict economy,
gon of -which
itponed until
n this way an
OOO was de-
jrtaken subse-
ve only cost
sr contract he-
roics had been
)Vernment in
iC, 18?7, the
hi

In 1873 Kluil rails cost ili.j (Jovernmenl
$8i'j per ton (Including Jolin IIuws' slcal-
iimf): In IdTJ 5 iliey cc^L only $51 a ton.

Sir John pidd tor ordinary bar iron %\.'<i\ :
Jlr. Mackenzie is buying it for %\ 80.

Sir .lolin paid for oak lumber ^.'iS.'iO; Mr.
MacUen/.ivj is payinii- 4;;J0.r)0.

Sir Jiilin paiil in 187;! for Iravellin/^ ex
penses ;ill,^18: J\Ii. lilake in 1877 paid only
$51.35.

Sir John paid in 187."{ for cab hire $l,0;i8.-
50; iMr. iilakt) in 1877 paid only *l-».80,
and Air. Macken/.ie in two yuais only $35.

Sir John paid in 1873 for tclesianhing,
cab hire, travelling fvul ])ostiiK« $7,118.87:
Mr. Hlake in 1877 i)aid only $521.93.
SOME SMALL SCANDALS.

The Bteel mils purchase, tlii» Goderich
harbor contract, the Kaminiatiqia terminus
and the Neebing holelliave been charged as
scandals against the Government. On two
of these ilie Opposilion have never dared to
ask for aiiiMHiuiiy by a commillee of Par-
liament, though it was ollered them again
and a^aiii.

'l"hc sleel rails were purchased when the
Chief Engineer of the Pacilic Railway re-
piirleil ihal he wanted iIkmu. They were
purchased from the lowe.it bidder afler re-
ceiving lenders from the principal makei's
in Europe and America, and under authori-
ty of the Pacitic Railway Act. The Cvin-
tract was laid before the House of (Jomnions
uniiis in the usual way and duly ratified.

The Goderich harbor contract was also
let by lender, wilhoul any favoritism, and
llie lowest competent tenderer got it.

Tlui Kaministii|Uia terminus matter has
been investigated by a committee of the
Senate, led on by Senator Macpherson. JMr,
Macpherson himself on one oceasionjbonulit
a quantity of Ordnance I^nds from John
A. Macdonald for which he paid $l,288,and
wliich he sold the next day lo the Gruncf
Trunk Railway Go. lor $00,000. Frob:-.bly
he suspected trickery of the same kind in
the purchase of the Kaministiquia terminus.
!; he did he has been wofully disappointed.
The investigation proved that the location
of the termiu'.'s was fixed, and the valuation
of the property — including the Neebing
hotel — was made in the regular way, and
without a particle of scandal attaching to
either.

ilf

lliuii

THE RESPECTIVE RECORDS.
We have now sketched the records of the
two parties. All has not been said, but the
salient points of clia'"acler have been pic
sealed. It now remains for the electors to
choso biil ween the two. As .stated at Ibu
onlset, il is a qudstion of comparison, and
what a man or a party has done in the past
is our best guide in determining what they
will do in the future. \\'hat can be gained
b^' turning out Mr. iMackenzie and his col-
leagues and pulling Sir John A, JIacdonald
and his friends in their places? Will they

INSTRUCTION FOR VOTERS.

The voter is to vole for one candidate on-
ly. The V(>ler 13 to be 'introduced singly,
and, with the pencil provided in the com-
partment, place a cross on any part of the
ballot paper wilhin the diviaion containing
the name of the candidate for whom he in-
tends to vote, thus; X

BALLOT I'APEK.

Election for Iho Electural District of E. Elgin, 1818.

1. THOMAS ARKELL,
Town of St. Thomas,
County of Elgin,
Merchant.

il. COLIN MACDOUGALL,
Town of Kt. ThomaB,
Comity of Elgin,
Barmtei'-at- liaw.

BALLOT PAPElt.

Election for the Electoral D.atrict of W. Elgln,1878.

L GEORGE ELLIC)TT CASEY,
Township of Southwold,
County of Elgin,
Funnel'.

II. MALCOLM (». MUNRO,
Village of Waiilsville,
County of Mulillcscx,
Merchant.

If the voter sliould dvjsire to vote for Co-
lin jMacdougall or George Elliott Casey ho
is lo place a cross, thus, X. in the division
(!onlaining the name, as seen by reference
to the above design of ballot paper.

The voter will then fold the ballot, so as
to show a portion of the back only, with the
number and the initials of the deputy return-
ing oiHcer.

lie will then deliver it to the deputy re-
turning olHcer, who will place it in the bal-
lot oox. The voter will then forthwith quit
lh3 polling station.

If a voter inadvertently spoils a ballot pa-
per he can return it to the proper ofticer,
who, on being satisfied of the fact, will give
him another.

If the voter voles for more candidates
than he is entitled to vole for, or places any
mark pn the b.illot paper by which he can
afterwards be identitied, his vote will be
void, and will not be counted.

If the voter takes a ballot paper out of
the polling station, or fraudulently puts any
other paper into the ballot box than the bal-
lot paper given him by the deputy returning
otHcer, he will be subject to be punished by
flne of $500, or by imprisonment for a term
not exceeding six mpuths, with or without
hard labor.

LOOK ON THIS PICTURE, AND ON
THIS.

REFORM
PLATFORM.
BuiTibii Connection

FouEiuN Trade.

CONSERVATIVE
PLATFORM.

II OSTILR T A RlPIf

Against Britain.

Ruin op Maritime
Interests.

)rks under contract be-

lli ilri In I III', fill nil*. Whiit I'.'iil 1

>i> iTllllll'l

I I BuiTlsil CONNIXTIUNJII o a T I. LK T A R 1 F F

•wli» has \\\a luaaey in umuufaclures it miglil,
bo u lumpomry btiiiedt; but it could only be
leinponny, for the protectiou would induce
others to put money in llic same induslry
iind hoou the Ijusinesa would bo overdone,
'J'o the arlisuu mid the woikingman it would
be Htill loss a be ne/it, because the mere re-
port ihiit good wages weic being paid in
Caiuulu would bring huudicdsof competing
artisans and workiugincu I'l • . the work
hliops and the over crowded cities of Great
JJrilain and the Continent. There is no
form of protection for hiltor, and at the best
the system could only add to the cost of liv-
ing without providing one counterbalancing
benefit. To professional men it could bring
nolliing but evil, and to the whole counliy
it would inevitaijly bring commercial dis-
turbance and linaneial distross. We believe
that these are the opinions of the great ma-
jority of men in this portion of the Domiii-
on, and therefore we look forward with con-
(iilence to the support of Sir. Mackenzie's
Uoverument.

The East Hiding of Elgin hns been faith-
fully served by Mr. ^ilacdougall during the
past four years. He has approved himself
a man of abi! y, firmness and decision
Every interest of his constituents has been
faithfully guarded. His service to the town
and county in the matter of Canada 8oulh-
eni legislation alone entitles him to the sup-
port of all classes. The action of Mr. Ar-
keil in th-j same matter shows him to be ut-
terly unworthy of confidence, and on that
ground alone the electors should not hesi-
tate to reject Jiim. lie has neither firmness
nor ability.

TiiK coiistilu ;ucy of West EUrn is not
going to reject one who has grov\ a up with
llie county and whose interests are wholly
ideiuilied with it, for any mere advcnlurer
from a neighboring coiinly. Mr. Casey has
been a credit to the Riding, and hi9 brother
farmers have good caus( to be proud of liim.
They will rally to his sui)port next Tuesday
and send Mr. Muuro buck to interest him-
self again in the local politics of J\Iiddlesex.
He can't be trusted in Elgin.

Aktkji speaking a whole month in favor of
a duty on barley as one way of helping
the Canadian farmer, .Mr. Arkell, at the
iiorainalion on Tuesday, threw away the re-
Hult of all his labor by candidly confeasiug
that the duty wouldn't be of any earthly
beueflt. Just like Mr. ArkcllJ

lulniiMt'ih WHS
ilr. Williiim .Miicdjugall, aM<l ill one of his
lirol public uileraiici'S after taking ollicc in
the Dominion Cabinet under kjir John Jla'c-
donald he unwittingly unfolded his leader's
l)laM wluicby to control the country.

THE INTEilCOLONIAL RAILWAY
was to bo constructed as on<} of the condi-
tiwns ot Union, and it was e«itimaled to cost
$:iO.UUU,UUO. .Mr. MacdouguU saiii the Gov-
ernmenl would have that railroad in their
hands, with one of several I'pules to bo cho-
sen, and h(! declared that .:'J!llr. (Sir Jidin)
'Macdonald and his colleagues are not so as-
'lule as ihey u^ed to be— lihoy must have
'lost a good dull of their corrupt tendency
'—if they arc; not al)le tocohU'"' the govern
'meul of llie new Dominipi) for the next
'ten yeai.s. Tiial :Sir .I()lm,.JIactlonald and
his colleagues <lid try to tur^j the constiuc-
tion <;f the roud to this acqc^unl, subsequent
events have al>undantly yeiiifiod.

Mr. .Muckeuicic, at the earliest moment,
souuiit to make the choice of r)Ule subjcel
Ui llie assent of l'arliamen,t, ibul his motion
was voted down.

■ ( t ■

The offers made to build, the road by the
shortest route to !St, Johi^ ,for |l;i,OLH),UUO
were rejected; the Colonial , Secretary was
'trepanned' into writing aq olHcial despatch
expressing preference fur the north .'ihoie
route; aiul at the bidding of Sir George
Cartier and Peter Milchell— ua recorded by
Wm. iMicduugall, v;ho' was a member of
the Cabinet— 'Sir John A. Macdonald and
■air. Campbell surrendered the inlere.sls of
'Ontario to (Quebec and Mr. Mitchell, and
'threw eight millions of dollursinto the sea.'

The route chosen was longer than the one
advocated by [Mr. Tilley, Mr. I\Iacdougall,
and the Uefoiin Oppo.siliou led by ilr. Mac-
kenzie, by 138 miles. It l(iy throujih an all
but uninhabited country— many portions of
it unfit for settlement— and it threw a great
portion of the trade of the Maritime Prov-
inces permaneully into the hands of Ameri-
can railway companies.

The construction of thcToad was placed
in the hands of political friends of the Gov-
ernment, one of whom (Aquila VVal.sli, of
Norfolk) was a member of Parliament in re-
ceipt of $4,U0() a year; thfc advice of the
chief engineer as to the b«!st method of let-
ting contracts was rejected, and the con-
tracts were let to political friends in lump
sums without requiring any Bccurit)', which
resulted in overpayments amounting to
hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Haycock >k, Co. took section 5 for a lump
sum of ^•Mil.^li; they were paid 174,211)
and then failed. The origii)al plans were
reduced by about ;|^y(),U()U. ami then the
same aectiun was le let to A. ^IcDonnell cV.
Co. for if5y3,000. • I

wc.,1, ajip
Govei nor.v
the counliy
was met on
dercil oil'.
and demam
of allaiis.
a i)olicy of
counliy ti
loyalists \
the iusurg
clieied in
tabli.shed a
laleil terms
the l)omini<
to the coun
and V(jhMt(
years subsei
thousanils cj
ijilo.vl r piii.
salaiy and i
never lilled.

THE BETT

The linuii
by the Impi
it could onl
the British
the I'arliam
vince of IN
Icrms,' and
were luKstile
with his u
cal;;h them,
liiju he expr
ter terms, at
posed to ii
to the exicii
conditional i
the Cabinet
Nova Scotia
s!tiou, while
sideration to
changes in
Bliluliurial w
approval of
and pointed
preeLMlciil ]
for change
Hut llieii- res
conslilutiou
the Nova Sc(
The only LiL
amendment (
llement to bt

THE UNION

Always on
lion, the Com
British Colui
already, in ■
given iMi>'iito
House of Co!
give British

white scltlors

Ki'lniiMt'ih Wrtb
(1 ill unu of liiij
liking ulUcu in
ii'iv John Jla'c-
dull lii» luiultii'i
ioiiiilry.

RAILWAY

of liio coiidi-
liinaltnl lu cost
U siiiil liiu Gov-
ili'Oiui ill their
)ulca to bo clio-
ilr. (Sir Ji>hii)
)S are iiol bo ud-
oy iiiiisl have
rupt tiimleiicy
^rol Liie govern

for the next
lucdoiuihl mid

the eoiialiue-
ml, yubiaeqiieiil
iod.
"hesl iiHJUieiit,

rjulc suhjeel
hul iiid uioUon

le rodd by the
or |l:i,OW),()UO
Seeietuiy was
Heiul despatch
e iiorlli shore
of Sir CJeorge
18 leeorded by
a iiieiuber of
lucdonuid uud
10 iiilere.sls of

Mitcheil, ami
•8 into the sea.'
jr tiiui) the one
r. Alaedougall,
d by ilr. Mac-
throu»h an all
ny porlioiis of

threw a great
aritime Prov-
nds of Arneri-

d was placed
Is of the Gov-
ila VVaLsh. of
liaineiit in re-
ulvice of the
lethod of let-
and the con-
nds in lump
curity, wJiich
luouiUing to
ars.

5 for a lump
paid !f74,21«J
I plans were
mil then the
UcDonnell ,k.

we.,1, ai.poinled Willinin Maedow<^;ill as
Uoveinor.who act out to take po; session of
the counliy with a Cabinet leady made, lie
was met, on Hn; bordtiis and promptly or-
deretl oil. The people asset ted their rights,
and demanded u share in the administration
of allaiis. The Government at Ottawa, by
a polK.y of masterly inactivity allowed the
coiinlry to ihift into insurrcclion; the
loyalists were left at the mercy of
the insurgents, and some were but-
chered in cold blood; the rebels cs-
tabli.shed a provisional government, and dic-
tate;! terms to .Sir John at Ottawa. It cost
the Dominion ;j>l,o(;a,lK)0 to send a force in-
to the eounlry to establish law and order,
and V(.hM(eers were kept there for sevend
years subsequent at a cost of hundreds of
llioiisand.-i ut dollars, — to nay nothiitg of the
iJilo.'Ji; paid to William Mi'cdougall as the
salary and e.vpeiise^ of Hn oillce which he
never lilled.

THE BETTER TERMS TO NOVA SCOTIA.

The linancial basis of the Union is fixed
by the Imperial Act of Confederation, and
it could only be changed constitutionally by
the British Parliament, upon an address of
the Parliament of Canada. But the Pro-
vince of Nova Scotia demanded 'better
leriiis,' and as a majority of its members
were lnkNlile to the Government, Sir John,
with lii.-s u.sual cunning, spread a jiet to
eal;;li them. Ju the first year of Confedera-
tiiju he e.vpressed himself favorable Lo bet-
ter terms, and in the second session he pro-
posed lo increase the Nova Scotia subsidy
to the e.\ienl of ^i.UUO.OUO. This was made
conditional upon the acceptance of a ceatin
the Cabinet by Mr. IIowo, the leader of the
Nova Seoiia menibera. The Reform Opj-o-
s:tion, while willing Lo give their best con-
sideration to any proposal toprc^ure needed
changes in the basis of Union in a con-
slituliorial way, strongly expressed their dis-
approval of the Government's proposition,
and pointed out that it would establish a
piecLMlciit for eiKlie.'Ss future demands
fur change in the linancial arrangement.
15ut their resolutions were voted down, the
constitution was violated. and Sir Johu drew
the Nova Scotia members into h's owa net.
The only Liberal proposition camed waaan
amendmenl of .Mr. Hhike declaring this set-
tlement to be final.

THE UNION WITH BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Always on the look out lo fortiiy his posi-
tion, the Cont-ei valive leader sonsjhl lo bring
Hrilish Columbia into the Union. He had
already, in violation of the constitution,
given Mp'iitoba four rei»iesentalives in tiie
llouae of CoiHinuns. lie now proiioscd to
give Hrilish Columbia six for its 10.000
wiiite seltlcis; to compute the auuuul sub-

iiy the «ii.veriiiiHni ; and that while the
charter was pas<iiig through the House Sir
Hugh was ill freciuent communication with
the Government.

(3.) That the (Jovenimont sought to amal-
gamate the two comijiwiies with the balunco
of power secured K; Sir Hugh Allan, and
that Sir John A. Alacdoiiald on liOth July,
IH- -, authorised Sir George Cartier to give
this a.ssiiraiice to Sir Hugh,— 'the whole
' matter to be kept iiuiet till after the elcf;-
' tious.'

(4.) That on IJOih July Sir George nnule a
written demand on air II ugii for funds to
a-ssist ill the pendiiig flections, undertaking
that 'any aiiiuiuit which you, or your Com-
' paiiy, shall advance for that uurpuse shall
' be recouped lo you,'

(f),) That u|)oii these terms Sir Hugh ad-
vanced to Sir George $S5,000, to Sir Johu
*4o,000, and to Mr, Langevin iu2,()00; and
that before getting the contract signed Sir
Hugh disbursed ^S.lO.nOO in gold.

Hi.) That Sir Hugh placed such value up-
on Ihe memorandum under which this mon-
ey was paid that he refused to deliver the
original into the hands of Iha lloyal Com-
mission, but filed a certitied copy instead,—
no doubt looking for waul to a' "time when
his claim lo be 'recouped' might be en-
forced.

(7.) That Sir John A. Macdonald on 31st
January, 187a, settled an agreement where-
by Sir Hugh Allan and his associates got
possession of the charier, with a full know-
ledge of all the schemes and plans of Sir
Hugh in his possession— copies of the whole
Allan-McMu)lcn correHjiondence and other
documents having been put in his hands on
the 23rd of the same month.

(8.) That Sir Hugh Allan did not contri-
bute to the Government election funds out
of any political sympathy, but solely to get
the charter; for he testified before the Hoyal
Commission that he was 'no politician,' and
that he 'had never voted at a parliamentary
' election in his life except once.'

(9.) That Sir .lolin .V. Macdonald has nev-
er repented of this crime, of which at one
time he called God to witness that he waa
innocent; but, as at Simcoc, Uxbridge and
other places, he protests that 'the great mis-
chief was the money was sent to him' and
paid Dut- by him, instead of by the United
Empire Club, the Liberal-Conservative As-
sociation, or other like modern agency.

To .k'; Uie charter and get money for the
purpose '..f briuing the electors is still, in
Sir John Macdonald's opinion, a proper en-
ough thing to do; only the money should
be sent to and be paid out by, a political
club instead of a political ohieftuin.

And holding these views of the Pacific
Scandal, after all the world has condemned
it, would any one bo surprised lo aco Sir

ifcfipt ol iii.s ii'^fulur salaiy us iMiiuslcr of
Justice.

THE PU3LIC EXPENDITURE.
Tlio public cxpcMidiUire of the Tory Gov-
triiuiiiul begun with !tiy,48l],U93 a year, uiid

it I iitiiil with |ii3,31(i,31Gu year. The period
i»r iiilhiiioii which begun wilh 1871 was tuis-
l.iki'ii iiy the (Jovernuicnt for hciilthy and
siiljftiiiiiliiil iiro^pcrily, und lliougli gravely
warned l»v Sir Alexander Hall. Air. Oart-
wrii/iil. Mr. iMaclien/.ic and others, llioy
rushed the country lieadiong into engage-
ini:nls which delied even a i)eriod of inlla-
lion to UK'cl.

In the last financial year the expenditure
was increased by over four millions of dol-
lars— si.\ millions more llniu for tlie previous
year, and ten millions more than for the
llrsl year of Confederation.

The net milional debt was increased in
llie aeveu years by ♦32,590,324, and new
oi)iigationa and engagements for caiiak,
railways, »&c., were entered into— for which
uo provision was made— lliat if carried out
in their entirely would swell the debt by
if'JIi, 000,000 more, or say a charge on the
public revenue of nearly five millions a

year.

WHAT THEY FAILED TO DO.

And liaving done all these things, they
left tindone many things which the interests
of tiie Dominion really demanded.

Tiiey failed to carry an Election Law.

They failed to carry a Supreme Court
Act.

They opposed election trials by the Courts.

They opposed simultaneous elections.

They voted down vole by ballot.

They gerrymandered the constituencies.
Anu thebk a he 1''act8 of iustouy.

THE HULK OF THE REFORM PARTY.
The Reform party entered oflice at an in-
opjiortune time for themselves, but at a for
tuiiate lime for the country. The depres-
sion in trade had just set in wilh our Ameri-
c.iii neighbors, and the linaiicial engage-
ments yf the Tory Goverun nt were just
beginning to bear fruit. Had the downfall
of yir John A.Macdonald been deferred Iwo
or three years the results of their policy
would have fully matured, the resources of
the country would have been enormously
taxed to meet the oliligations to which the
'I'ory Government had commitled it, and
llie responsibility for the increase in yearly
expendilure would unhesilaliagly be tixeil
where il properly belongs.

THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AGAIN.

]\Ir. Aliickenzle and hi.s colleagues were
sworn into oflico on 7lh November, lb73.
The moneys voted by I'arliamenl forde.'ray-
iu^j the expenses of the public service for

.■fSU.ouo. ()tlu;r works under contract be-
fore tiiat date, and for whicit votes liad been
taken by the Macdonald Government in
1«73, have cost \\\i to 30lh June, 1S77, the
sum of $2(, 31)1, 920, or withia half a million
of the entire increase of the national deijt
under Ah. Alacken/.ie's Administration.

The increase of yearly expendilure im
posed by this addition to tU^ national debt
is: for interest on borrowed nipnty, fl.OT*,-
791, and for additional payment to public
di'bt sinking fund, ^'.814, IM. To these sums
adil 1155,0:36 for extincliim of Indian titlt:s
in the North-west; $10(1,500 for e.\i)ense8 of
the biipreme Court and t'ourt of Appeal;
!|;lll,085 f(M' inspection of '■ Weights and
Pleasures; |3iy,041 for inqrease in jjostal
service; and about $300,000 for the salaries
of new othcers appointed inj^hm dying days
of Sir John's administrutioni,. >Hiid the in-
crease of the salaiies of old.ffcjeuiU and we
Lave a total of nearly $:;^ .SOU.UUO uuuvuid'
ably added to the expenditure.

But by a system of wis^ economy the
Government have met all engagements hon-
orably, and at the end of three years the to-
tal increase has been only $202,975.

Under the head of Ordinary Expendilure,
which is the most easily controllable, they
have cut down expenses by $1,488,998. Sir
John increased expenses under this head at
an average of $782,290 a year: Mr. Rlackeu-
zio has decreased them at.aa average of
$490,332 a year.

The rate of interest paid on the public
debt when the Reformers took olhce was
$5.37 on the $100: it is now, only $4.04, and
the total saving of interest thus ellected on
our public debt is $051,700 a year.
LEGISLATIVE REFORMS

Mr. Alackenzie's Governmeut have given
us a general elections law, a law for the
trial of controverted elections by the Courts,
vole by ballot, a Supreme Court, laws which
give the working man the same rights as his
employer, which repress betting and pool-
selling, which m:die it criminal to carry re-
volvers and other lethal wet^pons, besides
legislation on a variety of other subjects
closely all'ecting the physical and moral
well-being of the community — not forget-
ting the Scott Temperance Act, which puis
prohibition of the liquor truUiCjin the hands
of tlie people. „^,^,,,„

SPECIMEN ECON(^{^.

In 1873 4 the Tory (lovernnieitt paid for
the management of public wqrks $2,249,213:
In 1870-7, wilh 572 miles more of railway to
operate, the Reform Government paid only
$2,353,081. ,M

In 1873-4 it cost $3,200 ppr mile to run the
public railways in tiie Lower Provinces; iu
1876-7 il cost only $2,075 per mile.

will do in
h^ uiriiinjj
leagues an
and Ids fri
form a l>el
of .seven yi
TH

The Tur
ground ihii
nali(jiial pi
anyihing,
woulil ado
Ihey WH)uli
that by lej^
be is(daled

We bav
severe c';n;
was scarce
erninent fi
under tiie i
burduiis ol
to buy in I
the dearest
seen to-da}
ness, the e
worKingiui
trade and
dent condi

Burden I
cap them i
increase th
the best ill
present coi
bors, whos
late.

The fan)
men and tl
lievewill d
right iu th(
A less IS. A I
re elected 1

To work
that end ii
Ret\)rmer.

As il is 1
voters to I
Alaeilougul
all requirei
Comiuillee

When Si
departmen
per 1,000 f
John's liiiK
lion; it no\
forms of pi
ent parlies
$10; the sii
AVhal won(
and Arkell
Sir John t(

Jer coiitiact he-
. votes liail bt'L'ii
Jovuniuient in
nil}, 1877, Ihu
Q half a iiiilliun
iialioi'.al (IcIjL
iiiittUatiuii.

ICpululllUI'U ill!

iQ nalional debi
mpiifay, !J!l,07:i,-
.^ui lu pulilii:

To llicsu Huins
>f luitiaii titlt:M
for fxpc'iist's of
rt of Appeal;
'.' ■ Weiylil.s and
ir^uHe in poutal

fov llie salaries
lUm dying days
^. I uiiil llie ill-
{uemU and we

[),m uuuvuid-

ti.

egonoiuy ihu
gagemenls hon-
Bo years Ibc to-
02,y75.

y Expenditure,
trollable, Ihey
^1,488.998. Sir
dcr this head at
r: Mr. Rlackeu-
la average of

d on tlic public
ok ollioe was
only )j;4.t»4, and
bus ellected ou
year.

ORMS

•jut have given
, law for the
i by the Courts,
urt, liiws which
me rights as his
ing and pool-
nal to carry re-
lupous, besides
: other subjects
;al and moral
ty— nut forget-
ct, which puts
tlCjiu the hands

,110111

[iieiit paid for
ir.k9)Ji-2,-J49,213:
e of railway to
nent paid only

inlle to run the
Provinces; lu
mile.

will do in tlic luluie. What can be gamed
by turning out Mr. .Mackenzie and his col-
leagues and putting Sir John A, iMacdonald
and Ills friends in their i)l icesV Will they
form a better UovernnienlV Their record
of seven years say.s Nt).

THE DUTY OF TilE HOUil,

Tlic Tuiy parly ask for support on the
ground that they would give tlio country a
luilional poiu;y. Tiiis nu'an-> — if it means
anything, which is very duubilol— that Ibiiy
would adopt a policy of more taxation; that
they wt)uld itestroy foreign eonun»;rce; and
that by legislative restrictions Canada would
be isolated from all the rest of ibu world.

We have i)assed through a jieiiod of
severe c'-inmerciul depression, when money
was scarce and credit unpaired. The (iov-
ernuient fell that the true policy to pursue
under tiie circumslHtiees was to lighte'i the
burdens of the people, and leuvu them free
to buy In the cbeapuat marketa and sell in
the dearest. The wisdou» of this policy la
seen today in the gradual revival of busi-
ness, the employment and wages given to
wori^.ingmen and urlisans, the activity of
trade and manufactures, and the iudepen
dent condiliou of the faruuLg community.

Burden the people with taxation, handi
cap them in the race of life, and you utonce
increase the dirticulty of our circumstances —
the best illustration of which we find ui the
present condition of our American neigh-
bors, whose example we arc invited to imi-
tate.

The farmers, the mechanics, the working-
men and the trades people of Elgin we be-
lieve will dowhtAthey honestly believe to be
right iu the best interests of the country, and
illfessrs. I\lacdougall and Casey will be
re elected by large majorities.

To work courageously and hopefully to
that eiul is Ihe duly of the hour for every
Ueformer.

As ii is illegal to hire teams for conveying
voters to the polls, the friends of Messrs.
Macdougall and Casey arc expected to place
all required vehicles at the disposal of their
Commitlees for Tuesday.

When Sir John was lu oUlce the public
deparlments were paying for white oak ^(jU
per 1,01)0 feel; it uow costs 4>'9. In Sir
John's lime they paid |4.ill for ordinary bar
iron; it uow costs |1.80. For some blank
forms of printed matter ihey paid to differ-
ent parlies in Sir John's time $5, ^7, $8 and
$10; the same forms are now got for i^i.lS.
What wonder, then, that men like Wallace
and Arkell are anxious about the rytuni of
Sir John to ollicc! '

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1NTKUKST8.

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wrrii THE States.

StOPPAOE ok liUM-

iikutuauk.

IIiohTaxeb.

Deau Food and
Fuel.

DeauP urniture
AND Tools.

The Capitalist en-

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The poor M.\n

cuuauED.

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