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TERMS :-61.50 PR Nu.OUR TOWN AND OOTNTY PIRST ITEE WORLD AÂIERWARDS. M. A. JAMES, Pdio NEwSctE.BOWMANVILLE, ONTAR.IO, WEDNESDAY, JUJNE 19, 1901. VOLUMEXVINo25 ALL ABOUT ~~lt It goes without saying that COUCH, JOHNSTON & GRY- t DERMAN have now in stock the finest selection of Carpets 'of ail Skinda ever shown in town.e Union Carpets from 25e up t0 50e Linoleums *. Two-ply Carpets fromn 60e up to 85e SExtra super three-piy Wool $1,00 From 40c to 55c per square yd. STapestry Carpets 40e up to 75c SBrussels4 Car-pets 75c. up to $1,250 # Velvet anýd Axminster $1l to $1,40 Lc0uran # Art squares ... NEWEST DESIGNS-A big In Wool aii ULnioni--in ail sizes. assortment at ail prices We buy these goods direct from the makers-both foreign ti Sand domestic-and guarantee our prices for the samie class of goods to be as low as, if not lower, than any house in Canada. 3ow IAN VILLE.L &mto li aaamefflon M~ust : ye1 II We are offering you the largest assortment of Chairs and ~ IRo.,.rsfor your verandah, lawn and summer cottage ever joeedbefore, We have 80 lleclining' Chairs that 'we are f I o,îng to clear at a Special Price of $1.10. Ask to sec thent. IITfley are the most comfortable Chair you ever sat in. Don't - bity until youý have tried one.I =M. D. WTLLTAMS 'à SON. F. Undertaking receives prompt and perQonal attention. BowMANVILLE. ~.In h a y s Yo The Highest Wages Secures Vour Services. But doýýs themn wlio seils you,ý goods with, the least profit upon secure you.r patrontage? Ask Yourself the question and you will reizetht to realily obtaiin the hightest wages you must buy in the best See the Point? N If you1 do that "pointer" will"pit youst it to T. N. RICKARD'S, where tthsvery tinte you can buy Genuine _ American Watches such, as you will be - proud to carry and own, for Iess money than you ever heard of before for the samne goods. Thev are the VERY IEST at the same prices to ail froin Moniday miornîno' to Saturday il ght sologas fhe prtesent stoc-k lasts, BOWMAE VILLE, BINDIER TWINE SEASON 0F 1901. "FARME.S' SPECIAL" binder twlne snp- piid to Farmers Ouly at 5c per lb. intwr, hnshei cotton, 1 6-z. grain bags, bound with two rope snap haters and weighiîng 60 lbs. escli, length over 500 feet per pound, quality sud length nraranteefi. Cash with orders, purchaser pays reght. Address orders J. T. GILMOUR, Warden Central Prisain, Torcnto. Further varticulars afidress JAMES NOXON, Inspectar, Parliament Bmilflings, Toronto. ....... 1Toronto, June Sth, il0 J. R. S8RIATTON, Provincial Secretary, Dol. 25-sw THE HARM ONY MALE QUARTETTE. BOWMANVILLE, ONT. F. H.-FROS-,ý First Tenori A. E. MoLAUGHirN, Second Tenor, H. J. KNIGHIT, Flirs Bass, T. E. HIGGINBO0TIIAM, Second Bass, CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS. Address all corre8pondence to T. E. HIiGIý,BOTHAM, Sec., Bowmanville. 16-6m .OUR.. Sum mer Sho Off ers a 8DI6endid opprtunity for teachers and others to deve op Increased earning power at a limited expense of time and money, Write us about it, OUJBR EGULAR WORK Continues right along f rom month to month. Students entering in June or July finish a course in the fali when many are just enter- ing. We have no vacations. We do> thorougb work every snonth in the year and aretconstantly sending out young people luto gond positions. Cen tral1 Business College, TORONTO. W. H. SHAW, Principal. J110. S. Ru.ndie. x x x X Jinvite you to eall and inspeet O u r Cossitt 'iRoot Scuffiers, Palmerston and Brantford Carrnages, Flury's three-horse Plow and Wheel- l)arrows, Ma,,chine Oul, Nead's Foot, Castor Oul andl Me- Cormick Binder-Twine. -o-o-o- g' East EEd Harness, Impemen and Carniage ELmpjoriuni5 Watchmaker, Optician and J,,eîîj>. Corner Store, Opposite T, Tod's. WEST DURHIAM ELECTION. VOIDnn ON BRiBERY AND (Coanur'rîox, Now tiat the smoke and. din over thE conflict in connection With the Wesi Durham election for the fqse of Com. mous bas passed, it seems fitting that a full report of the case which led up to the contest should bc placed before the public, that both parties nsay i-ead anc eai-a, Many of the newspape-s, very încorrectly informod, unde,,rtook to pasi strictures upon the proceed;ings. Know. ing that the case was sôj dcwe i- fi-ained froni offering an>' det alied state ment, and we would ýsuppose ,thkat the rosuit must have led *to,-e who didl speak, to thiuk that tboy were basty at least. The case became w'11 knowvn lu reason of its connection with what, is callod an *"irregular deposit," under which noisher candidate wvas seated and the constitueîîcv remaiued inrepresent- ed at the last session of the Dominion Parliamenc. As a matter offac3tt4is point was at no tm eit upon or thought to be of arîy special moeilt ini the pro"ýeediDgs, Before this ai-ose and came to the publie knwege h ead- ors of the Liberal party in WVcst 1)uïlam had reason to believe that wholesale corruption was pi-ev alling, an Ld that the Couservative party had miado u ip their minds to dro.wn ail ideas of reason and right and decency to defeatf the Lib- eral candidate. We do flot remember of any contost where the desperate acts of desperate mon wereý so prominnt h i8 truc that the irregular deposît was taken advaittago of, as any careful litigant would take evory avnae sihon ma king up bis mird to fight the case, but at no time did the Liberal' party ever dream of proseuting this as a foremost rea4on for the annulmeut of the election wih hald taken place, The issue dates back as far as 1894, when Mr. C. Jonas, Thntoni was a trustod momber of the Li'beral partv, urominent in its rauks and counusel andi holding office under il. No one ,vith a Ikuowlodge of the factî ca deny is zeal and ardo- in advIýacIng te Dibeoral principles. Dspoitdat tho timo, in having his mbtinset aside, in inucing the Libeî& ý,par ty to taru down its oid trustecd frie ,l hI lt WV. T. Locknart and giviuig -hie nmn- alion to him (Tho-n ton) lie sulî ked in his oent an d, for tho fi-rst time in ý he history of the Liberal part>', did not -,U(e an en- ergetie support. lHe srng urgod bhat bc ho alluwed tu ai-n awhoLiberal nterests lest misfortune,-, as ho statedl it, would follow, but the Liberals feit that bohy had to ho loyal to their ol)d friend, Mr. Loclzhai-t, and ai bis -Keqtest i-e- îominatod hlm. Owing 10 fthe luke- warmness of some of his findand the Iisapvointment of wbicb we have spoken se was defeated,. but ho w vvent down vith honor, and no man of theý Libei-al party was ashamedof thereut The electin contest in 1890 followed, whlen Mi-. Thornton placed himsielf la ho field as a Third, Party candidatel al ongside of Mi-. Iobt, Beith re;present ing tho Liberal party andM. avid F. ai t. ti i. Trhe gyptia wmn oksgea, overburdenedand yet te .7bscl br.. dens She carm-es will flot conmpare with thse burdens borne by imany an Amnerican woman,. lileres ano burden lilce theý bur- den of di.3case. Tie womlau WLiO Sufer fr o niinfa atn or u1cerationi, bear- backr and nervons- s- nese,bears a burden -which cnilishecler very life. j ciould k1ow hat Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes, weak -.womn s trong anild s i ck omëU welI, It cures the wonanly diiseases which cawse wea- nefla ad fecelness., ý-.Èe It quiets tie nerves, cures the ~aching baci andtro ig 'idad giveS strenIgth for wifely cares and 2materniai duties. "Whcnýii 1first wrott to you rT was in -a bad condition, and liad alinvat givenup" says Mrs. Bella Soidler, of Wilkeîville, Vinitoni Co', Ohio. «J was Suiffering frorn female tri,,i, oýf the ,worst kind; 1 co1ult rat anytlî,mnr witbhout suffering great distress; throat h-urt tue by spels; was ne2rvous and weak, jaiiad nmb liands and armes, heart trouble, pains ail tiirouigh rny body auid aqçhng head and neck, it seemed tat 1 could ont work at ail. I go. Dr. Pierce's amd.ie udtook it as dcir-ected, adtiefirst wkitl begani to help me. 1 tooic t hree b'o ttes and am 1iadta Say that It dîd imç more o than al the tilr medicine 1 eve tLLook. I feel better tha I ave f or years."> Dr. Pi"eic's Medical Adyiser, in paper covers, is sent free on receîpt 0f p- one- Cent stLam-'ps to ay expense- of custoisÏ and -alig ny1, or if clnth 1boýund vol- ume is desired, send 5o tmp.Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. statemnent that ho had kuowlodge of the transaction, and for the fi-st time, lu the Ieid -Mitchell election, ho transfoi-red bis weight to the Conservativo partv. IL would naturally be supposed that ahl right-thinking' mon would denounce this cale and bai-toi- of piinciples. None of the questions which divide the great political parties into the two, camps onatered mb bihs consideration, Mi-. Thornton vlrtually said ho' had no principles, And was prepared to, make principles t osuit the position in which after this3 conduct of course h1eld hlm in noecsteem whatever, lie who had always bee2n a gFreat profesýsor of tempoenice principleis, and religlous principles, and 0f Liberal principi es, who was born and raised under these piinciples, with easy manner shook, them off, and went to the other side. The result of the conbest was that Mi-. W. ILý Reid was elected. Within a few weeks of the election, and lu 1898, the conservative party carried ont, Ibis coirupt bai-gain by meeting in Convention, with Mr. D. Y. Walsh in the chai-, andi on the nomina- tion of Cornelius Osborne of the, Inde- pendent party, secondeti by S. C. Fifflier, 'M. D., ofthe Conservabive party, Mr. Jonas Thoruton received the nomination andi the barffain was welded. Under Ibis airangement the eloction of 1901 went on with Mi-. Robt. ýBeith as thn candidate for the Liberal party and Mr-. Thoruton as the candidate for the Con- sei-vative party. What appoared bo us as the most diga eful ampaign thiat ove r w&s put uip in W'ýest Durhamn started. There were nýo cea- ntdi-- isions- ktwas a case of beat the Liberal candidateno matter ho w. Ticauvass was conductetion similai-linos, Again and again we wore told that Mi-. Thornton would stato lte Conserva tives that ho was a Conservative in reply to questions wvheit ho was canvas-, siug, to the Lîborals ;ho would say ho:, was as zood a Liberal as auv of themn, and « to the ind(op-enidetLs holoie tell that he waýs neither, that ho -was! stilî a Patron, stli 1indopendeut. Thus it ivas imi-possible te catch hlm or hold hlm. IL was a natural sequence of events, but on., not rnndcrstood by overy bod, or th0y conld not have acted as they Ydid Acts of briberv and corrup- tion wero reported 10 the Lîbieral lead- ers, antiivd igicîdicoeithat thev wore io iie 3riiiumr, t-hat they were- realitios,,' Mi-. Thornton's petition came before the Courts, which decideti at once that the monits of the case.coulti not be in- vestirated under such a petitior', anti that it must await the trial of the Liberal petition. wbich was properly entereti, and uncier sihich ail issues could ho ai-- i-angod,- including the cdaim unter which Mi-. Tiuoruton basod bis elaim, Tho Liberal petition set up as a matter of dotait the invalidity of the lomnination, aind of ailegod cori-upt practicos perpot- rated by and on bebalf of Mi-. Thornion, W'ýith panie strieken excitemont the maxiagers of the Thot-aton potition sought to avoid the Libei-al petition and resortad tb ever>' meaus known to thein to gel away fromn invesLL.tiga'i nto their corrupt acts. They book the objection that the corrupt acis of i-. Thoi'ntoa anti bis agentps could not bo! oqred- into, that ho was not a member adtereèfore coui not be attacketi. This seemnedti beb puerile, andMi-. Justice Strejet lu the fi-st instance per- emptorily disclaimeti against snch'a view, and said that il Mr. Thorabon had obtineti bis majority b>' impropor ncts he shoulti not gel the seat, andi decided that the petition-was pi-opeîr anti regtar. Hopiîng and trusting that the Sup- i-orneCourt, whicb had been the pitfal of man>' a Liberal litigant la,,p ro nous times, would rescue Mr-. ThorntoIn [rom his, dangerons position, il was appeated 10, but even the Supreme Pnge,!tih out catigupn' h supres of the Liboral potition, saidthatthe whoto q1u)estion was open, and practicaît' saiti that the means by which the majorit>' for Mr' Thoi-ntou hati been obiaiued shoulti ho investigzîteti The date of tho trial was flxed, anti June 71h, saw the parties facing eacb other bof ore the Eteclion Court ai Cobourg, presitiod over b)v their Lordsbips Chief Justice Falcon.rbiidge and Mi-. Justice Street, The Lib,ýerals at once weont mb busi ness anti prosenteti their charg1es ofi corrupt practice. The>' did this at the1 Initial stage. It shouilti ho ,statetitd iii election trialsý particularsï of evory cor-upt act muet bc given to the opposi;te, pas-ty ton davs before the trial. So 28 charg7es were 1tiolivored on t1iI in1stance, and. on lime, and 2 charge,- wcefiloti 3 davs later, anti wei-o allow- ot i ipon application, b.y the Justices. 'Ne, somoitime before tho trial,intimateti that thec leaders of the Cousei-vativre partY wero going to ho attacked as participants, and we fluti thal 5 corrupt sets wore3 charged against Mi-. David F.,Wailh of Oi-ono, 3 againel Solomfon C, Htiffior, MN D , of Bowmanvillo, 8 agiinoe Witliam Gerrie of Orono, whvio it was supposeti cofflt ho shown o10 ho olv -tleebol,ý of Walsh, 3 against JohnDav of Loskard, b1 agaiust Jas, and wlîheanenom the towun hall, anti abo)Ut opposiùte the shop of Mi-, Walsh, asked him if ho would not. tako something anud vote for Mi.Thorntoiu, ea the samne time puttina-his baud mb tohis pocket andi puliing Ont a $5;billand griving il 10 bu. If response 10 the question Of '"what i itfcrl"' Gerrie said "10o vote foi-Thora- ton," Thoreply came "le that al you are paYiug for votes?" which brought ouI the question. from Gerrie "lis not that enougit' h?" andtho aaswei- "No, I shonld tiukà a vote would ho worth more than $5 lib tis eloction", where- upon Gerrie said "y-ou stay-hore a minute until I get some cha.nge," an&i weni straight acrose tho s treet, which would be la the direction or the shop of ?t4r. Waisýh, and in a inu,,te or two came back anti handod 2 ilâwhch turued o1totbeh a $2 anid a $1 bihi, bo Woodward and said "Now yVou g'o Up and toll yutaho o o 10 ed, that I am comuing up tp see hîmu, I have seine monoy for him." Frank Wood- ward thon weut -home and told his fathler, Jesse Woodward, that, Gerrie had told hlm te sav that ho was coming up 10 800 him, and for hîm flot teogo bed as ha was goiug te give hlm somo mon-, ev. Jesse Woodward stabed that Frank Woodward came to his homo anti de. livereti the Ger-ie message, anti a short time aftei-wards Gerrie cama in andi gave hlm, afler a 11111e lime, $5 tb vote for- Mr. Thornton. Mrs. Woodward, a most estimable otti lady, statod that sho heart ieri son Fr-ank delivor the Gorrie. message, but did flot bear any conver- sation between lier husband and Gei-rie, as she purposely absentet bei-self, but before Gai-rie went away ho gave biei-a dollar-, saying "Here, mother, is a pi-osent for you," Gerrie ýwent mb to box anti deniect thie Fr-ank Woodward storv la ils on- tetand denied the Jesse Woodward stoi-y in sO far as itj relabed 10 his having given hlm $5, but hoi admitteti the giv- img oif thedollar bo i-s.Woodward. lie mïade si-V à hbcdin' liC box anid wo e'ethe reader notheCotum1en1tS of theiýr Lrsip pnthis point iii the dollr MmWoodwardi, atn t, firsi, tha il dwas for somi3 cider thýat lha buh.On1bo0ing aý,sket i ifho bad _1ever calleti ri, or taken il awa, ýho said fe, exýcepting 10 g el onte drinik the oxt day. on bigprosýsed ho cou1jilreýtiup tho .yarnta rs dard did not wish er huband drink tho cidor, andi ho bad givon bher the dolîhi- Ici tthe ocldmahave bis on cider 10 drinik, charges is as olow CHIEr u'inFLCNRG:Wî roference ho cags5ant 1,I rno bhc opinion r1that -1the agency ofGerrieý (CantinuecionLai'M g. E E 1 - llvevv 1- :2 Wlhrepresenting the Conservative O ti o. L m td party. 1Re had to suifer the ignominy Lake n a c Navigation G .,L m t d of being so singularly unpopular and 80 1 out oi touci with the sympathies of the e electorate, that lie failed te save hic de- FIR.T GANID EXCURSION ;t posit, only receiving a mere handful cf-TO0- t- votes,. Desperation and annoyance then ff 1 aseem te have taken possession of Mr TH PAN-IIM RfflN, UF A ON.1 o Thoraton, and, at the next election in e1898, for the Local Legisiature, the -B Y d astoundîng, diagraceful and corrupt S .A ~ I BnII Di TlTTTDlrîu f yarrangement was entered into of which S.S. fGLE N I TElRNIUF&IUII'L IIRUI GO- swe have heard soeniuch. Mr- Thornton O-0N- *elaimed to be of the party of Independ- î_ents, which ho swore was an offshoot of,W E ND YJE 2G h and contt-olled by the Patron organiza U N 2n -h tien of West Durham His party made *a proposition to the Liberals, which, Steame*r leaves Newcastle .................6.00 a. m. teveryoné knew was in the inte3rests ofl Bowmanville ..............6.30 a. m. 7 Mr T hornton alone, by which this lu - Ohw.........731. 3depeudent or Patron party would transOsaa....t............130 .,m rfer their weight ta the Liberal party, if Wïhitby .........................8.15 a, M. the Liberal party would agree to trans- Arriving at the Exhibition Grounds at 12.30 p. m. fer their strength andorganization te Returning leaves " " at 8.00 p. m. LelectIig hlm at. their next Dom inion W 7-j hours in Buffalo. ielection. We speak advisedly whe(nmwe Return Fare. Aduits $1,75; Childen 90e. say eleet him,Mi-. Thoruton, because ttrom acm oato. Mas evda althougýhthe offer did not pointedly Amnple Saeom acm oain el evda mention his naine, andi only ref erred to reasonable prices. For further particulars. see large bis or a candidate front among the Iudepend- apply tu B. R. H-EPBURN, ents, it meant hlm and hum alone. The H. CANN, Agent. General Agent,. Lîberal party believedl that such a bar- A, W. HEPBU-RN, Manager, Geddes Wharf. Toronto, gain was beneath their consideration, that it wasdisgraceful and contemptible Pictoin. Telephone main 1075. and also corrupt; it believed that me, who, without principle at their back. The election was held, and it was de Brown of Clar-ke, 1i against Albert J, admitted they had no principles, except. cided fromn facts thien known that a pro-, Staplos ot Clar-ke, against Augus ing the gratification of the ambition of test must follow, to show up the whole Staîker of Clarke, and 2 against George an individual, that that individual position of aifairs through the Courts. Davidsoni of Clar-ke, and 3. otiers of The irregular paymlent of the deposit, minor imp ortance. could transfer hit3 principles to the'Lib- which a candidate is supposed tn pla ce eral party, and give it support or could wi th bis nomination papers, was a cii- Tocagswr rsne ncn as readily do the opposite. The Liberal cnmstance not to be thi-own away, but neTiw c hare e rruptresntdin bon- pa uyinWest Durham, self-i-espectin- to be taken advantage of mw1th the i-est. ene te wîth the cnt baginabveg mat pg The reruit of the election showving that Caref sined ou de wih tha alege meu,could nlot stand the proposition,and a small majority had been obitained In th ad th ed e son wiThorte autho- r7efnsed itperemptorily. The Independ. the iRiding for Mi-. Thorntonl, plans it wand knldgeofMi-. Thntowho h eut party thon made the samne proposi- were laid and this irregnlarity was. as 4Ptoswr ectdt ersn tien to the Conservative partu, whose stated,,taken advantage of with the 4ha Par ntoereset to represent rest, because it was believed that Mr~.tht rt in th notitiod , ý ns rwhicli leaders not beîng possessed of the flner Thornton had no right ever to have theo twa erie ummt eo;, i d under wich- ideas of hon,.r and principle, readily seat, as ho had b ' vbis acts, and the acts tien of Mr Thornton wnl take place, accepted it, swallowed it ini ls entirety of his agents, ' raiqgressed the laws of Tw ftecagsagntas n and to use the words of oue of the lead- othrelCune whieh cnd egl f hecaresaaistGrrie were tried in- lights, "We conld not let a good o rprytk h et together, and we pi-opoc, >cto give short- * 1>' the result of the evidtiuce, with the tlhing likie that pass by." The riest is With cool bravado, Mr-. Thoraton'J'ustices ;remarks on sante(. knýowon. The ,details of it, however, are filed a petition in the election Curts CHrAýRES 5 AND 10i Gnuaiu. thtteConser-vatives accýepted teaa'11h eurigofie t, ,t1 proposition, agreed fin conveion to hv sefdcaedtemnber not Teere(cags itWilliair appin fur o epeset her prt, akini-a . ý,Beith ia party, Lto gf ive im \Grrieofrono had corrpVItiy paid to anl opportiity of rep!ýiyid(oing ese.oowad151o Q fr i- th Pb latrous to slect four to rpreen im, but plaeingca. man asrsonet aîo- itnad $8 to eFrank Wooward to thiem.i Conventýîins o a ries were who could nogt doothe tan subm11it wvote for lho.rnton. ,The vieno a held, and representatives aqprointedl himnself toý the CouJrt, andcoe ntbyt'-Wlr ad made a- corrnpt offer to( andth>' etlu ltti cunty avenreason of such an act forcefully oprpose the Wondwards, and had stated to theS- theoclaim. The usual rnetition was thon ta sh a ne upco fhvn and crystalized their corrupt and infani- flled on behaîf of the Liberai party te paid moneys corruptl *y at the previens ous agreement Into writing. carry ont their original intention, and election ho dîd not w'ish tto bo caught Mr. Thor-n ' ton asmaapart3r îimself.himselfhand anothr partywould, inter- This was don@, with the approval of that justice could be doue by the Courts bofore the election Gerrie met Frank' in the whole transaction, and no haîf- Woodward on the stroct, asked him te Mi-. Thornton. Ilo says ini his sworu a measure meeted out. wa!k dowu to-wn with him, whieh ho did.