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Ill To the Editor of Th : Watchman-Wander SlR,-â€"I am not a county councillor. I do not aspire to any such pretentious importance, still I have some ideas of propriety and decency which do not seem to have penetrated the cranium: of our county legislators. One of these occurred to me on visiting the county council chamber when my attention was directed to a galaxy of beauty representing the wardens. 1 especially noticed Staples, McKee, Runeeil and others who had join- ed the greet maj anty. These (in living in} The Pictures at the Court House Of course in installing the plant, ample time should be taken to investigate the relative cost of transmission power and steam in connection with our own water- works. Then there is the Meriden Hydro. Carbon light such as was exhibited here a few weeks ago, which does not require motive power. I think the council should have no hesitation in accepting this com- pany's ofl‘er for 40 or more 1500 c.p. lights for one year at $30 a year; or if the L. H. P. company will agree to give 100 or 150 incandescent lights for one year at $8 each, I would prefer trying the ex- periment. Either of these plans will, I have no doubt. give us as satifactory ser- vice as we have had for the past five years. One hundred and fifty lights will place one at nearly ewry street intersection in the town, and I have no doubt will light the town as well as 40 are lamps. No matter what the agreement is, it should‘ not exceed a year, which will give a fair‘ trial without any risk and enable the council to mature their plans and if neces- sary submit a by-law next J anuary.â€" Yours truly, R. SMY'I‘H. Lindsay, Jan. 30.h. p W Coxsmwmrvn NEWSPAPER. Pt Wt THURSDAY Home AT 115 AND 117 Kat-er” IJNIBAY, Om. Sm,â€"The freedom with which the views of citizens on this subject are being expressed. it should, and I have no doubt will be, a help to the council in determin- ing the proper course to pursue. In View of the almost unanimous approval of. the ratepayers expressed at the poll in favor of the municipality’s owning and operat- ng its own lighting plant, I think that a. contract with any company on any terms entirely out of the question and could and should be stopped by an injunction from the court. ' Not only has the council wronged the morale by ignoring their verdict, and by entrusting the question to a recreant committee. but it has thrown away the advantage both the committee’s report and the people’s vote might have given it in the negotiations it seems determined to carry on with the company. Both these should have been to present a formidable alternative to company lighting. Armed with th's expert testimony regarding a town plant, and the people’s verdict in favor of putting it in. council WON RATESâ€"In advance 75 cents; at end of year $1.00» M clubbing arrangements with leading Canadian papers. ClRCULATION.â€"THE WATCHMAN-WARDER'S circulation is 5,000, of which “oocopies go within trading distance of the town. As on no other municipal question in the historv of the town, the indignation of the people has been roused by the contempt with which council has treated their mandate on the ligating question. And never was wrath more righteous. Here is acouncil half of whom were leading members of that which asked the people to express their opinion, and the other halt, men newly chosen by the people to execute their will, and at the first opportunity, members who asked the public to decide, flout their ver dict as “ only an opinion,” while the chief of the new mem- bers declares himself opposed to the people who elected him ; and not a man of the whole council protests against a proposition directly hostile to that demanded by the people. These are the sort of representatives that have hitherto goaded the democracy to violent measures. Putting the question back into the hands of the old committee was an unpardonable affront to the people, and, tar two reasons. First : The people had directed another; course. Second: that committee had proved itself un-‘ worthy of further confidence on that subject. For six months it had been granted the utmost secrecy and all the money necessary to make the fullest investigation of the lighting question. During that time, without pub‘ic criti- cism and at considerable expense, this committee carried on its work. The people gave it the most implicit confi- dence. While it was working they asked no questions about methods, procress or expense. In its own time the committee made public its report. The people were grateful for its important services. The report cited the _. ________ I I:~Lo:n~ ant-1 slubunu. IV. C" --â€"_r__--c facts concerning company and municipal lighting, and strongly advised the town to put in its own plant It sup- ported that advice at length. with arguments. The people trusted the committee, and when asked to express their opinion, voted according to their committee’s advice. No sooner had they done so than that committee turned round and declared the people did not know enough about the question to vote intelligently, that the plant could not be put in for what its report said it could, charged the people with sinister motives in voting as they did, and condemned municipal lighting altogether I Has such a committee any further right to public confidence? Its worst offender is its chairman, Mr. Kylie, who in the time he has been in that position has been on every side of the lighting ques- tion and now denounces every important recommendation of the report that he not long ago presented to the people. Mr. Kylie sits on that committee as one of the people’s representatives He does not represent the people at all, and it he realized his positron he would resign at once. The whole committee could not do a more becoming thing than to do the same. The facts concerning a muni cipat plant, that led them to report strongly in its favor a few weeks ago are the same now as they were then. They were obtained by expert testimony at no small cost. If they were not all made known at that time the committee deceived the people then; if they were, they are deceiving them now. By vigorously holding directly opposite opin- ions on the same data within so short: a time. the com- mittee has forfeited all claim to public confidence, and by again putting the matter into its charge, .the council has ofiered an insult to the electorate. ' WHERE THE PUBLIC GIVES ITS OPINION To the Editor of theWatchman-Warder The Lightmg Problem THE WATCHMAN-WARDER THE PEOPLE MUST WIN Greatest ram {all in one day 0.05 Thuxsday Rain fell on I day. Greatest fail of snow in an: day 1.0 Thuasday Snow tell on 2 days Tum rain {all and melted snow 0 31. Januizy 261b, Igol. The week Highest................39 50 Monday Lowest.“ ...... .. ...... 14.90 Sunday Warmest day, mean of... 30.25 Monday Coldest "" 4 85 Saturday thought most appropriate, and I think their lives should be kept ever green in our memory. I noticed others, young. hearty. vigorous, still living, whose pic- tures, I thought, should not be there. I ask you, Mr. Editor, I ask the electorate, it it would not appear in better taste, it it would not appear more seemly, for those who are still living to possess their souls in patience until the admiring friends and successors remembered them? Why should these men ask the public to run chances on their future reputations? Why should they vote our money to their self-glorification? Why should they ap- pear on these walls at our expense as they are today, and not as others at the time of their leaving us? Why place their suc- cessors in the position of having to dupli- cate their pictures to secure uniformity? If it pleases these gentlemen to sit under their portraits and gaze in. self-admiration â€"truly an innocent simple pleasure-still they should not be so entirely happy when they think that by their own Votes they took the public money to perpetuate their sunny smiles. In all seriousness 1 would ‘ appeal to their self-respect as gentlemen 1 representing an intelligent electorate to stop this egotistical parade. Let those I who are living and who wish to be on this art exhibit, at least take the money out or ; their own pockets, or allow their many ; virtues to be commemorated by those who may admire and follow them. I hope that the present warden, whom I greatly respect, will at least have the sense ct proprietv and decency to object to this “hanging" until a more fitting time shall arrive. and when the acclaim of the pub- lic shall be a post mortem tribute.â€"I am, yours truly, P. PALMER. BURROWS. the history of this section of country I PRICIPITATIONS IN INCHES. The Weather [From the [An-Iv 0W] TEMPERATURE. ending Stands! night '0 CONGRATULATIONS to Warden Graham. He is a capable officer. A PUBLIC proclamation declares Saturday a holiday, and announces that the market and other places of busi- ness will be closed. It appears there is a disposition on the part of some concerns to keep open during part of the day at least. It may be devoutly hoped that none of them will act upon it. The people of Lindsay have been wont to protest their loyalty and devotion to Queen Victoria. For these professions to be stamped as burlesque and humbug by business men who pilfer part of the day of her burial for traffic and gain would, be an ofl'ence against propriety and public sentiment, whose penalty, in the long run, would far outweigh the cash value {of the desecat ion. We must not be practical to the point of coarseness, nor commercial to the verge of brutality. Let every place of business be closed. In Toronto the hotel men have set ours an example. Let us decorate our places of business, let the bells toll, and with every mark of respect, let us gather at the graveside of our departed sovereign. could have confronted the company with an effective ultii- matum. But in their haste to commit themselves to the policy condemned by the people, aldermen osten‘tatiOtIsly' proclaimed the expert opinion nonsense and the popular verdict a trifle. Thus they foolishly threw away their last lever with the company. Such an innocent body of legis- lators should be glad to have the direction of a papular vote. There is only one course that the council has any right to follow. That is the we indicated by .the people. To ignore such an expression of popular sentiment would tend to demoralize the confidence that electors should have in the men that represent them. The mayor says he is per- sonally opposed to municrpal lighting. Very well; does he wish his individual opinion to prevail against that of the per ple’l After the first vote on the House of Refuge, members of the county council who strongly favored its erection refused to support it, because it had been rejected by the people they represented. That is the spirit of popu. lar government. Anything else is a form of despotic tyranny to which no British community can submit. Ald. Robson wants the advice of leading citizens. Why not follow the 'advice of the citizens as indicated in the vote. Whom does he place above that? This crisis is acute. The council’s action is causing unfavorable comment in and far beyond the town and unless it retraces its steps, its irregular conduct will speedily hing both itself and the town into regrettable discredit. THE FIRST report of the water commissioners has been referred to the town council. It is an initial but powerful justification of the town’s course in buying the works; not only because it indicates a surplus for the past six months at the rate of nearly $2 000 a yearâ€"almost two thirds of the hydrant rental formerly paid the companyâ€"but because four new hydrants have been added without increase at the rental. This showing is proof that the town bought a good property. But that is not all. N 0 one who has not attended the sessrons of the commissioners has any idea of the energy and skill brought to bear upon the management of the works by that body. Messrs. McNeillie, F lavelle, Brady, the Mayorâ€"to these men the town is under heavy obligation. The business ability, keen insight and vigor- ous despatch of these gentlemen, is an object lesson for any board of management in the province. They are potently reinforced by Secretary Hopkins, whose full infor- mation and unusual grasp of detail is of untold value to the commissioners. In addition to that is the excellence of his work as secretary. The vast amount of that work and the skill with which he performs it, will be only par- tially perceived by the public when the report is published. To our readers it will need no higher credential than the remark of Mr. McNeillie in Mr. Hopkins’ absence, that he had never seen such duties better done. We wish to con- gratulate the citizens on the management they have secured for their most valuable property. snow 0 3 ; Tamas Bun. EDITORIAL NOTES H0323; hve weight, perrcwtu Hogs, dressed, per owl: ...... Hay. per ton. ................ gut}, Egg-)5 ................. Buckwheat .............. Barley, per bushel... .. .. . Rye ...................... Outs“ .................... Peas, small .............. Peas, Mummies .......... Peas, Blue. .............. Blackeyepeas ........ l. . . . Potatoes, per bag.. .......... 0 25 to 0 30 E31} ‘Elgeat per bushel. . . Spring Wheaiu per bushel. Goose Wheat per bushel" E3719 W_1_1_e§t'per bushel . that explanation. the Tribune says that he "has proved during his bank- ing career that he is one of the brightest young bankers, as well as one of the hardest workers in the west. He has made a large contribu- tion to the growth and development of the institution Since his connection with it, having been a most Valuable assistant to President (Him-an. His experience, energy and abilities will add much to the equipment. of the reorganized institution. lie is a. genâ€" tleman and a. success.” a. position as cashier of the Iowa. State National bank has had anoth- er stroke of good luck in connection with his business. A couple of weeks ago the Iowa National ab- sorbed another prominent bank of of the state and the two together under the name of the former consti- tute a leading monetary institution. Mr. McHugh is cashier of the combin- ed conceen. Speaking of him the Souix City Tribune says that before he came to dwell among its subscribâ€" ers he was “living in a. little town in Ontario.” Through opening a let- ter intended for his munesuke Hon. John McHugh of Iowa. who was visâ€" iting in Lindsay he was brought into relations with the distinguished Ain- ericanâ€"who by the way was a. brother of Senator McHughâ€"and ‘asi a. result of that meeting "Jack” securâ€"i ed his position in the bank. Besides Success of a. Former Lindsayite Mr. “Jack" Mollugh whu for some years was mnployed in the L'l‘Jl. 0fâ€" Iiccs lwre but who afterwards socun-d The Lindsay Markets THE WATOHMAN-WARBEB: LINDSAY. ONT. COABSE GRAIN. mwum$$wm 00000000 mmmmwwmw wmmmfiflmm 00000000 m 0000 mmmm mwmw 0000 W-md’s Phasphodme is sold in Lindsav by E. 0mg «y. Morgan Bros , A. Higinbctham J“ 5. Paris, druggists. ‘ tonns of Sexual Weakness, an effects of abuse or excess, Mental Worry. Excessive use of To- bacco. Opium or Stimulants. Mailed on receipt of price, one gash-Re 81. six. :5. One will puma. siswidlcure. amphlets free to an address. The Wood Company. W dsor, Ont- m. g Wood‘s Phosphodine, Thousands of testimonials from those who have been permanent- ly cured by the use of Burdock Blood Bitters speak of its unfail- ing efficacy in Dyspepsia, Bilious- ness, Sick Headache, Liver Com- plaint, Eczema, Erysipelas, Scro- fula, Sores, Ulcers, 30118, Pimples, Hives, Ringworms, and all blood humors. If you want to be cured to stay cured, use only 8.3. B. Arrive It Llnday Lave Linday..-...1..r..i.:. [awe Junction” . . .. ....... Arrive st 1. B. b O. Junction have Junction"; in: Arrive st Junction . . .. Arrive 3t Bancroft. .... ... The most chronic diseases of the Stomach, Liver, bowels and Blood. Ballgame whm.wm__w :50 u. Pan 0 Bothtnv....... ...... 16:. gompomudmwmwymd Pox-trams 7L Port Hope fun via Pembono Toronto [Izod v1: Lornovfllo C ares to Stay Cured 3|!!an nixed .. . . Toma” nm-O..~O._‘.~O~d Jobooonk Mixed... ............. Port Hope Expreavhl’ourboro tomato h tron: Port Hope... ...... .. 8 50 mm Poflflo from'romto............10 so un Oobooo laud ....... ...... .....m...10 10 un PortHopo lixodtmmrortfiopo po.......... 2 05 pm Montowhomlfonfigpo ...... - .......618 pm m» kkdIOCI.OUOOO--C 0--...-O-ouo 8 58 in llallxd............-_.....-.-..10 20 p.m The 11.38 m“ for Port Hope clam It the P. 0. 1: 10.30 t. m. The 8.55 ml] for Toronto do” u. 8.40. _ thllflo Ind! going north connect. with (he I. B. I 0. RV. The 2.40 p. In, north tnIn an!“ no DA“. B. B. B. “button llxod............... l'orontoh tron Portflopo PoflBope from’roronto... The Great English Remedy. Sold and recommended by all druggists incanada. 0n] reli- able medicine discove Sim next will be observed as a day of mourning in memory of Queen Victoria. All places of business, including the Market and Town Ofl‘ices will be closed throughout the day. Farmers and others will please take notice and govern them- selves accordingly. TOWN OF LINDSAY By virtue of the Procla- mation of His Worship the Mayor, - - - Saturday, 2nd Feh’y In commemoration of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, I hereby proclaim that - - - SATURDAY, 2nd day of February, 1901, being the date of her funeral, be observed by all loyal citizens as 4 day of mourning. All business places will be closed and remain closed during the day, and I call upon all citizens to loy- ally observe this my procla- mation. GEO. INGLE. PUBL FI’OGIflmaUOIl G-T.R. LOCAL TIER-TABLE DIPARTUBIB. l. B. 0. RAILWAY. G. '1'. R. SERVICE. uucoooooncno oolooouoocov coast... OIOIIIIIO0-0000CO L 8. mo. SERVICI. F, KNOWLSON, TOWN CLERK oooo-uooo-auo.'. “00"...ao-un-o-m gnu-ccnoa. no... mm Toronto........... 8 02 inn 0.0-... ..ooOOmoonou 00"... [3 NOTICE uncooooo-o-ooo.a n-gooooououooo “um-Ono...- ....._........10 40 km tucoooo-oucc‘ 51â€"5611. mm: aPPm. “mum M21... mnmmm RPFIF mwnwu “2.68 8653.11: 840;: and if you have any intention of ever buying one don’t let this oppor- tunity slip. We would like our prices compared with the departmental store priCes, they are favorable to us every time. White Goods Sale Our di5play of 1901 styles and makes of LADIES’ F [N E WHITE; WEAR is greater than anything previously attempted. The priw are lower than you would expect to find for such ELEGAN 1‘1;- TRIMMED WHITE WEAR. ‘ Remember you get an opportunity to make an early selection c" your wants, at prices you would consider cheap at the end of the seasc: instead of months previous to WHITE WEAF. SEASON. Every garment made and trimmed right up to the demand “Care. in! buyers of White Wear for the coming season. Men’s Collars, Cuffs Whit . <Dress Shirts, Unlaunderee ”9‘63 Shirts, Night Shirts, etc. etc. White Materials, White Cottons, Factory Cottons Pillow Cottons, Table Linens, White Spreads, etc. cacaooooo-o . ’ '11 -' ' 00.0-00.1 2 n.-4 >"~ We offer our thanks to the buying public for the way they bar: patronized us during the holiday season. During the coming year we intend to sell cheaper than ever and to have larger and larger r *n'vds visit our store. This week we are commencing a ms Ff! J. Sutcliffe Sons Great Watch Sale In honor of our late Sovereign, our store will be closed all day Saturday, February 2nd, 1901. Every Watch is guaranteed to give satisfaction. ordering by mail be sure and write your name address plainly. CASH, . Hughan, Jeweller and Issuer of Marriage Licenses February White Goods Sale Store open Monday, February 4th when our Annual February will commence. , Ladies’ Gowns, Corset Cove]: ‘ Underskirts, Chemises, Dm ers, Ladies’ and Children White Aprons, etc, etc Ladies’ Gold Filled fl liming C2359 Watches, guarantgefi Ladies’ Solid Siiver Waz- ches, stem wind and set. $3.00 up. Boy’s Keyless Watches, in Nickle and Gilt Cases, from $1. 00 up. Gents’ Solid Silver Case with real American move- ment, warranted and recom- mended by us, were $l0.00. reduced to $7.00. Gents’ Waltham Watchgs that were $7.50, red. to Se. M. I“!!! 3m. 193: ONE PRICE. Cl; 0!“ bd \V m l( lic (n4 Sll