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Watchman Warder (1899), 9 Apr 1903, p. 9

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FOR EVERY roams; e, Copperas, i Fluid, Catholic Acid ; Lye, (ium Camplm ie Lime, etc., etc. 4,000 Rolls Wall Paper designa, bought chap, lbe sold at a sacrifice. public. pf] od box stung DRUG STORE y residence Peel-st west. this paper before placing er. All orders for Paint- tflanging and Decorat- ceive prompt attention. . Good wig W )ER'S HOTEL, “a :1: legs, .bred by ilestoneford, W‘ , Scotland: imp 3001! cool: Ll. PAPER WANTED. .130, ‘ . 5 Fenelon. Du alter Eastex. “at” MOY N-ES, Lrus yfis‘; ‘PORTED (6052) (0'1") )1'0th, white strip6 on - w. m Jam}, D RENT.â€"An St. Paulâ€"st. at Electioneer Stallion and .stable. ANDELL. rthur House, NOON ’JS Road 5 ddy D [8 Take Notice :Iebrated Clydesdl'e 5“” . American Trotting Reg’r- KE A LIMITED SEASON. OWN STABLE, HEAR- I’IUITSE, Fenclon Fills- â€"To insure a. foal $15: to n of February, 1904- 593' KP) .\ LIMITED 51:»! nwx STABLE. ‘ HUI‘SE, Fonelon -â€".812 for insurance. SISTER has been 0” mccmsful campaigners 1' tr acks and his pedal aura demonstrated the is easily within his tenants By Antevola 7648 ones yet u an Downing 1rd ’85" "M5 Finister 0E0. MCFADDEN 2.18}, of, mm and 5‘ marked) dam by App u...“ lyto caP' They Involve the- whole Liberal Cabinet and Cover Several Misdemeanors HERE ARE Tug GAMEY CHARGES ' AS SET FORTH FOR THE TRIAL BRIBERY AND CONSPIRACY The Alleged Wrong Doings Date the From Shortly After Election of Mr. (iamey On Thursday the prosecution’s ver- sion of the Gamey charges was made known. It involves every member of the Ross cabinet and alleges a very wide range of wrong-doing. The text of it published below will be of in- terest and some will likely be glad to Heep thiseopy to refer to as the trial goes on. The full text. is as follows : I, Robert Roswell Gamay, a mem- ber of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario for the elec- toral district of Manitoulin, make the following charges under ‘the Ray- al Commission, dated the 26th day of March, 1903 :â€" 5» AL- uw-v-., â€"v v v 1. That on the ocassion oi the elections in the Province of Ontario for the Legislative Assembly of the said province, holden on the 22nd and 29th days.of May, A. D., 1902, I was a member of the political party known as the Conservative party in the Province of Ontario, and an opponent of the political party known as the Liberal party, which for some time past has con- trolled the affairs of the Province of Ontario, and as such I became‘a can- didate at the said election for the said electoral district, and was duly elected a member of the said Legisla- tive Assembly for the said electoral district. 2. That by constitutional law and ‘ usage it is necessary that a political party should have and possess the support in the Legislative Assembly aforesaid of a majority of the mem- bers of the said Legislative Assembly in order to their continuance in of- fice as a Government and members of the Executive Council of the said 1 province. 1- mL_ ”Annrn‘ DIOD- LINDSAY; TflUISDAY. APRIL 16th. I903. Bentrew) was thereby vacated, and is still vacant. 5. IntheeleCtoraldistrictofLen- no: the result of the recount in that constituency (which was concluded on or about the 8th day of July, 1902) was to declare the Conservative candidate (Mr. T. G. Carscallen) el- ected instead of the Liberal candid- ate (Mr. M. S. Madole) and the rel- ative strength of the said political Parties Was altered Winn all returns were in for 97 of the 98 electoral districts in the province to 49 de- clared supporters of the Government and 48 of the Opposition, which maâ€" jority of one on the election of the Speaker would leave the Government without a majority. 6. Under the circumstances above described the position of the Gov- ernment and the tenure of office of the Ministers thereof was most critâ€" ical and precarious, and they were left practically on the result of bye elections or the procuring of one or more of those who had been elected as members of the Opposition to change their allegiance and support to the Goveroment, or to rely on the unseating of some of the Opposition members and endeavoring to have Government supporters elected in their stead. 7. For the purpose of carrying the elections in favor of the government and procuring the continuance in of- fice of the then Executive Council, a large fund, amounting to many thousand dollars, the exact amount of which is unknown to me, was contributed by supporters of the Government and others and paid ov- er to nominees of the members of the Government to be by them expended under the direction of the members of the Government. or some or one of them, abd others in procuring the defeat of Conservative candidates or ' can- of ' the Government supportersin their stead duly and to be used if necessary in bribâ€" {lSla-l hie ver- [dde very the rters of the toral been elected as suppo hange their Conservative party to c “.md allegiance and support the Govern- .tical m cut. the 8. The tub in the preceding paraâ€" mbly 1 paragraph mentioned was collected, nemâ€"l paid over, held and disbursed for mbly the purposes aforesaid with the full n 0f'lknowledge of every member of the "'5 .Of Government and was utilized for the gala illegal purpOSeS aforesaid or some of them with the knowledge of every elec-? member of the Government and in ’I ma" order to maintain themselves in ofâ€" were fice. ‘9’.“ CHARGE or CONSPIRACY amen 9. That between the said 29th day of May and the date of the opening the session of the said Legislative mwniscmbly, to wit, the 10th day. of {vot-‘March, 1903, and at sundry times memâ€" and places, the Honorable James ’ who lRObert Stmttono ,,__ _ flnnnrnhle George 5L1; [cry and obtaining members who had ,money the said Stratton, acting for As- ‘ Provincial Secret- I W . others whose identity is at present unknown to me to perform the ser- vices connected with the preparation presentation and conduct of the said election petition. 5) Having commenced with pro- ceedings against me, in order to in- fluence me and secure my support, through the said Captain John Sul- livan, Frank J. Sullivan, and D. J. J ones, statements were made to me as to evidence which they could ad- duce at the trial of the said election petition, and for the purpose of in- timidating me, represented that the eflect of such evidence would be to unseat and disquaiify me. THE BRIBING 0F GAMEY (6) In or about the month of August, 1902, the said parties, rep- resenting the said Stratton and the members of the Government herein- before mentioned, offered to pay me the sum of three thousand dollars cash between the 3rd and 5th of September, 1902, and the further sum of two thousand dollars at the close of the first session of the said Legislative Assembly, and to obtain for me the patronage and appoint- ments to public offices in the gift or recommendation of the said Govern- ment, and also the expenditure of public money in the said electoral district from that time forward, and also to withdraw the said election petition filed against ‘me. (.7) On or about the 10th day of September, 1902, at the Parliament Building, in the City of Toronto, aforesaid, in pursuance of the said scheme, the said. Stratton acting for himself and other members of the Government, and with their know- ledge, paid, or caused to be paid. the said sum of three thousand dol- lars in money out of'said fund, and at divers times appointed persons recommended by me to places of em- olument in the administration of public affairs in the said electoral district, according to my demand. (8) Before payment of the said “You Filipinos don't know what you are missing by not wanting to become citizens' of this grand pountrg- of ours. There isn’t like it undea the sun. You ought to send a delay gation over to see us-the land of the freeâ€"land of fine churches and 40,000 licensed saloons; Biblesi, forts, and guns, houses of prostituq tion, millionaires and paupers I theologians and thieves ; libertines and liars ; politicians and poverty :‘ Christians and chain gangs ; schools and scalawags; trusts and tramps ;; money and misery ; homes and hung ger; virtue and vice; a land where you can get a good bible for fifteen cents or a bad drink of whisky ion 5 cents; where we have a man in congress with three wives and a lot‘ in the penetentiary for having two wives; where some men make sau- sage out of their wives; and some want to eat them raw; where we make bologna out of dogs, canned beef out of horses and sick cows. and: corpses out of common people who eat it; where we put a man in jail for not having the. means of sup- port, and on the rock pile for asks ing for a job of work; where we license bawdy houses and fine men for preaching Christ on the street corners; where we have a congress of 400 men to make the laws and a supreme court of nine men to set them aside; where gaod whisky makes bad men and bad men make good whisky; where newspapers are paid for suppressing the truth and made rich for teaching a lie; where professors draw their conviction from: the same place they do their salar- ies: where preachers are paid $25,- 000 a year to dodge the devil and tickle the ears of the wealthy :- where business consists of getting hold of property in any way that won't land you in the penetcntiary -, where trusts hold up and' poverty ‘holds down 2' where men vote for what they do not Want, for fear they Won't get what they do want by voting for it, where ”niggcrs" can vote and wo- men can’t; where a. girl who goes wrong is made an outcast and her flourishes as a gentle- j;himsclt' and the other members of ' the Government, procured ‘me to sign a letter addressed to the Hon. G. male partner . W. Ross, announcing my intention of man : where women wear false hair their horse's tail : ock political wireâ€"puller has patriotic statesman: hich and men (1 that where the displaced the supporting the Government of w he was the Premier, and stating 1 I had receiVed no censideration there- _ ”or. where men vote for a thingr one day (9) The said Stratton, acting for and cuss it 364 days : whore we have himself and the members of the Gov- prayers on the floor of tlu- national capitol and whisky in the collar: ’ernment, procured the withdrawal where we spend $500 to bury a status- iand dismissal on or about the 25th , , . ‘duy of October, 1902 without costs, man who 18 rich and $10 to put away of the said election petition a. working man who 15 poor : where ' to be virtuous is to be lonesome and (10) On or about the 20th day of! January, 1903, ting as aforesaid, in pursuance of the said Stratton Ito be honest is to be a crank. where ' i we sit on the. safety valve of energy ac . the said Beheme paid the sum (”land pull wide open the throttle of one thousand ddllars to me out of‘conscience ; where gold 18 SilhstanCvâ€" 1the said fund the one thing sought, for; where we ' . ME pay $10,000 for a dog and fifteen . 8th APWGA Y. cents a dozen to a poor woman l for making shirts: where we teach ONE SHOT OTHERS “URI the ‘untutored’ lndian eternal lite from the bible and kill_ him off with .‘xnsa I" AS DESULT OF LABOR [101‘ t I supporter died, and his seat worm Rentrew) was thereby vacawd, and is still vacant. 5. In the electoral district of Len- nox the result of the recount in that constituency (which was concluded on or about the 8th day of J uly, 1902) Was to declare the Conservative ative strength of the said political Parties was altered when all returns were in for 97 of the 98 electoral districts in the province to 49 de- clared supporters of the Government and 48 of the Opposition, which maâ€" jority of one on the election of the Speaker would leave the Government without a majority. “awnâ€"wvâ€" _ __ constituency \Wmvu was or about the 8th day of July, 1902) “'88 to declare the ConserVative candidate (Mr. T. G. Carscallen) el- ected instead of the Liberal candid- ate (Mr. M. S. Madole) and the rel- ative strength of the said political Parties was altered Winn all returns were in for 97 of the 98 electoral districts in the province to 49 de- clared supporters of the Government and 48 of the Opposition, which ma- jority of one on the election of the Speaker would leave the Government without a majority. 6. Under the circumstances above described the position of the Gov- ernment and the tenure of office of the Ministers thereof was most crit- ical and precarious, and they were left practically on the result of bye. elections or the procuring of one or more of those who had been elected as members of the Opposition to change their allegiance and support to the Goveroment, or to rely on the unseating of some of the Opposition members and endeavoring to have Government supporters elected in their stead. 7. For the purpose of carrying the elections in favor of the government and procuring the continuance in of- fice of the then Executive Council, a large fund, amounting to many thousand dollars, the exact amount of which is unknown to me, was contributed by supporters of the Government and others and paid ov- er to nominees of the members of the ‘Government to be by them expended under the direction of the members of the Government, or some or one of them, abd others in procuring the defeat of Conservative candidates or the unseating of Conservative can- didates elected and the election of Government supportersin their stead and to be used if necessary in brib- icry and obtaining been elected as supporters of the Iallegiance and support the Govern- ment. 8. The tub in the preceding paraâ€" :paragraph mentioned was collected, «mm mm.- hold and disbursed for members who had 1money the Conservative party to change their 5 the 5) Having commenced with pro- ceedings against me, in order to in- fluence me and secure my support, through the said Captain John Sul- livan, Frank J. Sullivan, and D. J. Jones, statements were made to me as to evidence which they could ad- duce at the trial of the said election petition, and for the purpose of in- timidating me, represented that the eflect of such evidence would be to unseat and disquaiify me. THE BRIBING 0F GAMEY (6) In or about the month of August, 1902, the said parties, rep- resenting the said Stratton and the ; members of the Government hemin- . before mentioned, ofi‘ered to pay me ; the sum of three thousand dollars cash between the 3rd and 5th of September, 1902, and the sum of two thousand dollars at the close of the first session of the said Legislative Assembly, and to obtain for me the patronage and appoint- ; ments to public offices in the gift or recommendation of the said Govern- ment, and also the expenditure of public money district from that time forward, and also to withdraw the said election petition filed againsttme. (7) On or about the 10th day of September, 1902, at the Parliament Building, in the City of Toronto, aforesaid, in pursuance of the said scheme, the said. Stratton acting for himself and other members of the Government, and with their know- ledge, paid, or caused to be paid. the said sum of three thousand dol- lars in money out of'said fund, and at divers times appointed persons recommended by me to places of em- olument in the administration of public atlairs in the said electoral district, according to my demand. (8) Before payment. of the said Stratton, acting for ,himself and the other members of Government, procured ‘me to sign a letter addressed to the Hon. G. W. Ross, announcing my intention of supporting the Government of which he was the Premier. and stating that : I had received no consideration there- further ‘ in the said electoral , said i 6. Under the circumstances above described the position of the Gov- emment and the tenure of office of the Ministers thereof was most crit- ical and. precarious, and they were left practically on the result of bye- elections or the procuring of one or more of those who had been elected as members of the Opposition to change their allegiance and support to the Goveroment, or to rely on the unseating of some of the Opposition members and endeavoring to have Government supporters elected in their stead. ‘ 8. The tub in the preceding para- ,paragraph mentioned was collected, i paid over, held and disbursed for .the purposw aforeSaid with the full 'knowledge of every member of the Government and was utilized for the illegal purposes aforesaid or some of them with the knowledge of every tmember oi the Gox’ernment and in order to maintain themselves in ofâ€" fice. 7. For the purpose of carrying the elections in favor of the government and procuring the continuance in of- fice of the then Executive Council, a large fund, amounting to many thousand dollars, the exact amount‘ of which is unknown to me, was contributed by supporters of the Government and others and paid ov- er to nominees of the members of the Government to be by them expended under the direction of the members of the Government, or some or one of them, abd others in procuring the defeat of Conservative candidates or the unseating of Conservative can- didates elected and the election of Government supportersin their stead Land to be used if necessary in brib- no-4 CHARGE OF CONSI’USA 9. That between the said 2S of May and the date of the c session of the sai_d Legislatix‘ of the said Governmcl Province; Robert A. tor for the said mi said Executive Count John Sullivan. all of of Toronto, and D. A ected as members of the saw ”:5â€" islative Assembly, to be unseated and disqualified by the judges of this province trying election cases, through evidence 0! convicts, crim- inals and others paid to give false evidence, and having filed a. petition against me and threatening to pro- ceed with the trial thereof, the said parties attempted to induce me to quit my said political party as afore- said and to cast in my lot with the said political party to which ‘belonged and which they represent- ed, and to influence me in my pro- ceedings as a member of the said Legislative Assembly by, among other means and methods. the fol- loWing 9"“- ,_ _-. - 9 bufilcd (1) By filing. or ““3”" a petition dated the 6 July, 1902' against my tion as member of the at! five Assembly. charging (2) m a“? 9‘“ °’ 1"---)‘39 be‘ liaid into Commerce 8 Commerce at. the 11th, day 0! Juli. $1,000 as security for said election petition, his part. of -tbe-~ und hereinbctorc P‘lllv-vw r _- ast in my lot with the party to WhiCh they which they rcpmsen" nflucncc me in my pro- ‘membel’ of the said Assembly by. among and methods, the ‘01‘ or causing to be filed tea the 60th day 0‘ ninst my said 919° . of the said Legisla- -|.--urina' me With (4) They also arranwd for and paid the expenses of James M. Fras- er. and A. J. Murray. of Gore Bay; and R. A. Grant of Toronto, and others whose identity is at present unknown to me to perform the ser- vices connected with the preparation presentation and conduct of the said election petition. who-e identity in et present un- known to me. to go into the said electoral duulct to forward their objects in connection with the said election petitlon. _ - strikers. but 1 red, the fact. tr ville company ‘ civilian clothe; 15 cm: avVeu in Admce‘; 9.00; if 1 2 So Paid one VERSION on ma cuuuna “was um: 10 09983 mmumcnvlmmmtk Bell; Extended by Hatchery W. R. Andrews, of Grand Rapids,; Mich, at a. recent toast, got 0!! the following appeal to the Filipinos: A Pretty Little Accidcnt In tWL-icll I Legislator Figured Bepmentativo A. D. Morris of Schuyler county had an experience in the house the other day that was somewhat mortifying' to him for a short time. He had been writing a. letter to his wife. In his haste to prepare an amendment to a resolu- tion that was pending he mistakenly wrote it on the hack of a sheet of ‘paper in the letter and sent it to the clerk‘s desk. He arose at the same time and said: ”Mr. Speaker, I wish to offer an amendixicnt." "The gentleman from Schuyler, Mr. Morâ€" ris offers an amendment." said Speaâ€" ker Pro Tem Duncan. “Read it Mr. clerk." Clerk Jefi’ Pollard, with a quizzical voice: “My dear Maggie-â€" I find mvself awfully lonesome here without §ouâ€"â€"-." “Hold on these, Mr. Clerk," yelled Morris. “That's not right. That's the wrong side." The house held its sides to laugh, while Morris sunk into his seat with a very red face. and Clerk Pollard turned the paper and began to read theâ€" resolutionâ€"Kansas City J our- I find myself M" without you-â€"--" Mr. Clerk." yelled not right. That’ The house held 1‘ while Morris sunk nal. School report ‘0' M _Wellington Collins 5 34, Russell Evans 63. _.Lome Davxdson 89, Victor Ormismn 74. School report for March : 5th class -Wellington Collins 94, Frank Bott, 34, Russell Evans 63. Sr. 4th class -â€"Lome Davidson 89, Millie Bott 78. Victor Omiston 74, Hamilton Col- lins 51, Roy Jackson 49. Howard Keslick 43. Jr. 4th classâ€"Jenn Ormiston 59. Hcsba Jackson 56, Violet Davison 34. Harry Kcslick 31,_ ward 26. 3rd class-â€" Hemklah Woodward 91., Carl Davi- son 89. Victor Jackson 87. Sr. 2nd classâ€"Clinton Collins 118, Meta. Varcoe 110, Bertie Woodward 107, Clarence Windrim 103, Lottie Shir- 2nd class-llcrhert ver 99. Jr. ‘Iilll 102, Boy Windrim 88. Beat- irlco Kesllck 84. : for stealing a railmad: cheque book talks. sin troad day light. justice is no runs amuck. corruption our whole social and poli- 'i0. and the devil iaughs ' sh'mt corner. Come to ! We've got. the greatest: n of good things and had L and cold things. all sizes. um COlOTS. 0\'cr (‘Xhibited MARIPflSA

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