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Col. Hughesâ€"Well. I’ll be there. I have stood before the people, of this county for nineteen m, and the searchlight has been turned on my career as on that of .few men. but» I stand here toâ€"night as the choice of the best and fairest convention ever held in the county, and no opponent of mine! in the Congermtive party can ,stand on any, platform in the riding and defend his views for ten' i A Vbiceâ€"McLaughlin. Won’t be there. "I am uwm that. my opponentl are carrying on a campaign at slau- der and abuse against me. None at them have responded to my Invita- tion to be here twilight. So I will not in their Mace reply to these gentlemen. But, ladies and gentle- men, nomination day is coming"; when they and I shall meet face to lace, and let me assure you. then we shall square accounts,” (Great ap- plause.) , , _ U __ _ Though no one arm deny that mm in a strong fighting strain in thv colonel neither will anyone de- ny that h» hep t. it admflablv in check m‘ m» smock an. atrial- night. 0: his local uppanontl M made these ring- ing ronmrka that. round great on- thusiasm and applause: Then the colonel tracedirapidly thd evolution by which absolute mon- archy, claiming divine right to rule, gave way to representative govern- ment, in which, while parliament was elected by the people, the cabi- net was not appointed by, nor respon- ible to parliament. At length after a struggle, we had in Canada our present system of an elected parliaâ€" ment which appoints the cabinet and to which the cabinet is responsible. Here then is responsible government); but an essential, if that government" is to be effective, is that the men administering the gmernment should fulfil» their pledges to the people. This the Lanrier go‘mrnment had not done. The politicians must be taught that not they but the people are supreme. Then the colonoel plunged into the political problems of the day. “We are to-day,” said he “face to face with conditions in Canada. that make" it necessary for us to consider the very existence of responsible govern- ment. For the benefit of the boys I see before me toâ€"night,, the boys who in the years to come, will elect our governments, for their benefit I shall say a. few words as to the de- VeIOpment and meaning of respons- ible government.” Then came the colonelâ€"and the climax of the demonstration as he arose. looking ruddy and vigorous, although he had that day driven 60 miles. the band struck up “Bonnie Laddie." the air to which the colo- nel had so often led the Fortyâ€"Fifth along the streets of Lindsay on the: way to and from the,camp. The colonel was just about to address the P chair. when the hand struck up, and! his surprised smile as he turned to how his acknowledgement got onto the enthusiastic economy of the aud~ ience and they cut loose, in applause that is heard from a. Lindsay audâ€" ience on special occasions only. Then» they laughed, for the colonel’s well- known partiality for that air, and the way in which the band sprung' it on him appealed to the humor of the crowd. Then they cheered again. tlemen, there must be behindlan ac- tion of that kind by a man like Mr. Blair, something that make a a great issue yet before the people of Canada. I am satisfied that -Mr. Blair has some light to, give the 'c'ountry' on what has gone on with regard to the‘ Grand Trunk Pacific deal. GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC -‘1And I shall talk to you a little about that road as it is proposed by the Liberals. This country has votâ€" ed large bonuses to railways in hope of getting, competition. Sometimes that hope was very briefly realized. how lately the town has voted $25,- 000 to get C.P.l{. connection. What would a voter of this town say if he were asked to vote 3175,00 ‘bonas to a railway that will not run nearer 1‘th hnnrl‘r Krill -...'IA.. _---LL .9 n , Hcsitant and smiling the colonel stood till the band ceased, and then he began to speak. Thanking the band for their courtesy, he made a graceful refcrenCc to the presence of the ladies. “I am glad thou are here ladies." said the colonel. Your pre- scnce is an inspiration and an omen oiwictory; for you are a." greater factor in political success than you are aware. I confess to having al- ways been something of a l-adies’ man. 1 have travelled about the world some. and have come to the concluâ€" sion that. the man who does not ap- preciate the regard of the fair sex is not the sort of a. man he ought to be." Ah, that, was well put; and the ladiesâ€"see them‘ smiling. es 110m different parts of the riding. Max or Soothcran occupied the chair, ’1 he speakers were Mr. George Housâ€" ton, pzcxidont of the Federal Busi-. Mr. Houston made a capital open- ing speech bristling with points of significance in this campaign. He Was followed by Mr. Fox, who is alâ€" ways Solid with a Lindsay audienco, and who has Locome an expert in laying bare the weakness, fallacy and actual corruption of the Liberal partx especially with regard to the province of Ontario. no“: {Yolk-go Ottawa, Mr. Sam Fox, M.P.P., Mr. Jos. Downey, M.P.P., of Guelph, and (701. Hughes himself. v """" r! ~- ’Jo the stirrmg music of the Syl- VL‘StLK‘ band’, the multitude poured down Kant-st. , and into the Acadeâ€" my of Musk till the spacious place was full On the stage, amid the floral and bunting decoration, sat a. large number of loading qu!Servativâ€" of Lindsay, the warm That the town heart. of this constituency, is and true to Col. Hughes in this .4 '( 1 ”ii-n com.» *, was abundantly mâ€" (”fated at. 'hc meeting with wmeh h.» (gnaw-d his campaign here on “ edâ€" m-siug; night of inst Week. There is so much talk nowadays a- built “'crowdcrl houses and hundreds mrm-d away,” when as a .natter of mm the houses were not full at all, that one does not stake very much on announcements of that sort, un- less he RDOW3 the facts. But writ- ing for hundreds who were right on the spot, we have no hesitation in describing the Colonel’s meeting as a "crowded house," and as one of one of the best audiences from all stand- points that the town has ever seen during a political campaign.4 1‘ u 80, long-tongueu tiling, lulu nothing in you.” _ V Col. Hughes then dealt with the tariff promises that the Litprals had made before they got into power.‘ “They are in power toâ€"day,” 895d he, “because they deceived the peo- ple. They declared to the farmers their adherence to Free Trade, and at the same time eent letters out. to the manufacturers assuring them that the protection they then enjoy- ed would be maintained. Mr. Gc'o. Bertram, well known to many of you, was one of the men who car- ried these letters.‘ In their efi‘orts to please both farmers and manu- facturers they were like the boatman in a storm on the lake who cried, ‘Good Lord ! good deil 2’ and when asked why he prayed to both, said ho mac nnf nnfi‘ffis in!“ which 0f them Wig m The Opening fleeting of 13" Campaign here on Wednes- day flight was a. Great PAGE MR. J , DOWNEY, lj.P.P. of Guelph was the next, speaker. In fact he was slated to make the main speech ofthe evening, and he more than met all expectations. Mr. Downey is a young man who has became noted as one of the very best speakers in the Ontario legislature, logical, oratical and an expert at repartee. “This throng tonight and the greet- ng it has given Col. Hughes speaks but one wordâ€"theword ‘Victory' ” said Mr. Downey amid the resound- ing applayse. It} spells:victosy (on; 051. Hughes,.and for the party and for the great principles of the 001).. was 'a big task, but the people did it. They got it extended into Mon- treal and were proud of their line to the Atlantic seaboard. But here came bnow the ‘ Liberals with a scheme that clear from Montreal to Monkton duplicated the very road that the people had taxed themselv- es so heavily to pay.. Not only were they building a. second road between the same points at a fresh cost of $40,000, but that road would be a. competitor that would make it im- possible for the {Intercolonial to ever pay back the money the people had put into it. . Here the colonel point- ed out on a. large map the routes, marked in strong colors, of the two lines and concluded a most convincâ€" ing criticism of the government’s scheme. THE DUNDONALD EPISODE The collision between Lord Dun- donald and Hon. Sidney Fisher was next dealt with. Lord Dundonald’s ability as shown in South Africa when he carried relief. almost into‘ Ladysmith, and retreated only on the: fourth recall, and later, actually did relieve the town, was eloquently eu- logized by Col. Hughes. Then when trying to .put Canada's militia on an emotive footing he was balked by a minister. who cancelled on political grounds the appointments of officers recommended by Lord Dundonold. That had brought the crisis and Lord Dimdonoid's soldier-like resentment oi such methods had resulted.in his dismissal by the Liberal government. A SOLID FOLLOWING. ‘ In closing Col. Bushes afirmed his confidence in the loyalty of the (ion- servat von of this riding to the prim ciplos of the Conservative party. and to himself as the candidate of that party. “I. have"- crlod Col. Hughes. ”been over this riding. and I am satisfied that I can number on the fingers or my both hands the men of our party that. are not solidly beâ€" hind me.” (Great oppleuse). _ Why there is a scrapping match at Ottawa now, to which the Conserv- ative afia-irbj 1896 was not a patch. Now on top of all comes Hon. A. G. Blair’s resignation from the Rail- way Commission, a position which he took, on what promises we do not know, at $10,000 a, year. but which now he declines to hold .any longer. I tell you ladies and gen- tlemen, there must be behindlan ac- tion of that kind by a man like Mr. Blair, something that make a a great issue yet before the people of Canada. I am satisfied that -Mr. Blair has some light to, give the Country on what has gone on with regard to the' Grand Trunk Pacific 000 to get C.P.R. connection. What would a. voter of this town say if he were asked to vote 3175,00 ‘bonas to a railway that will not run nearer than nearly 500 miles north of here. Nobody would vote for it, and yet that. is whth the government is ask- ing you to do when they ask you to return them to power on Nov. 3rd. Let me shew you how a mod- erate estimate of the cost of the road to this country is 150 millions. That is $25 a head for» the people of Canada.. Lindsay's 7,000 people will then pay $175,000. Will you vote for that ?” The Liberal campaign pamphlet No. 2 said all was peace and harmâ€" ony in the government. That sound- ed well to those who know that Fitzpatrick is hostile to Sifton, Sif- ton to “Fisher, and Mglock to whole lot, and that ‘Mr. Tarte, while. he was in the cabinet declared that: “We sit around the table day after day, and fl‘got fike balzes.” (Laugh- ter.) Col. Hughes thén turned to Show the wib‘dncss of the scheme. At a cost of 70 millions the country had built the Inter_colonia1 railway. That seconds.” (Applause). The colonel mentioned by name only Mr. Baht. Kennedy of his opponents, rand said he reminded him of the tell which the 'lion found in the desert, and to which, after rolling it oVer the lion said, “You are only an emptyâ€"head. ed, long-tongued thing, and there is' nothing in you.” ' in a. storm on the lake who cried, ‘Good Lord ! good deil !’ and when asked why he prayed to both, ‘said he was not quite s‘une which of them would get him if the‘boat sank, so he tried. to stand in with both. the manufacturers assuring them that the protection they then enjoy- ed would be maintained. Mr. Gc'o. Bertram, well known to many of you, was one of the men who car- ried these letters.‘ In their efl‘orts to please both farmers and manu- facturers they were like the boatman D. .- he The good eech While Cane met creasing 18 s a many had 1 as France 680 the tea 700 mi‘ ,im] 800 million: The good times had been general. While Canada’s trade had been in- creasing 184 millions, that of Ger- many had increased 558 millions, France 680 millions, the United Sta.- tes 700 millions, and great. Britain 800 millions. Why talk of the Lib- erals giving Canada good tinns ? “I will say,” exclaimed Mr. Downey. al- ‘V [II fiu.’ ’ vn‘v-uamv‘. â€"â€" - ter his eloquent and convincing treatment of this. part: of his sub- ject. “I will say that, you cannot find one measure on the statute DOOR: of Canada plawd there by the Libel» “But. the Liberals any they haw owned the proaporlty. Nasmt «u at it. 8!:- wuma Lauder mm to see that. to Him who white" the harvests. and sends the mm min on the upland and the lowland“ some credit belongs {or our pruned- heard a. Conservative speaker win did not. glory in that. prosperity. We low our party. its auditions. and principles. but men than a.“ we low our country. and we should in Man to our party “we did not love our coumrygnorgjhaq it. ‘ The Liberals, as Col. Hughes had said, wanted .to stand in with both free traders and protectioniats. 0n the same day that Hon. Mr. Field- ing said in one part of the Dominion that the "Liberal ship had her head set for the open sea of free trade” in another place. Hon. Hr. Prefontaine m declaring that the Lam-fer gvv- eminent mm a protectionist govern- ment. "New during the past. few years. " said an. Ibwnoy, "Canada has been prosperoug; and you hgve m “Wud ye moind tellin' me thefbreed of yer dawg, misthcr ?” said he. “He's a cross between an Irishman and a. monkey" was the angry reply of the Englishman. "Faith thin he's related to both of us." answered Pat: (Laughter). No answer. The Englishman had rather a. fine dog, and before long Pat, made an- other attompt, to strike up a: con- versation. No answer. “I think it’ll be cooler toward avenin,” remarked Pat again after a bit. bers. In the 18 years of Conserva- tive rule 26 such had been made, and in the past 8 years of Liberal rule 54.»! That was a Way to stand by principle. These appointees were getting $200,000 a year salary or the interest, on 5,000,000 capital at 4 percent. The expenditure of 38 millions un- der Conservative rule caused pro- testations of horror from the Lib- erals, and to-d‘ay they themselves an: spending 70 millions a year. The senate used to be described by the Lfiberals as "‘a. constitutional exert-sconce” a. “refuge for imbeciles" “a home for :wornâ€"out political hacks” and a lot of other such nice expressions. Mr. Jus. McMullen was an expert in their use, but now the gentle James had settled down in that refuge himself. Sir Richard Cartwright was ‘even a more fertile denouncer of the upper chamber, and at last he too has fallen on evil days and is now gone into the Sen- ate for a. snooze. On the tarifi of which the Liberals talked so much they are so at sea. between the farmers and the .manu- facturers that. it is impossible to get them to state their policy. They reminded the speaker of the story of an Irishman who was riding in a railway couch with an Englishman. The Irishman wanted to ‘be sociable; the Englishman didn't. "‘It's “a moity foinc day," nemarkcd Pat. servative party th‘aLour leader Mr. R. L. Borden so ably champions. Mr. Downey paid an eloquent triâ€" bute to the ladies whom he describ- ed as great in'the domestic circle, and still greater when they “deign to adorn the more turbulant arena of political debate." Women refined and elevatedfthe home life but not less the tone of political discussion. Col. Hughes \was popular with the ladies, When the Liberals were in Opposi- tien they explained that. the Con- servatives made too many appoint- ments to office from among mem- and when occasionally be visited the floor of the legislature at. Toronto, the ladies fin the gulleriesl craned their necks to see him. To have .the ladies with a candidate meant his success. LIBERAL PLEDGES BROKEN (Continued on page fawn), T. C. MATCHE'IT. Agent. Ticlets and full particulars from your nearest Canadian . Pauiflc Agent. A. H. NOTMAN. A.G.P.A.. Tones-to MILK CANS Good going on November 2nd and 3rd; returning until Novem- ber 4th. Between all stations in Can- ada, Port Arthur, Ont., and COBOCONK. A fowl supper and musical enter- tainment was given by the Women' s Aid Society of the Church of Eng- land in Coboconk, on the night of the 18th inst. The net proceeds, together with the sale of an auto- graph quilt, amounted to over $200. RETURN TICKETS SINGLE FARE GE NERAL ELECTIONS seconds. The top will not warp. The dime! draft damper makes quick fires or checks snail. mm It saves vorry end cod. illgilowgodob §§%%§3v33'?'¢8§§~ao 9093»! 5’ gale; Canny-Oh. lieu-all“ The Gurney, Tilden Company. Limited me be removed and replaced 6y : novice “oust jewelry has been made sing the dawn of civilization, its design. mg and manulanture have been Stead- ily improved. so that 00-day youcan secure the innit of centuries of art and foil. Our exhibit of guns, jew- els, watches. chains, bracelets and other Osimilu'. adornments illustrau the advancement in the juwclvr's aft â€"an exhibit you are invited to see. LINDSAY THE BEST in a Thousand Years W. J. “CCA RTY Vancouver in a few a fire to JEWELLER W“ ‘ -n (.1)ch t‘y ‘ i'Ivâ€"' 91" J?“ Thompson 8111‘. m. M. who put experimonm es of products onto the ‘1 astablishcfl the cold stow an For their thanks they ”WI taunt. that the QT“? “.5 into the cold star: I“: the cold storugc‘ Ann-Mn] farms nsu notes as to its moaning) At, an events the fact “a while our imports from th.- M increastd 347,000,000 -, our exports had fullol million in the samo timv, ’ “-5 and. of thingr la‘ to!” w- We‘ must have adcqunto ' laws that vent uu- .,- .. States as 500 W deprcSSion ow‘r {hm full of good their Warehouses big furniture mm M the _ ad left. the: Llhm'nls A‘h ‘ _____ x niwre and “it tion our concerns “01 THE RAH \" run his discussif‘m \M In pct llr. DOWIK‘V “as In ia-f u“ "‘“9'3 His : THE BAIL.“ A) In his discussion of Mr. DOWncy was In H tion and Was as colonial had hcc pic at a cost 01 long ago, to giv to Mentreal the w“ bought for S was plc av .- -v long ago, 00 give it an out w Montreal the Iirumnumd was bought {or $11,(mu,unu 000.000 Of betterments p1 That Was justified by the L: statement that th<gv ha: ed with the Grand Trunk t company Would hand uxw: i from the West. to lhu- hm It Montreal. That ‘()()‘\('(i would make oar road pa} Would have. I‘ut Imv; \xh: got? Why all that idea w the air, and we had u 11““ ”MI ‘to build another I “VI-Sun IDs-‘- \Vhat. did 11 of paying. think of that. ll Wm: all to talk in Sir Wilfrid 1.11 about the sma‘ Was going to be, but his a‘ not have to feel very far the place that the mum-y f it Would ha' mans sums o from to make Cox and 01 men richer. In Guelph hail declared himself oppns ailment. operation of :- r0 was In Guglph where the utility that was not undo “milk: and operation etIc terms ‘ ownerShip and opcrmum 9'9- Oll that point the U My Mmusiy took issue with Sir “Hi ) \\' If the Liberals Won IN to have a governm-‘m-mv: w- Not often did 5‘th Wit}? present itsvh‘ 11 :3“ 88 MWOCn thou :1 “‘ “’3- 10m: enough m it was long onnugn Pb 0‘ Canada to nm‘v‘n we Voted the Lilu‘ru “Whey .pnt the sr-Cnnd “Way into ”10 molmfion and all Hw '11 intensifying on, would follow. ”a and o mlr “Aw. min-nfi' '4 r â€"‘)1w W‘hirhmm fig Y‘a‘md n mi "€0an y u.»- i and 2 .000 couch III that concern :11 would flood (‘an‘m II“--â€" ruu bet ween Hu- IS the Intercolonia it every pound and whatever ch11 inad'tboheart. from page 3'1 shown to has W p! aspen 1U UP (IN Mich .. uricr 30""th stand Mr. 11 H 85 nuplivd he could loq ' as he did 1 of UV rn akmo. Canada I ’luH‘d t 1101‘" lwdl'o chan I‘hw