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In: Sid! Signature 1! Boots Repaired While You Wait NEW YORK. NAitco'rxc. '1}: Quid”: :16 Int Ehcein Town Than You Could Possibly Get Forthe Same Money Blsewhere--Thats Our Aim 1 Blair {3 Son Clothes For You ESTABLISHED 1817 We Repair {Them LINDSAY ST. and WILLIAM ST. NOR BASTBRIA BASTIIRIA For Infants and Children. "I WWI mm. ”.1. "II om. V" For Over Thirty Years Ladies and Gen tlemens Tailor :- fSeveh Years With “The leader of the Opposition .188 here a few nights ago, and delivered a grand address. The leader and a number of the men in the Liberal party met at Toronto for the pur~ pose of preparing a platform for the party, and the people of Ontar- io awaited the outéome of that meeting, - but when the manifesto came forth we were very much sur- prised, indeed. for we saw at once that it was simply an imitation of the platform of Sir James Whitney, and the Liberals proposed to do what Sir James’ government had per of a scandal; which is some- thing to be proud of, and , someâ€" thing very refreshing to the people of this country. I am proud to be the Conservative candidate, and am proud to be able to represent you. and I am also proud to be a supporter of Sir James Whitney, and to be able ‘to say that I am it thorough sympathy with the Whitney policy and the Whitney Goy- ernment. “If you search the records of the Whitney government it would be im- possible to find any semblance of scandal. The government has Car- ried out what it proposed to do, and also carried out ‘a great many re. forms. In fact it has been the ablest government this province has ever had, and is one well worthy of support. There has not been a whis- \ DR. VROOMAN. The Conservative candidate. Dr. A. E. ‘,~'rooman on being called on was given a hearty receptioni and stated that along with the chairman, he was delighted to see such a magnifi- cent attendance. “You do yourself cred‘t and you do the Premier cred- it to come out and listen to him. see so manv ladies. He way proud to be connected with such a. good government, and to be a supporter ct such an able and efficient states- man and premier as Sir James Whitney. PRESIDENT CHANNON. Mr. Wm. Channon, President of the West Victoria, Conservative Assacia- tion, occupied the chair, and in "his opening remarks stated that he was delighted to see such a, large crowd in attendance, and was pleased to ing in attendance. Roenigk’ s orches- tra 11150 played a. number of popular airs ¢o the gratification of the large audience. was also good. Suspended prom- inently were two banners bearing the following inscription, “We wel- come Our Premier,” and ”The Best Government Ontario has Ever Had." The Premier was warmly welcomed on his arrival, the Citizens’ Band be- The stage was beautifully decorat- ed, and much credit is due to Mr. W. F. McCarty for, the artistic man- ner in which the decorations were carried cub-Flags and bunting were in profusion, while the stage setting as a. criterion, Dr. Vrooman will be elected by a. large majority. THE DECORATIONS. Dr. A. E. Vrooman, the Conserv- ative candidate, was also given an attentive hearing, and delivered a short but convincing address,'.and if the meeting last night can be taken {he firesent campaign has Sir James so enthused his audience. The gdâ€" dress. from start to finish was full of interest. was talking about, and that he was telling the truth. His remarks _ deâ€" livered with the speaker’s eloquence; touched his hearers in a way_ that few speeches could. A member of the Toronto press, (and there were five of them present) we; heard to remark that it was Premier Whit- ney's best speech of the campaign, and that in no other address during [ All were intent on hearing the able ‘premier, the man who has put the province to the fore, and that they were not disappointed, was eVidenc- ed by the hearty applause through- out the evening, and the proionged outburst of applause given at the conclusiOn of Premier Whitney’s stir- ring address. It was an address full of 10gical reasoning, the speaker haVâ€" ing the facts well marshalled, deliv- ering them lucidly, and in a manner that was convincing. He gave out the impression. that he knew what he That the residents of Lindsay and the surrounding . dcinity are "deeply interested in provinciel politics, was evidenced Friday night by the large audience of 800 people, which as- sembled in the Academy of Music to hear Sir James Whitney, Premier of Ontarlo, discuss the questions of the day. A large number of people were in attendance from the coun. try, and it'is stated that fully two hundred people were turned away. THE WATC .« Whitney’s Honest Government Popular Conservativg Candidate, Who Was Given a Hearty Reception. n v. l'vâ€"nâ€" "-77 . “Mr. Weeks said also that the Whitney government should not be sustained becauseit was already too strong. This again is poor Yogic. Both speakernv(Mr. Weeks and Mr. Rowell) approved of many of the Whitney policies. although ! under- stand that since that time thev have changed their views a little. It would be rather odd and unfortunate ‘ to elect a man to go to Toronto to ?oppose such a good government as the Whitney government beCause the people are well satisfied with the able administration. ‘ NOT SO GREAT. “The chairman made the remark that it was a good thing to have great men at the head of the Oppos- ition. but I do-not see anything par- ticularly great about Mr. Rowell. He tor years has been posing as a great worker in the interests of temper- an 0. but Mr. Rowell has failed to take a bold and courageous stand in regard to the question in his plat- form. He trots -forth the weak ex- cuse to wait for two or three years and then he (Bowen) and his friends will be able to formulate some de- Conservative government at Ottawa without having another at Toronto, but let ;.me teu you that when the Leurier goaernment was 3') power at Ottawa. Leader Howell and his stal- v-nrts worked hard at the same time to keep in power the Ross Govern- ment at Toronto. However. the) now advocate a change, which is pt or policy on their part. done and has been doing for some time past. LIBERALS' POOR POLICY. - “Mr. Weeks, the Liberal candidate, stated on the platform that it Was not in the best interests of the pro- vince of Ontario to have two gov- ernments of the same political stripe; that it was sufficient to- have one Conservative government at Ottawa without having another at Toronto, but let me tell you that when the Premie’r ot.0ntario. 800 People at tht DR. A. E. VROOMAN §IR 01313 at the Academy Friday Night. JAMES WHITNEY Addressed [es_v. has never been equalled by any Provincial goxernment. ” N0 SCAN DALS. “We abolished the numbered ballot, and \ou hai‘e not heard of any elec- *tion scandals since that time. Haxe ‘you heard of any scandals at all ? ‘Please God you will not, either. We ‘haxe appointed district representa- tives in schools in the interests of agriculture. A liberal assistance has been given to the Provincial university, amounting to $448,000 this year, and to-day there are more undergraduates in this university than in any other university in the world. The mining laws have been revised, and we brought a man from Northern Ontario who knew all about that country to supervise that department. and to-day he is one of the strongest men in public life in the country. That man is Hon. Frank Cochrane, now with the Do- minion Government. We have re- stored the county councils, and I am sure this has met with general ap. proval.' We also put out. of exist- ence the school book ‘ring’ and gave the people cheaper books, and that; was a good thing. We have en-i deaVored honestly to enforce the li-3 cense lawâ€"that great bug bear 0!} many people. It. is impossible to enforce it more honestly or Iairly. and we propose to continue along those lines." “ People say the Government has mo large a. majority," continued Sir WHY AN ELECTION NOW. “ On the 25th of January, 1905. a general election took place. after which the government of which I am the head took office. In three years agoodcitizenbuthehastolearna great deal yet. It is proper for a man of my position, and holding the office I do. to come-around and tell you of the legislation we have had enacted and what we propose doing. Technically and strictly speaking it is not necessarylormetocome around. but nevarthelees it is good (or us to get together occasionally." ‘ Sir James then passed on to the discussion of Provincial matters: The object of his visit was to‘recite the sets of the government of which he was the head during the last so"- He did not come to argue because there was nothing of an ar- gumentative nature before the peo- ple. but to see if the great confidence which had been reposed in the gov- ernment was to be continued. leader of the op ition is no doubt should not ho}d ojfige at: Provincial Govern: equalled by any . Authorities hum sanc- tionoii the Borden Government's do- data: to MM the hinting! W'M'ny- Commissioner: with three led to give leases to certain com- panies to develop those water pow- ers. A sympathetic government was now in power, at least sympathetic to the development of this power scheme. At present any farmer re- quiring power will have it brought to his door at cost." The revenue of the PrOVince had been a little over $9,000,000 this year, which was : twice what it had been‘when they as- sumed the reins of office. THE PRISON FARM. Sir James went on to refer to the new Central prison term at Guelph. " There you will seethe hen work: ingwithesmileontheirfwesand their heads lined up instead of trudging along with. their heads down. Isn't it better to give them an opportunity of feeling in their bones that when they come out o‘! the prison term they will have an- other chenee of starting life new with renewed vigor ? " ‘ way, whereas when we came in- to oflice we only had 113." x In regard to .the power jschemes great risks had been tak- en, and the most unexampled oppo- sition had been met with. “ You have no idea of the efiorts made to destrOy the power scheme. But they failed and today the original scheme is in operation." An ellort had been made to bring the power to the cen- tral districts of the province. and the late government of Sir Wilfrid Laur- ier had done their utmost to prevent the provincial government from get- ting hold of water powers in Cen- trail Ontario. and they even attempt-: POWER MATTERS. Sir James told of the arrangement whereby the Grand Trunk Railway paid to the government $300,000 a. year {or the running rights over the T. 8: N. 0., and said that company would also pay a'. portion of the maintenance“ “ We have now from 350 to 380 miles d Government rail- Since that time. continued the premier, the amount payable by the government for salaries for teachers ‘in the rural districts only, had been increased to $475,000, and was there any reason why teachers could not be had ? He proposed to withhold certificates till teachers had taught one year in the Province. as he did not think it right that teachers should receive the benefits of large expenditures on education and then leaxe the province. Provision had also been made for industrial train- ing and a mm of agriculture for school teachers had been provided in lthe Ontario Agricultural College at ‘Guelph. This year the appropria- tion for colonization roads had been $582,000, most of which would be spent in Northern Ontario. and yet they had been told this work was not being done. A commissioner in the person of Chief Justice Meredith had been appointed to look into the question of compensation for work- men, and a great work had been done in prison "reiorm. The object of this reform was that the prison- ers should not be made to sufier pun- ishment merely for the sake of pun- ishment, but that they should be reformed and helped to better lives. IUWW \vv nu... â€"- _â€"_‘_,-. “ We have extended the mileage of ' the Government road to 380," con- tinued he, “ and we could sell or lease that road to-morrow {to either of the two great railways at our own terms, but we don't want to lease it, because you don't want that we should sell or lease it. That’s the reason." ' PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT A railway and municipal board had been created, the price of school books had been reduced by oneâ€"half, and the school book ring had been destroyed, with nothing left it but the record of its misdeeds. A large grant for the increase of the salaries of the ‘public schools ‘had been made. The liquor law had been honestly en- forced. The government railway had been extended till it now touch- ed the G.T.P. at Cochrane. “ Dur- ing this three years and three months." said Sir James, “ we put the finances of the Province on a‘ sound basis, and the revenue has been doubled, from four to eight mil- lions. Was I drawing a long bow when I said that no other Govern- ment has. equalled this record." We went to the country and told them what we had done, and they elected 86 out of 106 members to support the government, and there are 107 now. That was a pretty satisfactory testimonial of the actions of the government." ing to ask for a. smaller one. " People also say we are not do- ing anything for New Ontario. All I can say is that people who talk that way are hardly saIe to be al- lowed to run at large.'_' ,- A! Jahes. ‘ “ From certain points view perhaps it is, but I'm not. ing to a_sk fqr a. smaller one. , _- __- â€"n4~ filmed. mum. -_ “My! the we of Mrs. mmldllhdmmlu' “Faun-km" cum HEB Continued on page 22. GlVEUEAllHflPE MOW. OFT-- m 39m. of 80‘ her, Endâ€"veins to draw the n the station, where it will he \ to the mill at Wilberforce. good. Your correspomicu informed that they intend a. large gang of menAto \u LOTS OF GRAPHITE. EsSonville correspondcm 1 .. den Echo: The Virginia “W Go. is opening a graphite mine Mr. R. Henry's place, which is ported to be turning out i' v v ' Toronto,0nt. is in a class h." iLsclf vYhen strictly firm-class Wurk is con- sndered. Graduates are sure to get ‘ood position- owing t" meir pro' pot-mint“. mm for 1.;n-,."' (‘31- dogma. on" Yonge and \\'. .I. Elhut Alexander Sta. Prim’iP”1 Winter 'l‘e m mm January 23¢ l-téliclé' in, and-it; will remain YJU“ rhkno hing I y attending .pis Co, i0- Itl Leputnlion fur superior ".4” _ NH figuarv deal‘rg is abso- .'\ before purchasing. Mama, DECEMBER 7 gimp and show rooms 11 l3 Cam- budge 8t. immediately north of Fire Lindsay Marble Works um and Granite Monuments 51m m ing ibueine» in th- ::.n.e old «and but not in the same old way. We {vsnce with the times and are in a ousition to do better work Lhan ever. New designs. new granites, new and mproved tools and methods. in fact )he mosb‘up-to-dabe Mar hle and Gran- “ Works in this part; of Ontario. 3015 our prices and see our d£ signs (Ell UNDERSIGN ED Is prepared to loan money on farm. town, and v11. 1-80 mm. at very lowest rues of baron. Company or prlvate funds. I am always ready to buy good mortgages. I. E. WELDON, Idhitor. etc, Milne Block. Lindsay. IBLAUGHLIN. PEEL. FFLTON STI'NSON, Barristers; Solicitors, god Notaries. Money to loan. Spe- dd attention gh’en to investments, OM: Dominion Bank, corner of will!” and Kent-sts., Lindsay. R_ J. Icutlghlin. K. C.. A M. Ful- ton. B. A., James A. Peel, '1‘. a, comings AND HOPKINS .EIGH R. KNIGHT. Barrister, So- ucitor, Notary Public, solicitor for Men Bank. representing water. 100 Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of [gag-loo; Federal Life Assurance «MART 0' CONNOR Barrister. NOW“. etc. Monex to loan gt m lowest current rates on mm mm. DECOâ€"corner Kent um York-It... Lindsay- R . CHAMBERS. Prop . 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