The Brush Has Been Ap- plied to the old prices of our WALLPAPER. Some start- ling effects have been produc- ed in the, way of low prices for high class goods. Four Sale by J. A. HACKING = Agent G, T. R. Issuer of Marriage Licenses. ListowelStandard FRIDAY MAY 22, 1896. QUITS THE LIBERALS. Because He Has Become Tired of Shilly-Shallying. MR. H. CARSCALLEN OF HAMILTON JOINS THE CONSERVATIVE RANES. Hamilton, May 17. -- Conservatives and Reformers alike were surprised on Saturday night 'at the announcement that H. Carscallen, Q. C., an ex-presi- dent of the Hamilton Reform Associa- tion, and who has been otherwise pro- ently asséciated 'with the reform party, had identified himself with the Conservative party. The reason for the change is best expressed in his own words: 'I am tired of the vacillating, shilly-shallying policy of the Liberal party on the trade question. Though amember of that party for years, I have always eutertained strong views of protection of our industries, and have lost no opportunity of impressing the benefits of protection upon my Liberal friends. But it seems impos- sible to follow the party through all its windings--free trade, reciprocity, tariff fer revenue only and all the rest of it. "The trade question is the great is- sue between the two political parties, and I am not in aceord with the Lib- eral party on its trade policy. I think the countty needs protection for its industries, and I think it would bea great mistake to put any party in pow- er that would tinker with the tariff. It would have an injurious effect on the trade and business of the country. "Tf the Liberal party begin rearrang- ing the tariff and reducing it, the re- sult will be a disturbance so far as the investment of capital is concerned and a feeling of insecurity. What we in Canada need is to induce the investment of capital inour minds and manufacturing industries; to do that there are two things necessary, there must be a behef in the mind of the investor that he is going to make a profit on his investments ; and the in- vestor must feel security in the trade policy of the country, that he is not liable to have his capital wiped out or his property impaired by a change in the trade relations of the country. "J think we enjoy better times and that we are in a better condition to- day than we wonld have been had the present trade policy not been in force. Seventy-five per cent. of the Liberals in this city are protectionists, and Mr. Wood, who is one of the Liberal can- didates in the present contest, was elected as a protectionist in 1874. The present tariff isin my opinion a very reasonable one, though a few changes may be advisable ; but the whole coun- "try should feel that that policy is the fixed trade policy of the country, and that those who desire to invest their money in the development of our mag- nificient natural resources can do so in confidence that the trade policy of Canada is fixed and secure. I propose to support the Conservative party to the full extent of my ability in the present contest." CAMPAIGN NOTES. Mr. Kilty, teacher, of Summerhill, Ont., was nominated on Sunday at Carlow to represent the Independent party in West Huron. The Liberals of Centre Toronto held their convention Monday evening 'and nominated Mr. Wm. Lount, Q. C., as their standard-bearer for the Riding. Mr. Lount accepted. Mr. F. H. Hale, who has represent- ed Carleton, N. B., asa Liberal, has seen the error of his ways, and is likely to be brought out as the Con- servative candidate. He is a large lumber dealer, and being a business man, cannot see anything in the free trade policy for Canada. A meeting of the anti-remedialists of East Toronto, in connection with held Monday night, and nominated Mr. John Ross Robertson, an Independent Conservative, and proprietor of the Evening Telegram, to oppose Mr. Em- erson Coatsworth, who supported the Government on the Remedial Bill. Mr. Robertson is in New York, but it is understood he will accept the nom- ination. The reply of F. F. Clarke, one of @ Conservative candidates in West Toronto, to the communication of the McCarthyites, asking whether in the event of the present Government of Sir Charles Tupper or any other Gov- ernment making Remedial Legisla- tion a part of their Parlinmentary policy, he would oppose such Govern- mentand continuously seek to have such Government removed from of- fice so long as Remedial Legislation remains a partof their policy, was given onton Monday. It is as fol- lows :--"I shall, if elected, oppose all efforts of any Government to coerce the Province of Manitoba by Remed- inl Legislation on the school juestion, no matter what the result ; but I shall not on that account withdraw my support from the general policy of any Government of which I approve." Mr. Laurier said. at Waterloo in 1894 :-- "I denounce to you the policy of protection as bondage; yes, bondage, and I refer to bondage in the same manner in which American slavery was bondage. Sir, our policy is free- dom of trade such as exists in England, stich a8 is practiced in Great Britain. I propose that we should follow Eng- land's example and open our ports to the products of the world." The policy of the leader of the Liberals is thus seen to be one of absolute intolerance of the Conserva- tive tariff. He has over and over again distinctly pledged himself to cut the bonds of trade and "open our ports," as they are in England. His new lientenant, Sir Oliver, is less hasty ;he would not at one fell swoop reverse the trade policy of the country. He talks on the lines of Mr. Blake's Malvern speeth, in which that gentleman thought the, vested interests of the country, involving large capital, worth a little consideration. Sir Oliver de- clares these interests ought not to be struck at suddenly; but "reformed" gradually, and, of course, surely. SOUTH PERTH. The prospects in the south riding never seemed brighter for Mr. Wm. Pridham's re-election than they do at the present time. The electors have had their eyes opened of late in respect to the political shuffle that wis per-, petrated at Fullarton Corners some time since, when a section of Grit Patrons and dissatisfied P. P. A.'s en- dorsed Mr. Donald's nomination, thus side-tracking Mr. Walker, who, up to that time, was looked upon as the uniting force of these discordant ele- ments. Mr. Donald, it wassaid, could pull more ultra-Protestants from Mr. Pridham, hence the deal. Olear-head- ed Conservatives have seen through the scheme and exposed it, and now, instead of Mr. Donald's receiving the united support of these two, he will only receive a small percentage of the Patronvote. Mr. Pridham's meet- ings for organization during the past week have been well attended; in fact, in every portion of the riding he has been met with the most reas- suring proofs of the fidelity of his supporters. Preparations are being made ona large scale at Mitchell for a grand Liberal-Conservative demon- stration in honor of Mr. George E. Foster, Finance Minister ; and Lient.- Col. Tisdale, Minister of 'Militia, on the Liberal-Conservative party, was Toronto Mail. The talk of Mr. Laurier passing stronger act" is rubbish. There will no coercion under Mr. Laurier---T ronto Globe, May 15. * APs: If conciliation results in nothing, shall have recourse to the power fur- nished inthe constitutiqa--a recourse which I shall exercise completely and inits entirety. --Mr. Laurier at Quebec, May 7{French version of. speech in l'Electeur). If the people of Manitoba remained obdurate there was always reserved the power of the constitution to fall back upon.--Mr. Laurier at Quebec, May 7 (English version of the speech in Toronto Globe). Manitaba and Separate Schools. Throughout Ontario the statement has repeatedly been made that the elee- tors of Manitobs in the last Pxovincial _ f lectiond gly again. st the Dominion Government. The truth of the matter is the Greenway party is not even the choice of the elee- tors of Manitoba where the school question was made an "issue, the vote being as follows :-- Liberal votes......... 11,178 Patrons. ............. 2,680 Independents......... 980 Conservatives......... 10,719 25,507 It will thus be seen the Grits had as against the Conservatives a majority inthe whole province of only 459, while a majority of the3,610 Patronsand -Independents,were decidedly in favor of the Conservative party. The Liber als got less than half the popular vote and owe their majority largely to the gerrymandered condition of the pro- vincial constituencies and enormously corrupt practices of their paid officials, Sir. Wm. Meredith. THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ONTARIO TO BE KNIGHTED----OTHER QUEEN'S BIRTH- DAY HONORS. ' London May 19.--It 1s announced that on the distribution of honors the occasion of the Queen's Birth May 24, the following gentlem i Heanage, formerly Liberal-Unio member of Parliament for Great Grimsby, and Col. Edward Donald Malcolm, of the British army, retir- ed. Upon the same occasion Chief Justice Wm. R. Meredith, of Ontario, will be created a Knight. The Hon. Henry S. Berkeley, Chief Justice of che Fiji Islands, and William John Anderson, Chief Justice of British Honduras, will be Knighted. Henry Neville Dering, Minister to Mexico, will be created a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Sir Donald Smith, Canadian High Commissioner in Great Britain, will be made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and the Hon. J. A. Chapleau, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, a Knight Commander of the same order. Sir Oliver's Letter in Brief. Halifax Herald. Sir Oliver's levter, which is obvions- ly the product of his "serious considera- tion," is to this effect :-- "Dear Laurier,--I cannot do any- thing for you in the coming conflict beyond extending to you my best wish- es. 'But, if it will do you any good to have me say so, I don't mind saying that if you win the fight I shall be pre- pared to help you divide. the spoils ; I shall be prepared to accept aseat in the Senate and a seat in the Government as well, with anything else that [ or my family can make use of. . Kindly let me know when youwin. Yours as ever." 6 Beyond that the author of the Evi- dences of Christianity promises 'noth- ing. Less than that he conld hardly offer. Men who would be willing to accept a seatin the Senate anda port- folio in the Government are not sup- posed to be so very scarce in this coun- try that it is worth while making half acolumn of headlines over the dis- covery ofone such person. "We dare say that a strict investigation would re- veal thousands of good Grits willing to doas much. Butsuch men will never Thursday evening, the 21st, when both gentlemen speak there in Mr. Prid- ham's interest. The proceedings will take the form of a demonstration, a torchlight procession, headed by the band, and a mass meeting, at which all the leading Liberal-Conservatives of the county will be present, and many from outside. ~ put the party in power. The Spanish Minister at Washingt assures Secretary Olney thatthe pro; ed reforms for Cuba will grant land a measure of autonomy able with that enjoyed by the of Canada. ; Bt May 22 -- ' g of Conservatives of South 'Wellington was held ,in the Royal Opera house in the interest of Chris- tian Klvepfer, the candidate for this riding. The large edifice was crowded to the doors. The meeting was pre- sided over by R. L. Torrance, presi- dent,of the Young Men's Liberal-Con- servative association. On the platform were seated Hon. George E. Foster, minister of finance; Col. Wisdale, min- ister of militia, and a large represen- tation of the professional, merchants and buisness men of the city. The chairman opened the meeting witha "| short address of welcome to the visit- ing speakers and the large audience present. He also touched briefly on the political standing of the riding. Col. McDonald, president of the South Wellington Conservative association, succeeded him witha few remarks, after whic the speakers of the evening, Hon. George E. Foster and Lieut. Col. Tisdale, addressed the meeting, They were received with much enthusiasm and spoke for about an hour. Follow- ing these gentlemen, short speeches were delivered by Mr. Kloepfer, A. W. Writht and others. Mr.. Laurier in English. Mail and Empire. Gentlemen, my party has enacted a law in Manitoba which it declares to be "rank tyranny" to the Roman Catholics. The Federal Government, control- led as it is by fanatics and bigots, declined to destroy that Act. Thank God, there are no Orange- men in our party--the Liberals. Ministers, instead of disallowing our Act inflicting "rank tyranny," appeal-> ed to the courts for advice, in accord- ance with a proposition we made in Parliament. The appeal to the courts was an attempt to evadé the issue; it has wasted time and caused delay. The courts having made their aus- wer, 'the Government invited our party in Manitoba to give relief. The invitation was not an order to act, as it should have been, but was be elevated to the peerage :-- a weak and irresolute ap ; quis of Granby, eldest som pet Et-was. alto & coércive interference Duke of Rutland; Rt. Hon. Edwatd | with provincial rights. What was wanted was strong and decisive action--also conciliation. Iadvised my Manitoba friends to disregard it, and I promised the peo- ple that I would bring in a remedial' law or support one if introduced. A remedial law was brought down. T voted against it, for it was coer- cive, and the work of the hierarchy. The Government is evidently.sold to the church. Thank God, wein our party are not the slaves of bishops. Moreover, the measure was not suf- ficently coercive. It did not take money out of the provincial treasury as it should have done. It was not suitable to the bishops. It failed to do justice to the Church. Thank God, we in our party have some regard for the bishops and 'the Cnurch. We say to-day to the bishops :=Thi procedure is ineffective ; support us and we will gain your cause. Our party passed the law. Our party says the law must be amended to remove the "'rank tyran- ny;" also that it must not be touched either in Manitoba or at Ottawa. We are the friends of oppressed minorities and always have been. This is a time when friends of mi- norities must stand up boldly for conscience and equal rights, no mat- ter what the consequence may be. My friend Sir Oliver Mowat is pre- pared to make great sacrifices and to take great risks. He will standup for conscience--in the Senate, if we manage to pull 'through. , ' Elect me, and Sir Oliver will in- vestigate and report upon the Act we passed in our Manitoba capacity. . Heis a great friend of minorities and of Separate schouls, and may* be relied upon to report favorably. He was never favorable to Separate schools, and is opposed to Federal action and may be expected to agree with our Manitoba opinion and leave matters as they are. In short, we think that, as Liberals, we did wrongin Manitoba, but if you place us in power at Ottawa we may, asareturnfor this reward for our services, remove the wrong we did, or, on the other hand we may not. 5 The corner stone of the new Roman Catholic Church at Goderich was laid '| by Bishop O'Connor, assisted by sev- éral prominent members of the chure! Ifiise bresende of a large crowd. " : \ es WI1. .SPEARS, No, 8 Main St. . No. 8 Main St --Always the cheapest-- We have a Magnificent Store But we are not foolish enough to expect a fine store alone to draw the trade. No doubt you enjoy being comfortable when doing your shopping, but"don't like to pay extra. Everybody admits that we've got the finest store in Western Ontario, and we're going to convince everybody who visits it, that our prices are the lowest in Canada. No matter where you live it will pay you to come or to send for the goods we adver- tise. During the past week we've made enormous purchases of all classes of goods at big discounts off regular prices, and we're going to offer them just as we bought them, a bargain for us means a bargain for you everytime. If you only knew how diligently we search the market for bargains in your behalf, you would be more in sympathy with us, we do things well for you because it pays us, and we want your trade only when we de- serve it. Clothing Clothes to Wear Clothes that will Wear Clothes that are made to wear are what you find in our stock of Ready-Made Clothing. 1 has been our greatest effort to make our stock of Children's Clothing ahead and beyond everything we havé shown in the past, and this season we have got some lines what we call catch lines for the people. CORSETS The Yatisi Corset We claim is the Best ; $1.25 & Corset in the C id i Market to-day. ' The Magnetic is a magnificent -Corset which we will Guarantee a good fit every time. <e Don't fail to get a pair of our Reliable Corset at 5c good value 'at $1.25, as we are the only people in town that handle them. BOOTS AND SHOES We have just received a large consignment Ladies Black and Tan Oxford 'Ties which we are ate offering at great values. Fresh Groceries always kept on hand at lowest prices. Highest market price'paid for Farmer's Produce. No.8 Mains. WIM SPEARS No 8 Main St. * > BARGAINS. - BARGAINS. 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