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idney troubles often start it]: giving much discom- . 1n the incipient stages pie consider the appar- t slight ailment trifling . d are apt to neglect them- :lves. The kidneysâ€"the =ters of the bloodâ€"should ‘ever be neglected. Thou- --.u\\- U'yt’Ilel I “ll. ylttv_ " 1896 the aessional indemnitth‘ilxis by which th;.el‘e‘c.tion of a ‘memhers of parliament wasi Mini- twr of the Crown as member for lyear. Shortly after the Lib-:th" City of London was secured in. ' add't'onal 1905'” 9 “e into power "I i l - "This House is of the opinion that ; ar “'33 added. It was a 3°“: the exitsing electoral laws should be ' measure, but received thelamended forthwith and that provi- of both gm“ of the Housefsiqns should be made: le fault was found with the! (a) For the moreeffective suppres- and the additional indemn-f Sim! and punishment of bribery; 1 (1 off with little com- ! (ll) .To prevent the fraudulent but the second increase rous-l marking, counting or substitutng of ~’ ignation of the public. Th'S‘ ballots and other Sllllllal' frauds; . t S“ (c) For the better regulation of the fl govefi'nmenlt) 3:30:11 conduct of elections on the. part of In the 0“” y e (11 both officials and candidates: Opposition, aga'nst whom: (d) To prevent the accumulation (of attach a share of the blame.‘ huge Culllphigll funds and to urohibit ‘ - stlv contended at the time’coutrilmti ”8 thereto by corporatians, . ‘ . d 'tv of QafioochVliI‘uC-torfi and promoters; .> ssnfma m omm.. " . ((-) 'l‘o r'xlmdite the hearing 0f ' of all proportim “3.39”“035 oleCIion petitiont“, to preVent collu- ‘ The case toâ€"day is not a swo. arrangements for the discon- er than it was. and the in-i tlflllzanpt- thereof, to provide tor thOr- raised by the “salnl‘v "rrlh" “ugh "west‘gatmn 0f corrupt pran- _ . :tices and to simplify the procedure . Liberal and ConSCI‘VIIthEltherefor; dost-wing of a rebuke at; (f) To carry on most effectively tlye ,‘ on the 26th of this month.‘ law so amended. let on the Government (aidel “'l‘l‘is House regrets that notwith- ouse put himself more out. Standing tll‘f; pledge of the overn- . ' d'd Mr Miller 'to merit C(‘mtullwd in the Speec. from ;3.‘ than ‘ ' ’ ;the lhrone, and notwithxtanrlmg‘ the we grab, initiated by tht‘ 80‘“ declarations of members ot’ the gov- . and carried through theislrnluuntt ffrom time to “all: during , . 3_ 1e. was our ears, no suc measure t we expense of the Nt‘ ’has 1been subnl'ittod to parliament at . _ . he present session and no effective party to this itiithton." steps have been taken by the admin- ' ~. .3111 ° n 3 ll 1‘ z . '5 pon the pubic tr. asury, and hr ‘lli‘utiishmtthiir 3201;132:114, the la“ wzvo voted in its summri. l ‘ ' ‘ ' , h lectors One would think that a government 0t be forgotten .yhers th holding office on pledges of purity. 0W5- To some mun e e.honesty, economy and retrench- indemnity of $2500 a year ment . would thave1 little hesi- 0 much remuneratian. fancy m suppor ing t 1e resolutions 3,32“ but it mutt be 're- of Mr. Borden as set forth. Mr. Bor‘ den spoke of the London conSpiracy that there are over tWO;as orposed in the Toronto Policc members in the House, and Cdurt, and referred also to the not- .ureguo 4;:er last grabrerious irregularities in the West .. , .‘ Huron and Brockville elections of t “final! “ over $200"l1899 in which ballot switching hm b8 just because treatment ;pnt off until too late. Ickache, sluggish action kidneys et(-., denote that. ething is wrong. Then be time to take e peeple’s money which goes at for little or no purpose. rnmc-nt and Oppoaition may en the first increase of $500 at the next grab of a thous- ‘ an a year additional is E njntslflablo. The working mechanic 8116 the artisan, (creed to work from a doll- up, have to help to loot as well u the farmer, the man and the bpeculetor. admitted that some may be .arrs’ fldney ’ills lis EFFI‘X‘TIVE Remedy “(vs the (Ivvelopment of Hons kidney troubles I k‘dlt'ss. It regulates and :ggists and Booksellers totes the organs to their uds of cases become hope- s all bladder inflamation. HE SALARY GRAB nml condition, and al- eedless jdney roubles HAM. OCTOBER 15. 1908. WIN. Editor and Proprietor. l'arlane 61 Co. One Price only 25 Cents. sow BY 1 they get, the bulk of 'the of the Bonn ue over paid union at the present in- .nowm. Mr. Miller en- p M that he makes no t d the indemnity when shi- mount the decrease AM CHRONICLE TH E in his own business through his ab- sence at Ottawa. This may or may not be true in the case 6! Mr."Mill- er. and perhaps others, but is cer- tainly not true. in the ease of :many members who attend session after sessim to little .or no purpOse be- yond drawing their pay. Mr. Mill- er justifies the grab because he claims it to be true in his oase‘ yet be has no right to put his hand into the money bag and take out over $800,000 of the pe0ple's money :to pay others vastly more than they are worth in any position they may be called upon to fill. One Would think that a «,rm'ermw-nt holding oliice. on [lll_":l;.f"h of purity,‘ how-«1y, f-CODOIliy Lllld I'i‘tr€‘llCll-l mvm. would have little he‘d-l trencv in .~'upporting the I‘t‘SOlllilOll‘L, .of Mr. Borden as set forth. Mr. Bor- ,.de.n spoke of the Lonrlon cansyimcy‘ as exposed in the Toronto Police? Court, and referred also to the n-.)t-' erious irregularities Ji the West 'Huron and Brockville elections of =1899 in which ballot switching had been systematically practiced. Strong efforts were made by the Oppositon ito have. these cases investigated, but ' their efforts were barked by the gov- ernment. Sir “Wilfrid Laurier asked 4 the. House to vote down the m-:ticn land to refer the election charges . again to the committee. The Premier ’deelared they could be dealt with . better by a Royal Commission, and ,1 promised to have a thorough investi- } gatiom, but that was the end of it. No investigation followed and the ' members for West Enron and Brock- ville retained their seats, and re- . ceivesl their salaries dust the same , as it they had been elected hmstly.’ ' James Farr ballot switcher in West l Huron. evaded being captured st.the . time and left the eountr , but since returned and made aqua union. (iv- in‘ an ansvit in who): he Well how J. G. Prim; pod instructed l (c) For the better regulation of the conduct of elections on the part of both officials and candidwtfis: (d) To prevent the accumulation pf huzw. Culnpnigll funds and to urohibit coutrihuti n8 thereto by corporations. cmxtructoru and promoters; (a) For the. mor‘e'effectiVe suppres- sion and puniShment of bribery; (b) To prevent the fraudulent marking, counting or substitutng of' ballots and other similar frauds; (r) '1‘0 oxlmdite the hearing of olection petitiont“, to prchnt collu- sin :znrrmgc-mcnts for tue discon- tirzm .nct thereof, to proviJe tor thor- ough investigafiionfl pf corrupt prac- The additional indemnity may not always be used by the individual re- ceiving it in the most honorable way. An Ottawa Liberal was heard to say after passing the salary grab, that he was sure of a thousand dollars a year extra forithe next five years. Of the total five thousand additional he could save four thousand, and with the other thousand he could buy more votes than the cry against the grab would cause him to lose. This may be good politics, but it isn’t honest,»nevertheless, in the state of present political trickery there is too much of this sort of thing done, and perhaps the Grits are not the only offender a. In this case, however, the Liberals have put the lever in the hands of the members, who will in some cases, use. a portion of the ad- ditional indemnity for corrupt pur- pohes. It Speaks bad too for the moral standing of our fair Dominion to think of a purchasable portion of the voting pepulation that sell them- selves like cattle to the candidate who is willing to pay them a few dollars for their votes. That such is the case too often is much to he re- gretted. Only those \\ ho were members when the. measure was passed should be held responsible. Mr. Miller was there and endorsed it strongly though he. was elected only a short time. before when the indemnity was $1500. 'It does not seem right that he or any one el.~e, either Gxit or Tory, should coolly help himself to an extra thousand dollars a year. Vimv it as you will there is no justifi- cation for the action, and Mr. Ball asserts that he would not have been a party to it bad he been ‘presont in the House. Election irregularities and frauds may creep into any party, but when‘ it i< known that these irregularit'es exis‘ i.. is the duty of the government in pnwer to adopt measures to ex- pose them and to bring to justice the perpetrators of any such crimes. “This House. is of tho Opinion that the exitsing electoral laws should be amended forthwith and that provi- sions should be made: “ “His House s‘rongly condhmns the oirgzmizc-d system of corrupt prac- tim-s by which the election of a Mini' tr-r of the Crown as member for the city of London was secured in'. 1905.” “THE House regrets that notwith- standing the pledge of the overn- mcnt contained in the apeec from the Throne, and notwifhxtun'iing the declarations of members 01' the gov- ermmnt from time to time during the past four years, no such measure has been submitted to parliament at the present session and no effectiva BthS have been taken by the admin- istration either to illflf‘nd the laws or pumish their violatlon.” In 1906 in the Speech from the Throne. a mezmure was promised to deal with electioms for the proven- tiom of fmuds and other offences. No such legislation was brought into offs-ct. In 19)? a similar promiselwas made which resulted in the same way and no action was taken In ‘the meantime it was made known that frauds were continued in the by- elections. In April, 1907. Mr. Borden. submit- fed :1 motion in which it was stated that “This House. deplores the ex- iStt‘ance of corrupt and fraudulent“ pramicos at elections as evi«h-nce<i by the, disco'lsures during.r recent years, of hribt-ry. personznion.hnll-t switch- ing and other similar frauds curred on by organized methods and upon a very extensive scale.” Bftfi It; 313th ballots. and u I ro- cult he switch thirteen ballot! h- ELECTION FRA UDS. “I have always. bean ersuaded that i'hia country was fit or settlement, and I am glad to bé‘ able to, inform you that at an early date everything will he done that can be done 7to ‘malw this cmlntrv productiw‘. I rh- vimv the fact that I have been com- .imunicating with you on th s strr-tCh 50f country and in former correspond- ience have pointed out the necmsitv ,of having a portion of it settled” tended for Robert McLean and sub- tsituted' thirteen for Robert 1101ch the Liberal candidate. None of the culprita in all the elec- tion frauds were punished. Farr was given moneyanglfi ticket to leave the The. Adamron company's next move was to approach the governmr‘nt with rm offr-r to nurchasn 250,000 acrvs origi'lally set :ls'd" as free home buds for settlers in that district. 'l‘hi:t.leznl wzn mud"? a1 one dollar an acre with the privilege of making ther aolec- tirmsz ow-r a region contuin'ng n. ar- ly one million acres, and fiv-r- years were given to complete payments. â€" V-.. â€"- omntry. and other: were :provided! with fat offices through the influencei o! a government whose duty it was to hunt them down and make them suffer the penalty of the law. The? names of Farr and Pritchett and 0’- Gorman and Vance amd Sullivan and many others still stink in the nos-ll trils of many of the honest electors of this country, and whatever the next elections may be many of these honest and misâ€"guided electors will cast in their vote and influence in favor of an honest :admin'istmtion such as Mr. Borden is now preposing. Surely the bulk of the electors, who must know and feel that we have been subjected to an extravagant and in many cases, to an administration whose honesty can well be doubted, are not going to close their eyes sto all the wrongs that have been estab- lished and blindly vote for party. The result of an election is not so! easily foretold as it was some years ago‘. The peOple think more for! themselves, and while grafters and: haulers may be crying out loudly for one party or the other, the rank and file of the voting nolmlation who: haw. all to gain and nothing to 'lose by an honest administration of pub- lic. affair-s are, going to vote in that diruction when the ballot is placed in tilxir hands. “That in the Opinion of this conven- ti'm the sales of public lands of \the Dominion should be to actual settlers omly and not to Speculators, Upon reasonable terms of settlement, and in such area as can be reasonably oc- cllpied by the settler. Of this. extensirn Mr E. B.-()sler declared in the House that his firm were agents; for. the Qu'Appe-lle and Lotus: Lake Railway Company. bllt that neither his firm or any member or officer of the company had receiv- ed notice of his enlargement which wage. mudr- in August, 1902. three months after the sale of the land to Mr. Adamson's company. It was aftor the completion of this deal that the Saskatchewan Valley Land Compnnv was organized, when they immedizltoly offered theirlnnd; for sale at. six to twelve dollarsnm acre. The Ordor~in-Counoil confirm- ing: the crmtmct was made on the 24th of May. 1902. throe months aftr-r Hm report of Mr. Soc-era commending this land. Ha. again wrote to my; SASKATCHEWA N L AND DEALS . The Liberal party platform of 1893 declared in favor of keeping; west- ern lands for the settler. This is the text of the resolution: This was a good flank in tho '])1Jt- form of the. party, ‘mt like the other planks of the some party platform It wzm' soon iirnorod, and friends of the government secured large tracts of valuable lands at ridiculouslv low prices. There, was a _b_ig rush ‘for ‘Vestern lands in 1902. Homesteaders and small purciasers were going into the country very rapidly and picking up lands for themselves and families. In the. face of such an influx of population it was highly important that available. lands should be kept for the. Settler, the actual settler, as set forth b the Liberal platform a ,few years efore they came into, office. It was about this time that C. W. Sheers, General Colonization agent of the govi'erninent wrote t.;; Mr. Sifton, calling: his attention to the. land lying adjacent to the Srlskat- chewan, Long.)‘ Lake and Regina Rail- Quest ion ' very large majority in the House. of a National l’.~licv, Put.- lined by the late Sir John Maedon‘ ald. the Liberals with their hand-m some. majority were. turned out and replaced by the. Conservatives by Ia t is different to-day, the Liberals are resting under grave charges of mis- government, maladministration and a wasting of the public funds. They may not be. turned out of office, .but their over throw is by no means im- possible, and should it so happen thay they will be ousted from office it need not necessarily be a stir-prise. As Mr. Borden said here a few days way, a district extending from lamps- ago, he. was not. sufficiently narrow drn to Dundcrii.«‘Cl‘hi.=. in the 0pm.on minded to think for a moment that 9f ,Mr- Spec-rs. was Vi‘l‘mi’l” hm“. b‘“ : the. rank and file of the Liberal party {E had not been settled and Its (lual'; was more dishonest than the rank ityowas unknown to the. settl‘er. )0. and file of the Conservaive party, but action was taken to brim: tr’lf‘ (“5" he. would point out to the rank and triet to the notice of. the. “actual file of the Liberal party and the setttlc-r.‘ A group ofnnvestprs “11d rank and file. of the Conservative; land speculators, political fl‘andS‘ Ofxparty that the Govermmflt at Ot- tne. MWi ter, 93W 3 800d opportunitv. tawa was not making! an honest use One Of E1185?! was Mr A- J- Adamson', of the money that belonged to the 3‘ prornimnt llOlltlc-Ifl. . “1211. nut'pquit‘ of this country and not t) later a member of parliament. Heztha hpdjers and camp followers of was a hrother-in-law of J. G. 'l‘nrriff, the. Government. He believed. mori- theii Chief Commissioner of Doni'n- 0v”, that the great bodv of €190- ion Lands. Adamson and his associates‘torg. on both sides of pu'l‘itics were bought the land grant 0f the Qll’All' anxious for an honest administr:|t’c-n £54.19. Long Lake and Saskatchewan. and a judicious expenditure of the ailwav Company. After this pur- {public funds. chase the government enlarged by 12,-; 000,000 acres the area of Western ! lands out of wl'iCh the company could' make the selectionl. This allowed the new purchasers to gp outside_o§ the WHO SAID “YELLOW DOGS"? Mr. Miller is charged in *ria'u'ml boundaries ufor the wholn of. L u‘vir purcha‘ve and pick up what they; wanted of the best land in sight. ; The company way through several re-oa‘gamzations and it is understood t_hu_t pqrsonsgyergl taken into the d-j-nl “ ho could nol ocnvnmic-ntly be known at first in connection thh 1:. Mr. J. G. anriff was one of thém. He was Dominion Land Agent at the time the don] was made, and \\ :19 later a member of parliument. He is a bro'hor-in-luw of Mr. Adamsnn and in the face of these facts it [is hard to believe that the government is in- nocent of the charge that they were favoring .artv workers and their friends. he larger portion of the lands has since. been sold at an 'aver- age of $8 an acre.. From the dead the government received $250,000 and the gppoulators made a profit of $1,750,- Tha sale was made uecretly, no pub- lic notice was given that the land iwu in the market. It was mado in violation of the declared policy of the government. that land should be sold only actual settlers and not to specu- lators. The. speculators; friends of the ggvegnmc-nt m_ade a profit of $1.- to THE DURHAM CHRONICLE V sub-l commune THE more. Mr. H. H. Miller is distressed be- cause a Conservative paper in hie ceallument of facts. He does not men- tion the name of the paper. but 1the Chronicle hale intimated u mucthnd hale good ground for the belief that Mr. Miller is concealing a great deal of the truth in the present campaign. A few weeks ego he spoke the face estrous plea for the Laurier Government regarding these schools. He said the standard in the public and separate schools were the same. the text books were the same. the qualification of teachers was the same for both schools and that the only difference was that the separate schools had a half hour at the close of each da for religious teaching. Mr. Miller as lould have known wheth- er this was the only difference or not. In thi.‘ issue we quote a short article under the heading "What the Clauses Mean." The interprepation as given in Sir thfr d’s special pap- er, it correct, shows that Mr. Mill- er was either ignorant of the facts or concealed the truth. The Chron- icle felt at the time that the .whole 'truth was not lu-ing told. A per- usal of the short article in question will show the difference to he vast- ly more than Mr. Miller would have us believe. There are other points too in which Mr. Miller has not tom the, whole truth. He. tells the story to suit his own purpose. and inten- tioxmlly or otherwise, leaves out the evidence. that would be damaging to himcslf or his party. In this town. and in he reference to the schools in Saskatchewan and Alberta, he made what appeared on In 1874 the. Liberals w<~nt into pow- er with a handsome majority. They were under the Leadershi» of the lion. Alex. McKenzie, against whom no charges of diShODI‘Siy havw bet-n preferred, though he, himself felt that it was necessary to guard the puhlic treasury with a shot gun to [Wotoct its contents. In 1878, on the question of a National l’.'licv, Fut- lined by the late Sir John Macdon‘ ald, the Liberals with their hand-v some. majority were. turned out and replaced by the. Conservatives by a very large majority in the House. It is different to-day, the Liberals are resting under grave charges of mis- government, maladministration and a wasting of the public funds. They may not he. turned out of office, .but their over throw is by no manna im- poasihle, and should it so happen thay thty will be ousted from office it need not necessarily be a surprise. As Mr. Borden said here a few (laws ago, he. was not sufficiently narrow minded to think for a moment that the. rank and file of the. Liheral party wag more. dishonest than tho"- rank and file. of the Conservaive party, but he would point out to the rank and file of the Liberal party and the rank and file oft the Conservatiyei ‘. ‘1 Laurier Government under such con- ditions would seem to be. :nlmsst im- possilillo. On former occusi-ns, lrw- ovr-r, Largo majorities on one side Wore turned by an election into ”largo majorities on the other side, and changed, too. under far more favorable conditions t3 the ruling. party than can now lw claimed for the ruling party at Ottawa. To a person who doesn't know the ground thoroughly it is: wry difficult. and sometimes, if not genemfllydvcry imprudent to make u forecast of the result of the general election. Dur- ing the last session the Luul‘ier Gov- ernment had a maJority or over six- ty in this. Hones. :l‘o p‘ut out the Our Mr. Cameron has charge of the Repairing depart mum. :Hnl MUM" highly recommended, having had extra large EXIH’l'iPIIH' «m Iinv \mtwh- es. clocks and jewelry. Grand stock of \Vatches, Clocks. Chains, Charms, Lm-kvh, i Links. Brooches, Stick Pins. Bracelets, Necklcts, Mr. Extra values in Diamond Rings, Pearl Rings. \Vedding ngs, 1-3“. gngement Rings, Birthday Rings.---Hundreds of Kings 1.. mum. from. 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Miss Margaret 5 public nuétioxl on I “i “y of October, ".540 0‘ on. o‘clock in Mr £h_Central Ham 'm ‘u Ventral HOUR! U1 Durban. in the county JON: Cluk. auctiom (-1 M Province 0! Lm‘ 1 " “momremom uuv h the Me more or 'e N flrutl of (H mi “ lot! mun era turn-u E1" in the third mm We have always in and three dozen wedding ri (tom. every style. aml' hundred engagenwm H: in Woods. 80 you In no to go away disamn bit Percy G. Oct. 15. 1908 Weddin Engagement lone: 10 THE l the premises is (tactile but] nveuuw :0“ Ohool. AM! It I VI 0‘ Durham 01 further paltim E .1 sale apply t Mortgage Miss D Watch-alter J Int 0p! lean W to be fit Murdoc my, namely tracts of lam WRIG HT Solicitors f in? F6: 0: write